Hi!
Very nice work, I like the setting of the picture :)
Well, as for me, - a fav!
See ya ;)
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Artist Comment
Wow I haven't submitted anything for around a month... >_> Well, exams are pretty much over so I finished this wall which I started a month back...
Right anyway, for this one the background was done completely from scratch, the bridge included. Yes, believe it or not, I drew every last evil pixel of the bg. I would say that this one involved more time, effort and angst than my Home Sweet Home wall.
As for layers, I can't even be bothered to count them all, especially since I made most of it in separate files and then shoved them together to minimise lag. But if I was to guess, I'd say its somewhere between 200 and 300 layers. Considering the buildings took about 200 layers.
I know my extraction skills stink, plus the orignal scan wasn't very high quality, and on top of that I had to
enlarge it a bit to fit the size I wanted. Really sorry about that.
Scan from minitokyo scan gallery, submitted by
Miroku4444.
The building was drawn based on a photo I found on the net, it was the most irritating and frustrating thing I've ever drawn on Photoshop. And still it turned out to be the worst part of the wall T_T Everything's really wonky and it doesn't seem to fit in that well. If you really want to know, I pretty much drew the whole thing with chunks of strategically shaped colours. And I used a brick texture for the walls. And yes, those weird things sticking out of the water are... well weird but meh, it was on the photo and it'd look empty if I took them out. I have no idea what they are.
The bridge was actually quite fun, the bricks and sandstone texture were made with filters.
Meh, and I really suck at drawing clouds >_<
Right, I thought that I should dedicate this wall to the people who are currently kind of away from MT due to various reasons, such as Semanga, Samanosuke, Crewcifix, Melmachine and Flowerdog. I haven't really talked to many of them properly but it suits the theme and I'm sure many people here are waiting for them to return.
Enough babbling from me. And like I always say, comments are really welcome, both good and bad. Although I have a feeling that there's going to be a lot of crits this time... >_>
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Mario2 Jun 26, 2005
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arkata Jun 26, 2005
Kara, your picture is really nice! It is easy to see the hard work you had with the background ^_^' Very good job! What a lot of patience! Just a piece of advice, if I'm allowed to, next time, after doing the hard work with the background, be sure that it looks more faded than the characters or things that stay in the front of the picture, so that they become lively and get all the viewer's attention. (Besides, that will help to hide small mistakes in the background, ;) ) Heaven and water look very good in your pic, I like the colors you chose.
As for the weird things sticking out of the water you're talking about, I suppose they were originally there in order to help fishermen to tie their boats, so that the river or sea wouldn't take them away..., or not? -
Pisces Jul 02, 2005
Nice wall Good color and background!
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ultima100 Jul 07, 2005
nice wall. nice color. nice character. nice background and yet, nice idea! everything is just perfect . great work!!
It's going to my fav at once.
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ScarletNeedle Jul 07, 2005
Very nice wall
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leekheng Jul 08, 2005
wow kara!
another beautiful wallie...
love it so much
the bg is done pretty well
good job...
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whitpoo Jul 11, 2005
You know i have never seen this show but i always find pictures of this on the internet.I think that her and the dark blue haired girl are so so pretty!I wonder if i could find out where to buy those episodes?I am gonna burn them when i do lol!Well great pick!
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Lenne Jul 14, 2005
Oh girl i think this is my favorite.I just love this backgroud,the buildings are beautiful.And the colors....uhh.. XD .
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yuiyui01 Jul 18, 2005
woww!!! so interesting wallie *as usual you made a trial with yourself on making all the BG by yourself *
I too see a little flaw on the building: it's not well lit or darkened following the refelction of light...looks like a statue or something like that -_-'
that's the only thing i ...kinda dislike abnout your wallie (not incluing the scan of course XD)
anyway i don't mind you choosing such a cute chara ^^
fav of course ;)
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vinforce Jul 30, 2005
This one has a grate background~~~
add to favs for sure^o^~~~~
Thanks for sharing~~~
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xcf33 Aug 02, 2005
wow speechless it's an amazing piece considering you did all that work to make it, it's definitely a work of art.
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sandumirabela Aug 07, 2005
WOW!This is really wonderful,lovely!Il ove the background and the character matches perfectly! :) -
xtremeliquid Aug 07, 2005
Nice...thank you very much for sharing this wallpaper with all of us here!
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Isenberg Aug 13, 2005
Excellent wallie. Awesome job!
Adding it to my favs :) -
adventshadow Aug 19, 2005
great job, +fav. First thing i thougt when I saw this, was Miharu-chan's voice ="Love-love-love-desu!" :P
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Emeraude Aug 21, 2005
Excellent job.
Your wallpaper is really pretty.
Congratultions and thanks for sharing ^_^
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merssonaryangel Aug 24, 2005
omg!!l everything is so detailed!!!! and you drew the bg!!!! wow that's amazing!!!....i couldn't do anything lyke this!!....wall=fav
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d3vl0u5 Aug 29, 2005
jst even by lookn at the title u'd kno its a great wallpaper ! d baCkground loOks soo koO ! goes well wid d picture ! greaT job *adds to favs* keep em comin ! [ J a g W a s H e r e ]
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twi41 Aug 30, 2005
Wow, what a way to make a kiddie look like a hottie. lol.
i wouldnt worry about nitpicking at the low res nature of the scan ( if you say so it looks damn good to me ). We should be thanking you for this.
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terryaki Banned Member Sep 03, 2005
girl is so cute!! is she like that is that anime as well?
if so, ill sure watch!!
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jinnivan Sep 21, 2005
I like this viwe ^^ old england
Thankyou it graceful wallpaper ^^ :)
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Dream24 Nov 19, 2005
The character doesn't seem to blend very well with the background if you look close, could it be the quality? Anyways I love the background, it's kind of like how I pictured Italy, anime style. Overall great work on the entire wallpaper. Great job!
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alphapink Nov 26, 2005
Beautiful bg
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Denski Jan 02, 2006
nice shot (^_^)
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