Random Graphics

[PlatinumHawke]

You gotta love Paint Shop Pro, especially when you get really good at it... or when you aren't a total n00b to it (I fall into the latter. ^^;;). These really aren't meant to be desktop BGs, since they're only 640x480, and who really uses that res now anyway? Oh well, less of me chatting, more posting of images.

New format. Hope you like.

Archives:
DWI Backgrounds/Banners:
Added January 19th, 2003
Hayashibara Megumi - Midnight Blue: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/midnight-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/midnight-banner.png)
LED Light - Infinite Prayer: Background (http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/taka/infinite-bg.jpg)
LED Light - Infinite Prayer -Another-: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/infinite-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/infinite.png)
Two-Mix - La Vie en Rose: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/rose-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/rose.png)
See-Saw - Obsession: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/obession-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/obession.png)

Added January 21th, 2003
LED Light - Hyper Boundry Gate: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/hyper-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/hyper.png)
Hayashibara Megumi - Don't Be Discouraged: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/dontbediscouraged-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/dontbediscouraged.png)
Hayashibara Megumi - Give A Reason: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/reason-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/reason.png)
Hayashibara Megumi - Lively Motion: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/motion-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/motion.png)
Hayashibara Megumi feat. Masami Okui - Nemurenai Yoru wa...: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/sleepless-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/sleepless.png)
Okui Masami - Jama wa Sasenai: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/jamawa-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/jamawa.png)
Okui Masami - Rinbu-Revolution: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/revolution-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/revolution.png)
Suzy Lazy - Love Generation: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/Love-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/Love.png)

Sig Banners:
Added January 21th, 2003
This one speaks for itself... (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/caption.png)
Chick with gun. *lookout* (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/day.png)
The dj is always right. (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/mrdj.png)
Just a towel? (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/towel.png)
Hentai doujinshi covers make good banners. (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/cuteness.png)

Random Stuff:
Nothing Yet.

[Hanatori]

Those are very, very spiffy.

How do you make the sunburst in Paint Shop Pro 6? ^^;;;;

[PlatinumHawke]

It's on 7, under Illumination Effects

Obsession (http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/taka/obession-bg.jpg)
I think I'm on a roll tonight. This latest one is very pastel (textured white layer, 60% transparency), and it goes nicely with how the image looks. The bottom most layer took only a few moments to make, mostly sampling colour from Aura's hair, making dots with the airbrush, and then adding a heavy glass-mosaic filter. Go simple innovations, w00.

Midnight Blue (http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/taka/midnight-bg.jpg)
Nothing extensive. Take a pic of the moon, size it down, add a layer of blue, adjust transparency, and toss in a bit of text. Voila, instant BG for like, 5 minutes of work. Simplicity works best people, trust me.


Infinite Prayer (http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/taka/infinite-bg.jpg)
First and foremost, I have to say that "LED is your freaking god." That out of the way...

The inspiration for this BG came from the overall sound of the song. Infinite Prayer has this very jungled out feel to it (if you know the song, you understand what I mean. If you haven't go get this song!). The effect seen on the text is a small trick I came up with a while ago. The effect is merely two identical lines of text, offset from one another, with the orange filter inbetween the two.


Infinite Prayer -Another- (http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/taka/prayer-bg.jpg)
This one I like, ALOT. Unlike the original Infinite Prayer, the -Another- version more of a psych. Trance song. Hense, the very trippy and spirital look of the BG. Sunburst added for extra effect.


La Vie en Rose (http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/taka/rose-bg.jpg)
Ah, Two-Mix. Where would I be without you?
Probably off listening to mainstream music (*shudder*), but that's besides the point.

[Kasumi]

Way cool backgrounds! My faves are the Infinite prayer- another, La vie en Rose and Obsession. The effects on them are excellent. Two thumbs up!

[PlatinumHawke]

heh, thanks. Though, it's suprising how all these effects aren't all that big and complex, but they just look so dang cool.

Anyhow, I changed file-hosts, and I have some new bits of art ready. And since I think that this thread could get rather lenghty, I'm going to do what I did over in fan-fic with my work. I'll still post new works in replies as I've done before, but the first thread will have a list of what I've made so far, just for easy access (I know people don't like digging through pages for a certain something.)

New BGs
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Hayashibara Megumi - Don't Be Discouraged: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/dontbediscouraged-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/dontbediscouraged.png)
I'm obsessed with blue, as you can see. ^^;; And the font file I used never had the ' character, so I had to use the " instead. Looked fine when it was small, though, it still works.

LED Light - Hyper Boundry Gate: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/hyper-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/hyper.png)
winAMP. The source for endless base images. Seriously, it is. The Advance visualiztion studio, something I never used until now, can provide a wide variety of images through it's plug-ins. Take this one for example. It's basically a direct cap from the plug-in. Add some text, and you have a mind-blowing BG.

Okui Masami - Jama wa Sasenai: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/jamawa-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/jamawa.png)
Hehe. Slayers has always been a personal fave anime of mine, so when I saw this pic, I was like "Wow. I can do things with this." And so I did. The title of the song, "Jama wa Sasenai" translates out into "Don't Disturb Me," and seeing as who Lina looks very much deep in thought, the text plays nicely off that fact.

Suzy Lazy - Love Generation: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/Love-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/Love.png)
winAMP strikes again! An improvement over the old look of this BG, ie a better placement of the text, and the psuedo-3D look with the staggered layering of the text.

Hayashibara Megumi - Lively Motion: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/motion-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/motion.png)
Gasp! Something made *entirely* from scratch. Not one single source, or anything. The motion blur on the text didn't come out as I wanted it to, but hey, still looks good.

Hayashibara Megumi - Give A Reason: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/reason-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/reason.png)
One of the earlier works. Crop, flip, song title... next.

Okui Masami - Rinbu-Revolution: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/revolution-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/revolution.png)
Gotta love that Shakira's Eye plug-in. Half a dozen filters later, and this comes out. w00t. And what about the text? Moderately blurred dialogue from the series, Shoujo Kakumei Utena. "They way for you has been prepared... ...you have no choice but to... ...bring the world Revolution." Revolutionary indeed.

Hayashibara Megumi feat. Masami Okui - Nemurenai Yoru wa...: Background (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/sleepless-bg.png) - Banner (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/sleepless.png)
Read Hyper Boundry Gate.


New Banners for old BGs
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LED Light - Infinite Prayer -Another- (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/infinite.png)
Hayashibara Megumi - Midnight Blue (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/midnight-banner.png)
See-Saw - Obession (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/obession.png)
Two-Mix - La Vie en Rose (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/rose.png)


Sig Banners
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This one speaks for itself... (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/caption.png)
My fave shoujoai shipping banner. I love using odd source images for projects. =P

The dj is always right. (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/mrdj.png)
HAHA! Found this image on Ishkur's website not too long ago. I never altered it much, but you don't wanna mess with a gag *this* good. And for those of you that don't get it, you don't listen to tech. music enough.

Just a towel? (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/towel.png)
Hehe, now this is too cute to pass up making a banner for. Lina-chan pwnes j00.

Hentai doujinshi covers make good banners. (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/cuteness.png)
Now kids, if you expect something hentai... this isn't it.

Chick with gun. *lookout* (http://takanohakkin.tripod.com/day.png)
Ok, I think I used the blur average just a bit too much when I was making these...