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'm finally done with UA's 11th Fornightly Wallpaper Competition under the heading: CUTE! Actually, I've been starting with the theme for some time now.. I guess right after the theme was announced XD I had a few things on my mind which was considered cute... like Mokona (CLAMP's hottest mascot at the moment), Plue (Groove Adventure Rave's mascot), Haro (Gundam's mascot), Poring (Ragnarok Online jelly-ish mascot) and P-chan (Ranma 1/2, Ryouga's transformed version). At first I was planning to cram them all in one wall, but it doesn't work. The whole thing look so sucky I had to leave the wall there for some while before I had any idea.
I also managed to look up at flyin's cute-based gallery but I almost burn my brain in the process. I mean, why the heck are simple and cute walls are so darn hard to make?! *shakes fist*
But then inspiration came few days ago. It all happened after I was done collecting Tsubasa Chronicle manga covers (Yea. You know, those spiffy looking ones. By the way, I love Yukito's version, hehe.) I clicked into the browsing page and hm, Chobits. Then I remembered those 2 cute little characters from the manga I saw. (Oh, I only read the part where Chii was abducted by Dragonfly, and no more than that >.<) One was Sumomo and the other was... well, I forgot. But nevermind that.
So I browsed through the gallery and finally saw this scan. Lookie here.
A cute looking Sumomo lying down on something that I dunno. (It looks like she's lying on top of Shinbo but then I can't explain those weird-looking green stuffs at the side.) And yeah, I thought to myself, I think I'm going to do another shadeless vector. And that sketchy vector lines that I love So I began vectoring. ^^
It took me about 2 days to finish the whole thing. It wasn't really hard, since Chobits is (probably) the only CLAMP's work which is very easy to vector compared to the rest. (Gulp.)
And here's the result. I added a little light texture on top of what Sumomo's lying on which I got from DA! Desktop Anime quite some time ago.
It's very nicely thought-out and designed...it's sometimes a lot harder to make an effective simple wall than an impressive complicated one. You've certainlny done well on the former...good job!
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This is a nice wall. I like it. The scan and hte background are great, and they fit each other very well. I love the scan of Sumomo, she is so cute! XD And I like the simply way that you made your wall, it is great! Great job! Keep it up! =)
I love the concept for this wall >.<;; It's very sweet, and for those who have watched/read the series, it makes a lot of sense too XD Sumomo = . Great job!
That's a cute wallpaper. Great job with the vector, I like the way it was done also. Colors are nice, nothing hurts my eyes. No annoying text that takes away from the picture. Overall, great vector, great wallpaper in general. Keep up the Good work!
The only thing I really don't like is the text. I feel that a broken up... text like that doesn't really fit a cute wall like this. but definitely great job on this. Not sure about the texture used. everything else is a-okay. xD
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I also managed to look up at flyin's cute-based gallery but I almost burn my brain in the process. I mean, why the heck are simple and cute walls are so darn hard to make?! *shakes fist*
But then inspiration came few days ago. It all happened after I was done collecting Tsubasa Chronicle manga covers (Yea. You know, those spiffy looking ones. By the way, I love Yukito's version, hehe.) I clicked into the browsing page and hm, Chobits. Then I remembered those 2 cute little characters from the manga I saw. (Oh, I only read the part where Chii was abducted by Dragonfly, and no more than that >.<) One was Sumomo and the other was... well, I forgot. But nevermind that.
So I browsed through the gallery and finally saw this scan. Lookie here.
A cute looking Sumomo lying down on something that I dunno. (It looks like she's lying on top of Shinbo but then I can't explain those weird-looking green stuffs at the side.) And yeah, I thought to myself, I think I'm going to do another shadeless vector. And that sketchy vector lines that I love
It took me about 2 days to finish the whole thing. It wasn't really hard, since Chobits is (probably) the only CLAMP's work which is very easy to vector compared to the rest. (Gulp.)
And here's the result. I added a little light texture on top of what Sumomo's lying on which I got from DA! Desktop Anime quite some time ago.
My first simple wall. ^^
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