Okay, saw first saw this amazing image when I was playing this visual novel (kinda yuri'ish) on the PS2. Thought it would make a good wallie, but turned out it's only in 640x480 =/. I then thought man maybe if I could vector it that would be good... and so I went to pick up vectoring, and vectored this image.
Original image (640x480):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/depthcharge101/Homemade%20Wallpapers/01%20Akai%20Ito%20-%20Hanabira%20no%20Chou/original_img.jpg
Took a total of 6 days of work, slowness mostly due to my inexperience >_<. The process for those who are interested (each image transition is about a day of work):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/depthcharge101/Homemade%20Wallpapers/01%20Akai%20Ito%20-%20Hanabira%20no%20Chou/process.jpg
English Text version:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/depthcharge101/Homemade%20Wallpapers/01%20Akai%20Ito%20-%20Hanabira%20no%20Chou/Hanabira_no_Chou_en_txt.jpg
No Text version:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/depthcharge101/Homemade%20Wallpapers/01%20Akai%20Ito%20-%20Hanabira%20no%20Chou/Hanabira_no_Chou_no_txt.jpg
Stats:
Layer: 90+ (most of them are colour layers)
Most tedious/annoying part to vector: Kimono butterfly outlines (grr...)
Hardest part to vector: The eye... yes the eye, took me 2 hours to get the first eye right...
My favourite part of the vector: The extended sleeves of the kimono...
My least favourite part of the vector: The hair.. also probably because it's the part I first coloured, so it's probably not too good...
Credits:
-Unmei's awesome vector guide (http://www.ferricorp.com/public/forum/viewtopic.php?t=202)
-asa01 on Session Zero for giving me valuable critiques and comments
-My friend Kenneth for pointing out several weird outlines on the image
-And lastly Solwyvern, his awesome vector wallpapers is my inspiration
Comments/critiques are very appreciated.
Original image (640x480):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/depthcharge101/Homemade%20Wallpapers/01%20Akai%20Ito%20-%20Hanabira%20no%20Chou/original_img.jpg
Took a total of 6 days of work, slowness mostly due to my inexperience >_<. The process for those who are interested (each image transition is about a day of work):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/depthcharge101/Homemade%20Wallpapers/01%20Akai%20Ito%20-%20Hanabira%20no%20Chou/process.jpg
English Text version:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/depthcharge101/Homemade%20Wallpapers/01%20Akai%20Ito%20-%20Hanabira%20no%20Chou/Hanabira_no_Chou_en_txt.jpg
No Text version:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/depthcharge101/Homemade%20Wallpapers/01%20Akai%20Ito%20-%20Hanabira%20no%20Chou/Hanabira_no_Chou_no_txt.jpg
Stats:
Layer: 90+ (most of them are colour layers)
Most tedious/annoying part to vector: Kimono butterfly outlines (grr...)
Hardest part to vector: The eye... yes the eye, took me 2 hours to get the first eye right...
My favourite part of the vector: The extended sleeves of the kimono...
My least favourite part of the vector: The hair.. also probably because it's the part I first coloured, so it's probably not too good...
Credits:
-Unmei's awesome vector guide (http://www.ferricorp.com/public/forum/viewtopic.php?t=202)
-asa01 on Session Zero for giving me valuable critiques and comments
-My friend Kenneth for pointing out several weird outlines on the image
-And lastly Solwyvern, his awesome vector wallpapers is my inspiration
Comments/critiques are very appreciated.






















fav


i love the butterflies and how it works in with the kimono 