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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"Oh my god this is possibly one of my most favourite wallpapers of all time! The explosion of colours and mixture of them is simply amazing and it meshes with the background so well. Definitely going to keep this one for a while, amazing job! " View
Not Your Average Girl V.2
4 months 1 week ago
"Love this wallpaper, good job - you can really see the time and effort you took in creating this wallpaper so thank you for sharing it with us :)" View
Angels Moonlit
5 months 2 days ago
"I love wallpapers with characters that contain angel wings and this wallpaper is no exception! Absolutely amazing, good mix of darkness with the sparkle effect and beautifully done wings and feathers. Will most certainly be my background for a while, a favourite and for the love of god please make more! :D" View
A.R
5 months 2 days ago
"Oh wow, this is one nice silhouette wallpaper! Very well done and matches perfectly with the sky background. Only one criticism I can see when looking at the wallpaper is that around the middle there is a small white line which seems to go through the wallpaper. I don't know whether that is just me or it is actually there but I hope it helps :)
Damn impressive wallpaper mate, fantastic effort that you put into this! " View
Powerful Summer
5 months 2 days ago
"Wow Aki-chan, yet another impressive vector! Your work is truly amazing, the vector is done so well it's hard to tell it was even a vector :D
Keep up the good work mate, looking forward to seeing more impressive wallpapers from you." View
boots
5 months 2 weeks ago
"Wow, I love this design - it really stands out and catches your eye. Only one criticism I can see is that of the brushes just behind the character. They are quite pixelated and fuzzy, I take it they were small brushes and you enlarged them? Try to find bigger brushes because small brushes enlarged does not stand out very well and gives the overall wallpaper a dodgy feel.
It's awesome so far, just a little touches here and there and I reckon you could submit it :D " View
Reflection In Rain
5 months 3 weeks ago
"Marvellous! This is one of THE BEST 'Ah! My Goddess' wallpapers I have seen and all from someone who is a beginner? I am stunned, I envy your creative ability and skills :)
Keep up the good work, most certainly a favourite!" View
E7 carbon
5 months 3 weeks ago
"I am glad you actually liked my idea and that finally I gave some useful advice hehe.
Can't wait to see the 2nd revision, good luck mate - hope it turns out well! " View
Aquarion Chalice
5 months 3 weeks ago
"Oh wow, I really do not think this even needs to be in session zero! This wallpaper is amazing, you can really see the effort you put in and the flowers and extra colour are a really nice touch!
I really can't seem to find anything wrong with this wallpaper, in my opinion you should go submit it :P" View
E7 carbon
5 months 3 weeks ago
"You've got a nice idea going here Clime but it looks like the wallpaper is TOO simple. You could try maybe to do a reflection of the characters in the shade of each colour that you have represented for them (Kind of like a water reflection in that shade of colour coming from the text in the middle).
I like the idea you have come up with so far, just add a little more to make it less simple (I know your going for a simple wall but it is, as I said before, a little too simple, there is simply not enough to really call it a wallpaper)
All and all good work, keep at it and this should turn out to be a fine wall :D" View
Sky Light
6 months 1 day ago
"Oh wow, this wallpaper is amazing. I will admit, I dislike Naruto with a passion but this wallpaper is damn impressive! The simplicity yet the effect it gives is truly a piece of art, I love how the blue just mixes in with the black and white and the shadows are a really nice touch too :)
Hope to see more impressive wallpapers from you!" View
Consumed
6 months 3 days ago
"Ugh, I am at a stand still here people. I keep changing, adding and deleting things but something is just not right with this wallpaper. Maybe it is the corners, maybe it is my pure lack of creativity and the fact that most of this wallpaper is just downloaded brushes inserted onto it with added filters -_-*
My willingness to continue if fading because I am losing hope in myself that I will not be able to create anything really worth wild because I am simply void of creativity and imagination - when I create wallpapers there just seems to be a block between myself and my creativity and I end up just starting at the screen not really knowing what to do simply because I cannot think of anything. Even if I have the general concept in my mind I still cease to think HOW I could achieve it.
