A Bakemonogatari Wallpaper
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As an animation, Bakemonogatari has a simple, clean art style. But the guest illustrations for the series are anything but simple! So, it's great to see that °Tens took on a more complex illustration and made it his own with vector gradients so fine at points it more resembles painting that vectoring. Do have a look at this beautiful wallpaper!
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Artist's Brainspill:
It's been such a rush doing this wallpaper.
This wallpaper is probably the most difficult one I have done so far. I was highly motivated... probably most ever. I had a Dec 1st deadline and I loved the scan. It was a lot of fun although it was also painful getting waller's block.
The scan took FOREVER to vector. It took about a month working on it almost every day. I scraped a lot of renders and spent a lot of time thinking. I went through countless layers, masks, and delicious GRADIENTS. The hair took a really long time. I rendered every single strand. I wanted her hair to be somewhere between hundreds of hair strands and just gradient hair because I think neither extreme would fit her.
I really wanted to do the matte background. I had a lot of trouble doing it. Eventually I was able to get in rhythm and do it without drinking my own tears and blood. I liked how it faded off the edge of the scan so I kept the extensions minimal. The original is of course made of neutral and muddy colors. I liked it a lot because it makes the character's colors stand out more. At the same time, it also pushed me to add more color.
Her eyes influenced me to create a "sunset" version. Her eyes are normally blue but in the scan they were redish and purplish.
This wallpaper is probably the most difficult one I have done so far. I was highly motivated... probably most ever. I had a Dec 1st deadline and I loved the scan. It was a lot of fun although it was also painful getting waller's block.
The scan took FOREVER to vector. It took about a month working on it almost every day. I scraped a lot of renders and spent a lot of time thinking. I went through countless layers, masks, and delicious GRADIENTS. The hair took a really long time. I rendered every single strand. I wanted her hair to be somewhere between hundreds of hair strands and just gradient hair because I think neither extreme would fit her.
I really wanted to do the matte background. I had a lot of trouble doing it. Eventually I was able to get in rhythm and do it without drinking my own tears and blood. I liked how it faded off the edge of the scan so I kept the extensions minimal. The original is of course made of neutral and muddy colors. I liked it a lot because it makes the character's colors stand out more. At the same time, it also pushed me to add more color.
Her eyes influenced me to create a "sunset" version. Her eyes are normally blue but in the scan they were redish and purplish.
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I have only provided 1440*900 resolution. Feel free to ask for more resolutions.
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