My entry for the third challenge for the Crimson Orchestra in The Battleground. For this battle versus The Foundation the rules were the following:
- we had to wall a category listed in the scan gallery here at AP with zero walls;
- we had to add a border.
I chose to wall a scan of Shinobi. Well, I wanted to wall Shinobi BEFORE I saw this wonderful scan of Final Fantasy:Crystal Chronicles. Unfortunately, due to some hosting problems, some images were lost. You can find the scan I used here. If you think that my entry looks a bit symple... you're probably right >_>My concept was to make a wall with an old paint style, so I focused all my work to that goal. It was hard to extract the girl and merge her with the background but I must admitt that I'm quite proud of the final result. The background I used comes from a stock photo, I added some effects to obtain the paint look and voilà ;) The border is rather symple too but I have lost the count of how many times I redid it. Yes, I don't like borders very much. I think that no one in the Crimson Orchestra likes to make borders, right XD ? Then was the textures time; I don't think that I've ever used so many textures in a wall. Really, I used tons of them... Please full view and, if you like it, leave a comment.
This is our last official challenge in The Battleground. We decided to make an indipendent group just for ourselves here on AP. Good luck to the other armies!
PS: By the way: we won the challenge XD






We heard you like towers so we put a mosaic of this tower on this tower.
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6 years, 9 months ago
This is AWESOME ^^ The BG is really great , i really mean it .. and the character is nice , Add 2 Fav ^_^ BTW .. Congratulation ^^
6 years, 9 months ago
love the background~i just like the colour u used..i like the atmosphere of it!yeah!i like it~
6 years, 9 months ago
I think that your wallpaper is awesome !! It is so nicely done !!! The background looks really great and you did a perfect job blending the scan with the rest of the background !!! It deserves a fav for me, so here it goes : + FAV !! Keep up the excellent work Warrior ! and congrat for winning the challenge !
6 years, 9 months ago
OMG, someone has to highlight this really fast. Such an adorable work. The extraction is great (wow, it must have been really hard acording to the original scan) and really good done. The idea of the wall itself is very nice. It really looks like an old painting but without losing it's high quality. The background is awesome done and merge perfect with the scan. You've done a great job by the blending of the scan on the background. The atmosphere of the wall is a bit dark but I like your dark walls a lot.
** Congrats for winning the challenge!!!!! **
Well, I hope to see more of you beautiful walls in the next time. It's a great feeling everytime I see you newest work.
6 years, 9 months ago
some impressive walls came out of this challenge~
really really beautiful with the pea****feather motif (i think i've used that same stock, lol) just.. lovely. +favs.
6 years, 9 months ago
Really amazing wallpaper .. just look at it .. just Amazing .
i love it + FAV for sure .. damn its cool xD .
6 years, 9 months ago
This is probably one of the most elaborately worked wallpapers I've seen in a long time. It works well together with the foreground elements, too. I like how the background has a lot of detail to it but it doesn't draw too much attention away from Shinobi. It also doesn't overelaborate, so there is a good balance of detail and simplicity. I also like how the monotone color scheme works out here. Definetly well done. +fav
6 years, 9 months ago
congratulations for you achievement, becasue your work deserve it plenty. its really amazing, the work with the chara is impressive. fav for me.
6 years, 9 months ago
Good job. It's an undeniable fact that you've become really accustomed and skilled at manipulating and blending scans with stock photos. The old-wall-paint/drawing look you gave to this wallpaper has been pulled off perfectly and I really have no real complaints, except maybe that I wouldn't mind if a version of this without borders would actually exist ;)
But in any case, it is indeed worth of a favourite at the very least. :)
Bella lì!
6 years, 9 months ago
man, there's just something about this wallpaper. It seems to have a certain flow. The colors blend perfectly, even if they are simple. But they match perfectly with the scan.(+fave)
GO CRIMSON ORCHESTRA!!!
6 years, 9 months ago
Wow what an amazing job.
There is nothing more to say I guess than that. I just love the overall feel of the wallpaper. Awesome job and gets a favorite for me.
