Here comes my second wallpaper.
It is about Oban Star Racers, a anime airing on french television, but animated by Hal Film Maker. I sincerly thank trismugistus for finally approving this category :)
Well, now, about the wall : I took several screen caps from the anime, that I put together and then vectored. Originally, the girl was holding her shoes. I found it not good enough and I redrew her right hand. Nothing really difficult. I longly hesitated on how to make the grass in foreground. First test : Photoshop brush. I did make somme odd things with this one. The grass bits were too large and too blurry. Second test : Illustrator symbols. I only used two shapes, and the grass that resulted was not pretty enough. Third test : Back to photoshop brush, I drew a too flat carpet of grass. Some people suggested to draw something behind. Last test : Back to symbols, with this time 5 different shapes, a hill in background and three layers of grass. I found it quite good. I had to add something in the sky... OK : birds ! What else ? (not Nespresso :p) I vectored different pictures of birds, and added them into the sky as symbols.
All this was done with Illustrator. Now, the photoshop part : Added shadows to the birds' bodies. Added different effects to the different layers of grass. Added some gaussian blur in a multiply layer to blend the character with the background. And added a sun. The sun was first made with the lens flare effect from photoshop, but I did worked a bit on it and it finished with this hand made white flashy light.
Right during my exams, this wall took 2 weeks of my life :D Count 1~2 hours a day working on it.
Something I did not want to make : clouds. I did not really decided on what I wanted to do for them : reallistic or more toon-like clouds. So I ended up using a very simple sky. I also hesitated on different colours for the sun and for the gradient of the sky.
A last thing : for the first time in my life, I realized that two screens never have the same Contrast/Brightness settings xD On my computer, the wall appears quite fine, but on my laptop it looks a bit lightened. I don't know if it's good or not.
Well, that's all for today :o
Again, thanks to trismugistus, but also to people in SZ and from the French-speaking people group :D
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6 years, 11 months ago
Cool first one first one! I like the wording and the back ground but I think it would look better if her eyes were open though. Anyway its a fave
6 years, 11 months ago
I dont really like it but... Well, it's good. ^^' Sorry... Keep on ur good work! XD
6 years, 11 months ago
glad to see it's been acceted, it's a simple and cute wall, and you're improving at lightspeed ^^ so i'm quite eager to see you next wall
6 years, 11 months ago
The new wall of the man on da moon! Very nice sky! Great work, I'm patiently waiting your next wall. ++
6 years, 11 months ago
hoo, it's beautiful, no, rather releasing! cute character,nice background, les mouettes c'est marrant, and sinon, your title is very good selected! great job!!
6 years, 11 months ago
Great wallpaper ManOnDaMoon, glad your wallpaper as been accepted. Keep on going.
6 years, 11 months ago
I like the vector on the girl,suce a good job!! But ,as you said yourself,the grass in the Fg,looks much too ...unnatural... >.<..The birds,I know you probably worked a lot on them,but the light comes from above,and your birds seem to be lighted form underneath O.o Also they could do with a lil more vectoring...:/I mean,addin more details to them.And eventually...I think that with a lil more work,it could be really cool =)! PS.: thing is...if you feel like working even more on it XD ;)
6 years, 11 months ago
A very refreshing wallpaper. Would definately light up anyone's desktop. ^^
6 years, 10 months ago
I just started watching this series, and i love it, it's great. I never saw this image before, it's cool.
6 years, 9 months ago
i love this picture. i seen a couple of ep. the anime is really good. ^_^ :p
6 years, 8 months ago
it is cool but i will love it if the ship in the hanger and she
6 years, 6 months ago
Hmm, 5 months, don't know how I missed this. i'm such a big fan of Oban and Molly that this would be a rare treat no matter what.
I have small screen caps of her with the shoes so I feel that the change is exceptional. Her hand is beautifully placed. To me the grass is a bit of a problem. Her image suggests soaring, so reference to the ground feels out of place. But it's very well done. And extra points for a great hard to find character.
6 years, 5 months ago
Great work! This is the first wllpaper of Oban that I ever seen. Is very, very hard to fin good scnas or walls from Oban. Thank you!
6 years, 5 months ago
This is an amazing wallpaper. You can barely tell that you re-drew her hand. This was a great episode, Oban Star-Racers is my favorite show. Awesome job!
6 years, 4 months ago
Exelent Wallpaper!
6 years, 2 months ago
it is very beautifull oban star racers is my fav anime exelent work keep up
6 years, 2 months ago
"i belive i can fly" very well presented. awesome>^^
6 years, 2 months ago
Great Wallpaper. I love the nature. with this character it turns out awesome !!! Great Work. I'm Adding it ! ^^
5 years, 3 months ago
This is a great wall. True it would look cool with her eyes open, but even so. I love how you did all this vectoring of Molly and how you changed her hand to be in the air is awesome! Keep up the good work. :D
5 years, 1 month ago
i love this show a lot, much much good, really keep up the good work, i love this wallpaper a lot. the grass looks good, ok ok ....... the whole wallpaper looks good. good job one this wall.
4 years, 9 months ago
Have to gives you props for the only Oban wallpaper :)
4 years, 4 months ago
Great job in vector!! Looks very bright and expressly! Very beautiful wallpaper!
4 years, 1 week ago
Birds and all bg is looking so fake... Dang...No Nose Oban Races...
3 years, 8 months ago
I love the grassy fields
3 years, 6 months ago
the vector on the girl,suce a good job!! But ,as you said yourself,the grass in the Fg,looks much too ...unnatural... >.<..The birds,I know you probably worked a lot on them,but the light comes from above,and your birds seem to be lighted form underneath O.o Also they could do with a lil more vectoring...:/I mean,addin more details to them. screen caps of her with the shoes so I feel that the change is exceptional. Her hand is beautifully placed. To me the grass is a bit of a problem. Her image suggests soaring, so reference to the ground feels out of place. But it's very well done is show a lot, much much good, really keep up the good work, i love this wallpaper a lot. the grass looks good, ok ok ....... the whole wallpaper looks good. good job one this wall.