Soi Fong from Bleach
So, I'm finally done with this wall! Took me forever since I really wanted it to be good. It all started when I saw this screen of her in the ending of episode 100 of Bleach. I thought I'd make a wall out of her since her pose was awesome and it would make a great celebration for 100 aired Bleach episodes. So I vectored it (from some 4 or 5 different screenshots, I might add) and used a different style of shading, you notice it best on her shoulder and on her thigh, and I love it!
The BG is a looooong story... I started with a very very simple abstract clean type because I wanted the vector to be the focus of the wall. But after a few comments and ideas from very nice people in SZ I decided to go for a full grafic BG and her pose really reminded me of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and when for the flying on bamboo theme. Kinda fits her character as well in my opinion ("flash steps" and all). Even this bamboo theme went through a lot of versions. I did it all from scratch and I had nothing to guide my poor pen tool. And keeping in mind that I have no real artistic skill at all, I think it turned out quite nice. A lot wanted more bamboo and I tried that but I wanted the wall to be really clean from the beginning so I had to keep some of my original ideas. Think of it as if she's standing on this bamboo tree at the very edge of the forrest and leaning out over the water (even though you can't see the ground/water, it's still there) XD.
About the title, I was first thinking of something cheesy as "Crouching Tiger Hidden Soi Fong" or something but then I saw that I had named all my different versions of the bamboo theme "soi-fong-bamboo-1-"shitload"" and when you say it out loud it sounds kinda like some music from Cowboy Beebop :D
Info: Appz used: Illustrator CS2 and Photoshop CS PSD Size: 70,8MB Time used: definitely 24h+ Food eaten during the making: definitely too little Ppl to thank: Furikuu, elfe-noire and everyone in SZ
Other versions and resolutions are at my website!
NICE comments are welcome (I might give you a *hug* if you make one! FAV it and I might go base two!) (j/k)
And I really hope you like it!
Love, The Ice-Cream Man (or j1e)



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6 years, 6 months ago
Nice Wall!
As soon as I opened it up, 2 things came to mind:
Definitely reminiscent of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
Nice shading on the shoulders/arms/thighs: not what they do in the animated series, but cool nonetheless. I like seeing when people add their own unique touch to a wall like that.
Besides those 2 things that hit me right off, I definitely like the hills and clouds in the background.
As far as constructive criticism, the only thing that IMO could be improved would be the right hand... but, if you vectored from 4-5 screenshots, I gotta hand it to you, job well done.
6 years, 6 months ago
I really like the detail on the bamboo, and I agree that more bamboo would draw attention away from Soi Fong and complicate the wall. All the visual elements flow really well together. It's an awesome wall and the only small thing I noticed was that the hills look a bit like mud pies, lol, especially in the middle.
6 years, 6 months ago
thats mad like..crouching tiger hidden dragon. <3
6 years, 6 months ago
its really good, just add some more designs, but i really like it...
6 years, 6 months ago
its pretty simple but still effective. i like the color of the sky and soi fon looks so cool in that pose.
6 years, 6 months ago
nice wallpaper. good work on the extraction and vectoring of Soi Fon. that must be hard considering that she was quite blended into the background in that particular shot. nice backgrounds too and nice Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon theme. colors looks nice as well. good job on this wallpaper.
6 years, 6 months ago
This wallpaper in amazing. I love the image and it reminds me of old fashion martial arts movies. You did so well on it.
6 years, 6 months ago
Funny how things work out, you wanted some bamboo but it would clutter your wallpaper. So instead you just put one and you get a magnificent looking pose from many a Chinese movie. Maybe it would've been cool to maybe add a sword or spear on her hands (even though it might not make too much sense concerning the anime, but still... it would look nice. :)). It's a pretty good wallpaper, the shading is good and so is the scene. I see good things in the future if you continue to improve your skills.
6 years, 6 months ago
It looks great. Like the sky and the bamboo. looks super kick a**
6 years, 6 months ago
Love Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and this pose of Soi Fon really fits the theme. I would have liked to see more bamboo but it would of course obstruct the cool vector of her. I see you made the hills more smoother than jagged but I think the latter would have been better. Overall, nice work.
6 years, 6 months ago
Nice,nice wallpaper! The girl looks really tall in that image er I mean wallpaper,is she standing on the bamboo stem? It looks that way to me,anyways nice wallpaper!!!!!!!!
6 years, 6 months ago
its cool....i like the object ^^
6 years, 6 months ago
Omg, Soi Fon <33 Sweet, I love it ^^ Keep it up!
6 years, 6 months ago
The bamboo and the hills look great!! I love the background the only thing I don't like is that her skin is darker than it should be. i know it's beacuse of the daytime and the shadows, but still.. Except this, I love this wall.
6 years, 6 months ago
Great Bleach wall ! !
Thanks
6 years, 6 months ago
I love the vectoring...... It's really nice.... and the bamboo with the character standing on it is really nice. The bg fits in very well to form a nice wallpaper... nice one!
6 years, 6 months ago
great job on this one! it's so different than the ones you usually make. but no matter what you wall your colors are always fabulous.
the pose is awesome. crouching tiger is definitely the first thing that came to mind. nice work! i can't believe you haven't gotten a better response ><'
6 years, 6 months ago
Generally, very good vector work. You've got the composition spot on and the colours are well chosen. One thing I feel I have to mention however is that the clouds look too blurry compared to the rest of the vectored wallpaper. They stand out too much. But other than that, fine effort!
