Someday's Dreamers Wallpaper

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Not your traditional type of Anime Christmas wallie but when have I ever been a normal waller :D
Anyway, here's my Christmas wall for the year. It ain't extremelery christmasy (or extremelery detailed and technical) but I hope you enjoys it all the same.

As soon as I saw this scan I throught of the Australian outback.
The trees, the rocks and lake all remind me a Australian bush landscape.
In case anyone who doesn't know me too well, I do happen to live in Australia (not in the bush through mind you), where Christmas falls in summer... not winter.
So to me, making a wallpaper with girls in santa suits in awintery type background just didn't seem like Christmas too me..... since Christmas for me over here is all about the heat, the beach, swimming, playing backyard cricket and generally being basked in sunlight.
I tried to reflect that in this wall. The sun, the heat and the beauty of the landscape.
Hence the title "Merry Christmas from the Sunburnt Land.

Anyway enough waffling on, about the wall.
I really didn't do much to it. Original scan here: http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/43789/
I felt the scan was too beautiful to change too much, so I mainly just did some filters and a lot of work with the burn tool and colour levels. I aimed to make it look like a watercolour painting somewhat.
Anywhoo... enjoy the wall.

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Comments

  1. RonWeasley Dec 19, 2004

    nice! i like the bg!!!!

  2. gabrielk1 Dec 19, 2004

    This is great, the work in the watercolors are great

    Very Nice!

  3. Nayako Dec 19, 2004

    Its so sweet!! XD
    Very original idea of making Christmas wallie!! ;)


  4. neko-chan Dec 19, 2004

    Very nice wallpaper!!It gives me a warm feeling^^
    I like the bg and the scan alot!!

  5. Xueli Dec 19, 2004

    I love the ambiance this wall is showing. very calm and serene. Nice idea for a christmas wall!

  6. anael Dec 19, 2004

    woow i like this effect ^^ good wallpaper i like it ^^ good job !! +fav :D :)

  7. Tirdaelyn Dec 19, 2004

    Wow. I really like this wallpaper. The effects you used are all very nice. I also like that it is very cleanly done. It is a great wallpaper. :D

  8. Electrastar Dec 19, 2004

    ohhh nice one Hikari-chan. It looks just like a watercolor painting. I love the effects and I think it's an original Christmas wallpaper.

  9. AkinaSpirit Dec 19, 2004

    Really nice wall ^^
    i like the sense of nostalgia that I get from the wall... or at least thats what I personally feel from it ^_^'

  10. GundamZZ Retired Moderator Dec 19, 2004

    hahaa....definitely not ur usual xmas themed wall XD but i think itz still pretty good!! ^_^ i really like the painted style bg and the character blends in really well.... keep it up!! :D

  11. daikatana Banned Member Dec 19, 2004

    Woooow great wallpaper so amazing it's really fantastic wall ^_^

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  12. shirahana Dec 19, 2004

    Very nice ^_^ I like the painting feel of this wallpaper XD A very good piece of work! :D

  13. Li-Mei Dec 19, 2004

    oh, it's fine, i like your version of the picture better. X3 i think you did a really great job on this, it's reallyl a nice wallpaper!! ^^

  14. achan12 Dec 20, 2004

    :O this wallpaper looks awsome!
    someday's dreamer's characters are just simply beautiful.

    have a very merry christmas ^.^

  15. euna Retired Moderator Dec 20, 2004

    Oh wow.. this is a beautiful wallpaper... I luv it.. the mood of it is great! Calm and soothing.. ^_^
    i luv the bg... and the colours.. they're all awesome! Great job! *fav*

  16. darkwaterbunny Dec 20, 2004

    oi! Very nice and lol, not a normal wallie ^_~ but its still really good! I like how you made this, its really suiting....in a odd way <.<. Anyway, great job!

  17. Blade2086 Banned Member Dec 20, 2004

    It looks like an oil painting..

  18. Pysiol Dec 20, 2004

    Good wall. It has it own climate if you know what I mean......
    Anyway it is my new fav.

  19. sammo Retired Moderator Dec 20, 2004

    wow, what a pretty wallpaper! the coloring of the background is unique and sets it apart from other scneric wall :D

  20. ImpactBLUE Dec 21, 2004

    I love this wallpaper, a Somedays Dreamers Wallpaper for Christmas, i'm happy ^^ thanks a lot.

  21. mughi Dec 21, 2004

    Phew, this is one impressive wallpaper here. Painted background effect works well with the character. Hell, its so good I don't know what else to say. ^_^'

  22. Noctum Dec 21, 2004

    Very nice composition and bg, but some parts of the character picture give me the impression of a pixelated extraction (especially the part below the left knee). O_o

    I still like the overall mood enough to call this a good wallpaper anyway. :)

  23. annihilator10000 Dec 24, 2004

    very nice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    es un wallpaper muy bueno !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    gracias.-

  24. Katerinahuynh Dec 25, 2004

    Thanks for sharing this pretty wallpaper.
    It's X'mas, I like it.
    Merry X'mas.

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