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, its finished. This one has been in the making for over a week, and I never like to spend that long on walls. XD I'll try and keep this description short. The inspiration for this wall came from the song "Edge of Space (Whiteroom Remix)" by Zirenz. I had this Asuka image from the Die Sterne artbook and wanted to do something with it reaaaaally bad, but didn't know which direction to go. The song has a cosmic, destructive, ethereal feel to it, which is how I wanted the wall to look. Just think of Asuka as the Maiden of Destruction or something. XD The background is a culmination of stock images from sxc.hu, deviantart, including resurgere, texturematic, some from ex-posed.com and manual brush work using my trusty self-made splatter brushes that never fail me! The chair is from our kitchen! The typo was tricky - I wanted it to look grungy and tech at the same time. Thanks to Gid for helping me with its layout.. she pointed me to one of my previous walls that offered some inspiration. Lyrics are from a Coheed and Cambria song. I think that's it. Hope you enjoy this as much as I had making it. x)
Hot XD Yay for abstract-grunginess, I really like the colors and background fontage as well :D I'm not a huge fan for the bigger pink font, but it might be just me. Awesomeness xD
well, its a smooth and slick blending of stocks, but just like your Mickey one, my biggest issue is that, I can't make out whats going on AND it just seems like a mess of cool looking brushes/stocks/texture, but Asuka is in mid air. That concept gives itself to seemingly cheap wallpapers, which consist of scan+stock. This wall however, is far above cheap. I'll stop speaking now. XD
Great wall, I haven't seen a wall with this scan of Asuka. I can't really make out the background but it looks cool with the colors you added. What is she standing on? I like the typo effect you added it looks grungy.
I'm not sure I like the font Asuka is in. -_- But, that aside, I really like the red/pink block letters behind it. The chair came out well, XD, but I think it would have served you well to make it look like maybe the chair was resting on the blue stuff at the bottom. It seems a little strange with just the two legs. :x I still love it though.
I've seen this scan of dolled-up Asuka used earlier this week, but I love the way you used it. I love the different layers of textures spattered about, especially the woodsy shadows and the layer almost hidden in the dark. The scan is nicely tweaked to fit the theme and I like the bright colors; it contrasts nicely with the rest of the work. Fabulous job creating this! ^o^b
Asuka has always been one of my favorite characters and walling her with that abstract background makes it just more awesome! Colors blend fantastically well! I'm fine with the fact that she may be floating as that's how the background is already portrayed as abstract. But everyone has their own preferences.
Oooh fantastic abstract background here! awesome work on that! Love the font and the title theme, good artistic work there. Scan is perfect and diggin the dark colors of the wall! Instant favorites in my book! I absolutly dig the artistic style in this wall! Favorites!
Yeesh. Another wonderful wallpaper XD. I love the combination of textures, and photo-manip. The color selection is my favorite part ^_^. Thanks for sharing. Earned a spot in MY favorites XD.
The main image looks great, and I love the touch with the chair added in. And the background is really an attention grabber. But I hate the text/font. It just looks bad. I know you are going with the grunge look, but that almost kills it for me. Almost.
How do you do this =.=
The blending of the char weren't as good as your other walls O_O Otherwise, you have once again wow-ed me with your artwork +fav
Hahahaha! it makes me laugh a little inside how some people dont understand the word "abstract" xD
anyways :D
this wall seriously reminds me of that asuka wall you made when she was on a bike xD but that one was wholesome...this one is a tad sinister-ish naughty xD lol and maaaan your text rules all over me i love the vividness of everything :D and i love you :O lol
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Just...seriously how can you end up with different and eye catchy every time?
Marvelous wall once again. Just gotta love your style; how you combine things even sometimes irrelavent things totally amazes me.
For this one I agree with Gid about the font. It feels weird. And I wonder how would the wall look if we can't see her feet. It's probably just me but I think that feet spoils something downlow. But all in all a very nice one Baka
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Beautiful combinations on background and the Asuka's image XD
I like very much Asuka and i love this image. Great job. Congratullations ^^v
I will add to my favorite list now XD
See you and keep it up ^^/
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well, its a smooth and slick blending of stocks, but just like your Mickey one, my biggest issue is that, I can't make out whats going on AND it just seems like a mess of cool looking brushes/stocks/texture, but Asuka is in mid air. That concept gives itself to seemingly cheap wallpapers, which consist of scan+stock. This wall however, is far above cheap. I'll stop speaking now. XD
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well grat job, NGE rocks. ^^
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Yeesh. Another wonderful wallpaper XD. I love the combination of textures, and photo-manip. The color selection is my favorite part ^_^. Thanks for sharing. Earned a spot in MY favorites XD.
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The blending of the char weren't as good as your other walls O_O Otherwise, you have once again wow-ed me with your artwork +fav
Keep it up
anyways :D
this wall seriously reminds me of that asuka wall you made when she was on a bike xD but that one was wholesome...this one is a tad sinister-ish naughty xD lol and maaaan your text rules all over me i love the vividness of everything :D and i love you :O lol
Marvelous wall once again. Just gotta love your style; how you combine things even sometimes irrelavent things totally amazes me.
For this one I agree with Gid about the font. It feels weird. And I wonder how would the wall look if we can't see her feet. It's probably just me but I think that feet spoils something downlow. But all in all a very nice one Baka
I like very much Asuka and i love this image. Great job. Congratullations ^^v
I will add to my favorite list now XD
See you and keep it up ^^/
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