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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!
ShoutBox
~Espada
26 seconds ago
IDK, but it looks like I can't away with you braking me and kitty clawing my leg. 
~kittylove
28 seconds ago
Rabbit: if you're bored, then why are you here?
~Lelouch-0
37 seconds ago
Idk he never talks to me that much so i guess not lol
$rabbitking
1 minute ago
Im so bored of shoutbox
~Loleta
1 minute ago
*Turns into Cerberus* BBBAAAARKKK!! Where are you going, Espada?
~kittylove
2 minutes ago
Well no, but you were, so then you missed breaker?
~Lelouch-0
2 minutes ago
You were gone too?
~kittylove
3 minutes ago
Lelouch: yeah like me and breaker?
~Lelouch-0
4 minutes ago
Soo much things that I missed here
~Espada
4 minutes ago
Now why would you do that... *still trying to get away*
My Nishimata Wall
2 years 11 months ago
"Ok... extraction is good. That's usually the hardest part and you got that right, so don't worry.The background is fine too, except for a little something that irks me. See, using the Chinese character 'mei' in a blurred form kind of goes against the rest of the wall. The extraction, the circles in the background, everything else is 'sharper', and to have 'blurred' objects around the background does not make it particularly comfortable to look at. I suggest making those 'blurred' objects sharp. It might turn out better.
Also, as Zazou pointed out, don't let the background become too cluttered that it's more eye-catching than the scan... unless that's on purpose.
Finally, text is always a headache, but it really does make a difference. ^^
It's a real nice wall, and it's about done. Some minor fixes is all... "
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Battle Angel Alita Wall (Gunnm)
2 years 11 months ago
"It sure has come a long way. Glad to see you finally made it. ^^No, I don't have anything negative to add... at least nothing big... I'd have to nit-pick if you want me to find something to criticise... ^^
I'm pretty sure you put in a lot of effort, especially for the blood on the blade... but it could be a tad bit better if the blood was a bit more... erm... thick IMHO. Some parts of the blood are a bit opaque, and that's fine I guess, but I'm just a bit put off by the way the blood meets the bottom part of the blade, on the left end of the blood... again this is nit-picking... >.<
The texture of the blade is cool, and so is the texture of the rock wall. I'd say you're about there. ^^ "
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BitTorrent - Why Use It?
3 years 1 day ago
"Let's clear one thing up. BitTorrent, or and torrents in general, are a type of P2P technology. It's a METHOD of sharing files, much like Kazaa, Limewire, eDonkey etc.Please do NOT confuse bittorrent with illegal downloads / pirated media (although it is admittedly largely used for that purpose).
I think personally that the answer to this question is simple. If you want certain files that are distributed using torrents, then use it. (I'm not talking about a particular client, but the technology in general) You can't expect not to use it if you want to download a file that's available only on torrents, just like you can't expect to view .mkv files without the proper player and/or codec. It's about whether or not you use the technology. "
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Battle Angel Alita Wall (Gunnm)
3 years 1 day ago
"Pointed this out to you a while back. Not as important though... ^^
I agree with asa about the colouring... it's either too much or way too little...
The dripping blood at the edge of the sword looks like it's on the wall and not on the blade. This is very obvious because the texture is flat, and the droplets are long. Actually, I believe there should be only ONE drop of blood on the blade, but a larger portion of the blade should have blood flowing on it in a line. That's usually how liquid flows. Like what asa said, blood is A LOT THICKER than water, which also means it's more viscous. Think along that line to see how to improve the blood drops.
The blood on the wall seems unreal because of one reason: it's obviously not one splash and if it's multiple splashes, why is it only in one direction?
I know you worked really hard on this wall, so I'll stop here... >.< Don't give up yea? ^^"
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Battle Angel Alita Wall (Gunnm)
3 years 3 days ago
"Sorry... It looks as if you used bevel and emboss on the face at the bottom of the blade... That made the hair on the right side look weird. >.<The blood on the blade seems a wee bit thick. If I remember correctly, it should flow along the EDGE of the blade. Personally, I feel the blood should only be on the edge, possibly flowing downwards along it to the hilt. Plus, it's a tad weird that it's blurred as compared to the blood on the wall. The blade is supposed to be the 'focus' and not the wall right?
