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I actually started this one before "Twist", so it remained a WIP for a while. Nausicaa is my favorite movie, and pretty much one of my first animes, before I even knew it was an anime. XD So this is my little tribute to it.
Original scan: http://gallery.digik.net/view/6132Song used for some inspiration: Solarstone's remix of Conjure One's "Center of the Sun"
It's 100% painted from scratch with my tablet. No vectors, no special brushes, no textures. And nope, I did not use the grass brush; every strand was made with the smudge tool. But is it really grass, or is it the Ohmu's feeler things? It's up to you to decide. :)
This is me while working on the "grass": ===/(@_@)/ And on the clouds: ~(@_@)~ Seriously, at first I was stumped on how to paint them, but I kept at it and the result is what you see. Hopefully they somewhat resemble clouds and grass. >_>
I put on the design of the dress Nausicaa wore near the end of the movie to possibly hint at something. n_n I was originally going to make the dress blue to fit the prophecy, but the pink looks better here. (And in the movie the dress starts out pink anyway, and then gets stained blue by Ohmu blood.)
The wall can be flipped for those who prefer that (because of icons).
Time spent: 15-20 hours PSD file size: 167mb
Any comments and favs are appreciated. ^_^
Edit: If colors are too bright, maybe try adjusting monitor?
Edit 2: I made a tutorial for the grass since many people were curious how I made the grass here. XD http://missnysha.deviantart.com/art/Painting-Tutorial-Grass-112674391



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4 years, 3 months ago
HaHAH! Firsts! 8D
*cough* Awesome. XD Love the wide open space in this wallpaper. The grass is my favorite. +favz
4 years, 3 months ago
rawrs at bern lol i thought i was gonna b first omg ur fields and clouds are like 100x better than mine <3 ++fav
4 years, 3 months ago
It's amazing. The golden field in the wallpaper is very wonderful. Colors drawing Nauciaa's wonderland is not only clean but also soft. I like Miyazaki Hayao's animation series very much.
4 years, 3 months ago
Wow, yet another masterpiece. XD I swear, everything you produce is perfect! This is so beautiful. To go from that scan to this, and by only using your tablet is really stunning! The clouds blow me away. *__* Seriously, they look real...or better than real. And the grass is so pretty. I love how much depth your wallpaper has. *envious* You are truly truly talented! This is a must-fave, and I'm sure it'll be an S ranking at least. XD *faves* Superb work. :3
4 years, 3 months ago
gorgeous stuff, gorgeous stuff. xD seriously, i need to learn how to paint grass like that. in my effort to learn how to paint, i've done barren earth (which was harder than i thought since there needed to be detailing so that there's something to look at). but how to go about painting a grassy field is somewhat harder to imagine. you did a wonderful job with the grass here. even from the small thumbnail, i was like: OMG that grass looks amazing *__* must full view.
the clouds are nice, but if there's one area to improve, it would be the clouds. (but i repeat before anybody throws anything at me, they do look nice.) i currently feel like their shapes are too "set", as opposed to the clouds having a rough base and then their shapes grow into their current forms and become defined as you paint in the finer details and shading. hard to put my finger on and hard to explain, so you'll just have to excuse my poor try at it. ^^; and i believe you smudged the edges of the clouds to soften them and get them to blend, but you missed two spots, one close to the top and in the middle, one to the far left. ;]
still, me likes. and me +fav. :P
4 years, 3 months ago
Absolutely beautiful |(n_n)| I love the background, it's wonderful. Lights on grass are a great idea. +fav desu~
4 years, 3 months ago
Nice scenic wall... it is beautifully painted. And its great to see that you made the grass yourself and it isnt that boring grass brush i seem to see so often these days. The clouds are great too! Overall, top work!
4 years, 3 months ago
thaaank you for painting the grass. so above a lot of walls just cuz of that. good job.
4 years, 3 months ago
absolutely beautiful, luv the grass and everything else it sure a nice wall and me praise ur skill ^^
4 years, 3 months ago
Your efforts clearly paid off, the clouds are done very nicely. the wall displays movement, which separates the skilled from those who still lack that something extra.
Keep it up!
4 years, 3 months ago
very lovely wallpaper...when use as desktop it looks really really good!!!!although the color is little too bright for me (or maybe is my god damn monitor). anyway very nice job done !!!!
4 years, 3 months ago
great! instant +fav
4 years, 3 months ago
Such a great wall really. Your work is always exceptional and I congratulate you on a job well done on this one. Paintwork really needs to be more appreciated on this site. I really love your painting of the clouds and the grass. Those two elements in many scenic art is rarely done justly. Clouds, I've recently learned, are especially difficult to pull off well in painting and I'm definitely enjoying your cloud work. You used the smudge tool for your grass? I'm curious... Did you just have general colors going and then smudge stroke them into blades of grass? Or did you draw them in with your tablet and define them better with the smudge tool. Also, I really do like the incorporation of the costume design on the outfit. It's really an enjoyable touch. Anyway, lovely piece and great work.
