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.
*full view please *
Well ... a project i have for a longtime ...
Chikage draws her tarot cards for her brother and found a dark future *mwahahaha * and says something like "Bad draw Ani-kun"
All cards have the real name and number ^^ as for the card backs : i vectorized them from the serie but only change the color because the purple didn't fit the wall color scheme ...
The 3 cards are supposed to belongs to the same set so i use the same model (white outline, ornaments, font , composition , ) for the 3 and add a texture on them to give a more realistic effect (cardboardish effect )
For the death card (Xi ) :
Use different desaturation because i really wanted to make the scan black-and-white and give a
Kim Anderson : [link] effect ...
I only change her eye color and the ribbon because she is supposed to be death after all and i wanted to emphasize her eyes
Then draw a clock behind her ... the clock is supposed to show "midnight" but it's not very seeable ^^ because of the scan ...
And finaly brush the background to give a less empty effect ... because tarot cards , as i saw them, have a lot of things on them
For the Tower card (XVI) :
I use a tower pic i found on google , clean it a bit (it was grainy and have scanner marks ) then add it on the card-skeleton i made before (the card model )
It's the simplest one of the set but it simply my second fave after the death one :D
For the High priestess card ( II )
I found the scan on minitokyo and cleaned it since it was grainy
The dimensions and quality weren't that good but since i wanted to make her as a not so big card it was already the suitable size
I hesitate between the 2 names of the card ( high priestess and papess ) but i just can't find a suitable background for the 2nd name ...so i went for the first
And add the starry background i created with greg-martin awesome planet tutorial you sure all know ^^
In my minds she is the high priestess of light and darkness so that's the reason why i let her float in the space background ^^
I don't like that card so much T_T
I also add divination runes ...because in the serie Chikage use several devices to predict future (crystal ball, cards, ... )
I tried to add volume to the cards after Phoenix gives me a tip but i don't know if its really what she means in her post :D
I don't apply it for the rocks since there isn't so much light on the wall and rocks don't reflect so much light too ^^
Well .. you should notice the brightness and the clean-ness of the cards ... cards are mint because Chikage seemsto be a very care-ful person for her devices (in the serie you sometimes see her cleaning her crystal ball )
For the text ... i tried to add some but it feels like i tried to fill up the space and i cannot find a proper font nor text-effects which fits the mood of the wall
On top of that i'm not sure if the "Bad draw" is correct and a uncorrect (spelling or syntax) text ruin so easily a wallpaper T_T so i drop it ... i'll maybe add some if i have an illumination :D
I'm not so proud of the card ornament ... i think i'll change them afterward ...
For the size of the wall ... it was natural to create a widescreen because of the composition ... so i don't have any simple-screen sized version of this wall
Ahum ... sorry for the so long description but it was one of my first wall in which i know before making it which effect, mood, bg i wanted without so much revisions :D so please don't throw me tomatoes *hide behind her chair*
Well .. i hope you'll like it and all comments and faves of course (^_^) are welcome ....
I like the wall, but those symbol-bearing rocks look kind of wierd, it's like they're too realistic compared to everything else so they stand out a lot.
The idea is great, and it's well executed. I think you could have used a better font. try something with a serif. and the shadows of the stones don't look natural. hopefully it isn't too late to fix it (my digital art skill on a 100-point scale is somewhere between 0 and 1, so i wouldn't know exactly how you can fix it). and how about adding more elements so that the background isn't just made up of a wood pattern? melted candle wax, incense, and a talisman of some sort maybe?
You had a very good idea. Very imaginative. The pattern on the back of the cards is nice. ^^
On the other hand, I don't really like the color scheme. It's not that I don't like dark colors, but the ones you chose for the background look plain, I think.
Interesting. I'm not exactly sure if the eyes matched the person in the tarot card of " Death " but it doesn't seem suitable for it. I don't know @___@; perhaps just not to me.
Though, nonetheless, its nice.
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Well ... a project i have for a longtime ...