6 years, 6 months ago
I think that her face looked more angry, while on your wall she's... confused? ;)
6 years, 6 months ago
I like Soi Fong and I like this wallpaper :D Nice job ;)
6 years, 6 months ago
it really does have a crouchin tiger hidden dragon feel. would have been nicer if there were a forest of bamboos in the background, but thats just my taste :D the sky looks just as good! thanks for the paper!
6 years, 6 months ago
OMG!! This wallpaper is incredible!! :). Your work is amazing. You have worked very hard in this wallpaper. This is mi favorite wallpaper of Soi Fong. Thank you very much for this wallpaper ~J1E :):)
6 years, 6 months ago
this is a tight a__ wall man the girl look tight and the clothes go good good job add fav
6 years, 6 months ago
The background Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon from the scene of flying on bamboo theme. It's lovely .
6 years, 6 months ago
I think I just popped a huge, bamboo boner!
6 years, 6 months ago
I agree with MinstrelKnight, it does look a lot similar to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. :D I like the peaceful scenery that the wallpaper creates. The bamboo looks a little too realistic compared to the background clouds and mountains. Nice effort. =]
6 years, 6 months ago
The BG and the image are great, good job.
6 years, 6 months ago
nice wallpaper, i like the background alot, and the composition is nice too, the whole scene is really nice great job and excellent work.
6 years, 6 months ago
nice, although she does seem a bit off coloured though. the bamboo looks great and i like how u integrated the words into it( bleach and 100 eps on different segments)
6 years, 6 months ago
Nice. The bamboo are very well done, and that's a cool pose for a wallpaper.
6 years, 6 months ago
Its a great wall, I love her standing the bamboo stick. The color scheme is so wonderful as well.
6 years, 6 months ago
it's an interesting wall, great job, i like the backgruond :D, very good.
6 years, 6 months ago
Good wall !
6 years, 6 months ago
nice wallpaper of soifon. the drawn picture of her standing and balancing on a tree limb is so elegant and cool. scenery, colors and background match very well with the theme too. Good job and keep up the good work. hope to see some more great work from you soon. definitely going to add this to my favorites for sure...
6 years, 6 months ago
Nice! excellent details!!!!! the hole wallpaper looks very sharp! Excellent colors used!!! the scan combines perfectly with the back colors! nice bambu idea! keep uo the good work! excellent wallpaper!
6 years, 6 months ago
One of the best wallpaper featuring soi fong that i have ever seen, but soi fong looks a little too tan for my taste ;)
6 years, 6 months ago
I love the idea of Soi Fon on the bamboo. It really holds true to her character as the stealthy, agile, nimble captain of the Secret Mobile Corps. The simplistic subject matter (Soi Fon, bamboos, hills, etc.) makes this wall very easy on the eyes. I like how the shading, esp at the shoulder gives depth to the character... kinda 3d quality. However, I find that her thigh seems somewhat {insert nicer word for "fatter"} than I would've imagined. Other than that, an impressive wall. Well done!
6 years, 6 months ago
That definitely looks like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon ^^ and I like it! I liked the idea of Soi-Fong on a bamboo stem ^^ The background is nice! the only thing that I don't like is the skin color of Soi Fong... feels like a dead color... to me at least! Apart from that, that's a nice work you have in there! Keep up the hard work!
6 years, 5 months ago
cool wallie.. love soi fong's pose.. nice background too.. good job..
6 years, 5 months ago
Well, the vectoring technique could certainly use some refining it's true, but it's still fairly nicely done in that regard. This wallpaper really shines in design and composition though - Truly a brilliant idea for a wallpaper.
6 years, 5 months ago
absolutely amazing walll!!! your background is awsome it really look a japan stuff o.O
6 years, 5 months ago
oooooooh
6 years, 5 months ago
Rah! Je suis vraiment fan de Soi Fong!
6 years, 5 months ago
Nice wallpaper! I like the colours in the background, the mood and the composition. Congratulations to this picture!
6 years, 4 months ago
Ooh, I love the colors you used. Very well done.
6 years, 3 months ago
I really like the stylistic approach to this. The composition is quite lovely. I adore how you've used the background elements in addition to the figure to carry your eye throughout the image.
6 years, 3 months ago
I love the background in this image it is very beautiful. Your job of vectoring her is very nice, although the shading is a little strange meaning its not normal to see it in the anime so seeing it on her is just strange. But still very nicely done.
6 years, 2 months ago
awesome
6 years, 2 months ago
Great job on this one! it's so different than the ones you usually make. but no matter what you wall your colors are always fabulous.
the pose is awesome. crouching tiger is definitely the first thing that came to mind. nice work! i can't believe you haven't gotten a better response
One thing I feel I have to mention however is that the clouds look too blurry compared to the rest of the vectored wallpaper. They stand out too much. But other than that, fine effort!
5 years, 10 months ago
cool wall, that is so cool how you placed Soi Fong like she was standing on top of the bamboo, pretty cool, nice wall, keep up the good work.
5 years, 2 weeks ago
This is beyond excellent..!
5 years, 1 week ago
I love the colors chosen for this wallpaper. The peach goes amazing with green bamboos. Nice job.
4 years, 7 months ago
very nice, background is good, and soifon's pose, but her colouring seems a bit too pale and desaturated
3 years, 11 months ago
Great ! I love it !