Pretear Anime Wallpapers
Pretear: Ever After
Pretear: Ever After
By Tama-Neko
- Submitted:
- 2y 34wk ago by Tama-Neko
- Category:
- Pretear
- Official Creator:
- Type:
- Anime Wallpapers
- Resolution:
- 1,600x1,200
- Size:
- 395 kB
- Views/Downloads:
- 2,902/392
- Comments/Favorites:
- 28/50
My W.A.R. Round 3 entry.
Spoiler-Free version:
Hayate was a Leafe Knight, sworn to fight against Saihi, the Queen of
Destruction, from bringing darkness into the world. The battle was long and
hard, and in the end, the price of the war was too great. Although the Leafe
Knights managed to seal Saihi into a crystal prison, too many lives were
sacrificed, and Hayate blames himself for allowing it to happen. In the end, all
he can do is sit down and guard over Saihi in her prison, and try to come to
grips with his burden. For Hayate, there is no "happily ever after",
only an after.
Spoiler version:
Takako was the Pretear, who would pret (blend) with the Leafe Knights in order
to assume their powers and battle Saihi and the Seeds of Destruction. However,
Takako was scared of her duty. As Hayate moved into a position of protector, she
became more and more reliant on him to guide her through the nightmare -- to the
point where she would only blend with Hayate, even if blending with another
Knight made more sense in a battle. Realizing she was unhappy, Hayate asked if
she wanted to quit being the Pretear. It was the Knights' way of thanking her
for what she had already done. However, Takako didn't see it that way -- she had
become dependent on them; she was only fighting for their sake; this wasn't a
thank you, it was a farewell... She loved Hayate, and finally managed to confess
her love to him, but Hayate couldn't return it. He was her protector because she
was the Pretear.Takako couldn't handle the rejection. She felt she no longer had
anything to live for. As darkness entered her heart, Takako became Saihi. All
the Knights fought her, and managed to seal her away in a crystal, but lost
three Knights in the process. Hayate blames himself not only for the loss of the
three Knights (who were later reborn) but for loosing the Pretear. In the end,
the burden for him was too great, and he wanted to quit being a Knight -- but
unlike the Pretear, who was chosen by the Knights, a Leafe Knight couldn't quit
-- once a Knight, always a Knight. All he can do is sit, and guard over her, and
try to come to terms with his past, so that it will never happen again.
For both Takako and Hayate, there is no "happily ever after", only an
after.
Technical details:
The idea was inspired by a scene in the manga
(http://img374.imageshack.us/my.php?image=preteareverafterhayate9jg.jpg /
bottom, right). Hayate was traced from
(http://img374.imageshack.us/my.php?image=preteareverafterhayate9jg.jpg) while
Saihi was traced from
(http://img374.imageshack.us/my.php?image=preteareveraftertakako6jb.jpg), so
that I could easily reconstruct Hayate's missing legs and color the image in a
satisfactory manner.
The crystals were also traced; the foreground crystals from the Pretear scans,
the background crystals from a screenshot, and colored appropriately.
Numerous lighting effects were added to the interior of Saihi's crystal. Saihi
herself was distorted into the various sides of the crystal; each side had
slightly different lighting to get the appropriate glassy effect.
The background was a trace of a stock photograph of spindly pine trees. There
are several layers of trees; each successive layer dimming as it gains distance
from the viewer. They're there to provide a stark, dead backdrop that reflects
Hayate's dead feelings.
The sky is a mixture of gradient-work and brushwork. At first I went for a night
scene, and it was a fairly uniform dark greyish purple, but after seeing the
ends of a sunset, I decided to infuse more rose and gold hues into the image to
give it a richer and more varied feel.
The mist was achieved with some brushwork using a set of cloud brushes from
brushes.ObsidianDawn.com. Numerous layers of mist were used to achieve that
greying effect of objects far in the distance, and to give some depth and
separation to the various elements. It also emphasizes the coldness in the
image.
I played around with the title a lot, trying to find a phrase that matched the
setting well. After about a dozen ideas, I settled on "ever after" as
a play on "happily ever after", because Pretear is loosely based on a
number of classical fairy tales (Cinderella and Snow White to name a few) that
classically end in "Happily ever after." One of the reasons why I like
Pretear (or at least the manga) is that it shows a darker, more mature side to
the story -- sometimes, things don't work out happily ever after. It's how we
deal with the consequences that make life worth living.
When I began thinking about the challenge and the themes, I had a lot of ideas,
but this one worked out the best. I wanted to aim for the despair element
without using any grunge or texture to tell the story. I think using grunge or
texture is a valid way to tell a dark, despair story, but it's also an easy way,
a typical way, and WAR is about doing something different.
This image may not be published elsewhere without explicit permission from Tama-Neko. Minitokyo, members and affiliates will do all to protect it's members from such copyright violation.
Only members can post comments, please register.
WOW....this is ..... awsome...it must of took you very long...well it looks so to me and anyways...your hard work shows..this is greatly looking like you said a ture fairy tale..and knight to rescue its maiden in a frobinden siel...ohhh..o_O...i thinki I got a new idea for a poem and you helped me ot with your Lovely wallie.....thankies...NICE well done...its a keeper....
ill let you know when its done if your interested okie?!?!?
was definitely one of my fav round 3 walls, seriously damn good job with it. i love that crystal and the whole composition of it
wow, so beautiful......awesome work
, the
crystal iz almost perfect.
a fav for sure ><
this has got to be ur longest explanation ever! still, real nice to wall this scene ^^ was wondering how the colors wld turn out after I read the manga. Thanks for doing this wall. makes a great change from the usual sweet pink pretear walls ard
wow awsome work, I love the sky and the trees. nice fairytale wall
Crystally stunning in many ways possible, one of the starry pieces in the whole contest... love it as always Tama! :P
I love all in this wall.
Adding to my fav.
Great job. Keep it going.
=.=" looong description..nice effect of the mist but try surrounding at the back too and reduce some of the mist in front..try adding more stuff to the sky too..overall..quite nice^^
must have took u some time to finish this..+fav >3
Wow, very interesting! I like how she is in a crystal! Awsome job!
*nods nods*
I loved this wallie Tama... 
The
brighter color scheme made it one of the most eye-catching walls this round, and
that crystal is just so well done... *_*
...really incredible skills Tama
I'm
so glad that you won the Artisan title. *cheers*
Oh may, this wallie is absolutely beautiful, it has elagancy with a hint of misterious aura, I say one of your best works so far. Great job tama-neko-sama
At last a Pretear wall that is worthy of the show. Awesome job!
the composition is wonderful and has a very nice balance.
the crystal is also an amazing work of art!
wow!
its so beautiful!
very nice wallie!
very significant as well.
great!
(@_@)(^_^)(>_<)
GREAT !
Absolutly one of the best workz I've seen in this week ! Great atmosphere ! And vector - well done ! Great bg ! Just.....awesome work ! Congratulations 4 being still such a great waller !
Amazing work! It must took a lot of time to finish it. Wonderful!
luv your vector as usual !~<3
it just look so neat and clean
also .. i just wubb that gurl in the crystal
the purple-ish theme looks good too
<3
oh! Amazing! Thnx a lot!
Great job!
whoa
that is very interesting O_O
nice job!
you should do one with sasame in there instead of hayate though ^^
This is a lovely, lovely wallpaper and the description was amazing - even though I didn't read all of it. The content of the wallpaper is just great, vector and all. <3 +fav
i like the cristal thing, and that purple ambient too(heh, purple is one of my favorite colors :p), good job ^-^
nice.
I never found out what happened in the end does anyone know?
Wow! this wallpaper is great!