Not too much for me to say about this wallpaper that hasn't already been said: Dalarty has provided a descriptive walk through all the way from the concept idea, to its execution and ultimately its fruition. And you can really see how that careful planning paid off. But it just goes to show, good ideas take time---and a whole lot of patience!
Finally... I made it... a new wallpaper...this one originally was for the Animepaper UA competition 8 Gothic ...
The character I chose does not really look gloomy, scary, shadowy... exactly! ^_^ For me... Gothic... mostly means groups of people trying to be different from the crowd... and one of their ways to show, is their style of clothes... But actually they are just people like you and me, no vampires or witches of whatever... That's why I chose the scan that I found in Marissa's gallery Deathly Sweet - MisaMisa by Marissa
As you may see... I vectored the original scan. Yes, I know... there are already wallpaper that used the same scan... yet no one vectored it and made these color changes. The original scan already has this gothic looking touch, but I think especially with the black hair it looks a bit more like what we usually associate with gothic. At least... in my opinion. ^_^
The original charater is part of the Anime "Death note"... I must honestly admit, I don't know it... I just chose the character for the reasons explained above.
The background was inspired by a poster of an old movie... I only know the German title "Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari" (1919).
The black "lines" may look like trees to some of you, but they are not! So please don't tell me they don't look plastic and have no shadows at all... They are meant to create a scary atmosphere, they are shadows themselves... The background was drawn with the pentool...
So... the reaction that I wanted to achieve was... the feeling... that the gothic looking girl is actually not really scary... just dressed in black, like goths use to be. And the jewelery of course... I think gothic also is a lot about fashion... ^_^
The story behind this for me... is a girl... meeting someone who she feels for, that's why she carries the heart. But the place she chose has to be scary... I did not choose a cemetery... I wanted something different...
At the moment I am quite busy at university... so it took me... about 2 weeks to finish this wallpaper... but I did not work non stop for 2 weeks of course... I only had evening and night hours... Most time consuming was the vector of the girl... It was really exhausting... and I actually don't want to vector anything again so soon... it's the second vector I made...hopefully I improved compared to the first.
I also have no idea how many layers... I vectored using Illustrator, the rest was done in Photoshop...
Constructive critcism is always greatly appreciated... of course...!
Wow, I love the vector. I like the way you didn't use outlines. The whole image really isn't scary, but it still is... Kind of like The Nightmare Before Christmas. Cute, but scary at the same time. That's very hard to pull of, so I respect that. The colors are all complimentary to each other and the whole image flows. The vectoring reminds me of Killer 7, I really like it. There's no way I'm not adding this to my favorites.
I totally love the the persptive of the bg. It's kinda weird but seriously unique that's for sure. As for the vector it is great as well. A little too dark for my taste but that can't prevent the fav =) Great work with this
Cool wall. very nice colours.
the character is nice and clean, and its just nicely done overall to create the mood.
a lil bit gothic, but i think that is great ^^ something different.
I love the devilish atmosphere of this wall. The scan is just awesome, and the colors in the background match perfectly. I really like the vectored street lamp on the side but the rest of her surroundings are too dark for me to tell what exactly they are. I also like the lighting of the street since it creates depth and makes everything look a bit more mysterious.
Nice work ^_~
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The character I chose does not really look gloomy, scary, shadowy... exactly! ^_^ For me... Gothic... mostly means groups of people trying to be different from the crowd... and one of their ways to show, is their style of clothes... But actually they are just people like you and me, no vampires or witches of whatever... That's why I chose the scan that I found in Marissa's gallery Deathly Sweet - MisaMisa by Marissa
As you may see... I vectored the original scan. Yes, I know... there are already wallpaper that used the same scan... yet no one vectored it and made these color changes. The original scan already has this gothic looking touch, but I think especially with the black hair it looks a bit more like what we usually associate with gothic. At least... in my opinion. ^_^
The original charater is part of the Anime "Death note"... I must honestly admit, I don't know it... I just chose the character for the reasons explained above.
The background was inspired by a poster of an old movie... I only know the German title "Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari" (1919).
The black "lines" may look like trees to some of you, but they are not! So please don't tell me they don't look plastic and have no shadows at all... They are meant to create a scary atmosphere, they are shadows themselves... The background was drawn with the pentool...
So... the reaction that I wanted to achieve was... the feeling... that the gothic looking girl is actually not really scary... just dressed in black, like goths use to be. And the jewelery of course... I think gothic also is a lot about fashion... ^_^
The story behind this for me... is a girl... meeting someone who she feels for, that's why she carries the heart. But the place she chose has to be scary... I did not choose a cemetery... I wanted something different...
At the moment I am quite busy at university... so it took me... about 2 weeks to finish this wallpaper... but I did not work non stop for 2 weeks of course... I only had evening and night hours... Most time consuming was the vector of the girl... It was really exhausting... and I actually don't want to vector anything again so soon... it's the second vector I made...hopefully I improved compared to the first.
I also have no idea how many layers... I vectored using Illustrator, the rest was done in Photoshop...
Constructive critcism is always greatly appreciated... of course...!
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you should check out whiteblaze's entry on the derka competition
its like urs =_=
Let's go see a movie, oohohohoo.
the character is nice and clean, and its just nicely done overall to create the mood.
a lil bit gothic, but i think that is great ^^ something different.
nice work~!
Nice work ^_~
Come state your claim with the rest of the Rabid Fangirls!
somehow, is their cut too deep that you have taken hold,
...you have cause me a cut too deep that i will hold for ever
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