Original Scan

Textures:
A. B (My Own Photo)

ACTION (1)(2)

SONG: Centuries-Fall Out Boy (Lyrics taken from Here.)

*Other gradients and effects applied in Adobe
Photoshop CS5

Warning: Long Description is LONG
This is my entry for the "Let The Music Move You" wallpaper challenge hosted by Clueless101. In this challenge I had to make a wallpaper featuring either a Fall Out Boy or Papa Roach song. Since I'm not very familiar with Papa Roach, I picked a Fall Out Boy song.

The song I picked and listened to was "Centuries" by Fall Out Boy from their Latest album "American Beauty/American Psycho". Why did this song stand out to me? Well when I listened to it, the music inspired me and it made me feel something.
To be honest I was originally going to work with "Immortals" but somebody else already used it. So I used this one.

The reason I picked "Centuries" was because the song spoke to me. It had an interesting message and meaning that seemed to resonate. I was blown away when I first listened to the song by how epic it was and how great the lyrics are.
But on the deeper side it spoke to my desire to want to do more and make something out of myself. I want to be remembered by at least one person and have made a difference to somebody while I am here. Whether it be by something big or small I'd like to be remembered. Isn't that something everybody wants? Is to be remembered for something?

The anime I picked is Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V. It was the first anime I thought of when I first listen to "Centuries". I thought of the the main character Yuya and his rival Akaba Reiji who both want to become legends and make a difference in their own right.
Yuya wants to become an Entertainment Duelist and bring smiles to everyone. Also to surpass his father and to further his skills beyond the Pendulum Summon. Yuya has the red and green hair and his standing big behind everybody.
Reiji wants to become a legend and become a better duelist. Also he wants to find out what secret operation his father was up to. And to find out how Pendulum Summon works and master it. To find Reiji in the wallpaper, he wears the long red gravity defying scarf. He has grayish white hair,purple eyes and wears red rimmed glasses.
The other characters in the wallpaper are Sora Shiun'in (boy in the left hand corner,teal hair and green eyes) He is a duelist who's origins are unknown and he uses Fusion Summon. (Similar to Judai in GX) and has a stuffed animal themed deck.
Kurosaki Shun (boy to the right of Reiji,wearing the long blue trench coat). He's a XYZ duelist with unknown origins. He's looking for his sister who was kidnapped.
Gongenzaka Noboru (kid on the end,wearing the red bandanna) He is Yuya's childhood friend. He studies Steadfast Dueling at his father's dojo. He's extremely strong willed and determined. And he is loyal to Yuya and his friends.

Sorry for the infodump there. I just wanted to talk about the characters cause I know a lot of people may not be familiar with Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V or the characters. Let me talk about making the wallpaper itself.

This was an extremely challenging wallpaper to make. The main reason is because I had to clean up and edit the scan. That by itself took at least 2 or 3 hours. I had a hard time getting everything just right and making the editing clean. You see the scan had a calendar on it and I had to edit it out. Well I did and I'm happy with how it came out.
Next I "extended" the background with gradients and enhanced the scan with textures. I only used two being most the time was spent cleaning the scan. Overall whole wallpaper took about 4 hours or so to complete. I'm happy with how it turned out.

Dedication: Darkarax
Here's your birthday surprise. I hope you had a wonderful birthday. I'm sorry I didn't have this done sooner. Anyway I'd like to dedicate this to you for your birthday and because you've bEen my friend for along time here on theO and to thank you for your support and friendship. *hugs* I hope you enjoy the wallpaper.

I hope everybody here enjoys this wallpaper. It was a challenge but it was fun to make. :)
Oh and long description is TOO Long ;)
~Judai

And I uploaded this after midnight. Sorry I couldn't wait. :D