FULL VIEW PLEASE.
Damn, that took long to do. But I'm proud. OK. Two bucks for everyone who guesses what I tried to mimic (or parody) with this. No? I wouldn't give you money anyways ;d Does THIS ring a bell, anyone? Har. Har. Well, the idea got the life of its own halfway.
The first thing was planning the main characters. I needed a scan (or cap) where Haruko is looking down (like the count in the original) and Naota up, much like Albert. Haruko was an easy find, I had a scan for the previous FLCL wall I made. Naota was worse to find. I fast-forwarded all 6 episodes and couldn't find anything and wanted a crappy forward looking Naota to be there in the end. I even had him half-vectorized. Then, by coincidence, I found a picture of him drinking a 'sour juice'. Because it was meant to be a parody, I was like 'hey, why not?'. That's how he got there.
Textures and everything was worth seeking, 'cause I have quite a collection now. I personally like both characters' hair. Next up. Mabase. I certainly didn't want to vector that, so I extracted it from a DVD screencap and retouched it, not to look to blurry or blocky. Next thing was the FLCL-sky (which I also used last time) + some steam from Medical Mechanica to mimic the clouds from the original. Then, the birds came in. Vectorized, inserted. Then I got this hellish idea ;d I disposed of one bird and put in Canti instead. It was hilarious ;d. Retouched. Made them blend better. That would be the end, but that's when my creativity came in. I did some scrathes and stains to make it look like a painting (it doesn't anyways ;p) Some adjustment layers and that's it. 3 days (of course with breaks) and about 55 layers. Not too much for this kind of work.
Oh yeah. As much as I DO NOT alter my walls after submitting them, this time I'm open to your suggestions. I want it to be perfect. Thanks in advance. Ah yes, and I hope you like it ;d
Ah yes, if you didn't know, Mabase is the name of the town Naota lives in and 'The Count(ess) of Mabase' is an obvious reference to 'The Count of Monte Christo' :D
ONCE AGAIN, FULL VIEW PLEASE.



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6 years, 11 months ago
love your use of texture's, creativity and vectoring. Its not the most orginal wall around, but I still love it.
6 years, 11 months ago
I like how you used the textures, even though it aint too original, it kinda goes well together. I dont like the marble texture on Haruko though.
6 years, 11 months ago
yeah..the only thing i don't like are the marble teture and that yellow texture.. haha i love the pepsi and their hair though!
6 years, 11 months ago
great job ^^ i love the colors and the idea~ the pepsy cool XD keep it up
6 years, 11 months ago
That's so cool. I love how you went all the way and textured their air and clothing just like Gankustou. Top quality work.
6 years, 11 months ago
mon -- now this rocks ;p you sure have a vectoring style, and that's rare. moreover i like this style. and you sure got a sweet concept here ;] well... just dont try to lower the level you've set here, mon ;p
6 years, 11 months ago
i like the colors! and the textures... great wall!
6 years, 11 months ago
fun wallpaper. i think the contrast of textures (ie: the squidfingers-eqsue pixelly textures in the hat versus the softer ones in Haruko's shirt) is a little ill-done, and i'm not such a fan of the pepsi can, but a fun wall nontheless. i actually really like this wall, just because of the fun Gankutsuou refrence. hence, +fav's from me.
6 years, 11 months ago
I absolutely love the patterns and textures. Everything is... really good. o_O
It's a definite favorite. :3
6 years, 11 months ago
Nice work, I absolutely love how creative you got with the textures. It makes this image I've seen again and again brand new. +Fave
6 years, 11 months ago
really unique ... full texture... never see something likt this before... u're so creative and imaginative... givin dreamy ...feeling( nlah nlah, what i say)... nicely done... gonna see u'r works soon.............
6 years, 11 months ago
Good really good But it is me or you forgot to fill between the girl body and her arm with the background ?? It could be a style effect but for me it look strange. Even if it a really good job ^^
6 years, 11 months ago
Excellent wallpaper from FLCL *-* I love FLCL XD~ Thanks for submited this beauty wall. Congratullations and keep it up ^~v I will add to my favorites \o/
6 years, 11 months ago
very cool, love the colors and patterns
6 years, 11 months ago
Nice idea^^ Naotas hand looks a bit strange, but I don't know what the original scan looks like so it might be not your fault. Aside from that the colours and textures are well chosen and you did a good job on the vector :)
6 years, 11 months ago
Phenomenal wall. I was thinking of doing a similar idea with another wall I had. I guess it's back to the drawing board. lol. I love how it looks and the overall feel does well in, not only replecating the original, but also giving it a cool tinge overall. Great job!
6 years, 11 months ago
i like the idea, but the textures used for the clothings could actually look a bit more flashy i think xD but still very good
6 years, 10 months ago
Really amazing textures, my only beef (and it's a small one) is the huge pepsi logo...i'm just not too fond of corporate logos on my desktop. Awesome job though.
6 years, 10 months ago
Yet another piece I love. You put so much mystery behind it, there's so much to look at, and so much more hidden. Very, very nice
6 years, 10 months ago
hey nice wall i just started reading flcl i seen the anime befor but i want to read the manga keep it up
6 years, 10 months ago
great work on this one with the added cool pepsi sign
6 years, 9 months ago
this picture really shouts fooly cooly to everyone!
6 years, 8 months ago
Very well done. I love the colors and the pepsi can. Stupid sour drink.
6 years, 7 months ago
I like the fine details and textures. Very pretty... and I like the colours. Thanks for sharing.
6 years, 6 months ago
Nice job!! I like the effect of texture!! The background is nice and the character are funny ! great work!
6 years, 5 months ago
Really cool use of different textures in this wallpaper, I like it a lot!
5 years, 10 months ago
really nice and the textures are rockin ^^ makes me think of that first anime episode with the coffee taku doesnt like xD
5 years, 4 months ago
the full view really makes it much more interesting looking really good, goes to my desktop for a while +fav
5 years, 4 months ago
pepsi!! sweet wall:)
5 years, 3 months ago
Nice texture
and overall every thing else is nice as well. I just didn't like the scratches<< imo didn't fit the style of your wall<< but is a small issue.. not (big) enough to make me dislike this wall : )
5 years, 2 months ago
Pattern and texture are perfect, besides.. it's super original,.. though.. I think it would be awesome if you could create aa dark and white vercion of this wallpaper.. that would be super cool. (like a comic vercion.ya think?)... anyway.. it's just an option. The wallpaper itself is good and colorfull. the way FLCL has allways shown. Anyway. well done, aTte: Johanna! :DD Sugoi..
4 years, 10 months ago
Looks nice but... the textures you used on Haruko don't go that well... As for the idea it doesn't matter if it's original or not it's just supposed to be looking good, well... I guess you achieved what you wanted so I'll say it's a good wall. Keep it up ^^
4 years, 8 months ago
I love it! Just... well done, really. I've been using this one.