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Erementar Gerad Wallpaper: Meet Me In Heaven (my 2nd wall)

Mayumi Azuma, Xebec, Erementar Gerad, Reverie Metherlence Wallpaper
Mayumi Azuma Mangaka Xebec Studio Erementar Gerad Series Reverie Metherlence Character

1600x1200 Wallpaper

Artist Comment

Yes, you are looking at my newest wall, that is at the same time my 2nd wallpaper in life :]

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Details about the wall:
Title: Meet Me In Heaven
Time to complete: 9 days (do not make me count hours >.< definitely too much)
Number of layers: 53
Original psd file: over 38mb
Tutorials read to complete it: dozens about each: water, planet, clouds

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Before I move on to the description of the walling process let me thank few members :D
First of all, I want to thank my great friend and great mod Keltosh for his support and objective criticism that allowed me and my skills to evolve and who pushed me to correct every mistake (even when I have been quite happy with the result ^^). It is thanks to him that I have learned not to push some things too much and value time, effort and patience :]

Next, I would like to thank two of my great friends here, whose continuous support, encouragement and help allowed me to finish this wall and not to leave it half-unfinished. They were with me through many times of my frustration and sadness. So basically without them this wall would not have come into being in this form (yes you know who is to blame:P). Anyway, thanks to Dufoe88 and Rikimaru-jp. They offered not only they words of encouragement but also took time to send me some useful brushes and so on :] So thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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Ok, now back to the wall.

First my intention: I wanted to make a background with a dancing girl in the heaven. I got a clear picture of what it should look like, but finding the proper scan that would fit my idea was not that easy. I have spent over 2 whole days digging through galleries at MiniTokyo, AnimePaper and some others. Searching. At the time, also Rikimaru-jp and Dufoe88 engaged in the search process and were sending scans they thought might suit my concept for the wall. None of the scans did. Until, I found (of course as a last one) this beautiful scan from Erementar Gerad at AnimePaper.

So, I had my scan. I extracted it. Now will be the laughing part :P Since I am a C-o-M-p-L-e-T-e n00b at walling, I did the extraction the longest possible way. I used the pen tool. Devoted over 2hrs to the sole extraction, and then Riki told me I could have used magic pen to extract it since that bg at the original scan was all white >.< He killed me there. Then I cleaned the extracted scan to improve its quality. And then I had to extract it 2 more times, because at one time my computer crashes (and I did not manage to save the file) and again cause there was a glitch in the extraction.

Ok. I had an extracted scan and my concept. I had to learn how to create water in photoshop (since I never did it before, quite understandable since it is only my 2nd attempt at walling). I have read every tutorial there is about creating water. Tried them all� but the effect was not satisfactory. So I combined few tutorials to create it, among them: Shinta's water tutorial and Rippled Water Walkthrough tutorial that I have found at DeviantArt. The others I can't remember.
But I am really proud of this water (actually I am the proudest of water in this wallpaper)

Then I moved on to create clouds. I made like 10 versions in over all of them until I became satisfied with them. For the clouds I used various brushes downloaded from DevianArt and send to me by Dufoe88. I have also drawn from a scratch the cloud at the very front ^^

Then I moved on to create planet. I did it according to Greg Martin's famous tutorial. The result you can see :]

Ok then I added wings, stars, birds, magic, mist and finally all the reflections in the water (not necessarily in this order). It might sound easy for you but it was a hell and real torment for me. Now I present you with the final effect.

Please comment, fav if you like it. I will gladly hear words of constructive criticism as well :] Since I do not know what to write I will just end it like that ^^

Oh, if you want to see some steps in this wall making process, see this: Steps walkthrough

Oh, and please full-view to see all the details (esp. water)

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Comments

  1. MissyG Oct 18, 2005

    It's soooo pretty!! And did you say that it was your second wp!? You're really good at it! :D Good job ^.^

  2. Farewell Oct 18, 2005

    To be honest with a girl that beautiful, I'm already in Heaven. I really like the wall, and the water effect is really amazing. A really good job.

  3. elomar Oct 18, 2005

    ahhh, she's so cute and the background is masterfully done. Great job and keep stuff like this coming:)

  4. kathee Oct 18, 2005

    floating on ice? lol very cool hehehehe i like this wallpaper very much

  5. kylewasson Oct 19, 2005

    Great wallpaper. The reflection in the water is perfectly done. Keep up the great work.

  6. Revan Retired Moderator Oct 19, 2005

    Your second wallie? you have made me fall in deep depression *cries*
    Anyways, there are so many strong points over this hole work but the details is what I have enjoyed the most, like the gentle sparkles, the work with birds, also your work over the clouds has come out really nice. But what I really loved was your hole work with the water specially the character's reflection and the hole behaviour of it that you have been able to capture, you have succeeded completely ;)
    There are 2 things to improve in my point of view (and lets hope I am able to put it in words) the horizon transition... were the water meets the sky, it is good as it is, but if feel it could be even more smooth, because it goes from blue to white and then purple, it doesn't show very much but you can see it at the border of the planet. The other thing I believe could have used more work is the text, though the vibe of the hole wall seems calmness and harmony I feel that if somehow you could make it look more important then the vibe could turn to something even more angelic if you know what I mean... don't know, maybe if you did a gentle sparkling around and a little light effect that could do the trick, but who am I kidding? I suck at scenes OX
    I'm really curious to see how future works from you turn out to be if this is your second attempt I bet something interesting will come... great job!!!