I like the idea of the not so clear face on the blade though. It's not a mirror after all, and having it fuzzy like that is pretty cool. Nice coloring on her eyes too...
Don't be too discouraged yea? It's definitely improving... ^^"
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I already passed this on Ap...
3 years 3 days ago
"This scan is SO CUTE! I like this wall... but the background needs to blend a bit better with the scan. The huge sphere in the center is also a bit bare... A plain gradient isn't enough. Perhaps some texturing would be in order.Apart from that, this is really nice! ^^"
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What do you think?
3 years 3 days ago
"If you're using Photoshop there are a few ways you can fix smoothness. One way you could do it is to duplicate the layer. Then create a new layer mask. Change the colours to default. Use the pen tool and trace along the extract (make sure you have the layer mask selected). Then right click on the path, and stroke it.I feel that the extract needs a bit more work, especially the hair. There's a lot of red all around the outer rim of her hair which is pretty obvious. Use the method I gave to fix that. Also, you should try to blend the extract with the background instead of just slapping it on. It looks separated and unrelated. After you fix the extract, try filling a whole layer with a light tinge of blue and set the opacity low (about 20 or so) and see if that works.
I won't mention the text because it's already been mentioned. Keep it up! ^^"
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naruto wall
3 years 5 days ago
"The vector is inconsistent. Some parts seem to have thick outlines whereas other parts they're missing. It's pretty obvious and makes the vector less pleasing to see. Try to fix that.Next is the text. Please, try to make the text a lot better. Choose a better font for starters maybe, and then make it blend a little with the rest of the wall. It's standing out doing nothing at this point.
Background wise, I guess it's acceptable, although you could probably do better. I think it's a nice picture really... but to make it a wall, it needs a bit more work. ^^"
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Freedom vs. Impulse
3 years 1 week ago
"You shouldn't respond to his attitude, and you should stop condemning him already. It does not put you in any good light. Frankly, the fact that you can't let go of this and are still harping on it goes to show you're not particularly matured yourself. Respond to his views if you want, give your own regarding this issue, but stop blaming him and saying he's "immature" and "won't listen to other people" because it's not constructive and tiresome. You're saying he's not willing to listen to you, but you keep repeating this matter. How is that helpful?
I think I've said enough. If you want to carry on, then go ahead. I'll just keep reading and laugh my head off at the 'drama' that unfolds between some people on the internet over a discussion about a FICTIONAL story. I guess that's really important to some people. Excuse me if I skip all the parts about how some person "just won't listen to my views"..."
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Freedom vs. Impulse
3 years 1 week ago
"I think people here ought to cool it. Take a week off or something before coming back to this thread. I've read the posts here and I won't say whether any side is right or wrong. Your discussion is purely speculative, plain and simple. All the 'what ifs' can never be confirmed because they are based on a FICTIONAL plane...I acknowledge that you want to discuss this despite that out of fun, and that's fine. But to have it degenerate into a squabble simply shows that some people need to cool off. This discussion isn't supposed to make you hate each other.
That's where you're mistaken. You already 'hope' to convince him otherwise. He just won't be. That's where the difficulty is. He also 'HOPES' to convince all of you that HIS point of view is right, so he tells you where your argument is weak. To him, every other 'possibility' isn't strong enough, because his mind has been made up. He points out that it's not strong enough, probably because to him, it really isn't. How do you think he concluded his point of view? You expect him to rebut your arguments properly, but to him, none of you did the same for any of his arguments.
@AnimePaul: You can complain all you want about how another person doesn't listen to your views, or doesn't want to consider your side of the story, but you can't MAKE him do it. Just accept that he's not going to change his opinion at this time, respect that, and move on. You've been harping on it non-stop in every of your last 2 pages worth of posts. He came in with a mindset fixed, just as you may have come in with a mindset fixed. In that state, you're not talking about discussion for a conclusion, you're talking about head on collision of two separate point of views which cannot be resolved because the conviction of both parties are simply too strong.
