After months of work, chanelqueen17 has created a gorgeous scene of Alice and Oz from Pandora Hearts, using scans that didn't even feature both characters together. Even after spending so much time on matching the details of the characters to their new looks, chanelqueen17 didn't stop there and went all out on the background too! This wallpaper definitely needs to be seen!
"Your second try with the smoke effects did you good! Great job with that.
Now we can get on with the rest of the wallpaper.. Well, now that I get to full view it, I'm noticing that your scan is standing out waaaaaay too much from the background.. you have to try and blend it in a little. Creating a duplicate layer of Dante above the original and applying a gaussian blur of say, 2 pixels on the bottom layer is a good way to start off on the blending process.
Your text needs reworking because it's hard to see. I have no problems with the font, so you just need to work on getting it to be a little more visible, particularly at the places where the words intersect the branches in your background.
Your background looks like a stock photo which you applied a red colour on. Well, again, it's about blending character to background. I myself am not proficient with that, so I hope someone can actually give you a few pointers on that.
I hope my long post didn't really discourage your efforts in making a wall.. It's a sign that you're making progress and I'm sure your wall would be great after you iron out the little details. Everyone starts somewhere, and seeing you're new with Photoshop, take your time and enjoy yourself in the process.. Art direction is fun!
Let me know when you manage to make revisions to your wall, and I'll gladly help you out wherever I can." View
Ophelia
1 year 2 weeks ago
"The flowers bothers me a little, because it looks a little out of place when too much of a filter is added on to achieve a painted feel.. lowering the intensity of the filter might just do the trick.. basically i think that while you want to achieve the effect of having the flowers appear painted, it's a little too much which results in the flowers looking a bit out of place compared with a generally clean wallpaper. try to have it look a little sharper (cleaner) and i think you would have a AP worthy wallpaper. Great work, and all the best!" View
Fate Is Mine
1 year 2 weeks ago
"I think that you should go without the blotches that you're using at the edges of the picture.. having the squares and the stars is good enough for the wall. also, you might want to think about darkening the earth more. using really dark red and bright red might work, so give that a go, because somehow that bright circle is too distracting to the viewers." View
Do not disturb
1 year 2 weeks ago
"I agree with aaapa12. we can make do without the bloodstains. i think it's great with just the circles and stuff, but not the bloodstains... the last thing i want to remember about Yuki is all that bloody stuff around her... haha.." View
Guess who?!
1 year 2 weeks ago
"Pretty cool wall, though i wish i could see more of zaraki's face.." View
Fate Is Mine
1 year 2 weeks ago
"To me the sphere and your mirrored text seems a little out of place from the wall because it's a sudden grey in a sea of red. it doesn't seem to go well, so i might suggest you give them a little shade of red as well to complement the wall. besides, if you think about it, since there's a red light coming from behind the sphere, it's logical if you added a slightly darker shade of red on the sphere unless your sphere is a light source.. well, i'm blabbering away and my explanation might not be understandable, but it's just a suggestion from me.." View
Stay Down - Dante
1 year 2 weeks ago
"Overall the concept looks good - fitting for a kickass character like him. well, it might be just me cause i'm currently at work in the front desk and the computer here can't full view your wall, but i'm noticing some artifacts on it as if the background's quality isn't up to standard with your scan. i'll check it out in full view when i'm back from work, but you might want to look into that." View
00
1 year 2 weeks ago
"I love how you brought out the colours of the individual meisters on each of their gundams while keeping the balance of colours well. simple, yet well done.
i have one gripe about the wall tho. you used the scans that i want to use for my wallpaper. LOL but it's all cool. i just have to rethink my plans." View
1 year 2 weeks ago
"I agree that it is still too blur. I may not agree to aaapa12's suggestion to having other pictures fading in, but if you're alright with that, go ahead and try it out.. I only think that vectoring the entire wall (if you can) would solve this problem all right." View
Do Not Disturb
1 year 2 weeks ago
"Yuki = purple.