6 years, 9 months ago
Eeeeeeeeee is what I said first time I saw this wall. Well not realy, but still I was ammazed by it. It looks like a single painting on canvas, can't tell anything appart for the background, very well blended, nice job!
6 years, 9 months ago
CRIMSON ORCHESTRA 4EVRRR!
*faves and runs away*
6 years, 9 months ago
a perfect 15/15
Im rather tempted to ruin that! xD
but I won't..I can't, its too pretty.
6 years, 9 months ago
Very stunning, the wall is nearly flawless. The dual concept of the wall is explosive and just take the cake for anything. Favs time!
6 years, 9 months ago
WOW! Amazing! I really love the colors you used! ^_^
6 years, 9 months ago
What an original and complex wallpaper. I like the skin tones and the colors you've chosen. The designs are very unique and very different from the others I've seen. It looks a lot like the famous paintings in the museum. Great use of texture and nice concepts. Keep the work and effort up!
6 years, 9 months ago
OMG! Someone has broken the 20/20 :o
The wallpaper is way too beautiful to turn down! It's too beauitufl! I request a highlight XDDD Though I am only a feeble member -____- But hey ;) Life has it's turns. Always love to see your wonderful master pieces! An instant fave :3
6 years, 9 months ago
Beautiful. :)
6 years, 9 months ago
Superb grunge style. The shapes, How the character interacts with the theme. All-round an excellent wall. =D +Fav.
6 years, 9 months ago
I think you've already won... Excellent texturing, excellent use of the stock photo for the BG.
Great wallpaper! +fav
6 years, 9 months ago
Ah.....this is.....this is just ...beautiful, thank you for making this wall :P
if your goal was to make "a wall with an old paint style", I will be in agreement that you've done a good, no, a great job on it. Though, as the annoying pest I am, I always have something I dislike :*(
The front part of the girl's picture, namely, the shoulder protector, looks abit more apparent than the rest of the borders of the girl scan, so it doesn't look as fitting as the other parts, but still, this is a very a good wall. I also congratulate the Crimson Orchestra for winning. ;)
+fav and I'm using this one right now >3<
6 years, 9 months ago
This is a beautiful wall. I really liked this scan, too, but I would have never thought to do what you've done with it. Great job, and congrats on winning that battle! +Fav +watchlist!
6 years, 9 months ago
This paper is lovely! It reminds me of something that Leonardo daVinci would paint. The colors are nice, and the picture is fantastic.
6 years, 9 months ago
Damn ur wallies just keep gettin...uh....awesomer? (yeah i hav a reputation 4 bein a word maker upper) Anywayz ypur skills and blending backgrounds and scans together are amazin. Luv this whole rustic, old painting theme you got goin here. I'm also a sucker for patterns and so I luv that backgrond. One thing though...culd upload a version without a border..cos this one is kinda distracting. Othr than that awesome work, yet again ^_^ Definitely worth faving
6 years, 9 months ago
GEREAT PAPER>. a good solid base.
6 years, 9 months ago
I love the background and how you made the caracter blend in it
6 years, 9 months ago
this..is..amazing o__0 i'm always a fan of grunge wall and yet this wall is kind of masterpiece o__0 totally beautiful compare to the original scan and yet with such classic color like that brown the wall is just seem to be more mystic, an ancient paper...or smth so beautiful >_< thank for sharing ^_^, it's really nice :)
6 years, 9 months ago
How a nice wall ! I love the atmosphere on it ! You make a nice texture and you've done a great work on the details of the background ! I like much the edge of the wall too ! Good job !
6 years, 8 months ago
Very nice wall, the scan and the background fits perfectly with each other, and the colors are very nice. Good job.
6 years, 8 months ago
It's absolutly stunning. You really done well on the old effect ,and blended the scan perfecty into the background. I really like the background a lot. I like how the darker and the lighter sight kind of mirror each other. That's a + fave, you deserved it =3
6 years, 8 months ago
wow, it's simply & utterly wonderful!! ^^ she looks beautiful and you made a great background - no, wait, you made a great wallpaper!! so, you figured it out already...goes to favs, yay! :D
6 years, 8 months ago
beautifull nothing to add
6 years, 8 months ago
waoh .. very amazing walli .. such so nice the bg .. and love the character too ~ and btw Congratulation .. ^^ .. hope to see more ! +fav
6 years, 8 months ago
VERY nice back ground! i like it soo much ^^
6 years, 8 months ago
Love the designs!! And the color!! Good job.
