I made this wall out of a small Screenshot i took from a very well done anime trailer, I fixed up so the shot is in better quality and added some text with it (title and so) both in Romanji and Kanji-Katakana. I dont know if i put too much text so i need some help with that, and i made 2 versions of it, one with brushing effects and one with out, so please tell me wich is better. And if you have any tips to make it better please tell me. I thank you in advance.

Wallpaper V 1 - Wallpaper V 2 Wallpaper V 3 - Wallpaper V 4

http://img406.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5centimeterspersecond2nx9.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5centimeterspersecond3hz3.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5centimeterspersecond4dg4.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5centimeterspersecond5eb3.jpg

Ok, I took on some of your advice about own ideas, i thought a burned paper effect would be good so i tried it but i still dont know if it looks good, So i want some feedback on this new piece with my own ideas.

How i did this was, first drew some lines between the image with effect and without, then cutted it so it looks like that (the one on the corners), since it was just a plain black line between the 2 (effect and without) i made a charkol like effect on where the lines where then it looked like that (the black smudg on the near corner) Then put some shadow behind the layer wich is "nice and plain" (the real scan), then thats about it.

Wallpaper V 5 or V 6

http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5centimeterspersecond6vz1.jpg
http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5centimeterspersecond7cx4.jpg

:Scan/Snapshot

Really, I'm not sure about this
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No doubt it looks really pretty

However only taking a snap shot and add some text may make it very hard to pass the approval. I saw other people taking snap shot and but they also did the clean up so they get passed.

but Makoto Shinkai's flewless and high quality work may really don't need any more clean up, brush, filter or other effect, any snap shot of his film could be a wall and get a A.

hmmmm...I don't know...maybe we just need more your own design ideas...

Love the original scan you used, but the problem is i don't really that much of your own work in this image. Not to sure if it would get approved then. And i like the image in version two better, you dont need extra effects. :)

Just like delacour said, hard to say what you could do with the image and if it would be improved, based on what you edited. :S Lovely scan though!!

Ok, I updated this and added the new wallapaper with my own ideas ... still need some help, please!

Delacour is right. Makoto Shinkai's illustrations look great as they are and can be used as walls if simply cropped to fit. If you wanted to make a wall from this animation maybe vectoring a screenshot from the trailer would be a better approach.

I figured that out ^^' ... so wich version should i maybe submit, or is it ready for submission? v1,2,3,4,5,6?

The text needs some styling, it looks just like default text, something to spice that up a little bit, perhaps add a ruler behind the 5 centimeters part that shows only 5 centimeters or something of that nature. do something with the text in my opinion. Perhaps add a filter around the edges, it reminds me of a dream, add something that makes it seem like a dream around the edges. Note these are just suggestions

EDIT: OUpon looking at the last in the list of links, something is really strange about it, I like the detailed one better, the phone lines in the last one are confusing me.

Gonna work on that, about that dreamy kind of effect .. but still can you give me some tips into how you can so that?

Blur the edges pretty much, there is a filter for it, Can't remember what it's called though, it a strange w... Just hit me.. Vignette. Vignette it with something like cyan. I don't know exaclty how it'll look vignetted, blurring the edges may work better.

It's kind of like a centralized focus, the edges of your site are blurred.

And BTW, that burned paper effect as you call it, I didn't know it was a burned paper effect until I read your comment (I look first ask questions second :P) and I was just like "What's these three blotchy black lines on this wallie"

Snapshot *lightbulb* I have seen these other walls where it's looking at a desk and then there's stuff like this encased in little polaroids, or picture frames or such, but from what I hear they are very hard to do properly.