Happy New Year! Today marks the start of the year of the Tiger, so how about a new Okami wall featuring a tiger? Although, seeing as how Japan celebrates according to the solar calendar, I guess this wall is 2.5 months late. Oh well, I'm Chinese so I will go by the lunar calendar in this respect ;) Just another watercolor/Ukiyo-e styled Okami wallpaper. I grabbed a number of watercolor textures from Bittbox and Sad Monkey Designs to color and texture everything this time around. Wispy cloud designs were traced off a separate Okami scan. No painting -- I retired my old desktop when I moved to Japan, so I lost my Painter program and haven't gotten around to replacing it yet. Apparently the tiger god in this game represents thunder. Thus, the dark cloud. I find this interesting in that thunder is represented by a bow and arrow, whereas in Western mythologies associate thunder with a spear or hammer. Framed in the same style as my previous Zodiac wallpaper, Ox, so they match. I guess at this rate it will be 10 more years before I finish this wallpaper series! More resolutions at DA! Desktop Anime
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3 years, 3 months ago
Is that Amaterasu? Cool wallpaper.
3 years, 3 months ago
OMG. I just had to log-in just to comment on this one. <3 YEAH! Year of the Metal Tiger indeed. ^^
3 years, 3 months ago
Yay~ I'm born in the year of the Tiger! Haha, the borders make my desktop look so oriental. Too bad the bottom is cut off by my taskbar, hehe. Anyway, I think the background looks really nice! And then the Tiger goes in front of it and is like, "Nuh uh, Imma make it thunder." According to my calendar, us tigers don't have much luck this year XD
Fav!
Oh cool, you'll still be walling in 10 years! Or at least walling the zodiac! 8DDD
3 years, 3 months ago
Your Okami wallpapers always rule, this is no different.
+fav (on an unrelated note, how sad is the AP community now if my 1 hour 5 favorite wallpaper is "top rated today" @_@)
3 years, 3 months ago
Awesome Okami wall and very fitting for the new year XD nice work +
3 years, 3 months ago
Great wallpaper, and also, great texture! +
3 years, 3 months ago
This is gorgeous! Gekigami (if I remember his name correctly) was my absolute favorite of all the celestial brush gods. I love the wallpaper and favorite. Although I'm not born the year of the tiger (I'm year of the ox, oh yeah!), I still think tigers are awesome!
3 years, 3 months ago
Yey big kitteh in Okami style =D The outcome is really awesome, especially when you consider the simple scan... Oh and happy new Chinese year o/
+fav
3 years, 3 months ago
Wow, incredible work! Thank you for creating such a lovely wallpaper! ^_^
3 years, 3 months ago
Good texture and colors, its very clear cut. Thanks for the paper! perfect for the new years!
3 years, 3 months ago
Hm... not bad, not bad
3 years, 3 months ago
Some more Okami-inspired walls are definitely welcome. And lunar calendar > solar calendar. But that's just the Chinese blood in me talking. It would be awesome if you made a wall for the Year of the Dragon.
Wall looks great as is, and you did a really nice job with the style. One thing that would have made it much more awesome is if you added some of those famous misty cliffs and mountains in the background. I forgot the name of them, but I'm sure you're familiar with traditional Chinese art to know what I'm saying. Otherwise, keep on trucking you walling machine :)
3 years, 3 months ago
Okami wallpapers always look great, and i especially love the ones made by you. The mix of textures and watercolor effects make it look really nice and oriental. A perfect wallpaper for the Lunar New Year too. In fact this would look great on a greeting card. < 3
3 years, 3 months ago
Yeay~ I was just waiting for someone to make a wall in reference to the Lunar New Year, and here it is < 3 And boy, don't I miss oriental wallpapers like this, with the clouds and texture that just remind me of ancient Chinese paintings. I wonder why the sun has two different colours, but anyway, it looks cooler that way :D
+fave, and happy new year to you too!
3 years, 3 months ago
you did an AWESOME job on making the outlines of the tiger look as the were actually caligraphy, well done :3 I also like the overall design, with the texture and fitting clouds and everything =D Definitely a fav!
3 years, 3 months ago
happy new years and This picture is very suitable for New Year's use i like this wakkpaper thanks
3 years, 3 months ago
looks great *_*
3 years, 3 months ago
Year of the Tiger!
nice job.
3 years, 3 months ago
Nice "painting"! I wonder is that a bow behind the Tigers back? What does it symbolize?
3 years, 3 months ago
It may be a bit late, but HAPPY NEW YEAR! Great paper. Wish you good luck in the new year.
3 years, 3 months ago
Gong Xi Fa Cai! This is a piece that would look perfect for a REAL wall ^^ Definitely a fave here.
P.S. If you do one zodiac a year it'll take you 12 years to complete the series lol.
3 years, 3 months ago
Very awesome job - I thought at first you just vectored one whole scan, but the way you put everything together is quite impressive! mirrors the Okami style very well. +fav here!
3 years, 3 months ago
Grantrabajo, se ve estupendo, se convertirá en mi nuevo Wallpaper XD
3 years, 3 months ago
Loved it on MT too! +
3 years, 3 months ago
Uughh..~ i love the okami style sumi-e.. :D
3 years, 3 months ago
This is really cool! Pleasant effect of the old graphics.
3 years, 2 months ago
Ooh, I like this even better than the Ox you did before... but that's just because tigers are obviously way cooler.
Love the textures in the background and the sharp lines.. looks just like a real sweet watercolor. Nice work!
3 years, 2 months ago
I love this one!
3 years, 2 months ago
Holy friggin' crap! Your wallpaper's incredible. I can almost hear it growling.
3 years, 2 months ago
so cool
3 years, 1 month ago
I love tigers! Thank you very much for making this!
3 years, 1 month ago
Man ur a PRO .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!kEEp it UP'a. (n_n)-b
2 years, 11 months ago
Well done with the detail. I just had a thought that 12 of these would make a fantastic placemat set. =j
2 years, 11 months ago
As a few others have said, it's quite gorgeous and very fitting for the year. I just wish I had saw it sooner since it will be getting use for sure on my comp.
2 years, 9 months ago
Awesome work! :D I love this! Thanks!
2 years, 9 months ago
Wow the tiger looks so powerful. My Dad was born on the year of the Tiger so this is a perfect wall for him. Somehow they got similar disposition *shudders*
2 years, 8 months ago
Gorgeous!!!
2 years, 5 months ago
I love Japan style
2 years, 2 months ago
i love it u made a great job ob,
1 year, 11 months ago
coole
1 year, 10 months ago
Very cool wallpaper. To the person that asked, I guess you could say that he or she is and isn't. I forgot his or her name, but it's actually one of the celestial brush gods or whatever they are called that grant Amaterasu a new brush technique. It's been a long time since I have played, but technically they were all part of Amaterasu until she lost her power. The tiger looks very fierce and its power is awesome too. Great wallpaper; definitely one of my favorites.
1 year, 8 months ago
really nice . i will draw it (:
11 months, 4 days ago
Oooh love the texture you added! It gives the wallpaper such a mythological, ancient feel. Nice! :D