My suggestion is to use shades of purple instead of black and white, and, I would have to agree on the text copy.. Could you try a clearer font? BTW, it's okay to have a brush or two coming in front of Yuki, kinda making it look that she is sitting within them. I'm not sure if I'm clear with what I said, but if you know what I mean, do have a go at it and I'm sure you might be able to pull it off too. Nice effort BTW.." View
Realization of Hope
1 year 7 months ago
"Lovely wall you've got there.. the detail is simply amazing.. you've got a nice portrayal of the Gundam in this wall and it is certainly different from the other gundam walls i've seen around here." View
Desolate
1 year 7 months ago
"Very nice! the extraction was well done and your final design is really tastefully done.. +fav" View
Golden Skans
1 year 10 months ago
"Awesome wall! shows how much more effort i need to put in to improve my vectoring.. +fav!" View
watch and learn hare hare yukai
1 year 10 months ago
"Hmm.. the pos of the characters is fine.. probably the text would be better if it was a little bit more to the left, so that Kyon-kun gets more space.. but overall it's a desktop worthy wallpaper to boot!" View
Just Another Day...
1 year 10 months ago
"Lovely wall.. i like the background and how the characters fit in the whole wall.. and to think that you vectored the characters and drew the background.. definitely a +fav for me.. ^^" View
We Have Faith
2 years 4 months ago
"Great.. Great work..! I was already guessing that you redrew the whole picture.. But of course, you did a repaint for most of it, which is pretty impressive.. It's probably very taxing on your patience, as I can see.. But all that patience and effort really paid off. I really love your masterpiece.. ^^
"Oh.. Cute.. I like.. ^^
Saber is extracted well.. and simple is also cool. The vector background really goes with the extraction of Saber. Thumbs up!" View
last trace of you
2 years 5 months ago
"Awesome... *drools*
The whole composition is really good.. and the title is aptly named.. He's such a cool character and man, it was sad to see him go. But anyway, I love this wall, everything blends so beautifully. +fav, and keep the good work up!" View
The Widow
2 years 5 months ago
"Darn... This is really cool.. Now that you mention it, yeah, it does look like those World War 2 era military posters attracting people to join the military.. If this happened to be like those, I would have joined SOLDIER without a second thought and be just like Cloud. Hahah.. Anyways, Idle chatter aside, this is really something to feast my eyes on. Nice, bold colours to make Cloud and his bike stand out, and the emotion really captures the moment of Cloud doing his thing. +Fav!" View
You Belong To Me
2 years 6 months ago
"MAN!! I love the textures you put into the characters... It's pretty hard to believe that you took 6 hours to extract it.. It's pretty amazing! This is definitely a +fav for me.. Awesome work, keep it up!" View
murder memory
2 years 9 months ago
"I like your wall~~~
Especially the way the attention is brought to the sword, THEN to Kenshin himself... I've never seen any Kenshin wall that has a sword so detailed like yours.. ^^
Good work.. really good... +fav!" View
From Hell With Love
2 years 10 months ago
"Hmm... One word: AWESOME!
Is it me or were the textures on Vincent's robe added by you? Even if it was not... Somehow, it was brought out really well.. But the real deal about your wallpaper is the BG.. Good combination of your texture along with the text copy layers... Good one... +fav!" View
Advent Children
2 years 10 months ago
"Wow! I like your wallpaper... It's been a while since I gave a little crit on someone's wallpaper... Nice grungy theme(IMO) to suit your wall... ^^
Final sem starting for me.. means that I'm gonna be having less time in AP... T.T" View
Lost in Time
2 years 10 months ago
"Pretty~ Heh.. I like the mood and all. For your future walls, try to improve the sharpness of the image, cuz to me it looks a little bit blurred. Keep it up!" View
:: valkyrie ::
2 years 11 months ago
"This wall is a refreshing turn from the original one done by the guys at Gravity. Personally, I like this one 'cause of how the wall is composed of. Great stuff! +fav
BTW, you still play Ragnarok Online? I had the pleasure of meeting the valkyrie last week when I took my crusader to Juno to be reborn into the transcendence class.. ^^" View
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Stay Down - Dante
1 year 2 weeks ago
"Your second try with the smoke effects did you good! Great job with that.Now we can get on with the rest of the wallpaper.. Well, now that I get to full view it, I'm noticing that your scan is standing out waaaaaay too much from the background.. you have to try and blend it in a little. Creating a duplicate layer of Dante above the original and applying a gaussian blur of say, 2 pixels on the bottom layer is a good way to start off on the blending process.