6 years, 8 months ago
This wallpaper has a very claming mood to it. I love the color scheme and the image just blends so well with the rest of the background. I really like the pea****feather texture you have added, it makes it very unique looking. I think I like it with the borders :)
6 years, 8 months ago
Lovely, lovely brown tones and use of patterns... :D The painted look is wonderful, and the blending is awesome XD A really interesting take on the borders restriction of the theme too, I definitely think you did the best you could with that... although I do agree with Shinn that it'd be great if there's a borderless version of this wall somewhere... X)
Sweet job :D
6 years, 8 months ago
This is a really lovely wall.
I really like the background textures you used here, it gives the wall a sense of depth.
I really love that image, and it used to be here before the server ate the scan :/
Excellent job, keep up the good work.
6 years, 8 months ago
Wow. What an amazing wallpaper. I just looked at the full version of it and the details are so precise and fitting! The scan matches so well with the background. +Fav!
6 years, 8 months ago
its really cool wallpaper the bg esspecially
6 years, 8 months ago
It really does have an old painting feel to it! Great job on making it this way. It looks very beautiful. I'm going to add it to my favorites. Every nice wall here is an inspiration to me...I must make a wallie soon that can qualify...thank you for the inspiration! Congratulations on winning the challenge!!
6 years, 8 months ago
I simply love the texture you have in the background! Full marks !
6 years, 8 months ago
I JSUT LOVE IT!! I saw the scan and I thought of doign a wall but I think u did jsut the right way! Wonderful! very beautiful! I love it! instant favorites for sure!
6 years, 8 months ago
I love the bg! nice work! I love it alot! ^__^
6 years, 8 months ago
Looks really nice, too bad that FF:CC wasnt such a big hit as the main Final Fantasy Serie and so only one wallpaper of this game exists (still liked FF:CC)
6 years, 8 months ago
Beautiful wallpaper! I love the background and how well the colors work together. The edges are cool too.
6 years, 8 months ago
What I love most about this wallie is the texture and earthiness. The uneven edge gives it an aged look, which really enhances the entire picture.
6 years, 8 months ago
wow what a beautiful wall... its different and unique! I like it
6 years, 8 months ago
omg this one if one of my favorite.s.....u really know what ur doing
6 years, 8 months ago
It's amazing. So natural. The pea****feathers nicely enhance the picture. She looks really real. Amazing... allmost Breath taking.
6 years, 8 months ago
WOOOOOO I LOVE IT is so amazing. i love everything in this wall. its really amazing. Congratulation <3 add + fav ^_^
6 years, 8 months ago
I like it the background is pretty
6 years, 8 months ago
The colour combos are very nice, and soft. I like how you chose a monochromatic wall with earty browns. There aren't many walls like this one. ^_^ Congrats!
6 years, 8 months ago
Really nice effects you got there. The extracted character in the centre is very sweet. I like the borders of your wallpaper, even though you said you don't like doing them much. Any tutorial sections you got, for the painterly effects? (the Photoshop ones don't achieve that much, and the grunge brushes are kind of limited in their abilities) 0_<
6 years, 8 months ago
wow everything obout the wallpaper is great..... really good job
6 years, 8 months ago
this is so great. the patterns are awesome and the girl is so pretty! i luv it!
6 years, 7 months ago
just wow!
6 years, 7 months ago
Good portrayal of the Clavat clan. The letter background is a nice touch. Very reminiscent of the Moogle clothes.
6 years, 7 months ago
So cool! Love the colors and the feel to it
wow! all i can say! this wall is truly an amzing job!
A definate fav
6 years, 7 months ago
I love it; The background and the scan blend in together magnificently; It is a fav for me...
6 years, 7 months ago
Incredibly nice, the old picture look, with a piece of dark ages thing. Hard to explain but it's realy realy good and fits my taste perfekt.
