Reno's Flashy Scene

[Reno]

Based on the recent sig and avatar I made, follows a wallpaper dedicated to the scene when Reno and Rude attempt to go out with a heroic bang, but only make a firework display.

The japanese is using the modern katakana writing, not the traditional hiragana method. The Text レノ; becomes Reno, and the text
シンラデンキドリョクカブシキーガイシャソムブチョサカ
will become Shinra Electric Power Company.

Just some standard recolorings and cutting out.

No full version for this on Im afraid.

Side note: The japanese will only show if you have language packs installed.

[Raistlin Majere]

admin said:

Reno and Rude attempt to go out with a heroic bang, but only make a firework display.

I can't see the firework display being by accident. Rude says "If nothing else, it's flashy", so it sounds like he knows exactly what it is. If it were a real bomb, Reno and Rude would certainly be killed. Most likely just a distraction explosion to stop Loz and Yazoo. From there, either Reno and Rude left the scene, or fought with them for a little while--but then, how could Loz and Yazoo have made it to where Cloud and Sephiroth fight, and Reno and Rude appear in the last scene without a scratch?

Anyway, your old Reno wallpaper looks better, especially the re-colored bottom-right image on the hair. I'd say that in the corresponding thread, but there isn't much to my statement.

(Wow, you're basing an entire wallpaper on one single line in the movie? Inspiration, I suppose.) Your new one is . . . less serious, for lack of a better word, and just basically a single image put against a scene background with text put into it. No effects to be had here, but perhaps that wasn't necessary. Clearly you were trying to go in a slightly different direction here. Very simple. The Japanese is an interesting touch, and the text itself is well done. Stemming from your patented technique, I might have applied more blur to the hair on the right side of his head.

Still, when you use a well-captured image from Advent Children, you can't help but say that the image looks good. Reno's jacket sticks out as looking really good in this one.

Overall, a good cut-out job, and the only evidence that it was cut out at all is the section of hair that I mentioned.

7.25/10

[Reno]

Yeah, its nothing fancy. Done within 2 hours tops. The hair on the right is cut out fine, but the scaled version got a bit distorted a bit. The blur was done a bit as well, but not to much since I wanted the strands of hair to stay there.

[Jarlaxle]

I would be on the same track as Ras on this one. As good as it looks, not much was put into special effects, but considering you're basing this wallpaper on a single event, perhaps effect was not necessary. Your cut out job was not sloppy at all (but it is noticeable in the hair, which is understandable), Reno's jacket looked much nicer here then in anywhere else and I like the Japanese text that came with it. An interesting idea if nothing else.

Although it looks great, there really isn't much to it in terms of special effects. I give it a 7.7/10.

[Reno]

Nope, Im not one for a large amount of special effects anyway. My first Reno one, or the sigma one is as far as I will go for special effects.