Kagamine Rin- the Final Sig

[Rin 161]

Last in a series of sigs inspired by Rin-featured albums, I've finally gotten around to making a sig based on my favorite album cover. Using Hikarisyuyo's "Day's Footsteps" as a reference, we've got a pretty simple design that I honestly ended up putting way too much work into.

 

 

 

In all honesty, this would have been one of, if not THE first album I used as reference if I had played for a red team earlier in my career.

 

Now that I'm getting ready to retire Rin and recreate into my fourth player, I really regret not putting a little more into Rin's career than I did. This run was plagued with quite a bit of inactivity, which isn't at all what Rin deserves out of me. It would have been fun to look back at an entire career's worth of album-inspired signatures, but only three ended up being completed (with one of them kept generic because I hadn't found a permanent destination yet).

 

Notably, all three albums chosen were Hikarisyuyo albums, which is remarkably fitting. He's been a consistent producer of j-rock featuring Rin for YEARS, and he works closely with my favorite vocaloid artist in the scene by far- NEGI. I discovered her artwork shortly after getting into vocaloid music as a whole, and her unique art style made it so easy to pick out her work in a crowd. She's done work, officially, for vocaloid/Miku (Crypton being the company at large) a number of times, and I've even been beyond honored to have her draw a fair amount for me through commissioned works. I love how the vocaloid scene is built on the backs of not only musicians and their works, but also the traditional artists that support and help bring their visions and imagery to life. It's why I love collecting physical CDs from various producers-- so much effort goes into the overs, the imagery on the discs, even the little lyric books that are written in a language that I can't read.

 

It's been a pretty alright career for Rin as a depth piece, here's hoping Seattle can add one more cup to her resume. Having her become my first player to win multiple cups would be a wonderful sendoff for someone that holds such a special place in my heart.

 

For fun, the other sigs and their references:

 

 

 

 

 

And, of course, my favorite song from the album: