"This is a fabulous example of taking advantage of the widescreen dimensions! Although most of the right side is sky, you can feel the same as the girl: staring off into the wide expanse of blue sky... speaking of which, the use of colors is fantastic! Very lovely!
As far as recommendations on how to improve it go... they're pretty small ones. For example, there were a few places where you can see evidence that the copy brush was used (like the blue "halo" on the right side of the right-most tower, and a few patches of clouds on the right half). And since the tower to the right is farther away, it should be smaller (and at a slightly different angle, but that would be asking way too much!) I also think the right-hand side of the balcony looks a little odd (it should have ended earlier than it does, or shrunk into the distance). However, these are little, nit-picky things. All-in-all, a very nice scan expansion wall! ^-^" View
Blue Horizon
7 months 3 weeks ago
"I like this wall; it has a nice atmosphere to it, and although it has nothing to actually do with the YnM series, I think Hisoka was still a good candidate!
Anyway, there are a few things that could be better. Like, I like the style of the sky, and I like how crisp and clear the scan is, but the two look a little weird together. Oh, and I think the parts of his legs covered in water need to be bluer.
"This wall is not really my style (I'm not a big fan of orange or brown, and although I like Loveless, I'm not crazy about those two particular scans). However, I feel like I need to comment on the Japanese. First, it's あいしてる "aishiteru" not あしてる "ashiteru." Second, you can't stick じゃない "janai" at the end to make it negative--"aishiteru" is a verb, and needs to be properly conjugated ("janai" is usually used with nouns, like これはペンじゃない "kore wa pen janai" or "this is not a pen"). Third, the word you're looking for is 好き（すき） "suki" not "aishiteru." "Aishiteru" is a word with very strong connotations, so for this context, the milder "suki" works much better. So, it should read: 「 好きじゃない」 or 「すきじゃない」 -- "suki janai" (since "suki" is not a verb, you can use "janai" with it). I don't mean to be harsh, but this is the English->Japanese equivalent of Engrish, which of course English speakers make fun of all the time. I hope this was helpful!" View
Life in Purple
1 year 4 weeks ago
"Wow, what a fun wall! Despite the technique (aka "throw together as many cool-looking brushes as possible for the background and stick a vector on top), this looks really nice! Lots of depth, detail, and visual interest without being too busy or visually overwhelming. The use of a monochromatic color scheme is the same--it should be boring, but it's so colorful instead! Actually, I think the weakest part of the wall is Haruhi's eyes, which in comparison to everything else look bland. Anyway, this is a great example of how to make an interesting widescreen wall, even when the scan only takes up about 1/3 of the screen." View
Machiavelli Redux
1 year 1 month ago
"Oh man, this is a hilarious wall. I mean, a vector with symbolisim (the C2 thing)... Great! Anyway, nice, clean scan, and I like the textures used to spruce it up. I guess my only complaint is the picture itself. I mean, it looks great as a picture, but it's a bit on the OMGHUGE side when used as a wall. It kinda feels like I'm close enough to count the pores in his nose. ^^; When I first saw the wall, I thought it said "what mortality?" which I guess would have been equally appropriate, since he's now got a Light (from DeathNote)-like god complex and all... With good reason, of course.
Anyway, thanks for gracing us with a sweet Lulu wall!" View
Destined to Love
1 year 1 month ago
"Very, very nice vector, and good choice of scan (it really exemplifies the series well) and a wonderful use of the widescreen resolution. I also like the sky used--the clouds add interest, but they're wispy and not overpowering. Also, it's slightly odd, but I like how the clouds were incorporated into Cielo's wings. It helps unify background and foreground. Excellent job!