6 years, 7 months ago
Very nice!
6 years, 7 months ago
Is very pretty, it have a beautiful old look (how a picture form the latest century).
6 years, 7 months ago
The background is really great; I've always loved this kind of artwork! It really makes her face pop out and I feel like I'm noticing more detail on it, such as the textures etc.
6 years, 7 months ago
its so solemn.......................
6 years, 7 months ago
this one looks cool too bad there arn't any more ffcc l walls
6 years, 7 months ago
Love the darkness in this wall! I really like the fames and the colors. Please do more of such good Wallpapers! ^_^
6 years, 6 months ago
Hello!!! ^^ This wallpaper is other of my favorites... Congratulations...
MOITOS BIQUIÑOS
6 years, 6 months ago
very nice texture
6 years, 6 months ago
nice!i lake it very much.especially i like background.well, but what i am saying, i like the whole look! good work
6 years, 6 months ago
to me she looks like an old indian princess with all of her youth,and still as beautiful as ever.
6 years, 6 months ago
wow, this wall is very passionate to me... i love it!! nothing much to say, but I hope my comment leaves you a bit happy ^_^
KaT ^_^
YAY, another favorite
6 years, 6 months ago
I've seen the scan before, and I'm truly amazed at how you managed to make the background blend in so nicely with the scan. ^_^
6 years, 6 months ago
Wow very nice the background is awsome love it +fav^^
6 years, 6 months ago
Beautiful : )
6 years, 6 months ago
Ooh, this is really pretty! I like the background and the wonderful textured look that this has.
6 years, 5 months ago
At first glance it does look very busy. However, the neutral choice in color helps keep it all in perspective. I really love the designs going over the entire wall and over her. I also like the half dark and half light.
6 years, 5 months ago
Lovely, very ornate background.
6 years, 5 months ago
6 years, 5 months ago
whoa, this is freaking awesome. I love how it uses more earth tones and such. Its a nice change of pace from silvers and bright colors. Excellent job
+fave
6 years, 5 months ago
Woohoo!! 6 stars!! (of of 5 that is...) ^^
6 years, 5 months ago
I haven't been around for a while, look what I missed out on...your design looks beautiful. Love the brown. Everything works well ^^-Shira
6 years, 5 months ago
flippin kool i love the texture and colors to the character look sooo kool to love it
6 years, 5 months ago
woow.. it is a beautiful wallpaper... thanx..well done
6 years, 5 months ago
Nice wall. Very well done.
6 years, 4 months ago
the roughness of the texture is very sharp
6 years, 4 months ago
wow that nice .........I would give this number one ......the girl is very sweet looking at the picture and the backgroud goes well with it....Good colors ..^_^..But what is it she holding?@_<
6 years, 4 months ago
Wow, this is such a wonderful background. The design is really elaborate, but it avoids being as distracting as some other wallpapers are. The colors work together perfectly.
6 years, 4 months ago
beeeeeautiful. =)
6 years, 3 months ago
I really like this wall! I love how you integrated the scan into the background to make it dream like. The textures you used are awesome as well! Thanks so much for sharing it with us!
6 years, 3 months ago
Of the best wallpapers I've seen in general. The scan fits perfectly with the rest of the wallpaper and along with the earthly colours of the background (which I totally love) give me a serene feeling.
I'd be mad if I didn't fav this XD
6 years, 3 months ago
Very, very nice. I like it ^_^
6 years, 3 months ago
the design on the bg is awsome... really cool design i love the fade effect of the girl shelkie. furthermore the colours really give it an olden style as if it has been on the paper for hundreds of years...great piece
keep em comin
6 years, 3 months ago
...amazing...it's really cool... ...you really did a great job!^,^...
6 years, 3 months ago
WAWWAWAAWAWA!!! How nice it is!! ilove it i love it although it seem very awesomebut i love this style. the effect is great and the background is perfecti love it's vignette too:D. thanks for share it.
6 years, 3 months ago
cool designs and background love the colours and textures in this wallpaper :)
6 years, 3 months ago
It seems like it have a strong spirit in the image.
