sagakure: Kaname wallpapers~ &l

Sagakure (

sagakure) wrote,
@ 2008-08-26 04:57:00

Current mood:	Happy<3
Entry tags:	¤ Vampire Knight - All VK Posts, ¤ Vampire Knight - Fanarts

Kaname wallpapers~ <3
I live. *_*//
*MOES SO MUCH*
*dies from VK-moe-induced nosebleed*
*revives*
As everybody already knows, there's no VK this month, but I bought LaLa anyway, and it was shock full of interesting stuff. *will scan later*
I shall make a separate news post to talk about it, because this post is for Kaname wallpapers. X3

I was at a family gathering picnic this weekend, but being the obsessive freak I am, I was drawing Kaname throughout part of it. *is so lame* XD;;;;;;
I had been careful to take the pencil I like and some clean paper (~~because last year I drew stuff on the disposable tablecloth and there was food on the pics XD~~), so I could scan and color it. *-*/

It's hilarious how a pic drawn while at a picnic is one of my best. XD;;;; ~~What does that says about my level of organization while drawing at home?~~
So I made wallpapers. *-*/

1280 x 1024

1024 x 768

800 x 600

The chain is my own custom-made photoshop brush, the drawing is all hand drawn/pencil outline, the colors I did on SAI, the text on PS, and the little Cross Academy symbol next to his name is made by Mixordia.

It might be difficult to recognize/badly drawn because I did it at a picnic so there was no chess set around to use as reference, but it's supposed to be the queen that he's holding. XD
He feels chained and trapped, has no pieces left to play, and worries with the queen between his fingers...

And by the way, normally my pics are "no re-use without written permission", but because those are wallpapers, you are of course free to take and use freely in your computer. :D
(No iconizing, editing the pic, chopping off signature or anything of the such, though, of course. XD XD;; *mentions just in case*)

Enjoy~! *__*//

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	atemu_mana 2008-08-26 12:44 pm UTC (link)
	NICE!! The preview for chapter 43 is inside this month's LaLa, no? hehehehe Well, if you can scan it, can you scan the preview page? I kind of like the preview page, 3-cornered battle, XD. Kaname-sama!! dies from the uber sexiness (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-26 01:05 pm UTC (link)
	Yep, and it's a hot pic of Kaname and Zero, with Rido in the middle. had planned to scan that page with the others I love the previews too. :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	suzaku18 2008-08-26 02:30 pm UTC (link)
	You should have more family picnics, then. xD And I think the change of scenery had something to do with it too. By the way, what type of paper do you use? Plain bond paper? Or is there a specific brand? (Reply to this) (Thread)

sagakure
2008-08-26 02:46 pm UTC (link)

More than the change of scenery, was the fact I couldn't draw porny pics with small children and grandparents wandering by. *rotfl* It would be just wrong. XD

As for paper, the whiter and smoother the better. :D I'd say pick up a few different drawing pads and sketchbooks at your local artshop and see which one you feel is more pleasant to draw on, then do some scanning tests or which works best for you. (Wgich gives the best scan results with different pencils etc. :D)

I would say if you can pick, then the japanese brand Kent is best. Really good also are the really white papers sold for color illustrations for doujinshi or manga purposes. (There are many brands. Avoid the yellowish ones.)
(I draw on the papers for B&W doujin pages etc. too, when I run out of the ones for color illustrations. XD;; Just gotta avoid the blue lines or it looks funky in the scan.)

But when I can't be picky (*buys paper on sale at art shops for the bulk of her pics, draws too much* XD XD;;), I will draw on just about anything. XD;; All the way from fancy textured art papers down to the corner of the little groceries list mini-notebook while I'm away from my desk. XD; *always has pens*

You often can clean an outline on photoshop before coloring, but the overall quality will be best if you draw on a bigger paper than a tiny one (so, not the 2 inches long groceries list post-it XD) and if your paper isn't prone to make an overly greyish scan, go fuzzy, be all grainy or other problems.

Some of the really smooth papers lose little annoying fluff things when scanning though, so watch out for those. But generally, something not too grainy and really white is the best.