I don't see any difference between the "normal" and the "texture" versions, however." View
Sakura + Mokona
1 year 1 month ago
"Nothing makes me happier than super high resolution, high quality vector wallpapers. I can tell how much effort you put into this, and it really paid off! It's a bit... zoomed in for a wallpaper, but now I'm just getting picky. Oh, and thanks for keeping it as just a pure vector rather than adding effects or text or something--the vector by itself is plenty detailed and interesting!" View
~* Liquid Skies *~
1 year 1 month ago
"The vector is beautifully clean and crisp, with wonderful colors and detailed outlines that are not overly pixelated. The background clouds are okay, but the random circles are a bit weird (they just don't match with the rest of the wall), but as they are in the background, they're not a huge problem. Anyway, good job!" View
"Illusion"
1 year 1 month ago
"The layout here is really nice, and the combination of scans is quite good. However this wall is weak in the details. The plane is a pixelated around the edges and just doesn't blend well with the background, and the girl (can't remember her name) in the foreground looks really flat, especially in contrast to all the wonderful detail around her, and is easily the weakest part of the wall. Point is, very nice design, actual execution could use some more work." View
At the Edge of the World
1 year 1 month ago
"Well, I like everything about the wall (the colors, the water, the theme, the layout, etc.) until you get to Yuki's face, which is really round and overly cartoonish, and totally ruins the mood set by the rest of the wall. Thus, the vector is the weakest part of the wall, and if you put a little more work into that, the wall would be very nice indeed." View
Eternal Distance
1 year 1 month ago
"The sky is really pretty, but it's kind of a pity that the foreground takes up so much of the wall, since it's just empty space. I mean, I like the silhouette of the hill and people, but it sorta detracts from the sky. Anyway, nice job--very clean and crisp." View
I'll be waiting ...
1 year 3 months ago
"Really nice job touching up (well, re-doing) the scan. It's so soft, yet sharp, and portrays a snowy day very nicely. I feel like the girl stands out too much from the background (esp. with her bright orange colors), which I know is something you couldn't really help. It still kinda looks like she was just pasted onto the background, though... Anyway, your hard work paid off!" View
Battlefield is like a chess board
1 year 3 months ago
"Fantastic. I've become quite enraptured with the series, and so of course I scoured the archives looking for a CG wall, and was quite happy to find this one! The vector is great, the choice of scan is fabulous (totally captures the characters), they layout is balanced, and of course the concept is perfect. There are a few things you could do to improve the wall (make the pawns look less computer-graphics-y, etc.), but that is kinda unnecessary. One small change might be to re-arrange the "generals" in the background (they're all lined up until you get to Suzaku, and then there's a strange gap. Plus the guy behind him (it's that scientist guy, isn't it?) looks like a shadow since the positioning is similar. But I digress. Fabulous wall; please make more for Code Geass!" View
Princess Of Disaster
1 year 5 months ago
"Either the file or the scan was at some point saved in a compressed format, because there is evidence of pixelation "mess" on the scan in particular (esp. the face). If that could be fixed, the wall would be much improved, since the overall wall is quite good. The colors, the integration of scan and background, overall unity, all well done. I'm not such a fan of the text (sounds like the title of a bad made-for-tv movie)." View
Sunset Time II
1 year 5 months ago
"Very nice! I especially like the juxtapositioning of light and dark, good and evil in the scan and background and contrast levels. Detailed, crisp, mostly clean (a few of the sakura petals seem too sharp). I would suggest adding more contrast to the sakura petals, and also to change the font of "sunset time" since it doesn't really match the dark mood of the rest of the wall (and what does "sunset time" mean, anyway?) Oh, and nice use of texture, really brings depth and visual interest to the wall." View
Spiral
1 year 5 months ago
"Yay! Sprial! And manga spiral nonetheless! Anyhoo, very interesting use of stock! The color scheme is really great, and the foreground scan and background photo blend really really nicely. And smooth move on the zig-zag-ish way of cutting off the background photo. The little extra detail splotches to the left are really nice too. A great wall for anyone with lots of icons (not me, but plenty of other people I'm sure)." View
Angelic Descent
1 year 5 months ago
"Nice overall composition and concept. Not quite sure what that thing in the lower left hand corner is (it's kinda distracting and weird looking). There are also a few locations on the girl, her clothes, and the wings that are a little pixelated or where the border is not properly/completely erased. However, these are just little details for minor improvements; on the whole, nice wall!
" View
The Age of Innocence
1 year 6 months ago
"You painted this? Total awesomeness! It's colorful, detailed, expressive, and really captures the essence of the series. Good job!" View
Dark Spirit's
1 year 6 months ago
"Very clean, very crisp! I like the color scheme, and there are a lot of nice details. Although one of the clouds on the left hand side looks like it had a bite taken out of the top of it. And cool moon-orb-thing." View
Kanon 2006: A World Beyond Reality
1 year 6 months ago
"Very nice overall composition. The borders of the scan show some light pixels (could have been cleaned up better), and the leaves are rather . . . overused? That particular brush/stamp, I mean. I really like the colors, and the background text that adds depth and texture but remains illegible is also quite nice. And the overall pencil-like texture fits nicely." View
Next Stop, Japan!
