Here is a Fate Stay Night wallpaper I made.
The character is Karen.
Theme Black Sheep

http://i25.tinypic.com/sbkit3.jpg

Suggestions, comments,
And is it ready for the Gallery

^ ^ Thanks

Hmm... the text on it really is very distracting. its too visible.

you should either fade it, or remove it.

I have to agree with rabidsheep about the text.
You should try to lower the opacity or remove it. It's way to many and to visible.

The pic of Karen is very blurry and it seems that you run some sort of filter over it.
This doesn't look so good. A clean and clear pic of her would work much better as this overfiltered one.

The small pic of Karen is very distracting you should remove it.

Last but not least: The required signature is missing.

For reference in text, you maybe want to see `asa01's wallpapers, he(she?) has a lot of nice ones with texts in it.

And beside what has been stated by angel-voice and rabidsheep, I think the texture is rather does not fit there. I tend to use a soft texture. Maybe you want to take a look at DA! Desktopanime, it has some nice textures.

Good luck improving the wallpaper. I hope my comment helps a bit.

^ ^
Thanks for suggestions.
I'm in process of changing it.

When I finish I'll post it.

Here is two variations.
(I know it needs the signature/copyright on bottom still)

Var 1
http://i31.tinypic.com/2whfu47.jpg

Var 2
http://i28.tinypic.com/zujea1.jpg

^ ^
so ready for more opinions.

Did I edit the text enough?
Anyone? Opinions wanted

I don't think the image of karen used in version 1 is usable for a high quality wallpaper without a lot of extra work done on top of it, such as painting or vectoring. cleaning can only do so much and (i'm assuming you've filtered this in an effort to clean it) this is obvious not enough in this case. signs of quality defect remain (and not to mention the image is too blurry and the integrity of the outlines is ruined in parts). as for the image of karen you placed in version 2, it is of a more usable quality, but some black parts are rather jagged and outlines are partially missing (a result of not-too-precise extraction, i'm guessing).

i'm not fond of the outer glow on the main text. most default blending effects are discouraged when it comes to text because they aren't extremely effective, pretty, or necessary. the fact that the outer glow is yellow hints at that you haven't given the use of this effect too much consideration...seeing as how it is the default color. and definitely try to avoid the texturizer filter! >__< it's not the proper way to add texture (the proper way is to drag in a texture layer and set its blend mode).

for the wall of bg text, i'm sorry but i don't see much potential in the current way it is being used. ^^; the idea of black sheep vs white sheep is interesting, yes, but the uniform repetition of a short sentence isn't very visually interesting. the break down the middle of the wall doesn't really help things. :x when using this much text, either the text itself should be interesting, like so:

or the text should carry a strong artistic purpose, like so:

i think it'd serve your wall better to try and achieve the latter through size/font/etc variation and layering.

i'm sorry if i sound discouraging or anything T__T because i'm not trying to be like that. it's just that quality is a huge issue and effective use of a lot of text is not easily accomplished. do your best. =]

^^ No worries.
I know typography (text) is my weakness.
I'll try working on it some more.
I'll get the image of Karen extracted better.

Thanks for help
It will take a while to fix those things
(due to the fact I have to wait til i'm in school to use
the programs ^ ^; I'm trying to get them. Just so expensive)

Thanks again

The second one is a dead idea, I say. The background text just doesn't fit Karen. Like when you put manga pictures in a medieval codex. The first one_v2 is better, it has some kind of mood or what... I would give it a try... but don't forget to sleep at night^^

I think the problem with the text might be solved with one or two things.
1- Try using a mask on it to have it fading in or out (if you don't know how to mask, there are some layer styles that mimic this effect- personally I think applying a cloud mask or just cheating with the filter>render>clouds might just work, but that's up to you to run with)
2- The thing that bothers me is that there's almost an audible line running down the middle of the picture from one side to the other where the text is.
Also, the texture on the gradient in the back doesn't do much for me. I think something smoother looking or perhaps scratching the texture altogether and going with a black-red gradient (that way the picture doesn't look as out of place)
But if you're going with the black and white thing, perhaps make her black and white except for her eyes- turn them red, mebbe?
Anyway, I dunno if that helps much, but that's what I'd do to it.

I'll try to do the other suggestions as well,
it will take some time ^ ^; ;;;

I think you should fix the quality of both version and don't forget to pay attention to the outline. You lost some. Try using vector, it helps you a lot.
Never give up and keep up the good work!^^

Okay thanks
Lizzorita
I'll keep the outline.