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.
"No one will appreciate it this but I most certaintly do!
Though, this is best left at PV, lol. sexy job from two sexy ladies!" View
Ray's Summer of Love
1 year 6 months ago
"Get rid of that cherub at the bottom right and this would be a perfect wall. Very stylish and I LOVE Charles & Ray T___T. Renton should have stayed with them!" View
Smoke covered streets
1 year 6 months ago
"You're not doing a whole heck of lot in these scan edits. That clone tool is getting plenty of use, perhaps some brushing. this is evident in the loss of many details in the background. It does make a nice desktop, so I guess that's all anyone really cares about. You have skills, but I'd like to see some more originality and concept in your works instead of just scan additions/editing." View
Can't See the Shadows
1 year 6 months ago
"I kind of agree with ShiNN on this one, but it does look nice. One question - did you just paint over the scan? If the scan is a BG layer in your PSD I'd like to see a version with that layer hidden. You know, for proof that you painted everything and didn't just enhance the scan. Cause I just adjusted the levels, contrast and saturation and got a result VERY similar to this. " View
Sesshomaru : clouded dream
1 year 6 months ago
"Mods are getting slack. This looks VERY incomplete. The stock photo is low quality. Sesshomaru is slightly faded with some white brushes over top of him. Very bland, the only reason people will like this is because of the clouds. Come on man, put some more effort out, as helix said you are capable of much more." View
The Border Between The Earth And Sky
1 year 6 months ago
"I have to agree with MK about those lines.. they aren't too bad, its just the dark green borders that bother me. A little more work and you could have made them more seamless. Actually if you just took away the dark green borders it'd be a lot better! I really love what you did with the characters, the washed out look with selective coloring. Did you just do selective desaturation and manual color overlays? I'd like to know more about that technique. XD" View
This Is Epic.
1 year 6 months ago
"So, basically, just a compilation of different pics with some lighting adjustments. I must say, its a nice compilation, though. XD Great job with getting the angle right. Colors are sweet. I request a textless version. :)" View
Spiral
1 year 6 months ago
"That's not a stock photo. Stock photos in deviantart are in the STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY section. This is a very masterfully taken architecture shot, and recieved a daily deviation nontheless. Stock photos are ones the artist gives permission to use in a work of art. This is not. Regardless, you implemented it well. It looks a bit blurry but surprisingly it manages to still look good. " View
March of the Skyfish
1 year 6 months ago
"OH SHI- I never commented O___O
its and you so insta-fav * 3*
I still think its too simple though. *poof*" View
what are these things I see?
1 year 6 months ago
"Two main problems I see - first of all, are there supposed to be black lines on his shoes? It looks like its supposed to be for his suit only. A quick layer mask should take care of that. Also, the perspective is very odd since its a flat vertical background but then there's him standing up o_o. Its like a space paradox. @__@ Though I shouldn't complain about that, since my last wall had a wonky perspective too, lol. " View
We [Pixel] Katamari (Katamari Damacy)
1 year 6 months ago
"Wow, major props for even attempting this. You did an awesome job for your first time. It looks a little, how should I saw, "pixellated", I've seen some pixel art where they were able to make it not crisp but not jagged on the edges, I forgot how they did it but I remember seeing a tutorial on it. Still, great job with all the details. It lost a lot of quality in the JPG transition, I'd like to see a high quality version so I can really see it in all its glory. XD" View
Dreaming in the Grass
1 year 7 months ago
"Kill the border around the walls man, it would look much better as a wallpaper that way. Otherwise, nice scan edit, surreal indeed." View
[BGC 2040] Tech...tech...tech...
