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!
I posted this on the forum a while back (thanks to those who provided me with feedback), but since then, it's been lost in my harddrive XD Recently I found a similar wallpaper in the FMA section, and I was reminded of this lostie, so I went and fished it out among the junk in my files ^^;;
I absolutely loved this pictures as soon as I saw it: it's one rare image of when Roy and Hughes when they were young, and it depicts their friendship so beautifully. At first I was going to use a number of images and create a collage of 'photos', but that didn't work out, so I started layering textures and after a great deal of experimenting... I came out with this background ^^ ...After that, I downloaded that blood splat brush... and decided I'd stab hughes' dagger in to accompany the blood (...I really didn't mean to stab throuh hughes' heart, honest =X)
Overall I'm happy with it, but I know the perspective of the shadows is a bit stuffed......
Please C&C! This is my first paper I post here, and I'd love to hear what you think ^^
AWESOME textures on the photo and the wall...GREAT job. lol yeah, you're right about the shadows too...interesting how, on the side of the photo with the knife, there's a shadow when the photo should be pinned to the wall. And yeah, the angle of the knife's a bit wierd, and there seems to be random white artifacts around it...
Nice job. I've never seen a picture of Roy and Hughes like that before. Interesting =T Roy looks almost too happy =D But of course that's not a bad thing. I'm glad your collage thing didn't work out because I find this wall perfectly fine. Textures are appealing and nicely layered. It's awesome work for your first post here =] Kudos!
Oh...this is SUCH a heart wrenching wallpaper >_< you remind me of how sad I was when Hughes dies...T_T but really nice wall indeed, I agree with you that Roy and Hughes' friendship is so beautifully shown here. But I must say the knife sort of...disturb me a bit, cause that's how Hughes dies too...by his own dagger...
That is awesome! I can't believe it's the first wallpaper you post here!
Yeah... I love the friendship between the two characters too. I actually cried the episode in which Hughes dies (hopefully no one saw me crying in front of the computer watching a cartoon o__o).
I think that the photo's shadow is a little weird. I suppose it is touching a desk or a wall, so, to me, the shadow seems kind of big for such a thin photo. But the wallpaper overall is great! I loved it!^^ The blood spots are what called my attention the most and I think they're great in this wallpaper. It suits it very well.
What a heart wrenching wallpaper... Love these guys, especially Hughes! Broke my heart when he died, stills makes tears well up in my eyes thinkin' about it
Great texture and colours! Made it my current desktop BG right now!
Oh my good, I think I'm going to cry, because of the guys on the photo... not for the wall :P
Very good wallpaper and I'm impressed!I don't think that I can make a wall like this better than you, great job.
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Beautiful. What captured my attention the most when i saw this wallpaper was how you used Hughes' dagger in your wallpaper. That's one of my favourite FMA pictures too. Great job on the photo. It looks absolutely realistic, with the burn edges. I love both Roy and Hughes. This wall has the nostalgic yet angst-y atmosphere in it. So +fav, definitely. ;)
I think this is a great wall! As a fan of FMA (But hell, who isn't?... <.<) I have to compliment you on a wonderful job! Also, I really like the title of your wall, it sounds cool! ^__^
Good luck with your next works, I'd like to see more!
The background is interesting, but it doesn't fit the picture, and it's drunkly cheerful atmosphere. Neither the bloodstains. The picture would looks better in one of the character's hand in a dim room, sitting in a chair. Anyway, nice wallpaper.
This is absolutely beautiful. It's sends a message of sorrow and happiness and... Well, I really like that somebody did this kind of wallpaper.
Some of the parts on the knife could use a much better edit job. There are pieces where you can still see the back of where ever you pulled it out of. Or, maybe it's just the border of it. Regardless, it looks a little sloppy.
But this is fabulous.
+favourite
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I absolutely loved this pictures as soon as I saw it: it's one rare image of when Roy and Hughes when they were young, and it depicts their friendship so beautifully. At first I was going to use a number of images and create a collage of 'photos', but that didn't work out, so I started layering textures and after a great deal of experimenting... I came out with this background ^^ ...After that, I downloaded that blood splat brush... and decided I'd stab hughes' dagger in to accompany the blood (...I really didn't mean to stab throuh hughes' heart, honest =X)
Overall I'm happy with it, but I know the perspective of the shadows is a bit stuffed......
Please C&C! This is my first paper I post here, and I'd love to hear what you think ^^
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although the photo effect seems to be often these days.
nice job. and keep it up
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Yeah... I love the friendship between the two characters too. I actually cried the episode in which Hughes dies (hopefully no one saw me crying in front of the computer watching a cartoon o__o).
I think that the photo's shadow is a little weird. I suppose it is touching a desk or a wall, so, to me, the shadow seems kind of big for such a thin photo. But the wallpaper overall is great! I loved it!^^ The blood spots are what called my attention the most and I think they're great in this wallpaper. It suits it very well.
Great texture and colours! Made it my current desktop BG right now!
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Very good wallpaper and I'm impressed!I don't think that I can make a wall like this better than you, great job.
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Great picture to work with.
Excellent Job.
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Some of the parts on the knife could use a much better edit job. There are pieces where you can still see the back of where ever you pulled it out of. Or, maybe it's just the border of it. Regardless, it looks a little sloppy.
But this is fabulous.
+favourite