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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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2 months, 1 week ago

 

Hell yea!

I came so hard I blew a hole in my wall. It's only going to get better! Sites are listing 24-25 eps which should be right. They have more than enough material. Hopefully season 2 will be announced lol.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

 

You have great taste, good sir!

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

 

DAFUQ!

I have no idea how I miss your comment in my journal when I lurk AP a few times a week. Almost 2 months later! Thanks for the GLORIOUS drawing. No idea how thankful I am for this fan art! Akame ga Kiru so gewd!

Man... my friend and you make want to start drawing again. I need to dust off my old school Bamboo tablet and get better.

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4 months, 4 days ago

 

Mmm~ donuts!

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

 

Hey!

I'm glad I could spread the joy of reading manga. I don't read manga that much anymore but sometimes I poke around. When I get excited about a particular manga I post it on my journal. Good to see I made a Akame ga Kiru fan. The art is really good. I like how the characters have sharp features and thin bodies.

Yea... I didn't catch up right away when the chapters were released but I did accidentally run into the major spoiler while browsing another site. Thanks for not getting too ahead of yourself and containing it lol. I am now caught up though. The ups and downs is what makes this manga pretty good. Oh, of course all the blood and dismembering too.

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

 

Happy holidays to you too brah!

What Can I Help You With?

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

 

At first I thought it was some Medaka wall lol.

It's awesome how you have so many versions to choose from. I can't even make 1 background to save my life. The concept fits together perfectly. You can connect Siri to the phone and how she is standing by awaiting commands. I admire people who can Frankenstein several scans or drawings together and make it look smooth. Little details like the hexagon shapes make her feel more like an AI instead of some chick coming out of a portal. I'm not 100% sure what's going on the side of her hip. At first I thought it was a piece of her missing that's still constructing but I can also see it as cloth that's folded on the end. Kind of interesting to see it both ways. How silly of you to put 69% haha.

Main thing that's really bothering me is the "quality" of the wall. It looks like it was saved in gif format instead of jpeg or png. This puts dither(noise-pattern) on all the gradients and some discoloration.

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6 months, 1 week ago

 

Is dat some Leafa tits and Sista in WIP?

I am pleased.

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6 months, 1 week ago

 

Hell yea dude!

I watched the trailer last night when it got posted on fortune. The trailer was so animated. Production I.G. ftw. It's in good hands animation-wise at least.

My body is ready. Buckets will be filled.

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

 

Niwa avatar.

99 points.

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

 

Oh my balls.

Hell frozen rain

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

 

Is that you... slender man?

Honestly I've been trying to think of what to type. Your whole approach and theme for this wall fits very well together. The raining outlining her creates an aura of mystery and eeriness. Her blood dripping from her left eye creates an illusion. The bright red in the wall can make it look like an eye. Upon closer inspection it shows a bleeding wound with an eye patch or gauze absorbing the blood. Pure white backgrounds is one the things I dislike but it's the only choice for this type of wall. It helps the blackness stand out and create intensity. Maybe reflecting the intense feelings someone might feel when they turn around and see this invisible figure being outlined in the rain.

I like how the outlines are only in the top half of her body and the rest is kept invisible. It leaves the rest of her body to your imagination. The white silhouette outlined by the faint gray mist from the raining dropping is such a nice touch. The rain seems to form an oval shape which directs the focus toward the center and then fade off toward the sides. This helps kill an imaginary frame around the character and makes the wall feel expansive. The rain kind of looks like static to me and I expect to hear white noise. It creates some sort of horror effect in addition to being just rain.

The dripping text is a cool effect but I don't really like it. I can understand the text is supposed to make the viewer think about it endlessly and create a certain mood for the wall. But from a design stand point it just doesn't really work for me. It's sort of just there. Personal taste I guess.

I'm glad you're doing a chain of these experimental walls and playing around with different themes. Even if the wall appears simple it could still have a lot of meaning. Your approaches are really refreshing in this age where most walls are pretty stagnant. +

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

 

Saru is my fave character of course!

