Sitting at my desk, twittling my thumbs, and praying that something will magically happen and all my work will be done for the night... Long and drawn out right? :S
This was done way back in 2004 too. It was my second attempt in digital painting although there are a lot of hiccups here and there. Some comments which I have received before are “background too blurry” which is true, since I’m doing it at its exact resolution. I then found out from the thumbnails generated, it is better to start off big (2x resolutions) and then resize it to the desire resolution for painted background.
The Joe scan took me quite awhile also, to clean up the noise using 5% smudge method and adding extra lighting for her to fit into the scene.
The background is really complex, if it was less blurry, it would actually take the attention away from her. So, I think it actually looks okay as it is. Her right leg is a bit blurry, but not that noticeable.
I have to concur with JTsang here. i think its fine the way it is now. i think of it as taking one of those artistic photographs. you took/made a great wall here xenohawk. although i am curious to see how it would look without the blurry, i could be wrong! again nice job.
If there was a bag that had awesome stuff in it, this wall would be there.
Too blurry? It stuns me sometimes the comments people make - a lot of people seem to have this sort of fixed box into which everything must fit stylistically. If something doesn't, then they just don't seem to get it and they make the most bizarre critiscism (not that I can't undertand the blurryness comment - it's just it seems, well, petty somehow).
I actually really like the "blurryness" (or rather painted look) of the background and I would have actually preferred it if you'd given the chara slight hint of paintedness feel. It still works great as it is though, cos the stylistic contrast helps to pop her out of the bg and pulls focus.
Personally, the walls that are my favourits are the ones that do something different or that showcase some actual talent and this wall has both - so it wins the internet.
I call this hotness at its best! Okay i wont tell you the background is too blurry :P! I say the background is perfect except for the...lol blurryness >
Nothing less than amazing, from the great xenohawk. i would say something about the blurriness but it's been beaten to death by everyone else. another fav.
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Holy Crap you guys the blurryness is freekin sweet! If you look at the grass and brush all around you can see that it gives it a painted look. The blurriness in the backround gives it a cozy feel to it. Great wall and dont change it!
Awesome... I kinda like the painted-style background... it shows the total originality of the wall and this is considered a very high-quality custom background :)
Lovely selection of colors, too... really matches well with the re-cg-ed scan...
a favorite work indeed
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I love Bakuretsu Tenshi, and the wall you've created is awesome. It's not too blurry at all. Though it's not the clearest background, it helps put the emphasis on Jo and makes her pop out of the wall. In a good way. :)
Jo being my favorite anime character boosts the awesome factor of this wall, and I'm definetly adding it to my favorites.
Good Job. :)
Sorry, but I think this should have taken 1st place for daily fav's when it was up. I *LOVE* this wall. I have it as my desktop right now. I don't think the background's too blurry at all; since we're focused on the foreground, and therefore Jo, it works that way. I simply don't have any critique for this, except, WOW, which isn't much of one, right?
First time I went on this site and saw this wall, and I was just like *_* =wow= these people are GOOD!! I see how the slightly blurry background detracts a little from the overall wall but awesome work. ^_^
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This is fantastic and I don't think that the background was too blurry. Great composition with light and character and really really great work on the background. Did you design it by yourself or is this the Bakuten set?
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The Joe scan took me quite awhile also, to clean up the noise using 5% smudge method and adding extra lighting for her to fit into the scene.
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but yeah i'll agree with the comments ya got regarding it being blurry..but if it wasnt blurry..omg this would rock! O_O
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i rememebr this wall from earlier in AP :3
loved it then, love it now xD
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Too blurry? It stuns me sometimes the comments people make - a lot of people seem to have this sort of fixed box into which everything must fit stylistically. If something doesn't, then they just don't seem to get it and they make the most bizarre critiscism (not that I can't undertand the blurryness comment - it's just it seems, well, petty somehow).
I actually really like the "blurryness" (or rather painted look) of the background and I would have actually preferred it if you'd given the chara slight hint of paintedness feel. It still works great as it is though, cos the stylistic contrast helps to pop her out of the bg and pulls focus.
Personally, the walls that are my favourits are the ones that do something different or that showcase some actual talent and this wall has both - so it wins the internet.
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Lovely selection of colors, too... really matches well with the re-cg-ed scan...
a favorite work indeed
Jo being my favorite anime character boosts the awesome factor of this wall, and I'm definetly adding it to my favorites.
Good Job. :)
I love this paper; this is a REAL wall! Awesome!