ooohhh nice..... i like the background
And how you made the background in an angle
Nice colours too
Thanx for sharing
Artist Comment
Figured that it was kinda rude leaving without saying bye to all of ya so I made this.
* No. This is not some cheap play on those iPod ads.'
* No. This is not some attempt to trendwhore my way back
* No. This is not an excuse to procrastinate. Well, I was studying Japanese while doing this.
Namely listening to music. That's my second exam. A gruelling 3 hours listening to male/ female dialogues,
answering 9 of them, 2 comprehensions and like writing 3 essays in Japanese. Woo. Fun :P
Don't believe me? Click here for a 300 ji article on "Group Pressure in Australia" :)
*EDIT* I left out a hiragana 'u' after the kanji 'i' before the two kanji 'ryoukou' not that anyone would notice *whistles*
* No. This is not an indication that I am going into ecchi walling.
* No. This is not the best thing I've made, but give me a break. After "uncertain memory" there was a big
gap and after "with love" there was a big gap as well. I can't wall that well anyway.
IN A NUTSHELL: WHAT A DAMN SIMPLE WALL! AND DAMN HARD TO MAKE!
Layers: Maybe 40-50 *shrugs* PSD: 23 MB Time spent: 2 days with study squeezed simultaneously.
Background
This wallpaper came to me pretty naturally, funnily enough. The building is a school, which I based on the school
buildings from some screen caps from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
The steps were just something to entertain the eye, but I guess it's an indication of how I feel school is like.
You've got to work your way up. I'm kinda stuck where she is at the moment. If only I felt a bit motivated to
take those very few steps to the top, who knows, I could top all my subjects.
And this was the scan which helped with my shadowing and colours:
Yes, I do scope out entire galleries and read signatures :)
I admit that I put a lot of emphasis on my colours and textures, but I suck at getting the *right* colour. I've never done anything bright like this because I don't like bright things.
EVERYTHING WAS DONE FREEHAND- EVEN THE STEPS AND THE BUILDING. NO STOCKS INVOLVED. SO IF THE LINES AREN'T PARALLEL, TOUGH. IT WAS ALL DONE BY GUESSING. I HAVE TRIED TREES, MORE BUILDINGS ON THE LEFT... BUT NOTHING WORKED, SO IT'S A SIGN: SHINJUKU KOUTOUKOU- typed by me.
Scan
The reasons for the big blank in the wallpapers submitted by me include (1) The miserable lack of heart to wall anything after being incredibly tired with just everything~ I was probably a bit drugged from just crap. I went into walling first as a hobby to pass time and learn something else while I spent my long hours on my computer everyday. Then I went into walling to forget about the bad things in my life. My 17th birthday was the worst, and was ruined by two very close friends who have probably brought to me the most laughter, most frustration in my life. It's no wonder then that (2) I found myself walling scans I absolutely hated. That's right. Most of my gallery is consisted of wallpapers I do not like myself. My past, present and future favourite, was, is and will still be SHIBUYA HYBRID, which is why I named this SHINJUKU BABY. Why? Because this is a scan for a very long time I have felt really connected to and really wanted to wall. I haven't felt this for a very long time.
I admit, Shibuya Hybrid was not a wallpaper I put the most effort, thought or emotion into it
(that would have to be WITH LOVE) - but sometimes it that quietness that is enough. Just the quietness.
Here is the link to the original scan:
I don't really know what this category is (duh, a studio, but y'know), but when I first saw the scan I was
kinda sickened by it. I am not an ecchi fan, and I am not going into ecchi.
For some strange reason though, when I saw it, I really liked it. The pose was probably the most striking thing I liked
about it, and I realised that I would never be able to find another scan in another category with the same pose but
better clothed.
You may not believe it, but I am a very conservative person. Possibly a crazy at times, but really. You would possibly think I was a dag if you saw me in person.
So I thought, why not just fix up the scan myself.
AND PS: when i went back to the category I realised how different this scan looked compared to the other ahh... swirly stuff :) This will be one those wallies which will be overlooked for simplicity but oh well.
I decided to dye/ streak her hair like what I did with the Shibuya Hybrid one to show the fashion. I lengthened the skirt and reconstructed her shoe. I only added in the iPod/ walkman/ headphones to show the technological advance or retreat (depending on your iPod/ walkman preference). I left it black for it to stand out and disappear at the same time.
Why have an outline?
Shinjuku baby : everything shibuya hybrid is not
I remember when I was walling Shibuya Hybrid, she gave me a feeling that although she is trendy and fits into her surroundings, she was never clearly defined and seemed like she was lost and on the search for something more spiritual. The background also had no outlines. There are outlines, but they have been blended in, or in some parts like the bridge, non-existent.
When I saw the scan for this, I was also struck by the outline on the original scan. She stood out, was bold, and had a definition. She knows what she wants, or at least, where she's going and where she belongs.
