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Millennium Actress Wallpaper: Desperate Determination

Satoshi Kon, Millennium Actress, Chiyoko Fujiwara Wallpaper
Satoshi Kon Mangaka Millennium Actress Series Chiyoko Fujiwara Character

1600x1200 Wallpaper

Artist Comment

flyin's contribution for the Millennium Actress anthology with crapmonster <3 I'm submitting this early though, sorry crap, I couldn't hold it any longer >.<

And here... damn you're fast crap, *jealous jealous jealous*
crap's Millennium Actress Wall
I like how it turned out so differently XD Go partake in the Millennium Actress love <333

My first ever vector, done completely in Illustrator :) Damn it was painful... I was like how do you group objects T.T I became a complete and utter noob again for a week. It was really sad.

The motivation behind this wall was also kind of sad, actually, about a week ago I checked out the MT homepage and saw that candy-chan had walled an image that I was psyching myself up to wall. So after I whined to crap about it, I remembered this treasure trove of high-res Millennium Actress screenshots that he was showing me from movieweb.com the night before... and I knew I wanted to try vectoring and using Illustrator because I hadn't had the chance to try it out yet. And in the spirit of dragging someone down with me I asked crap if he wanted to do a non-collab collab like what taters and gideon did with their vintage poster walls <3 (see here). And crap, being the nice guy that he is, couldn't say "I need to work on apps" or *cough* "I need to work on my w.a.r. round 3 wallie"... ^^;;

So, this wall took about a week's worth of work, plus a lot of almost sleepless nights... I dunno if I REALLY learned how to vector because I basically went crazy with the smooth tool XD The original plan was to vector this screenshot in its entirety, but after I finished Chiyoko's profile I was like, damn that's beautiful... so how did I decide to showcase those stunning lines? YES, by making MORE line art XD. (flyin is indeed completely and utterly crazy). I vectored the background designs off of this screenshot, and had to do a fair amount of improvisation overall with line art, extensions, some colors... which was nice, made me exercise some creativity. I will say right now that pine needles are SPAWNS OF THE DEVIL T_T *burns them in tates' bonfire* I played with the idea of adding texture for a while for her kimono, but decided that I wanted to keep the clean vectored look... and keep the focus on the smooth lines =P I couldn't decide between "determination" and "desperation" for the title since I kept seeing both, so in the end I just meshed the two XP

I actually have three versions of this wall, this one with the off-white background, one with a black background, and one with a soft green background (for Keltosh nii-san =P) since popular opinion on what the background color should be divided down the lines 50-50 XP But since I'm dedicating this wall to crap, and he liked the white one best, I'm uploading that one here :)

Crap, I'm really glad that I've gotten to know you in the past couple of weeks, I've really enjoyed chatting/commiserating with you about anime, movies, school, life... doing random stuff like sharing music and sharing tidbits of wallers' gossip =P You kept making me want to wall (evil boy) so, I really do hope that you like this one since you've seen it grow from the beginning, and you had to take all of my whining in the process =P You ARE one of my favorite wallers of all time and... good luck with everything right now :) I know you'll be able to work things out <3

Since the number of people that I bugged about this wall reached unprecendented numbers, I gotta thank everyone properly... <3 Much thanks to Tates, who spurred me on to new heights of insomnia; rockiee, who's one of the few people I know that can call me butthead in a way that makes me want to hug her; shinn, with his impeccable eye for details <3; Keltosh nii-san, for making (or trying to make) sure that I got at least SOME sleep every night... my offline friends, and of course crap. <3, <3 you guys XD

I always got the sneaking suspicion that most of you were too nice to actually eat my wall =P So please do it now XD

P.S. I'll try to make another wallie in a bit, I hate having four walls... makes your gallery look so lopsided XP

Oh, and... the green experimental version for Kel nii-san... here

Updates:
11/9/05: The version with the black background is the one that the women in the peanut gallery (and me too actually) like the best <3 So if you're curious, check it out here :)

And as usual... thumbnail is evil T.T

Highlighted

Chosen by and OracleAngel

Ahhh your get great in what you do so fast.... but yeah i love how the whole wall goes together so well... feels like you put much effort on this and i like that. awesome wall, continue doing great walls girl! ^__^

Proposed by and highlighted by OracleAngel.

