Just added a 1920×1280 version of my Code Geass The Dark and White Knights wall to Pixel Ellipsis, per LockonImpulse’s request:

The Dark and White Knights by flyindreams

I’ve waffled over whether or not to add a “Requests” page to Pixel Ellipsis. At one point I actually put up a Requests page, but chickened out and took it down because I like to wall on my own time (AKA slow as hell, when the fancy strikes) and I have a longstanding rule to only wall things I’ve watched or read before. Plus I imagine it’d be disappointing to put in an “official” request and then have it sink into the deep black hole of no responses.

But the open secret is that at the end of the day, I do like getting wallpaper requests because it’s gratifying to make walls that people want to use. For things like cropping an alternate resolution for a wallpaper, that’s usually fairly simple for me to do and I’m happy to oblige. For more specific requests like walling a particular anime series, it’s a bit trickier, but I do keep a running list of requests that I’ve received, whether it be from tweets, Pixel Ellipsis comments, or online walling communities. Twitter is my preferred channel for requests right now because I get an automated email whenever someone mentions me, followed closely by comments on Pixel Ellipsis.

So – no promises, but if you ever feel like sneaking in a request, I’ll take it under serious consideration. And who knows, one of these days I might actually deliver :D

Oh the Penguins (1920x1200)

Nothing original here – just Mawaru Penguindrum’s epic OP turned into desktop form :D Miss @Maria_Francisca – hope you like it!

Looking back at this past year:

Thanks for all your support in 2011 ♥ Here’s to another great year in 2012!

Love this meme 8) Via loveariddle – blank meme template can be found here.

flyin's 2011 Summary of Art

January wall: Akashi-san
February wall: Reach for Love
March wall: Destructive Aftermath
April wall: Cranes for Japan
May wall: N/A
June wall: N/A
July wall: N/A (wow I was dead for quite a few months there)
August wall: CLAMP Mascots Party Wall!
September wall: Himura Kenshin
October wall: N/A (thanks to work)
November wall: Tokyo Babylon – For Tomorrow
December wall: Howl and Sophie – Flight of Fancy

Howl and Sophie – Flight of Fancy

Was in the mood for some quick-ish painting… clouds + Miyazaki <3

Following in the footsteps of One Piece and Studio Ghibli food art, some more culinary epicness for Mawaru Penguindrum via @aicnanime:

Mawaru Penguindrum Bento

Mawaru Penguindrum Onigiri

Approved.

Found this alpaca video through Ayako Ito:

…I then proceeded to waste another hour+ of my life watching random/cute YouTube videos of small fuzzy animals.

DAMN YOU ALPACAS AND YOUR CUTENESS RAWRAWR

From Ayaka Ito:

Lettering by Ayaka Ito

Lettering by Ayaka Ito

Lettering by Ayaka Ito

Tokyo Babylon – For Tomorrow

Work is the ninja assassin of walling… but I woke up early on Sunday morning with an idea in mind, so I popped Photoshop open and about three hours later, I’m as engrossed as ever. Glad that the spark is still there, and that inspiration is still lurking around in the dark corners of my mind.

Came across these awesome One Piece bento pics on matome.naver.jp:

One Piece Bento

One Piece Bento

One Piece Bento

…and wanted to see if any enterprising chefs had decided to make similar bento based off Studio Ghibli’s films. So I did a quick google and found the delightful blog of Anna The Red, which not only featured beautifully crafted Ghibli bento, but also Ghibli-inspired snacks and “feasts.” Here are some of my favorites!

Kaonashi Bento (annathered.com)

Spirited Away bun (annathered.com)

Totoro chocolate (annathered.com)

Nekobus Bento (annathered.com)

Kiki's Fish Pie (annathered.com)