This wallpaper captures the urban essence that proliferated the art of Ghost in the Shell in every incarnation of the series. Phill does an amazing job of capturing a moment of surrealism.
While there are a few, stray building angles and shadows, you find that your eye forgives the minor details and instead focuses on the overall scene that is larger than life, with lights trailing off into infinity.
When I saw the scan for the first time, I knew that i would definitely wall it.
The girl looked mysterious and kinda sad and i really liked her pose. xDD
To me, the scan shows the moment, when the girl turns around and notices the waller behind her. xDD
As you can see, i used some Photoshop brushes for the magical circle on the ground.
It's the first time that I ever use them. Actually I don't really like Photoshop's original stuff, most of them are really bad and ugly.. x___x
I was just staring at my friendslist and saw your name when I thought "hmm..she hasn't made a wall in a while, I wonder whats up.." and here you come with an exceptionally well composed example of appropriately used filters. The background adds a since of tranquility with the space scene and colors perfectly contrasted by the foreground's impact and action. +fave.
For some reason, I can't stop staring at how beautiful this wallpaper is, the spell encantation was a beautiful idea and it turned out just perfect to boot, I'm really looking foward to this series, though I still question why they call her a girl god instead of goddess @_@ I'm stumped.
The scan is of gorgeous quality and I love the position she's in as well, beautifully extracted and it looks just gorgeous as well *___*. I love the effect the spell begins to take on her dress as well and it's just so very realistic as well, a remarkable improvement from the original if I do say so myself.
The background is where the real magic is happening. My gosh, Yina, what you did her just leaves me speechless, you really have progressed as a waller and as an artist and this greatly shows it right here. Just a beautiful landscape and such a perfect angle as well, truly capturing such a unique perspective in perfection. Quite a bright moon if I do say so myself, almost seems like the sun but I like it nonetheless XD. As for the scenery, quite a unique choice of location and a great setting as well, though to be honest it's almost as if she's on a beach in my opinion, or else my eyes are playing tricks on me, but it sorta seems as if she's located on a beach and just spotted the viewed behind her while she was casting a spell. As for the spell itself, beautfiul beginning casting effects done and it just is truly a gorgeous work of art right there, it really gives off such a vibrant impression that she is in mid-casting when she suddenly notices the viewer spotting her. Beautifully done there and the effects on her dress is another thing I really like as well. You just did a flawless job with this background; scenery, sky and spell. I applaude you for a job well done, Yina.
What can I say? I love this background, I absolutely love everything about it. I think it's perfect and I personally wouldn't alter any of it, of course others will disagree, but this is my personal feeling of it. A favorite for me as well.
You don't like photoshop original brushes? I suppose you don't have a pale idea of what you can do with a simple hard rounded brush do you? *rolls eyes and smiles*
Anyway... it's a cute wallpaper, overall, but yes the scan still looks a bit grainy in a few areas (the dark ones) which need to be cleaned, and the magic circle looks too fake which causes the girl not to blend at all with it since the two elements (girl and magic circle) don't seem to be connected at all. That's probably due to the fact that the kind of scan you chose is clearly painted, so it'll never look that sharp while the magic circle is absolutely sharp and flat... try softening that circle as much as you can using blur, smudge, or repainting it with a soft airbrush (making it more intense in the centre for example, that might help blending her feet with the circle itself) just try a few of these tricks because right now it looks pretty odd (atleast it does to me, since the others just seem to give 'wow' kind of comments >_>; ).
That's it. I like the rest and the concept ain't that bad (though the typical magical girl and magic circle is one of those 'old' cliche, but whatever it's been a while since I saw one of them anyway :P) so just focus more on blending that thing, provided that you care about comments of course. If not, amen. :P
Wow... I like symbol underneath her that gives off a glow. I like the clouds and the rest of the background its all very colorful but not too colorful ^_^
Nice wallie, the background is looking really great, the effects also looking really great, especially the circle below the scan and the light around that circle, the colour of this wallpaper is amazing, it's really fits with the other aspect of this wallie, and the best part of this wallpaper is the scan, it's really beautifull. Great job and thank you for sharing
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Really nice, i love the effects that you've used in here, the design is nice and i like the magic circle that the girl is standing on. the colors that you used are really nice and they add depth to the wallpaper. the only thing that i think needs a bit of working on would be the scan itself ^^
This wall is pretty fantastic just about everything looks great. The only problem I see is that the girls head it cut off at the top. (Just looks kinda weird for some reason because it just seems for this wall we she see all of her.)
