Ah, I'm finally finished!(x_x)
This was a labor of love. I fell in love with the scan of Kenshin by @shaza, and just had to do something with it. My life as of late has been hectic, and I find the process of vectoring images soothing. It took about 40 layers and an infinite amount of shapes in Illustrator CS2, but I completed him in about 4 days work, working about 5 hours a day on it. When I finished, I was so proud of the work, I decided I had to make a wall of it, rather than just keep it to myself. So, the process became more lengthy!
Now, I've never been good at backgrounds, so that took a while to come up with something. I took a page from the Rurouni Kenshin manga artwork, which seemed to feature a lot of stylistic elements from japanese cutting paper. I searched for patterns, but eventually settled for making a conglomerate of something I thought looked good. I vectored the flowers in the edges, though I was smart enough to reuse shapes for that. From there I gave it the scroll like look, and decided that was still not enough.
I searched the Rurouni Kenshin scan section until I came across @turkman's scan. I didn't want to use all of it, and simply vectored the large sakura branches in the corner. This was the hardest part of the whole project.=( ) It took forever figuring out the shading for the branches, but I think the way they ended up suits the rest of the image. Once those were added to the wall, I added texture and shadows to get the full final image. I hope everyone enjoys!
** ** Scan Credit and Thanks** ** @Shaza - The source scan for the vector of Kenshin, from their beautiful pencil board scan. @Turkman - The source scan for the vector of the flowers used to decorate either side of the image.



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2 years, 10 months ago
wow... beautiful, its been a long time since i last saw such a nice wallpaper like this the background really reflects the personality of Kenshin good job done XD
2 years, 10 months ago
This looks really nice,I always taught that image would make a nice desktop... I like the flowers and the simple design of the bg... +fav
2 years, 10 months ago
I like the style of this wallpaper. It's nice I like the vector as well
2 years, 10 months ago
its really nice for your second wallpaper =^^= well done and keep up!
2 years, 10 months ago
pretty nice wallpaper kenshin is really smex in this pose <3
2 years, 10 months ago
Kenshin is hot in this wallpaper.
2 years, 10 months ago
Great wall, this is the best Kenshin wall I've seen so far, thanks for sharing!!
2 years, 10 months ago
Kenshin looks awesome :]
2 years, 10 months ago
You did an excellent job vectoring this picture of Kenshin. The background is lovely as well. Good job ^^
2 years, 10 months ago
Nice and clean, I like that. The branch overlapping him looks awesome and there's not really anything to comment on. Maybe that the top and bottom border looks a bit weird, but it's nothing huge.
2 years, 10 months ago
amazing wallpaper! it's looks fantastic!
2 years, 10 months ago
The vector itself is gorgeous and amazingly well done. The detail you put in it is insane, and very beautiful; it's not every day we get to see a vector this beautiful. However.... it doesn't fit with the background. It has too much of a vectory and shiny feel to it, and that makes the background look plain an unfitting to the main focus. The same goes beauty wise.
But still, the vector it very great. I loved it... but the background just doesn't fit. =( )
2 years, 10 months ago
I normally don't like this type of wallpaper but this one really pops out at me, good job.
2 years, 10 months ago
I think you did a lovely job putting the background together and creating the vector. However, I dislike the shadow. Because the background is very flat and basically a sakura pattern, the shadow throws it off entirely because it adds dimension and 'space'. It just doesn't seem to suit this wallpaper. It would've been better completely flat.
2 years, 10 months ago
I think this is a truly fantastic Kenshin wall. He looks so dang sexy and confident you picked a real winner as far as scans go :3 I think the scan is clean cut and perfect and the background you chose is very suiting, it's not to distracting but just gives it the right amount of detail and color. I like how you incorporated the cherry blossoms as well I think they suit the beauty of his face and his calm gentle nature. Over all this is a awesome wall. A++ and a fav. :D
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2 years, 10 months ago
WOW! It's been a while since I've seen a Rurouni Kenshin wall. Great job!
2 years, 10 months ago
Kenshiiiiiiiiiin :D this is my all time fave img of him vector is really nice and flowers are pretty and well done +
2 years, 10 months ago
Gahd, awesome.
2 years, 10 months ago
Really nice vector and like the floral design! great work on it +
2 years, 10 months ago
The vector of Kenshin looks really nice and clean. Really love the background and the flowers. They're so pretty and it matches with how Kenshin is posing.
Nice job! +Fac!~
2 years, 10 months ago
Yay I love Rurouni Kenshin too! (though I think this scan of his is too "manly"...) Great wall, such a clean and clear vector, and I love the flowers! :D
2 years, 10 months ago
nice to see love for Kenshin. best anime out there, and a great wallpaper to go with it. fav :)
2 years, 10 months ago
I like the background... also the character is really cool !!! Thank you for sharing ! +Fav
2 years, 10 months ago
The vector is more than awesome, glad you didn't keep it for yourself. The background is as simple as it should be. I usually don't like drop shadows, but here they fit pretty well, both around/behind Kenshin and above/below the flower panels. The colours are great and smooth, they don't tire the eyes at all.
