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.
The extraction could use some work. Toward Sakura's foot, the lines are rather choppy and cut off.
The background is composed of many elements that don't work well together. The clouds are too simplified, and seem like a filter. Syaoran's head seems to come out of nowhere, and compared to the mood Sakura conveys, is a sore fit. The vase is a bit pixellated toward the edges, too.
Wallpaper is lovely. Love the colors and the concept is beautiful. Just one thing that sticks out way to much. Your lighting is wrong. Its sunset. The sun is behind her, not in front of her. If you are picturing indoor lighting this complicates the shadow casting even more.
My suggestion is to move the shadows in front of everything, this way the realism is improved drastically. The lighting on her could be improved by putting a "Satin" setting on her to emphasize the lighting even more. Play with the settings.
Fantastic wallpaper. Wish you well in completing it as best you can.
Sakura is at a different resolution than the rest of it, so either find a higher resolution of her or go for a vector. Her shadow doesn't line up with the rest of her, and with the light source behind her it shouldn't really be where it is. Also, I'd get rid of whatever you did to her lips since it stands out too much and doesn't fit her personality. Syaoran is also very dissonant with the rest of the picture with that expression.
The color scheme caught my eye when I was passing by the SZ gallery, so I dropped by to leave a comment ^^
The screens thing should be more detailed, try layering some textures on it to give it a more beautiful feel. The shadow is too solid, blurring it a little might make it blend in better~ And maybe the whole wall will look better if Syaoran's head is not there Sakura's legs are a little bit jaggy...try to fix that~
Other than that, I like the sakura tree and the vase. Oh, and the clouds too ^^ Keep on working on it~
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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.
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I worked again this wall and tried to improve it.
I don't know if I succeeded.
What do you think about it?
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The background is composed of many elements that don't work well together. The clouds are too simplified, and seem like a filter. Syaoran's head seems to come out of nowhere, and compared to the mood Sakura conveys, is a sore fit. The vase is a bit pixellated toward the edges, too.
Wallpaper is lovely. Love the colors and the concept is beautiful. Just one thing that sticks out way to much. Your lighting is wrong. Its sunset. The sun is behind her, not in front of her. If you are picturing indoor lighting this complicates the shadow casting even more.
My suggestion is to move the shadows in front of everything, this way the realism is improved drastically. The lighting on her could be improved by putting a "Satin" setting on her to emphasize the lighting even more. Play with the settings.
Fantastic wallpaper. Wish you well in completing it as best you can.
Have a nice day.
Sakura is at a different resolution than the rest of it, so either find a higher resolution of her or go for a vector. Her shadow doesn't line up with the rest of her, and with the light source behind her it shouldn't really be where it is. Also, I'd get rid of whatever you did to her lips since it stands out too much and doesn't fit her personality. Syaoran is also very dissonant with the rest of the picture with that expression.
although it needs still some work
but still a good wallie
I hope to see it done soon
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but the only problem for me its the shadow perspective, just look at her feets.
Out of that is good enough!
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The screens thing should be more detailed, try layering some textures on it to give it a more beautiful feel. The shadow is too solid, blurring it a little might make it blend in better~ And maybe the whole wall will look better if Syaoran's head is not there
Other than that, I like the sakura tree and the vase. Oh, and the clouds too ^^ Keep on working on it~
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its a great wall!
i think the shadows are too much...