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Relaxation by °Tens  12 hours 19 minutes  ago

Relaxation by °Tens 12 hours 19 minutes ago

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As an animation, Bakemonogatari has a simple, clean art style. But the guest illustrations for the series are anything but simple! So, it's great to see that °Tens took on a more complex illustration and made it his own with vector gradients so fine at points it more resembles painting that vectoring. Do have a look at this beautiful wallpaper!

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Bantam 24 seconds ago
Yes

$Loftydreamer 27 minutes ago
It really wouldn't matter. SAT coverage is very effective.

~NosVII 29 minutes ago
And what if the suspect runs off and leaves the car behind

$Loftydreamer 31 minutes ago
We should just give police satellite access. Let the criminal go rest some place and storm the building. Rather than 3 tons of car barreling around the streets at 100 mph with an unskilled driver behind the wheel.

~NosVII 32 minutes ago
Just throw in some spikestrips and some trucks to block of the road

$Loftydreamer 33 minutes ago
You know when helicopters and SWAT teams aren't enough...Are car chases necessary? Maybe for some criminals, but most of the car chases are by stupid and scared people. Why not just send a helicopter up and start diverting traffic?

~Loleta 38 minutes ago
...........................

$Loftydreamer 38 minutes ago
Gotta love the need for the police to have a car that goes 200MPH.

~NosVII 39 minutes ago
Reminds me of NFS :D

:3CloudGer 45 minutes ago
What a waste

Saki wallpaper

~Quolli
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1 month 3 weeks ago
I am indeed well aware that the dimensions are a tad too small. If the community likes my wallpaper I will be willing to make it the correct size.

Well, there it is.
http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo136/C-ardCaptor_S-akura/Sakiwallpaper.png

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~Mysticmom2
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Quolli

I am indeed well aware that the dimensions are a tad too small. If the community likes my wallpaper I will be willing to make it the correct size.

Well, there it is.
http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo136/C-ardCaptor_S-akura/Sakiwallpaper.png


Your link is not working. You have it set to go back to the session zero forum.

~Quolli
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Quolli
I am indeed well aware that the dimensions are a tad too small. If the community likes my wallpaper I will be willing to make it the correct size. Well, there it is. http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo136/C-ardCaptor_S-akura/Sakiwallpaper.png
Your link is not working. You have it set to go back to the session zero forum.

Whoops my bad.
I got 2 versions now. Both essentially the same with one character flipped.
Original: http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo136/C-ardCaptor_S-akura/Sakiwallpaper.png

Second: http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo136/C-ardCaptor_S-akura/SakiwallpaperNodokaflipped.png

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~Rin-chan
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I like the flying pieces but the background doesn't suit them and the chibis at the bottom I don't think are necessary. First version of the character is better and you'd better vector the characters for the best quality. I'm not sure about the logo though, I guess it depends on how you make the background.

Good luck!

~Quolli
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Rin-chan
I like the flying pieces but the background doesn't suit them and the chibis at the bottom I don't think are necessary. First version of the character is better and you'd better vector the characters for the best quality. I'm not sure about the logo though, I guess it depends on how you make the background. Good luck!

How exactly do I "vector"? I didn't know what to do for a background, so I took a frame out of the anime. Looks like I should find a better frame. The logo is the official logo, which is why I didn't really want to make my own.

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~Mysticmom2
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This is an interesting wall. I like it. I like the first version though with the girl facing outwards. You can probably remove the chibis at the bottom as was mentioned though. You can google for some vector tutorials. Im trying to learn how to do it myself at the moment. All in all its a neat wall and I think it will turn out great if you work with it just a bit more. Can't wait to see the final version. Good luck! .(n_n). emoticon

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Heya :)
I think you really need to start with the resolution :o Its hard for us to judge quality when its scaled down. Can everything be scaled up without looking pixelated?

A lot of your wallpaper looks really hard to vector, not a task I'd recommend someone who's never vectored before, so we can't rely on that to increase quality.



~Quolli
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Heya :) I think you really need to start with the resolution :o Its hard for us to judge quality when its scaled down. Can everything be scaled up without looking pixelated? A lot of your wallpaper looks really hard to vector, not a task I'd recommend someone who's never vectored before, so we can't rely on that to increase quality.

Not sure. I think I can make a 1440 x 900 which is my desktop PC. The one thats in the links is for my laptop.

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~Rin-chan
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There are great tutorials on vectoring on deviantART.com, explaining it here would take too long xD Vectoring is a bit hard at first but it'll give you the best quality. I'm not quite a pro at it myself. If you don't think you'll be able to do it now, you can look for ready made vectors here on AP or anywhere online.

~Quolli
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Rin-chan
There are great tutorials on vectoring on deviantART.com, explaining it here would take too long xD Vectoring is a bit hard at first but it'll give you the best quality. I'm not quite a pro at it myself. If you don't think you'll be able to do it now, you can look for ready made vectors here on AP or anywhere online.

Is vectors like renders?

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~Rin-chan
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Yes!! The only difference is that a vector is usually a high quality image and a render is usually an extracted image and it's not necessarily vectored. A vector is when you trace over the image in Photoshop or any other program. It doesn't have to be traced, it can refer to the style of coloring. Just go to the scan section here on AP and click on any anime and type "vector" in the search box and you'll see some examples.

Sorry if I sound too confusing ^^;

~Quolli
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1 month 3 weeks ago
If I were to vector, how exactly would I "trace" my renders in photoshop?

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1 month 3 weeks ago
`Nysha is providing a wonderful vector tutorial.
You can find it here: http://missnysha.deviantart.com/art/The-Ultimate-Vectoring-Guide-129303185

Hope that helps ^^

Aside from that problem there are a few more. First the file format: We only accept jpeg so make sure to upload the right format. The background is a bit too croweded with the pics in it an the stones above. Also the logo doesn't really make sense here and looks out of place. The required signature is also missing!

~Quolli
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X.X Vectoring looks hard.
As for the other comments you told me about, I was going to fix that up in the final version, but thanks for telling me. Now I got a little checklist! With the logo, I wanted to have something that told the viewer where the characters were from. I thought that the easiest way to do so, was to put the series logo on it.

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The viewer will see which series the characters are from cause you're uploading it into the series category ^^

Well, about vectoring. It's hard yes but try it. Maybe you have a special talent for that and it will be easy for you ^^