JV Crystal

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Abstract
by
Sei (Aki) | JINSBEK 天気輪
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Neo Windows XP wallpaper. After the crystalline abstract wallpaper by Greg Melander that shipped with XP.

Collaboration with Julia Verne, who did the colour correction.

Price
65 ₳
Minted
1/200
#windows_xp#neoy2k#abstract#light#columns_of_light#wallpaper#neo_windows_xp#generative
Format
PNG
Dimensions
5696 × 3392
File Size
21.16 MB
  • Artists: Sei (Aki) & Julia Verne | Wheels of Heaven 天気輪
  • Collection: Abstract
  • No. Editions: 200
  • The original “Crystal”: https://windowswallpaper.miraheze.org/wiki/Crystal
  • License: All Rights Reserved
  • Date: 2023.09.01
  • Julia Verne’s comments: So, Sei made this in a flurry of activity in one day (he pumped out three Artworks in that same 24-hour span). The base generative piece was just one of many he remixed (then, spent hours rendering…) in a hypomanic, psychotic state. I picked out one I like—which was originally a bunch of green glowing monkeys—and set to work painstakingly colour correcting. The result is this: something worthy of Windows XP. Violet started using this as her wallpaper—she received compliments from her family about it, too. It was really nice to see.
  • Sei’s comments: Julia Verne did, I would say, 67% of the work. Getting the deep ocean waves *juust right* was her part. I worked on the tourmaline crystal bars. It was pretty easy, I actually feel bad for her. I took the easiest part of the colour correcting. There’s some other stuff we did here, involving level correction, Multiply layers, masks and reducing opacities… Did this whilst our computer was rendering the rest of the images so using the airbrush was ass. But yeah! I really like how it turned out.
  • These are actually colour-corrected monkeys: https://kreate.community/artwork/64f2dbcc81b53205ccc82ce2
  • P.S.: The reason we made this was because we read a Tweet from the Windows Aesthetic Twitter account confirming that Greg Melander was the who created “Crystal” on XP. That’s literally the only reason we made this. Lol.
  • @WindAesthetic: https://twitter.com/WindAesthetic/status/1696991754946326822
  • Software: Clip Studio Paint Pro
  • Hardware: Wacom MobileStudio Pro
  • Generative Tools: Midjourney v3, Midjourney v5.1, Upscayl
  • Generative Prompt: seven nine eight ten eleven glowing monkeys in a barrel screamcore --v 3 --ar 5:3
  • Kreate Page: https://kreate.community/artwork/64f28a49e1a464853d745792
  • LitLINK: https://lit.link/cybertripper666
  • Website: https://desertdemons.bond/