6 years, 2 months ago
I like the deep earth tones you used for the background along with the texture. :)
6 years, 2 months ago
Wow... Probably one of the best looking wall i've ever seen... The picture blending is first class too, i on't see any flaw at it O.o And indeed you've reached your goal at making it look like an old painting.It looks classic indeed... I wonder where you get those motives? It looks like Indonesian's batik...
Great job on this wall, it sure deserves a fav... Thanks for sharing it!
6 years, 2 months ago
Really nice effects you got there. The extracted character in the centre is very sweet. I like the borders of your wallpaper, even though you said you don't like doing them much.
6 years, 2 months ago
This wallpaper has a good pattern to it. Its a Fav on my list .
6 years, 2 months ago
OMG nice one^^ *fav* The pic looks nice, thrugh the brown colour it looks like an old painting (lol I think I say already the same things like th eother already).
But very nice^^ I like it a lot..everything fits perfect in that pic.
6 years, 2 months ago
Really nice, that's art that makes you calm. Hard to tell what i mean, but it's really great.
6 years, 1 month ago
This image is beautiful, I love all the different textures used in the wall, it gives it a really cool feel, and I really like the simplicity of all of it. Great job!
6 years, 1 month ago
i love the figures on the paper.awesome!
6 years, 2 weeks ago
great job!!! is really cool
6 years, 2 weeks ago
A little dark, it adds to the mood, I love the tribal style pea****feathers in the BG.... Just as sweet as can be... +fav
6 years, 1 day ago
Totally an awesome wallpaper. i love how the lines are moving in different directions. great use of colors, and the border is cool. good job!
6 years, 13 hours ago
Nice wallpaper. I'm not a huge fan of the color brown, but I really like with all the different shades of brown blending in together. The background is very nice; I love the patterns. The old style painting idea, I think, goes well and you were able to portray it in this wall very nicely. For some reason the lines on her face is bugging me...XD
5 years, 11 months ago
OMG p(ToT)q the peacock-feather-like vector u made for the background is truly AWESOME p(T_T)q, i'll b a definite imbicile if i don't |(VcV)| ADORE |(VcV)| it GREATLY XD XD XD
<3 what a wonderful, wonderful work <3
5 years, 10 months ago
Oh man, I love the patterns... How long did it take you to do that? Thats amazing... its a little too dark, at least for me, but its amazing nonetheless; the patternwork is just wow.
5 years, 10 months ago
I could definitely see the work you did on this man, great job dude. Loving the old school look on it. Ranked as one of my favorites for sure.
5 years, 10 months ago
This is so beautiful! I love the design and colors. Great job <3
5 years, 10 months ago
nice wallie!!!!
5 years, 9 months ago
O.O.O.O.O This is quite a beautiful one! =D Love the color, expression, and texture. Thanks. =)
5 years, 9 months ago
Finally a comment after nearly a year of seeing this. This piece is simply unforgettable. I can't really say much about it except that I just can't say anything.
Beautiful job, though I love it as a picture but not a wallpaper. It nearly made me feel as if this was all done by hand.. and Congratulations, though it's close to a year late.
5 years, 9 months ago
very cool. looks scary btw.
5 years, 9 months ago
WOW!
This is art.
This is not a wallpaper this is art.
Tha BG and the principal image are pefectly mixed.
Congratulations for this great job.
http://static1.animepaper.net/images/emo/wooi2.gif|(n_n)| emoticon
5 years, 8 months ago
great wall.
can't say my exact feelings for it...
antique?(o_o)
really love it. it's a FAV!
5 years, 8 months ago
WhaT a uniQe pattern and very complex art...its so beautifull...the brown essence brings a calm and fancy impresion...TOTALLY BEAUTIFUL!!!
5 years, 7 months ago
Nice wallie, I like the way the scan blends with the background, it looks very nice, also the designs the wall has look quite amazing, nice job and keep it up.
5 years, 7 months ago
sugoi!
