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Kino no Tabi: The Idle Life

Kino no Tabi Wallpaper

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Artist Comment

One in a series of Kino no Tabi wallpapers based on chapter illustrations from the novel. I chose this chapter, "Nodoka na Kuni" (The Tranquil Country) for two reasons: Riku (my favorite character) and the fact that the two seem to be resting in a modern rural Japanese village. This is a departure from the usual villages Kuroboshi illustrates which are mostly inspired by Medieval European villages and buildings (see the Chances wallpaper for an example). I colored the illustration (although kept in line with Kuroboshi's sometimes style of "all shadows are black") with a very simple color scheme after tracing it (unfortunately, the image in the artbook is veeery small, and bending my novel to scan a larger version would only mean having to reconstruct the center, making a trace the only viable method). Since the chapter was titled "The Tranquil Country", "The Idle Life" seemed quite appropriate.
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Comments

  1. ejwcobra Oct 19, 2005

    whootness! first to post! anyways, looks nice, very simple but the simplicity is a good thing.

  2. Chloe-chan Moderator Oct 19, 2005

    Wow, very cool! I love the simple colors and everything is so neat! Great job!

  3. akito85 Oct 19, 2005

    Very nice wallie.. its so funny.. I like the title "the idle life" hehe... I think the character is
    getting bored coz there is no people there.. hehe

  4. boink Oct 19, 2005

    maybe it's just me, but the way his face is drawn, wouldn't his eye be sunk way into his head? ... or spread incredibly far apart? ... I don't know. :P

  5. TrinityLi Oct 19, 2005

    Very nice! I really love the earthy colors you used. Very crisp, very clean, very good! Great job! :)

  6. Sunira Oct 19, 2005

    Its very simple, and as always the lines are impeccable. The sudden dark areas in the wallpaper remind me of inked drawings.

  7. OracleAngel Retired Moderator Oct 20, 2005

    Submitting 3 Kino walls, you must be good at what you do... beautifull vecotred and the sky is the limit. Kinda reminds me of me but without the dog T__T traveler but i dont have a companion... Anyway good job! :P

  8. markjo Oct 23, 2005

    Being a person who likes simple things, this is definitely to my taste. Like the colours and love the vector work.

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