Not too much for me to say about this wallpaper that hasn't already been said: Dalarty has provided a descriptive walk through all the way from the concept idea, to its execution and ultimately its fruition. And you can really see how that careful planning paid off. But it just goes to show, good ideas take time---and a whole lot of patience!
Yes! I finally have a reason to make a Mamotte Shugogetten wallpaper. XD It's an awesome old series, and I have no idea why I like it.
So, yes this wallpaper is for Gideons loverly Pool Party, where we had to represent the Summer Solstice. :] Go monochrome go! XDDD I was assigned the color periwinkle (love saying that word >>). The title is in chinese (thankya yinaa) because chinese is awesome, and is fun to pronounce even though I still cant pronounce the title after like 50 attempts. XDDD @yina: SHOEEE!!!!!!!!! XDD!!. It means Summer Solstice. lol!
I've always wanted to try one of those "screenshot your description" type things. So I made a step by step (sort of) description of my walling process! /o/
What fun! *self stab* xDDDDDD
Read more... (click to view)
good story, im already asleeping 8]
Theres still things I'm not so hot on about my wall, but argh I'm tired. XD
Further thanks goes to,
SPOILER (click to view)
Asa: I took advantage of you being busy with work to participate so that I can your awesome advice *cue evil laughter* �D Thank you for being so awesome and cool D8 and for having a keen eye in blending :]
Shinn: Thank you so much for checking out my wall and your ideas, etc on the lighting and the building differences. Much appreacited :D
Anna: You are my walling goddess and I am going to write a love poem for you D8 Honestly you were soo much help this wallpaper absolutely would not look like this without you < 3333 damn the finishing effects were awesome anna! thank you O_O'' Plus you're an awesome team leader, who kept everything together and organized. :]
Yina: My manly wife, dayum I complained like everyday to you XDDDDDD hwahahahhaha! /o/ The glowyness and char fittage are your off spring �3~ Dont forget to add the *** to the ***** cus I swear ill send you 20 billion canadian choco XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!
(sry for submitting while you were bishie dreaming ; -;)
Tsu: My kitty with a magic paint brush D: Yus I did indeed complain to you a lot as well XDDDDD thank you for putting up with it /o/!! The fog are your children and I named them mysteriouso garzu �D And the blurring of far buildings, and and christ you critiqued so much I lost track of everything o_o thank you! XD
Periwinkle loves you, and pool parties are within you all. 8]
No shooeeeeez DD: Though I rabu shoes 8D
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haha, I'll add them to her *** if I don't forget xD
You know already that I love the wall and the 40 downloads (No it wasn't me! D8) says it all 8D
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The level of detail on the buildings is awesome, and I love the lighting effects and such... looks so much better than when it first started. I also love that little strip of sea. It's so awesome I'm wondering what the wall would've look like with a little more ocean 8D Anyhoo hawesomes xD I dunno why I kept thinking this was Ah! My Goddess when I first saw your WIP. *goes off to research Mamotte Shugogette*
Awesome wall.
Better yet is that you did in so much resolution.
Very thanks for this, it's so hard to find a 1280x1024 wall. xD
Huhs for you and thanks for share it.
;)
It's so refreshing to see new elements put to walls aside from the normal vector from scan, bam instaloved wall... and the fact that you dared to do something new like that is admirable.
BUT, one question... the little things on the background beach shore near the sunset... I have no clue what they are... I'm wondering if they're people, a tree, grass or a fence
Anyway, doesn't matter, the girl's cute, the fogginess is a great touch, the hue is gentle and nice. Great work
PERIWINKLLLLEEEEEEE! DDDx lol okay, it doesn't make a great war cry. i didn't know the word existed before i saw gid assign you that color. i learned something new. :3 it can be my new means-anything-and-everything word! like, that's so periwinkle! (NO i did NOT hit my head on something.) so "xia" means "summer" and "zhi" means "solstice"? haha, good job saku (or should i say yina?) for picking a title that many people can't pronounce. xD *cough* now the relevant stuff. >__>
yay you finished all those buildings! \o/ talk about crazy. >xD and using a 3D software is beyond me so thumbs up there. at first i thought the buildings were missing their shadows, which was weird, but then the rest of the wall loaded and i saw the closer ones do have shadows. the fog is a nice touch! you did your best for the blending, but i still kinda feel the difference there between her and the city...partially because i see her floating inside a circle as opposed to a bubble. :x ah periwinkles. (i thought i was saying wrinkles for a minute 8])
mkay i'll stop forcing you to read spam. so i'll get straight to the +fav now.
