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HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY ~mlgbx!!!! This wall is dedicated to the most important person in my life... who has always been so supportive for me in everything I do... whether it may be art or hanging out watching cathartic Korean dramas... Matt, you're always there for me... I love you so much and I really appreciate it!!!
You'll appreciate this more if you full view it... there's a lot of layers
Now then... here's a nice detailed splurge about my latest piece~!
TECHNICAL INFO
Title: The name of this piece is an offshoot of the episode title from Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagann called "What Exactly is Human?" except I decided to question the color pink. Now what is pink? Pink to me is a warm vision of love and care... it'll never betray me and it'll always remind me of kind happiness... Since this is a wall dedicated to my boyfriend, I decided to show him my love through the color of pink! I think it's fun to think about colors and think about what they mean to you... so... What exactly is pink to you?!
Time:Two months off and on
Layers:604 shape layers (3408+ shapes... stopped counting) and 47 normal layers
References:
1) Original Scan
2) Katana and clock
3) Backdrop Reference
Hardest part: The colors... finding a nice balance of pink without pushing it to the limit and such. Also, the sheep... Had to figure out the ultimate cuteness to stick on his face. OH, AND THE FLOWERS - although this was not hard, it was tedious... and painful and I don't want to vector another flower for at least the next couple centuries
Easiest part: The teddy bear and the creation of the backdrops
Music:: "Libera Me," Love Conservative, Minna no Peace, Sora Iro Days
THE PROCESS
Inspiration: So basically I had this project planned since around August to do this wall for Matt. We had recently finished watching the entire series of Tengen Toppa and let me tell you, there's something about that series that always lifts your spirit and gets you pumped! I found came across a somewhat decent scan with this really cute picture of Nia!
As for the reference... I really didn't like the cluttered chaos and clash of colors on the original scan so I basically got rid of the two other versions of Nia. I also nixed all the mushrooms, fruits, and anything creepy/ugly and replaced the left side of the floor with an extension of her hair since it's pretty long in the show anyway(like the teddy bear on the baby doll's body... or the horse head on the bear's body
)I definitely didn't feel the groove of the pink elephants and fruit trees in the backdrops so I changed it to a theme of spire tombstones inspired from the graveyard scene in the anime. To me, cherry blossoms were always the perfect pink candidate for the theme of love and happiness so I had a bunch of the petals and blossoms do their thing here and there around the spires.
Some random things in case you're interested:
- The scribbles on the wall is actually just my personal message since this is a dedication wall (and in case you're wondering... the loopy scribble on the left is a grungy infinity + infinity sign, and yes there are a lot of number 2s and hearts).
- The books on the right are actually song titles from the Tengen Toppa OST and they're selected from our 'favorites' playlist of the soundtrack.
- The katana is Kamina's and it's sliced through half the couch because I wanted to keep a little of the chaotic theme of the original scan. I decided to keep the katana in its sheath because I wanted it to be a kinda memorial thing for Kamina's memory.
- YES I changed the sheep's face. I was NOT ok with a creepy Chucky doll face on such a cute sheep toy
- The sleeping cat in the basket box is actually themed after one of three cats living with me. He always loved sleeping in boxes for some reason so I tagged his box with his name Blizz (short for Blizzard).
PICTURES OF PROGRESS
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Anyway, thank you all for your time and I hope you enjoy~!
PS.
Here are some non-text version of the wall as well~
2560x1600 version (btw quality is reduced due to download limit, pm me for the high resolution version)
1600x1200 version
1280x1024 version
EDIT: Thank you so much for the highlight and comments/+favs! It's just made this present even that much more fun~!