1 year 7 months ago
"I love it, man, we don't see enough of this style. +fav for sure." View
Cold War
1 year 7 months ago
"Character extraction is very bad - just look at her hair, all the white parts in the strand gaps. Clearly you rushed this out and didn't do a final inspection. The snowflake crystal brush is cool, but you don't see snowflake structure like that except under a microscope. XD Nontheless, it does look cool. Nice job with the tree in the background, if you painted that." View
Crystalisis
1 year 7 months ago
"Sweet blending and transition and great use of filters! Top right is great but I dislike the part where her hand is faded - it looks a little too layer mask'ish. Other than that, sweet wall, I love the colors." View
Breaking Free
1 year 7 months ago
"Its not simple. o_o I love the vibrant blue hues and the clarity of it all. You've portrayed a nice sense of depth, as well. Good job! " View
Chrno Crusade: Misu Style!
1 year 7 months ago
"Man everyone's getting nostalgia from this one! I read the whole description thing! Normally long descriptions are funny to me but this one was sweet since I can tell it meant a lot for you, and who you are talking about. You didn't tell me it had emotional value! I'm sure he'll see it and remember the good times. That image is pretty funny though, its like he's making her do the Campbell soup face. XD And HA you're totally wrong about it getting skipped over. o_o" View
The Notebook
1 year 7 months ago
"The best part of college is meeting people. You don't pay that tuition just to go to class. ;) There are LOADS of oppurtunities on campus that make the experience worth your time. Your problem probably lies within a self-fulfilling prophecy - you go into each day in college expecting that you will meet new people but not have a chance to open up to them. If you just go to class and see them you probably won't. ;) Join clubs, go to theatre performances, make dinner plans. It is tough but you need to let go. I don't know where you go to college but going back home every weekend is not a good thing to do if you want to be immersed in the rich lifestyle college life offers. Its not all about parties and indulgences, its a life lesson, one that shows you what you're made of and shapes you accordingly. And man, judging by your taste in literature and television you should have no problem finding some people to hang out with, all my lady friends would talk to you for 2 hours nonstop about one tree hill, lol.
As for the wall, I'm not a fan of the pixellated look all of the characters in your recent walls have. Are you vectoring using the pen tool + stroke? Treat each line as an object and you'll avoid the pixellated look. Also, I can't help but feel all of your walls look very similar. Try branching out a little man, be a little less linear. ;)" View
See ya later!
1 year 7 months ago
"Murakami is . I love the whole scene, simple as it is. Your skies are always nice, I especially like how this one fades to black to bring focus to the character. And much thanks for the widescreen. x)" View
Life's Waiting to Begin
1 year 7 months ago
"Definitely my kind of wall. I love the complimentary colors and the abstract nature of it all. Nice job with the blending. Text is great too. Old-school vibes are emanating from this. XD" View
Hopes And Fears
1 year 7 months ago
"Well, I don't liike the text. Also, the clouds in front of him are pretty weird. Did you mean for it to look like sea mist? Some brushwork could have taken care of that. ;) Its very stock+scan-ish, but not too bad. Also, I'm glad to see you snapped out of your "radical" walling phase. Walling is so much more fun when you don't lose sleep over it, heh. " View
Twilight Princess
1 year 7 months ago
"The black boxes coming up from his feet are a little distracting, but other than that its an awesome repaint. I'm going to pick this up for gamecube after the holidays are over. XD" View
hinamori wintergreen
1 year 8 months ago
"OH SHI-! the only thing I don't like is the wintergreen bleach text, everything else is wonderful. Refreshing color scheme. XD" View
Bleach in Black
1 year 8 months ago
"You need to make the characters bigger. Maybe put two in front of each "B" and Ichigo in the middle of the "I" since he's the prime character. Also, that huge light source behind the characters would obscure any details in the characters. They would simply be black silhouettes with respecting shadows, nothing more." View
Arashimaru
1 year 8 months ago
"Wow did you do all of this yourself? What really is amazing to me is the characters in the background.. its all so detailed. Very nice job creating this traditional style wall. My only complain is the jagginess of some of the lines on the vectored girl.. it kind of kills the traditional style as the jagginess is representative of modern style walls. Nevertheless, a wonderfully composed wall." View
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1 year 6 months ago
"No one will appreciate it this but I most certaintly do!Though, this is best left at PV, lol. sexy job from two sexy ladies!"
