Okama Wallpaper
Okama Mangaka

1600x1200

Artist Comment

... D: *enters extreme wall hatred mode* Staying up until like 7, 8am vectoring this thing was NOT a good idea. I need to stop churning these competition walls out in the very last minute D:

But yeash. My entry for the Vectorness May Challenge :) I vectored the girl from this scan (with some modifications); flowers outlines and yellow shading stolen off this scan; the rest of it was me going crazy with hot, awesome default Illustrator brushes... and then I tacked on the text in Photoshop (even though the stupid Illustrator file wouldn't export, AND it crashed my laptop D:)... which are lyrics of "Fantasie Sign" from the beloved Bebop OST xD Worked off inspiration from dontdeletemyfrog and j3concepts, whose hot vectors continue to rock my desktop like none other... <333

Loves to Yina-chan, Gids, and crap for doing checks and giving suggestions <3

RAWR! *kicks and collapses*

P.S. Oh yeah, Gids insisted that people will want a textless version, so you can get the textless version @ pixel ellipsis. And I knew I forgot something... an early happy b-day to DA! Here's to many years of wallpaper goodness, and hopefully, many more to come XD

Edit:
5/25/06: Caught a grammatical error in the text.

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Comments

  1. Chloe-chan Moderator May 25, 2006

    Hehehe, I'm stalking you! I was waiting for you to submit it here XD
    *full-views*
    Wow! This is awesome. Nice and neat vector, love the colors and the background is fantabulous! I like the version with the text, but both are very cool.
    Excellent job!

  2. nolove May 25, 2006

    *cry cry* i'm jealous..it's so so wonderful, cant stop admiring you with this, awesome
    the vector is perfect, and the color you use sure the best choice here, how wonderful
    new new thing for my desktop here XD
    great job ^^
    a fav for sure

  3. Phill May 25, 2006

    I can see you used AI's brush right away without reading your description ,:P that's a really creative way of using AI's brush , I like it ^^ and also I really like the really neat vector of the girl . However , I don't think the BG color fit with the girl , well , it's just me so don't mind if I say it wrong
    great job as usual anyway ^-^

  4. candy-chan Retired Moderator May 25, 2006

    well what can I say except great colors! The pale purple stuff is funny looking though, maybe it's the textury gradient thing to it that's bothering me D:
    Love the style anyway

  5. crapmonster May 25, 2006

    love all the crazy vector elements going on here. i would say it looks busy but it somehow works, and the char is very well done as well.

  6. ShiXon May 25, 2006

    wow it's soo umm,, colorful *o*
    somehow it's really dazzling and really attracts my attention x] this wall really stand out from the usuals thats for sure.
    it should be highlighted *-*
    flyin-chan i'm so jealous >D gotta fave this <3

  7. Sandra May 25, 2006

    How brilliant works i've seen today ! And it's another one which goes to my favs ! Great job as always Flyin ! You really are unbeliviable.... :) And you show it once again with you work .

  8. rythem May 25, 2006

    waaomgwth prolly my fav wall since a while ~
    the colour choices r lovely <3 I simply heart the design with the cute fonts and the composition n patterns and oh , did I mention , perfect vector ? O_O
    flyindreams-chan rox <3

  9. phamthuha May 25, 2006

    Once again your wallie amazed me ^_^ I really love the color this time ;) And yep, the violet with sand yellow is so nice mixed >__< Also wonderful vector you made ^^
    Fav + from me for sure ;) Great piece this time, Flying-san ^_^

  10. AlexXan May 25, 2006

    U are one realy good and original artists here flyin-chi :)
    this one looks great it is simple with nice pastel colors and nice textures ^^
    keep it up :D

  11. OracleAngel Retired Moderator May 26, 2006

    Awww Fly sometimes you got to hate something to love in the end. Theres an old saying on how artists are artists, to produce great art they have to become miserable but their miserable art doesnt help so they switch to drugs but it stimulates you and makes you under the normal line but later after that you go back to the same thing so its best to stay in misery. ^__^ What can i say beautifully compositioned and the colors plus the text goes so well, so yeah great job Girl! :)

  12. Yina May 26, 2006

    lovely lovely lovely <333
    *let's sing a song!*

    +fav xDD

  13. Ephemeral-Garden May 27, 2006

    Hmm... looks pretty. I like the background. Just like the paintings which can usually be seen in the art gallery. I really love the background, really. >.< Plus the text and the nicely vectored girl... this whole composition looks edible. ^^

  14. Regenbogen May 29, 2006

    Hello flyin!
    ^_^ I got some time before I have to go to university... I should do some work, but here I am. :) Lovely wallpaper, it's so very original. I also realized at once that you were using default Illustrator brushes. They look so good here. I never really knew what to do with them because they are so huge and it seems impossible to make any details.
    The only thing, and it is really the only thing, I find a bit weird are her legs. It makes me wonder... "where is her bum?"... *lol* Well the legs don't seem to come together, that makes it look a bit weird at this part. In the original scan there were these letters. So maybe I would have made the skirt a bit longer to avoid this problem.
    Apart from that the vector is really perfect and I love the background. It is so original and looks beautiful! Well done, flyin!
    Nobody wrote something about the legs looking weird, so maybe it's a problem with my eyes? ;)
    It's one of the most impressing and original backgrounds I've seen for a while. Awesome design! And as usual I am already looking forward to see more... but first you should get some sleep! (^_^)/V

  15. Sabbathiel Jun 07, 2006

    [h]Ello
    Interesting wallpaper, your work with those scans and the final vectors are pretty good ^-^ I like them, this character have an original body *-* the background is amazing... colors are intensiv but a little bit toxic.. or maybe I don't like green in front of others colors oof this wallie. Anyway This work is really great, well done!

  16. bluSake Retired Moderator Jun 30, 2006

    Beautiful vector, needless to say. & the bg is just eye candy; so complex, and beautiful coloration.

  17. pixxelette Jul 17, 2006

    fantastic

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