Just wanted to point out this excellent essay exploring the aspects of the Touhou series and its incredible fan popularity. I must admit that it’s hard not to be swept up into the Touhou fandom - personally I quite enjoy the games and have a fair amount of the doujin music releases, but aside from that and a small chunk of fanart I’ve never really been into it as heavily as some people I know. Still, it’s an interesting series of games and its popularity is a fascinating achievement given that ZUN is a hobbyist programmer who I believe makes the games in his spare time. At this point I think the only thing left for him to tick off his list is an anime adaption. Which would be awesome. Make it happen, Japan.
Now if only I wasn’t so crap at the games. 
1920×1200 | 1600×1200 | Illustrator
Finally got this one done. I’ve been working on it off and on for the last week and a half. There’s not a huge amount to say here, I think this one’s turned out reasonably well. I had to do a bit of fiddling to get the 1600×1200 one to look okay, including moving the girls closer together. Not that anyone minds if they get closer to each other, I’m sure. Also, I’ve linked the thumbnail in with the new gallery software I’m using, so you should get a fun clicky lightbox thing popping up at you if you click the image. For consistency and convenience I’ve left links in too.
No idea what I’ll do next. Probably another Strike Witches one, there are three more shots from the ED that are possibilities.
I came to a realisation yesterday - I started doing vector traces back in September 2003, though I didn’t release my first one until October. When exactly I started is still a mystery, however it’s five years ago this month. As such, I got off my lazy arse and added a gallery of everything, which you can find here or in the link above. My intention is to further integrate the gallery into blog entries in the future as well. If you encounter any wierdness - and you probably will, I can’t test everything - then please drop a comment here and let me know.
Expect a misty-eyed retrospective entry soonish. It’s amazing how much I sucked back when I started this stuff. Also, I’m open to suggestions for a 5th anniversary commemorative vector. :V
A bundle of joy was waiting for me on my doorstep when I got home from work today.
The Disgaea 3 No.1 Honor Student set, direct from NISA. Yay. There was a little bit of randomness involved in the order - ‘randomly’ (I interpreted this as “when we run out of the first we use the second and so on”) either the 2-disc OST, a 36-page artbook, or a Flag. The OST was what I was really hoping to get, too. Looks like checking Rosenqueen every day in the hope that they’d do a special bundle was worth it. Now to wait for an Ar Tonelico 2 bundle. 
