Archives for category: Art/Design

Seems like there’s a recent outpouring of much deserved love for Mawaru Penguindrum from the walling community… I like how we’re each egging each other on to complete & post more Mawaru wallpapers 8) Hopefully we can get more people to jump on the Mawaru bandwagon! As an aside, I’m on a real patterns kick right now and am absolutely adoring all the awesome penguin patterns used in this show! :D

Debut by MapleRose

Debut by MapleRose

Bound by Fate! by KakashiM

Bound by Fate! by KakashiM

Oh the Penguins by flyindreams

Oh the Penguins by flyindreams

Trouble Makers by Fran

Trouble Makers by Fran

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

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.

Himura Kenshin

Felt compelled to toss together a quick wall before I jump back into the full-time workforce, and decided to make something that satisfied my simple + bishie cravings 8) This is my first time using borders in a wall! To be honest, I’ve never been a big fan of borders in wallpapers, but this wall called for them and I love how everything turned out.

I also ditched my old signature for something a bit more stylish and streamlined. It’s a good time for new changes!

Gotta love creative bookmarks that turn (note)books into delectable looking sandwiches! From Spoon & Tamago:

Talk about delicious bookmarks! Sandwich Tag is the latest work of Japanese design trio Yuse Design. The sandwich ingredients, which function as bookmarks or post-its, come in a variety of “flavors” including the standard B.L.T., or the veggie version. But, you are also given the awesome option of loading up on just bacon. The more notes you take, the more appetizing your book becomes!

Sandwich Tag by Yuse Design (from Spoon & Tamago)

Sandwich Tag by Yuse Design (from Spoon & Tamago)