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OK I've always wanted to do a wallpaper of Gilgamesh but sadly there's not a scan that interest me until I saw Fiifo's MAL profile picture which urged me to wall one. The original scan is from a screenshot of the Ending song of Fate/Zero Season 1.
What is different in this wallpaper is that I used SAI. It's my first time using it. It's like 85% done in SAI and 15% done in PS. So it is mostly painted. Why? because I really thought this Ancient King would really look good in painting just like those of Tsunoh's rather than vectoring. So off I go and study SAI and painting techniques. I also used multilayering for the painting to give it a rough edgy feel.
Next comes the BG. Actually I was planning to do a pyramid-ish/ heiroglypic wall of text. I tried it but it didn't look good since the chair is oriented at a angle, and by placing a wall, the perspective will look wrong even if I added depth. So what I did was o paint randomly. SO they are not clouds nor is it a sky but some random painting here and there. I added smoke effect and dust dots to make it rough + texture. Actually SAI brushes have these awesome texture effect brushes which really piqued my interest.
Overall, I like this roughly painted so meaning it's not too detailed. Not every edge should have a specific curve or not every stroke should be straight. It may not be as detailed as other painted walls out there but hey, I did one and that's what matters.
So what's next? I think I'll be on walling Hiatus except for collabs coz I'll be doing some manga stuffs as well as marathon a few anime and manga.
WIP can be found below. PS: It's not a video because my laptop can't support Camtasia to record why Many programs are opened at the same time. Reason: 8 year old laptop with 1 GB RAM only. So bear with screenshots.




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1 year, 1 week ago
FInally, I waited for somebody to make a wallpaper from this screenshot since the first episode of Fate/Zero. So frist, thank you. Second, the painting style looks wonderful. The skin tone of Gilgamesh, the shadows, his hair. It looks all very natural and warm. The hair of his pussy-cat looks also very wild and stunning, I love brush strokes, they are so dynamic and they look detailed in numbers. The perspective is neat, hmmm the BG is fine, maybe it's that strong blue. that I don't like in any night skies, a more personal thing. I think you chose the right degree of transparency. Not too much and not too less, the golden middle. Well I'm looking desperatly for something that needs adjustment, but I can't find anything. Thank you again, I wish you a nice walling hiatus. This wallpaper is totally faved!
1 year, 1 week ago
The skin is AMAZING Ash! Kudos for that! I really like this, especially the way its painted. You mention Tsu as your inspiration, but I'm glad you were able to develop your own paint style. Tsu's closer to oil painting, your looks like a mix of watercolour and acrylics. Now I'm curious about SAI, I might need to try it :3
Two things though: I think you might have overdone the dust dots, it looks like there are way too many of them and they are pretty bright too, which makes the wall just a bit cluttered. Maybe lower their oppacity? And the outlines of the eyelashes might be too black, the contrast between them and the predominant colour palette is rather striking. I wished it was a darker shade of brown instead. But then again, that's just me.
Aside that, this is so beautiful Ash. Well done!
1 year, 1 week ago
Yeah, I always wished for a good Gilgamesh-Wallpaper. Thank you for your great work! The coloring is really god and I like the position of the him. Just the stars are irritating, because there so much of them. Maybe you can make a reversion without them? And also with pailer colors? Like the screen was, it has something of a desert-feeling, what really matches to gilgamesh. You'll be my hero, if you'd do it.
1 year, 1 week ago
This is ABSOLUTELY LOVELY Ash! :D I just wanna eat all those colors! ON NOM NOM NOM. (OwO)
But seriously, the concept as well is very well done. I love the vibrance of the colors and how they blend together. TBH, I also like roughly made paintings such as this. Seeing the strokes really shows the emotion/feeling that you put while doing this particular wall----------did I just say that? LOL. The shadows and highlights are very spot on and look better than the original one. The star BG actually reminds me of constellations. :D And since the character is blended as well with the starry BG, my first impression was that you were portraying someone from the constellations. ^^v
Overall, great job! :D
1 year, 1 week ago
C/P from MT Glad to see it done and finished so quickly XD You did a great job with all the detail work with SAI and i think the specks are abit over the top but doesn't draw away how awesome Gilgamesh looks! It will now be my new desktop :3 +fav
1 year, 1 week ago
great wall and nice use of colors!
1 year, 1 week ago
Whoosh, shameless copy/paste from mt XP
Well now this is different from you! It's nice to see you experimenting with different things. :D I know I tried SAI once too, and while I liked some of its smooth brush effects, it definitely lacked some of my favorite layer blending modes and compound masking techniques I spam in ps, so it felt limited to me (I don't think I could create a wall entirely in SAI in this case), but if you like SAI, by all means continue making more stuff with it! :D I feel his hair could use some supplemental purple shadows (it's much too red right now) and the lion needs claws and the white fuzz on his paw (or it looks kinda human-like)! Also, your gif is way too fast, making it hard to view the images and read the text at the same time. @.@ Try slightly increasing the timing between frames in ImageReady (or wherever you made it). :3
1 year, 1 week ago
This wallpaper is amazing cause not only is it from a great series it's an amazing wall and has a making of gif too. triple awesome! Love the amazing star background the best!
1 year, 1 week ago
I LOVE the star type stuff in the foreground! It looks really cool like you've got sparkles in his lion hair! The deep colors and painted result look really good! Look the way the gold elements look, nice deep colors and good work on the face too!
1 year, 1 week ago
A long-awaited Eiyuu no Ou Wallpaper! A very good wallpaper of Gilgamesh from his legend. I also very know this scene from the ending "MEMORIA" of FATE ZERO season 1. I'm a fans. So i'm really fascinated by this wallpaper. What i love the most is that you succesfully maintained that haugty look on his face.
1 year, 1 week ago
I love how the lion's fur looks! Also, how do you get tapered strokes in SAI?
1 year, 1 week ago
Wow! That is just gorgeous! I absolutely love how well painted it is, especially with the hair and fur, and the skin... oh hey, I guess I mean everything ;P Great use of sparkles and textures and great image choice!
1 year, 1 week ago
wow O.O an amazing wall! I love it *__*
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1 year, 1 week ago
Like a painting work so impressive it was displayed at one of the world's greatest museums... displaying the power and magnificence the King of Heroes has.
Transcending the timeline, he is now also the King of Heroes in this Universe, not only of Earth.
A work truly deserving to be applauded. +1 for you and keep it up.
1 year, 6 days ago
Amazing work, Gilgamesh is my favorite out of both F S/N and FZ.
1 year, 2 days ago
cheesus it looks hand-painted. and the background. and the lion looks so damn fuzzy :3
11 months, 1 week ago
Ha ha, glorious! It was a great idea to use a painting style, it's is perfectly fitting for this scene, and for,Gil in general. I also like the lion's fur, the details and its colors are stunning, it looks really awesome, Gil's hair is a little bit blocky for me though, it would look better with a few more strands in my opinion but other than that this is an awesome wall. Fav!
10 months, 1 week ago
Amazing work, it is a masterpiece. You really did the king of heroes justice :)
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Great picture chose! Love Gilgamesh and I love your wall - great Work! (lovely Lion - reminds me of Saber) lol