i wanted to make a wall for new year's: failed. i wanted to make a wall for my registration anniversary (not that it means anything, because i only became active when i started walling): failed. but at last, something decent to submit.
i tried reviving what little of my creativity that could be saved from the horrible flood of worries. with times like these, procrastination is ever so appealing. and when i procrastinate, it's walling time. so i sifted through my folders and saw this b&w image of kanda (chp 97). i quickly vectored it and extended the sword, his legs, and the rope. (the rope was a pain, but you can barely see it. >__>) i also fleshed out the flat manga look it had with some more shading layers. sorry about the jaggies i couldn't get rid of.
on another must-procrastinate occasion, i just blanked out and started randomly drawing squiggly lines across the canvas. layers later, with a bit of polish on top, there you have it. the dust-ish bits were for fun. and feel free to complain about the text. xD;
thank you my fmn buddies. and i know it's already quite a bit into 2008, but there's no rule saying i can't thank everyone who has supported me over the time that i've been at AP after whatever date. :D




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5 years, 4 months ago
I. Love. That. Dust. Like, I love Kanda, and I LOVE the way you walled him, but that dust is just gorrrrrrgeous against that beauuuutiful background and- YOU CAN DO NO WRONG. LIKE HONESTLY.
Except the text. I'm not a big fan of the text D: It's just too... rigid compared to the fluidity in the rest of the wall. I would say "cut it out" or "switch to scripty" but that's just an opinion :O
THE REST IS AMAZING THOUGH +FAVE WOOHOO.
5 years, 4 months ago
I love the BG and the gray colors (9+_+) WoW!! keep it up!
5 years, 4 months ago
i still dont know what to comment... so better say some nonsense 1st xD
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ok enough nonsense (and i still dont know what to say)
anyway, good concept, i tried the same as you and failed too... my next date to try is my bday... probably i'll fail again... -_-" the only thing that i dont like here is the dust... i was expecting it was less blurry on full view... however its commendable. (the text deserve to die too... ;D) Even tough i still think you're nuts for using solid shapes, the vector is good
now for real, enough nonsense fav+
5 years, 4 months ago
Whoo Kanda!!! *passes out* Love that dusty background and monochromatic look. It'll look nicer if the left side is a bit brighter since there's seem to be some light on Kanda's back. Hmm I thought that if you blank out and started to move your hand around freely you can actually find out what's in your inner thought. Maybe if you continue drawing long enough... (\_/).. Anyways, the wall is great and it's definitely going to my fav ^_^
5 years, 4 months ago
the name goes very good with the wall very nice
5 years, 4 months ago
KANDA! XD so.. its kanda and GRAY! < 3 i can't not love this wall xD love the effects, love the way you vectored him (anyhoo, jagged lines on the sword btw d:). but i dun really like the text too ; 3; but oh well, tis still cool, so... love! xD
5 years, 4 months ago
I like the gray-ness of it all. I like the smoke like dusty effect. The text is lovely.
5 years, 4 months ago
Uh! I love the color grey looks like in the past.
The details are clear and nice idea
5 years, 4 months ago
love the mood of the wall~~and the design of the text is good~~
5 years, 4 months ago
the hair the hair and jaggieess, well i already told u about it before xD i like the dust and bg though :3 [readmore] what r u doing online missy? get back to work xD wait.. what am i doing online? o___o *runs back to work* u draw me in to fav! bad asa! bad! lol! [/readmore]
5 years, 4 months ago
I actually am not a fan of Kanda. But, I will keep my reasons private. :6
This wall is amazing! I generally do not enjoy black and white pieces, but really, this is quietly stunning. There's a great atmosphere in this wall.
The only thing that bugs me is the shading on his clothes and the sword. I think you could communicate a lot more with less shades from the light gray to the black. Examples of this are the shading on his shoulder covers and the leather on his arm. What I'm saying is that it would look better with just the lightest gray, a medium shade, and then the darkest shade. That's the artist in me complaining, though, so... if you don't get what I'm saying, feel free to ignore.
Great wall!
