Tengu is a Japanese mythological creature usually attributed with shape shifting abilities and general trickery/ I thought it would be a lovely creature to draw with all the feathers flying around and supernatural whizz effects I could add to it.
You can download in super high resolution for free as a desktop wallpaper here:
1. Normal screen aspect ratio (4:3):
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6557137187_0b63ca1e35_o.jpg
2. Wide screen aspect ratio (16:9):
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6557137197_a2d64e1db6_o.jpg
The artwork began life as a random pen sketch in my notebook. I just wanted to test out my new pigment fineliners to see how thin I could draw the barbs in the feathers:
I asked my buddy over at Scramble, who design all sorts of cool Japanese themed apparel, for some words in kanji, and voila, lots of inking up with pens, a bit of Photoshop trickery and there you have it, Tengu!
