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Fullmetal Alchemist Wallpaper: FMA: The Central Times

Hiromu Arakawa, BONES, Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric, Roy Mustang Wallpaper
Hiromu Arakawa Mangaka BONES Studio Fullmetal Alchemist Series Edward Elric Character Roy Mustang 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

  1. kotoko May 08, 2005

    how can i NOT fave it?? it's one of the most creative walls i've seen... haha.. i really enjoyed reading the article.... really really really creative!

  2. Sailoruranus May 08, 2005

    It's excellent!! I like the newspaper concept and the whole layout. The color give me the "antique" feeling and it's awsome to know that you create the "news" yourself! Great thanks for sharing!!

  3. dlzagnar May 08, 2005

    Very unique layout... who would have tought of a newpaper. 3 thumbs up

  4. diboweicncn May 09, 2005

    Whoa.. *read the lot* That's awesome. I love seeing the thought you put into your walls - this one especially. The locations, hehe~<3 Very well executed, as usual. Original, writing the entire article out. And salutations for that watch.

    The only thing I could possibly say would be.. make the drop shadow a few less pixels away? So that there's a tiny bit of shadow to the left/top sides or something - it just looks to me like the right side looks curled off the table, while the left looks pasted down.

    Whatever, it's a fav anyways. And I vote Roy's desk. I don't think Ed'd want to keep that particular snapshot, since it turns around to bite him in the bum later, fufufu~<3 Roy (the narcissist, heh) would probably be looking back at his own expression there and smirking.

    Whoa.. *read the lot* That's awesome. I love seeing the thought you put into your walls - this one especially. The locations, hehe~<3 Very well executed, as usual. Original, writing the entire article out. And salutations for that watch.

    The only thing I could possibly say would be.. make the drop shadow a few less pixels away? So that there's a tiny bit of shadow to the left/top sides or something - it just looks to me like the right side looks curled off the table, while the left looks pasted down.

    Whatever, it's a fav anyways. And I vote Roy's desk. I don't think Ed'd want to keep that particular snapshot, since it turns around to bite him in the bum later, fufufu~<3 Roy (the narcissist, heh) would probably be looking back at his own expression there and smirking.

  5. diboweicncn May 09, 2005

    I have to say it's one of the best of this type of wallpaper I've ever seen. I've seen the odd few, but this works so well. Excellent.

  6. Jotaro May 09, 2005

    Great Work ! Very novative, to write an article was a great idea.^^

  7. ejwcobra May 10, 2005

    this wallpaper is sweet! i bet that figuring out all that text on the newspaper was a pain though, but its really good... high quality, good resolution, nice colors... great work Tama-Neko!

  8. MrsRoyMustang May 13, 2005

    Whoaa!! that looks so awesome!! XD i'm so jealous! i can't make any graphics like that! FMA rocks!! woot woot!

  9. twinx May 14, 2005

    Holy crap i can't beleive you did that on your own. Looks really nice.

  10. Blue-Fox May 15, 2005

    very Awsome wall, just readin the article reminded me of the ep and cracked me up, very nice texturing of the paper and pocket watch, the picture in the paper was also welldone,

    good job :)

  11. irisauau May 16, 2005

    The idea of turrnin the wall to be a newspaper really inspires me! That's very nice and special

  12. Tsidkenu May 17, 2005

    Very creative and great graphics. How about having the entire newspaper there instead of just a torn-off piece? By the way, you sure you are not working for the press?

  13. naito-tsuki May 18, 2005

    I can't say how much I love the concept of this wallpaper. Excellent job, well done! I look forward to seeing more submissions from you.

  14. AyuTateishi May 22, 2005

    It's so unigue and amazing... I love the whole concept of the newspaper article... You did a wonderful job!!!

  15. geraldineokl May 24, 2005

    Seriously, this wallpaper is fantastic... And, i love it a lot. Great job, dude! Just can't believe that you actually typed out the article. You must have spent a lot of your precious time thinking and coming up with this article. Thks for creating such a wonderful artpiece... appreciate it A LOT! ^.^ no kidding...

  16. gerad May 26, 2005

    Your Imagination Sugoi~
    Are You typed up the article? It is super smart.
    It's great!!! very very good

  17. Jeneko May 27, 2005

    *_______* you made that all! wow you're very talented! very well detailed ^_^ nifty indeed!

  18. neji-neji May 29, 2005

    i like it mad propss! you type up all that. :) was a great fight toooo i might add. well laters.

  19. Kiumaru May 30, 2005

    The newspaper part was quite a nice touch. I especially like that reads like a real newspaper article that you would find in the real world.

  20. Teshinun May 31, 2005

    I like the filter ( I assume a filter was used ) on the newspaper. The effort put in to the article was great as well. And did you render the watch yourself? It's neat as well :)

  21. CutieBlossom Jun 02, 2005

    That episode has got to be the best episode that I have seen so far! ^^ It's sooo funny! You really did a good job on the newspaper! It did indeedie look like it was a real newspaper article and all! ^^ Must of been fun to write the article!

  22. ethnargy Jun 02, 2005

    Haha, "The Central Times"...did they actually have that paper in the anime?
    Wow, you typed up this whole thing yourself? Damn, that must have taken a long time!

  23. kurokaze Jun 02, 2005

    Wow that is really fantastic wallpaper i like it the idea is cool, very beautiful wallpaper super job ^.^

  24. geekomaniac Jun 09, 2005

    you wrote that article!? really? If so.. I think it's cool that you wrote one. hehe..

    and btw, great wallpaper! very creative... :D

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