Also, I use a 0.3 mechanical pencil. :D Thin outline = ♥

2b lead is pure delight to draw with but can be messy. hb and 2h are wonderfully precise but won't be as dark when you scan. (But it's more pleasant to compensate for that on photoshop than for messiness. XD)

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suzaku18
2008-08-27 03:19 am UTC (link)

Haha! True. :Imagines the death glares parents and elderly would give: Most especially the frighteningly uber conservative ones. You might get a sermon at the wrong place and time xD;;

Ohh. Will raid the nearest artshop ~~here in school~~! There are quite a lot of artshops at the four streets surrounding the university. Maybe I'll raid them later =D *Gets shot for forgetting she has classes*
xD I draw on whatever paper-like material I find, too! But mostly the victim are my lecture notebooks. Never was one of them without some sort of doodle.
(Hm, scanner .. I just use a camera. At the moment, cellphone camera ^^;;)

I like having thick outlines. But I'm going to try and go a bit thinner xD

Thanks a lot! <333

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sagakure
2008-08-27 03:36 am UTC (link)

Haha, dunno about a sermon... I think maybe not, more like I'm worried of traumatizing the innocents. XD XD *lol*

The annoying thing with notebooks are lines, usually. That and the fact the paper is often too thin, resulting in meh scans later if you want to color digitally.
Also, that paper is usually produced aiming more at cheap than at quality, so sometimes impurities show in it more than in other papers, and those are more visible in the scans too. If you find an art paper that you like, take it with you everywhere, so you can draw on the go. ;)

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	suzaku18 2008-08-27 05:18 am UTC (link)
	xDDD Evil! Haha. Yep, that's true. But it's more of random doodles to cure boredom for me, though. Or to not fall asleep in class. ^^;; But there are some sketches in which I like; thing is, it's so messy since it's a straight ballpen doodle. (So many guidelines & sketchy lines! xD) Yes! That I'll do! =D (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-27 05:27 am UTC (link)
	Or you can do like I often do, draw on everything at hand, from notebooks to tablecloths, and then if you like a pic you drew on something messy, you trace a clean outline of your pic on a nice paper, with a proper pen later at home, to color. :D (a light table is a lovely thing for that. Or a glass table with a lamp beneath. X3) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	suzaku18 2008-08-27 01:05 pm UTC (link)
	Haha! Awesome. xD Now that's an embodiment of the 3P's: Practice, practice, practice! Also AAYP: Anywhere As You Please. xD (Reply to this) (Parent)

	chibi_plum 2008-08-26 03:12 pm UTC (link)
	So purdy. I use mechanical pencils too!!! For the thin outline. XD (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-26 03:21 pm UTC (link)
	is happy you liked him :D :D Yeah, mechanical pencils beat normal pencils anytime. XD loves the super thin 0.3 ones (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ayaogicesthime 2008-08-26 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	Wow O__O awsome work... also thank you so very very much. ^__^ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-26 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	:D :D is so happy that you liked it that much :D :D<3 (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ryoma_kun 2008-08-26 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	Nice wallpaper. _ And, the VK oficial site... News __ (Do you see?) (Reply to this) (Thread)

sagakure
2008-08-26 04:20 pm UTC (link)

I saw! *___* I've been listening to the new themes and watching the PV non-stop almost, since yesterday. XD;;; *completely obsessed*

I was going to make a news post with the Vampire Knight game and other news from the latest LaLa, but hadn't found time to scan stuff yet. :D *is currently scanning, but already fell asleep a few times times, is dead tired* XD;; (I was actually using the PV to artificially maintain me awake, because I get surges ot fangirling when I see Kaname appear in it, and as a result, I get more adrenaline flowing through the body and wake up a bit. XD;;;; *rotfl*)

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miara56
2008-08-26 05:26 pm UTC (link)

What?! A game?! O_____________________o
OMG~! Thank you so much then for taking the time to scan all these things for us non-Japanese speaking/obssesion-ing Kaname fans~! ;__; And please do take your time scanning, ok? Rest, rest, rest, and more rest! Don't lose sleep over us~!

...

ahem...

Anyhoo, now I'm gonna have to draw for you another 'Kaname' picture as thanks. =) You don't mind do you? Now that I think about it, it's actually nice drawing Kaname stuffs for you. It's pleasing (in a good way. ^_^) how your reactions are most of the time. ^_^;

PS

Used your wallpaper as my desktop background for now. ^_^ Will probably be staying as my wallpaper for a few months until I change it again~!

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sagakure
2008-08-26 09:37 pm UTC (link)

Yep~! X3 *finally found time and posted the info post with the scans*

I... I did pass out while making the post. XD;;;; *lol* *hit elbow on desk even* XD;;;; *was too sleepy*
I supposed it's the sort of thing that happens to Shiki. XD XD That's why vampires shouldn't be awake by day. *lol*

Omg, yay! *-* *happily looks forward, is always delighted to see more Kaname pics* <333

