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.
I'm trying to wall proper abstract stuff again after having drifted for a while somewhere between abstract and scenic. this was made after i finally read hana kimi.
recipe:
1 black and white manga scan of nakatsu
7 & 351/902 tablespoons of color experimentation
5 276 801 cups of spontaneity
19 & 3/4 slices of typography experimentation
1 paper texture from cgtextures
several brushes by maklington and Shiranui (for the dirty corners)
and salt and pepper to taste! (thanks for reminding me, salt :D)
warm scan in medium-sized frying pan on low heat no, lol xD first, i vectored nakatsu's outlines and colored it. (i'm well aware his hair's not blue.) next came the text design on his skin. it was fun enough that i stuck more text onto the bg. after that, it was a matter of throwing in stripes and rectangles, playing around with the colors, dirtying up the corners, and adding the texture.
just so you know: there are no connections to the story. xD anyways, thanks to my fmn buddies and peni for their insight. :3 4:3 version is the best composition-wise.
I looove your design. You are so good at textual design. :D
Nice colours and vector too.
I just love it. ^_^ Sorry nothing constructive I can't think of anything because I'm just like wooow love it. ^_^ And in my resolution too Love. :)
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How can this wall go unnoticed? o_o"
Nice vector,and the texts are just crazy + pleasure to they eyes-color + space for icons = Nice stuff seriously.This need more love
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Excellent use of the text! I really like it!
And the vector is good too!
Though the left side looks a little empty in my opinion...
But it's a great wall!
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I... i just can say i fall in love with that wall. It's simply (just in appereance ^^),
greens tones at BG are very relaxing, and Nakatsu looks sooo sweet even in blue *_*
I must say you join my favourites concepts in that work: music & cute guy *_*
The paper texture does work with the wall, it's just that I personally hate paper textures. There's just something about them that just rubs my artistic sensibilities the wrong way. Or maybe i'm just irrationally biased against certain things :O
Good work, as always :) The stripe and the faded city buildings are a nice touch. I think some more dynamic color gradients would have been great additions, but otherwise you made another really solid abstract wall. Nice work. +fav
Oooh!! I adore this wallpaper. The bright colors are so refreshing, and they all match very well, too. I think you made a good choice with the text around him, too...it's all so great! Very creative with having the text over the vector, too. :3 Wow, I'm faving this. I love it!
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This is magnifique! I absolutely adore your color choices. I also really like the abstract shapes in the background. They blend quite well with the entire piece and compliment it instead of being the center of attention. Same goes for the textage.
Yeshhhuuu xD finally i get the bigger size xD
the most intereting part is the vector =D is it from manga? it must be hard if it do >____<
the typhography is also well placed =D i like the bottom more than the top =D it just stylish and cool =D
U forgot 2 tsp of pepper and salt 8]
i have much love for colorful walls @_@ cant resist them xD i need to make one some day xD
the use of text is good, especially since i cant even handle 1 line on a wall so i tend to avoid text usage all together lol! did i mention how much i love the colors? lol!
anyways, your vector is nice, but i think it would have been nicer if you had done something like have his hair without any outlines just sort of like 1 shape (and no outlines for eyebrows either). Almost like its 1 solid thing without the details in the hair strands..i dunno if you know what im talking about, but i guess i can explain it later :3 and also have his lineart the same color as his hair i think would be nice D:
anyways, nice job with this. :D
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That is one good-looking nakatsu side profile. Great choice of the image to vector. I like the nice clean look and the adorable nakatsu. *fangirls over the bishies in hana kimi*
Wow, nice one. Love the color combos that you used, along with the textures. Neat vector, and the hair doesn't look like a simple job, so kudos to you. ThoughI think perhaps it would look better if you added more tones and shadows on Nakatsu. =]
If you didnt made it widescreen, you could get rid of the big chunk of negative space on the middle of the wallpaper (i wonder if thats the why it isnt getting much attention)
i like the eyes tough, normally people tend to make the eyes as it shows on the scan. good job on those
Its a very good wall but im not to crazy about the color of the back round should have done it with different shades of blue other than that the wall kicks ass
I am late.........T_T......so late for your wonderful wallpaper!