4 years, 3 months ago
This is really pretty. =) I think your scenery work really improved since your last scene-incorporating work. I was gonna comment on the clouds but I see that asa has already done it.
I saw your dA account. You're not only talented but also have great art skills. You really should use those drawing and composition skills more than brush/vector because its a waste of talent T_T
Your drawings have a great blend in the colors which I think would work well with the clouds there~
Hmm, I have no more critique to add so I'll just fav
4 years, 3 months ago
ahhh this is amazing, too amazing for a good comment favvv
4 years, 3 months ago
This is really nice, i admire your awesome painting skills. Fave part on this wall should be grass, but i adore the clouds as well. All i can say i adore your work and faves XD cant wait for next project of yours.
4 years, 3 months ago
OMG,how did you menage to paint the grass like that?I got a tablet few days ago,and I'm going through hell by trying to paint something...It's so damn hard p(T_T)q Anyways,this is really amazing...I love the sky also,those clouds look really realistic and fluffy<3 Amazing job,really +fav
4 years, 3 months ago
I like the effects on the grass and in the sky, very amazing . Good job.
4 years, 3 months ago
it's one of the most beautifull and tender WP on this site you're a real artist cos U capture a moment in a design is something that sumn give it a feeling to it. it let us the viewrs to relate this design to sumn we appreciate thanx from mexico
4 years, 3 months ago
Simply beautiful! I love the way you made everything, specially the grass.
4 years, 3 months ago
So bright a wall that it burns my eyes (sorry 4 being lardy-dardy XD) The scan itself is lovely... But, without mentioning that, the background is soooo awesome!
You're serious when you stated that it's 100% painted? Woaaaa.... The clouds and the grass stun me. Not only do they resemble clouds and grass (in reality XD), they're of the most beautiful ones I've ever seen painted. And great play of colors, great light....
This one is a must-FAV. And (in my opinion) it should be featured too! ^______________________^
4 years, 3 months ago
Exceptional work! The paint work is beautiful. I know this work isn't easy and I admire the effort you put here. The scenery is breathtaking and I like how the clouds in the sky. The great blend of colors and the glowing effects are really amazing.
4 years, 3 months ago
zomg! nausicaa! my favorite ghibli <33
you did such a wonderful job with the style~ i can almost feel the wind blowing and hear the grass rustling... *sighs happily*
4 years, 3 months ago
This is a great wallpaper. I remember this scence from the movie. I like how the colors are so smooth.
Great job!
4 years, 2 months ago
La la lalalalala lala lalalala. :) I love Nausicaa, and you did this scene beautifully. The painting looks so natural and you have made it look a lot more 3D in a good way. That grass is gorgeous too! +fav
4 years, 2 months ago
Such a lovely and cute wallpaper *_* I love the bright colors and cleanliness, and this is a great tribute wallpaper! Ah, just so lovely! Fave!
P.S. Ohmus... scare me...
P.P.S. I listened to the song you linked. I was not expecting someone to start singing, so I was really startled lol, since I had the volume kind of up. It's a rather scary sounding song for inspiration for this kind of wall, but it's a really nice song, hehe. I only know (knew) one song from Conjure One and it's awesome! (it's called "Redemption")
4 years, 1 month ago
Oh my... I didn't realize that I hadn't ever commented on this >_<! I'll have to rectify that... err... am rectifying that, lol. Anywho, this is a really good wall. Great use of colors, especially on the clouds. What you do with just painting is amazing, and I'm honestly staring at your work for long periods of time every time you show them to me. +fav definitely on this one ^_^
4 years, 3 weeks ago
It's not too bright at all! The brightness goes perfectly well with the golden 'grass'~
4 years, 6 days ago
wow! i like the clouds and green grass and girl too wonderful wall great work into my favorites
3 years, 11 months ago
Oh my god, this is so vibrant and gorgeous. Thanks for putting so much work into it |(n_n)|
3 years, 11 months ago
Yay, I like this one! XD
3 years, 8 months ago
Beautiful watercolour effect for my favourite Ghibli film. Captures the child-like recollections well.
3 years, 4 months ago
I loved this scene. :) Great wallpaper!
2 years, 5 months ago
very good colors and i love the background of the wall.
2 years, 2 months ago
Beautiful, you did an amazing job!! I'm totally speechless. +fave
2 years, 1 month ago
beautiful
9 months, 4 weeks ago
amazing wall
you did a great job on the details of the golden filed
and the clouds is really close to the original screen
thx for your working on it :)