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6 years, 10 months ago

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. The most esoteric and totaly different in style compare to others anime. IMO the stories is more deep than evangalion and a matching humor like south park. With all the random crazy plot & the soundtrack make this to my favorites collection. To bad its the OVA is to short (6 episode) but nonetheless is worth a good time.

In the beginning

Well its all start after watching a quick flash movie base on FlCl soundtrack (Funny Bunny), Pink Colour a work by jayjayM at newgrounds (check him out). I really enjoy and inspired by the simplelistic (valentine) movie. While the songs still humming inside my head I start digging the stuff and resources for this piece. I'd seen the kewl bot few months ago on rebel-dm signature at Digital-industry forum so I made a quick search and found the sources of the render nicely cut by levelone (The German sprite guys aka PMI). Because I'd choose the theme Photomanip for this pieces, it seem necessary to place a good background that well match the render (actually I'm to lazy to begin with). I do a search at sxc.hu (good resolutions stock) after few boring click I try my luck at dA resources that's where I found the kewl (wow) Photomanip stock by anarasha-stock. Its really fit well with this piece many thanks to anarasha for providing this resources :thanks:. Next I do a search for some additional stock to spice up the pieces I found the second moon stock (with the flock of pigeons) of " David Gilmour On an Island" at planet-renders forgot the author name (remind me soon). After 3 hours of wandering for the resources by now I had memorise all the lyrics ^__^ so I sings. :bunny:

[readmore]In the Making Walkthrough The first thing I do is wash all the stock to make it compliment to each others. desatured (ctrl+shift+u) is the best cure for color blind so I abuse it wisely. Then I do some quick mental compositions and decide to remove part of the main moon stock and scale it to around 150%(vanishing points & warp). Using the heal brush & smudging tools I clean up the "The dragon fly" and left 2 dragon fly intact as a symbolic of duality. -with couple of dragonflies,2 moon & flock of pigeons I drew a stick and start writing bad poetry.

Blending Is important, this is the tricky part. Normally all cutout renders is frisky (anti-alias/white). I'd used the "Layer>Matting>Defringe" to remove the white around the render so it wont get pixelated (anti-alias bad). Using the lasso tools I traced around the part that I want to feather(8px) and apply vector mask. Then I brush around the mask using 21px black soft brush. To get some more depth I duplicated the renders (ctrl+j) then set the blending to soft light and lower the opacity till I see myself smiling :) .

Negative & Depth Depend with the texture and brushing. First, I created a new layer (ctrl+shift+alt+n) and start brushing with (soft 100px 60%) black color around the corner edge to created the negative space. Next tracing the light source, It not that hard to find the lighting source in grayscale, that one of the reason for desaturing the stock. So I created a new layer and add a radial gradient and reduce the opacity a bit. After that I do a few dot of black & white around specific part with 10-15px hard brush and smudge around like zombie. *pause* Ok that's a No-No, lesson #1 never brush or smudge like zombie its messy *play*. The reason for the brushing is to create a contrast & depth where spot that need to be white is whiter and part where is dark is black in colors instead of gray, flat and boring. Next I add an image adjustment levels & curves mask layer and spend few trying minutes till it reasonably acceptable to my sour eyes. Then I add an invert layer mask and set it to soft light with 20% opacity to bring it more depth & contrast and erase the mask using black brush around the part where I want to get a focus. lastly a b&w gradient mask on softlight. Now I can start the revolution in my bed.

Colors Is like music if it harmonies as symphony. There is lot of way to color but IMHO it best to used the gradient mask or photo filter (Color balance & hue/saturation is 'ok' if not overdone). The first thing I do is combine all the layer (the original non satured stock) using the" Image > apply Image" tools (default settings). Then I used the "Gaussian Blur" filter around 5-6px radius (to remove all the texture) and set the blending to colors with lower opacity and erase some unwanted part. Next I add Cooling photo filter and sepia with 20-30% density. Its very cool but I want something hot so I add a Channel Mixer with bluish settings to add more music to the colors and finish it with BW gradient mask on pin light with lower opacity. Now I can see the two colors singing and thus my work on this part is done.