I suggest that if you want to properly carry on this discussion to stop focusing on something you can't do anything about. Complaining about another person's attitude is a very poor way of convincing him/her that you are right, as most matured people would know.
If I were working at Bandai/Sunrise, I'd make a side story where Lacus went into Super Hidden SeeD Mode and trash Kira + Athrun + Shinn... just to see how this discussion will turn out... >.<"
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My first wallpaper
3 years 1 week ago
"Check his profile and signature. I assume it's him. 'Soul' is probably a username already taken...In any case, the first thing is extraction. As mentioned, extraction could've been done a little better. I can still see some remnants of the original scan, so you might want to improve on that. It's not very obvious, but that doesn't mean it can't be seen. I suggest you try burning the edges or re-extract. Be careful about burning though, it may have other side effects.
The scan is also very blurry IMHO. I get the feeling you cleaned the scan using a simple surface blur or Gaussian blur filter. While it's not bad, it definitely makes the scan not so pleasing to the eye, since we can't focus on some of the sharper features we expect. I think the same can be said about the background. I think you can afford to play with the levels a bit to invoke a bit more contrast, and lay off the blur a little. Don't let the background get TOO bright though, you want people to look at your wall feeling happy it's on their desktop, not give them reason to find the wall too glaring.
Apart from that, I think the design for the text and background is pretty awesome. It fills the entire wall yet doesn't feel cluttered. That's very good. ^^"
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newest wall (now with better fire!
3 years 1 week ago
"I hope you don't mind me being honest, but the text... really needs a much better font. It's not easy finding a font to go all around her head I know, but this font simply won't do. I'd prefer your very first one in fact... >.<Also, the sand TOTALLY DOES NOT blend with either the water or the fire. It's like a patch of brown in the middle of nothing... and suddenly out springs water... (especially on the left where it's very obvious). The water is ok I guess, but can be worked on a little bit more. The fire is now quite ok, and so's the smoke, but yea... I think the biggest issue is still the sand... >.<
Finally, your signature isn't supposed to be part of the wall, but if people want to find out what's written on it, I doubt they'd be able to easily. The font again... I think you'd be better off with even Monotype Corsiva...
Sorry for being harsh. The water DID get better though... ^^;"
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So...what now?
3 years 1 week ago
"I think it looks good, although I personally like the lighter red... ^^ That's just me though, and I think what you have now is good too. It has enough of a nice burnt old faded feel to it, and looks even throughout. The scan is good and fits in with everything else. The big rose is clear enough to be seen. I'd say GOOD JOB! ^^"View
First Wall!?
3 years 1 week ago
"First off, I think it's Kamisama KazOkU, and not Kamisama KazUkO. That must be Tenko. ^^Now, take this constructively ok?
I'll start off by saying that although there's nothing glaringly wrong with your wall, it's not quite going to make it IMHO, simply because it's too simplistic. Having a gradient as a background (with just one light source), a blacked out scan, text, and a brush or two isn't going to cut it. (Check the FAQ on submissions) Here at AP, we expect quality work, which usually means EFFORT must be put into making the wall. If you really want to shade her all black, then make a nice background or something more 'full' so that the wall isn't so empty. Right now, that's just all that I get from the wall... it's empty... >.< Or, take a full scan and clean it up.
I think an easy way around is to look at other walls here and get ideas for a good background. It's usually the background that makes the wall since we don't actually draw the scans, so that's what makes the difference between an average wall and a really good one.
The font of the text could be a lot better too. It somehow doesn't quite fit the theme since it's too 'digital' and 'computer-themed' as compared to the other parts of the wall.
I think you'd want to go for something cute and cheesy (since the anime is cute and cheesy after all), with something along the line of sakura blossoms (Tenko = pink) so you might want to start there...