5 years, 4 months ago
It's a really nice vector. The background is a little plain, but it's well done.
5 years, 4 months ago
oohh! HAWT KANDA!!! KYAAA~
I like the background alot.... the whole effect on the wall is nice!!
Adding as fave~
5 years, 4 months ago
I already have it as my desktop >:3 so I'll obviously fav it for greater justice :D
5 years, 4 months ago
kanda wallpaper thank you ^-^
the whole wallpaper has a dark mood but it fits so well with the way his standing holding mugen and all ^-^ the atmosphere is perfect!
thank you for making such a great wallpaper
5 years, 4 months ago
kinda dark and depressing but still an amazing wallpaper, nice work dude.
5 years, 4 months ago
Very cool.
5 years, 4 months ago
i really like the grayscale of this one. you don't see that very often. mostly something has a photograph quality to it when it is put in black and white. this one is different. there's hardly a speck of white on it. very interesting. keep up the good work.
5 years, 4 months ago
Monochrome is the new color. Wonderful job on this. <3
5 years, 4 months ago
grayscale!
5 years, 4 months ago
Excellent wallpaper! It's as gray (maybe black) as the character of Kanda Yuu. This one goes directly to my desktop!
Thanks a lot for your work asa01!
5 years, 4 months ago
I've actually been sure that I've commented on it already (-_-); but I was sleepy then so maybe I missed submit button 9(>_>) Good work on vector and I like monochrome colors, although what works best here is smoke and dust :3 very nicely done ^^
5 years, 4 months ago
Woa, very dark! It suits Kanda very well. Plus, in that whole darkness, you can also feel his pain....it has a lot of emotion in it.
I like that it has the feeling like he just finished a battle.....standing there and contemplating...
Totally awesome 8)E
5 years, 4 months ago
When i see it i get the expression that he is just before the moment he will draw his sword and unleash his blade and power on the enemy hidden in the grey dust. And i think, for that reason only, that it's a great wallpaper. Thanks for sharing!!!
5 years, 4 months ago
WOW~~ I wait it a long time~~~~ KANDA is really smart~~~ I love the color very much~~~ It is a wonderful wallpaper~~~ THX for your share~~~ I love it~~~
5 years, 4 months ago
Oh Kanda as always he looks dreamy!Although he has that very long and silkish hair he still looks manly at least in this wall!I like the simplicity in it and also the finesse,it's a very refined wall if I could call it liek that,it just seems elegant and also it's very clean!It would look great as a desktop,I believe!But I still miss my Christmas tress so it will stay there more.Anyway back to the wall,I liek it and what can I say you have a favorite from me!
5 years, 4 months ago
Wow, this is a stark contrast to my current background (Live in Melody) and gives me a much different feel. I think you did a stellar job with just about everything. The colors all work well together obviously (how can gray not work with more gray?) and despite barely being able to see the rope, it looks really good. If only I was this productive when I'm procrastinating >_>
5 years, 4 months ago
Great greyscale work on this! It makes it much more more dark and moody. The shadowed character gives off a feeling of sorrow I think. I love the dark grey colors of this wallpaper. Well done. It looks unique.
5 years, 4 months ago
so dark and sad, yet so awesome~
5 years, 4 months ago
I dunno if you added anything more to the sky, but it looks like your did. Or I could be wrong. But irregardless, nice work :D Your vectored shadows and brushed smoke effects really are a nice contrast here, and you did much better on the text. I can't think of anything in this wall that is sub-par.
Enjoy procrastinating while you still can. I wish i could procrastinate ;_; Oh, and +fav :)
5 years, 4 months ago
I've never liked Kanda, but you've made him look pretty cool here.
5 years, 4 months ago
I love it and the gray colors look real keep it up!
5 years, 4 months ago
it could have better...if..oh well, it better enough.
5 years, 4 months ago
beautiful work ^_^ (I love how you made the specks in the wind and the smoke; and as usual, the vector work is also just wonderful)
5 years, 4 months ago
I don't think I'll have to say it twice for you to know I love it. - posting this because I desperately need it in my faves (9+_+)
5 years, 4 months ago
I really like the monochrome colors. Nicely done. :3
5 years, 4 months ago
hm...is a good wall, but i dont get why the little pieces of stuff that's whirling around kanda. is like there's a big wind circling him, but his hair doesnt move with the wind.