  7. DepressedYoukai Oct 19, 2005

    weeeeeee! This one came out sooooo good!!! I love it! The water really looks good. That's something I wanna try to do, /)_(\ Lol
    Anyway, nice work! ^_^

  8. darkbat321 Oct 20, 2005

    :) its great all the blue color and the walking on the water good work for a second wall :o

  9. chibinezumii Oct 20, 2005

    *speechless* gorgeous wallpaper... im sooooo jealous... keep it up!!!

  10. sukumei Oct 20, 2005

    That is an amazing wallpaper. Its so clear and how do u put it ........... beautiful
    I took off my homework time to get this im gonna get killed by the teacher

  11. Suicyco Oct 20, 2005

    Your 2nd wall? o__o Are you sureeee?? Wow! That's amazing ^^ I really love it! I'll add it to my favs ;) See ya!

  12. studio Oct 21, 2005

    Oh, that's really gorgeous jasmine. A fantastic second wallpaper. ^___^ Some of the effects you used look truely wonderful. Love the light feel of it all.

  13. Amru-chan Oct 21, 2005

    Oh, a very nice wallpaper >____<. I like it very much. You mix the color very profesional ^_______^. I will add it to my favorites ^^

  14. janicehamtaro Oct 21, 2005

    nice....very nice!!
    You should be proud of yourself!!
    It's just your second wallie and it turned up so great!!
    Keep up the good work!

  15. Yume101 Oct 21, 2005

    O.O This is wonderful... so beautiful... She really does look like she's waiting for someone or something... so sad... >.< *sniffle* Lol, anyway, this is great! I'm going to fave it and use it right away! Thank you so much for making such a nice wallpaper! *thumps up* ^_~

  16. teletha Oct 22, 2005

    Awesome wall. I can't believe it's only your 2nd attempt. Lovely job. Everything is great. ^_^

  17. LeeAnn Oct 22, 2005

    it looks so mystical.
    you really did a good job.
    i like the background of it and also the girl.

  18. angelrhea Oct 22, 2005

    wow, im stunned by this one. this one is really great. no doubt you are ms jasmine a rare gallery director. you made really impressive wallies, love it a lot. eveything is so nice or should i say perfect. you are great. love it.

  19. RainWater Oct 22, 2005

    The bomb! I don't care what others say, cuz I think this is really cool!

    I can't believe this is just your second wallie! (it almost inspires me to starT! -almost, but not quite :p)

    i really, really, really, really, really love it! I signed up a few days ago, and it was because I wanted to see the full picture of this! (no kidding!!!!)

    A favorite!

  20. Deathent Oct 22, 2005

    woww.. awesome wallies :D i wish i have the talent to make a great wallies like dis..
    looks like i have to practice more lol..

  21. Bee69 Oct 22, 2005

    this wall is bangin i difinetly using this as a wallpaper

  22. naniwa Oct 22, 2005

    Wow this is a beautiful wall. I love the colours you used. Great job :)

  23. Angel-Akira2004 Oct 22, 2005

    Sorry it's so beautiful that I have to make it a fav.
    It's a really nice wallpaper luv it!!
    :)

  24. omni Oct 22, 2005

    Sadly enough for your second "wall," it has made it into Today's Favorites. Making you my third victim.

    Scratch another.

    I decided recently to start commenting on certain desktop designs that made it into Today's Favorites, and to add exactly what it is that's wrong with them. Largely because to make it into Today's Favorites, in the Anime "Wallpaper" section, at least, requires that there be something definitively wrong with it.

    When I first saw this design (six days ago, incidentally), I thought to myself that it did, indeed, look better than the rest of the jokers hanging around in Today's Favorites. Certainly not good enough for an actual favorite, by my own (extremely high) standards, of course, but it stood out.

    My view from the thumbnail has been confirmed by my download. It is indeed a cut above the rest of these jokes of designs that make it into the Top Submissions. There are, however, problems.

    This is going to require my being more technical than I like to be on these descriptions, so consider yourself, in some, strange, probably perverse way, honored. I'm going to expend more effort than is necessary to see if I can't help you improve.

    I would like to first chastise you for not pointing out an original scan for comparison's sake. It makes my job all the more difficult, as with any other serious commenters. Still, I'm a perseverent son of a bitch if nothing else.

    The scan is not something I like. It is far too standard fare for anime. It is also a tribute to exactly what I think is wrong with much of the anime that is becoming popular in America today.

    The idea is boring, trite, and unoriginal. Get a pretty girl, wearing questionably cute clothes, and stick her on a pretty background. Fortunately for you, it appears that the creation of the background required far more effort than the extraction of the girl, which would otherwise be a surefire sign of a design that desperately needs tearing apart. You have successfully made an eye candy desktop design. I'm not sure if you're proud of that--I certainly wouldn't be--but you made something aesthetically pleasing, which requires some amount of talent. Not bad.

    I have little to say about the sky and clouds. They were well done, well researched, and/or well executed. The colors match the original scan and create a light and airy, if boring and overused, atmosphere. Excellent work on that much.

    The moon is far too large, and looks more like an excuse of a background than something that actually should be there. On the other hand, it's still aesthetically pleasing, and the colors match excellently.

    The water is the worst part. The ripple tutorial you utilized has something to it, but it doesn't give the water the surface tension, the dynamism, that it needs to look anything like water. Furthermore, the color of it is precisely the wrong shade of blue. I would recommend either a deeper, darker shade of blue to add contrast and mystery, or else a lighter, purpler shade that would match the rest of the background better and contribute further to the sense of lightness and airiness.

    The text is a bit too invisible, and I'm not a fan of the font used. It might be made a tad smaller, too, but only if you'd wanted to make it significantly more visible than it is now.

    Overall, a well-done, if still boring and trite, desktop design. Better than most that are found in Today's favorites. Good work.

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