Hope this helps. ^^"
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Your AP
3 years 1 week ago
"I can see where you're coming from on that. I suppose you can't FORCE everyone to comply, and even if you do have it, you'll probably end up with some people giving like every single word they can think of so the search wouldn't be reliable anyway... I wouldn't really know how to solve it... perhaps if we could, this would be a very good thing to look into. ^^ Any suggestions anyone?"View
Your AP
3 years 1 week ago
"I think it wouldn't hurt to have keywords with a wallpaper or scan. This would help in a 'search'. For example, I might be looking for wallpapers depicting a particular character whose name I know, but I may not know which series he/she is from. Sounds dumb I know, but not impossible; I heard of Nagato Yuki (found out about how cute she was from comments by someone in another forum) but I didn't know of Suzumiya Haruhi at that point. It would've helped because if I can search characters, I can find out early on whether or not there are any pictures depicting her instead of browsing over and being disappointed. Keywords would also help people looking for particular 'types' of wallpaper, for example, 'scenery', 'minimalistic' etc. This can help people to get ideas for their own wallpapers... and get an idea as to what exactly is required to have a wall accepted here.But that's just an 'additional feature' IMHO, which doesn't HAVE to be there. ^^
More importantly I think should be filters, or browsing by categories. When I first got my new widescreen monitor, I had difficulties finding wallpapers for it. I wanted to see if I could get a list of all widepaper walls and browse through them, since I couldn't resize regular 4:3 ones, but realised I couldn't. Perhaps a filter of some sort would help people who encounter the same problem as me. That way, we won't have the issue of looking for a good widescreen wallpaper by searching individual pages and scanning for them (which can be tiresome).
Apart from that, I think it's pretty cool. There are a lot of functions which appeal to many people, and I personally think the paper policy is good. I'm pretty fine with just about everything else, so keep it up! ^^"
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1st wall - poringrulez[ragnarok]
3 years 1 week ago
"I hope you take all of this positively... I'll try to go easy...To start off, the dimensions you have aren't adequate. The wallpapers in AP should be a minimum of 1024x768, and yours has a weird dimension of 800x700 (although it says 1024x700, which doesn't work either).
Next, extraction. There are a lot of fuzzy things around the scan. You can afford to extract better, perhaps check out some tutorials on extraction, or since it's a simple pink poring, try vectoring. The edges of the main poring looks jagged and messy. It ought to be either a solid line, or not noticeable.
The background is really simple. That's fine I suppose, and I personally don't find anything seriously wrong with it. However, a normal gradient isn't going to cut it over here. You might want to consider improving on that. Try surfing for other wallpapers to get some ideas.
The right panel is ok. Unfortunately, the porings there are also not very clean. There are some of them where I can see pixellations. Try to smooth those over. You might also want to consider moving the checkered background around so that it's more 'balanced' (ie starts right at the edge, instead of getting cut off half way). This will be a lot more pleasing to the eye.
Keep trying. We all start some place, so don't give up and you can do it. ^^"
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newest wall (now with better fire!
3 years 1 week ago
"It's better now that you've made those changes. The fire looks quite good actually, but if you intend to make it scenic, I'm a bit wary about what happens between the fire and the bottom of the wall. The purplish sparkling effect gives it kind of an ethereal effect... Like she's dreaming about it instead of actually doing it. That could work I guess... But I think you might want to consider another colour other than blue as the background. Somehow it doesn't quite fit.I think it's much better now that she's been darkened. It looks kind of like she burned the place down at night (note the colour of the sky) and the source of the light is from behind, so obviously she's dark, but not that dark. Good job fixing the teeth. ^^
About the fire... erm... it's just trees burning? No houses? ^^ It's still cool though.
The problem I still see is maybe that it's not quite showing yet, the sinister-ness of the flame. If you're trying to convey that contrast, it should be obvious how severe or destructive the fire is. That's just my opinion though, so you judge for yourself.
As for the font, if I had to choose between the tree, I'd pick the 2nd one. STILL, I believe there can be a lot of other fonts that could convey what you want in a better way. Personally not too impressed with all three choices... >.< Don't kill me...
I hope you get what I'm trying to say. Some of it may be vague, but essentially, those are the areas that bug me. Keep it up and hopefully we'll see a great wall soon. ^^"
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Vectored Haruhi (Edited)
3 years 1 week ago
"There are... if you look close enough. Granted it's not exactly a perfect, but it IS coming from the upper left corner... which I think is about there.
I tried doing that initially, but I realised I preferred the green on the water instead of just blue. It adds more depth to the picture, and more realism.