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Ray's Summer of Love
1 year 6 months ago
"Get rid of that cherub at the bottom right and this would be a perfect wall. Very stylish and I LOVE Charles & Ray T___T. Renton should have stayed with them!"View
Smoke covered streets
1 year 6 months ago
"You're not doing a whole heck of lot in these scan edits. That clone tool is getting plenty of use, perhaps some brushing. this is evident in the loss of many details in the background. It does make a nice desktop, so I guess that's all anyone really cares about. You have skills, but I'd like to see some more originality and concept in your works instead of just scan additions/editing."View
Can't See the Shadows
1 year 6 months ago
"I kind of agree with ShiNN on this one, but it does look nice. One question - did you just paint over the scan? If the scan is a BG layer in your PSD I'd like to see a version with that layer hidden. You know, for proof that you painted everything and didn't just enhance the scan. Cause I just adjusted the levels, contrast and saturation and got a result VERY similar to this. "View
Sesshomaru : clouded dream
1 year 6 months ago
"Mods are getting slack. This looks VERY incomplete. The stock photo is low quality. Sesshomaru is slightly faded with some white brushes over top of him. Very bland, the only reason people will like this is because of the clouds. Come on man, put some more effort out, as helix said you are capable of much more."View
The Border Between The Earth And Sky
1 year 6 months ago
"I have to agree with MK about those lines.. they aren't too bad, its just the dark green borders that bother me. A little more work and you could have made them more seamless. Actually if you just took away the dark green borders it'd be a lot better! I really love what you did with the characters, the washed out look with selective coloring. Did you just do selective desaturation and manual color overlays? I'd like to know more about that technique. XD"View
This Is Epic.
1 year 6 months ago
"So, basically, just a compilation of different pics with some lighting adjustments. I must say, its a nice compilation, though. XD Great job with getting the angle right. Colors are sweet. I request a textless version. :)"View
Spiral
1 year 6 months ago
"That's not a stock photo. Stock photos in deviantart are in the STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY section. This is a very masterfully taken architecture shot, and recieved a daily deviation nontheless. Stock photos are ones the artist gives permission to use in a work of art. This is not. Regardless, you implemented it well. It looks a bit blurry but surprisingly it manages to still look good. "View
March of the Skyfish
1 year 6 months ago
"OH SHI- I never commented O___Oits and you so insta-fav * 3*
I still think its too simple though. *poof*"
View
what are these things I see?
1 year 6 months ago
"Two main problems I see - first of all, are there supposed to be black lines on his shoes? It looks like its supposed to be for his suit only. A quick layer mask should take care of that. Also, the perspective is very odd since its a flat vertical background but then there's him standing up o_o. Its like a space paradox. @__@ Though I shouldn't complain about that, since my last wall had a wonky perspective too, lol. "View
We [Pixel] Katamari (Katamari Damacy)
1 year 6 months ago
"Wow, major props for even attempting this. You did an awesome job for your first time. It looks a little, how should I saw, "pixellated", I've seen some pixel art where they were able to make it not crisp but not jagged on the edges, I forgot how they did it but I remember seeing a tutorial on it. Still, great job with all the details. It lost a lot of quality in the JPG transition, I'd like to see a high quality version so I can really see it in all its glory. XD"View
Dreaming in the Grass
1 year 7 months ago
"Kill the border around the walls man, it would look much better as a wallpaper that way. Otherwise, nice scan edit, surreal indeed."View
[BGC 2040] Tech...tech...tech...
