This is my third attempt on making an anime wallpaper. It took me 6 days to finish the job from scratch. I really wanted to make an abstract looking pair of wings for Karen but after some editing, it didn't turn out that way. The reason why I named it "Darnukaren" is because it took me some time to think of a good background for the scan. After 5 hours of thinking, I didn't come up with anything so I saved the extracted image with a "D*mnyoukaren" filename. XD I made the background colorful because I haven't seen any pictures of karen smiling (if you see one please tell me where). I decided to make a colorful background to get rid of her sad image. I made this wp using Cinema 4D and Photoshop CS. I hope you like it.
**Update**
13/05/06 -removed the glow -fixed the blurry text
Credits: PAULW for the brushesWhiteBlaze for the scanblu3angl for the suggestions



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7 years, 2 weeks ago
whoaa..love it!! the scan just match so well with the background you made...(err who's Karen?? =_=) yea i think makin it colorful is a great idea... awesome job on the vectoring... it came out pretty clean... but her expression doesn't really fit with the background tho... hey overall, this wall is amazing...gonna add this to fav! thanks for sharing! ^.^
7 years, 2 weeks ago
Very nice work, my only small gripe is that the text is hardly readable. I'd try either giving it a stroke, or changing its color to something that would contrast with the background colors behind it.
7 years, 2 weeks ago
Whoa. Very cool use of colours and really nice shapes and stuff. I really like the background. Not too sure about the white border around the scan. It looks like it's been badly extracted. The scan is also a bit blurry.
You've certainly got the background spot on though. Very good work!
7 years, 2 weeks ago
My my! You don't see much walls like this. It's very unique - I LOVE IT! Keep up the great work.
7 years, 2 weeks ago
wow. awesome. i fall in love with the scan... and the happy colors.... and the crushing crystals.... wow a very very nice wall, i'll fav it and use it at my desktop.
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7 years, 2 weeks ago
I'm glad it got accepted^^ the quality looks so much better from here than when it was on session zero...saved at better quality?
Just some jagged lines in the bg but no big deal C: nice job!
7 years, 2 weeks ago
hmm, simple, cute masterfully made - gorgeous colors, great extraction, crisp but yea, looks really like you didnt know what kind of bg to make what have all the colors of the rainbow got to do with the girl in black there? i really dont know, maybe you can explain and then ill get it... the character just doesnt optically go with that colorful bg and whacky font i like the result for some reason, but the more i think about it, the more it reminds me of a clown... seems to be your first accepted wall and its pretty good, but work in the ideas, the ideas, looks like you dont need any more practice in the technical department
7 years, 2 weeks ago
Good work! The scan goes very well with the background even if the girl has very dark clothes. The effects in the background are outstanding, so much nice little details... *_* Enertic and colourful wallpaper, must to say. ^^
7 years, 2 weeks ago
I looove the colorful background and how it contrast with the stock. The background's design is pretty good too. Keep it up man.
7 years, 2 weeks ago
That's a damn nice Karen wall sadly there are so few of them T.T I usually dislike very saturated walls, but vivid colours here work well. One thing that bugs me is the glow around the text and Karen herself - I think it would do well without it. Oh, and add a small stroke around the text, it'll make it more visible.
7 years, 1 week ago
Definitely one hellova wall you got here. Very nice colors and blending. It's just a little too flashy for my eye and the text is very unclear as shinn mentioned. Other than that very very nice stuff.
6 years, 11 months ago
this wallpaper is the best lol keep up the good work mate its amazing
6 years, 9 months ago
Exellent backgruond
6 years, 9 months ago
For a bright wallpaper, this is my favourite. Karen always wears dark colours and generally is seen as a darker character, so it's usually thought that bright colours won't look as good as darker ones. Everything just seems to fall into place with this one though, it looks really nice. Only thing I don't like is the text, but I just don't like text on wallpapers. ^^;;
Still, good job! +fav
6 years, 8 months ago
yaw.....so colorful! Ive got no comment, its purrfect!!
6 years, 8 months ago
Wow, this wall is scary! I really do like the atmosphere =) I love those hands sneaking on up and the blood spatter on the shape of fingers. I really like this grunge wall ^_^ A bit too spooky for me ^_~
5 years, 9 months ago
Really loving the background, cause its very VERY eyecatching! :D
Though the font is a bit hard to catch. Perhaps change its color or placing?
5 years, 7 months ago
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5 years, 2 months ago
nice color mix. its really an nique wallpaper
4 years, 5 months ago
Awww... This is beautiful! I love this character! :D