A wallpaper by ~redrouge
Submitted 2 years, 3 months ago

雨の唄

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雨の唄 Mushishi Wallpaper

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~redrouge

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Title: Song of the Rain Couple things I learned from this wall: 1. When in need of a title, come up with some Japanese one and it will look cool. 2. Don't paint scans with aquatic plants. 3. In fact, don't paint Mushishi scans cause it will be a pain.

I started this around September. Even though I have two more walls that I've been working on for like a year, this is the one I finished first. I fail. The easiest part was Ginko; the hardest part was the damn plants. The lotus flower turned out kinda crap, but THAT'S OK. I'm glad I finished one wall.

Now gotta start studying for chem test!

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`Tens

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Beautiful soft colored painting.

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~daiandr

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Its good especially the BG

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`yago-san

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Amazing painting and wallpaper! +++

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`Horseradish Live To Rise

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Hey! How're ya! It's been a while since I've seen you here in AP. (XD) I love this wall that you made. <3 Painting job's really well done. |(n_n)|

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$kokun

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Great work, as always. I really like the raindrops, especially as they hit the plants.

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`chibimisao

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Mushishi! < 3 I've always wanted to work on one of the scans in that gallery. Glad to see that you've made a nice one here. Good job on the repaint. I love the softness of it and the colors are perfect too. :D

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°saiyagok

2 years, 3 months ago

 

I love ginko this is a great, beautiful work, congrats, i know very well what is work from a long time on wallpapers I have more than three years doing one >///< D: so for that *thumbs up* + Fav.

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~metzalx

2 years, 3 months ago

 

I DIG THE PAINTING!!! It looks absolutely like a real one. You could print this out and put it up on your wall ^^

+Fav!

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`Cilou

2 years, 3 months ago

 

I just love this concept! Awesome sweet wallpaper!

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~luna

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Omg I was going to wall this scan too! Haha, it's my favorite Mushishi scan. Great job on the repainting!! No wonder it took a while, hehe. But I think that Ginko's upper eyelid should be a bit thicker so that he looks more calm like in the original. And the dark area on the left edge looks like a scan crease since there are no dark spots anywhere else in the background. Well, time to fav!

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~CLAMP-er

2 years, 3 months ago

 

I love the paint style! It looks really cool... Great work, the efforts was worth it! Good luck with your exam!

.(n_n).

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°Tenken-the-2nd

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Hahaha, you're awesome! Will keep those three laws in mind. :D Clean wallpaper, good colors, good detailing - nice work overall.

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~FlatCat

2 years, 3 months ago

 

sexy :) thx for sharing! FAV

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~Narco

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Very pleasant colours, good ambient in general, i like. Thanks.

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~storyteller

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Umm okay don't get me wrong here, I think you did a really good job, but I also feel like you missed something really important. First of all I would have liked to have seen the original scan which I found here http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Mushishi/item205545/ because A: If not then I can't tell if you painted it from scratch or something and B: It's hard to know what exactly YOU did.

So putting that out of the way, the thing I think you missed that is essential is the ripples in the image to make it look like we are viewing Ginko from above the water. This would actually not be a problem if you had not included the jagged edges on the lines on his jacket and his arm. When I first saw these I was wondering if it was sloppy paint job or if it had to do with the scan, which is why I went looking for it. I can see that in the original scan those choppy lines are there to give the illusion that he is underwater and being viewed from above the water. To complete that effect I feel that the ripples are necessary so the viewer can understand why the jagged edges are there. If you don't wish to include the ripples, I suggest you remove the jagged edges.

If that were fixed, I'd totally +fav it, but as it stands it just looks like it's missing something..

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~storyteller

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Ok I'm sorry for double commenting like this, but I just saw this scan like one second after: http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/wallpapers/toprated/item103300/

On the one hand, I can understand repainting a scan that is unwallpaperable so that we may enjoy it on our desktop, but on the other, taking a scan that is perfectly wallpaperable as it is and then repainting it seems a little unoriginal to me. And IMO I'd much rather use the scan than your painting b/c it has so much more detail.

