__THISRES__86808.jpg "What Exactly Is Pink? by °dalarty 3 weeks 8 hours ago")
I recently came back from a 10 day trip with my hubby to see his sister's wedding, which was fun but prolonged my halted status on many of the things I'm working on XD . I created this wallpaper before than, but didn't submit it because I thought it had to be judged at the battleground. I only found out later that I wasn't even required to do the challenge as it was never accepted. So, although this wall will never be in the interesting challenge it was meant for I'm still happy as it came out quite well and is gracing my desktop.
Anyway, this wallpaper features Howl from Howl's Moving Castle, which has become one of my all time favorite animes due to it's stylized look and interesting characters. Howl in particular is my favorite, as is his fire demon Calcifer who looks really cute :D . In this particular image I used he looks rather feminine, but anyone not familiar with the series shouold know that he is male ... he just likes to look pretty (he even gets upset about in the movie and gets depressed when he feels he isn't).
Anyway, I' ll try to keep the description short. I was going for a darker style, but not one that would be grunge heavy. I was going more so for the feeling of darkness, not the use of heavy blacks. I also didn't want to have a bleak image so I tried to make it have multiple areas of interest and kept with the painted feel of the character. The background is fairly dark in comparison to the foreground where the character is so that the eye will gradually make it's way to the buildings on the water in the distance after following the trail of books scattered about.
As for Howl himself, I sought to place him in a setting where he might go to contemplate many of the busy thoughts he tends to have. I scattered some books around to show how he can get so overwhelmed with his thoughts and as a show of his dedication to seek more knowledge. Thus, the title comes to place in the idea that sometimes life is lit be dimmer moments because that is when moments of brillance light up in the mind. It also looked good from an aesthetic point of view ;) . The pillars are cracked marble as is the floor to further add to the mood and offset the dark billowing sky. The pillars are also rather worn with some of the details fading out due to wear. The edge of the overlook also drops straight down into the water (similar to a cliff), but is sort of hovering above the water.
There are many other things I could go into depth about, but alas that would require too much typing. Any thoughts or comments are welcome.
-Tantaga
Anyway, this wallpaper features Howl from Howl's Moving Castle, which has become one of my all time favorite animes due to it's stylized look and interesting characters. Howl in particular is my favorite, as is his fire demon Calcifer who looks really cute :D . In this particular image I used he looks rather feminine, but anyone not familiar with the series shouold know that he is male ... he just likes to look pretty (he even gets upset about in the movie and gets depressed when he feels he isn't).
Anyway, I' ll try to keep the description short. I was going for a darker style, but not one that would be grunge heavy. I was going more so for the feeling of darkness, not the use of heavy blacks. I also didn't want to have a bleak image so I tried to make it have multiple areas of interest and kept with the painted feel of the character. The background is fairly dark in comparison to the foreground where the character is so that the eye will gradually make it's way to the buildings on the water in the distance after following the trail of books scattered about.
As for Howl himself, I sought to place him in a setting where he might go to contemplate many of the busy thoughts he tends to have. I scattered some books around to show how he can get so overwhelmed with his thoughts and as a show of his dedication to seek more knowledge. Thus, the title comes to place in the idea that sometimes life is lit be dimmer moments because that is when moments of brillance light up in the mind. It also looked good from an aesthetic point of view ;) . The pillars are cracked marble as is the floor to further add to the mood and offset the dark billowing sky. The pillars are also rather worn with some of the details fading out due to wear. The edge of the overlook also drops straight down into the water (similar to a cliff), but is sort of hovering above the water.
There are many other things I could go into depth about, but alas that would require too much typing. Any thoughts or comments are welcome.
-Tantaga
I really really love this wall. The colros go good with him and the fire demon Calcifer is so cute XD Ireally love the bg witht he books on the ground and the forest and the sky. Well keep up the fantastic work. 