Your text needs reworking because it's hard to see. I have no problems with the font, so you just need to work on getting it to be a little more visible, particularly at the places where the words intersect the branches in your background.
Your background looks like a stock photo which you applied a red colour on. Well, again, it's about blending character to background. I myself am not proficient with that, so I hope someone can actually give you a few pointers on that.
I hope my long post didn't really discourage your efforts in making a wall.. It's a sign that you're making progress and I'm sure your wall would be great after you iron out the little details. Everyone starts somewhere, and seeing you're new with Photoshop, take your time and enjoy yourself in the process.. Art direction is fun!
Let me know when you manage to make revisions to your wall, and I'll gladly help you out wherever I can."
View
Ophelia
1 year 2 weeks ago
"The flowers bothers me a little, because it looks a little out of place when too much of a filter is added on to achieve a painted feel.. lowering the intensity of the filter might just do the trick.. basically i think that while you want to achieve the effect of having the flowers appear painted, it's a little too much which results in the flowers looking a bit out of place compared with a generally clean wallpaper. try to have it look a little sharper (cleaner) and i think you would have a AP worthy wallpaper. Great work, and all the best!"View
Fate Is Mine
1 year 2 weeks ago
"I think that you should go without the blotches that you're using at the edges of the picture.. having the squares and the stars is good enough for the wall. also, you might want to think about darkening the earth more. using really dark red and bright red might work, so give that a go, because somehow that bright circle is too distracting to the viewers."View
Do not disturb
1 year 2 weeks ago
"I agree with aaapa12. we can make do without the bloodstains. i think it's great with just the circles and stuff, but not the bloodstains... the last thing i want to remember about Yuki is all that bloody stuff around her... haha.."View
Guess who?!
1 year 2 weeks ago
"Pretty cool wall, though i wish i could see more of zaraki's face.."View
Fate Is Mine
1 year 2 weeks ago
"To me the sphere and your mirrored text seems a little out of place from the wall because it's a sudden grey in a sea of red. it doesn't seem to go well, so i might suggest you give them a little shade of red as well to complement the wall. besides, if you think about it, since there's a red light coming from behind the sphere, it's logical if you added a slightly darker shade of red on the sphere unless your sphere is a light source.. well, i'm blabbering away and my explanation might not be understandable, but it's just a suggestion from me.."View
Stay Down - Dante
1 year 2 weeks ago
"Overall the concept looks good - fitting for a kickass character like him. well, it might be just me cause i'm currently at work in the front desk and the computer here can't full view your wall, but i'm noticing some artifacts on it as if the background's quality isn't up to standard with your scan. i'll check it out in full view when i'm back from work, but you might want to look into that."View
00
1 year 2 weeks ago
"I love how you brought out the colours of the individual meisters on each of their gundams while keeping the balance of colours well. simple, yet well done.i have one gripe about the wall tho. you used the scans that i want to use for my wallpaper. LOL but it's all cool. i just have to rethink my plans."
View
1 year 2 weeks ago
"I agree that it is still too blur. I may not agree to aaapa12's suggestion to having other pictures fading in, but if you're alright with that, go ahead and try it out.. I only think that vectoring the entire wall (if you can) would solve this problem all right."View
Do Not Disturb
1 year 2 weeks ago
"Yuki = purple.My suggestion is to use shades of purple instead of black and white, and, I would have to agree on the text copy.. Could you try a clearer font? BTW, it's okay to have a brush or two coming in front of Yuki, kinda making it look that she is sitting within them. I'm not sure if I'm clear with what I said, but if you know what I mean, do have a go at it and I'm sure you might be able to pull it off too. Nice effort BTW.."
