here's my entry for the W.A.R. contest. i'm very very very pleased with it, whatever the results are. XD
i've never put so much effort into one wall. took me quite a while to get the inspiration. i didn't submit it
earlier because i wanted to perfect with the judges' comments: did a little twitching on the brightness, it seems
my screen is a bit brighter than average. everybody's complaining about it being too dark, but it looks fine on my
screen. also had to shorten the original title ["infatuated by your presence"], nothing much.
Quote by teviQuote from w.a.r.
comment : "Nice job with the wall.. just one advice, using too much black makes it look a bit too... boring... so
try to fix that up on the bottom."
No.
LOL. thx tevi. i would never. i like the black.
well i hope you guys will like it, becuase this is one wall that i have but my all into. ^______^
[Original description.]
i know; it's friggin long. o_O please do read it if you have the time...
When people think of infatuation, most would immediately think a boy and a girl crazy in love. But it doesn't have
to be like that. Why can't it be peaceful? You can be madly in love just being next to each other, feeling their
presence, their warmth, their skin touching yours. So this is what this wall is all about. Even with the darkest skies
above you, the most uncomfortable atmosphere surrounding you, you can feel content when they're close to you. The
story here is of the two girls, in the middle of a war torn field, amidst all sorts of dangers, but at peace with
themselves, glad to be in each others' company, whatever may happen.
Inspiration was actually from the hat of girl on the right, reminds me of a military uniform somehow. The two girls are
from the front and back cover of Range Murata's "futurhythm" artbook. I cleared them up a bit and played
around with the hue/contrast/etc. to get them to look like the belong in the same picture. The reeds/flowers in the
foreground are completely drawn by my own homemade brushes created specially for this wall. The texture in the backdrop
was made using 3 stock photos [though it doesn't look like it] from ImageAfter and brushes from
classic.tere-art.com; both the sites, I must admit, came from ocelotisun, so a big bear hug for her!
I did add quite a few little details to this, just to add that extra touch. The heart tattoo you see behind the ear of
the girl on the right, the girl on the left has one too about her cleavage, slightly hidden by the vegetation. The
brighter blotches in the background are supposed to resemble explosions in the distance, and if you look closely,
you'll see the three warplanes in the top left corner, flying away. I decided to go for a more monochromatic colour
scheme for this wall, due to the graveness of the story, but there are tints of yellow, green and blue to add interest.
Ah, I'm expecting quite a few people to complain about the text: how it's so illegible and unclear, but I
personally think it really suits the wall. For those who can't read it, it says "Infatuated by your
presence", which just sums up the paragraph above. I've spent a lot of time and effort into this wallpaper,
honest; hope it shows in the final piece!
p.s. a big congrats to ocelotisun, whose
entry was so kawaii! ^^