BEST VIEW: 1600x1200

This was supposed to be an entry for josephine12cute's challenge "Hardest wallpaper I ever made..." But, I think I made a harder wallpaper which has moooore effort.

WHAT I DID:

First, I hunted for a nice, high res, scan.
Then, I enhanced the colors. Made 4 enhancements layers. XD which is I'm not used to. I had a hard time blending the 4 layers at first. So, I tried looking for a way. I tried to change the blending modes and that's how I solved my puzzle XP
Then, I added some more bright red to the rose. I then set this color layer to overlay.
I then hunted for some nice textures.
I fitted the textures and set one texture to overlay and the other 2 textures to soft light. After that, I changed the lighting set-up. I chose omni :3 Mainly because the change in lighting in omni is not harsh to the eyes.
Then I added text. I added effects to the text so that it won't be dry and plain.
I made a new layer. Then, Image>Apply image>filter>sharpen>sharpen. Then set that layer to 74%.

I then fixed my signature.

CREDITS:
Original scan: [minitokyo.net]
Brushes: None used.
Textures: [deviantart.com]

MORE MORE MORE:
Layers: 16
Time: 3 hours
PSD~ to prove that I really made this and all I blabbered in the details are true: [megaupload.com] [82.53MB]
The quote is from the anime.

Thanks for viewing!
Hugs and favorites are loved.
Comments and criticisms are invited!

SP

I WOULD ALSO LIKE IT IF YOU COMPARED IT TO THE ORIGINAL SCAN. PLZKTHNXBAI