5 years, 4 months ago
Wow, i like how this one is in black an white and how its in a sorta storm setting.
5 years, 3 months ago
I love the background you give for Kanda! Very nice! The dark color mood suits the whole paper.
5 years, 3 months ago
good job man
5 years, 3 months ago
I am way too late aren't i? T_T What can i say about the wall apart from the fact i really enjoy the grey-black tones very much and the character is way too good plus melancholic to fit perfectly on the wall... +fav cause i got my birthday today and i feel a little bit like this
5 years, 3 months ago
It's... really great! o: and I like Kanda... XD
5 years, 3 months ago
Whoa... your mood it's draw in your walie.. Make sure to rest for a while.
5 years, 3 months ago
The dusty wall makes Kanda looks great. Good thing you decided on something dusty!
Faved~~~
5 years, 3 months ago
This is a beautiful wall! It's dark, but you can still see everything! +fav
5 years, 3 months ago
This is a beautiful wall! It's dark, but you can still see everything! +fav
5 years, 3 months ago
Look Cool....quite like this style....
5 years, 3 months ago
So dark and gray and it perfectly represents my mood at the moment =__= *emo mode on* Love the vectoring you did and the text work. =D favie
5 years, 3 months ago
I love kanda! Dust on the background done very well Very cool color tone. Good Job!!
5 years, 3 months ago
Very nice wall. Very simple, clean composition, and I love the grey scale, b/w treatment, gives it a very edgy emotional quality. Well done!
5 years, 3 months ago
Nice wallie !
5 years, 3 months ago
A really beautiful wall about Kanda. One of the most interesting character of D.Gray Man's Manga. I like the background in gray scale. It's just perfect for this character.
5 years, 3 months ago
Wow, a wall with just shades of black/white.
To tell the truth I absolutly love the background composition. So intens with just this shades and getting darker to the right corner on the bottom. Perfect done. The hole wall gives up a really special atmosphere. It's dark but it's not sinister.
The vector is perfect done and the pose of the character works perfect with the wall. After all a very very good done wall and an absolute fanatastic work. Fav+ for sure
5 years, 3 months ago
Loving the whole theme! Great Wall!
5 years, 3 months ago
just checked out D Gray Man recently, was some crazy stuff. pretty awesome indeed :D i like this wallp too dude.. its kinda dark but soothing too :) keep up the awesome work man.
5 years, 3 months ago
I love the smoke effect. :] The words also fit in very nicely. Very nice work as a whole.
5 years, 3 months ago
I love the wallpaper and the grayscale... \o/ Kanda forever \o/
5 years, 3 months ago
wow i like it Absolutely fav |(C_C)|
5 years, 3 months ago
This is absolutly amazing!!! I just love it! Even if Allen looks a little sad THIS IS ONE OF TEH BEST!
5 years, 2 months ago
This is amazing! I love every part of it! x3
5 years, 2 months ago
woaaah.....Kanda....yaaay ^^ it looks brilliant
5 years, 2 months ago
WOW!!!8)E It's so good,I'm gonna cry!!!! I absolutely love it!!!Kanda.....|(n_n)|
5 years, 2 months ago
Well, the rope and Kanda's hair seem rather static compared to the more dynamic dust and smoke (which are actually really well done, by the way :]). That's my only complaint. But I suppose in the original image, the wind just wasn't that strong?
Smooth vectoring is always nice on the eyes. (Do you like to work with manga images? It's just something I have noticed by following your works.)
5 years, 2 months ago
Nice shading, well done.
5 years, 2 months ago
looks great!!!
5 years, 2 months ago
i like this very much. it suits kanda very well too. i've been looking for something that's not bright but not dull as well and this is it. thanks!
5 years, 2 months ago
interesting...
5 years, 1 month ago
This is simply brilliant..and it's just what I was looking for.
