I've always thought that the scan of Sakura that this came from was so pretty, I decided I wanted to wall it. First I vectored the part of the scan I wanted to use. Big vectors are so fun :). The scan had a bit of a sketchy look different from most CCS scans, and I tried to keep that look in certain parts of the vector. I had to extend the umbrella since it didn't go that far in the scan.

After the vector came the walling. I actually finished this vector on May 7th, and since then I've been trying to make a suitable background for it. Took a while, I tried so many different ideas. The one I finally settled on was this one. The scenery in the background is mainly from a scan at MT. The rain was made by me, and I added some minor brushwork/texture over the whole thing to give it a more mystical look (it may look odd, but it's there). You may think I just pasted a vector on a background and added the other stuff, but I actually spent over an hour editing the colours and effects of the vector and background to make them match and to fit my scene. I tried to create a scene of Sakura walking in the rain at night with the moon shining oh her.

In this version the umbrella is slightly transparent. If you want a version without the transparent umbrella, you can get it here:


Oh, and this wall may seem a little dark, but I kind of planned it that way. It was actually darker at first, but I wanted people to be able to see it :P

Anyways this wall could probably be better, but this was my best. Hope you all enjoy it, thanks for any comments, faves, and full views.

Time: 7 hrs
Layers: 40