hey cool wallpaper! me likes it!
Hiromu Arakawa Mangaka
BONES Studio
Fullmetal Alchemist Series
Roy Mustang Character
Edward Elric Character
1600x1200 Wallpaper
Artist Comment
I'm not quite sure what the original motivation behind this wallpaper was, because the idea came when I was still
working on my Spiral wallpaper, but I
thoroughly smashed it because I knew that if I began it, I would never finish the Spiral one. Well, I finished the
Spiral one so I threw out this one.
I based the newspaper layout, especially the typeset, on the front page of the LA Times, since that's what I read
most often, and it's readily accessible. The scan comes from Kino. I wrote up the copy myself (hence the byline,
Tamane Cole, which you can pronounce the same way as "Tama-Neko" - I also had fun giving Kino (Kee Noh) credit
as the photographer from the Associated Press :))
Some minor texturing on the paper to give it an aged, newsprint look. Wood panelling come from Stock Exchange, plus some filtering to soften it a bit.
Watch was built based on several screenshots from the first opening and throughout the show. This also allowed me to use
the chimera as a logo for the paper itself.
I went through about 4 ideas for the newspaper's location. Originally it was going to be to Winry, as if Ed had
torn out the article and sent it to her, and I was going to put some screwdrivers and wrenches on the table to indicate
it was at her place. Then I thought it could go the other way around, with Winry forwarding the piece to Ed with a note,
and a silver pocketwatch to indicate it was at Ed's place. Then I didn't want to draw screwdrivers, nuts and
bolts, or a silver watch, so I wrote a note from Risa to Roy reprimanding him for his actions, and was going to draw in
Roy's spark gloves. But spark gloves were too difficult to draw, too. Also, the notes were starting to look rather
petty. So I gave in and redrew the watch, so whether it's on Roy's desk or Ed's is up to you.
Okay, I think that's the longest description I've written for a wall yet. I bet most of you won't even
read it.
Oh well.
If you're really curious, here is full text of the "press release"
since some of it is trimmed off by the angle of the paper. This isn't exactly the text in the wall, since I did
some final editing in Photoshop to adjust for the column spacing, but that's the original copy.
EDIT:
Dude, stop faving this wallpaper -_- Nat's
wallpaper is way more creative, unique, and well executed than this thing. Her wall deserves way more attention than what it's been getting
and way more favs this this wall.
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Comments
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aoishikuroizuki May 28, 2010
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sairaiz Jun 25, 2010
great work friend
thanks for sharing
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k35 Jul 06, 2010
well done & great gob
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GiorgiaANoveCode Aug 17, 2010
how wonderful! wow, it's wonderful, congratulations!
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byondestiny Aug 26, 2010
The article is so cool! Basically the whole thing is awesome
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marcella Sep 21, 2010
thank you for sharing.. I love fma..^^
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joyti28000 Dec 28, 2010
Great paper and yes please.... if I can't find anything to nag about on the wallpaper.....................
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itguy Jan 13, 2011
hehehe, love the article xD Great wallpaper!
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InezMaria Feb 03, 2011
Wow, great idea! And, the best part is the article xD
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CookieMonster1 Feb 24, 2011
Waaaaaaaa... So awesome! =3
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ArchEngel13 Mar 21, 2011
It's soo coooooooooooooool!
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Riptideiskool Mar 25, 2011
looks like Ed wants to stab the camera
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aqito Jul 07, 2011
so cool
love it so much -
DeathXLight278 Jan 26, 2013
nice graphics........
where do buy this newspaper?!?!
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