Wallpaper of the Month [January 2012] - 1st Prize: $25 gift certificate

.: Wallpaper of the Month :.

Theme: Music

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". Presley is regarded as one of the most important figures of 20th-century popular culture. He had a versatile voice and unusually wide success encompassing many genres, including country, pop ballads, gospel, and blues. He is the best-selling solo artist in the history of popular music. Nominated for 14 competitive Grammys, he won three, and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36. He has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. Due to his great success they decided that the day of his birth (Jan 8th) is Elvis' day.

RULES FOR PARTICIPANTS:

1. The wallpaper must be your own work (if not you get the boot :p);
2. The wallpaper must not be already on AW;
3. Animation may not be used;
4. Hentai will not be accepted, however mild ecchi is allowed;
5. Only anime/manga, games, or a show that already has a category will be accepted;
6. Allowed sizes are 4:3 (minimum 1280x960), 5:4 (minimum 1280x1024), 5:3 (wide screen, minimum 1280x768), 16:9 (wide screen, minimum 1280x720) and 16:10 (wide screen, minimum 1280x800). There is no top limit, just keep it within the aspect ratios (more info about the ratios here)!!!
7. All entries must have "Animewallpapers.com" along with your forum name on the bottom of your entry (all of the submissions will be compared to the AW.com regulations and uploaded on the site);
8. All posts must include the anime/game name the characters on their wallpaper are from. If the characters don't belong anywhere categorize them as "Miscellaneous";
9. All posts must include the links to the original stocks used;
10. You are allowed to submit only one wallpaper, however you can submit more different aspect ratios of the same wallpaper;
11. You can change your wallpaper as many times as you wish until we close the submission thread (this thread) by editing your post;
12. By entering, you are giving the Anime Globe Productions LLC irrevocable right to use your entry through site promotion and so on (Artists will still be credited).

OTHER INFO:

• Submissions are to be submitted into this thread;
• This thread is for submissions and questions only. Each post without a submission or a question posted will be deleted and depending of the moderator's decision, the user may receive an infraction. Comments will be allowed in the results thread;
• The submission thread closes January 31;
• For stocks check the Resources sticky or the Uploads subforum (don't forget to give appropriate credit on the wallpaper for extractions used).

THE PRIZES:
1st place: $25 Amazon/iTunes gift certificate (the winner will decide which of the two options they want);
2nd place: This hat*: Attachment 56290
3rd place: See who left reputation (from the AF shop).

* Requires the winner to provide a valid address where the prize will be submitted to. If the prize is declined, it'll go to the third place winner, and so on.

Staff choice: a tag and the badge

Good luck to everyone and happy holidays to everyone.

If I could make a minor suggestion, the light-blue text is a little overwhelming, especially the lighter tone.


My Wi-Fi, it's gone out...

The theme is just music right? I can use Vocaloid, or just a girl with headphones and that would be a valid entry for this contest, yes?

That's correct.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Kaitou Ace

That's correct.

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Confirming what Ace said.

Series: Vocaloid
Character: Kagamine Rin (I think)
Stock: http://e-shuushuu.net/images/2009-08-07-185892.jpeg
Background pattern(s): Notes,
I may change it to a second one later, but feel free to use this one too :)

Attachment 56702

Series: Super Anime Fun Buddies My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Character: Vinyl Scratch aka DJ P0N-3
Source: http://korikian.deviantart.com/art/3...atch-221460254

Artist: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.p...ust_id=9675536
Category: Misc.

Ratio - 16:10 (2192 x 1370)
Character - Vocaloid Hatsune Miku
Render/Stocks Used -
Hatsune Miku Render - http://forums.animefushigi.com/showt...ull=1#post1555
Ice Cubes Stock 1 (Photo of six blocks) - http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesFor.../ucm197586.htm
Ice Cubes Stock 2 (Photo of many blocks) - http://wallpapers.net/view/sparkling...-1280x800.html

8:5 Ratio.
Original stock: http://serated13.deviantart.com/favo...52780#/d4jqyfn
Everything else from scratch.

What an absolute joy this wallpaper was. I really wanted to explore more than JUST anime vectors, so I tried out a real person while trying to limit the amount of detail I put into the features. The background was also a fun experiment, kudos to Xey for suggesting the concept of the equalizer. Using boxes and lights in a type of city, I tried making a 'city of equalizers.' I think it turned out nice.

Attachment 57192

My entry is Miku from vocaloid.
Attachment 57254 Attachment 57222

すずめ, the wallpaper is missing your name on it. Please update your entry.

Attachment 57410

1080p Res, image is from http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.p...st_id=23944076 background used to be a very crappy photo. It's both less crappy and less photo now, taken by me on a point and shoot. Don't have a real camera yet.

It's original artwork, and I just really liked it. No show, which means Miscellaneous or whatever you call that.