Dark Angel

[Myrra]

Here's another wall I've been playing around with. I'm not too sure about the text, but I do like the way the rest of it came out. The angel came from an extraction done by Thornwillow. And as can be currently seen it's where I got my sig and ava.
Feel free to offer suggestions.

[hkk]

love the flowers on the bottom ^^ also how you used the negatives of them
did you know that i used that image myself once? ^^

*huggies*
~HKK

[Madel5566]

I like the wallie, but the flower petals seemed wierd with the bloody sword. It's really great though!

^^Good luck in doing more wallies~!

[Myrra]

I don't have much of a selection with flowers (or plants of any sort)...in fact, I only have two flower brush sets and the other set I have is far too sketchbook-y to work. So as with anything in life, you work with what you have. And I like the contrast the flowers bring to the sword wielding angel. As I was trying to get at with the text, Angels aren't all about offerring comfort and caring. Angels have fought wars.

[Chazity]

Wow...I don't know what to say, except that it is reeeeaaaalllly good!

I like how you've done the colouring and the lighting....actually I love what you have done with the WHOLE thing. That is all I can say really lol

[MistressPookyChan]

Not too bad! First, the positives: The colors are really neat; I like how they work together. Also, the image is crisp and clean.

Now, the stuff to work on: The parts of the wallpaper don't seem to blend. It all looks like separate layers with no flow or depth. Some simple ways to fix this would be: work on finding a focus, and make it stand out; modify the text (it flattens everything).

[Myrra]

Pooky, I'll try to make the layers blend a bit more, but I'm trying to figure out exactly what you mean about the text. Are you referring to placement, the size, the font, the colour, all of the aforementioned?

[Light Buster]

I don't think it is a good idea to put your character on the left as she can get covered up by desktop icons.

[Arrangements]

I don't think it is a good idea to put your character on the left as she can get covered up by desktop icons.
If you have a Mac it wouldn't be a problem because the desktop items are on the right instead of the left!

[Crippe]

oh wow, your wallpaper is wonderfull :) everything looks really good :)

[My Dark Magic]

I think everything looks great! ^^ But the flowers are the weird thing with the bloody sword. And also, the test is alittle overpowering but thats just me, keep it up id like to see more soon.

[MistressPookyChan]

sorry, text comment was a big vague. I think that by putting the text on top of all the layers, it makes the image seem flatter. If the text was only on top of, say, the sky, it wouldn't seem as flat. Also, making it smaller may help.

[Myrra]

So what your saying, Pooky is for me to move the text up so it doesn't cross from the sky down to the landscape? I'm hoping to have time this weekend to work on this. I've just got to figure out how to blend the layers better.

[Fourstarball]

I'm in agreeance with MPC about the text.

Sometimes an image looks like all the layers go together.

Sometimes adding text just means it looks like you added a layer that just doesn't seem to blend in.

It's normally because I add text for the sake of it, without considering matching colours, or if the main pic should be the focus.

Take some time to make sure the text looks like it was always meant to be a part of your creation, not just an after thought. I spent two hours on some text recently, and it still looked out of place.

Hope that helps.:)

[Key]

Saying that you only have 2 or 3 sets of brushes and just work it out isn't the right thing. Plus, blending it with what you only have will just messed up even worse.
I really love the flowers. But it will not work for this wall.
To have a lovely scan with this bg, no can do...

You did a nice job cleaning the scan. But the bg doesn't blend well with the scan.
As clearly seen, the girl is holding a sword with stains on it. So, if it's like this, I would suggest you make a red bg with grunge brushes. Or, to a harder and more challenging idea, do a dark scenery. Example, the girl is in a forest with lots of trees in the night. Example, a hill and a lake with grass.
But, do not use light glow on the scan. It may seem odd to have her on the glow when she's actually a killer-like girl.
The text is really big. Somehow, it's a poem or just a quote...
But it won't suit the wall. Unless, you come up a title that fits the wall well.

Nice try. Good luck working on your bg. ;)