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.
"It's a truly awesome scan if nothing else! Love it!" View
Kiru ga suki~♥ (I love killing~)
1 year 3 weeks ago
"Haha, great work! You just went from SSS rating to N/A. I think this wall is just too good for the system to handle! And I'll contribute with one more fav." View
Stranger
1 year 2 months ago
"Wow... I wonder what the chances are... I just uploaded a wall with the same scan series (though mine is a different angle and revectored). Just wanted to say that I had not seen this before uploading mine.
Anyway, it's a great job and especially if it is your first wall! Though I would have liked to see it in bigger resolutions. This kinda limits the use to old laptops. " View
Cheza
1 year 3 months ago
"My first Fav in a long long time. This sh**t's amazing!" View
Summermoon
1 year 6 months ago
"I have to say this is one of the best vectors in a long long time! It reminds me of greyserg's vector style but without the glow. I know this must have taken a long long time to finish. GREAT JOB! +fav" View
Die Me, Dichotomy
1 year 6 months ago
"I love the vector and the whole idea it looks really amazing. However, you can call me shallow but I'm not too fond of having naked MEN on my desktop XD" View
The Second Child
1 year 6 months ago
"Truly amazing wall there! I love the whole concept and the idea about the arm like that, truly amazing! Needs a fav more!" View
Sweet Rei
1 year 7 months ago
"Yeah, tone down the flare thing and play a little with contrast, lightness etc on the character because as it is now it doesn't fit the nightly environment. Also, beware of using and outer glow." View
Lain Iwakura
1 year 7 months ago
"The scan is really cool but I think the background is too blurry and to be frank, I don't think it would pass into the gallery. Also, the top and bottom bar works well in signatures but in walls... not so well.
Idea: Go for some cracked concrete wall in the bg, something that might fit the feeling of the scan and the feel of the show." View
Chained
1 year 7 months ago
"Added a few notes on your wall, mostly about extraction. I think the BG is fine and I like the scan. My biggest question is why you made it 1024x768? that's only usable on old laptops..." View
*~_Fallen Angel_~*
1 year 7 months ago
"Somehow I don't really see what's going on in this wall. And what I've learned if you want to make it into the gallery is that you either make an abstract wall or you make a wall that is physically correct with perspectives and such. This I don't know what it is, some strange mosaic to the right and some even stranger to the left and in this mosaic there is some trapped dude? Maybe even with some full-to-low opacity bars in front.
And if you vectored the character then it should be visible, now you can barely see the vector.
Idea: make some easy nightly outdoor city bg, guy lying on the pavement, store or wall/fence in the bg? " View
Servant Saber
1 year 7 months ago
"Generally, it's not too good to have an outer glow. It kinda shows that it's a poor extraction. What I have found useful is to first mark the outline with your favorite marking tool (I always use the "Pen tool"). And after you have it all marked, go to Select>Modify>Contract... and contract the selection by 1px. It might work on some scans and on some it might look crappy. Otherwise just use a bg color that fits your original scan bg.
Hope it helped :)
Otherwise I think it's pretty good, some people might say it's too much empty black space but I like big empty spaces." View
Joy Riding
1 year 7 months ago
"Wow! Really nice job there! I love the glowing effect on her and the digital painted BG is really sweet. True artistic skills! Adding this to my favs!" View
"Oh, I love the scan of Winry, never seen it before. Really nice! " View
icy passion
1 year 10 months ago
"Ok, the only problem I see here is... WHY DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE FAVS, COMMENTS AND DOWNLOADS!?!?!?! Shit, this is one of the better vector works of this year. C'mon people! What's wrong with you!? Don't worry about that though, CarbonR, people at AP can be strange with favs in my opinion. Great great job! Wish I could Fav it a hundred times!" View
Mushishi: Mata Itsuka
1 year 11 months ago
"That is almost scary XD I too had this in my to-do folder! Oh well, this proves (for the second time) that you have to be quick with your ideas :D Anyway, you made an awesome job and I love the simplicity and the texture. Going to the Favs!" View
The Last Breath
1 year 11 months ago
"Uhm, what they said... Just have to fav this!" View
Beautiful temptation - Strawberry Panic
1 year 11 months ago
"I just have to say that is one of the cleanest vectors I've seen in a good while. The concept and the scans themselves doesn't make it any worse either :P Really and awesome wall that will be displayed for the public at my home - if they dare use my PC.