I need to say it is amazing. The vectoring, the colours. Blues and greens are always my fav for the desktop as they feel relaxing to the eye.
Plus your wall is stylish ( as always ) and it surely deserves a huge fav^^
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O... Me likey! I really like the text. At first I didn't really like it next the earphones but that was before I read the title. So in my mind it fits really well with the theme.
At first I thought it was Sano since cool colors are more his colors and warm colors Nakatsu's... but regardless I like green and blue better since they are my favorite colors..
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recipe:
1 black and white manga scan of nakatsu
7 & 351/902 tablespoons of color experimentation
5 276 801 cups of spontaneity
19 & 3/4 slices of typography experimentation
1 paper texture from cgtextures
several brushes by maklington and Shiranui (for the dirty corners)
and salt and pepper to taste! (thanks for reminding me, salt :D)
warm scan in medium-sized frying pan on low heat no, lol xD first, i vectored nakatsu's outlines and colored it. (i'm well aware his hair's not blue.) next came the text design on his skin. it was fun enough that i stuck more text onto the bg. after that, it was a matter of throwing in stripes and rectangles, playing around with the colors, dirtying up the corners, and adding the texture.
just so you know: there are no connections to the story. xD anyways, thanks to my fmn buddies and peni for their insight. :3 4:3 version is the best composition-wise.
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Nice colours and vector too.
I just love it. ^_^ Sorry nothing constructive I can't think of anything because I'm just like wooow love it. ^_^ And in my resolution too Love. :)
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And smooth vectors + soft colors looks great as well. Great job ^^
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love the green, and nice use of text and scan.
good stuff. always love your work xD
can't wait for your next one
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How can this wall go unnoticed? o_o"
Nice vector,and the texts are just crazy + pleasure to they eyes-color + space for icons = Nice stuff seriously.This need more love
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Ps : too bad there is no 1280x1024 this time D:
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And the vector is good too!
Though the left side looks a little empty in my opinion...
But it's a great wall!
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I... i just can say i fall in love with that wall. It's simply (just in appereance ^^),
greens tones at BG are very relaxing, and Nakatsu looks sooo sweet even in blue *_*
I must say you join my favourites concepts in that work: music & cute guy *_*
Congrats and, of course, download right now ^^
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Good work, as always :) The stripe and the faded city buildings are a nice touch. I think some more dynamic color gradients would have been great additions, but otherwise you made another really solid abstract wall. Nice work. +fav
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the most intereting part is the vector =D is it from manga? it must be hard if it do >____<
the typhography is also well placed =D i like the bottom more than the top =D it just stylish and cool =D
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i have much love for colorful walls @_@ cant resist them xD i need to make one some day xD
the use of text is good, especially since i cant even handle 1 line on a wall so i tend to avoid text usage all together lol! did i mention how much i love the colors? lol!
anyways, your vector is nice, but i think it would have been nicer if you had done something like have his hair without any outlines just sort of like 1 shape (and no outlines for eyebrows either). Almost like its 1 solid thing without the details in the hair strands..i dunno if you know what im talking about, but i guess i can explain it later :3 and also have his lineart the same color as his hair i think would be nice D:
anyways, nice job with this. :D
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i like the eyes tough, normally people tend to make the eyes as it shows on the scan. good job on those
I need to say it is amazing. The vectoring, the colours. Blues and greens are always my fav for the desktop as they feel relaxing to the eye.
Plus your wall is stylish ( as always ) and it surely deserves a huge fav^^
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What can i say? Lovely work as usual. :3
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At first I thought it was Sano since cool colors are more his colors and warm colors Nakatsu's... but regardless I like green and blue better since they are my favorite colors..