Ever watch those IRC Samurai re-runs at 3am? well I have, and almost every single movie has a scene in which they run up to each other, screaming, the hit is so sudden and quick that the viewer isn't given any indication as to who won. Until the rediculous amount of blod begins to spray out of one's body, in a way only Japanese film makers and Quintin tarantino can produce. The scene in this wall, is a cliche one, but it is very dramatic. one look at the character's face and you feel all kinds of painful emotions running through your body. It doesn't matter if he is good or bad, you can't help but pity his pathetic look. Of course, for those who've read Dogs, you'd know what the deal with the scene is, and for those who've read it AND know what the title means, well you can understand how well it fits. "Vicarious Atonement" is a wonderful song from the upcoming Mars Volta album, which you should all go buy! Why only three colors? These three colors provide the greatest contrast that can be made. Such a strong contrast not only fits the mood of the piece but it also strengthens it, it helps send that tingling feeling of surprise down the hairs on your back. Yet, there will be those of you who prefer color. In my opinion, if I were to add any sort of background, it would be too distracting and would oly disrupt the breath taking scene. If you notice, most of these scenes, when done in movies, are almost always done in a field, or a place where nothing can be seen behind the characters.
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6 years, 9 months ago
lol funny concept. i noe wat u mean ^^. great work wiv the blood. simple and clean wallie. l like ^^. great job XD
6 years, 9 months ago
I have a special liking towards walls consisting of only red, black, and white. When used correctly these three colors can be extremely powerful combined.
Cliched as the scene may be, it's still a great wall. A simple wall but it carries the emotional atmosphere that you wanted to portray. Nice job on the vector and you picked a good color for the blood. I must also commend you for the text. Text is a commonly overlooked feature of walls and many people don't realize how important it is. Text has ruined quality walls before, but here you used a smaller font that matched the mood and expertly placed it. Another quality wall by MK. +fav
6 years, 9 months ago
Nice. Reminds me of Kill Bill in a way...maby because of the parts where the fight scenes were in black and white...hahahah! i love it! the boldness of the wallie and the only colored part was the blood! it's soo cool! +fav ^^
6 years, 9 months ago
Ish, is this your creativityness? >3 I won't say this is not first class vector.. because it is =d but.. no matter what I don't like the idea that you just pretty much remade the scan.. not that it looks bad. but that's my problem :/ so still <3 me please <_<
6 years, 9 months ago
I like it, because you can read the emotions on their faces and I wonder what they are thinking about at that moment. Black, white, and red go very well together in this wall.
6 years, 9 months ago
you really like these types of walls, dont you ;)
6 years, 9 months ago
not bad not your best work by far but still ok nice simple wallpaper with base colors
6 years, 9 months ago
wahhh! DOGS! you have my love now xD 3 colors > all clean, sharp, it's just sexy
6 years, 9 months ago
I'm a sucker for black, white, and red, too, so this immediately got my attention. Your description is great. You really go into detail about why you did what you did. His face is great, you really get the emotion from it. My favorite part is the text though. So well done!
6 years, 9 months ago
You already know what I think. I'm just gonna fave it. You can't fail with pure red, white and black! :D
6 years, 9 months ago
Great vector nice job ^_^
6 years, 9 months ago
I really like this piece. The stark contrast, not only in color, but in detail vs. simplicity is quite beautiful.
I only have two tiny critiques that are quite miniscule. I'd recommend slightly diferentiating the petals. Even though they're resized and rotated the simplicity of the white surroundings makes it very easy to tell that they're the same petal. Just by erasing/adding a little bit of different volume to the petals would fix it right up.
The only other thing I'd recommend is taking the one big blood drop on the top of the injured man's hand. The perspective of it looks flat on in comparison to the slant of the top of his knuckles. Just do a Lens Correctin in Photoshop that'll add a really nice bit of perspective to it and make it more look like the blood drop is actually on his hand.
Otherwise I really love it. The deatil is astounding and your placement of the title is lovely. *applaudes*
6 years, 9 months ago
Nice wallpaper !! I liked the three color basis ! It is my favorite version ! Keep up the good work :)
6 years, 9 months ago
Commented on MT :D
6 years, 9 months ago
where is the shading in the coloured version ? >_>
6 years, 9 months ago
oh yeah, Quintin tarantino will love this wall. I'm sure he will stick it up as a poster next to his Kill Bill posters lol ^_^ First off, magnicficant vector. Ideas like these are simply the best, putting up it on a wall is even better. Its true, the black and white versions definitely brings in the suspense of like "omg, who dead?" or "i wonder who got cut". Seriously an instant fav and it will be a classic ^_^
6 years, 9 months ago
YEAH! Love the concept here! Awesome way of capturing a scene! I really like how you vectored the scene from the scan and made it look like sumthing from an anime series! I also love the simple use of only 3 colors! Very creative! Worth being on any desktop! Instant Favorite! Well done!
