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.
OMG! contest entry fore Paint-o-rama contest we had a while ago. Theme was Japanese Ancient and Feudal Eras, and we had to work with vegetation (I hope i got enough in there lol). Im sorry if its messed up looking, I tried, Im so super tired beyond belief you dont know. I am super proud of myself though, I had a vision for it and didnt give up even though it took me so long to do, and I did something different and chaledged myself, I hope you can see it thru my work as well! Many sleepless nights I can tell you that!
This wallpaper was fully painted by me (even my text I painted over yes) in my own style and using only a mouse, and the Brush, Smudge, and Blurr tool in Photoshop CS2. I got five stocks and put them together to make the layout for this and painted away and also added in some of my own stuff. I hope you like it, I think it came out wonderufully, full of scernery, depth, and detail as much as possible. I added in a mount fuji in the back thanks to Starr for the idea of it! I had about over 130 layers I know lost count .
My Fav part of the wallie?: The Reflections, why: b/c it took so long and so much thinking
The most fun thing to make?: The bridge b/c I had to think on how to do it and it was easy.
The hardest part?: the reflections it killed me, trial and error and over and over again! But worth it in the end.
This is a present for my Crack Fairy Triplet Rhondi, Without her encouragement, advice, and company I would have never made it thru alive without crying or giving up. She spent many sleepless nights keeping me company up from 4pm till 6 am while I worked on this, I love you so much, Thankyou for all that you've done! I also want to thank my twin sister Elizabeth aka thingperson for her support as well, staying with me as i worked on it, and was so sweet to me and also encoraged me, thankyou. I love you so much! And thanks so my best friend Starr for her encouragement as well.
If you didnt already know, Starr and I had a theme going on. She did a Kenshin bloody wall, and I did a Kaoru pretty wallpaper lol, arent we cute .
I will write more later to tired yet hyper to write lol. OMG im so nervous right now its unreal, i've waited so long for this. Also thanks to supermonchi for giving me hope. thankyou to everyone and my friends who supported me this year with my walling and everything, I love you all.. I can never say enough thanks but thankyou and my all your wishes for the new year come true!
UPDATE: added a shadow of her thanks to mickyoko for pointing that out.
Great work with the background, really very good a while ago that I don't see a wallpaper of Rurouni Kenshin so good congratulations thank you to share it. ^___^
Awesome! The reflections are extremely well done. The big tree branch is a bit too blurry for me, compared to the clear lines of the character and reflections. But it is really very beautiful! One of my favest favs ^_^
WOW~ this really beautiful! the most beautiful background i hav seen~ The scan fit well with the background! beside tht, the scan is very beautiful too! ♥ Awesome wall! keep it up! hope 2 see your another wall in future! GAMBATE! *+fav*
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I have to say this really is an impressive wallpaper, especially the use of the smugde brush its really nice although it does need alittle improvements in the leaves to give it more life, i like the lake especially and a good choice of character is perfect with the background that you have made.
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1 year 6 months ago
Wonderfully done!! You did a great job on the entire thing overall! I really really like the painted look and it looks like the time and effort you put into it. Nice Job! Though I would like it in a bigger size as well.
You got a great job there!
The BG is perfect,though the scan doesnt 100% fit in there cause of the blurry BG and the almost clear scan...
Anyways,its overally good:)
*Adding to favs*
Omg .. that background rullls XD And good job with choosing an Rurouni Kenshin character. I like it very much, but I gotta mention what other people before me did: a bigger resolution would've been perfect :) Anyway -> fav :P
Obviously a beautiful background. Very well done on that. It suits the character and her stance almost perfectly. Good attention to detail, and nice paint effects. A wonderful wallpaper.
You PAINTED the background?! WOw, that's quite something...I really like how Kaoru looks like she fits right in the garden you've created for her. She is like those Emperor's concubines in the palace back garden, lol...
I love the water colour-like background, the reflections are a bit off, but it's still really good! I'm going to use this as my wallpaper for a while!
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OMG! contest entry fore Paint-o-rama contest we had a while ago. Theme was Japanese Ancient and Feudal Eras, and we had to work with vegetation (I hope i got enough in there lol). Im sorry if its messed up looking, I tried, Im so super tired beyond belief you dont know. I am super proud of myself though, I had a vision for it and didnt give up even though it took me so long to do, and I did something different and chaledged myself, I hope you can see it thru my work as well! Many sleepless nights I can tell you that!
This wallpaper was fully painted by me (even my text I painted over yes) in my own style and using only a mouse, and the Brush, Smudge, and Blurr tool in Photoshop CS2. I got five stocks and put them together to make the layout for this and painted away and also added in some of my own stuff. I hope you like it, I think it came out wonderufully, full of scernery, depth, and detail as much as possible. I added in a mount fuji in the back thanks to Starr for the idea of it! I had about over 130 layers I know lost count .
My Fav part of the wallie?: The Reflections, why: b/c it took so long and so much thinking
The most fun thing to make?: The bridge b/c I had to think on how to do it and it was easy.
The hardest part?: the reflections it killed me, trial and error and over and over again! But worth it in the end.
This is a present for my Crack Fairy Triplet Rhondi, Without her encouragement, advice, and company I would have never made it thru alive without crying or giving up. She spent many sleepless nights keeping me company up from 4pm till 6 am while I worked on this, I love you so much, Thankyou for all that you've done! I also want to thank my twin sister Elizabeth aka thingperson for her support as well, staying with me as i worked on it, and was so sweet to me and also encoraged me, thankyou. I love you so much! And thanks so my best friend Starr for her encouragement as well.
If you didnt already know, Starr and I had a theme going on. She did a Kenshin bloody wall, and I did a Kaoru pretty wallpaper lol, arent we cute .
I will write more later to tired yet hyper to write lol. OMG im so nervous right now its unreal, i've waited so long for this. Also thanks to supermonchi for giving me hope. thankyou to everyone and my friends who supported me this year with my walling and everything, I love you all.. I can never say enough thanks but thankyou and my all your wishes for the new year come true!
UPDATE: added a shadow of her thanks to mickyoko for pointing that out.
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zenshin zenrei o kure yo
love the background; it's so peaceful and summer like
the scan really suits the atmosphere well
great wall
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great work, good keep it up.
The BG is perfect,though the scan doesnt 100% fit in there cause of the blurry BG and the almost clear scan...
Anyways,its overally good:)
*Adding to favs*
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never seen so much vegetation in a wallpaper but it looks very good :)
good work
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I love the water colour-like background, the reflections are a bit off, but it's still really good! I'm going to use this as my wallpaper for a while!
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