Well~~~it's the 1st time that i use coreldraw knockout to do the extraction~~hope it looks cleaner~~~
From my view, maybe it's too simple~~~but ive no idea what should be added~~~~and maybe something wrong with the light?
anyway~~~hope it's better than last time~~~
here's the wall~~

Akito looks sorta funny..

The scan is not very good. the edges are very jagged. maybe you should re-think the chains and the mist. i think the chains would look better if they looked more like real chains. then again, the chains don't go that well with the blue, happy background. btw, what's astriction?

Maybe you should add more clouds to the bottom, and maybe a little more on top. The Chains you should just get rid of. Maybe add some dark shades in the sky-but only in a few places, to make it look more interesting. I hope that helps..

Hiya
well the extraction seems to be fine for this anime, only jagged edges but think this is due to the resizing that imageshack has done. But really think you ought to get rid of the farm animals and all, they just don't sit right. Think your better off to continue the cloud type stuff you have already started with and then this walpaper could be realy cool.

Thanks
KarimB

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions~~^_^~~
Well i made some changes in my 2nd version~~~
I redid the extraction and cleaning~~hope it's better now~~~changed the bg since the 1st one really looks a bit too happy~~~~and removed the animals tho i really like them~~~~hope they can be used in my next FB wall~~~~then some brushes were added~~~~
this one is much simpler than the 1st one~~~but hope it's better~~~~~
still~~~all comments and advices are welcome~~~^^~
here's the new version~~

Wow, that's a lot lot better. ^_^ i mostly like it the way it is now; nice work with the brushstrokes in the background. just one thing though, the bamboo rail. it looks a little out of place. good work with the shadow of the tree in the corner, maybe you should try to make the rail in the same style, so that it matches it?

You have him sitting on the door... I have never seen a door on the wall and the ground before... LOL! ^-^; You may want to put a floor. Also you can see through his cloths on the bottom of the scan. I'm not sure if you ment for the to happen but that really needs fixing.

Compared to the first version that you had...the second one looks much better! ^_^ But a few thing still need fixing...I agree with Vagetogt for a few things...such as the fading at Akito's feet. But just a question first...is the round circle opening supposed to be a window? Because in the series...I definitely remember a round window at the main house. If so...you should Akito down a bit behind the window. At least far enough to hide maybe...half of the red thing around his waist. Then it would not only look like he is sitting on the floor but the perspective of the wallpaper would look better too. I also recommend rotating Akito a little clockwise so that he is sitting basically straight up. He's in a kinda awkward position now. And a shadow behind the fence would probably look nice too! ^_~

Other than a few touch ups...I think that it looks nice! ^_^

Okey~~thanks for commenting~~~
well this time i made a few changes~~~
i removed the bottom part of akito such that it looks like his feet are hiding behind the window~~~
and a shadow of the fence was added~~~

the new version:

By the way~~~any suggestion about the font?
i dont like the current one very much~~

Some more comments plz~~~~
i want to know if it's ready to upload~~~you guys' comments are quite important to me~~~~
thank you~~~~^^~

Hmm, not too sure about the shadow you put behind the bamboo rail. you see, because the shadow is even, it makes it look as if akito and the background are flat, while the bamboo rail and the tree are "real". what i mean is, the shadow looks the way it would if akito were painted on to a wall, and the rail was standing in front of that wall. what you could do is to erase the part of the shadow that overlaps the circular window. that way, it will look more like a real window and as though akito was more real, too. also, i think you would have to adjust the shape of the shadow just a little where it reaches its end on the circular window.

correct me if i am wrong, but because i can see part of the "window sill" (the bit that gives the circle depth) that means that we are looking at the window at a slight angle, not straight ahead of us. becuase of that, you would need to adjust the angle of the shadow a little where it meets the window, because it would be bent, not flat and even. did i explain that well? i'm sorry if i'm not clear.

i think you're right about the font, but i don't know what to recommend. sorry.

i don't know if it would be accepted; for me, i think it's fine, but well, my taste doesn't always match that of the mods. i wish you luck if you do try though. i'll keep my fingers crossed for you. ^_^