Over 1000

The Dark Knight wallpaper has over 1000 hits now on deviantART. Thanks :D

Mustang and Hawkeye

Finally got myself to take an hour to finish this drawing I meant to finish by November... I meant to only draw Riza, but by request of the recipient I threw in Roy. I must've wasted more time trying to scan this... ugh, but I like how Hawkeye turned out. Now I need to draw some non-anime subjects!


Mustang and Hawkeye by ~tamumu61 on deviantART

Addendum (wallpapers):

It's getting cold...

Need a break... from school work... ie Random doodling:

life? by ~tamumu61 on deviantART

Personally a fan of VAIO wallpapers at the moment.  Scroll down to 'Artist,' not the PC history crap.

The Dark Knight is out

Went to see The Dark Knight on opening night.. and it was as great as expected. Still don't know how Blender works... but just another application.. (1280x800 at deviantART)

The Dark Knight 2 by ~tamumu61 on deviantART

The Dark Knight

in... 5.5 days! Wallpaper based on graffiti. I'm starting to feel that my laptop screen is a lot more vibrant than most out there so the blue/green might not appear as rich on some monitors... Same for the previous Batman wallpaper with the dark brown gradient.. (1280x800 download at deviantART).


The Dark Knight by ~tamumu61 on deviantART

I also just uploaded the original graffiti for the previous Batman wallpaper.

Batman Logo

Excited for Dark Knight like this guy? (1280x800).

Edit: Here's the original facebook graffiti piece that unfortunately did not get saved :(

Hayabusa

I miss those days I made a bunch of plastic models from kits. I was a fan of those snap-in non-glue kits that required less effort and resources like paint. A few years ago I actually got a Tamiya model of a random Suzuki motorcycle that I thought looked pretty awesome. I actually bought cheap blue and black spray paint and did my best to color everything I could. Turned out pretty nicely, in my opinion. Unfortunately parts of it like the mirror broke off when we had to move...

I wonder when the next time I'll make one of those models.. My next one was supposed to be a Nissan Fairlady Z in the same color that my family had, but too bad I messed up the spray paint (this is why you don't buy cheap ones) and I guess we no longer have the car :(











Wallpaper (1280x800) adaptation from deviantART here.

April Wallpaper

This is to announce an update to the March Wallpaper, now with a calendar for this month, April. 1280x800 download here.










Notice... for those looking at this on April Fool's day, that the avatar is a mudkip gif ("So i herd u liek MudKips??")!!! Sooo cute. I don't think this would be funny at all if you weren't familiar with the uh, pokemon mudkip, but it really scared the crap out of me because, well I do like mudkip... and have not disclosed that information on deviantART. I thought someone was reading my mind/hacking/etc... Ok... anyway, spring is such an uneasy time.

imagine

Sorry it's been a while. Next wallpaper... this one I actually like, and is almost hitting 500 viewers. Perhaps a little emo... but did not intend to be so. Nice and easy to the eyes, and nothing really getting in the way of your desktop. I'm still looking for input about how cluttered your computer desktop is.

Download this wallpaper (1280x800) here.

It's just red...

It looks like the March Wallpaper of the Month has hit 500 views already (yay). Going back to chronological ordering.. here was my next one. I don't like it at all but went on with it. It reminded me of stained glass windows, and I felt like being offensive, but also thought it wasn't worth it. 1280x800 version here.

Sorry for the archiving.. gotta bide some time for finals week. Not that studying is really occuring...

March Wallpaper

Because this is time-sensitive material, I'm going to post it out of order. I don't have a good idea of how people use their desktops, but I personally find it convenient to have a calendar where it's easily accessible. There's nothing fancy about this and it makes the wallpaper obsolete in 1 month max, but I'm going to throw it out there. No active desktops, no shady background programs. Download for 1280x800 is available here.

Didn't really have a theme in mind but it ended up having a deep sea feel, in my opinion. I also just discovered that if you have Windows Vista and have aero enabled, the calendar is in a visible location. Might be useful?

Inspire the...

It's time to disclose my next wallpaper. It's called "inspire" but I'm not sure what inspired me. Only after naming it, I kept thinking of Hitachi's slogan, "Inspire the Next." It's a pretty simple, clean wallpaper with only geometric components. The 1280x800 version can be downloaded here.





I have a N810-sized (800x480) version, which is made a little brighter. I don't know if it's good enough now but apparently it was too dark on the internet tablet's screen. The darker original and editted versions can be downloaded straight from this post here by clicking on the images.

