It's been couple years since I decided to sit down and work an anime wallpaper. Of course, I've submitted few vector pieces out of boredom/fandom, but what prompted me to work on this piece was annoyance.
Before I had quit walling, this was the last piece I was working on. Vowing that I'd finish it one day, I let it sit around my hard drive day after day, until I realized it had been sitting there for 3 years! Wow! That's a long long time. I wish I could delete it, but what if I decided that I really wanted to work on it somewhere along the future and found it no longer existent? The best solution was to whip out a wallpaper and let the dead die.
While working on this piece, I started getting pretty nostalgic about it all. It just
seems like yesterday when I was sitting at home after a day of high school to work on a wallpaper and believing that I'd
be doing this forever and ever. Only then did I realize then that many of the friends I had made in the anime graphics
community even before the creation of minitokyo had slowly, but surely drifted away from the one interest we held in
common. Of course, there are still many older veterans still continuing their work of excellence, but it is sad to see
that the old days have gone away, only to be replaced by more of talented artists.
I wonder how many people in this community will understand how I feel many years down the road. Perhaps they never will; however, it's still a very interesting thought.
Well, on to the details of the wallpaper. Mainly I drew inspiration from 2 sources:
1. The Last Samurai movie poster for typography
2. Rurouni Kenshin OST cover for leaves effect
3. Episode 31 of Rurouni Kenshin, the scene where Kenshin tells Kaoru "Goodbye"
So I guess all in all, the premise of this wallpaper is that Kenshin finally returns back to Kaoru, and is no longer a wanderer because he's always had her as a place he belongs.
Big thanks to Tama-Neko's pattern archive, which really helped me give the wallpaper a Japanese feel to certain degree.
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i feel the same... i miss the old wallers who quit....
as time goes on, we all have more important things to do.. *sigh*
anyway, even after 3 years away from walling your skills haven't degraded at all. you still have the same stunning effect in your walls as before.. i think it's just lovely <3
Simple, but awesome. The vector is very neat and I love the colors and background. Nicely done!
Textures~! I love you XD Sorry, I get emotional when I see other people that use textures in their vectors. I love the warmth you gave the wallpaper with a faint glow, and the sakura petals add a sense of depth to it as well.
I have noticed the difference between now and when I first joined Minitokyo a few years ago (was it that long ago? Time flies...). There are people that I talked to here that have disappeared without any real notice, so it's sad to me thinking about it, and the style of wallpapers isn't quite the same as before.
Anyways, I'm glad you finished this wallpaper, it turned out lovely. It certainly merits a favorite.
It's something good to see old wallers like you post their works again. I hope to see the others do the same thing, but yeah, old days have gone away and replaced with new one. It's life.
Clean vector, and the touch of textures gives a nice effect. The pattern looks wonderful with the fading colours. Nice work, especially those petals.
This is just shocking. Yes, there's many talented people who may have replaced those you've seen maybe 3 years ago, but you know old artist do get tired over time and stop working.
You gotta admit this is very wonderful and this wallpaper must tell a story sicne it took 3 years I tihnk you said to kind of do this. O.O"
The background is so simple, but the designs are wonderful. The sakura petals are just so simple yet they give such a nice effect not putting so much details that could ruin these couples. The vector was wodnerfully done for Kaoru and Kenshin too, I mean I really love the flow of the outlines and the textures + patterns you choose.
This is defiantely worth full viewing and I would've add this to **excellent** higlight if only you'd join 
. ^^ Still, this is very surprising to see wallpapers like these and keep it up. ;)
Yay!~ Rurouni Kenshin! *_*
Awesome wallpaper~
I really think that the title is good. It tells us lots of things XD
Anyways, Great piece of art~
Simple, pretty, lovely and definitely a great wallie!
Thanks so much for completing this wallie!
(n_n)
My favourite couple...T.T This is a lovely wall...Thank you...T.T
The good old days. It's so good to see that you decided to finish this wallpaper. I remember you talking about this awhile back..or so I think you did @_@. Jeeze, considering how long it's been, it's like you haven't lost your touch at all. I'm sure everyone at some point will understand how you feel, sammo. It's been rather painful to watch so many great artists leave MT, but it's also been a pleasure seeing so many talented new one appear. A very solid wallpaper that proves no matter how long of a break someone takes, their talent stays with them =P. Very nicely done and it looks absolutely gorgeous. Great work, sammo. Prehaps we can see more wallpapers from you in the future? =O
Its a real wall, no joke o_o
Nice work dude, make more so you can say your return is true >_>V
See you on irc.
Wow, it's been a while since the last time I saw something like this. The good old school. I love the simplicity of
this, the colors give the wall a very nostalgic feeling. I love so much the text, it's just amazing ^^
Excellent work
Ahh, it's real nice. You should start making wallpapers again for real instead of just finishing old ones. :p
Awesome wallpaper! This is the first time I've felt absolutely inclined to comment on a wall in over 6 months. Hope to see more of your work!
sammich~~ its awesome~~ d(^_^)
Sammo-kunnnnn I love it <3!
How the hell did u make such an awesome wally after being on non-active for that many years XD? U're amazing ^^...
i feel the same way as you.
i miss walling. and i miss talking to all my old friends.aLOT
but even though i want to wall, i cant seem to start or finish anything.
but i really like this wall of yours. it's been a whlie since i came back here, and seeing your wall made me remember a
lot of things =]
<3 the color choices and her pink ribbon jumps out a lot to me >__>
Dood, man this is so good!
Wow this is a really nice!
hope ur going to make more ^_^
love it so much! Great job
Awww, this is just great -- everything in it!
I havn't touched anime in close to 7 months. But just for the sake of old times this is going to throne on my desktop
for a while.
Sometimes I open my photoshop folders and miss the long hours of work on wallpapers and the funny times on IRC, but
then most of the time I don't think about it ;)
Talk about old school, I sure do miss those days. I'm just blown away by the use of patterns, colors, text, everything, it's just an amazing wall. You should really start walling again, people love your skills and I do too :3
I never expected to see another wall from you honestly, thought you were practically done with this place.
But it is nice to see you came back again to your old roots to do something nostalgic.
I still wall even now, but I find it a big struggle with all the new talent, and being out of practice when things got
busy didn't help either.
Ahh, but I always like this series, brings back old memories in itself. And I'm old myself T.T lol, j/k.
I like the colours and the atmosphere, it is nicely composed. Title is also suiting, thanks for posting!
So nostalgic. There are a lot of things in life like that, which we grow out of and move beyond... But the memories of
how much we enjoyed them come with us. Great, now I feel old. T_T
It really is a nice wall, I'm glad you finished it.
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