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What Exactly Is Pink? by °dalarty  3 weeks 14 hours  ago

What Exactly Is Pink? by °dalarty 3 weeks 14 hours ago

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Not too much for me to say about this wallpaper that hasn't already been said: Dalarty has provided a descriptive walk through all the way from the concept idea, to its execution and ultimately its fruition. And you can really see how that careful planning paid off. But it just goes to show, good ideas take time---and a whole lot of patience!

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~rasengan 6 minutes ago
I like mario kaneda very much upload more of his/her scan pls

~bluthree 12 minutes ago
If this isn't a search box, then where's the frakking search box? Put it at the top of the main page, for crying out loud.

~jpoplover 15 minutes ago
Hmmm boring

~praska 41 minutes ago
Hmm.. i need my Seto San daimakura

~thebigfatwhale 1 hour 1 minute ago
You got straight to hell for blasphemy.

~ROLililala1618 2 hours ago
God, iswear my computer's choking me right now... SO SLOW>>>

~jackass1987 2 hours 57 minutes ago
Okay Poey

$Poey 2 hours 57 minutes ago
I'm off to bed now as well, g'night

~fye-lover 3 hours 6 minutes ago
O_O

~jackass1987 3 hours 10 minutes ago
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First Wallpaper To Submit

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~silverymist
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2 years 5 months ago
Well, I began this one, after my first one got rejected. I hope it's ok. Any improvement hints are welcome! I know it's still not that good.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c56/silvery_mist/beauty-of-nature.jpg

~eberth
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2 years 5 months ago
Wow, it's really cool :D!! i really love the way the background mixes with the image
congrats!

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θblu3angl
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2 years 5 months ago
Your wall has been shrunk with photobucket, please upload unto www.imageshack.us and post the url for forums 1 thumbnail on here please^^
looks better than the other one still needs alot of work it looks like though, but the commenting will have to wait til tomorrow...
*yawn*

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~silverymist
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2 years 5 months ago
Ok, here you go! I am awaiting your comments! :) I think the text might be iffy and the girls picture... once again, vectoring? Gah...

http://img234.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beautyofnature6nh.jpg

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~Mxg
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2 years 5 months ago
The text is to plain and doesnt suitthe back ground and I yea you should probably vector it or get a higher quality scan the BG has potential i think.

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~mumpo
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Yay procrastination!
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2 years 5 months ago
Not bad! ^^ I trust you know which series this girl is from? She doesn't look familiar to me xD not that that matters.

Anyway. Once again, I think it's a case of the background being the first thing you look at instead of the scan. So what I would do is desaturate the background a little, and also do a duplicate of the girl and set it to 'colour burn' in the same space on the wall and play with the opacity of that.

Also, I would try putting the text farther down in the image, like left of her hands even, just so that doesn't take attention away from her but evens up the composition.

Still, it's another good start :3 You've got talent~!

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~silverymist
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2 years 5 months ago
I'm horrible at vectoring, maybe i should just change the girl? yay, i feel so talented... no wait, that sounds conceited... lol, jk! ok, i'll fix the bg, but i have a question, on the chick, you know how her bottom is like cut off? any way i can fix it? i can't bring down her image, or else the tip half is cut off... i'm confused. -.-' this is hard.

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~mumpo
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Yay procrastination!
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2 years 5 months ago
I don't think you can fix it if there isn't any more of the image. xD you'd just have to vector it and continue it down to the bottom~ What was the original size of the picture? If you have it there at original size, there's definitely not anything you can do unless you find a higher-res one D:

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~silverymist
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2 years 5 months ago
Well, I think I accidedntally ruined the picture, the picture size was actually perfect... I think I changed it b/c of the background, there was something wrong with that... ok... I'll post the next one soon... what kind of font should I use, can anyone tell me?

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~mumpo
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Yay procrastination!
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2 years 5 months ago
For the font? Something simple and elegant would be nice. Substantial, but not enough to take away from the focus (the character). Try searching this and maybe even this section of dafont.com :3

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θblu3angl
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2 years 5 months ago
Quality problem!
have to vector or get a new scan. is this even a scan? o.O
or a screenshot? because the colors are pretty dull looking.
extraction also needs work because i can see outlines of white and corners with white color unextracted.
the bg is just a stock with strong saturation that hurts the eyes...with some pixely effects. = not good
I'm sorry for like...criticizing your wall :D
text also looks too bright and grainy.
border...eh...not nice
if you have to use this image, then...you'll have to reCG.
don't worry about vectoring. all it needs is some practice, some time. and other stuff...like sweat and blood mixture...<<
good luck.~

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~SPL1T
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2 years 5 months ago
This definately has potential, as I already like what I am seeing. However, as blu3angl has said, there is a major issue with the quality of the image. It does look very grainy, and really needs to be touched up, or vectored. Usually, I would first try to bring out the colours using different cleaning techniques. If that doesn't work, I would try to vector it, or even get a new image.

Good luck

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~dalidadod
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2 years 5 months ago
Hey hey .. hmm lets start with this: your scan is not high q so you need to search for HQ scan or vector it and baout your bg i dunt like it it doesnt fit with the gurl and its so lighty >_< it kinda hurts the eyes >_< try to make it lil darker or something like that and i duno if this stoks ov trees pictures but some ov the tree dunt looks good.. and the border you used and your wallpaper try to remove it... and those two white ball you should remove them... coz theres from no where .. if you want to keep them try to add more all around her body to fit with it
try to make the colors fit 2gother most important thing ov making wallpaper to make your eyes love it and to do so.. you have to pick a lovely color which fit 2gother and add some effects and make agood obj for your wallpaper that what make it good ^_^
i'm sorry i know i said to much about your wallpaper but thats just to improve your skills ^_^ good luck to you

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~silverymist
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2 years 5 months ago
:) That's fine, I know I need to improve. I'd like to use this background, so do you know an image that WOULD go with it? Or what would go with an image of a chickadee with a kimono? Because I really want to use the kimono image. Well yea, I basically cannot vector, it turns out worse than before (I don't even know how that's possible...) so maybe if someone wants to collaborate? That would be nice. :) But yea, I changed it and I don't know if it's even any better, but I try. I forgot the username and title, but don't worry, I will add it later. So here, criticize like crazy!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c56/silvery_mist/meep-1.jpg

P.S. Maybe I should use a purplish/pinkish color as the background? What would match with the image?

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~FrenchKirby
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\o/ Vector =)
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2 years 5 months ago
Wow, i realy looove the color... but it's a pity that the quality is not good !! the scan is blurry... :((