5 years, 7 months ago
0.0 ...
how you do the background it look very pretty ...
awesome ...
classic and beatiful ...8)E
5 years, 6 months ago
nice wallpaper
beautiful efect and great color
just cool
+fav
5 years, 6 months ago
It's a very cool wallpaper. I have nerver playied Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, but it's a very beautifful image. It reminds me of a old painting...It's very interesting style. Keep on with this good work. I hope to see more of your works soon.
5 years, 5 months ago
This looks great! I like the whole atmosphere of it. Very beautiful, the background!
5 years, 5 months ago
I've been searching for this wallpaper, I found it!!!! I love this wallie
5 years, 5 months ago
The intricate detail has won me over. It really is exquisite in it's own unique way. I'm surprised that this wall is not in the highlited section./(OoO)/
5 years, 5 months ago
It's beautiful But who is it?
5 years, 3 months ago
I'm not one for dark colors but the patterns and blending intrigues me on this piece. Nothing seems out of place P(T_T)
5 years, 3 months ago
Everything is just perfect! Nice one! :)
5 years, 1 month ago
Ohhh i like it , nice colour mix :P
5 years, 1 month ago
Oh nice wallpaper !!! Thx for upgrade !!!
4 years, 11 months ago
Very special wallpaper. You complex it with nice concept.
And the atmosphere of this picture looks different from other pictures such as the background, is that bird feather? Anyway looks nice work.
Thanks for sharing such good wallpaper and I prefer this kind of style.
The balance of the tones is good.........
Looking forward more of your nice idea.
4 years, 9 months ago
i like the background design!! the colouring with the design goes so well!!! nice!!
4 years, 6 months ago
Lots of great detail here!
4 years, 6 months ago
This is really well done.
4 years, 5 months ago
I really loved this ! |(VcV)|
4 years, 2 months ago
I like this!!!!!
4 years, 1 month ago
What is this! The picture is the Dark concept agin! but a girl in picture is very cool and
beautiful!!!!!
4 years, 2 weeks ago
lovely! awesome textures and colors, thanks.
3 years, 10 months ago
EEEE~! This is so pretty. I love how everything blends, but the girl is still the focus of the wallpaper. :3
3 years, 10 months ago
This is incredible! I love it. ♥
3 years, 9 months ago
Effects and colors in the wallpaper are really gorgeous and classical. They are drawing the lady's deep silence make her be more attractive and mysterious. Arts in the background are very delicate.
3 years, 7 months ago
ah...pretty :) i've never played the game but this wall is amazing :D
3 years, 7 months ago
I love the LOOK
3 years, 7 months ago
I really love the textures and the decorations of the BC Nice work :)
3 years, 6 months ago
3 years, 5 months ago
Such an adorable work. The extraction is great... You've done a very good job! The old-wall-paint/drawing look you gave to this wall is realized very well...
3 years, 4 months ago
This is <3
3 years, 2 months ago
wow! i love the patterns and coloring
3 years, 3 weeks ago
The pea****pattern in the background is stunning! I'm torn between wishing you'd done it in beautiful pea****colors--like iridescent green and cyan--and thinking that the brown really suits it.
Either way, this is a lovely wall for an awesome game.
3 years, 2 weeks ago
So beautiful =) I took a look at the scan, and wow, you worked it. Congratulations! impossible to deny how damn good this wallpaper looks, you're really skilled and created the perfect atmosphere here.
2 years, 9 months ago
..This just looks too cool.. Beautiful. The patterns are laid out just about right so that it doesn't overcrowd the wallpaper. It ends up having an effect of like.. A Henna tattoo instead... I love it. What a unique piece of art! +fave.
2 years, 9 months ago
This is beatiful with the texture seems MEDIEVAL theme! magical 8)E
2 years, 9 months ago
wow! looks very amazing... it seems that the character and bg is only one! they're like connected with each other and gives a calm grunge feel (in my opinion)
2 years, 8 months ago
wow! this is just gorgeous! love the earthy colors and the painterly textures, everything is just so well done! what an amazing job! +fav
1 year, 3 months ago
OHH MY GOD this looks wonderfull!
1 year, 1 month ago
Love it! The pea****feather pattern works well!
4 months, 4 days ago
I just loved the background! So beautiful and profound! Congratulations for a job well done!