I do like this wall but imo, a dreamy creamy rich affect would have suited me more, the stroke-y effect over the magic circle and the render doesn't do it for me. But hey, this is my opinion, so ignore me lol.
I do like the colors and the way its been put together, can tell that it wasn't a rush job, alot of thought has gone into this.
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Scan: http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Shinigami-no-Ballad/item49608/
Image Song: Rie Tanaka - Fields of Hope (Thank you Fuku for the song *__*)
Time: 10 hours +
When I saw the scan for the first time, I knew that i would definitely wall it.
The girl looked mysterious and kinda sad and i really liked her pose. xDD
To me, the scan shows the moment, when the girl turns around and notices the waller behind her. xDD
As you can see, i used some Photoshop brushes for the magical circle on the ground.
It's the first time that I ever use them. Actually I don't really like Photoshop's original stuff, most of them are really bad and ugly.. x___x
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I edited the circle and the scan. I hope that they "work" better now.
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The scan is of gorgeous quality and I love the position she's in as well, beautifully extracted and it looks just gorgeous as well *___*. I love the effect the spell begins to take on her dress as well and it's just so very realistic as well, a remarkable improvement from the original if I do say so myself.
The background is where the real magic is happening. My gosh, Yina, what you did her just leaves me speechless, you really have progressed as a waller and as an artist and this greatly shows it right here. Just a beautiful landscape and such a perfect angle as well, truly capturing such a unique perspective in perfection. Quite a bright moon if I do say so myself, almost seems like the sun but I like it nonetheless XD. As for the scenery, quite a unique choice of location and a great setting as well, though to be honest it's almost as if she's on a beach in my opinion, or else my eyes are playing tricks on me, but it sorta seems as if she's located on a beach and just spotted the viewed behind her while she was casting a spell. As for the spell itself, beautfiul beginning casting effects done and it just is truly a gorgeous work of art right there, it really gives off such a vibrant impression that she is in mid-casting when she suddenly notices the viewer spotting her. Beautifully done there and the effects on her dress is another thing I really like as well. You just did a flawless job with this background; scenery, sky and spell. I applaude you for a job well done, Yina.
What can I say? I love this background, I absolutely love everything about it. I think it's perfect and I personally wouldn't alter any of it, of course others will disagree, but this is my personal feeling of it. A favorite for me as well.
As I will always be your crimson prince ~< 3
Please don't call me puppychow. *stabs username with a spork* Phoenix will do.
Anyway... it's a cute wallpaper, overall, but yes the scan still looks a bit grainy in a few areas (the dark ones) which need to be cleaned, and the magic circle looks too fake which causes the girl not to blend at all with it since the two elements (girl and magic circle) don't seem to be connected at all. That's probably due to the fact that the kind of scan you chose is clearly painted, so it'll never look that sharp while the magic circle is absolutely sharp and flat... try softening that circle as much as you can using blur, smudge, or repainting it with a soft airbrush (making it more intense in the centre for example, that might help blending her feet with the circle itself) just try a few of these tricks because right now it looks pretty odd (atleast it does to me, since the others just seem to give 'wow' kind of comments >_>; ).
That's it. I like the rest and the concept ain't that bad (though the typical magical girl and magic circle is one of those 'old' cliche, but whatever it's been a while since I saw one of them anyway :P) so just focus more on blending that thing, provided that you care about comments of course. If not, amen. :P
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It is a very good wallpaper I fascinate as you made it and for that reason I can no longer wait but to watch the movie
You get a FAV from me!!
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as stated before on the scan some grainy parts to it
nice magic circle
good effort well done
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Ah this is going to be a useless comment but this is one of the best abstract walls that I've seen around recently... I think this is beautiful :)
i love the background... you matched it with the scan, very colorful... nice effect too...
good work^^
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Awsome work! :)
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I do like the colors and the way its been put together, can tell that it wasn't a rush job, alot of thought has gone into this.
Well done, keep it up!
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