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Realization of Hope
1 year 7 months ago
"Lovely wall you've got there.. the detail is simply amazing.. you've got a nice portrayal of the Gundam in this wall and it is certainly different from the other gundam walls i've seen around here."View
Desolate
1 year 7 months ago
"Very nice! the extraction was well done and your final design is really tastefully done.. +fav"View
Golden Skans
1 year 10 months ago
"Awesome wall! shows how much more effort i need to put in to improve my vectoring.. +fav!"View
watch and learn hare hare yukai
1 year 10 months ago
"Hmm.. the pos of the characters is fine.. probably the text would be better if it was a little bit more to the left, so that Kyon-kun gets more space.. but overall it's a desktop worthy wallpaper to boot!"View
Just Another Day...
1 year 10 months ago
"Lovely wall.. i like the background and how the characters fit in the whole wall.. and to think that you vectored the characters and drew the background.. definitely a +fav for me.. ^^"View
We Have Faith
2 years 4 months ago
"Great.. Great work..! I was already guessing that you redrew the whole picture.. But of course, you did a repaint for most of it, which is pretty impressive.. It's probably very taxing on your patience, as I can see.. But all that patience and effort really paid off. I really love your masterpiece.. ^^+FAV"
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Verano_Saber
2 years 5 months ago
"Oh.. Cute.. I like.. ^^Saber is extracted well.. and simple is also cool. The vector background really goes with the extraction of Saber. Thumbs up!"
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last trace of you
2 years 5 months ago
"Awesome... *drools*The whole composition is really good.. and the title is aptly named.. He's such a cool character and man, it was sad to see him go. But anyway, I love this wall, everything blends so beautifully. +fav, and keep the good work up!"
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The Widow
2 years 5 months ago
"Darn... This is really cool.. Now that you mention it, yeah, it does look like those World War 2 era military posters attracting people to join the military.. If this happened to be like those, I would have joined SOLDIER without a second thought and be just like Cloud. Hahah.. Anyways, Idle chatter aside, this is really something to feast my eyes on. Nice, bold colours to make Cloud and his bike stand out, and the emotion really captures the moment of Cloud doing his thing. +Fav!"View
You Belong To Me
2 years 6 months ago
"MAN!! I love the textures you put into the characters... It's pretty hard to believe that you took 6 hours to extract it.. It's pretty amazing! This is definitely a +fav for me.. Awesome work, keep it up!"View
murder memory
2 years 9 months ago
"I like your wall~~~Especially the way the attention is brought to the sword, THEN to Kenshin himself... I've never seen any Kenshin wall that has a sword so detailed like yours.. ^^
Good work.. really good... +fav!"
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From Hell With Love
2 years 10 months ago
"Hmm... One word: AWESOME!Is it me or were the textures on Vincent's robe added by you? Even if it was not... Somehow, it was brought out really well.. But the real deal about your wallpaper is the BG.. Good combination of your texture along with the text copy layers... Good one... +fav!"
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Advent Children
2 years 10 months ago
"Wow! I like your wallpaper... It's been a while since I gave a little crit on someone's wallpaper... Nice grungy theme(IMO) to suit your wall... ^^Final sem starting for me.. means that I'm gonna be having less time in AP... T.T"
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Lost in Time
2 years 10 months ago
"Pretty~ Heh.. I like the mood and all. For your future walls, try to improve the sharpness of the image, cuz to me it looks a little bit blurred. Keep it up!"View
:: valkyrie ::
2 years 11 months ago
"This wall is a refreshing turn from the original one done by the guys at Gravity. Personally, I like this one 'cause of how the wall is composed of. Great stuff! +favBTW, you still play Ragnarok Online? I had the pleasure of meeting the valkyrie last week when I took my crusader to Juno to be reborn into the transcendence class.. ^^"
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