1 year 6 months ago
"There are a few details that I think could use some work (like the pixelated outlines of the background windows, or the rather bland vector of the back half of the catbus), but the overall concept and those excellent advertisements are wonderful, and totally make up for it." View
Breaking Free
1 year 6 months ago
"Very very nice! Clean, crisp, vibrant colors, lots of detail, no problems with pixelization, unity is wonderful, and the whole wall has a nice balance of positive and negative space. I can't think of any suggestions." View
YUI - LIFE
1 year 6 months ago
"A few things: (I reviewed the highest resolution version)
-Really appreciate the high-res widescreen. That said, I found the vector to be a bit too . . . sharp? The outlines felt really jagged
-Colors = awesome
-"LIFE" (the song) = awesomer
-I can tell you didn't like the fence much, 'cuz it looks really odd. The chains need to interlink more (it's okay to have a FEW that don't, but over half of the chains aren't linked to their neighbor)
-Overall, really cool idea/layout" View
Freedom
1 year 7 months ago
"The effects fit wonderfully with the scan (I've always loved KnMYnB's backgrounds!). What I don't like much is the text of the words. I agree that you do need something to fill the empty space there, and I think the words themselves are okay, it's just that the whole wall has a "done by hand the old-fashioned way" look about it, and then the text is too obviously computer-generated. Something more like hand-written cursive (something not so perfect and a bit less opaque) would be better, I think." View
A Beautiful Moment
1 year 8 months ago
"Wonderful soft tones, beautiful composition, and wonderful unity. I love how the ribbons help bring the scan and the background together. I would recommend softening the outlines of the ribbons (right now they look a bit harsh, and this is an overall soft paper). Quite nice!" View
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Gwendolyn wallpaper
7 months 3 weeks ago
"This is a fabulous example of taking advantage of the widescreen dimensions! Although most of the right side is sky, you can feel the same as the girl: staring off into the wide expanse of blue sky... speaking of which, the use of colors is fantastic! Very lovely!As far as recommendations on how to improve it go... they're pretty small ones. For example, there were a few places where you can see evidence that the copy brush was used (like the blue "halo" on the right side of the right-most tower, and a few patches of clouds on the right half). And since the tower to the right is farther away, it should be smaller (and at a slightly different angle, but that would be asking way too much!) I also think the right-hand side of the balcony looks a little odd (it should have ended earlier than it does, or shrunk into the distance). However, these are little, nit-picky things. All-in-all, a very nice scan expansion wall! ^-^"
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Blue Horizon
7 months 3 weeks ago
"I like this wall; it has a nice atmosphere to it, and although it has nothing to actually do with the YnM series, I think Hisoka was still a good candidate!Anyway, there are a few things that could be better. Like, I like the style of the sky, and I like how crisp and clear the scan is, but the two look a little weird together. Oh, and I think the parts of his legs covered in water need to be bluer.