5 years, 1 month ago
nice D GrayMan Wallpapers wallpaper wallpeper!!!!! nice D GrayMan Wallpapers kagemai!!!!! goodD GrayMan Wallpapers wallpaper wallpeper!!!!! goodD GrayMan Wallpapers kagemai!!!!! great D GrayMan Wallpapers wallpaper wallpeper!!!!! great D GrayMan Wallpapers kagemai!!!!! Colors without Folds and Shadows are Simple and Clean.They Make the Heroine in This Wallpaper be More Charming and Attractive Forms and Composition of the Points in the Background are Unique and Interesting.Iam Think They Express Fantaistic Atmosphere of This Series Very Well. nice D GrayMan Wallpapers wallpaper wallpeper!!!!! nice D GrayMan Wallpapers kagemai!!!!! goodD GrayMan Wallpapers wallpaper wallpeper!!!!! goodD GrayMan Wallpapers kagemai!!!!! great D GrayMan Wallpapers wallpaper wallpeper!!!!! great D GrayMan Wallpapers kagemai!!!!! Colors without Folds and Shadows are Simple and Clean.They Make the Heroine in This Wallpaper be More Charming and Attractive Forms and Composition of the Points in the Background are Unique and Interesting.Iam Think They Express Fantaistic Atmosphere of This Series Very Well. tottemo kawaiine!! hiiro ga yo na- yappari siro ga yone- They Express Fantaistic They Express Fantaistic
5 years, 1 month ago
This wallpaper is just AWESOME! |(VcV)| + fav
5 years, 1 month ago
Fantastic, great work! Keep it up.
5 years, 2 weeks ago
AWESOME WALLPAPER :D
5 years, 1 week ago
I like the grey walls in general, but u gave this wall a quiet but at the same time, noisy aura. Great.
4 years, 11 months ago
KANDA CHAN DAWA!!! Love it!!! I like the gray feeling of this piece of work nah~~~ The dust flying around adds to the atmosphere, fits nicely~~~ A light kanashii and sabishii (sad ans solitism) shade~~~
Great and simple wallpaper~~~ ...and! Kanda chan looks so handsome with his hair down~~~ (yohohoho~~~ of course he is hot too when he has a pony tail~~~ hahahah)
neways~~~ nice work~~ keep it up!!! Thanks for sharing it!!!
4 years, 11 months ago
Pretty! Although in the dark colors, this wall doesn't seem too dark. Grays are perfectly balanced. Great work on vectorizing!
4 years, 11 months ago
very impressive!! i'm not a kanda's fan but i must recognize tah your wall is si great!! 8)E everything is good, the background and the fell are very good!! thank a lot !!
4 years, 10 months ago
One of my fav characters , this black and white theme gives it an old samurai movie feel , fits really well.
4 years, 10 months ago
4 years, 10 months ago
nice gray color and nice blending.... really hit the atmosphere nice work!
4 years, 10 months ago
Kanda seems so sad. The background with black and white is impressive. That's good match with solitary atmosphere. I'd love that clothes you draw in this picture. That properly described and looks very cool.
4 years, 9 months ago
very deep and heavy feelings~~~ I like it..... the colour and the details ....including the flying "dust" ?? ^ ^
4 years, 8 months ago
i really like how the dust clouds around him giving a kind of "after the fight" feeling. even though the colors are plain, it really suits this wallpaper but i would prefer it if his name was made more distinguishable from "mugen"
4 years, 8 months ago
This is one of my favourite D Gray Man walls here. So expressive, yet simple. Kudos!
4 years, 7 months ago
lik dis wallpaper so so much great wallpaper
4 years, 6 months ago
the vector work is so well done, and the colors suit the series very well i would prefer it if it there was no text but that's just me when it comes to walls in general
4 years, 6 months ago
i like the work you do in this wall, the dust gives a ambient of sadness or something like that. The text is decent but overall great job fav +
4 years, 4 months ago
Very nice. I like the depth that the monochromatic scheme adds.
