1572 layers over the course of fifteen months.

Yeah, let's start from the beginning.

This image is something I found on Danbooru back in early January 2008. I thought it was an awesome image, and wanted it as a wallpaper. However, I have a widescreen monitor, and trying to stretch it out didn't look good, so I knew what my next project was going to be. I took my time with it, wanting to be as exact as possible. That went on until early March of 2009, when I had a hard drive crash and lost the file, meaning I had to start all over again from scratch.

At that point, I decided to go full steam with the thing, and for three weeks I worked on this in my spare time. The entire thing is vector based, with some airbrushing and smudging. Being the OCD guy I am, I made layers for every smudge I decided to make as well as every time I used the airbrush, trying to stay as true to the original image as I possibly could.

I took a few liberties and got a bit lazy on the chains (which were the hardest to do), but overall I'm very happy with it.

I've included 4:3 and 5:4 ratios, though those have been resized and cropped accordingly to fit. Ironic considering what my original intentions were when making the image.

In any event, download and enjoy. And leave me some feedback! This has taken up a ton of time after all.