The background doesn't totally fit with the scan, but its not all that bad either. In fact, I really like the general feel of the wallpaper. Surreal, mysterious and eerie. She looks like a ghost haunting a town lol x3! Kudos to the massive effort of rending the houses in 3D >_<! I'd never be able to have the dedicatuion to do something like that xD!
There's a few things that I'd do to the background :
- add fog/mist that increases as the city fades away (not sure how that'd look but it would make the city feel more exotic.)
- maybe textures on the buildings? though again I have NO IDEA how that would look. Could turn out terrible xD!
Other than that I love the the wall, makes me want to watch the Anime. =x!
+Fav
P.S. the wall I love the most from you is still that Dennou Coil one - especially since I'm watcyhing th series now. It's just so awesome x3!
Well, the styles of the character and buildings don't match, but that's already been mentioned. It's not one of your best, but every wallpaper can't be amazing, I suppose.
Wow, I think the amount of hardcore work you've done at the beginning of summer really shows up in this wallpaper, even though the buildings could have been better, but would drive you mad if you try. That was also one of my issues as well - planning wallpapers in a short span of 1 week but which would be more scientific if finished over 3 weeks - in your case, 3 weeks probably wasnt enough. X3
I actually came across this brush on deviantart that actually painted window lights automatically for you simply by dragging the mouse in a straight line. This may be too late ofcourse, but then, yours is completely original, so props for that.
Also, the way you did your buildings make it look as if the whole city was submerged in waist deep water. I think it's something to do with the way the doors are cut off \(. .)/
Ofcourse, these details are minor when you come across a work so rife with creativity. Apart from the solstice & summer that I don't quite get from this wallpaper, it's a magnificent work =D
Scuse me for a minute. *blinks rapidly, shakes head, and smacks cheeks, then takes a second look* yup it's real.
umm... wow! you did great on this saku!!
i know how hard blending an image rendered from a 3D program with an anime character can be, but you did a wonderful job at it. of course, the best parts are those you painted, like the hair. but you paint like a... like a... hmm.. i dunno, but it sure is good. (nice comparison there dan *smacks self again^)
my fave fave part is the screenshot walkthrough thingy! definately lolable.
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Totally cool wall!
3D program then Photoshop, wow, way to go Saku ^_^
Really creative way of making a realistic wall.
And you rock in accomplishing it as well.
Great processing visual steps, lol, you really placed a lot
of detail in everything.
This one's a really grand masterpiece, so to speak.
And grats to you for making it on time for you deadline ^_^
T_T for some reason i don't get to see all my friend's walls! But now i can see! XD
What can i say? Such a lovely composition and beautiful effect plus blue-ish colors are so relaxing to my eyes and this is just a fav^^
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I can't really imagine how much work it must have been to made the background with all these houses there. Greatly done and really nice perspective.
Seems to me that Pool Party is taking over AP with all these wonderful one-color walls.
You get a nice color althought I thought that pink would have been better for ya *LOL*
Overall an interesting wall from you and not typical made like your other ones.
FAV+ for this amazing wallpaper ^^
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Yes! I finally have a reason to make a Mamotte Shugogetten wallpaper. XD It's an awesome old series, and I have no idea why I like it.
So, yes this wallpaper is for Gideons loverly Pool Party, where we had to represent the Summer Solstice. :] Go monochrome go! XDDD I was assigned the color periwinkle (love saying that word >>). The title is in chinese (thankya yinaa) because chinese is awesome, and is fun to pronounce even though I still cant pronounce the title after like 50 attempts. XDDD @yina: SHOEEE!!!!!!!!! XDD!!. It means Summer Solstice. lol!
