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After over decade running AP we've made the tough decision to suspend normal operation of the site for the near future. Sadly there aren't enough hours in the day and it was time to make a decision on what to spend our efforts on. It's a pivotal time for our other project right now and we do not have the focus, manpower or system resources to run everything we have got right now.

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SamB

Senjougahara

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`SamB

1 month, 2 weeks ago

 

When I took a look on your work I had the weird sensation there is the fog in my room. That sensation is made because you've added some textures over the character creating something like a vapour effect. The colors, for my taste, are too much toneless, I mean there isn't a real contrast of colors that emphasize a part or an element that give a too evident flat effect. The character is good but I'm not sure why you've choosen a picture like that, nice pose but it doesn't tell anything, without story elements. If you would make a graphic work, without a scene, I think is just more appropriate a picture without objects (in the hands) in a more attractive pose. I like the pixel effect idea but you should hazard more, adding a text and typographic composition, for example, or some graphic elements around to balanced the work. In this way your work is a lillte boring.

Kings of Fairies

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`SamB

1 month, 2 weeks ago

 

Your works are so clean and neat, with a lot of details that I can identify your works without read your nickname before. In this one the details of the room objects is simply perfect. The candle and the ornaments of the armchair are perfectly realistic. I like how you always make contrast, in your vector tech, between dark and light colors, without gradient but simply creating little part of neat colors, as clohtes and character' skin show. I'm not sure about character's fire that seems a little weird and less realistic than others elements but I think the fur of the bedspread is so damn good. In this work, most than other of yours, I appreciate how you combined two different pictures creating something new. The Fairy Tail logo on the book in the left is a mastermind choice that notice how you never omit anything.

+FAV

The Forest of Houjie

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`SamB

1 month, 2 weeks ago

 

When I saw your work I immediatly thought how beautiful colors you've choosen. That's the point, this piece of art is made with its colors. I like very much the gray-green gradient of the sky and the mountains behind with the contrast of white shades of clouds and snow. The most part that I love, truly, is how you made the river, with its beautiful dark and light blue contrasts and how brown made a corner that accentuates the river. I like the details, the character is simple but nice. The vector tech is really well done and I appreciate the shades work on it without brushes or texutres that make your work really clean and neat.

Really nice work. + fav

Match 20: Clouds

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`SamB

1 month, 3 weeks ago

 

My entry

Match 21: Pets!

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`SamB

1 month, 3 weeks ago

 

My entry:

:)

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`SamB

2 months, 4 days ago

 

Thank you really much for your comment on my work. I've truly appreciated the time you've taken to write it and I've seriously thought about what you said to make my next works better, so thanks.

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`SamB

2 months, 5 days ago

 

Thank you very much for your fav :)

2013: We'll be back

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`SamB

2 months, 5 days ago

 

thank you for your correction, I made it ^^

First Annual New Years Match - Match 19

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`SamB

2 months, 5 days ago

 

Ok, this time I tried to use much more characters I can :P

this is my newest entry:

Apple Party

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`SamB

2 months, 1 week ago

 

That's a really funny wallpaper for a dark anime as Death Note and I like the contrast between your happy party and the dark mood of the story that gives to your work an original way. I love the brilliant colors used and the work is totally clean and neat. +fav

First Annual New Years Match - Match 19

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`SamB

2 months, 3 weeks ago

 

This is my entry for the contest, where I create a sort of advertisement of the Google glass event, on 2013.

Sam.

A Soul Can't Be Cut

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`SamB

3 months, 6 days ago

 

The blue and red combo is always good, but in this particular work there is a beautiful contrast. I like how you overlaied the same layer to multiply the colors and the light of the picture used. The work is simple, and the project is good with the combination of two beautiful images. After that I think you could work on it much more, searching or creating brushes, or light effects to add on it, for a more accurate work. For example thunder effects on the blue armor could be a good thought, in my humble opinion.

Constellations

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`SamB

3 months, 2 weeks ago

 

The wallpaper is really clean and I like very much the white shades add on. My compliments for it.

