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Hello guys!! This is Anna and I am here to present you yet another wall for the Battlegrounds @ povism.org. I am really happy we won this one!
Theme: Discrete/ Non-cliche Melancholy
Basic points of the challenge:
It has to have originality, scenic, variant of colours, and include either NO or MULTIPLE textures (meaning, not just a single texture overlay).
Can be indoors or outdoors; if it's indoors, it must show the outdoors in a way (eg. an open window).
Single character only, must be in a human form
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CONCEPT:
Even though the rain has almost stopped, the pain in my heart just won't.
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I chose to use this scan. However, it wouldn't fit the requirements if I left it as it was so I had to make it fit the rules of the challenge. Basically I excluded Hitonari and kept only Akane on the wall. I expanded the ground and added buildings that can be seen from the reflection.
I've learned tons of things while doing this wall as far as painting is concerned. I tried to find ways to paint realistic ground and came up with some really useful techniques. I might consider making a tutorial in the future when I'll have some free time. You should know that there are no textures on the ground! I'll explain below how I painted it.
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So here's the WIP. This time I decided I shouldn't put it in a spoiler tag since so many people ignored it last time and kept mentioning vectors and stuff that didn't actually exist. So please, before saying anything, read the description.
Step 1:
- I outlined and expanded the scan.
Step 2:
- I painted Akane with the Airbrush Hard Round brush of PS default brushes.
Step 3
-Then I painted the buildings and I added textures to only them. I haven't put a texture anywhere else.
Step 4
-Then comes the ground which I painted with two brushes. The basic colors were put with the Oil Pastel Large Brush. Then the details were added with the Spatter 59 pixels brush.
Step 5
-Next was the sky on the reflection.
Step 6
- I had to make the water look more like water so I brushed highlights here and there with a soft round brush at an overlay layer, 50% opacity.
Step 7
- I then added ripples and some raindrops and called it done.
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Huge thanks to my team for their support. VA rocks hard! I lurve you guys.
I really appreciate comments so please comment and tell me what you think.
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EDIT: And I know there are two I'll CKBC walls in the same day but I started doing mine 3,5 weeks ago. :P
EDIT 2: I also dedicate this wallpaper to Graphica, a group I recently joined.
This is so beautiful! I love it all :'D This totally captured the feel of the competition! It seems like a lot of people did rainy scenes, but yours is the most original and definitely the most gorgeous!
You already know my suggestion about the water looking like a pane of glass 'cos of the shadow, and I haven't got any others.
You're amazing for trying that crazy perspective, I know I wouldn't have :'D
Awesome job, insta+fav, and GoO VAAAAAAA :'D
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Yeah we've discussed the puddle exhaustively in our secret lair xD so i wont bore you with that anymore xD
anyway this is freaking nice, especially how you did the painting =D and your ripples rock hard keep up the great work! you keep getting better and better :'D
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*gasp* nice, I love your clouds (/me hates painting clouds)
But there's quite a problem with the perspective. While your buildings look fine the ground does not, same goes for the water ripples. What I mean is that there should be an angle between his legs and, let's say, the crack in the ground next to him.
Congrats. Your wall is probably my fav from the challenge. A well fought battle that turned out some great walls, A very original idea and very well executed.
Sweet! the painting is just so well done and even though it's flipped over the composition totally makes sense... this has got to be my favorite of the vertigo theme walls.
+favs
you get better with every wall you submit, Anna... personally love those clouds.
What can I say? this is an instant fav, it's an awesome well done wall, actually it's perfect, for me it is XD I love everything about it, keep up the excellent work, it's awesome, keep it up.
Looks great as always ) I love a concept of reflection in puddle it really fits a theme you was given )
What else... great sky, great vector, great colors (you're doing well with coloring with brushes ), great text XD
Wow, this paper is very amazing. the background really ties together a brilliant contrast. the reflection is done fantastic. now I'll have to go check out the anime.
saw it in the forums before, so i wasn't as awestruck as the first time i saw it ^_^ amazing painting, and love the colour choice. great concept, although i don't really like the text as much as everything else [i'm a texthater >_<]. great job though :3
http://static.animepaper.net/images/emo/aaa.gif emoticon I'll try making one to. I just hope to see more of your amazing wallpapers and hopefully I can make one whenever I'm not busy at school and this coming midterm week will be over.
Nice Relfection! the effects were great and the color's used it's pretty. You've done a wonderful wall that everyone will love. Keep up the good work and god bless!
O_O and a tutorial to go with it. I salute you! The only thing I'll moan about is the focusing of the wallpaper.
I've tried this effect before whilst taking photos out in the rain and I've always found that the ground is quite blurred because the focus is on what's reflected in the puddle.
For me the detail on the ground is a bit too sharp for this kind of effect. But other than that, it's a simply superb wallpaper and well worthy of one of my +favs. Enjoy, and hope to see more of your works real soon! Just wish I could add 2 favs because there are two of you after all...
