Art SunfallE's Wallpapers

[SunfallE]

[COLOR=RoyalBlue]Recently, thanks to another myOtaku member, I acquired the program Terragen for making backgrounds. Now I?m still working through the guide on how the program works and learning what I can do with it, so in the effort to learn I?ve made several wallpapers where the backgrounds were made with Terragen.

[URL=http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5118/sisterprincessbysunfalle015ny.jpg][COLOR=RoyalBlue]Wallpaper Number 1[/COLOR][/URL]
[URL=http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/7168/sisterprincessbysunfalle024km.jpg][COLOR=RoyalBlue]Wallpaper Number 2[/COLOR][/URL]
[URL=http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/1535/sisterprincessbysunfalle032jb.jpg][COLOR=RoyalBlue]Wallpaper Number 3[/COLOR][/URL]

The last one was a request by another myOtaku member and since they have also sent me several other character pictures asking if I would put them on a similar type of background. (They saw the second one with the mountains and the lake and liked it) I thought I would come here and ask for some feedback on what I?ve done so far.

The biggest flaw I?ve noticed is that it?s hard to cleanly separate the character picture from the original background. Right now I?m using Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 and though the magic eraser does help, often it takes part of the character away as well. So if anyone has some tips on how to make that easier, or if you see any other glaring mistakes, well any feedback would be greatly appreciated. ^_^[/COLOR]

[jigglyness]

The backgrounds are really well made but the stock image doesn't match very well together. But the background images are really impressive. I might start to maybe try to get that program too. lol.

As for the cropping, instead of using the magic eraser, I just use a regular eraser and zoom into the image at about 300% and slowly manually erase the edges. Although it might take a lot more time and work, I find it alot more accurate.

[SunfallE]

[COLOR=RoyalBlue][quote name='jigglyness']The backgrounds are really well made but the stock image doesn't match very well together. But the background images are really impressive. I might start to maybe try to get that program too. lol. [/quote]Actually I agree, it was more of a curiosity to try them more than anything, and that one was a request. And I?ve still a few more requests to do as well. But overall I?ve never been a fan of mixing anime with realistic looking pictures, even if they were created by a program and not an actual photo. As for getting the program, it?s actually free if you or anyone wants to use it. It doesn?t even require much space as the actual program is about 10 mb.[URL=http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/][COLOR=RoyalBlue][B][U]Terragen[/U][/B][/COLOR][/URL] There?s also a tutorial that goes over the basics of what you can do with the program. Something I?m still working through. [URL=http://www.caroluk.org.uk/terratut/][COLOR=RoyalBlue][B][U]Tutorial[/U][/B][/COLOR][/URL]

The only drawback is you have to save a lot since there isn?t an undo button so if you make a change and don?t like it you?re stuck with it. Once you?ve got things set, there?s a render preview section, the rendering process takes forever. Especially if you up the level of details for a higher quality picture. The background in the third one took about seven minutes to render and that?s with over a gig of ram and 128 mb graphics card. Though for a free program it does a pretty good job.[quote name='jigglyness']As for the cropping, instead of using the magic eraser, I just use a regular eraser and zoom into the image at about 300% and slowly manually erase the edges. Although it might take a lot more time and work, I find it alot more accurate.[/quote]Thanks! I feel a bit stupid since I have been zooming in a bit, but only to about 200% I just did another request and once I went in further to 300% and in a few areas even more, well it made the cropping much easier. ^_^[/COLOR]