Overall though, very nice! ^-^"
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Lying
1 year 5 days ago
"This wall is not really my style (I'm not a big fan of orange or brown, and although I like Loveless, I'm not crazy about those two particular scans). However, I feel like I need to comment on the Japanese. First, it's あいしてる "aishiteru" not あしてる "ashiteru." Second, you can't stick じゃない "janai" at the end to make it negative--"aishiteru" is a verb, and needs to be properly conjugated ("janai" is usually used with nouns, like これはペンじゃない "kore wa pen janai" or "this is not a pen"). Third, the word you're looking for is 好き（すき） "suki" not "aishiteru." "Aishiteru" is a word with very strong connotations, so for this context, the milder "suki" works much better. So, it should read: 「 好きじゃない」 or 「すきじゃない」 -- "suki janai" (since "suki" is not a verb, you can use "janai" with it). I don't mean to be harsh, but this is the English->Japanese equivalent of Engrish, which of course English speakers make fun of all the time. I hope this was helpful!"View
Life in Purple
1 year 4 weeks ago
"Wow, what a fun wall! Despite the technique (aka "throw together as many cool-looking brushes as possible for the background and stick a vector on top), this looks really nice! Lots of depth, detail, and visual interest without being too busy or visually overwhelming. The use of a monochromatic color scheme is the same--it should be boring, but it's so colorful instead! Actually, I think the weakest part of the wall is Haruhi's eyes, which in comparison to everything else look bland. Anyway, this is a great example of how to make an interesting widescreen wall, even when the scan only takes up about 1/3 of the screen."View
Machiavelli Redux
1 year 1 month ago
"Oh man, this is a hilarious wall. I mean, a vector with symbolisim (the C2 thing)... Great! Anyway, nice, clean scan, and I like the textures used to spruce it up. I guess my only complaint is the picture itself. I mean, it looks great as a picture, but it's a bit on the OMGHUGE side when used as a wall. It kinda feels like I'm close enough to count the pores in his nose. ^^; When I first saw the wall, I thought it said "what mortality?" which I guess would have been equally appropriate, since he's now got a Light (from DeathNote)-like god complex and all... With good reason, of course.Anyway, thanks for gracing us with a sweet Lulu wall!"
View
Destined to Love
1 year 1 month ago
"Very, very nice vector, and good choice of scan (it really exemplifies the series well) and a wonderful use of the widescreen resolution. I also like the sky used--the clouds add interest, but they're wispy and not overpowering. Also, it's slightly odd, but I like how the clouds were incorporated into Cielo's wings. It helps unify background and foreground. Excellent job!I don't see any difference between the "normal" and the "texture" versions, however."
View
Sakura + Mokona
1 year 1 month ago
"Nothing makes me happier than super high resolution, high quality vector wallpapers. I can tell how much effort you put into this, and it really paid off! It's a bit... zoomed in for a wallpaper, but now I'm just getting picky. Oh, and thanks for keeping it as just a pure vector rather than adding effects or text or something--the vector by itself is plenty detailed and interesting!"View
~* Liquid Skies *~
1 year 1 month ago
"The vector is beautifully clean and crisp, with wonderful colors and detailed outlines that are not overly pixelated. The background clouds are okay, but the random circles are a bit weird (they just don't match with the rest of the wall), but as they are in the background, they're not a huge problem. Anyway, good job!"View
"Illusion"
1 year 1 month ago
"The layout here is really nice, and the combination of scans is quite good. However this wall is weak in the details. The plane is a pixelated around the edges and just doesn't blend well with the background, and the girl (can't remember her name) in the foreground looks really flat, especially in contrast to all the wonderful detail around her, and is easily the weakest part of the wall. Point is, very nice design, actual execution could use some more work."View
At the Edge of the World
1 year 1 month ago
"Well, I like everything about the wall (the colors, the water, the theme, the layout, etc.) until you get to Yuki's face, which is really round and overly cartoonish, and totally ruins the mood set by the rest of the wall. Thus, the vector is the weakest part of the wall, and if you put a little more work into that, the wall would be very nice indeed."View
Eternal Distance
1 year 1 month ago
"The sky is really pretty, but it's kind of a pity that the foreground takes up so much of the wall, since it's just empty space. I mean, I like the silhouette of the hill and people, but it sorta detracts from the sky. Anyway, nice job--very clean and crisp."View
I'll be waiting ...
