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Relaxation by °Tens 1 day 58 minutes ago

Relaxation by °Tens 1 day 58 minutes ago

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As an animation, Bakemonogatari has a simple, clean art style. But the guest illustrations for the series are anything but simple! So, it's great to see that °Tens took on a more complex illustration and made it his own with vector gradients so fine at points it more resembles painting that vectoring. Do have a look at this beautiful wallpaper!

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~Loleta 11 minutes ago
Okay, Michelle. ..Wait, I'mguessing that's your real name ? ...Sweet. One of my friends have the same name.

~Mysticmom2 34 minutes ago
Lol sure. You can call me michelle.

~Loleta 37 minutes ago
Good, thank you Mysticmom2. .....Um...Mysticmom2, is it okay for me to call you a nick name?

~Mysticmom2 46 minutes ago
No problem. How are you tonight Loleta?

`Sakiera 50 minutes ago
*shakes head* If I stop now it'll never get finished, plus I'm so close to completion (I think)

~Loleta 51 minutes ago
Hi there Mysticmom2 :). I didn't know that you said hi when had I posted my previous comment, sorry ;). Sakiera. I guess it's really harder than it looks huh(?). Well, take a little break from the wallpaper for now. Unless it's for a contest.

`Sakiera 59 minutes ago
Any background can cause me to pull my hair out, but this one is kind of scenic

~Loleta 1 hour 1 minute ago
WWhat type of background?

~Mysticmom2 1 hour 4 minutes ago
Hey guys.

`Sakiera 1 hour 10 minutes ago
They can just be arduous to work on, plus I fail when it comes to backgrounds and it's taking a toll on my Bleach wall...

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Holy Night.
A Toradora! wallpaper.
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© 2009 $Jesta23
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$Jesta23
Donating Member
1 wallpaper
3 months 3 weeks ago
This is one of my favorite scenes out of all of the anime I have ever watched.

The original scan can be seen here.
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2710/animepaperscanstoradora.jpg

The x-mas tree in the bg was blurred on purpose, I wanted it to be apart of the background, and draw less attention from the vector. It also serves as a great place to place icons when set as a desktop.

The background is also a vector made from a screen shot I extracted from a flash back taiga has during the santa bear episode. So I thought it fit in very nicely with the image.

The wall was made for 1920x1600 (16:9) So I'd suggest that one if you have a choice. :D
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~utams
Member
Comments: 790
3 months 3 weeks ago
Wow, you did all that work from that scan? That's incredible work for a first timer! Love the out of focus background, no need to explain as far as i'm concerned, it fits in really well! Obviously it's not quite christmas yet so you're not likely to get huge feedback like you would do come december it shouldn't take away the great work you've done! I'm gonna favorite this one and tag is xmas so I can come back to it later when it's a little colder! Thanks!
Go team!
~ala21ddin21
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ala21ddin21
Comments: 401
3 months 3 weeks ago
IMPRESSIVE WORK!Specially when I looked to the original scan, you did well, I also saw your forum post in the Zero Session, well, great work !
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$divStar
Donating Member
Mysterious Element
Comments: 811
3 months 3 weeks ago
Awesome :). I like how you added colors and the painting (I believe you painted it, hm?). It looks a bit jiggly in the thumb-nail, so I recommend to everyone a full-view! Since I don't like the anime, nor the girl, I won't +fav it. It's still great though and thank you for sharing :).
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$Jesta23
Donating Member
Comments: 21
3 months 3 weeks ago
Yeah, some of it doesn't look the best when its shrunk down. Probably because of the blur. But in full view its looks good. So expand it before you decide :D

I hadn't thought about waiting for Christmas to post it, I guess if I had, it would see more hits.
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~niwaamv
Member
Comments: 50
3 months 3 weeks ago
Cute :)

The background look rather weird but the vector itself looks fine though. I haven't finished Toradora yet so I'l leave it as for now :P

Good job!
~Heloria
Member
I am your friend come over here and let me cut you
Comments: 340
3 months 3 weeks ago
Awww so cute...(yes that reminds me of usagi-san of junjou romantica the bear and such)...i wanna hug her too, so damn cute<3 emoticon
That's a very nice work good vectoring and the colours match with the mood the wall gives.!!
+fav
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~guest000
Member
Comments: 62
3 months 3 weeks ago
Impressive wallpaper. You really pulled out the essence from Toradora. >:3 emoticon *two thumbs up*
~bluelion
Member
Comments: 2433
3 months 3 weeks ago
Cute dolls are always children's good compamy in holy night.
~FourthEspada
Member
In a maze without end, why do we still breath?
Comments: 203
3 months 3 weeks ago
Personally, I think it's cute, and a really good idea, but there is something missing for it to match up to my taste. It's too........ unfinished for a work of art. For example this tutorial works somewhat the way you were working.I think if you followed it, this wall might rise at least 2 letter grades.

Please, don't take it the wrong way. I'm just trying to help... 9(>_>) emoticon
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$Jesta23
Donating Member
Comments: 21
3 months 3 weeks ago
Thank you Espada.

This was my first vector, so once I shaded it to follow the scan I wasnt sure what to do next.
This is very helpful.
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~canders5
Member
Comments: 12
2 months 4 hours ago
Very nice, i abosolutely loved this scene from the anime, good job capturing the feeling