Love this pic! Many thanks for the uploading!
Yone Kazuki Mangaka
Idea Factory Studio
Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan Series,Visual Novel
Hajime Saitou (Hakuouki) Character
2560x1440 Wallpaper
Artist Comment
AnimePaper and DeviantArt
Edit: Whoops I found some minor errors needing fixing asap! The wall should be
better now! Redownload it so you don't keep the messed up first versions. lol
Edit 2: Oh snap! I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw the gold border! Thank
you guys so much! As for that bg photo comment, these are the various refs I used (all my pics):
I mostly used #s 5 and 6.
…Yes, Nysha has walled a bishie!
And for those who already knew I was working on this, it’s finally done! D:
So I had two main goals before this project: I wanted to wall a bishie (way too many girls in my gallery), and I wanted to wall bamboo (because I love bamboo!). And I didn’t want to wall just any bishie – I prefer the more serious and badass ones lol.
And thus Yone Kazuki’s fabulous artwork of Saito was the perfect match for what I wanted to do. Although I don’t really care so much for the anime, I really like her official artwork, and Saito is my fav character design of hers. :D
http://www.animepaper.net/art/158836/kazama-and-saitou
The basic idea of the wall’s scene is that Saito is getting ready to defend/fight against an antagonist in the middle of a bamboo forest. Expect a super showdown with bamboos hacked over and everything. The extra blood is for those certain fangirls who like that. >D A “clean” version without any blood is also available.
Everything was painted via vector masks like how I usually do. And 100% Photoshop with my Wacom Intuos 3 tablet. The background was made from scratch, while I used some various bamboo reference photos I took during my Japan trip to get the basic perspective. Some details of the original scan were either incorrect (the directions of the string’s braid) or too dark to make out (the sword’s handle), and I had to reference some tsuka-maki images http://www.montanairon.com/tsukaimages.html to see how the handle is wrapped.
Check out the progress pic!
And also a gif animation showing the steps from each day I worked on this:
Oh, and there is a default burlap texture on the cloth, in case you wondered why it looks fuzzy. :D
And for those who wondered how, here’s his hair tutorial: http://missnysha.deviantart.com/art/Hair-Coloring-Tutorial-186007368
The hardest part was actually starting this and deciding on a final crop to use. @.@ I first had a much closer/portrait crop, but I felt more of his body needed to be seen, especially the lower hand, because without it the string he’s pulling looks very awkward. XD
Basic stats:
Time taken: in 16 sittings, about 4-6 hours each time, over the course of about 2 months (I was busy with other RL
stuff), so roughly 80 hours total, more or less.
Layers: about 400
Psd size: 292mb at 2844x1600px
Get the 16:10 and standard resolutions at Brokentone! http://www.brokentone.net
Special thanks to Deto, alenas, Kitten, and ashlie for your continual support/suggestions on msn. :3
Enjoy! Just no stealing or removing my sig, or I’ll hunt you down like Saito here. D<
Highlighted
Chosen by Kitaan and Fran
Nysha's amazing use of gradients are the win in her newest piece.
The soft, nature scheme that is so rich in color highlights the delicate work she's placed on her main character.
The painting is firm yet so neat, bringing Saito to life. She even took care of correcting those small details that most
wallers would ignore, such as the sword handle.
The background, which was crafted from a combination of photos looks flawless.
Nysha really shows off her level of care for perfection in this piece, well worth a highlight.
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Comments
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FullGaz Feb 19, 2011
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Aztec Feb 27, 2011
Instant fav. Great job. I love samurai.
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mogiks Feb 28, 2011
I love you. Thanks for the awesome wall!
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Moonpuzzle Mar 04, 2011
Oh hell! It's a bishie! *drool* I have yet to watch this series but you may have just enticed me to jump right on that bandwagon.
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Mine-ko Mar 05, 2011
Absolutely amazing piece of art! The details are well done and very delicate. Also, Gif-animation is a nice extra : D
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dragon123 Mar 06, 2011
Great work! Thank you for sharing.
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MARCORAFAEL Mar 09, 2011
just impresive wallpaper
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Mint-tea Mar 12, 2011
*__* saito <3 it's amazing!
thanks for sharing!
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AnGrey Mar 15, 2011
This is cool, i love everything about this piece!
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darkangel-xhex Mar 18, 2011
WoooooooooooooooooW! that is amazing! thanks for sharing!
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kurodayue Mar 18, 2011
saitou-kun <3
you're cool
i love you so much
kyaaaaa XD -
Weta Apr 01, 2011
How much I love Saito! Amazing job *^_^*
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AeroAngels Apr 03, 2011
awesome! love the color! thx for sharing!
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saherqureshi May 11, 2011
owo...SAAIITTOOOO-KKUUNN~~~!*w* <33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan FTW :3 <333333333333333333333333333
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ALUX May 14, 2011
is soo cool thanks for the wallpaper
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Mercurio22 Jul 18, 2011
wow, cuanta maestria con el photoshop genial d-_-b!
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yuki-san-vampire Jul 19, 2011
A great wallpaper! i like the background, colors, vector, everything looks good and in perfect harmony, this really is a jewel of art.
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ziller999 Jul 20, 2011
beautiful work!
love it... and already takenThank!
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skynight Aug 03, 2011
HE'S SOO HOT! Thanks for sharing. :)
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thethreerealms Aug 07, 2011
Wow, I love this wallpaper, not just the cute guy. =)
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DragonBlood Dec 06, 2011
A wonderful wallpaper...the colors are vivid and I love the eyes! The blood splatter and bamboo is very good! Thanks for sharing!
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Deluhism Dec 11, 2011
I can't say much more that words ...
But this is awesome ! Sword and bamboo ,that's really natural and fresh !
A bishounen of samurai ^____^ Love it . -
belove Dec 28, 2011
HAJIME! He looks so hot here!
I love this. Bamboo and blood. A combination that helds at the old ages.
Thank you for your hard work.
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nanaochan1 Aug 01, 2012
love this one, he looks amazing! thx for sharing!
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