Effect For the creative. At this stage the overall look is very nice ' a just' (so so) without motion life is dull. Bravely I started with another merge layer and apply the "Distort>Ocean Ripple" with medium settings to get the wavy texture. The result is pretty ugly (as expected) at this point so its time for a bit of tidy-up. After removing 80% of the ripple I lower the opacity and create a path selection using the Pen tools to create a stroke of line reflecting to the surf board flow. Then I smudge the path selection with full strength. So mighty the stroke was, I break the wave and create a motion. My path is cross so its end here.

Enhancement You ever wonder why girl spend consuming time with their make-up just look to natural. Was it natural if it tempered? this make no sense what so ever.Its very subjective. To created more depth and style I do my final make-over with few more merge layer on Gaussian Blur (2-3.2px) .After duplicating the gaussian blur layer I set the first blending to softlight this make it sot of dreamy (clouded dream) and erase part of it using the soft brush where my main focus is. The second part is set on Lighten some cheap lighting effect I snobbishly apply and again I'd abuse the eraser tool. At last I made another repetition of image apply and set it to Smart Sharpen (cs2) with medium settings. This is probably the hard part if it overdone I might lost the colors and flow so I did everything twice and end the repetition cycle with it.

Finalize its never to late, I duplicated the main render (the bot) and apply "Filter>Stylize>Wind" (direction left) to create a frictions motion. as my final execution I pray and drown the main character in the dark sea (making this a bit more bizarre than normal descriptions) to symbolize of leaving the old past behind and moving on to the next level. I end this pieces with Fruitgore Linotype fonts- boldly on top of the Moon saying "sea of tranquility" thus breaking curse of words and will. Then I saw the birds flying happily back to where it belongs...

END [/readmore]

specs

original canti cg by Nicolas BOIS (HaDDeS)Photoshop CS 2 : 40 min additional 2 hrs courtesy of my ranting gibberish. would like to say thanks to The Pillows for the catchy funny bunny songs ever. thanks ^__^

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~NightxLight

6 years, 10 months ago

Look at that detail! Look at that perspective! With an extremely long description, a beautiful wall to fit. To me, it seems flawless. Amazing job.

~fragola89

6 years, 10 months ago

Good job!! The background is perfect and all of those detailes make the wall perfect!!amazing job!

~blacksunday0069

6 years, 10 months ago

this work of art is incredible the reflection in the water does actually look like its reflecting the figure not just some blurred colors of what might look like a reflection the wind effect to the board also makes it look authentic great work

~Divious

6 years, 10 months ago

I am friggin bookmarking this page. And Kaizer, that is one hot hot hot hot hot wall. Thank you for sharing it with us!! Thank you!!

θblu3angl

6 years, 10 months ago

wow that is the most the most LOngesT Description EVER . . . Wacky wall Xp nice!

~Yukikyo

6 years, 10 months ago

Words can't describe how awsome this wall is!! Everything about it is amazing, the scan, the depth...its all so amazing. I give it an A+++!!! Simply to cool for words

$Otogi

6 years, 10 months ago

Beautiful.... just beautiful! ^^

~AnimeOverSeer

6 years, 10 months ago

this is worth an A at least. it is going to be my fav. awsome!

~evilpixel

6 years, 10 months ago

holy crap!!! this is totally freakin awesome!!! its beyond words!!! i love it!!! the detail is just so awesome and the colours are great too!! my words do not do this wall justice!!

freakin awesome job!!

+fav!!!!! ^__^

~Kypt

6 years, 10 months ago

Very neat detail. Not sure I like the stars, but the idea of the moon/water is really good. Great job :)

`mooling89

6 years, 10 months ago

that is one sweet image of Canti! however, I'm just not feeling the moon and sea background. It looks and works well, if you have never watched the series. But having watched it, I can't get myself to use a wall that is so different and not really related to the series.

So artistically, this wall is amazing. But being an FLCL fan, it just doesn't fit the series (at least for me).