I'm not anti-opinions, but I won't change everything to suit everyone else's tastes. There are SOME things which I feel are fine the way they are, and I just won't change them. >.< Anyway, I'll be submitting this version. Wish me luck!"
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Tis my new wall
3 years 1 week ago
"I think you've mixed up minimalistic with simple. A lot of wallpapers are minimalistic, but not exactly simple. In your case, the background seems to comprise of just four brushes which you repeatedly used over a blurred background. It's not a BAD start, but it's still very far from being of acceptable quality. The first thing which ought to be done is to think through what you want to put in the background, because simply 'having a go' at it won't turn up something good. Try browsing all the other wallpapers to gain some inspiration.Apart from the background, I think the extract is OK, but could definitely be better. There are some white spots particularly on her arm which could be removed. Also, she could be cleaned up more because the scan looks grainy. What i'd do would be to vector out those parts which have the same colour and fill it in with a solid colour. That makes the scan have a very clean look. Check out some tutorials for cleaning scans.
I think it's not a bad effort. I think I did worse my first time around. I'm pretty sure you spent quite a bit of time extracting her out. You might want to consider some tutorials to make your extraction worth the effort and time put in. We're all here to learn after all. ^^"
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HELP WITH NARUTO WALLPAPER
3 years 1 week ago
"I believe I know why it was rejected, the quality of the image needs to be improved more. I don't mean to be mean, but the quality of that vector is not up to par. I think you have to clean it up more, or as I'd probably do it, re-vector the whole scan. That shouldn't take too long since this image isn't very complex.If you're wondering why it's bad, it's because if you look at it at 100% size, almost ALL the lines and edges of the scan are jagged. This is really bad and can be fixed by using a pen tool and stroking. Also, there are some 'impurities' in your picture (take a look at the two small red dots in on the left side of the wall). It's obvious enough to see, so it's not exactly satisfactory.
I suggest you check our some vectoring tutorials which can be found from imanimetions.net, or head to some of the groups in AnimePaper who can help you with vectoring. Basically, clean up those jagged edges. ^^ "
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Vectored Haruhi (Edited)
3 years 1 week ago
"I've fixed a couple of things this time around.For starters, I've removed some of the sparkles and it's now more spread out. I've also tried to darken the sand so that there's more depth to the wall. Let me know if I need to add even more depth. It seems pretty dark already, but then dark doesn't necessarily mean 'more depth'. ^^;
I've tried to make the ball a lot more 3-D, not by removing the border, but by adding a darker shade to the ball. I've also altered the shadow of the ball to make it more 'northwards', so let me know what you think. I've also removed the text (since it was getting -ve feedback anyway... )
Oh, and you'll notice the mountain now has a reflection in the water. ^^
Comments please?"
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Vectored Haruhi (Edited)
3 years 1 week ago
"This is a continuation from my previous post which can be found here.I've fixed up the waters, mountain and text. I'm not entirely convinced if the sand is sufficiently interesting though... some ideas on that would be good.
Let me know what you think.
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newest wall (now with better fire!
3 years 1 week ago
"*sigh* Another spammer... >.<Anyway, I personally feel the background really does NOT suit the scan. She's acting cute and all, but a flame-like background simple clashes with that look. It's too innocent anyway, so the message you're sending seems conflicting. The lyrics definitely tend towards destruction, so I know why you want that flamey background. Unfortunately, that just makes the huge vector (which is very good I might add, except they seem a teensy bit unsmooth in some places) seem very out of place.
I don't know how to merge the two. They're very different, but I suppose it can be done. I know you might kill me for this, but perhaps swap over to a more suitable scan? That way, you could work with a flamey, destruction like background.
Text placement isn't perfect IMHO. For starters, you might want to push the upward curving text down a little as they overlap with the downward curving one. Secondly, I think you were trying to emphasize on certain lines, but they don't stand out all that much, so try to make sure they do... probably by increasing the size or something. I don't know what lyrics these are, but reading it, I don't quite feel the font is suitable. One with a more 'grungy' look could be what you're looking for...
Just my 2 cents. ^^;"
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