Art update: 6 multifandom walls

[uglybusiness]

Hi, guys.
Updating a bit sooner than I planned, but since I'm currently sick and bottled at home, I thought I'd post the new walls I have. :)

The Vampire Diaries

As good as dead (Damon, spoilers for 2.21)
Made this manip during the wait for the season finale. :)

Katherine: Damon, he said you were as good as dead. What does that even mean? [...]
Damon: It

Comments

[mrsr58]

okay, these are awesome! :D

[uglybusiness]

Thank you! :D

[e0wyn]

OMG XD I'm not one for crack but I love what you've done with the Spn wallpaper dear! It's a great idea and their postures & facial expressions are just peachy :D I'm gonna snag it and use it as background :) Thank you!!

[uglybusiness]

Hehe! Thank *you*, I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D

[moscow_watcher]

I remember seeing this Spuffy wall on Buffyforums - but I can't stop ogling it again. Great job!

[uglybusiness]

Спасибо, дорогая! :)

[danito0o96]

I love your style and blending. <3 Amazing job on these!

[uglybusiness]

Thank you! :)

[evangelin1202]

Gorgeous work! Snagged the S/B wall and am enjoying it on my desktop right now. :)

Btw, can I ask you a question? How do you make all these different sizes? I mean doesn't the quality go down when you resize?

[uglybusiness]

Thank you! :)

I start with the biggest size (my working canvas is usually 1680x1200 or 1920x1200, sometimes bigger) and then resize or crop it down. And when resizing, I find it better to 1) flatten all layers except text before I resize (this way fonts won't go blurry); 2) resize; 3) then merge down the text and sharpen everything a little. I prefer Smart Sharpen because it allows finer settings than regular Sharpen.

Another trick is to never resize the image twice. Say, if my canvas is 1680x1050, I will create a snapshot of it in my history palette, resize it to 1440x900, sharpen, and save; then I'll go back to the snapshot of original size and resize the wall now to 1280x800, etc.

Hope this helps. :)

[evangelin1202]

Thank you so much! That helps a lot. I'm not all that good with walls but when I make some I like to present them in different sizes and I always have trouble with it. So, yeah, thanks! :)