~davidexter

6 years, 10 months ago

OH MY GOSH!!!! Awesome!!!! details are sugoi!!!! good job

$sabo

6 years, 10 months ago

we have a nice imagination here ... that robot from furikuri ....its an angel!!!!! some people think like that... nice creation there..

`Chaox

6 years, 10 months ago

Hello,

This has to one of the coolest wallpapers I've looked at in sometime. You did a fantastic job with all that detail XD. Keep up the awesome work ;). +Fav

Have a nice day.

~WorldofElegance

6 years, 10 months ago

This is AMAZING!!! The CG effects are beautiful, the coloring is gorgeous, and the wall as a whole is clear, sharp and professional. I can't find the words to express how gorgeous this wall is....this is on the top of my favorites list. I bow to your greatness. :D

`MTL

6 years, 10 months ago

very high quality and very kool!

`redxxii

6 years, 10 months ago

Very nicely done, the character image looks simply beautiful and the BG complements it rather well. Overall, a very nice job, I really like what you did.

`Shadow-Dude

6 years, 10 months ago

LOL! your pumping alot hella wallpapers that im liking. And its from FLCL! CANTI! Love the image.. the water is flawless o_O

~FrankduhTank

6 years, 10 months ago

...dis is probably da most detailed wall ive come across...such precise and smooth detail...fantastic job dude...awesum...

`verite

6 years, 10 months ago

man sky+sea+canti=love for me. I think it's a cool, unique wall, and though it is totally different from the original style of FLCL, I think because it's so out there it works. Really awesome job, and uhm how many wallpapers do you make a day o___O

`Cygnet

6 years, 10 months ago

OMG! The background is so detailed... I definitely give this wall two-thumbs up It's so impressive....

`OtakuGaijin

6 years, 10 months ago

nice wall! Like the cool dakr background! Water effects are sick and I like how u fitted the scan amongst the moon, I really like the conept in this one! favorites :)

~StLonginus

6 years, 10 months ago

Congratz my friend, this is an absolutely outstanding work. And you have done something that many people dont, you explained how did you do it. I apreciate it, because i joined AP so i could learn new tricks in the use of desing programs. And your description result very useful to me.

Tank you, exelent work. +fav

~Yulaw

6 years, 10 months ago

I luv your wallpaper, it got a great look into it, although there are 2 minor points in it for me.

1) The sea only tracks the moon and therefor doesnt spread on the ground, it probably was your intention but I think it would have been better if you made the whole ground like that since it fills most of the bottom anyway. 2) Too much stars on the background.

This is just my personal opinion and your work is something you wanted to show us from your perspective so dont take this too seriously.

This is A class work, good job!

~Roderick

6 years, 10 months ago

Sorry for not reading the description, but i bet it's insightful ;)

Regarding the wall > SUGEEEEEEEEE!

~andreklaim

6 years, 10 months ago

~mulo

6 years, 10 months ago

I love the tranquil feeling of it, then I saw the text \o/.. amazing good depth i agree ^ bout the star.

`Hofodomo01

6 years, 10 months ago

Holy crap! This is not what I'd expect out of FLCL.

FAV!!!!

~mgearfan

6 years, 10 months ago

I love how great it looks but I wish you had put all that time and effort into a more tranquil, retro-looking scene....

`jrpjnoyako08

6 years, 10 months ago

the scan looks really nice.. but some areas are really blurry.. the background looks finee.. i like the moon and the water there.. just didn't like those birds( there are more better bird brushes..) and those stars.. (deviantart.com has a lot of cool star brushes.. and some brushes you might need for some other wallpapers).. but you did a great job.. thanks for sharing this wallpaper.. good luck with the upcoming ones!

~Shunnoro

6 years, 9 months ago

Talk about essay-lke descriptions, lol. Luv the whole 3D effect on the robot thingy. The persepctive and the background are flawless. The moon dipping into the sea is definitely serene and tranquil. Add that wiv starry skies and u have a beautiful waller. Amazing work. Instant fave ^_^

~FlowerKiss

6 years, 9 months ago

It's very awesome. The moon and the water looks extremely cool with him in the front. Great job!