4 years, 3 months ago
The best of the best♪♬♪♬ *.* ... x3
4 years, 2 months ago
awww~*_*~ Kandaaaa~and it's graaaaaay~yaaay lol I love this one, our vector is soo cool and the wall gives me this great feeling which I can't describe~ +fav
4 years, 2 months ago
Nice work
4 years, 2 months ago
This is, simply put, awesome. Just awesome!
Except for, perhaps, the text.
4 years, 1 month ago
I just LOVE how you've played with the black and white tones there, simply beautiful, not to mention that I just loooove Kanda there * w * kyaaaa~ awesome job!! Love the background and I like how you've placed the character and text on the wall, great ~ =^ 3 ^=
4 years, 1 month ago
I love this wallpaper. I have been using it for over a year now :D
3 years, 11 months ago
This wall is very lonely I love the effect good work fav +
3 years, 11 months ago
i love the style |(VcV)|
3 years, 9 months ago
Sometimes the simpler the better and this is simplicity personified. The monochrome tones suit Kanda perfectly. If you hadn't mentioned this was from the manga, I would've never guessed that.
3 years, 7 months ago
I LOVE it 8)E Kanda looks awesome here, great work |(n_n)|
3 years, 7 months ago
Beautiful, I love the grey
3 years, 7 months ago
Nice wall
3 years, 5 months ago
Gloomy Kanda. Kind of sad, I have to say, with the b&w colors along with it. But I really like it! ^^
3 years, 4 months ago
to much love for him <3 one of the best walls ive seen great wall +
3 years, 3 months ago
Impressive, a bit gray, but I guess that should be expected lol.
3 years, 2 months ago
Kanda Yuu~~~~Kanda Yuu!!!!Kanda Yuu!!!!!! wow ,i have great like for this wallpaper,how beatiful.~~~~ thanks
3 years, 2 months ago
Nice job, I love the color and shading with this wallpaper. Very dark, gloomy, and calming.
3 years, 2 months ago
Thaks!
3 years, 2 months ago
Kanda.... p(T_T)q it looks so sad.... and so gray and black... sooo sad.... oh kanda.... p(T_T)q
3 years, 1 month ago
wahh Love Kanda, love D. Grayman also. Too bad it moved magazines and became a monthly. But still loving it. Love the shades of grey used in the wall. keep it up
3 years, 1 month ago
very nice wall whith de gray almost can fell the sadness
3 years, 3 weeks ago
Very emo, although I dont like Kanda, he is so cool in here +fav!
2 years, 10 months ago
Wow! It's really cool! |(n_n)|
The grayscale and also the vector <3
2 years, 6 months ago
Very nice wallpaper =P good grayscale
2 years, 5 months ago
It is gorgeous, the image and the background are perfect! congrats ^^
2 years, 4 months ago
I really like this wall! lol don't think about of it as procrastinating but as being a perfectionist! can't submit a wall till its perfect!
2 years, 3 months ago
I really... love this wall.
2 years, 2 months ago
One of my favorites! Gorgeous.
2 years, 3 weeks ago
I love mood in the wallpaper. It's cool and wonderful.
2 years, 2 weeks ago
Kanda.!!! This wall makes me feel sad for him.Ç_Ç Well done.!
2 years, 3 days ago
instant favorite, and i dont even like kanda that much lol
1 year, 11 months ago
beautiful texture and shading.
1 year, 10 months ago
loving it!!!1
1 year, 9 months ago
wooooooooooooooooow。so great
1 year, 8 months ago
kanda is awesome!
1 year, 7 months ago
pretty . . . his image just screams: i have a hell of a lot to deal with! i like the spots that look like debris drifting off in the distance or something. your procrastination skills are crazy!
1 year, 6 months ago
WOW, I love it! What's not to like, seriously this is really really awesome!!! I love the dark tones. <3 faved! Great work! P.S. Kanda is amazing XD
1 year, 5 months ago
Awesome!
1 year, 4 months ago
That is one helluva vector. Awesome use of the monochromatic palette and the details on this are fantastic! :3
1 year, 3 months ago
Hawt. :3
10 months, 2 weeks ago
This is just great! (the vector and the texture) well blended! Thums Up!
7 months, 2 weeks ago
awesome work