All the outlines were traced by me. They were not done by blending modes>> stroke. It was pixelated when I did that.
The name
Why Shinjuku? No reason. It's close to Shibuya, and the 'shin' in Shinjuku means 'new'. I guess it's just a way of feeling. Never seen any photos of Shinjuku, so unlike the Shibuya one, the background is not from the place in the name. I guess this is also trying something new.
Why baby? I don't know. It's either the music lyrics cutting in on me, or either it just sounded like it had a swing. I always tended to name my works after song titles or lyrics (or at least tried to)
Music listened to in order to survive through all this
Trying to renew my music, I decided to go backwards.
I dug out my Asian Kung-Fu Generation mp3s I received from one of the friends who ruined my whole mentality towards everything. The effect listening to this stuff isn't all that pleasant, but the music's really good. Really good.
Kimi to iu hana (the flower called 'you')
Mugen Glider (infinite glider)
Siren (track 1 and track 2, esp track 2)
I'll be changing my playlist after this for sure, if I don't want to feel like I'm internally bleeding >_<
Dedication?
I would like to think I was dedicating this to someone. I admit I'm a bad communicator when it comes to gratitude
or feelings. This is for whoever who can feel my presence lurking around in it. And needless to say, if you know I love
you, this is nuh duh, for you. (you should know who you are, and if not, if I have ever passed on weapons of mass
destruction to you, or, have given you an XD anywhere, count that as love ;) ) I kinda realised that I can't hate
anyone more than a
year. Happened during graduation when I made up with a long time enemy (she hated my GUTS, period.) Blah.
But anyway, that's a really long-winded description for something as simple as this, but yeah.
That's that. And as spirit-chan knows, Misa always tries to get at a point and always misses it :) But hey, I wrote
a mini essay ^_^ You don't get many of these in gallery item descripts.
So I leave you with a lyric from "kimi to iu hana"
Oka no ue kara mieru michi ni saita
kimi to iu hana mata sakasu yo
kimi rashii iro ni
From atop a hill, I can see a flower called "you"
That has bloomed in the city, and will bloom again
In a color like yours...
OH YEAH. The point was I'm leaving until 4th November. You'll probably
still find my name floating around in the member index, but that's just to read some posts in my groups and stuff.
The chances of me actually getting to look at your gallery items I'm afraid will probably be a 10% chance, so I
apologise in advance for being absent.
Apart from leaving this behind for everyone I left something on my userpage as well. If anyone ever goes there. Or reads
this. Or cares.
FINAL EXAMS. I'm guaranteed pretty much my third preference into Uni, but my first two (same course, just at different universities) would have to be a different story. I don't want to rant about the education system here on a gallery description, but all I can say is that I'll be trying my best. To me, getting into my first two or my third doesn't matter that much. I'm guaranteed one or the other. (my 4th to 9th preference are all jumbled, and, I hate commerce/ economics) so hopefully I get into my combined law or my (guaranteed) architecture :) Go all the subjects with high entrance marks!! Anyways :) Anyone who wants to hear me rant can contact me, if not, I'll curse the people at my own leisure ^_^
Toodles!
FINAL NOTE: DO NOT BOTHER TELLING ME THAT IT'S EMPTY, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULDN"T SEE FROM ME, AND STOP WHINGING ABOUT THE WHITE GRUNGE. STOP TELLING ME THERE IS NO SUCH THING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RULE THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE SUCH A THING. The simplest item probably in my gallery. Enjoy it while I do. And if I get sick of it, I will eventually delete it myself.
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Comments
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acid-awakening Oct 15, 2005
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ayane-heine Oct 16, 2005
*looks at the long intro* x_x
haha. that's your last wallie till nov 4.. aww..
first.. i'm impressed with the skirt part~~~
and i like the highlight on her hair..
although it is pretty plain (which you know), it is nice..
great job on the shadow part too.. XD XP -
Ephemeral-Garden Oct 16, 2005
You're leaving so soon? Was actually surprised when you submitted a wall for us before you leave. ^^
About you mentioning that the feeling of her not being "in" although she wear all those trendy outfits... kinda reminds me of myself. It makes me sad just to even think of being an "outsider" in everything I tried to do... and this wall... gives me that sort of feeling too. Listening to her iPod on top of the school block all by herself... loneliness describes this work so well.
