Thank you! It's really beautiful!
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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Comments
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toffle Mar 30, 2006
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chickychickycat Jul 30, 2006
i really like the color
look like very old
in addition, the chiness letter at the corner make the picture become a chinese old style
congratulation -
shadowVII Oct 08, 2006
this is really nice. i love the colors and the texture u used. the setuo is very nice 2. i just hate the character though. no offense meant....just his hair reeeeaaally bothers me...
the rest is great though -
Norn Dec 01, 2009
This is one of my favorites of all time. I just wish it was available in a widescreen resolution as well.
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