1 year 3 months ago
"Really nice job touching up (well, re-doing) the scan. It's so soft, yet sharp, and portrays a snowy day very nicely. I feel like the girl stands out too much from the background (esp. with her bright orange colors), which I know is something you couldn't really help. It still kinda looks like she was just pasted onto the background, though... Anyway, your hard work paid off!"View
Battlefield is like a chess board
1 year 3 months ago
"Fantastic. I've become quite enraptured with the series, and so of course I scoured the archives looking for a CG wall, and was quite happy to find this one! The vector is great, the choice of scan is fabulous (totally captures the characters), they layout is balanced, and of course the concept is perfect. There are a few things you could do to improve the wall (make the pawns look less computer-graphics-y, etc.), but that is kinda unnecessary. One small change might be to re-arrange the "generals" in the background (they're all lined up until you get to Suzaku, and then there's a strange gap. Plus the guy behind him (it's that scientist guy, isn't it?) looks like a shadow since the positioning is similar. But I digress. Fabulous wall; please make more for Code Geass!"View
Princess Of Disaster
1 year 5 months ago
"Either the file or the scan was at some point saved in a compressed format, because there is evidence of pixelation "mess" on the scan in particular (esp. the face). If that could be fixed, the wall would be much improved, since the overall wall is quite good. The colors, the integration of scan and background, overall unity, all well done. I'm not such a fan of the text (sounds like the title of a bad made-for-tv movie)."View
Sunset Time II
1 year 5 months ago
"Very nice! I especially like the juxtapositioning of light and dark, good and evil in the scan and background and contrast levels. Detailed, crisp, mostly clean (a few of the sakura petals seem too sharp). I would suggest adding more contrast to the sakura petals, and also to change the font of "sunset time" since it doesn't really match the dark mood of the rest of the wall (and what does "sunset time" mean, anyway?) Oh, and nice use of texture, really brings depth and visual interest to the wall."View
Spiral
1 year 5 months ago
"Yay! Sprial! And manga spiral nonetheless! Anyhoo, very interesting use of stock! The color scheme is really great, and the foreground scan and background photo blend really really nicely. And smooth move on the zig-zag-ish way of cutting off the background photo. The little extra detail splotches to the left are really nice too. A great wall for anyone with lots of icons (not me, but plenty of other people I'm sure)."View
Angelic Descent
1 year 5 months ago
"Nice overall composition and concept. Not quite sure what that thing in the lower left hand corner is (it's kinda distracting and weird looking). There are also a few locations on the girl, her clothes, and the wings that are a little pixelated or where the border is not properly/completely erased. However, these are just little details for minor improvements; on the whole, nice wall!"
View
The Age of Innocence
1 year 6 months ago
"You painted this? Total awesomeness! It's colorful, detailed, expressive, and really captures the essence of the series. Good job!"View
Dark Spirit's
1 year 6 months ago
"Very clean, very crisp! I like the color scheme, and there are a lot of nice details. Although one of the clouds on the left hand side looks like it had a bite taken out of the top of it. And cool moon-orb-thing."View
Kanon 2006: A World Beyond Reality
1 year 6 months ago
"Very nice overall composition. The borders of the scan show some light pixels (could have been cleaned up better), and the leaves are rather . . . overused? That particular brush/stamp, I mean. I really like the colors, and the background text that adds depth and texture but remains illegible is also quite nice. And the overall pencil-like texture fits nicely."View
Next Stop, Japan!
1 year 6 months ago
"There are a few details that I think could use some work (like the pixelated outlines of the background windows, or the rather bland vector of the back half of the catbus), but the overall concept and those excellent advertisements are wonderful, and totally make up for it."View
Breaking Free
1 year 6 months ago
"Very very nice! Clean, crisp, vibrant colors, lots of detail, no problems with pixelization, unity is wonderful, and the whole wall has a nice balance of positive and negative space. I can't think of any suggestions."View
YUI - LIFE
1 year 6 months ago
"A few things: (I reviewed the highest resolution version)-Really appreciate the high-res widescreen. That said, I found the vector to be a bit too . . . sharp? The outlines felt really jagged
-Colors = awesome
-"LIFE" (the song) = awesomer
-I can tell you didn't like the fence much, 'cuz it looks really odd. The chains need to interlink more (it's okay to have a FEW that don't, but over half of the chains aren't linked to their neighbor)
-Overall, really cool idea/layout"
View
Freedom
1 year 7 months ago
"The effects fit wonderfully with the scan (I've always loved KnMYnB's backgrounds!). What I don't like much is the text of the words. I agree that you do need something to fill the empty space there, and I think the words themselves are okay, it's just that the whole wall has a "done by hand the old-fashioned way" look about it, and then the text is too obviously computer-generated. Something more like hand-written cursive (something not so perfect and a bit less opaque) would be better, I think."View
A Beautiful Moment
1 year 8 months ago
"Wonderful soft tones, beautiful composition, and wonderful unity. I love how the ribbons help bring the scan and the background together. I would recommend softening the outlines of the ribbons (right now they look a bit harsh, and this is an overall soft paper). Quite nice!"View