I've never done a Kino No Tabi wallpaper before, and I was a little surprised at the apprehension that I had stepping into the series many of our finest wallers choose scans from.

I decided a simple and light wallpaper would best suit this scan. I thought a good theme to try and get the wallpaper to reflect would be that of memories. I find that memories lie all around us, and not as just recorded information in our minds. If anyone has seen the original Parent Trap, one of the twins goes up to her grandfather, hugs him, and takes a good deep breath of his jacket. When he asks "what are you doing?", she fondly replies, "making a memory". Memories are so beautiful when you find them where you're not looking for them. A familiar face, a passing scent, a warm feeling...they can all stir up past memories. That is what i wanted to present here.

I thought the sakura petals and the cherries that were already present in the scan would be very useful in making visually spreading the wallpaper theme. The Character is smelling something like cherries and sakura flowers on whatever object that she is holding, and it stirs a memory. :)

I took and duplicated the existing cherry on her head, and the one sakura petal that was viable enough for use and tried to randomly, but aesthetically place them around the piece. Then I took some of my own handmade photoshop brushes and touched up the background. I put in eminating red waves to signify the intensity yet lightness of the surrounding feeling. I found the halftone pattern in photoshop rather intrigueing and had never used it in any of my works but in this one, I've placed a very subtle over-halftone. I placed a light sandstone texture over the finished piece and here it is.

Enjoy. Comments and Favs always appreciated but critique is most loved! ^^