13/06/2009

14th wallpaper. 3rd for Bleach.

This wallpaper is dedicated to my friend, Mika-chan for her belated birthday.

Zanpaktou and characters were vectored from a scan by Rurubell:

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This is the worse amount of revisions I have ever did, compared to my past accepted wallpapers. This is the 4th revision. And it's all because of the freaking background which I couldn't make up my mind on.

I decided to experiment on all the brushes and fonts available in my collection.
And came out with a different versions, for different people's liking.

Version #1 : 2560x1600
Reason: Too messy. I was overwhelm with the messiness when I first placed on my desktop.
Version #2 : 2560x1600
Reason: Too simple. I don't know, I don't know. Looks more girlish, like my sister said.
Version #3 : 2560x1600
Reason: Similar to the one submitted, except the red words on the zanpaktou.

The Making of The Icy Snow Moon And The Sorry Sakura

Vector:
Outlines and Colour: Byakuya, Rukia, Kira, Ichigo then Hitsugaya.
Each character : Appx. 1 hr.
5x1=5 hrs. [small](Approximated value)

Hours used on the current background:
2-3 hours

Hours wasted on other backgrounds:
Version #1 : 2-3 hours.
Version #2 : 1 hour

Hours spent on thinking 3 freaking Maths questions : 1 hour.

Why this title?
I have no more ideas on giving a special name to this. So I formed a nice story like on the strings of important words which represents their power or the name of their zanpaktou.

Hitsugaya : Ice (Hyo)
Rukia : Snow (Yuki)
Ichigo : Moon (Getsu)
Kira : Sorry / Apologize (Wabi)
Byakuya : Sakura (Sakura)

The arrangements of the words are based on the position of their zanpaktou in some survey, which is already stated in the original scan itself.

What I enjoy: Burn, Brush and Film Grain their colours.
What I hate : Almost everything, including the one I enjoy. No idea on the BG and the process of exploring one, in an exhaustion mode.

I have learned quite a lot from the making process of this wallpaper. I've found out that my colouring skills has improved, compared to my other related wallpapers. I found too that my mouse at home is fine to be used, and rather photoshop friendly, if I don't use it on my slippery mousepad. So, it's not spoilt yet. Moreover, I explored new ways to improve my colouring, like Film Graining, Blurring, Smudging, and Opacity of Burning. Adjusting those or more will produce a better looking effects.

And I have wasted my sleeping time, just to crack my brain on this wallpaper. I wanted to make a Kuroshitsuji wallpaper, but alas, I've spent my 2 weeks of holidays going back to college to study. *hits head*

I think that's all.

I would like to say Thank You to all of those who gave me comments during the whole process, both in SZ (vazabi and Horseradish) and friends (Yvonne, Qwang Szaen and Yun) and also my sister. Thanks for being patient.

Credits goes to the person who made the brushes used to substitude some patterns on Hitsugaya and Kira's clothes.

Any comments or critiques are perfectly welcomed. I may not be abe to personally send you a Thanks through User Comments due to increasing EXTREMELY HARD maths questions, and time constrain.

Thanks for your comments, downloads, and favourites.

p/s: Other resolutions may or may not be available. But no other resolutions on other versions.