Hey Guys,, Need help:)))

3 months 2 weeks ago

"Hi there,

In my opinion, you should go with the 2nd wallpaper. The warmer color tones on the character are way better than the cool color tones in the first wallpaper.

Greetz,
Lima"
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New Wallpaper Project BB Code Vermillion

3 months 2 weeks ago

"So here's the deal :D

[IMG]http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7736/noelmesh.th.jpg]

I'm mostly experimenting with the Gradient Mesh Tool and I'm starting to get the hang of it :D after I'm done vectoring Noel, she'll be used in an upcoming wallpaper. I'll post some mock-ups after I'm done with her...

In the mean time, any questions/opinions etc...?

Greetz,
Lima"
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Kara no Kyoukai - Shiki Vector

1 year 6 months ago

"Hi Dias!

Thanks for the input. Yeah, I have to admit that working with the mouse + pen tool gives you great control, and accuracy is great too.

Then again with the tablet + pressure sensitive brush for tracing the outlines in illustrator, it's much faster and it looks good too! Also, if you happen to have goofed up a straight line, you can always use the selection tool (A) and edit the anchor point or just delete it if it's not necessary.

But yes, it really depends on what you're most comfortable with.

Here a screenshot of the not yet complete vector-lineart (zoomed in on the right without background):

@Asa:
Well, I finished it but never uploaded it. I guess it'll stay like that for that wallpaper way back lol.

http://www.pixelheaven.ch/img/knkpv2.jpg

Well here you should be able to see the parts I did with mouse + pen tool and the parts which were traced with the brush tool."
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Kara no Kyoukai - Shiki Vector

1 year 6 months ago

"Hey there

It's been some time since my last wallpaper and err well here I am in Session-Zero.
So to get my new wallpaper started I chose to make a wallpaper out of a Kara no Kyoukai Scan with Shiki on it.

http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Kara-no-Kyoukai/item104338/

I chose to wall this because I liked the pose of her...and I just got all these crazy ideas what I could do with it. But first I wanted to make a nice vector of it (just so I could get back to vectoring again too :P).

At the present time I vectored about 80% of the outline only x_x.

http://www.pixelheaven.ch/img/knkpv1.jpg

So, usually I'd be doing the outline with the pen tool but this time I've got a Wacom tablet at hand. I'm basically tracing the outline with a pressure sensitive brush to give it, let's say, a 'personal' touch to the vector.

Anyway, next step after the outline is some cool stuff with the gradient mesh tool.

Now, I'd like to know if any of you trace the outlines of a scan with a tablet too or if you stick to the pen tool + mouse. What are your techniques? What works best for you (mouse + pen tool or tablet + pressure sensitive brush)?

I'm looking forward to your opinions on this.

Greetz,
Limality"
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Naraku no Hana

1 year 11 months ago

"Oh wow, that does look better!

Heh indeed, that does look better and more natural right there =]. I'll try your approach on the skirt then.

Expect another WIP later this evening or tomorrow XD.

Limality"
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Naraku no Hana

1 year 11 months ago

"W00t!

very good, nice ideas there :D

And i dont mind you being wordy, it's better than just saying 'mkay s'good '. good post :D

I'll consider yer suggestions and try some of it. As for Rena's arm, hehe well that's how the scan was...i didnt even notice and as for the skirt that i had to recg parts of, hmm I don't know since i'm not an expert in anime clothing XD can't i just get away with saying "oh ehh...it's the wind..y.eah that's it >_> i cant deny the forces of nature, nope sir.." XD erm feel free to show me how you would see that part of her skirt redone (just take the WIP and splotch on it rofl), also i can't really simulate the way it's painted >_< i tried my best any suggestions there? i just couldn't get that edge i did everything from erasing, smudging, applying filters, erasing again etc...

Greetz
Limality"
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Wii, Xbox 360 or PS3 ?

1 year 11 months ago

"PS3, Wii, Xbox360 for me...