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Comments

  1. markjo Nov 12, 2005

    This wallpaper goes to my favourites for its 'Japanese' feeling.

  2. skywalker007 Nov 13, 2005

    Wow, you have blend the anime and the japanese art pretty well. nice job

    merged: 11-13-2005 ~ 11:37am
    Wow, you have blend the anime and the japanese art pretty well. Good job!

  3. Regenbogen Nov 13, 2005

    Hello Flyindreams!
    I'm sorry that I am really late! I looked at your wallpaper as soon as I saw it in my notifications but recently I lack time so it is a bit difficult to keep up with everything that is happening here.

    I added the wallpaper to my favorites... ^_^ But I will try to write a little bit more about it... even though you already got many comments here and your wallie got highlighted... Wow... that must be cool for you! ^-^ See, I always told you that you belong to the really good wallers here. And this is your first vector... so what can we expect of you in the future? The vector is really good... It must have been painful... *lol* Everything looks really well... I cannot see lines that look weird or broken... you did really well... so yes I really wonder how your future wallies are going to be like. I am looking forward to seeing them, but yes, you must always make sure to get enough sleep!

    I looked at the different versions of this wallpaper and I cannot really say which one I like most... Black or white background... it is difficult to say. So it's nice to have both versions... :) I also looked at the green experimental one... but yes, I prefer the "offical" version here and on AP!

    What more is there to say...? I really don't know ... It's a really good wallpaper... ^-^

  4. boogybro Nov 13, 2005

    Dont blame me for not reading your extra long decription of this wall. XP But I have to say, I absolutely love it. The whole Japanese art style is very appealing, and well.... I didn't know you were this good at vectoring. xD Great job. Fave. +1

  5. riku-chan Nov 19, 2005

    I have never seen Millenium Actress before, but this wall makes me feel like getting the DVD as soon as I can. :) Its really hard to believe that this is your first time walling. The vector itself is hard to achieve for a beginner and you did a fabulous job despite that. A week's worth of sleepless nights must have been exhausting, but you can really see the results from this beautiful piece. (hope you really don't try that again though. XP ) The lines are really definite and you've captured the beauty of the screenshot in all its entirety. The artwork reminds me of Hayao Miyazaki's creations. Never the less, I liked your ingenius ideas of combining screenshots without coping wholesome. This is deserving of a favourite. *adds*

  6. DREAM Nov 21, 2005

    ah flyindreams first vector wall. ^^
    you did great job flyin- i love your bg and the flowers.

    which leads me to my principal complaint that really has nothing to do with you.
    unlike most i am not a huge Kon-san art fan. actually the only thing that i remotely like artistically is "Paranoia Agent". looking at the scan it was good choice to jettison the dude and horses etc..

    overall very good job. can't wait to see future vectors. :)

  7. ShiXon Mar 18, 2006

    aaaaa this is tooo COOL xDDDDDDDDDDDDD
    i love japanese styled wallies and this is one of the best i've ever seen xD
    certainly unique and has a touch of simplicity althooo not too simple
    great composition flyin-san, you're amazing : D

  8. HaWaIIofHoaI Jun 24, 2006

    whoaaa. hahaha. dude. i hate how artists like yourself make wallpapers, say it's crappy, and here i am, making a comment to make sure you feel otherwise. you. did. good! argh! what i loved about millenium actress was there was great amount of imagination even though it was essentially kind of... slice of life type movie. O_o hahaha. i deleted what i originally wrote cuz that would've spoiled it for whoever hasn't watched it. but yeah! the amount of wonder i had while watching it can also be felt in this wallpaper. =)

  9. waveside Aug 30, 2007

    Never enough Satoshi Kon walls. Great contribution. Love the green.

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