"That is one of the nicest vectors I've seen in a while. I love the flowers aswell. Going to the favs!" View
Candid Reflections
2 years 3 weeks ago
"Wow! Thanks for using my vector :) Really honored! Really cool idea and quite original aswell. Looks good +fav :D" View
Under Water Paradise
2 years 1 month ago
"I didn't read through all the comments but I hope more than I found the "other character" in this wall. How you can see the face and upper body of a sea-horse-girl-elf hybrid XD if you look at the entire wall as a whole. You see the nose, ear, mouth, neck, shoulder, breasts and her flowing hair easily and specially when you look at the thumbnail. Tell me Blue, was this intentional? It must have been and it truly shows some amazing artistic talent! +FAV! " View
Neo-Venice
2 years 1 month ago
"Ok, that is pretty amazing! The vector is flawless and the believe that the background is made from scratch is very hard. This shows that some people here really are true artists. Grats Shinn and of course I'll fav this one!" View
Cool Blue
2 years 1 month ago
"Shit, that is clean! Really nice design, fav without a doubt!" View
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Daylight
7 months 5 days ago
"Great stuff!"View
Snow Queen
10 months 1 week ago
"It's a truly awesome scan if nothing else! Love it!"View
Kiru ga suki~♥ (I love killing~)
1 year 3 weeks ago
"Haha, great work! You just went from SSS rating to N/A. I think this wall is just too good for the system to handle! And I'll contribute with one more fav."View
Stranger
1 year 2 months ago
"Wow... I wonder what the chances are... I just uploaded a wall with the same scan series (though mine is a different angle and revectored). Just wanted to say that I had not seen this before uploading mine.Anyway, it's a great job and especially if it is your first wall! Though I would have liked to see it in bigger resolutions. This kinda limits the use to old laptops. "
View
Cheza
1 year 3 months ago
"My first Fav in a long long time. This sh**t's amazing!"View
Summermoon
1 year 6 months ago
"I have to say this is one of the best vectors in a long long time! It reminds me of greyserg's vector style but without the glow. I know this must have taken a long long time to finish. GREAT JOB! +fav"View
Die Me, Dichotomy
1 year 6 months ago
"I love the vector and the whole idea it looks really amazing. However, you can call me shallow but I'm not too fond of having naked MEN on my desktop XD"View
The Second Child
1 year 6 months ago
"Truly amazing wall there! I love the whole concept and the idea about the arm like that, truly amazing! Needs a fav more!"View
Sweet Rei
1 year 7 months ago
"Yeah, tone down the flare thing and play a little with contrast, lightness etc on the character because as it is now it doesn't fit the nightly environment. Also, beware of using and outer glow."View
Lain Iwakura
1 year 7 months ago
"The scan is really cool but I think the background is too blurry and to be frank, I don't think it would pass into the gallery. Also, the top and bottom bar works well in signatures but in walls... not so well.Idea: Go for some cracked concrete wall in the bg, something that might fit the feeling of the scan and the feel of the show."
View
Chained
1 year 7 months ago
"Added a few notes on your wall, mostly about extraction. I think the BG is fine and I like the scan. My biggest question is why you made it 1024x768? that's only usable on old laptops..."View
*~_Fallen Angel_~*
1 year 7 months ago
"Somehow I don't really see what's going on in this wall. And what I've learned if you want to make it into the gallery is that you either make an abstract wall or you make a wall that is physically correct with perspectives and such. This I don't know what it is, some strange mosaic to the right and some even stranger to the left and in this mosaic there is some trapped dude? Maybe even with some full-to-low opacity bars in front.And if you vectored the character then it should be visible, now you can barely see the vector.
Idea: make some easy nightly outdoor city bg, guy lying on the pavement, store or wall/fence in the bg? "
View
Servant Saber
1 year 7 months ago
"Generally, it's not too good to have an outer glow. It kinda shows that it's a poor extraction. What I have found useful is to first mark the outline with your favorite marking tool (I always use the "Pen tool"). And after you have it all marked, go to Select>Modify>Contract... and contract the selection by 1px. It might work on some scans and on some it might look crappy. Otherwise just use a bg color that fits your original scan bg.Hope it helped :)
Otherwise I think it's pretty good, some people might say it's too much empty black space but I like big empty spaces."
View
Joy Riding
1 year 7 months ago
"Wow! Really nice job there! I love the glowing effect on her and the digital painted BG is really sweet. True artistic skills! Adding this to my favs!"View
A Dog of the military
1 year 10 months ago
"Yeah... well... uhm...Legendary!
You never seize to amaze me!
+Fav"
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Just a call away
1 year 10 months ago
"Oh, I love the scan of Winry, never seen it before. Really nice! "View
icy passion
1 year 10 months ago
"Ok, the only problem I see here is... WHY DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE FAVS, COMMENTS AND DOWNLOADS!?!?!?! Shit, this is one of the better vector works of this year. C'mon people! What's wrong with you!? Don't worry about that though, CarbonR, people at AP can be strange with favs in my opinion. Great great job! Wish I could Fav it a hundred times!"View
Mushishi: Mata Itsuka
1 year 11 months ago
"That is almost scary XD I too had this in my to-do folder! Oh well, this proves (for the second time) that you have to be quick with your ideas :D Anyway, you made an awesome job and I love the simplicity and the texture. Going to the Favs!"View
The Last Breath
1 year 11 months ago
"Uhm, what they said... Just have to fav this!"View
Beautiful temptation - Strawberry Panic
1 year 11 months ago
"I just have to say that is one of the cleanest vectors I've seen in a good while. The concept and the scans themselves doesn't make it any worse either :P Really and awesome wall that will be displayed for the public at my home - if they dare use my PC.And of course it's a FAV!"
View
Weeping Hallway
2 years 1 week ago
"That is one of the nicest vectors I've seen in a while. I love the flowers aswell. Going to the favs!"View
Candid Reflections
2 years 3 weeks ago
"Wow! Thanks for using my vector :) Really honored! Really cool idea and quite original aswell. Looks good +fav :D"View
Under Water Paradise
2 years 1 month ago
"I didn't read through all the comments but I hope more than I found the "other character" in this wall. How you can see the face and upper body of a sea-horse-girl-elf hybrid XD if you look at the entire wall as a whole. You see the nose, ear, mouth, neck, shoulder, breasts and her flowing hair easily and specially when you look at the thumbnail. Tell me Blue, was this intentional? It must have been and it truly shows some amazing artistic talent! +FAV! "View
Neo-Venice
2 years 1 month ago
"Ok, that is pretty amazing! The vector is flawless and the believe that the background is made from scratch is very hard. This shows that some people here really are true artists. Grats Shinn and of course I'll fav this one!"View
Cool Blue
2 years 1 month ago
"Shit, that is clean! Really nice design, fav without a doubt!"View