Nowadays the world feels like its full of extraneous signals that tell you exactly what you should and should not be doing, most especially on the roads. Flashing lights and even sound cues at walk signals can lead to an informational overload of mixed signals. When I saw this image of Kino perched on a traffic light, I decided to make a wall in that vein. Traffic lights and signals were traced off of stocks from Stock Exchange; background clouds were also based off of SXC stocks. I like Kuroboshi's flat monochrome works so I kept this wall in that style, with just a little bit of color for the signals. Signal symbols were mostly from Photoshop's default collection of shapes, although I snuck in the Kino logo in one of them, exhorting you to travel more -- because I think that's a good philosophy.
I'm not sure whether Kino looks perfectly at home amongst the urban jungle, or if she's trying to shut herself away from it. Either way would be an interesting interpretation.
Links:
Scan: http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/318047/
Stocks: http://sxc.hu
More resolutions: http://www.desktopanime.com/walls_show.php?wid=266