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Artist's Note

**Until Customize.org allows me to upload the pack in a .zip format, you can get the FULL pack here: http://gearman.abnormalcy.org/samurai.zip **

It's been more than a year since my last submission, and what a year it's been.

I'd first like to thank James "Liqachu" Wignall for sending me some of his work, for a future collaboration. I've once again bastardized his original work (the flowers and flower accessories in the bottom half) but his original work was a driving inspiration for this.

Included is four wallpapers from the poster, at 1600x1200, 1280x1024, 1024x768, and 800x600 respectively; bringing the total to 16 wallpapers in the pack itself. I've also included the poster-sized version for anyone interested in having the work in its original size.



About:
I've been exploring many different styles over the past several months, from severe minimalism, to a very dirty grafitti, and onto a very victorian-esque pattern-laden influence. The poster is a combination of my old style, with some of my new styles that I've been experimenting with. Also, I've seen the movie "Hero" about thirty times now, and the oriental influence is very noticeable. Also, I've been fascinated by the Samurai ever since I read about them at a very young age, and this is my way of expressing that fascination.

Resources: Deviantart.com for all of the brushes used. Theinspirationgallery.com for the floral designs.

Comments (30)

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Two great artists together... with an interesting result. The pattern combination is unusual but it works out here.

Mon, Oct 11th at 02:28pm (5 years ago)
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1nfinite says:

This is very nice, i love this style, the floral designs and such. EXCELLENT work i must say.

Mon, Oct 11th at 12:25am (5 years ago)
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Aero says:

hot damn, this is gorgeous..nice work guys

Mon, Oct 11th at 01:39am (5 years ago)
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VictorC says:

well. well that's amazing.

Mon, Oct 11th at 01:41am (5 years ago)
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fokus says:

O_O

Mon, Oct 11th at 02:45am (5 years ago)
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absolutely stunning! I like the various textures mixing in the foreground and background. I wish i had a multiple vertical monitor setup so i can use the whole poster.

Mon, Oct 11th at 10:38am (5 years ago)
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2JSC says:

very cool - the design is very original and such a new flavor for us all. Amazing job!

Mon, Oct 11th at 11:25am (5 years ago)
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link470 says:

This is amazing. I love it. The colour combination is well chosen as well. To both of you, excellent work!

Mon, Oct 11th at 11:36am (5 years ago)
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Gearman says:

I'd just like to say thanks for the comments, and for the support.

Flint: Check out the pack, there are a few wallpaper versions without the X's and text.

Wolzworth: Full view the thing, it's 1600x2400, should be plenty big :)

Tau: There's a wallpaper in the pack without those too :p

Mon, Oct 11th at 12:55pm (5 years ago)
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agreed. amazing and spanktastic. i like that the aspect ratio is such that you can crop and edit to your liking but still keep the original image in tact for the most part. nice work.

Mon, Oct 11th at 01:15pm (5 years ago)
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nx says:

nice patern and layout.

Mon, Oct 11th at 02:18pm (5 years ago)
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Way cool. Bring in the art. It's good to see this kind of quality and talent around.

Mon, Oct 11th at 05:14pm (5 years ago)
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godbomber says:

not just cool!! godly cool!!!!

Tue, Oct 12th at 05:53am (5 years ago)
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jump back, touch mesself, aaaah!

Tue, Oct 12th at 05:55am (5 years ago)
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mZtriZ says:

nice.

Tue, Oct 12th at 01:07pm (5 years ago)
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liqachu says:

dont know what to say man. great composition and form, just great work :)
ud worked wonders with the stuff i sent man hehe, had almost forgot abt that :D

Tue, Oct 12th at 01:18pm (5 years ago)
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Wolzworth says:

Perfection right here; small piece none-the-less. Greatness.

Tue, Oct 12th at 02:03pm (5 years ago)
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dammon says:

only one of the most beautiful pieces of work I have yet seen. I love the flava! the color, the culture... its an experience.... good coloring though really!.

Tue, Oct 12th at 02:49pm (5 years ago)
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tau says:

Would be perfect if it wasn't for the ill-fitting flower render and cliched text

Tue, Oct 12th at 03:48pm (5 years ago)
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razail says:

gorgeous work. my only qualm is that it wouldnt make a great wallpaper because of the format of the work. composition is great. quality of work is exeptional. =P

Wed, Oct 13th at 08:54am (5 years ago)
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eyn says:

Make more wallpaper please. :)

Wed, Oct 13th at 10:59am (5 years ago)
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BleeD says:

OMG ilove this!!! MORE!!!

Wed, Oct 13th at 01:12pm (5 years ago)
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Very nice :)

Thu, Oct 14th at 06:20am (5 years ago)
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jujube says:

details, colors, flow, though provoking (slightly somewhat) style ..... jujube likes

Thu, Oct 14th at 11:44am (5 years ago)
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kFX says:

nice composition, great detail. my only gripe about it is the R in the samurai ... it doesn't seem visually aligned with the rest of the words ... seems to be a little too far to the left. Its minor, but thats all I could find. great piece though

Thu, Oct 14th at 04:19pm (5 years ago)
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Imrik says:

first.. i felt tricked. because i thought there has to be something in there. And then i saw the warrior version. Wow you two. After i saw the samurize the crosses werenīt as disturbing as before. I love how many things flew into this set. And i love the composition especially the two samurai. But hontestly.. i think the crosses donīt fit in. At all... respect. The samurai really makes this a great, great wallpaper. And hell yeah.. it would matter if you die my favourite picachu! Wait until i am 30.. i will invite you to my farm house and all the other great artists to stay here with in silence and no pressure to create. If you will die before i invite you .. that doesnīt exist :) i know you cannot buy a hug from that. but for me it would matter mister

Tue, Oct 26th at 02:23am (5 years ago)
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cool...very cool...congratulations!!!!

Tue, Nov 2nd at 04:24am (5 years ago)
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J2Analog says:

My life is better now that I have seen this... Amazing!

Sun, Apr 3rd at 04:23am (4 years ago)
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AEQUITASx says:

Like the blood effect

Sat, Oct 8th at 11:59am (4 years ago)
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love the blood effect so... cool

Sat, Mar 24th at 09:49am (2 years ago)


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