Maybe you should upload and a texturless version, it's the type of wallpaper that looks better if it's all smooth-textured and stuff.
That's it pretty much, GREAT work overall. Will decorate my desktop for a while. +fav.
2 years, 10 months ago
Awesome vector! The flowers do a nice job of toning down Kenshin's uber manliness.
I don't think there's anything bad i can say about this wall. It's insanely good!
Great work!
2 years, 10 months ago
i like this..i love the colours the vectoring is very well done and the style appears simple..good job ^_^
2 years, 10 months ago
OMG!!! It's Ken-kenenen-ken, kenken! |(VcV)| great vector.. It's so clean. But I don't like Ken's expression here.. It seems to me, he's not like that. O.O
Very well done! Make more walls from this series! lol
2 years, 10 months ago
Wow very nice wallpaper of Rurouni Kenshin love the background and the coloring is very cool too Great Job.
2 years, 10 months ago
wow to be your second wall is really amazing ( mine was really lame XD compared with you) the vector is clean and neat and tell who dont love samurai X XD is great for ppl to be walling this anime ^^ keep it up
2 years, 10 months ago
It's wonderful! Best Rurouni Kenshin wallpaper I've seen. ♥ Awesome job!
2 years, 10 months ago
samurai X the best anime ever ^^ thanks for sharing i like your vector and the BG is suitable good work
2 years, 10 months ago
I luv it, luv it, luv it.|(VcV)| Thank you sooo much for creating a new Kenshin wall. It's on my desktop right now.<3
2 years, 10 months ago
This is absolutely gorgeous! I think one of the things that stand out from the wall is Kenshin's eyes. You only got to see him being silly or in killer-mode but never with those eyes that scream "sexy". This is definitely a side of him that we didn't see much of. I think the background and flowers you chose work very well with the pose and the shadows are almost invisible which adds to the image as a whole without distracting the eye from the centerpiece. Thank you for sharing!
2 years, 10 months ago
Kenshin looks gorgeous and so does this wallpaper.
2 years, 10 months ago
The details are absolutely amazing and the vector is so great! But the vector doesn't seem right for the background. The BG looks plain and doesn't seem to define the character well.
2 years, 10 months ago
Just an awesome wall, very attractive. I especially the "japanese" BG, it stand Kenshin out. Good choice of colours, and nice whole. Congrats!
2 years, 10 months ago
kenshin havent seen that kinda papper for awhile
love kenshin and the papper is nice colour and the flower
love it 4/5
2 years, 10 months ago
Thank you so much for the credit! I am so happy you were able to use the scan and you did such a wonderful job with the wallpaper. It's refreshing to see some older series wallpapers being made around here =D
2 years, 10 months ago
wow this is amazing on close up great job on the vectoring
2 years, 10 months ago
Good wallpaper!
2 years, 10 months ago
This picture is perfect, and I like it very much
2 years, 10 months ago
This picture is perfect, and I like it very much
2 years, 10 months ago
Awesome wall! I love the branches with the flowers on them; they really complete the wall. Without them, it would look like a nice vector put on a simple background, but this makes everything fit together well. :D
The background is really cool too, especially the flower patterns. It really goes with the flowers seen on the branches.
The vector itself is awesome. The lines are well done and the colors/shading are great. Perfect vector! I don't really like the art much, but I always love well-vectored images.
Only thing I don't like about the wall itself is the texture over the vector. I think it'd look better clean or with another texture. Otherwise it's really awesome. Great job!
2 years, 9 months ago
You did a amazing job on Kenshin. I just love the detail and quality of this wallpaper. I defiantly putting this up on my desktop :3
2 years, 8 months ago
He looks so elegant with those patterns. :)
2 years, 7 months ago
Kenshin is so lovely in this picture <3 I admire the work you put into it, you must have unlimited patience, well done!
2 years, 7 months ago
This is such a beautiful wall, with an excellent choice of colors. I love it!
2 years, 6 months ago
Great job out there! Liked the outcome a lot!
2 years, 6 months ago
cool nya~ >.<
2 years, 6 months ago
cool nya~ >.<
2 years, 1 week ago
Beautiful! Simply lovely!
1 year, 5 months ago
This is one of the best kenshin vectors I've seen, very clean, nice work!
1 year, 5 months ago
This is one of my favorite Kenshin walls ever <3 Now that I'm a member, I can officially fave it ^_^
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Oh my God, my nose don't spot bleeding XD
Awesome, your are my inspiration, congrats
4 months, 2 weeks ago
My favorite samurai series. How could I not going to like the wallpaper. It has been great. Thank you.