The PM that you sent me , reminded me that I m not (still) blind either that bored not to check todays new submissions.
As for the wallpaper , I must agree with Dioma .
The perspective is really akward and wrong , and the water looks and reflects the scenery like it was glass or something.
Also the the ground : you say you didnt use textures,but I can see a "crack" brush being used , also some "over-burned" parts.
And I would prefer the ground not "dirt/gravel" but cement .He is in the city in front of some scryscrapers,where did he found dirt there?
despite all that I like your ripple effects and the rain.
overall good job.
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Theme: Discrete/ Non-cliche Melancholy
Basic points of the challenge:
It has to have originality, scenic, variant of colours, and include either NO or MULTIPLE textures (meaning, not just a single texture overlay).
Can be indoors or outdoors; if it's indoors, it must show the outdoors in a way (eg. an open window).
Single character only, must be in a human form
---------------------------------------------
CONCEPT:
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I chose to use this scan. However, it wouldn't fit the requirements if I left it as it was so I had to make it fit the rules of the challenge. Basically I excluded Hitonari and kept only Akane on the wall. I expanded the ground and added buildings that can be seen from the reflection.
I've learned tons of things while doing this wall as far as painting is concerned. I tried to find ways to paint realistic ground and came up with some really useful techniques. I might consider making a tutorial in the future when I'll have some free time. You should know that there are no textures on the ground! I'll explain below how I painted it.
----------------------------------------------------------
So here's the WIP. This time I decided I shouldn't put it in a spoiler tag since so many people ignored it last time and kept mentioning vectors and stuff that didn't actually exist. So please, before saying anything, read the description.
Step 1:
- I outlined and expanded the scan.
Step 2:
- I painted Akane with the Airbrush Hard Round brush of PS default brushes.
Step 3
-Then I painted the buildings and I added textures to only them. I haven't put a texture anywhere else.
Step 4
-Then comes the ground which I painted with two brushes. The basic colors were put with the Oil Pastel Large Brush. Then the details were added with the Spatter 59 pixels brush.
Step 5
-Next was the sky on the reflection.
Step 6
- I had to make the water look more like water so I brushed highlights here and there with a soft round brush at an overlay layer, 50% opacity.
Step 7
- I then added ripples and some raindrops and called it done.
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Huge thanks to my team for their support. VA rocks hard! I lurve you guys.
I really appreciate comments so please comment and tell me what you think.
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Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Time: 2 weeks without procrastinating >.<
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EDIT: And I know there are two I'll CKBC walls in the same day but I started doing mine 3,5 weeks ago. :P
EDIT 2: I also dedicate this wallpaper to Graphica, a group I recently joined.
User Comments!
You already know my suggestion about the water looking like a pane of glass 'cos of the shadow, and I haven't got any others.
You're amazing for trying that crazy perspective, I know I wouldn't have :'D
Awesome job, insta+fav, and GoO VAAAAAAA :'D
I love ugly.
anyway this is freaking nice, especially how you did the painting =D and your ripples rock hard keep up the great work! you keep getting better and better :'D
But there's quite a problem with the perspective. While your buildings look fine the ground does not, same goes for the water ripples. What I mean is that there should be an angle between his legs and, let's say, the crack in the ground next to him.
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great coloring on the character
nice neat lines
well done
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very realistic in every aspect
everything within the puddle looks great, the clouds, the buildings
an awesome job done!!
+favs
you get better with every wall you submit, Anna... personally love those clouds.
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i'm speechless 8D the wallpaper is really really really great! >xD the shadow is just too bold for me, but its superb @___@
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What else... great sky, great vector, great colors (you're doing well with coloring with brushes
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saw it in the forums before, so i wasn't as awestruck as the first time i saw it ^_^ amazing painting, and love the colour choice. great concept, although i don't really like the text as much as everything else [i'm a texthater >_<]. great job though :3
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Seriously, this is a very beautiful wall, I love it. Thanks for your effort in bringing us this wall :3
I've tried this effect before whilst taking photos out in the rain and I've always found that the ground is quite blurred because the focus is on what's reflected in the puddle.
For me the detail on the ground is a bit too sharp for this kind of effect. But other than that, it's a simply superb wallpaper and well worthy of one of my +favs. Enjoy, and hope to see more of your works real soon! Just wish I could add 2 favs because there are two of you after all...
As for the wallpaper , I must agree with Dioma .
The perspective is really akward and wrong , and the water looks and reflects the scenery like it was glass or something.
Also the the ground : you say you didnt use textures,but I can see a "crack" brush being used , also some "over-burned" parts.
And I would prefer the ground not "dirt/gravel" but cement .He is in the city in front of some scryscrapers,where did he found dirt there?
despite all that I like your ripple effects and the rain.
overall good job.