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.
Yay, completion! This was a joy to work with, so I'm kind of sad its done (but definitely happy at the results.) Most of this was handpainted, save the clouds right in front of the mech because I couldn't get those to look right. The inspiration came from Mr. Boing and his mech walls. I was looking @ his Front Mission wall and suddenly wanted to do a dogfight bad. The rest went downhill.. I had this Tenjin Hidetaka artbook collecting virtual dust so and I looked through it and was blown away by the mech details! The original image was kind of dull so I had to do a lot of tinkering to get it to look shiny like that. And the CLOUDS - man were they a pain. Pain in a fun way though, cause I'm not good at making cloud scenes at all and it was fun learning how to incorporate them adequately. The BG, dogfight, and effects were all painted in photoshop. Subtle tech added for a little flair. Big thanks to tate and misu for their wonderful input on colors, the ships, and the suggestions for more details and placement. If this mech isn't from normal Macross, let me know and I'll move it.
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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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Yay, completion! This was a joy to work with, so I'm kind of sad its done (but definitely happy at the results.) Most of this was handpainted, save the clouds right in front of the mech because I couldn't get those to look right. The inspiration came from Mr. Boing and his mech walls. I was looking @ his Front Mission wall and suddenly wanted to do a dogfight bad. The rest went downhill.. I had this Tenjin Hidetaka artbook collecting virtual dust so and I looked through it and was blown away by the mech details! The original image was kind of dull so I had to do a lot of tinkering to get it to look shiny like that. And the CLOUDS - man were they a pain. Pain in a fun way though, cause I'm not good at making cloud scenes at all and it was fun learning how to incorporate them adequately. The BG, dogfight, and effects were all painted in photoshop. Subtle tech added for a little flair. Big thanks to tate and misu for their wonderful input on colors, the ships, and the suggestions for more details and placement. If this mech isn't from normal Macross, let me know and I'll move it.
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