Well I must admit that the PS3 is expensive but the price did get reduced several times and you can now get the 40GB Model at a VERY reasonable price (I just say, Blu-Ray Player for that money? they're practically tossing that at you). plus the PS3 can also serve as a Media Hub where you can stream vids/music etc from your pc to the ps3 and onto a tv screen (that's for the multimedia geeks around here :P) and the W-LAN function is works really great (downloading demo's is really fun ). Also the Playstation store is very simple to navigate and you can download lots of add-ons and even games from the playstation shop.

I also like the XMB (CrossMediaBar) it's really easy to navigate and intuitive and it's snappier than the menusystem on the Xbox360.

Also the reason why I bought a PS3 are several games that are coming out for it like the new Final Fantasies, MGS4, GTAIV, Devil May Cry 4 (bah they went multi platform but bleh, Dante's home is the playstation :P). Heavenly Sword and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune are THE jewels out there for the PS3 IMO. And publishers will start to use the PS3 at it's best to bring out best Performance and Graphics, though a good game doesn't need good graphics but a good story and an addictive gameplay and a good replay value.

If I wanted to play online, I'd use the PC and not the Xbox360 (and it even costs contrary to PC, PS3). And it also does not have the games that I'm looking forward too (Whut? Halo3? I don't give a damn cause it's just not interesting...I liked the multiplayer though when I was at a friends house) All the games that have a huge success on XBox360 seem to be FPS, I'm more of an RPG dude so the ps3's for me.

Now to Wii: It's a great console and does not need to be compared to the XBox360 and PS3. It's just fun to play Mario Party and other things with you friends on the Wii and it's really fun, you can play for hours. If I hadn't spend my money on the PS3 I would've had a Wii a long time ago :P

Limality"
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Death Note - L wall

1 year 11 months ago

"Hmm

The scan is a too blurry. Mayb turn the blur down so that the scan is just a bit blurry but still sharp looking. And then the background. You should use colors that kinda complement the scan. The scan stands too much out so i suggest that you could use more colors for the cool swirls that you made (take colors from the scan) but not too much, just so that the scan still looks out.

other than that it looks good.

Limality"
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I'm a newbie here

1 year 11 months ago

"Hi there

First of all welcome to AP.

Well if you're looking to submit a self-made wallpaper in the future, it would be good to have some opinions on it while you're still working on it. That way you can get good tips and hints on what's wrong/not good/misplaced/etc in your wallpaper.

As for downloading wallpapers...just browse through the wallpaper gallery and download the wallpapers you like...I'm not quite sure where your problem is.

Limality"
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Naraku no Hana

1 year 11 months ago

"What the eff is Lima doing!?

Heh yeah, that's right, I'm working on a new wallpaper. The title is pretty much definite (it's also the name of the OP of the second season of Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni).

What can I say...I wanted to make a Wallpaper with Rena in it...and yeah, here I am. What you may notice is that I chose to make it Wide screen cause yeah, wide screen rocks (even though i only have a 15" tft, but hey, it never prevented me from making some decent wallpapers at 1600*1200 px resolutions ;P).

Anyway, I'm going for a bit of a darker theme with some blood splatters and i also have an idea for the typography. oh and i also got some inspiration from the ps3's XMB (CrossMediaBar) XD.

The only problem i have is the background. And so here I am asking for suggestions/tips/hints on what to do for the background...i can't just leave it black since I have alot of space available now. I'm just afraid that I'd start overloading the background with crap just so as to not to (ironically) waste the available space i have.

Looking forward to the suggestions as to what kind of background i should go for.

greetz lima.

WIP 1
As you can see here, I placed the scan on the left side, and made a subtle gradient in the background going from a dark-red to black.

[UPDATE #000]
WIP 2
Added some blood splatters behind Rena and made some XMB inspired 'swooshes' in the background.

[UPDATE #001]
WIP 3
Flipped the whole thing on the horizontal axis since most people have their icons on the left side...