Fullmetal Alchemist

Well instead of concentrating on midterm studying, I went on a little Fullmetal Alchemist run. Haven't been too into anime lately, but this piece is awesome. Watched the movie "Shanbara wo yuku mono" or whatever and was slightly confused because either the TV series is completely different from the manga or that it was just randomly set in the future. It was okay as a movie but I wasn't a fan of seeing some sort of future and it sucking - a little too much for me. I much prefer the original series.





In any case, I ended up drawing some characters off the opening scenes. The full version of the original is here at deviantART again - you get the pattern. I did it as a little gift to someone I know who likes it, but I kind of like it myself...




But I also did end up spinning off some wallpapers, which I might use temporarily... Sorry Alphonse fans, I just liked how Ed turned out more. Also sorry the size isn't standard but it seems to work fine with my 1280x800 screen. Just keep the scaling the same. I think the second one works well with one row of desktop icons, just along the blue line. Maybe spread them across the top too... I feel like everytime Windows explorer crashes, the trash icon moves all the way to the top right corner anyway.

I wish I could do this sort of drawing with decent quality on the computer so it doesn't look so crappy upon scanning. I do like pencil, mechanical or not, as a medium though.

nano-X

I'm going to go ahead and celebrate that my next and fourth wallpaper, "nano" has reached more than 500 views and 200 downloads on deviantART (thank you!). It's so far my most popular work, it seems, but hopefully I can improve. The concept is pretty simple, and mostly monotone again with a touch of green. The name actually refers to the chemical structure of a nano tube in the background but there's no deep meaning to it, really - nanotube, nanotech, nano... Just another cool technology to borrow its fame from. 1280x800 version can be downloaded here.

I actually made a N810 version (800x480 for the internet tablet) but apparently it turned out too dark for it. My computer apparently has ridiculously high contrast too, so I wonder how different these look across different hardware...

Oh and by the way, happy valentine's day. I wonder if Sony VAIO's calendar wallpaper of the month was pink because of that. I guess that's a safe bet. I might try out some calendar ones myself. It is useful to have a calendar around but I'm not sure how much people actually look at their desktops. There's also the issue of how much stuff there is on the desktop. So to try to get a better idea, please vote in the survey on the right hand side --->>>

Edit: oops, the VAIO wallpaper was actually pink for January, this month's is brown. You can download it for free at My Vaio.

what's tempting you?

Here's the third set of my wallpaper series, "Temptations." Why the name, I'm not really sure either, but as always it's open to interpretation. I felt like drawing something, it turned out to be an apple, you get the drift.. (maybe). I kind of like the reflection on the words, and it didn't seem so bad at that time but maybe it's not neutral enough to get a good view-to-download ratio. You can download the original black piece at deviantART (1280x800).














I'm posting a couple of variations here too. One of them is an inverted version (with a bit of tweeking - download here), and the other is a no-text version. I'm usually against bright desktops, but I figured the transparent feel of the turquoise was worth it.

I haven't figured out how much the words and/or design contribute to overall attractiveness. That will have to involve some experimenting, I guess. I do however, encourage the use of this font I've been using... yes, the one from 24... "Events occur in real time" that's right.

ellipses

I use ellipses all the time - the "..." kind. Perhaps it contains some anime-ish sense of humor in it, but I think in general its useful. It can mean anything from "I don't know what to say" to "wtf is wrong with you," but that is up to the interpretation of the recipient. Here my second simple wallpaper based on a bunch of ellipses and other ellipses. This is actually my second most popular so far on deviantART (download 1280x800):











As a matter of fact, this is an inverted version of what it originally looked like. I don't know why but I had a white and red thing going on, though it went against my dark=easier for eyes philosophy. I'll post the original exclusively on here for download, or ridicule (click on image to download). In any case, the ctrl-I function in MS Paint is great: I've even used it in my research to adjust figures. I don't think I would've thought to use that blue-green color in the final version if it wasn't for the random ctrl-I trial.

just black and blue

Good morning (?). Kicking this off with the first wallpaper I've ever made.

How did this start? Well, 1) I couldn't find a good wallpaper 2) I was procrastinating. I chose simple and dark colors so to prevent blinding (the pre-installed wallpapers are insanely bright and apparently my screen has unusually high contrast), and basically I just started adding elements so that it would look like a "real" wallpaper. The "VAIO" is there because this one was going to be for my personal use and I own a Sony Vaio. If you've ever seen Power Locks you may notice that I overuse MS Paint. In fact, part of this was done in Paint :P

If you'd like, you can download it here at deviantART (1280x800). In terms of wallpaper posts, any suggestions and requests are always welcome! thanks.