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.
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Well, if you want to know more then I'll be available through PM or MSN, whichever is best for you. Rather not go further into on the SB of all places. =P
Alright, now THIS is a present for Shinn, AP's very own Gallery moderator ^^ I still don't think this wall is exactly 'decent', but this time, I actually spent a lot of effort and time to making this. w00tazn and JTsang should know what this wall was before I totally changed it. The sky and mountains in the back (barely visible) were from two combined stock photos. Everything else is made from scratch, even the texture (jkjk...). Well, I'm pretty tired with this wall so I'll shut up and let you guys give me some crits. The annoying lines are actually done by accident, but I felt it gave off a certain mood that I was looking for so I kept it there. The clouds don't look exactly happy, which was exactly the ominous feel I was searching. This took about 50 layers and 2 days to finish. Textures were grabbed from http://www.mayang.com/textures Anyway, hope you guys enjoy! ^^
I think the angle of the brown building is a bit weird xD Shouldn't it be the same that the other one ? The title style is ok but I think the D of mind is somehow... annoying. The game of typo works with the P but the D feels like not connecting to the rest. o_o Dunno why though...
One more thing. People seem to use a lot of textures lately and if I were you, I'd use them with parsimony because it tends to make the picture flat and dirty not to mention the fact they are most of the time used to hide a lack of details. ^^;
It's still is a good composition and creation. :) Keep up the good job!
This is really cool. I really like the effect of the background and the character. It adds a very nice touch to the wallpaper. This style is cool. A really cool wallpaper
Great job. I'll be looking forward to your future releases...
Hehe Shinn dedicated XD He will highlight this one lol You did a nice job with the textures and the overlay is vivid though not annoying. Overall I would give a 8.5 score X3
Alright. The edit option hates me. I took out the texture, thanks to Graphicfighter. Many thanks to JTsang and Graphie (I'll call you that from now on xD).
Hey you took my words lol XD.. well I really meant them and it looks so much nicer now (especially those ray of lights, very purdy). Clean and crisp! :p *fav* kekekke
Nyyyuuu@____@ i dled the textured version._. *gets the no texture one>_<*
i like it without x3
but the light rays and the skytrain window reflections funny@__@the direction...
and the red and blue of the skytrain's bright compared to shinn=x
but i like the skytrain^^''
and the bg behind it~^^~
goodjob~
Lol, second present?! Thanks again XD. And indeed I like this wallpaper and the fact that you made almost the whole background by yourself. Props for that! :)
Angle...angle...angle... I think it is a bit off for hte buildings, it'd look most correct if it was perpendicular to the railing/skytrain. XD
Colour. Shinn is REALLY colourful compared to his surroundings... as well as the skytrain. Those blue/red stripes can use some toning down. XD
Buildings. Again, the perspective is kinda weird, although it's possible in RL to look like that, it'd look best if it was perpendicular. But that's probably just me. The windows aer a bit lacking in detail, and I don't have any suggestions... XD Anywyas, on the brown building, the windows stop going? That kinda bugs me, since its like window...window...window...TRUNCATE!
Text. You're definitely improving in this area... XD But like people already said, it may be better if the big letters weren't SO apart from the rest of it. Oh. And I think it's Gundam SEED Destiny. XD
Aside from the funky angle and a little overblurriness here and there, the wall looks great. The context is a bit odd.. I dunno what the scan has to do with the the train or whatever, but it's not that big of a deal. Nice wall HK, you are walling obsessed monster!
Shinn! =] like him considerably more outside of the anime. First of all, angling problems: the support of the bridge for the train is off. It'd be tilted if you rotated the image so that the bridge and the ground are both level. I personally feel the blue and red streaks on the train are a bit too bright and clear and solid at the beginning point. And the way the buildings, which look rather 2D, meet the ground is kinda off too. It's tilted...The brown building and the right part of the next building w/ many windows are all at the same angle. But the left half of the plenty-window building is at a different angle--further counterclockwise (top to the left side, bottom to the right side). And the text is kinda hard to read but i don't really mind. And i love your clouds in the bg! they are soo cool ^^
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Everything looks great HK ^-^ But I think on the bottom right part of the wall is a bit too plain : )
I especially like the rays of light and the scan is positioned just right! Fav. Great job.
Really great work on the bg man
the atmosphere and typo is really well done. The jaggy edges on the scan are troubling me a little though. they kinda decrease the walls quality just a bit. but a very nice job anyways...
Hmm, first of all the extraction on Shinn's hair is a bit rough. But everything else is nice. I like the textures and I lalso like the ray of light you put there. Great job!
This is a unique wallpaper, haven't seen one of this nature for a character yet (let alone Shinn). The wallpaper has a very mellow atmosphere, with what appears to be buildings and an EL in the backround, different approach from fire and gundams =p.
Very high quality scan of shin, and very nice color. Simple classic design, not bad.
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I think your text on the bottom is to the side almost to the point of getting cut off though.. lol ^^;
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One more thing. People seem to use a lot of textures lately and if I were you, I'd use them with parsimony because it tends to make the picture flat and dirty not to mention the fact they are most of the time used to hide a lack of details. ^^;
It's still is a good composition and creation. :) Keep up the good job!
Great job. I'll be looking forward to your future releases...
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i like it without x3
but the light rays and the skytrain window reflections funny@__@the direction...
and the red and blue of the skytrain's bright compared to shinn=x
but i like the skytrain^^''
and the bg behind it~^^~
goodjob~
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Angle...angle...angle... I think it is a bit off for hte buildings, it'd look most correct if it was perpendicular to the railing/skytrain. XD
Colour. Shinn is REALLY colourful compared to his surroundings... as well as the skytrain. Those blue/red stripes can use some toning down. XD
Buildings. Again, the perspective is kinda weird, although it's possible in RL to look like that, it'd look best if it was perpendicular. But that's probably just me. The windows aer a bit lacking in detail, and I don't have any suggestions... XD Anywyas, on the brown building, the windows stop going? That kinda bugs me, since its like window...window...window...TRUNCATE!
Text. You're definitely improving in this area... XD But like people already said, it may be better if the big letters weren't SO apart from the rest of it. Oh. And I think it's Gundam SEED Destiny. XD
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I especially like the rays of light and the scan is positioned just right! Fav. Great job.
the atmosphere and typo is really well done. The jaggy edges on the scan are troubling me a little though. they kinda decrease the walls quality just a bit. but a very nice job anyways...
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Very high quality scan of shin, and very nice color. Simple classic design, not bad.
Good work.