Dragon Ball Wallpaper: Bloody Wish

Title: Bloody Wish
Character: Black Star Dragonballs
Series: Dragon Ball GT
Dedicated: Axel (Shadowlynx) for altered, more matching, version idea
(he suggested I change the normal dragonballs to the black star dragonballs to suit the wallpaper better)

Original (but submitted as Alternate) Version:
Title: Power of Dreams
Character: Dragonballs
Series: Dragon Ball/Z/GT

My Comment on "Bloody Wish":
The "Bloody Wish" is a sort of altered version of "Power of Dreams" wallpaper (will submit as alternate version). They're actually exactly similar except for the coloring and shading. In all complete honesty, I just couldn't get the first's colors for the second (B.W.) wallpaper... I don't exactly write down the steps I used to get certain effects/looks >.> I just experiment and then go "yay! I likie!" xD This one I TRIED to get it as close to the other as possible (was just going to replace the first wallpaper) but the shadowing/colors/effects proved too much. . . Then after tryin', lookin', and thinkin' about it, I realized that this wallpaper (B.W.) SHOULD be "darker" than the other in both feeling and actuality because this version features the Black-Star dragonballs which blow up the planet the wish is made on... not exactly a happy-go-lucky idea, huh?

With that all said, this is probably the more fitting wallpaper to my vector (which, btw, I had to recolor the stars and then REBLEND the whole damn vector... might not seem like a lot of work, but trust me, I had to move like the stars and bubble highlight layers UP to another vector layer while moving the bottom, base of the dragonball DOWN to another layer... not to mention each dragonball was on a different vector layer to begin with sooo it was NOT fun doin' all that movin'... followed by which ones would be blended or just smoothed or not touched and so on... yes, very annoying).

My Comment on "Power of Dreams"
I made this wallpaper actually back in... *looks* November 2010 xD and to be completely honest, it was a remake of an even older wallpaper I had made back when my DB vector SUCKED (and I do mean it was BAD; if ya want to see it, go to my DB vector link at the bottom and in that there will be a link to the original of original DB vectors I did... trust me, it's not pretty). The very first wallpaper I made with the sucky DB vector was "Dragonballs" and a link to it has been added to the bottom as well. This first wallpaper was made for my "Shrine" on my website for DB/Z/GT series. However, when remaking the wallpaper with the new and improved DB vector, I found that I didn't like the stars I'd thrown on the DBs and that I didn't really like them sitting on a yellow cloud anyone. (The Dragonballs wallpaper looks really good at like 20% haha).

ANYWAY! I wanted to add some lightening to the background because there is always lightening when the dragon appears, I wanted some clouds on top of the dragonballs in a way that the sky goes dark and clouds appear (which if you think is being reflected on the slick dragonballs' surface). Lastly just threw in some general brushes and mixed and matched layers to see which looked good. Decided, compressed some, highlight changed others, gamma it all at one point, did some clarifying... and tada! Lol. It wasn't till I posted it on facebook that my friend (that Bloody Wish is dedicated to) told me that the black stars would look much better with it and so I went about changing it (jump up to its description for more).

Time Line:
Original "Scan"/Image Used
First Dragonball Vector [March-November 2009]
"Dragonball" Wallpaper [November 2009]
Redid Dragonballs Vector Unblended [November 2010]
"Fight for the Wish" Vector Blended [November 2010] [on MT]
"Power of Dreams" Wallpaper [November 2010] [Listed Above as Alternate Version]
Redid Vector for Black Stars Unblended [February 2011]
Blended Black Stars Vector [February 2011]
"Bloody Wish" Wallpaper [February 2011] [Above]

Credits/Extra:
Paint Shop Pro 8
Original Scan
Brushes: Free-brushes.com

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