At long last, I finally finished my second wallpaper. Took me about 20 different versions till I got to this, so this was refined a lot. ^^;;

I'm really into the grunge style and I wanted to make a wallpaper featuring it. I stumbled across this particular scan, and started working. The extraction, I gotta say, was a little difficult, and I don't think I got all the residue off the wings. This was mainly because the background was similar to the wings in color, so differentiating the two was a problem. The background itself wasn't too difficult, mostly brushing and that single stock photo of a castle (thank you, Google Image Search).

And, I have to give a really, REALLY big thanks to my dear friend Gloo for putting up with me and constantly correcting my silly mistakes. She basically gave me all the ideas for this wall, from the castle to the lightning, and it was my pleasure to put them to good use. ^_^

I would also like to thank all those down at Session Zero for their helpful comments and encouraging words. They really helped my pull all this together.

Well, I hope you all enjoy it. ^_~

Credits:

Original Scan @ Animepaper
Cloud Brushes @ Fooblued
Lightning Brushes @ Anodyne-stock
Grunge Brushes @ AlphaNull and Forbidden-Fire