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 ....
Wooow impresive wallpaper, like the way the table looks like, very cool, really looks like a table, and the stones also look impressive. ohh and the cards ohh they just look amazing, very clean and simple, well not that simple but definatly very nice, great job!
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This wallpaper as a very good style, haha Chikage and her tarot, i like the cards, this wall gives a feeling of darkness.
Your wall is really good, Keep it up! ^^
Very good wallpaper, and kudos especially on the tarot cards, they really good. My only beef with it is that the background's pretty... weird. Well, other than that, great wallpaper, hope to see more like this in the future.
Very nice indeed. The use of tarot cards and Chikage in association is really good, and the cards look very natural. The background is nice and subdued, aiding the cards in being the focus.
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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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viva chile mierda! ... y mar querian los chuchisumare! ajjajaa
i mean those red eyes >.<
but even so its cool nice job!
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Your wall is really good, Keep it up! ^^
Or is it the other way around?
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