*sigh* Sorry for the wall of text. I think I might leave Photoshop for a bit because I am at a standstill and I am just going round in circles not knowing what to do or add (I mean, all it is is a coloured background with the scan inserted and added brushes + filters. Do I really deserve to call this my own wallpaper when 3/4 of it is brushes and filters?)" View
Consumed
6 months 3 days ago
"The text does not work well behind the character, I tried it and it just seems obscured and out of place. I think it does not look TOO bad in the bottom left hand corner but then again that is my opinion and ultimately it is the community who decides but there is not really any other place to put it :S
"Indeed! Are you saying I need to change the white BG similar to her hair colour?
Yea, I did not know where to place the text either but let's hope we can get more help from this community! In the mean time, I need to sleep [4am = tired]. Thankyou for your assistance yet again Aki-chan! " View
Revised it a little and took heed of your advice. Hope you like it" View
Consuming
6 months 4 days ago
"Well I cannot vector yet so I guess I cannot change that but I am glad you find my skills have improved (4th day of using Adobe Photoshop CS3 by the way!) - as for the resolution: My monitor is 1280 x 1024 but from now on I will upload in the latter (1280 x 960) for the community and if possible start off with largest accepted resolution first.
As for the background and the colours, could you suggest a way I could go about doing that? Would I just use different brush techniques to eventually build up a background that has similar colours as the main character does?
Thank you for your help so far guys, really appreciate it! " View
Consuming
6 months 5 days ago
"Cybil, when you say clean up the scan...what do you mean? Is there something wrong with it?
I was trying to keep it black and whitish with her being the only colourful thing but I will try and add more colours if you think it will look better. When you say text, do you just mean like words, the anime logo or something else?" View
Torn
6 months 5 days ago
"Thanks Kai, yea I will agree with you there. This wallpaper was mainly a test, and I submitted it to SZ to see if people thought it was any good. I know realise my mistakes, and I shall learn from them (Too much going on, different character shots [One close up, one far away], colours not blending, too complicated background etc.). Thankyou for all your helpful advice guys, also...If I take this down from SZ do my papers go down at all?" View
Broken Promise
6 months 6 days ago
"How do you manage to find these things Akir? Nice job finding that by the way - I thought something was up when I saw the awesome background, then all it looked like was added text :S" View
Torn
6 months 6 days ago
"Thankyou Dam and Aki-chan! I think I will leave this wallpaper as is because vectoring is still way ahead of me, but I think next I will try what you said Aki and only use one character. Thankyou for your helpful advice!" View
Torn
6 months 6 days ago
"I was not trying to convey much, other than she is stuck in between her human side and her Witchblade form side (Thus her as a human on the left and demon-type form on the right with a silhouette of her in her full Witchblade form reaching out) [Also - thus the title "Torn"]. This wallpaper was mainly a test too - to see if I could actually create a wallpaper that I could see myself using.
I do not know how I can convey it any better - mind giving me a suggestion?
"Love the original anime art, very well done. Although it is not my type of wallpaper [Too colourful for my liking] it still is very impressive - you can really see the amount of effort and work you put into it.
Strange concept [People flying through the air, and the male filming the females breasts lol] but it works well and has a very good comedic feel to it - keep up the superb work!" View
LOOK AT ME
6 months 1 week ago
"Wow, very impressive! There is such a lack of Rosario + Vampire wallpaper but this one certainly deserves a place in the section.
Although it is quite simple, it is very effective and the use of the [Background] shapes and soft colours really give it a good effect. The only thing I do not like about this background is the flowers, they just seem sort of out of place but that is my personal opinion hehe.
"It seems all you did was put four screenshots together (One of which is quite blurred...I do not know whether that was intentional or it is just a bad picture) and put text in the middle. Try putting a little bit more effort like adding more effects (Not so experienced in that area so I cannot really tell you what to add) or blending the images together a bit like Kaizor said." View
La poupee en porcelaine
6 months 1 week ago
"This wallpaper is truly a piece of art, good work. I love the dark-themed and innocent looking Misa and it truly reflects her true nature with the wings (Innocence) and the strings (She is a puppet to Light but does not realise). The colours (My favourite colour combo, black and red!) are brilliant and really fit well together. +Favourite!
Only thing I don't really like is the blood stain, it just seems out of place [To me that is].