1 year 7 months ago
"I love it, man, we don't see enough of this style. +fav for sure."View
Cold War
1 year 7 months ago
"Character extraction is very bad - just look at her hair, all the white parts in the strand gaps. Clearly you rushed this out and didn't do a final inspection. The snowflake crystal brush is cool, but you don't see snowflake structure like that except under a microscope. XD Nontheless, it does look cool. Nice job with the tree in the background, if you painted that."View
Crystalisis
1 year 7 months ago
"Sweet blending and transition and great use of filters! Top right is great but I dislike the part where her hand is faded - it looks a little too layer mask'ish. Other than that, sweet wall, I love the colors."View
Breaking Free
1 year 7 months ago
"Its not simple. o_o I love the vibrant blue hues and the clarity of it all. You've portrayed a nice sense of depth, as well. Good job! "View
Chrno Crusade: Misu Style!
1 year 7 months ago
"Man everyone's getting nostalgia from this one! I read the whole description thing! Normally long descriptions are funny to me but this one was sweet since I can tell it meant a lot for you, and who you are talking about. You didn't tell me it had emotional value! I'm sure he'll see it and remember the good times. That image is pretty funny though, its like he's making her do the Campbell soup face. XD And HA you're totally wrong about it getting skipped over. o_o"View
The Notebook
1 year 7 months ago
"The best part of college is meeting people. You don't pay that tuition just to go to class. ;) There are LOADS of oppurtunities on campus that make the experience worth your time. Your problem probably lies within a self-fulfilling prophecy - you go into each day in college expecting that you will meet new people but not have a chance to open up to them. If you just go to class and see them you probably won't. ;) Join clubs, go to theatre performances, make dinner plans. It is tough but you need to let go. I don't know where you go to college but going back home every weekend is not a good thing to do if you want to be immersed in the rich lifestyle college life offers. Its not all about parties and indulgences, its a life lesson, one that shows you what you're made of and shapes you accordingly. And man, judging by your taste in literature and television you should have no problem finding some people to hang out with, all my lady friends would talk to you for 2 hours nonstop about one tree hill, lol.As for the wall, I'm not a fan of the pixellated look all of the characters in your recent walls have. Are you vectoring using the pen tool + stroke? Treat each line as an object and you'll avoid the pixellated look. Also, I can't help but feel all of your walls look very similar. Try branching out a little man, be a little less linear. ;)"
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See ya later!
1 year 7 months ago
"Murakami isView
Life's Waiting to Begin
1 year 7 months ago
"Definitely my kind of wall. I love the complimentary colors and the abstract nature of it all. Nice job with the blending. Text is great too. Old-school vibes are emanating from this. XD"View
Hopes And Fears
1 year 7 months ago
"Well, I don't liike the text. Also, the clouds in front of him are pretty weird. Did you mean for it to look like sea mist? Some brushwork could have taken care of that. ;) Its very stock+scan-ish, but not too bad. Also, I'm glad to see you snapped out of your "radical" walling phase. Walling is so much more fun when you don't lose sleep over it, heh. "View
Twilight Princess
1 year 7 months ago
"The black boxes coming up from his feet are a little distracting, but other than that its an awesome repaint. I'm going to pick this up for gamecube after the holidays are over. XD"View
hinamori wintergreen
1 year 8 months ago
"OH SHI-! the only thing I don't like is the wintergreen bleach text, everything else is wonderful. Refreshing color scheme. XD"View
Bleach in Black
1 year 8 months ago
"You need to make the characters bigger. Maybe put two in front of each "B" and Ichigo in the middle of the "I" since he's the prime character. Also, that huge light source behind the characters would obscure any details in the characters. They would simply be black silhouettes with respecting shadows, nothing more."View
Arashimaru
1 year 8 months ago
"Wow did you do all of this yourself? What really is amazing to me is the characters in the background.. its all so detailed. Very nice job creating this traditional style wall. My only complain is the jagginess of some of the lines on the vectored girl.. it kind of kills the traditional style as the jagginess is representative of modern style walls. Nevertheless, a wonderfully composed wall."View