Hmm... this wall pretty much killed me. I've been working on this on and off, but rushed it out to (near) completion last night... 9+ hours of straight vectoring = dead flyin... :E

Nothing really original about this wall... I just wanted to practice the painty-looking vector style and also to give stroke outlines a go. In the past I've definitely been one of those people who are like "Ew stroked outlines :E" but there's so much control over stroked paths in Illustrator, I actually think now that it's a function that's not really utilized to its full potential.

Motoko + Tachikoma(s) vectored from this scan. 99.5% Illustrator - all vector shapes, no gradients (which was a really dumb decision given that I was working on this during crunch time); just did color touch-up and re-sig in Photoshop. Thanks to taters for support x3 and alienzero for requesting a light gray version... I think I like how this looks better too xD

Dedicated to Josh, my friend since near diaper days, who loves GITS so much that he sent me the boxed DVDs of the first season as a present... this is my long-overdue present for him. Thanks so much *loves*

For the Vectorness March-April Mecha Challenge and 41. Awesomeness for the 100 Themes Project @ Instant Noodles. Because Tachikomas + Motoko clearly equals awesomeness!!!

Additional res now up at pixel ellipsis :D

Update: Thanks again to potaters for the good suggest for the semi-invisible tachikoma :D

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