As an animation, Bakemonogatari has a simple, clean art style. But the guest illustrations for the series are anything but simple! So, it's great to see that °Tens took on a more complex illustration and made it his own with vector gradients so fine at points it more resembles painting that vectoring. Do have a look at this beautiful wallpaper!
Copied from MT: (I know it's way too late to submit a Christmas wallpaper ><)
PHEWWWW...I'm tired. lol I thought I could easily tackle this, but boy, was I wrong. At first I was easygoing with the line art; it was not difficult. But then when I started to color, I panicked. I literally panicked. So I did this (and I'm not kidding either)---I drank caffiene soda and began coloring. When I got to Yuki's tunic I stopped and banged my head on the desk, thinking "I can't do this, I can't do this~" I even switched over to Illustrator to do the lines there. But I hate Illustrator to death because...because..I just hate it. I only keep the program in case I really needed it. But since I was almost done with the vector, I just decided to finish where I started it, and that is my beloved PS CS3.
Now about the difficult parts. First up was the eyes. If you guys remember "The Theory of Haruhi" in my gallery, the eyes were too blurred and ugly. But now, thanks to staring at Ashy-chan's Haruhi eyes of her vector, I got it down. But I only got the color of the scan to help me out, so I just chose those colors. So if they look dark, it's because it's in a nighttime setting. Please don't bite my head off. ><
Well, you guys know about the tunic...AH. There is Mikuru's present. A transparent layer is used here. So that sucked. XD I had to draw the transparent lines of her hair on another layer so it wouldn't overlap. Then there is the chocolate heart. I think it still sucks no matter how many times I tried to fix it. As long as it didn't look 2-D, I'm good. XD
Finally, what gave me the least amount of trouble was the coloring (the majority of it) and making snow. I was gonna use real life snowflakes, but I shook my head at that the last minute. The scan provided flurry-shaped snowflakes but I just went back to the simple oval and circular types because it was the most simple thing I could come up with. I was gonna add a lot of things but I didn't want to ruin it any more than I've done to it. Precaution notices, you know. XD
Wow, the vector work is really good, and the tunic that you talk about looks perfect, I love it ^^, doesn´t matter if it´s too late for christmas, it´s still a nice gift, thanks for share ^^ +fav
I like your creative process. Doubting yourself yet still overcoming your believed shortcoming. Awesome!
The wall itself comes down to the characters, and nothing looks out of place. Yuki's tunic is great (unless one stares at it for too long), and everything else looks flawless. I really enjoy look at this paper - good choice in everything that you did!
Loved how you fixed the Original Image
really nice wall, and love the overall design. You did a great job for the tunic, love the vectors you did, even if you ahte illustrator, you did an amazing job with the parts of the original
its a really nice haruhi wall, especially for the season
The scan looks like it was cleaned up pretty well. The background is nonchalant which might be a good thing and the snow flakes worked out pretty well.
This one looks like it was a lot of work! And it really paid off in the end, what a great vector job it is! And the cheery look of it is something that isn't seen all too often associated with this anime. No complaints as everything seems to be flawless and perfect to me (I re-checked). Anything else I say will just be more redundant praise, lol. Keep it up!
Looks like you made it so authentic. And I thought the SOS Brigade chief would be the one receiving gifts instead of giving one. So who are they giving their presents to?
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PHEWWWW...I'm tired. lol I thought I could easily tackle this, but boy, was I wrong. At first I was easygoing with the line art; it was not difficult. But then when I started to color, I panicked. I literally panicked. So I did this (and I'm not kidding either)---I drank caffiene soda and began coloring. When I got to Yuki's tunic I stopped and banged my head on the desk, thinking "I can't do this, I can't do this~" I even switched over to Illustrator to do the lines there. But I hate Illustrator to death because...because..I just hate it. I only keep the program in case I really needed it. But since I was almost done with the vector, I just decided to finish where I started it, and that is my beloved PS CS3.
Now about the difficult parts. First up was the eyes. If you guys remember "The Theory of Haruhi" in my gallery, the eyes were too blurred and ugly. But now, thanks to staring at Ashy-chan's Haruhi eyes of her vector, I got it down. But I only got the color of the scan to help me out, so I just chose those colors. So if they look dark, it's because it's in a nighttime setting. Please don't bite my head off. ><
Well, you guys know about the tunic...AH. There is Mikuru's present. A transparent layer is used here. So that sucked. XD I had to draw the transparent lines of her hair on another layer so it wouldn't overlap. Then there is the chocolate heart. I think it still sucks no matter how many times I tried to fix it. As long as it didn't look 2-D, I'm good. XD
Finally, what gave me the least amount of trouble was the coloring (the majority of it) and making snow. I was gonna use real life snowflakes, but I shook my head at that the last minute. The scan provided flurry-shaped snowflakes but I just went back to the simple oval and circular types because it was the most simple thing I could come up with. I was gonna add a lot of things but I didn't want to ruin it any more than I've done to it. Precaution notices, you know. XD
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Tho i would of liked a bg with a bit more than just falling snow and blue. xD
Nice work though!
The wall itself comes down to the characters, and nothing looks out of place. Yuki's tunic is great (unless one stares at it for too long), and everything else looks flawless. I really enjoy look at this paper - good choice in everything that you did!
really nice wall, and love the overall design. You did a great job for the tunic, love the vectors you did, even if you ahte illustrator, you did an amazing job with the parts of the original
its a really nice haruhi wall, especially for the season
Haruhi Looks so sweet ^_^
Great Work.. Hope To See More
Ja ne~
Yuki Nagato, Suzumiya Haruhi~
* I'm always thanks for nice wall
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I love this wall as well as the girls in it