Here we go again. And this time it's nothing less than from my favorite anime. In this case I happened to be working on a vector at the same time as I thought of the setting, and it wasn't any character - I had to do something extraordinary.

This is probably the first wallpaper in a very very long time where I worked diligently towards a distinctive feel. I usually just 'go with the flow' and *poof* something cool comes up after a while. But this... was different. I worked really hard on many designs and backgrounds for this but... in the end I settled for what have come to be my forte - simplicity. I didn't add any extra shading or light effects to Kawasumi-san cuz A) I didn't really see a need for it and B) Extensive or realistic lightning and shading is not what I do. I made this wallpaper to what it is because I wanted it to be this way~

Vectored from a scene in the animation. And although there's nothing I know of that's cuter than Mai in that scene I made a few decisive modifications to fit her into the scenario. Brushes and fonts from brusheezy.com and 1001freefonts.com as always.

And since this is a dream I can have both sakura petals, snowflakes AND my favorite anime heroine all at the same time, in a beautiful frozen illusional dreamscape. I tend to get these moments when I just crave and reach out for anything that's blue or pink to re-decorate my desktop with. Something that makes you feel like you're staring into a dream, a never-ending landscape with elusive pastel colors and void of hard objects.

If you are like me, this may be for you~