I have never really liked that art piece for Jam. But this wall is just too damn
good! I can't put it any better than what zaira just stated, all the little art
nuances in that wall is intoxicating.
Scheme's cute, but the low quality of the scan/extraction definitely attracts
unwanted attention. Gives you that feeling that "something's not right
here."
rythem has a point with the top left corner. Its a bright contrast from the rest
of the picture & is just a distraction / eyesore from the sleeping subjects
you want the audience to pay attention to.
I agree with ealpha with the grass being too light. And that the grass seems a
bit too large which puts off the perspective (respective sizes of Sasuke, Naruto
& Sakura relative to each other & the audience's viewing angle).
It's a good idea but the camera seems a tad big, maybe make the camera smaller
and more of the BG. You also could've gone a little further into camera
themes/tricks:
-There's a ghost shown in the camera but isn't present in the background, but
that's a completely different theme.
-A before & after with the image in the camera showing a "before"
event and the background showing an "after" with what happens next.
I'm agreeing with URanimEnigma, the planets just seem out of place or don't just
seem right. In my opinion, the illumination source (of the background planets)
appears to be from the left side yet the middle planet is illuminated
completely. And the left-side illumination seems like another distracting point
of focus (detracting from the center). URanimEnigma's symmetry point would work
great if the light source came from her (reverse the shading of the left side
planet & shade out that bright side to the left).
But just considering the foreground (scan & trees), you created some great
contrast to fix our focus on the nice quality scan & effects (light vs dark
& full color vs two color shading, etc.). And you almost (just almost ) made
me accept/believe in the foliage just growing out of nowhere until the planet
perspective made me go "eh?" & brought me back to my realist
perspective taste.
But that's just me being very nitpicky on a wally that has great potential.
Overall good job ( ^ ^ )b
Do you really need the grass? And the background to the right side just doesn't
feel right as "a background." Since it appears you've got way too many
points of focus (3 bright areas, & 1 dark): The girl's face, the chibi to
the bottom left, the illuminated name text, and then the bold dark corner to the
top right. Just pick one point to serve as the focus, and everything else should
try to blend with it or revolve around it somehow IMO.
Foreground subjects are great looking but the background of red clouds is just
too plain and bold. The setting really needs something that matches with
Haruhi/Planet and isn't too bold of a red since detracts from making
Haruhi/Planet being the focus of the wallpaper (makes the eye wander & stare
@ the bold red).
Quote by Devildudehmm...mirror images
never really strike my fancy for it is usually a sign of filling up empty
spaces.
but this one is well done, i can see you put a lot of effort in extracting, for
your first wall, I think this is already great, sense and style.
I think you can make a lot of progress with this style.
the text is wrong, IMO, it is not fitting.
but overall, nice one.
I agree with Devildude here, The text just looks out of place, and with the
embossing on it makes it pop out of the background (instead of matching with it)
and attempt to take a leading role as a focus (which I "believe"
detracts from the scan & the death butterflies). IMO, it might have been
better to use a different font, get rid of the emboss/blend it into the
background.
Very nice brush work all over. I appreciate your out of focus/blurred theme
(outline & colors) for the scan but you still think that the white specks
here and there in her black coat are needed (on the left side by her finger, and
the next to the upper arm on the right side)?
The blurred scans of the cutouts in the right side to detrack from it though : /
(Especially the right-most one, since it's blurred & whiter/brighter than
the rest. Maybe match its brightness with the rest of the other cutouts)
The original piece, presented the rebellious independence of the Air Gear
protagonist nicely. Thanks for not messing with it, and just adding some side
decorations (would've been nice if there was also something off to the left side
to fill up that blank space).
Really liking the sun reflection off the water. It's a single addition but makes
a big improvement over the classic Samurai7 wall of just the top half of your
wallpapper ( ^ ^ )b.
Awesome, this masterpiece finally got uploaded into minitokyo. Always loved this one from AnimePaper.
Keep up the great work ( ^ ^ )b
I have never really liked that art piece for Jam. But this wall is just too damn good! I can't put it any better than what zaira just stated, all the little art nuances in that wall is intoxicating.
FYRE!
Scheme's cute, but the low quality of the scan/extraction definitely attracts unwanted attention. Gives you that feeling that "something's not right here."
rythem has a point with the top left corner. Its a bright contrast from the rest of the picture & is just a distraction / eyesore from the sleeping subjects you want the audience to pay attention to.
