ur wallys r always very imaginative and special! i like this a lot! great quality and nice compositon! thx for it!
Artist Comment
I've been wanting to make an Okama wall for ages but it never seemed much of a priority... then when Candy-chan started
making some, I figured I'd better get this one done before someone else gets the same idea!
Anyways, I liked this painting of an archer so
I went to transform the vertical image into a horizontal one. I wanted to keep the same sort of grain so I used Painter
to watercolor the background (which led me to learn a lot about how Painter's digital watercolor tool works -- the
blenders still don't make sense, but mocking up a plain color background and using the clone option allowed me to
recreate the gradients). I also painted a layer to be used to create the grass.
The grass itself was created in Illustrator by tracing over the blades, then using them as a vector mask over the
watercolor layer in Photoshop. There are about 8 layers of grass at with different colorations and blendings in order to
create an illusion of depth, although it's not perfect. But at 245mb (the file was 3200x2400) Photoshop slowed down to
the speed of molasses, so I figured it was good enough for now.
I used some texture so that the foreground and background blended together, and in the process lost all the texture I
gained from watercoloring in Painter. Oh well. It was good Painter practice, that's what's important.
The text reads "Pampas Grass Hunter" since the original had the words "Pampas grass" on it. I was
working on an English title "The Hunter in the Grass" but couldn't get it to fit in with the picture. Since
this was very traditional art print/paint style I decided to continue with that and use a strictly enclosed Kanji title
that you sometimes see.
Additional resolutions at DA! Desktop Anime
EDIT: Someone mentioned they got a pwn3d image when they tried to download the image. However, it downloads perfectly
fine for me. I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but you can always grab the wall from my site *points
above*
EDIT2:
P.S. Dear mods and elites,
Pretty please stop highlighting my works; it's rather embarassing and I don't particularly feel I deserve it; I can't
imagine how original these works are if I am merely copying someone else's work (or extending out a piece so it looks
almost exactly the same as the original.) I love you tons, but really, this is getting silly.
Hugs and kitties,
Tama.
Highlighted
Chosen by jasmine and shyxsakura
originality is one of tama's special abilities, and this wall is a pure example of it <3 her walls are always professional and clean... so look up to her and admire <33
Proposed by jasmine and highlighted by shyxsakura.
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the scene is good and the colors make a nice atmosphere.
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owww O_O the scenery looks GREAT! its just breath-taking! just prefect! nothing more said. good job as always^^
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Great job! Totally amazing! The effect is superb!
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Very nicely done! The color goe very well with the Chinese theme!
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Actually, I did get a "pwn3d" image when I first tried to download this, but it was well worth spending double credits on, added to favorites, thanks for posting.
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Lovely soothing background for the most part, I like the grass and archer that come together because its must have been hard hunting ducks with a bow but nonetheless its a great piece! :P
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Wonderful OoO You made me jealous, Tama-neko chan ^_^ Fav from me and you are talent >_<!
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As most times, the wallpaper is perfect is terms of cleanliness, sharpness and composition. What I particularly like here is the art itself and the sooting, warm colours. As usually, I admire the hard work you put in your wallpapers...
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Hey, you deserve the credit and the highlight. Just reading what you did to make this wall puts me at awe (Awesome wall!). I only dabble in those programs and have to read tutorials to figure stuff out. You had an idea and went with it, so take the ego rush and run with it. XD Besides, if your head gets too big we'll just have to pop it with a pin and bring you back down to earth. lol
You might want to add some stubble or fallen grass at the hunter's feet, but it looks great as is. Loving the textures which really give it a dated feel of an ancient piece of art work. Very much deserved credit.
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that is seriously some amazing work......
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I would prefer it with less texture so I can see more of the details, but still, the texturing matches the style so it does work out really well anyway. The grass looks awesome, and the scan blends perfectly. You did an awesome job with this wallpaper, keep up the good work and keep producing amazing stuffs.
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The background is pretty good. You really managed to blend the figure pretty well to it. And I love the look. Good job bringing out the old worn out folk art style.
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Wow, that's a awesome hunting scene, gives you a real feel of japanese art with the color blend. I highly enjoy the work you've done.
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So beautiful! The colors are gorgeous, and the work you did to get the background to fit so well... definitely a great piece! :)
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It may be "just" an extension of an original (beautiful) artwork, but it still shows great skills to get to such a level of perfection. Great choice of scan, awesome composition. It works great as a wallpaper. One of your bests in my opinion. Thank you :)
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It's beautiful! *___*
Your wallies are so nice always, you deserve to be highlighted XD
I love the atmosphere in this wallie. It's so... ancient yet so attractive. A hard feeling to describe and you brought it so well.
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I have to admit this has a quality I rarely see in these types of walls. Nice.
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At last I can post!
Oh my....this is so cool
I love it :D
When i thought you can't be more awesome, you surprised me with this amazing piece
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omg tama.. i luv those grass! *eats them* O_O
it looks really really awesome. everything flows very well together and i luv that brownish tone of the wall.
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Magnificent! I love this wall, it's so different from the rest of wallpapers I've seen so far ^-^
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it looks really really amazing but it´s too dark
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awsome
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