He has balls of steel and carries the hope and dreams of men. Out of all the girls though... I couldn't choose one. I'm leaning towards Niwa. I like how she teases/screws with people. She doesn't get a lot of screen time so it's hard for me to completely fall for her. : (

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

 

Naaviii!

Thanks for the ideas. I originally wanted some sort of cracked ground under her and then add on from there. But the cracks looked really bad and not 'organic' at all. Back drop was originally black and have that dark room feel with white spot lights. I felt that her hair just got lost in the black. The white background makes her hair more visible.

Think I'll start playing around with stone tiling which runs along your temple idea. But I can never get the stone shapes right and I trace photos x__x. They always look like bad elementary paper cut outs!

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

 

Glad I am such a huge inspiration to you.

I've slowly developed my style because of being inspired by walls of other artists. I wish I could use AI but it's so hard for me. I actually got to a point where I finally made AI do what I wanted to do. But it comes at doing an extra keystroke compared to PS per move. That stacks like crazy over a long period of time and feels awkward. Gradient mesh is the one thing I want to use because it would actually make my vectors more realistic with irregular gradients. The way I do irregular gradients right now is just so complicated. I guess it's what gives my vectors a certain style.

Keep up the good work!

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

 

"Mari does not like donuts."

I like the color palette a lot because it pops out. I like the magenta and violet which I think are colors that should be used more in wallpapers. The bright orange adds a lot to the wallpaper. If it were just pinks and purples it would be pretty boring. Bold typography takes a good chunk of negative space out of the wallpaper. The ribbon design reminds me of the steam from COFFEE thus adding on to the Dunkin' Donuts theme. I'll take it further by saying that it goes from hot to cool like heat dissipating into the air. You're pretty good at constructing simple wallpapers.

Hair looks a bit muddy because of the orange and pink/purple blend. No idea how I'd fix it unless I played around with colors more. +

SYSTEM ANOMALY

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10 months, 1 week ago

 

Balls.

My comment got deleted because I accidentally hit the back hot key on my mouse... I usually copy my comment in case this happens but forgot I copied a youtube url to share. FFFFF--

Anyway... lol yes... some famous artists do have some others that copy their style. Redjuice was one of them. Tony Taka and Ishikei/NISE have some artists that mimic their style. There's probably several artists but that's what I know off the top of my head.

I actually like this wall even though it is a quickie. It sort of feel like those official character walls that get uploaded on to sites. Oh man... the target reticles or whatever you call them are so old school. I did the same crap on my wall and forum sigs on other sites lol. The fractal or scattered shapes/designs just screams redjuice. The orange accent inside the cockpit was a nice touch. Though it would have been cool if it was aligned with the cockpit's perspective lines. It helps extend the orange into an area with gray as the dominant color which kills some of the boringness. Not sure if her glasses or goggles are a hologram or part of her headset but it looks cool. It's there but not there since it's hard to see. The blue effects or shrapnel flying around just makes me think of Guilty Crown haha. The text makes the wall feel more technical or more electronic. I can imagine her in the cockpit and having all these screens pop out.

I think there's too many circles. Altering their point of view might have made it more exciting. The main that bothered me is the lack of contrast which is the 'fade' cherub may be talking about. I just copy pasta'd the wall into PS and used curve adjustments. I made the whites a bit lighter and grays/blacks x2-3 darker and slapped it on to my desktop. This brings more richness into the wall and makes it more appealing.

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10 months, 1 week ago

 

I look forward to reading your story.

