Rurouni Kenshin Anime Wallpapers
Ephemeral Romance
Ephemeral Romance
By cyd84
- Submitted:
- 2y 30wk ago by cyd84
- Category:
- Rurouni Kenshin
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- Type:
- Anime Wallpapers
- Resolution:
- 2,048x1,536
- Size:
- 516 kB
- Views/Downloads:
- 635/122
- Comments/Favorites:
- 4/6
The Saga of the Wall:
I started this wall back in November of 2005...i had wanted to do a Kenshin wall
for a long time, especially after the seeing the mostly guy-oriented walls in
the gallery
I began with a scan (from the Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Kenkyaku Romance Masterpiece
Collection artbook) of Kenshin and Tomoe from the OVA...the most artistic
version in my opinion (Links are 1/2 res versions of the original scans)
http://img13.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rkmasterpiececoll087small4fr.jpg
...originally it was going to be a regular extraction wall but the artbook scans
turned out to be too grainy for my taste despite their size so I decided to try
out vectoring for the very first time
Vectoring Kenshin was lots of fun once I got the hang of it...
...and then I got to the actual walling part...
After working off and on into December...I ran through about 6-7 versions of it
before giving up in despair...
I posted my original vector of Kenshin
http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/202368/
and decided to start over
January 2006...i managed to finish my vectors of Tomoe and Tomoe's
umbrella...more painful because the scan was rainy and dark and I had to
recreate about 1/3 of Tomoe
http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rkmasterpiececoll086small6uu.jpg
My initial plan was to go for a more symbolic background but I ended up
scrapping that idea too...So I finally settled on a more realistic background
with the red petals and tomb as symbolic elements
Everything in this wall...and I mean everything!...was personally vectored/drawn
by me with my meager skills using Photoshop and Illustrator
Aside from the two character scans I also looked at various photos/scans but
only as guides...I lost count of how many layers I used in total...
SO FINALLY...after three months, I'm willing to let go of this project
I can only hope it reflects a fraction of the time and effort
(I know it's not even close to perfect)
and hope it does justice to Kenshin and Tomoe's tragic but beautiful love
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This is a really clean and uncluttered wallpaper. I think you've done a great job of recreating the third of her that wasn't available to you
by
using such a sombre background and setting everything inside a tomb, you've done
a wonderful job of recreating the whole atmosphere from the ova from whence
these two characters came from... keep up the good work 
Nice job.
I like the simple clean background.
It really works with this wall.
Ahh...
Interesting work on the background 
And
everything works extremely nicely as a wall :3 Now you just need to practice
vectoring a bit more so you can get smoother lines overall... 
Nice, for a first vector though... can't believe you did it in Photoshop lol...
It's so much easier in Illustrator >:3
P.S. Dammit I'm hungry now
And
it's now 3:40am *cries* I am SO going to be jetlagged 
Yea...I know...more practice...sigh
I actually did a red flower vector in illustrator but ended up not using it for the wall...it was fun though
Time for some tutorial reading...