6 years, 9 months ago
Heavy wall. Pity I can't bloody use it.
6 years, 9 months ago
I'm so happy to see more DOGS wallpapers surfacing. I really love this wallpaper, that's why I'm giving it a FAVV. You're really brought out Naoto's rage and Magato's shock of being cut. It is stunning. I also love your choice of using three colours. Red, white, and black. Beautifully done!
6 years, 9 months ago
Well i like the simples of the colors, just black wihtie and red are good selection.... the color version don't like me....i like too looks different to others wallapers, but don't have nothing make it "especial" y feel something missing... anyway i like it.. great work... *save*
6 years, 9 months ago
booo. i can do walls with two colors only.. MWUAHAH! Anyways; its a good wallpaper.
6 years, 9 months ago
imo the colors cheapen the scene, nice job sticking to just 3.
my only problem wwould be the main gash of blood. i'm not sure it should be outlined.
but besides that, this is very nice.
Have a nice day!
6 years, 9 months ago
*stares*...bloody...bloody...
Very cool. (+fave)
6 years, 9 months ago
i hit you up on MT <3.
6 years, 9 months ago
good work
6 years, 9 months ago
reading the manga now... it's nice... a little gross, but not really.. ^__^
6 years, 9 months ago
Nice simple wallie and the 3 colours just make it look so bold and in your face. Always like to see more wallie like that. +Fav
6 years, 9 months ago
HAHAHAHA, I like your description. That is funny stuff, yupp.
I love the style. Very clean, very minimal. And the red is very dramatic. Hot stuff! :D
6 years, 9 months ago
Well I really like this! ^-^ The B/W is soo good looking with the splash of read blood. Sweet! ^-^ The colored version isn't as good as the one submitted. I just like the B/W! ^-^ Personal prefrance! Favorite!
6 years, 9 months ago
i dont know what this anime is about, but what i do know is that it's a splended work ish, ncie job, and keep it up ^_^
6 years, 9 months ago
dude thats cool i like the pics that have are black and white that use red to give a center of focus. Great job
6 years, 9 months ago
Great vectoring!! Great job with the scan, it is an awesome wall!!! I like the effect on the blood too!! Great wall!
6 years, 9 months ago
Just beautiful but i prefer the inverted one oO i think that it's much better than the original =3
6 years, 8 months ago
Isn't this one of those walls that you see and it fits into that magic catagory of "just GOTTA have it" :)
6 years, 8 months ago
Thanks a lot
6 years, 8 months ago
That blood has quite a nice touch to it. I love this scene. :] b&w&red style works very well here.
6 years, 8 months ago
Nice... I am still a newbie.. but the more WS Wallies the better! BIG-UPS
6 years, 8 months ago
great wallie. love the simplicty, great color combo and great vectoring o_o. +fab'd .
6 years, 8 months ago
red white and black. fool-proof. like im reading a manga. simple and stylish. reminds me of those old school samurai standoffs (which it probably is. i dunno) contrast? yea. this is a neat one.
6 years, 8 months ago
I believe, I shall try my hand at various DOGs character after my D.Gray-man project!!! - Nodnod. - =3
6 years, 8 months ago
ok i dont understand how u did the blood here.....i tried to do it but i just cant get it to work....
u did a good job on it....hehe
6 years, 8 months ago
This is a very welcome addition to my widescreen collection. Thanks for making this great wall.
6 years, 5 months ago
why is it that you edited naoto's knife to make it look like a sword?
6 years, 3 months ago
Hmm...finally a wall with Naoto ( she's only like 35 % of that wall , but she's still there ) And in the colored version : Their hair colour has a "greyish" shine ... why not white over there ? o_O
6 years, 1 month ago
Great simple work ^^ I really like the 3 colours concept. Easily a fav ^^
6 years, 2 weeks ago
wow nice one. I have been looking for the manga downloads forever and had no luck (._.); . I am personally a big fan of these cliche dual scenes though.(n_n)-b
6 years, 1 day ago
I haven't seen the series but after some of the incredible work I've seen for its wallpapers it only makes me want to see it even more. This wallpaper is dark, simple and direct. It's effective as it should be. Awesome...
5 years, 9 months ago
THE MARS VOLTA RULES!!!! The wallpaper is awsome.
5 years, 5 months ago
Black and White and Blood :) Looks nice, great job
5 years, 1 week ago
His face is priceless.
4 years, 2 months ago
Nice~ Cool and simple. Good job!
4 years, 1 month ago
I reckon you should have gotten at least an S for this~~ it is a very good paper^^ thanks for sharing~!!
1 year, 5 months ago
Simple and clean vectoring, just that I don't really like the black borders there. Actually I don't like them anywhere, so is rather a question of my personal preference.