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.
I was going through some of the scans I made of the Adolescence of Utena manga and came across this one image. Anyway, due to boredom at work, I decided on coloring it and then adding a texture to give it that old photo / old drawing feel to it. The title itself not only due to the fact that Anthy is forcing a kiss onto Utena, but it was also just so happened to be the song that was playing at the time that I finished it and was thinking of a title. So everything worked out in the end.
Edit: I fixed Anthy's left hand. I honestly don't know how I ended up missing that. Also I added a few more textures (nothing overwhelming though). Also I'll see about working on a version that doesn't have any halftones.
I really like this wall. I like how you've made it look like a really old picture. The colours you chose are good for that old fashioned look. Good job.
I think it would look better without the tonage... but I like the old fashioned paper look which I've tried and failed to achieve. To really make it look like an old parchment maybe you should bleach the black lines to brown/sepia. Overall, I like it. :)
Nice wall :D
although i'm not a huge fan of the halftones. i would rather see it without them also.
love the choice of image, and the old paper feel. nice work on that.
A really great example of "simplicity is best"
I've seen far too many people go spastic with layers and textures, and the image ends up being to busy and, ultimately, not that great. But this, while "simple" is absolutely gorgeous. Wonderful job.
Very pretty simplistic wall, nicely done. My only complaint (besides what everyone else said) is it looks kind of pixelated, like you didn't save it at 100%.
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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.
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Edit: I fixed Anthy's left hand. I honestly don't know how I ended up missing that. Also I added a few more textures (nothing overwhelming though). Also I'll see about working on a version that doesn't have any halftones.
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although i'm not a huge fan of the halftones. i would rather see it without them also.
love the choice of image, and the old paper feel. nice work on that.
Sifting to the bottom, every day for two...All energy funnels, all becomes you
We have rice balls.
And takoyaki, too!
But... Anshi's left hand...
I've seen far too many people go spastic with layers and textures, and the image ends up being to busy and, ultimately, not that great. But this, while "simple" is absolutely gorgeous. Wonderful job.