Artist Comment

Description time.. T_T I don't wanna.

About the wall:
It's kind of random, location wise. I just though a flooded checkered floor with koi living in it sounded cool. X3 And it's fun to make water~

The scan was pretty clean, so I didn't need to vector or recolor the image, I just extracted it, cleaned it a little bit more and roughly positioned it in the middle, adjusted the colors A LOT because I didn't like how dark she was. I used the Inverted clouds filter - > Chrome filter to make water, using the liquefy filter to make some swirls and dips. I made rings on the waters surface, and put a rose, and rose petals, which I painted (X__X) from stocks. I snagged the koi from stocks, and painted those too, then added reflections on the water and shadows. I added some extra detail to it by drawing in water droplets on Miku's clothing, hair, rose, and rose petals. Also made the checkers, and changed their perspective with free transform -> Distort, to get the angle right. I added shadows to the floor, and used the maple leaf brush + dodge and burn tool to make the tiles look marbleized (though you can't really tell now.. XD) Then toyed with hue/saturation, and Brightness/contrast to add the final touches. ..I hope I didn't forget to mention anything. @_@

This took me the better part of two days. *dies of hand cramps*

Resources

Koi stocks, rose, rose petals, and water texture are from DeviantArt
Original Scan is here.

Special Thanks to:

Everybody I bugged on MSN the last couple of days. :D

Comments/favs/critiques appreciated as always. *ded* ( ̄▽ ̄)

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Comments

  1. SayaSoul 16wk 3d ago

    Really cool <3
    ¡Thank u!

  2. CaMiLi 16wk 2d ago

    KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI!

    nothing else to add besides you used KOIII'S

    therefore : Fav

    :D

    j/k

    I'm lost for words for the water... you did such a great job with the water esp because water is so difficult to design so that it looks crystal clear :D. it's a mix between real-looking and abstract., i like that. all in all the wall looks very neat and clean.

    ...KOI 4 EVA

  3. vitaamin Elite Member 16wk 2d ago

    oh the lighting looks great <3 she's not too dark now and the color adjustments are gorgeous
    i hate you for being able to do water
    i think the fishies + petals etc shoudl have shadows on the floor?
    but either way great job
    and i am working on your layout .. soon >3

    merged: 08-08-2009 ~ 10:39am
    zomg i lied, i see the shadows on the fishies now

  4. jayes 16wk 2d ago

    cool...awesome job out tere

  5. Kritty 16wk 2d ago

    I <3 the crazy perspective.
    You did an awesome job on extracting and brightening Miku.
    I thought you had vectored her at first XD
    and the water and koi are just pure love.

  6. mistresslinny 16wk 2d ago

    what a gorgeous wall!
    everything is simply amazing... and that water! :O
    beautiful. thank you for sharing.

  7. sailorchiron Elite Member 16wk 2d ago

    Oh.
    My.
    God.

    This is AWESOME. I LOVE the colors, and I wish I knew how to do HALF of the cool effects you did with this wall *enrolls in Photoshop class* especially the water. My sister and I are both lusting after your water-making abilities. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this wall.

  8. FallenAngelZoicyte 16wk 2d ago

    wow this is freaking amazing, the floor with the water over it looks fantastic! i love the depth and clarity of the water and the ripples are very real looking! very nice job!

  9. Chloe-chan Moderator 16wk 2d ago

    I LOVE this wallpaper.
    The colors are fantastical and the scan is so neatly extracted! I adore the floor/water/background. Everything is blended perfectly! Awesome job~

  10. SamiKami 16wk 2d ago

    This is really cool. The water is so pretty. I've been trying to practice water effects and the cloud filter is a really good tip. Plus, the resolution fits my desktop :)

  11. louise02 16wk 2d ago

    the pic is scary yet the wallpaper is well made! ^^

  12. zaphod69 16wk 1d ago

    Well done art but call the plumber

  13. damion12 16wk 1d ago

    Word. This wallpaper rocks.

  14. dead 16wk 0d ago

    OMFG! that's a amazing, it just look amazing, beautiful job, +fav

  15. KyouS 15wk 6d ago

    amazing wallpaper i lyk the water effect ><

  16. ImyImy 15wk 6d ago

    Miku looks so coool! :)

  17. selyork 15wk 6d ago

    impresionante! 8o

  18. ScarXHeart 15wk 6d ago

    Love the wall. The way they made Miku do that with the leek is so weird... kinda inappropriate. lol.
    GREAT job on wall by the way!

  19. denitoo 13wk 0d ago

    nice :)

  20. EvanHunter Mute Member 6wk 6d ago

    thx for share

  21. monkycheez 4wk 2d ago

    Nice wallpaper i love it
    Wonderfull!

  22. valacent 4d 2h ago

    Very different, but excellent, kind of..creepy too?

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