Giving some love to Sakaeguchi! He definitely isn't appreciated enough. XD Though I'm just as guilty of not giving him his due...it's just I love Mihashi too much. Haha. So yeah. This image came from Ritona's stash of Oofuri goodness. :3 So I thank her for that! She gave me a billion pics and numbered them all...so I couldn't remember what number this one was, so I just uploaded it again for me. XD I'm certainly filling up the Oofuri category. <3 Same with Ritona! I swear, 88% of the cards must be by me or her, and the rest...60% would be gifts for me. Dur hur hur. ♥

So this card was mostly an experiment in gradients and more gradients. Some light texture, but not a lot. I duplicated the pic a lot, too, and sharpened and altered the hue/saturation. :) So yeah, at first glance it might not look that different from the original...but it definitely is. Then the typography, my goodness, took me forever to do. *rolls eyes* I'm too picky. The strokes around them is what threw me lol. What colors to use etc. Well, I think it's ok now! ^^;

Enjoy~

p.s. OMG it's mostly blue! Cool colors. D: I'm looking at my portfolio...and I have blues in the mix now lol! XD Amazing.