Chikage draws her tarot cards for her brother and found a dark future *mwahahaha * and says something like "Bad draw Ani-kun"
All cards have the real name and number ^^ as for the card backs : i vectorized them from the serie but only change the color because the purple didn't fit the wall color scheme ...
The 3 cards are supposed to belongs to the same set so i use the same model (white outline, ornaments, font , composition , ) for the 3 and add a texture on them to give a more realistic effect (cardboardish effect )
For the death card (Xi ) :
Use different desaturation because i really wanted to make the scan black-and-white and give a
Kim Anderson : [link] effect ...
I only change her eye color and the ribbon because she is supposed to be death after all and i wanted to emphasize her eyes
Then draw a clock behind her ... the clock is supposed to show "midnight" but it's not very seeable ^^ because of the scan ...
And finaly brush the background to give a less empty effect ... because tarot cards , as i saw them, have a lot of things on them
For the Tower card (XVI) :
I use a tower pic i found on google , clean it a bit (it was grainy and have scanner marks ) then add it on the card-skeleton i made before (the card model )
It's the simplest one of the set but it simply my second fave after the death one :D
For the High priestess card ( II )
I found the scan on minitokyo and cleaned it since it was grainy
The dimensions and quality weren't that good but since i wanted to make her as a not so big card it was already the suitable size
I hesitate between the 2 names of the card ( high priestess and papess ) but i just can't find a suitable background for the 2nd name ...so i went for the first
And add the starry background i created with greg-martin awesome planet tutorial you sure all know ^^
In my minds she is the high priestess of light and darkness so that's the reason why i let her float in the space background ^^
I don't like that card so much T_T
I also add divination runes ...because in the serie Chikage use several devices to predict future (crystal ball, cards, ... )
I tried to add volume to the cards after Phoenix gives me a tip but i don't know if its really what she means in her post :D
I don't apply it for the rocks since there isn't so much light on the wall and rocks don't reflect so much light too ^^
Well .. you should notice the brightness and the clean-ness of the cards ... cards are mint because Chikage seemsto be a very care-ful person for her devices (in the serie you sometimes see her cleaning her crystal ball )
For the text ... i tried to add some but it feels like i tried to fill up the space and i cannot find a proper font nor text-effects which fits the mood of the wall
On top of that i'm not sure if the "Bad draw" is correct and a uncorrect (spelling or syntax) text ruin so easily a wallpaper T_T so i drop it ... i'll maybe add some if i have an illumination :D
I'm not so proud of the card ornament ... i think i'll change them afterward ...
For the size of the wall ... it was natural to create a widescreen because of the composition ... so i don't have any simple-screen sized version of this wall
Ahum ... sorry for the so long description but it was one of my first wall in which i know before making it which effect, mood, bg i wanted without so much revisions :D so please don't throw me tomatoes *hide behind her chair*
Well .. i hope you'll like it and all comments and faves of course (^_^) are welcome ....
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Please don't call me puppychow. *stabs username with a spork* Phoenix will do.
even though the back. of the card had old colors but is very interesting!!
i will tried to protect the one who are dearest to me.
If i'm weak right now,
i will get stronger...
I like the wall, but those symbol-bearing rocks look kind of wierd, it's like they're too realistic compared to everything else so they stand out a lot.
u've a cool wallpaper... keep it n_n
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the scans lookh great
welldone
particularly like the death card :)
mamoru . . - stellar
A fav nonetheless.
Meia is mai waifu.
you've done a good job so far. keep it up. :)
Tina Magnusson-Talbot Commanding General of the Republic Armed Forces
On the other hand, I don't really like the color scheme. It's not that I don't like dark colors, but the ones you chose for the background look plain, I think.
I love the gloomy death card... *chilling*
Then speak french here!
(No need to be french :p)
The cards are lovely.
By the way, I love the background color very much.
I like the death card very much. She looks so lovely.
Well done:D
Great Job!!
+ fav
Though, nonetheless, its nice.
"Nothing is perfect because life isn't perfect, and that's what makes it so beautiful."-Fullmetal Alchemist
"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open..."-?
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