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.
So, I watched Vampire Princess Miyu the other day with Evol.
It's his favorite anime, so I wanted to make him a wallpaper for it. Unfortunately, he doesn't really care much for this wallpaper. Then again, outside the reCG, neither do I.
The idea was to have Larva be taking Miyu away from the "real world" and into that red vampire dream world she is always shown in. I don't think it really came across too well, but I couldn't for the life of me think of what to do with the scan after I spent two days reCGing it. So, here it is.
This wall was made with a cintiq. All the trees (yes, all of them) are completely hand drawn, as were all the effects excluding the grunging it up.
As always, I'm open to suggestions, but since I'm not fond of this wall in the first place. the chances of me going back to it are pretty slim.
As you may have noticed, I don't go to userpages to thank each person who comments on my walls or favs them. Just know i appreciate any constructive comments you give, and want to smack those of you who leave "i love it" or "i hate it" comments.
This wallpaper's made vast improvement since you first showed it to me. I really like the sick, organic look of the left hand side, it's so surreal and freaky. The roots and dead branches in the foreground look great, the really help bring the image together, especially considering how hard the original image was to work with. Overall, I can tell you worked really hard on this one and that helped make it such a great wall.
Ive never seen this anime, but i like this idea. The difference from the vampire dream world and the real world is nicely shown. but, imo, the textures are too strong xD it kind of makes the bg confusing, especially towards the left side. I think if you lowered the texture on the wall, and made the current trees you have in your wall clearer and more in focus (especially on the left side), it would have helped. And maybe add a few more dead looking tree on the left aswell. :3 The characters look good, though some parts of the lineart are a bit jagged. ah! one thing i have to say is that I actually like the use of text in your wall. Which is weird cuz i usually dont like text in walls xD but ahhh the red text crossing the white doesnt have smooth edgesss. ><''
Overall, good idea, and the things i mentioned can be fixed easily :3 although you said that there is a small chance your going to go back xD lol
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Yay for oldschool anime. :D
It would be nice to see the effects from the left side carried onto the right side as well if even just a hint. ^_^ The text looks good - I like the fire-like thing behind it.
XD...your description about the "smacking" thing must have freaked out most of the members of AP that is why you are now receiving HUGE comments on your work :)
Ok, so without using the phrases "i like it" or "i love it" i am going to say that the best feautures of the wallpaper are a. placing the characters in the middle ( i always thought that this act would be challenging as most wallpapers do not have characters in the middle cause the result usually sucks XD) b. the scary trees (since you painted them i am very fond of them, they look pretty creepy but alive at the same time - if you get what i mean).
What i think should be improved: Somehow...i find the text too big, or something like that but yet i am not good with using the text, i never was so i leave this thing to the pros^^
(i haven't anything about the grungy look, cause i know it is a skill that you either master...or don't have it at all. And yeah, you have it...so i won't say a thing XD)
hmmm...i think the weakest part of this wall is most definitely miyu's face...the bangs are awkward and not very graceful.
also i would go a bit wilder on the red side...i like the retro look and feel you have here...maybe if you don't wanna over do the red side add some russian art inspired gold magic symbols coming from larva's hands...wisking miyu away...
please to make it better cause i lovvveee where it could go!
Have a nice day!
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Contrary to what you said, I actually quite like this wallpaper.
The background textures look really good and it fits perfectly with the scan of the ghostly figure and the girl.
I think maybe the tree trunk shoiuld be a bit lighter so that it merges better with the scan? That way the girl wouldn't stand out so much >_<!
Anyway, I heart this wall! Love the texture style! The style of the trees is intersting too XD!
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WoW!..An awesome wallpaper..I love the colors used in the wallpaper and the trees and the red part of the wallpaper looks the best..Other than that the text is also good and the red symbol behing it is also nice..An awesome wallpaper so this wallpaper is a fave..keep up the good work ^^
Wow Amazing wallpaper from you Kalico
i really love the background and the scan fit with the whole wallpaper :D
i like the text and the textures looks nice with your wallpaper , i love the colours :) :) :)
+Fav for sure ^^
Well smack me hard then, because I can't find anything really wrong in this. Ok, one little nitpcky thing and that's it: I am not particularly convinced on the tree branches on the top left, precisely their "outline" I think they would have looked better without any visible outline (or if the outline had a slight brighter color). But other than that, it's good ol' grunge, I like it and it also reminds me of your Princess Tutu wallpaper.