Aw, yay~! :D Thanks!! *is so happy that you liked the wallpaper that much* :D :D

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	ryoma_kun 2008-08-30 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	Sorry, but I have a question about the wallpaper. ^^"... The font in the wallpaper (Kaname Kuran - Vampire Knight), what do you use? Remember the font and style from oficial site. xD (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-30 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, it's not the official one, though I've been looking for something similar too. ;D It's a freeware called "Grafik Text". (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ryoma_kun 2008-08-30 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	Arigatou! =D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	merueru 2008-08-26 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, I'm totally admiring all the detail in this pic. From Kaname's fingernails, hair, eyelashes - WOW - And the chair! It's really beautiful :D (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-26 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! :D I'm so happy that you liked it! I thought maybe it was messier/less detailed than my usual ones, due to beign drawn during a picnic, but then again, it's bigger, so all the details that normally are lost are more visible. ~~Eek.~~ XD lol should make wallpapers also with some of the more detailed pics XD XD bounces happily :D :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jiangryudo 2008-08-26 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	Oh it's so gorgeous! I love the wallpaper! I hope you had a wonderful time at the picnic! o Can't wait to see the information that was interesting in LaLa! D: Sad about no VK but I hope it means the next one is even more awesome!! o (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-26 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! :D I'm happy that you liked it! I did! loves the picnics X3 Even with the worry of getting splashed by the kids fighting with water balloons, hahaha. drew also a sketch of Kaname being splashed by a water balloon XD Yes! The next one is loooong. - - - BURNS WITH MOE IN ADVANCE XDDD (Reply to this) (Parent)

	al_nair 2008-08-26 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, Kanameeee... Oh, Sagakure... Amazing :) Saved one of these, thanks ^___^ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-26 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! :D I'm happy that you liked it! X3 Yay~! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mirasango 2008-08-26 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	That's really gorgeous! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-26 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! :D I'm happy that you liked it! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	perseverance_n 2008-08-26 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	Now I see the picture as a whole, it's really good and I love how you relate Kaname to the chess board. It reminds me of a fanfiction I read about him and the chess board. I wonder what chess piece he's holding. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-26 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! :D I'm happy that you liked it! It might be difficult to recognize/badly drawn because I did it at a picnic so there was no chess set around to use as reference, but it's supposed to be the queen. XD He feels chained and trapped, has no pieces left to play, and worries with the queen between his fingers... (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

perseverance_n
2008-08-27 08:28 pm UTC (link)

Your welcome! I'm impressed. For a person not having a reference, you did well. It was my fault for not looking at the picture clearly, because now I could tell Kaname is holding a queen.

But it's funny. This picture really reminds me of the drabble I was talking about, where Yuuki begins as a pawn and the ends being a queen, or something like that. Here's the link if you want to give it a read : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3326061/1/King_of_the_Board .

But once again, you did a great job and I can't wait to see more of your drawings!

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sagakure
2008-08-27 08:46 pm UTC (link)

I didn't play chess anymore those recent few years, so I didn't quite remember how it was supposed to look like, but well, a white piece about that size in Kaname's hand can only be a queen and nothing else. *lol*

Ah, but Yuuki was never a pawn for Kaname, she was always his queen. :)
(Or perhaps even the king on board itself, since he has to protect her. Although the king fits him since he can't move due to all the political issues.)

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	_profiterole_ 2008-08-26 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	It's awesome! Great job! ^__^ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-26 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! :D I'm happy that you liked it! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	akutsu_san 2008-08-26 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	Lovely wallpapers.. I will stole one for me, to use on my computer, if you don't mind..=p and.. the news on the VK's website make me freak out.. lol what do you think about the new songs.. I liked but.. the other ones were better.. is not it? (Reply to this) (Thread)

sagakure
2008-08-26 09:31 pm UTC (link)

Yay, thanks~! :D *is happy that you liked the wallpapers* <3

Hahaha, I was all hyper when I saw it!! XD XD *still is*
I thought the same about the songs at first, but then after listening to them throughout the whole night (*is a VK freak* XD;;;) it really grew on me, I think I like them as much as the first season.
At first, I had been weirded out by the first season ones also, but then I grew to like them. :D

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	akutsu_san 2008-08-31 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, At first it is really weird but.. I am get used too.. OMFG.. 2 VK freaks.. lol~~ I just could not bear was that Ichiru with a ponytail with shizuka's bell!! that was really weird!! kisses a lot (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mnemo_syne 2008-08-26 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Pretty! Especially the hair. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-26 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! :D I'm happy that you liked it! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	junki3dreams 2008-08-29 01:52 am UTC (link)
	wow! You sure made it beautifully! You are really good! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sagakure 2008-08-29 05:47 am UTC (link)
	Thank you! :D I'm so happy that you liked it! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nievesvi 2009-03-28 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	mg!!!! love u kaname xD!!!! (Reply to this)

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