This wallpaper gives us a perfect example of how a simple manga scan can be turned into a beautiful vector. Not only did danalm trace the lineart, but he also added amazing details and a simple, yet wonderful background. Furthermore, the wallpaper shows us how the monochromatic style can make your work look really interesting.
Great, now im going psycho... it may be possible ive been spending a few hours searching for a scan that i think i saw but truly never existed... it was all in my head =.=;
For once, I'm submitting my new wall here first, rather then at MT ... I seem to get more useful comments from here anyway at least.
Although I typically do not create walls in the retro/minimalistic style I decided to try it out in one of my anime walls. I also went splat crazy to mae the wall have a little more creative edge. I've created non-anime art using this style, but this is the first time I havr featured an anime wall with it.
The wallpaper was designed to complement the Aspiring Mafia I have over at Minitokyo.net and served mainly as the layout basis for the mafia's makeover. The stark contracts of color and the simple color theme of red, black, and white worked well to bring out the characters, yet make them blend seemlessly with the background.
The main shape of this simplistic tech wall is circles. Throughout the wall you will see a circle spiral behing the Saiyuki characters. If you look closely you also will see that the background isn't merely a plain white one. There is a gradual fade of grey and retro circles to compliment the larger circles. Lots of splats were made to give the appearance that the circles themselves were just stamped on and are dripping ... kinda like the blood from someone who has been shot ... or something XD . Hey, they have guns and that's where the idea sprang from XD .
Last, I had to fix up the scan a bit, but some areas were near unfixable. The original scan was far less vibrant and very grainy. If I could find another scan of this image of high quality I would almost certainly use it. The most notable area I couldn't fix without making it look worse, in fact the only area, is around Sanzo's hair ... you'll notice a slight blur. damn thing is evil. Hell, I might even vector the thing later XD . So if any of you know where to find a big lovely scan of this image tell me because it would make my day :D .
Overall, this wall is just meant to be a something of an organized chaos :D .
It's a really cool scan and it would be nice in vector, if you think to vector it one day.
It would match even well with your background I think.
Like I said in the Mafia GB I love the new layout
So I really like the splash and circles background you created and the bright colors you chose.
There's some little details in your background that I almost missed but it's nice they are there.
Seriously the only thing that botter me is the fact that the scan is not as clean as the back.
Beside that you did a really nice job with this
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Although I typically do not create walls in the retro/minimalistic style I decided to try it out in one of my anime walls. I also went splat crazy to mae the wall have a little more creative edge. I've created non-anime art using this style, but this is the first time I havr featured an anime wall with it.
The wallpaper was designed to complement the Aspiring Mafia I have over at Minitokyo.net and served mainly as the layout basis for the mafia's makeover. The stark contracts of color and the simple color theme of red, black, and white worked well to bring out the characters, yet make them blend seemlessly with the background.
The main shape of this simplistic tech wall is circles. Throughout the wall you will see a circle spiral behing the Saiyuki characters. If you look closely you also will see that the background isn't merely a plain white one. There is a gradual fade of grey and retro circles to compliment the larger circles. Lots of splats were made to give the appearance that the circles themselves were just stamped on and are dripping ... kinda like the blood from someone who has been shot ... or something XD . Hey, they have guns and that's where the idea sprang from XD .
Last, I had to fix up the scan a bit, but some areas were near unfixable. The original scan was far less vibrant and very grainy. If I could find another scan of this image of high quality I would almost certainly use it. The most notable area I couldn't fix without making it look worse, in fact the only area, is around Sanzo's hair ... you'll notice a slight blur. damn thing is evil. Hell, I might even vector the thing later XD . So if any of you know where to find a big lovely scan of this image tell me because it would make my day :D .
Overall, this wall is just meant to be a something of an organized chaos :D .
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Wall Specs:
Time Taken: 6 Hours
Techniques Used: Vector, Brushwork, Splatting, Scan Enhance/Fix, More Splatting
Layers: 29 Layers
PSD Filesize: 25.3 MB
Scan Source: Minitokyo
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Because we all know it's possible to be as stylishly unstylish as you are XD .
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hakkai looks so happy 2 have a gun lol,
awesum wallpaper the targets totally set it off!
And the splattering is just wicked as!
Inuyasha: Exactly the same thing that happens when your with a woman
Miroku. *GASP* ....... GHASTLY You did THAT right in frount of Kagome?!
Inuyasha: WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU DO WITH WOMEN?!
Miroku: . . . . . . . . Nothing. . . .
It would match even well with your background I think.
Like I said in the Mafia GB I love the new layout
So I really like the splash and circles background you created and the bright colors you chose.
There's some little details in your background that I almost missed but it's nice they are there.
Seriously the only thing that botter me is the fact that the scan is not as clean as the back.
Beside that you did a really nice job with this
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And, background,... it seems simple, but i like very much
So.. very nice job!! ^^
Sorry for my bad English... ^^
keep rockin.