Wow when I doodle it like random squiggles and curves and puppies and kitties, but you make fancy doodles like that? O_O Awesome work on this one! I can see how coming up with a background woudl have been very hard to decide on and plan out but you did a great job on it. :)
Artist Comment
*SIGH* Finished at LAST. I started this wall before my Mushishi wall [which was finished almost 12 WEEKS ago... O_O] So frustrating.
I was sorting through my scan collection of one of my fav artists - Akihiro Yamada, when I noticed this pic [LINK]
I'd never noticed the girl in there before because she was so small but I instantly fell in love with her, strange
dress sense and all.
Straight away I decided she was the perfect excuse to play with what was, then, my brand new tablet. So I enlarged it to
ridiculous proportions and set to work vectoring and painting. That part came along fairly fast; I finished her in about
a week of long, night-time photoshop sessions.
Then I hit a wall. I've never been very good at the creating and designing part of things, and I couldn't decide on how to turn it into a wallpaper. [I kept hearing a little Tim Gunn in my head saying, "Make it work." ^_^']
I thought of trying an art nouveau style bg a few times, because a lot of Akihiro Yamada's art seems to be somewhat influenced by Mucha, IMHO. Finally I decided to just go for it and put in a basic frame and then just started going crazy making what I hope are 'art nouveau-ish' shapes with the pen tool. [Finally, all my doodling comes in handy. :) ]
This wall was supposed to be kind of a twin with my other Akihiro wall 'Smile' which is why I snuck in the same pattern I'd used on it. [From a piece of stationary I bought and scanned.] There is another pattern used but I can't work out where I got it...
..and sorry about the title - I'm even worse at those than I am at design. T_T
*EDIT* Just realised photobucket resized the scan cause it was over 1 mb. She's small but not THAT small... ^_^' Link updated. [and my face is literally red after reading that highlight comment and the other comments.] Wow. *Is a little lost for words* Thank you!
Highlighted
Chosen by MapleRose and Saikusa
Piccolobear will now & forever be branded a thief, for she has stolen my heart.
The vector alone in beautiful and amazing. The fact that it started out so tiny, and you've successfully turned it into a wallpaper sized jewel. Your shading and attention to detail are unequalled. The colours are blended so gently that it could have been painted with watercolours.
Then there's the artistic additions. It is truly astounding to think that you saw that tiny image, and in your head you saw an Art Nouveau masterpiece. It is a stroke of truly inspired genius, and a perfectly executed work of art.
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MyrrhLynn Dec 01, 2007
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Kukuru Dec 02, 2007
I don't know what to say that hasn't already been said - it's simply gorgeous and I'd just like to say thanks so much for sharing :D
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Antalya Dec 12, 2007
Oh my goodness. This is beautiful. I saw this and instantly had to have it. I also made my boyfriend come running because of the happy "squee" noise I made when I found it. Lovely work, and as an art nouveau nerd, this is great!
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Iare Feb 04, 2008
Wow, very original and unique concept!
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sara-ane Feb 07, 2008
Not my style but I can see how hard you worked on it.
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aozoraskies Feb 07, 2008
*Gasps* I cant believe this is a vector. In fact I cant believe it was digitally made. I thought you painted it yourself with watercolour and I was already very impressed then! Gosh! It's wonderful! great lighting, nice soft yet somehow rich (to my eye) colours, subtle textures....it's a beauty. I don't favour a lot of art noveau but this captured my eye and heart. Totally faving it.
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PrairieDogGuy2006 Aug 19, 2008
Just for a moment, I felt I was transported back to the Art Nouveau time of the 1890's, somewhere in Paris (France). I imagine seeing people, both men and women dressed in that time.. The artwerk U are submitting is awesome. The work U done speaks volumes. Your patience and dilligence has paid off for you in your work. There is an elegence in her pose and look on her face. Priceless ;-)
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Pink78 Sep 05, 2008
Very Nice Artwork!
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Alcyndore Oct 09, 2008
This is truly wonderful. It really looks like art nouveau. Quite a piece... :-)
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Sheqel Administrator Jan 12, 2009
Your submission has been restored. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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dreamsxreality Aug 03, 2009
elegantly done!
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momo88 Oct 27, 2009
A lovely work.... looks so magnificent!
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mkforema Dec 14, 2009
Awesome pic! I love it! ^_^
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hellooo36 Feb 27, 2010
i fell in love with her too
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Virgilio0616 Oct 24, 2010
I love this one! It is amazing beautiful!
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UchihaTaijiya Nov 20, 2010
She is so pretty
Awesome I love it
Thank you for sharing
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Antalya Dec 21, 2010
So glad I re-found this! After my boyfriend killed my laptop when I was in Asia last spring, I had been missing this wallpaper.
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