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Splash of Colour
2 months 3 weeks ago
"Oh my god this is possibly one of my most favourite wallpapers of all time! The explosion of colours and mixture of them is simply amazing and it meshes with the background so well. Definitely going to keep this one for a while, amazing job! "View
Not Your Average Girl V.2
4 months 1 week ago
"Love this wallpaper, good job - you can really see the time and effort you took in creating this wallpaper so thank you for sharing it with us :)"View
Angels Moonlit
5 months 2 days ago
"I love wallpapers with characters that contain angel wings and this wallpaper is no exception! Absolutely amazing, good mix of darkness with the sparkle effect and beautifully done wings and feathers. Will most certainly be my background for a while, a favourite and for the love of god please make more! :D"View
A.R
5 months 2 days ago
"Oh wow, this is one nice silhouette wallpaper! Very well done and matches perfectly with the sky background. Only one criticism I can see when looking at the wallpaper is that around the middle there is a small white line which seems to go through the wallpaper. I don't know whether that is just me or it is actually there but I hope it helps :)Damn impressive wallpaper mate, fantastic effort that you put into this! "
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Powerful Summer
5 months 2 days ago
"Wow Aki-chan, yet another impressive vector! Your work is truly amazing, the vector is done so well it's hard to tell it was even a vector :DKeep up the good work mate, looking forward to seeing more impressive wallpapers from you."
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boots
5 months 2 weeks ago
"Wow, I love this design - it really stands out and catches your eye. Only one criticism I can see is that of the brushes just behind the character. They are quite pixelated and fuzzy, I take it they were small brushes and you enlarged them? Try to find bigger brushes because small brushes enlarged does not stand out very well and gives the overall wallpaper a dodgy feel.It's awesome so far, just a little touches here and there and I reckon you could submit it :D "
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Reflection In Rain
5 months 3 weeks ago
"Marvellous! This is one of THE BEST 'Ah! My Goddess' wallpapers I have seen and all from someone who is a beginner? I am stunned, I envy your creative ability and skills :)Keep up the good work, most certainly a favourite!"
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E7 carbon
5 months 3 weeks ago
"I am glad you actually liked my idea and that finally I gave some useful advice hehe.Can't wait to see the 2nd revision, good luck mate - hope it turns out well! "
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Aquarion Chalice
5 months 3 weeks ago
"Oh wow, I really do not think this even needs to be in session zero! This wallpaper is amazing, you can really see the effort you put in and the flowers and extra colour are a really nice touch!I really can't seem to find anything wrong with this wallpaper, in my opinion you should go submit it :P"
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E7 carbon
5 months 3 weeks ago
"You've got a nice idea going here Clime but it looks like the wallpaper is TOO simple. You could try maybe to do a reflection of the characters in the shade of each colour that you have represented for them (Kind of like a water reflection in that shade of colour coming from the text in the middle).I like the idea you have come up with so far, just add a little more to make it less simple (I know your going for a simple wall but it is, as I said before, a little too simple, there is simply not enough to really call it a wallpaper)
All and all good work, keep at it and this should turn out to be a fine wall :D"
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Sky Light
6 months 1 day ago
"Oh wow, this wallpaper is amazing. I will admit, I dislike Naruto with a passion but this wallpaper is damn impressive! The simplicity yet the effect it gives is truly a piece of art, I love how the blue just mixes in with the black and white and the shadows are a really nice touch too :)Hope to see more impressive wallpapers from you!"
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Consumed
6 months 3 days ago
"Ugh, I am at a stand still here people. I keep changing, adding and deleting things but something is just not right with this wallpaper. Maybe it is the corners, maybe it is my pure lack of creativity and the fact that most of this wallpaper is just downloaded brushes inserted onto it with added filters -_-*My willingness to continue if fading because I am losing hope in myself that I will not be able to create anything really worth wild because I am simply void of creativity and imagination - when I create wallpapers there just seems to be a block between myself and my creativity and I end up just starting at the screen not really knowing what to do simply because I cannot think of anything. Even if I have the general concept in my mind I still cease to think HOW I could achieve it.
*sigh* Sorry for the wall of text. I think I might leave Photoshop for a bit because I am at a standstill and I am just going round in circles not knowing what to do or add (I mean, all it is is a coloured background with the scan inserted and added brushes + filters. Do I really deserve to call this my own wallpaper when 3/4 of it is brushes and filters?)"