Hehe, I like the two sides the wall portrays and how everything fits together. Gonna fave it even though you don't like it so much. What else can I say about good composition in a crazy variety of resolutions? Maybe just... Thank you ^^.
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Oh, this is very grungy and indeed mysterious and creepy at the same time.
I would say that the colour choices are the best and hm...the characters are quite intense^^
+fav
Wallpapers like this makes it really hard for me to assess, since I have no clue on how the wall was constructed, yeah I'm still new, so it would be difficult to judge, but than again, since I was attracted to this wall, I might as well give my opinion.
I haven't seen this anime yet, so I wouldn't know if the trees have any significance. The trees are alright I guess, but it does seem a tad rough on the edges. I like how you depicted the dark and light side of things, especially the left side, since it seems very menacing with the shapes of the trees and etc.
WOW!!such a bloody wallpaper!
its my fav and on my desktop :)
i loved the BG and the colors are damn awesome!!even the style..so keep it up the amazin work!
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So, I watched Vampire Princess Miyu the other day with Evol.
It's his favorite anime, so I wanted to make him a wallpaper for it. Unfortunately, he doesn't really care much for this wallpaper. Then again, outside the reCG, neither do I.
The idea was to have Larva be taking Miyu away from the "real world" and into that red vampire dream world she is always shown in. I don't think it really came across too well, but I couldn't for the life of me think of what to do with the scan after I spent two days reCGing it. So, here it is.
This wall was made with a cintiq. All the trees (yes, all of them) are completely hand drawn, as were all the effects excluding the grunging it up.
As always, I'm open to suggestions, but since I'm not fond of this wall in the first place. the chances of me going back to it are pretty slim.
As you may have noticed, I don't go to userpages to thank each person who comments on my walls or favs them. Just know i appreciate any constructive comments you give, and want to smack those of you who leave "i love it" or "i hate it" comments.
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I'll have to add this one to my favorites!
Overall, good idea, and the things i mentioned can be fixed easily :3 although you said that there is a small chance your going to go back xD lol
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It would be nice to see the effects from the left side carried onto the right side as well if even just a hint. ^_^ The text looks good - I like the fire-like thing behind it.
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i love the background,
and the background title as well.
Ok, so without using the phrases "i like it" or "i love it" i am going to say that the best feautures of the wallpaper are a. placing the characters in the middle ( i always thought that this act would be challenging as most wallpapers do not have characters in the middle cause the result usually sucks XD) b. the scary trees (since you painted them i am very fond of them, they look pretty creepy but alive at the same time - if you get what i mean).
What i think should be improved: Somehow...i find the text too big, or something like that but yet i am not good with using the text, i never was so i leave this thing to the pros^^
(i haven't anything about the grungy look, cause i know it is a skill that you either master...or don't have it at all. And yeah, you have it...so i won't say a thing XD)
"My fake heart died because i didn't pretend to pour it with love"
hmmm...i think the weakest part of this wall is most definitely miyu's face...the bangs are awkward and not very graceful.
also i would go a bit wilder on the red side...i like the retro look and feel you have here...maybe if you don't wanna over do the red side add some russian art inspired gold magic symbols coming from larva's hands...wisking miyu away...
please to make it better cause i lovvveee where it could go!
Have a nice day!
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The venue is good, really nice.
The colors are good also.
The background textures look really good and it fits perfectly with the scan of the ghostly figure and the girl.
I think maybe the tree trunk shoiuld be a bit lighter so that it merges better with the scan? That way the girl wouldn't stand out so much >_<!
Anyway, I heart this wall! Love the texture style! The style of the trees is intersting too XD!
+fav
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i really love the background and the scan fit with the whole wallpaper :D
i like the text and the textures looks nice with your wallpaper , i love the colours :) :) :)
+Fav for sure ^^
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Hehe, I like the two sides the wall portrays and how everything fits together. Gonna fave it even though you don't like it so much. What else can I say about good composition in a crazy variety of resolutions? Maybe just... Thank you ^^.
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I would say that the colour choices are the best and hm...the characters are quite intense^^
+fav
I haven't seen this anime yet, so I wouldn't know if the trees have any significance. The trees are alright I guess, but it does seem a tad rough on the edges. I like how you depicted the dark and light side of things, especially the left side, since it seems very menacing with the shapes of the trees and etc.
I love the idea with Larva in the background ^^
its my fav and on my desktop :)
i loved the BG and the colors are damn awesome!!even the style..so keep it up the amazin work!