[UPDATE #002]
WIP 4
I did a re-cg of Rena's skirt since that was cut off in the scan I used. It looks okay I think.
Also added more glowlines on the left part. The next step would be adding Content/Texture to the Dead/Empty part of the wallpaper."
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AP Radio Launches!

3 years 3 months ago

"Oh this is great xD ill especially tune into random music and j/k-music stuff :3"
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hi everybody

4 years 5 months ago

"Rofl kay we'll go easy on you >D

welcome to AP pls read the rules and act according to them have fun :D"
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hi~

4 years 6 months ago

"Ahh hajimemashite jocelyn-san yoroshiku :D
ore wa limality desu ^^
irashaimasen ^^"

erm rofl my jap sucks neways hi there welcome to AnimePaper :D hope you rad the rules and enjoy this page as much as i do :D
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Jo from Bakuten (Ugetu Scan)

4 years 6 months ago

"

the Wip19 link doesn't work. but 18 looks fab there Lima.
The edge of the ridge seems a little blurry.. never saw transparant rocks in rl .. ;)

:3 i thinhk its the light that overflows which makes it look transparent :3

okay wip19
and wip20
are uploaded now XD basically i don't have a clue what i did from wip18-wip19 but i did change the fonts from wip19-wip20 and also added some sunrays :3 with some neat easy tricks :D okay maybe its too bright now for some folks but hey? if you look into the sun its too bright too right? and i added more particles flying around her...after all it IS an ANGEL'S LANDING so why not make it a bit mystical :3 so i added a "shadow" to the particles looking at the sun to make em get illuminated by the sunrays of course..i also tried it for the birds but maybe ill revert that again...doesnt look too good.

well then matane and come up with opinions :D"
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Jo from Bakuten (Ugetu Scan)

4 years 6 months ago

"

okay okay I just think it would look cool...geez

oh sorry if it came over as a ...erm rant? XD didnt mean it that way
neways: wip18

Update:
wip19 changed the text and took the some birds away and gave them a darker color and less blur. also i added the kanji for Bakuretsu Tenshi in the typography and set the opacity of the glow of the kanji for angel's landing a bit down and made it look more like an outline. im not sure but im already pretty satisfied...maybe im just lazy too XD"
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Jo from Bakuten (Ugetu Scan)

4 years 6 months ago

"

I think the text should go somewhere else...I like her pose and the text right in front of her is a bit annoying. Oh and about the cityscape, I think it would look really cool...just think of it...her pose standing at the corner of a tall building...and in the backdrop the glowing moon shrowded in the clouds...whatever I think it would look really cool.

rofl i dropped that idea again and no moon >_> weve seen enough of them

neways gonna finish this thing netime soon...getting exhausted"
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Jo from Bakuten (Ugetu Scan)

4 years 6 months ago

" wip16

okay i did some changes :3 placed teh text somewhere else for now XD and left the english one away...i'd like to say im finished with this wall but i still feel it lacks something :D

ahhh oh well laterz again XD"
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Jo from Bakuten (Ugetu Scan)

4 years 6 months ago

"U_u

I SAID I HID THE TEXT XD to not get distracted >_< i didtn say id remove it >_>

kay kay gonna "spread" those darn birds :3"
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Jo from Bakuten (Ugetu Scan)

4 years 6 months ago

"Rofl@tate

btw what do you mean with fab O.O?? FABulous?? XD

neways here is wip15
i hid the text to not get distracted by it ^^.

so i did as tate suggested and yeah, teh birds look good, also notice some debris on the cliff and rolling down the cliff leaving small dustmarks (i think i could still improve those details though what do you guys think?) i think the key for this wallpaper is teh details and i also removed the moon =D

okay i think im gonna think about some things more at this point =/ okay then laterz again :D

@2kool4u
D: gomen, i didnt want to do a city scape because A) i sux XD B) i think she also fits well on a cliff :D C) if youd like ill try to add a city in the background O_O maybe thatll work, but then it's a deserted city :D"
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