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Consumed
6 months 3 days ago
"The text does not work well behind the character, I tried it and it just seems obscured and out of place. I think it does not look TOO bad in the bottom left hand corner but then again that is my opinion and ultimately it is the community who decides but there is not really any other place to put it :S"
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Consumed
6 months 4 days ago
"Indeed! Are you saying I need to change the white BG similar to her hair colour?Yea, I did not know where to place the text either but let's hope we can get more help from this community! In the mean time, I need to sleep [4am = tired]. Thankyou for your assistance yet again Aki-chan! "
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Consuming
6 months 4 days ago
"Uploaded new version, check it out here:http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/wallpapers/sessions/item75342/
Revised it a little and took heed of your advice. Hope you like it"
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Consuming
6 months 4 days ago
"Well I cannot vector yet so I guess I cannot change that but I am glad you find my skills have improved (4th day of using Adobe Photoshop CS3 by the way!) - as for the resolution: My monitor is 1280 x 1024 but from now on I will upload in the latter (1280 x 960) for the community and if possible start off with largest accepted resolution first.As for the background and the colours, could you suggest a way I could go about doing that? Would I just use different brush techniques to eventually build up a background that has similar colours as the main character does?
Thank you for your help so far guys, really appreciate it! "
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Consuming
6 months 5 days ago
"Cybil, when you say clean up the scan...what do you mean? Is there something wrong with it?I was trying to keep it black and whitish with her being the only colourful thing but I will try and add more colours if you think it will look better. When you say text, do you just mean like words, the anime logo or something else?"
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Torn
6 months 5 days ago
"Thanks Kai, yea I will agree with you there. This wallpaper was mainly a test, and I submitted it to SZ to see if people thought it was any good. I know realise my mistakes, and I shall learn from them (Too much going on, different character shots [One close up, one far away], colours not blending, too complicated background etc.). Thankyou for all your helpful advice guys, also...If I take this down from SZ do my papers go down at all?"View
Broken Promise
6 months 6 days ago
"How do you manage to find these things Akir? Nice job finding that by the way - I thought something was up when I saw the awesome background, then all it looked like was added text :S"View
Torn
6 months 6 days ago
"Thankyou Dam and Aki-chan! I think I will leave this wallpaper as is because vectoring is still way ahead of me, but I think next I will try what you said Aki and only use one character. Thankyou for your helpful advice!"View
Torn
6 months 6 days ago
"I was not trying to convey much, other than she is stuck in between her human side and her Witchblade form side (Thus her as a human on the left and demon-type form on the right with a silhouette of her in her full Witchblade form reaching out) [Also - thus the title "Torn"]. This wallpaper was mainly a test too - to see if I could actually create a wallpaper that I could see myself using.I do not know how I can convey it any better - mind giving me a suggestion?
Thank you for reply by the way :D"
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Take-a-vid.
6 months 6 days ago
"Love the original anime art, very well done. Although it is not my type of wallpaper [Too colourful for my liking] it still is very impressive - you can really see the amount of effort and work you put into it.Strange concept [People flying through the air, and the male filming the females breasts lol] but it works well and has a very good comedic feel to it - keep up the superb work!"
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LOOK AT ME
6 months 1 week ago
"Wow, very impressive! There is such a lack of Rosario + Vampire wallpaper but this one certainly deserves a place in the section.Although it is quite simple, it is very effective and the use of the [Background] shapes and soft colours really give it a good effect. The only thing I do not like about this background is the flowers, they just seem sort of out of place but that is my personal opinion hehe.
All in all, good wallpaper - good work!"
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Perhaps It is time to die
6 months 1 week ago
"It seems all you did was put four screenshots together (One of which is quite blurred...I do not know whether that was intentional or it is just a bad picture) and put text in the middle. Try putting a little bit more effort like adding more effects (Not so experienced in that area so I cannot really tell you what to add) or blending the images together a bit like Kaizor said."View
La poupee en porcelaine
6 months 1 week ago
"This wallpaper is truly a piece of art, good work. I love the dark-themed and innocent looking Misa and it truly reflects her true nature with the wings (Innocence) and the strings (She is a puppet to Light but does not realise). The colours (My favourite colour combo, black and red!) are brilliant and really fit well together. +Favourite!Only thing I don't really like is the blood stain, it just seems out of place [To me that is].
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