Happiness

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`SamB

4 months, 2 weeks ago

 

Honestly, it's not easy to make a wallpaper of the entire Akindo's crew because Gokinjo was a really particular Anime, infact there are no wallpaper as yours. So your concept and idea are perfectly congenial to putted all the characters in that simple way. You've done a good job blending characters with painting color spots as a paper-craft school homework, and it was right to putted those elements in a paper posted on that color woody notice-board. The tech is good, where characters are neat and clean and your use of white line-art (how you've mentioned) is particular and not-so-often-seen, and as Mirtillo already said you caught the wit of this Anime very well.

Summer Fun

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`SamB

4 months, 2 weeks ago

 

When I saw your work I thought to cut and plumbed it to use it as a wallpaper for my smartphone. The scene is really funny and cute with pikachu on the surf but I like especially the graphic composition, that is simple but every elements are putted exactely in their damn right position and their make the work perfect, because you didn't overstated with them. Using strong lines was a good choice, they made it lively and the clear-cut contrast of colors is beautiful. The texture blended with the elements give to it a warmth look. Really nice wallpaper, added on my favs.

Sam.

◄ Fairy Erza ►

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`SamB

4 months, 2 weeks ago

 

In your revisions, I prefer the first, with its grey-green predominance. You've combined colors very well, a good choice of colors, I mean, that make your work pleasent, especially for the contrast between dark orange and the gray-green. The character, putted in the middle helps to balance the graphic-area and reduces a chatoic impact got by the strong composition, compacted around the subject. Infact the graphic elements blended themselves in a controlled chaos and it's good because it makes your work particular.

The painting tech is really well done, especially in her angel wings (really beautiful) and I like very much how you've combined different techs in this graphic composition created with a lot different brushes and the painting tech. The character's body is well done with a good use of shades (I like her feet, in particular).

The small-dots tech and little color lights blended over help to make it strong and lively.

+fav

Restricted Panty Zone

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`SamB

4 months, 2 weeks ago

 

Really nice work, I like soft colors very much :)

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`SamB

5 months, 3 weeks ago

 

Tantissimi auguri di Buon Natale, che per te sia ricco ricco di sorprese.

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`SamB

5 months, 3 weeks ago

 

Ciao Vivi, colgo l'occasione per rinnovarti gli auguri di buon Natale che ti porti tutto ciò che vuoi :)

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`SamB

5 months, 3 weeks ago

 

Tantissimi auguri di Buon Natale, Mirtillo, che ti porti il meglio!

Ultimate Tenkaichi Budokai

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`SamB

6 months, 1 day ago

 

That's a good wallpaper of Dragonball Z. The bright colors in contrast with the dark blue of the background and some details of clothes make your work pleasent. I like how Cell, behind the characters, is blended with the backround with its details getting confused with the freeze landscape (but I would prefered some details of Cels with a 50% of opacity to blend him with the landscape more). Gohan is really cool in his pose where his cloak flying and define the graphic-space as a corner. Contrary, putting the others characters make your wallpaper too plain and I think you should try to make a revision with Gohan and Cell, only, and the blue landscape behind to have a more open space composition and a more "breethe" in its graphic impact. Instead, the execution is clean and well done, just a little claustrophobic.

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`SamB

6 months, 2 days ago

 

Thank you for your support on my One Piece Work :)

Shana Flame-Haired Blazing-Eyed Hunter

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`SamB

6 months, 2 days ago

 

Generally, I think your work is nice, for the soft color choice and a graphic composition with not so many colors, (a good choice of colors) used well make your work with a pleasant glimpse Personally I prefer the revision with the write because it helps to balance the area without a too large empty space. A good idea was to use brush with the color of the character, like an explosion where details get confused theirseflves. But, if I would make a notice, I think some brushes are a little weird or too strong (as the dark brush on the leg, to the left is with its long tentacles with a too casual direction) overwhise the concept is nice, at least. I like how you made her eyes, good shade and good light inner. I'm courious to see more wallpapers by you.

Sam B.

Mugiwara's Colors - 2YL

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`SamB

6 months, 3 days ago

 

Well, there is a reason for its disposition. On the left there are Mugiwara's crew of East Blue, contrary on the right there are Mugiwara's crew of Grand Line, so I had change Sanji colors choosen a color between Green and Light Blue so I opted for the green water color. But thank you for your comment :)