And hm... like you've said... the building was made from scratch and causes the inparallel building... so I wouldn't go into that one. The scan, I guess you must have vectored it, right? Well, I must say... it's really a wonderful vector. I really can't see any differences in it with the original scan, except that you kinda took her bow away. ^^
Overall, the background is really quite a simplicity and it really gives off a very good and suitable expression; it suits the girl being so... hhmm... alone. I dunno. Just for some reason, I felt there's a feeling of loneliness in the girl. Well... just hope that you do well in your exams... and enter your favourite courses though. ^^ Gambatte kudasai ne~
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flyindreams Oct 17, 2005
First of all, mad props to you on fixing up an ecchi scan so nicely and extending her skirt (I detest ecchi with a passion... few exceptions if it's artistically done, but generally... yah. With a passion.) Second, kudos for drawing the background from scratch... I think it looks really great. The composition and the movement is really awesome. I don't have any bits of criticism apart from what other people said before... the extended line of the text looks a bit odd to me, and I think there can be more distinction in the texture of the stairs and the building. The texture in the sky also looks sort of odd... ^^;; I think you might've been better off without it ^^;;
i dunno why I've gotten so nit-picky lately. Must be in a walls-eating mood. And dammit this makes me want to wall T_T *rawr* to annoying stupid useless schoolwork...
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tevi Oct 27, 2005
<3 this ^^ But that's because I have the flaw of bias...
It's nice that you decided to go for simplism... Gives a sense of freedom... But in a way, I like your "fullness" a bit more, because it's a better "representation" of our world... And as you know, representations have become our reality <3 Baudrillard... We're also all trapped in the institutional cages of society.... And I'm too lazy to break out [too much effort required], so yes... Freedom is a figment of the imaginative journey... [You think English has finally gotten to me?]
But, I like the colours! The sunset, of course, is a bit typical... But the lovelt contrast with the purple makes this wall a lot more interesting than at first glance...
Also, the lack of undies rocks <3
Oh, and I know you said not to say this... But the building isn't parallel... @_@ But that's cool 'cause once it's on the desktop, it probably won't be as noticeable... ^^
- Lots of lub, Tevi <3
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Tokitoh Oct 28, 2005
Her legs are so long. I wonder if she can actually walk on these things. 0_o'
I really like the textures/brushes you used in this wallpaper. The background looks very good. Even great. The building and the fence... I am really found of the fence for some reason. ^^' The girl's shadow is definitely in place and the whole thing is just... great. Really good, thank you so very much for sharing this amazing wallpaper. <3 -
ShrinkNerv4Eva Nov 10, 2005
"The building is a school, which I based on the school buildings from some screen caps from Neon Genesis Evangelion."
So that's why this reminded me of Eva so much! That and the girl looks a lot like Asuka....
Oh, and what's wrong with ecchi walling? I see no problem... -
entocheets Nov 10, 2005
Gee... what a long prolouge to the wall... lol....
well it looks good to me so yeah. nice job.
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Impera Nov 29, 2005
Well, this has been the longest scan description i have ever seen, but i do like it as well as the image.
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somorc Dec 09, 2005
Very attractive the picture..great
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CyanideBlizzard Retired Moderator Dec 13, 2005
This has to be the longest description I have ever seen, and it rocks my socks.
First off, I gotta state that if people think this is ecchi, they need to get their eyes checked. I think you did a beautiful job making this scan, that was originally ecchi into something much more suitable (nice job adding onto her skirt). Though wow, I still think this is the best description I have ever seen for a wall *__*. I think you did a beautiful job with the scan. I don't get why people think that once someone does something 'ecchi' or something different from what they normally do, all of the sudden they've changed their style ~_~. I'll never figure it out, but I say do what you want to do. Plus, if it was an iPod style wall, it'd be plain and the girl would be all white or something along those lines ;). Still, I do have to say you did a beautiful job with her skirt, considering the original scan is rather ecchi, you did a fantastic job making this a very adorable scan.
As for the background, well, even if it was empty, you say that like it's a bad thing. Walls don't necessarly need to be full of life or clustered. Minimal can be good too :). I personally love that the most about this wall. There is enough, but there isn't too much to the point of where it feels she's in some crowded city. Fantastic job with the scenery if I do say so myself. A gorgeous sunset as well =x I'm a sucker for sunsets/sunrises, so this wall really caught my eye when I caught a glimpse of it. I also have to say that the detail of the building and the steps is rather interesting as well, the texture is unique and I personally have to say that I like it as well, rather fitting with the entire scenery and a very natural looking location. The sky is a gorgeous red-orangish color and the sign was a very nice touch as well. Overall, everything really gives that 'city girl' type feel to her, yet not to the point of where she's like in the middle of Time Square @_@. I really like that the most about this wall, kinda gives the feeling of my hometown and I personally love it there. Small, yet friendly faces and it suits me just fine population wise \o/. but that's off topic. I really love the angle as well, always nice to put things in a different perspective.What can I say, I think you did a gorgeous job with this wall and I personally think that it shouldn't matter if other people don't like it, what's important is that you like it :). As for myself, I personally love this wall. Simply a flawless job and it's earned my favorite as well.
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lampard Dec 26, 2005
wahsai...dam sexy
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onibozu Mar 11, 2006
cool wall, is that an ipod?
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Billy85 Aug 07, 2006
maybe your best wall..don't know why..it's not so complicated,but maybe that is why it is so good.The background is good ;)
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