I've always wanted to try one of those "screenshot your description" type things. So I made a step by step (sort of) description of my walling process! /o/
What fun! *self stab* xDDDDDD
Further thanks goes to,
Periwinkle loves you, and pool parties are within you all. 8]
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*fangirlmode*
OMG! NAKED BISHIES THAAAAAIR!!
haha, I'll add them to her *** if I don't forget xD
You know already that I love the wall and the 40 downloads (No it wasn't me! D8) says it all 8D
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Better yet is that you did in so much resolution.
Very thanks for this, it's so hard to find a 1280x1024 wall. xD
Huhs for you and thanks for share it.
;)
BUT, one question... the little things on the background beach shore near the sunset... I have no clue what they are... I'm wondering if they're people, a tree, grass or a fence
Anyway, doesn't matter, the girl's cute, the fogginess is a great touch, the hue is gentle and nice. Great work
But then again ive never seen this show.
Good work either way.
yay you finished all those buildings! \o/ talk about crazy. >xD and using a 3D software is beyond me so thumbs up there. at first i thought the buildings were missing their shadows, which was weird, but then the rest of the wall loaded and i saw the closer ones do have shadows. the fog is a nice touch! you did your best for the blending, but i still kinda feel the difference there between her and the city...partially because i see her floating inside a circle as opposed to a bubble. :x ah periwinkles. (i thought i was saying wrinkles for a minute 8])
mkay i'll stop forcing you to read spam. so i'll get straight to the +fav now.
curious?
There's a few things that I'd do to the background :
- add fog/mist that increases as the city fades away (not sure how that'd look but it would make the city feel more exotic.)
- maybe textures on the buildings? though again I have NO IDEA how that would look. Could turn out terrible xD!
Other than that I love the the wall, makes me want to watch the Anime. =x!
+Fav
P.S. the wall I love the most from you is still that Dennou Coil one - especially since I'm watcyhing th series now. It's just so awesome x3!
Well, the styles of the character and buildings don't match, but that's already been mentioned. It's not one of your best, but every wallpaper can't be amazing, I suppose.
loves periwinkle, don't worry x3
love the boxes. bwahaha.
looks good. (and as tsu said) don't worry. xD
+faves
I actually came across this brush on deviantart that actually painted window lights automatically for you simply by dragging the mouse in a straight line. This may be too late ofcourse, but then, yours is completely original, so props for that.
Also, the way you did your buildings make it look as if the whole city was submerged in waist deep water. I think it's something to do with the way the doors are cut off \(. .)/
Ofcourse, these details are minor when you come across a work so rife with creativity. Apart from the solstice & summer that I don't quite get from this wallpaper, it's a magnificent work =D
Yay for Chinese Titles~
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umm... wow! you did great on this saku!!
i know how hard blending an image rendered from a 3D program with an anime character can be, but you did a wonderful job at it. of course, the best parts are those you painted, like the hair. but you paint like a... like a... hmm.. i dunno, but it sure is good. (nice comparison there dan *smacks self again^)
my fave fave part is the screenshot walkthrough thingy! definately lolable.
All those tiny buildings... *shudders* and the WINDOWS... *keels over*
I happen to love the periwinkle, and it fits really well somehow.
My favorite thing is her hair. *o*
The fog and moon ish also very very cool.
Definetly +Fav
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3D program then Photoshop, wow, way to go Saku ^_^
Really creative way of making a realistic wall.
And you rock in accomplishing it as well.
Great processing visual steps, lol, you really placed a lot
of detail in everything.
This one's a really grand masterpiece, so to speak.
And grats to you for making it on time for you deadline ^_^
Keep up the nice wallies ^_^
Plus a favey +F ^_^
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What can i say? Such a lovely composition and beautiful effect plus blue-ish colors are so relaxing to my eyes and this is just a fav^^
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I can't really imagine how much work it must have been to made the background with all these houses there. Greatly done and really nice perspective.
Seems to me that Pool Party is taking over AP with all these wonderful one-color walls.
You get a nice color althought I thought that pink would have been better for ya *LOL*
Overall an interesting wall from you and not typical made like your other ones.
FAV+ for this amazing wallpaper ^^
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Wow, there are so many details in just one wall. I can see how long it took you. ^^
The colors are so soothing and dark, which contributes to the overall effect.
EDIT: Nice "bedtime" story! I can finally read to my little sisters without making them bored, hehe. Not that I had any to start with. >____>
Faved wall~!