~Transporter725

6 years, 9 months ago

I like.

~damian666

6 years, 9 months ago

oh, good wallpaper of flcl, jeje que buen wallpaper de furi kuri, jejej

`miya

6 years, 9 months ago

*____* WOW FANTASTIC!!

~HitManD

6 years, 8 months ago

This could be the coolest wallpaper I have ever seen.

~shadowmanfoo

6 years, 8 months ago

dude this rocks nice wall

~ShiroTsuki

6 years, 8 months ago

I've had this same terebi-kun scan for ages, yet i couldn't re-locate the source after my HD crashed. The culmination of all this stuff is just... amazing. I've gotta stop now; I'm starting to drool on my keyboard.

~wigglepie

6 years, 7 months ago

haha, very nice yay canti-sama~!

~nahbien

6 years, 7 months ago

Wow! Awesome job all around, I love everything about this wall.

~lasermouse

6 years, 6 months ago

WOW!! If everyone put as much time as you did on this wall then ALL of AP would be perfect! I'm don't know what to say, but freakin' unbelievable!! Haha. Good job.

I'm not even mad, that's impressive. Keep it up!

¤Lasermouse¤

~xlemonhedsx

6 years, 6 months ago

man, you never cease to amaze me. the blending is absolutely wonderful and this is amazingly detailed as well. although i'm not an avid fan of flcl stuff, this will become my new desktop. thanks again for sharing your wonderful work :)

~snowdew

6 years, 6 months ago

Awesome job totally a wonderful wallpaper it looks so real ^^

~funkydude079

6 years, 6 months ago

Nice... very nice but is that a mini sun right in front of the moon?

~kurokaji

6 years, 6 months ago

i love the textures and lighting on this piece, though the 2 moons makes it kinda strange. didnt they surf on a guitar in the anime?

~s022052002

6 years, 5 months ago

nice background +fav thx for sharing

~Etneis007

6 years, 5 months ago

Wow the detail on this wallpaper is amazing! You spent alot of time on this and I congradulate you on this wallpaper. Definietly one of my favorites!

~folkenio

6 years, 5 months ago

it's amazing the way the wall is made... quite a long descrption... but a beautiful wall... just beautiful... gotta put it on my desk

~einmyria

6 years, 5 months ago

Wow, this is one of the coolest wallpapers of Canti that I've seen! I find it funny that it channels ET.

~ExpLo

6 years, 5 months ago

Awesome wallpaper, i just put it on my computer and i love it!!! <3 <3

~Jambe

6 years, 5 months ago

Wow! That's a beautiful composition. The only thing I dislike about it is the two big stars by Canti's left hand - they seem just a bit too big and bright and distract a bit from his ever-amiable pose... And that's not even a big deal! Very little to improve upon here, great overall!

~Blackrose7645

6 years, 4 months ago

you're wall is awesome !!! It almost looks real ! I'm adding it to my favorite. Great job !

~valchior

6 years, 4 months ago

Now thts fantastic,I love it so man.it is just beutiful.

~aznxenocide

6 years, 4 months ago

HOLY CRAP.

where'd you find that picture of Canti?!? Did you make it?!!?

Your walkthrough is REALLY nice...very comprehensive and detailed. Really appreciate it. The blending is really nice, the flow is incredible...this is a beautiful wall. great job!

~1ceLight

6 years, 3 months ago

wow that's great

~JimaZero

6 years, 1 month ago

It's nice. Sadly, the Canti in the wall doesn't actually look much like Canti save the head.

~gilead

5 years, 10 months ago

That just looks freakin amazing, really awesome job.

~arizlaandarcia

5 years, 9 months ago

hehehe hey i know how about giving me free classes huhhttp://static1.animepaper.net/images/emo/aha.gif

`Chintsuzai

5 years, 9 months ago

I love the image of Canti that you used.. o__o he looks so real.. haha anyways aweosme piecing together the wallpaper! =D Nicely done again! +fav

~bullialdus

5 years, 2 months ago

Pretty nice wall , nice concept.

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