I agree with ealpha with the grass being too light. And that the grass seems a bit too large which puts off the perspective (respective sizes of Sasuke, Naruto & Sakura relative to each other & the audience's viewing angle).
The background sky is gorgeous though. ( ^ ^ )b
It's a good idea but the camera seems a tad big, maybe make the camera smaller and more of the BG. You also could've gone a little further into camera themes/tricks:
-There's a ghost shown in the camera but isn't present in the background, but that's a completely different theme.
-A before & after with the image in the camera showing a "before" event and the background showing an "after" with what happens next.
Overall great effort though ( ^ ^ )b
I'm agreeing with URanimEnigma, the planets just seem out of place or don't just seem right. In my opinion, the illumination source (of the background planets) appears to be from the left side yet the middle planet is illuminated completely. And the left-side illumination seems like another distracting point of focus (detracting from the center). URanimEnigma's symmetry point would work great if the light source came from her (reverse the shading of the left side planet & shade out that bright side to the left).
But just considering the foreground (scan & trees), you created some great contrast to fix our focus on the nice quality scan & effects (light vs dark & full color vs two color shading, etc.). And you almost (just almost
) made
me accept/believe in the foliage just growing out of nowhere until the planet
perspective made me go "eh?" & brought me back to my realist
perspective taste.
But that's just me being very nitpicky on a wally that has great potential. Overall good job ( ^ ^ )b
Do you really need the grass? And the background to the right side just doesn't feel right as "a background." Since it appears you've got way too many points of focus (3 bright areas, & 1 dark): The girl's face, the chibi to the bottom left, the illuminated name text, and then the bold dark corner to the top right. Just pick one point to serve as the focus, and everything else should try to blend with it or revolve around it somehow IMO.
Foreground subjects are great looking but the background of red clouds is just too plain and bold. The setting really needs something that matches with Haruhi/Planet and isn't too bold of a red since detracts from making Haruhi/Planet being the focus of the wallpaper (makes the eye wander & stare @ the bold red).
Isn't she the hacker girl from Bakuretsu Tenshi?
I only have a detail gripe:
-A straight shadow in clouds? (not given the wave effect to match the shadows).
I'm not sure how the "grass" fits in the overall theme. But the rest all seems to match together
( ^ ^ )b
IMO, most if not all wallpapers look better w/o the border.
Upload the wrong wally? To state the obvious, that's a pic of Alucard and nowhere near does that resemble the Great Teacher Onizuka
It's an awesome Anime/manga isn't it?
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One of the sleeper hits that definitely needs more attention
Looks great as a thumbnail but enlarged, the lack of detail just nags at you. Especially when compared to the other highly detailed Planettes walls.
Can you make a version w/o the border? Otherwise pretty decent looking wall.
I agree with Devildude here, The text just looks out of place, and with the embossing on it makes it pop out of the background (instead of matching with it) and attempt to take a leading role as a focus (which I "believe" detracts from the scan & the death butterflies). IMO, it might have been better to use a different font, get rid of the emboss/blend it into the background.
Very nice brush work all over. I appreciate your out of focus/blurred theme (outline & colors) for the scan but you still think that the white specks here and there in her black coat are needed (on the left side by her finger, and the next to the upper arm on the right side)?
Anything that's hand drawn and edited by the same artist is definitely worth a comment here ( ^ ^ )b
More FMP goodness, Tessa & Kana ( ^ ^ )b
Fitting title for the piece ( ^ ^ )b
The blurred scans of the cutouts in the right side to detrack from it though : /
(Especially the right-most one, since it's blurred & whiter/brighter than the rest. Maybe match its brightness with the rest of the other cutouts)
The original piece, presented the rebellious independence of the Air Gear protagonist nicely. Thanks for not messing with it, and just adding some side decorations (would've been nice if there was also something off to the left side to fill up that blank space).
Seems like you lost the flow of the piece with that big blotch of red at the bottom (going so well with that B&W then suddenly red) : /
IMO maybe you can shift the center a lil lower (& make the top bigger), or put something matching the upper half somewhere in the red.
Really liking the sun reflection off the water. It's a single addition but makes a big improvement over the classic Samurai7 wall of just the top half of your wallpapper ( ^ ^ )b.