This wallpaper is a request by my dear friend of...6? 7? Years. XD Lindsay. She goes by Narret on MyOtaku. Anyhoo, she wanted a Saiyuki wallpaper, and she requested that it be a blast of funky colors...well, I obviously didn't do that. Sorry!! I didn't want it to be seizure-inducing so I dimmed it down...except for the orange. I made the orange brighter, and I also made his eyes greener. ^_^ Her favorite Saiyuki guy is Hakkai so I decided to make one of him!

The original scan is here: http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Saiyuki/item63821/
I thought of her right when I saw it...what with the orange and all!

So yeah, the background was all brushwork...lots of layers, overlays, color effects, etc. The brushes I used, well, the credits are on the wallpaper. I started out with the bg being incredibly bright and orange to match the orange's color...but I dulled them because I felt that someone might go crazy if they had such bright colors on the screen! So yeah. Now they're more brown...also because I overlayed some light brown on the scan as well.

The scan took a while to extract, mainly because of his hair...it was a total pain. I hope it looks ok.

Ah yes, and the overlays of more brushes on top of him to give him some sort of texture as well. Makes him look like he has tattoos, right? XD So yeah, I guess that's all. Took over an hour...I never keep track of time. I hope you like it!