The first thing I absolutely adore is the broken wall/building. I can feel the graininess and roughness of the wall. I like how you can see the wall is broken into pieces which I think is shattered a bit too much. It leads me to believe the wall is made of several rocks with mortar filling the gaps but the outside surface does not show this because it's just flat. The inside of the wall reminds me of rice crispy treats. Now I am hungry for some! ;__;

The trees so feel like... watercolor to me. The different strokes make the trees less boring and more detailed. The blots of white all over the trees make them feel luminous and very glowy. When I saw your clouds I immediately thought back to how I approach clouds lol. I sort of just press down on my tablet swiggle a bit and then put in some dots and move around. The 'clouds' on the horizon looks like the edge of some snowstorm to me. I think it's because it's just as bright as the trees and not dimmed out to look further away. I like how it looks like right now though. I can imagine it being the edge of some storm being blown from left to right. The landscape going off into the distance is beautiful.

I like how lighthearted the character look. They're staring off into the distance waiting for what adventures lie ahead of them. The broken wall there kind of symbolizes that they're breaking out of being confined to 'just going to school' like clockwork. Looks like they're going to have fun investigating these mysteries in their warm fluffy clothes.

One thing that kind of bothers me is the tombstone-looking object left of the building. I have trouble figuring out it's depth related to the wooden fence. Looks like a short wooden gate that's opened and the tombstone is inside but I dunno.

Underground CHAOS: DOGS War Zone

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1 year, 2 months ago

 

Great job again.

You're making this style yours. Combining different monochrome scans and placing characters from each one to make a huge collage. My favorite part about your style is that it combines bold black shapes and gradients to create a wall. When I view the way you handle gradients it reminds me of myself. Throwing down a bunch of subtle gradients and blending them together. Even the tiniest and shortest gradient makes a big difference in the end. It's wonderful how the color is constantly blending into a different one. This keeps the eye interested instead of having a linear color change across the wall.

I sort of agree with srsng about the "Haven't I seen this style before?" It's done in the same style as your other popular DOGS wall which isn't bad. I would like to see you do a full color with the same style and technique in a future wall. Which is mostly getting rid of the gray and red background. You have a good sense of getting the right color and contrast so I think you will be successful. It's just a matter of getting in the mood. : )

Outbreak[GENESIS]

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1 year, 2 months ago

 

I always need to comment when I fav!

Echoing a bit of what I said over at MT. I like how the colors pop against the B&W background. The purple and orange work well with each other. On top of that the pink works with the purple and the orange works with the yellow. It reminds me of finding out which blood type can donate/receive lol. A generous amount of abstraction using the shapes. The amount to fills up the space and enough detail to make it look good without making it into a mess. Good choice of typography integrating smooth fonts and mixing skinny and bold fonts to not make it into a bore fest.

Nice to see other artists trying new things.

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1 year, 3 months ago

 

Noice.

I like how the wall combines several simple shapes and silhouettes. The teal and orange version feels very fresh and relaxing to my eyes. Water splashing beneath her feet looks cool. It makes me want to rinse my mouth with Listerine. The water and her umbrella can make you think a bit about the wall. It could be a clear day after it rained and she's stepping in puddles. Everything is trying to construct a believable area with buildings, trees, and birds but it feels surreal with the way everything is place. It becomes artistic and surreal instead of being more structural ad believable. The overlapping shapes and different shades makes the wall very enjoyable to view. I like how the skirt can look like it's made of feathers.

Trees on the left look too gritty, brushed, and detailed. They should be more smoother like the trees in the middle-back to be consistent with the rest of the wall.

I'd imagine her to have teal striped panties with a tiny orange ribbon.

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1 year, 3 months ago

 

Your name is delicious. :D~

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1 year, 3 months ago

 

KOOKIE SO GEWD! :D~

I know that feeling. Reading the comments after I make a wall/vector is what also keeps me going. That's why I always itch to make and release a wall but it's hard for me to produce a wall. I hold myself to high standards and I work so slow. Finding a good scan takes a long time, vectoring takes me a long time, and making a background to fit the character takes a long time for me. Somewhere along that road I get tired and lose some motivation. My current wall has been on hiatus for almost 2 weeks after finishing the vector. I can't think of a background that would absolutely amaze me.

[Insert wall of text about making the wall for yourself and making it your desktop background as a test to see how good it is and to make it better]