So now...please ignore everything I said above. What I'd like to see is more originality, and more of "you" put into your work + creativity.

Thanks for baring with me.

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`metalmallow

2 years, 3 months ago

 

I love this anime so much. I never ever finished it. :(

The muted colours really capture the feeling of the series. :)

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$absolom

2 years, 3 months ago

 

so nice. P(T_T)

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`kuryuki

2 years, 3 months ago

 

YOU FINISHED! really nice soft painting, i find the background is a little too plain though. xDD now you can work on the rest of the wips~

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`sjade1

2 years, 3 months ago

 

This is some beautiful, fragile-looking work. I love that combo.

Your painting looks awesome - and it seems it was a real pain to do too xp.

+fave

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~Mikamura

2 years, 3 months ago

 

awesome wallpaper super and keeeep it up!! great!!!

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~tsubasa-zero

2 years, 3 months ago

 

The painting is so cool.

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~KorosuItai

2 years, 3 months ago

 

good job! Love it!

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~kzooanbu

2 years, 3 months ago

 

gorgeous, my favorite wall ive found on AP to date.. thank you.

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`annex

2 years, 3 months ago

 

i like the simplicity.

but most of all i like that you painted it because i am damn sick of all these vector walls.

Have a nice day!

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~gabbu211

2 years, 3 months ago

 

I really like the color of the wall..................

+fav for color!

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~Kerensa

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Could you make bigger versions of it? Like 1680x1050?

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~hiyorisarugaki

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Absolutely gorgeous!!!! And a really really cool anime!

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~cristiana

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Even if it was a pain to do it looks great! I love the soft feel to it, great job.

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~wing-a-ding-ding

2 years, 3 months ago

 

It looks really great! I love the painting effect (yes, it's a pain to do, but come on, the final result is quite cool! ^^ ), the colors, and actually the entire wall. :P Thanks for sharing this great work!

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~Dreamergirl2008

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Wow, this is an amazing wall and the painting is just awesome! You've done a great job with it. The soft feel to this painting is great! It's definitely a fave!

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$chibimajik

2 years, 3 months ago

 

AMAZING COLOR SCHEME! the pastel-ness is just a perfect accent to the rain. :D love it!!

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~Anoel

2 years, 3 months ago

 

Wow, so pretty... *downloads*

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~hyelle

2 years, 3 months ago

 

I love this! It's soft and a lil' fuzzy, nicely done! Great job!!! XD

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~nezzyuen

2 years, 2 months ago

 

pastel works great! like the fact that u didnt add any characters/words in it:)

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~harpy

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Have to say - all your hard work have paid off. Looks really nice, love it. (+fav) I have always said - MORE MISHISHI WALLS :) And this one actually looks amazing not only because it is Mushishi wall but because its looks mushishi like.

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`StormFangs

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Love the soft colors,and shadings...nice job +fave

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~sangfroid

2 years, 2 months ago

 

I really like the soft colored :)

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~cystermage

2 years, 1 month ago

 

this painted piece is absolutely delightful, ive been totally blown away!

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~Ceraus

2 years, 2 weeks ago

 

this is fantastic, very mello! enjoy the watercolour feel =)

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~brownie45

1 year, 11 months ago

 

This is amazing. You are amazing. Mushishi is amazing.

You've captured the feel and vibe of the show extremely well. I love the style and everything within the image is leaping out at me.

It is definitely my favourite series and this is without a doubt one of my favourite walls.

I'm getting lost in it everytime I look back. Excellent work!

+fav

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$carves

1 year, 10 months ago

 

It's lovely, well worth the pain in the ass it sounds like it was, no? great job!

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~Levorian

1 year, 9 months ago

 

wuohhh this seems a new world

jaja I love it (9+_+)

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~dreamstar7

1 year, 9 months ago

 

I love Mushishi! I think this wall captures the essence of the series very well. It's really beautiful.

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~kinoc

1 year, 3 months ago

 

Awesome!! Beautiful color. Love it! +fav

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~Onidiablo

1 year, 2 months ago

 

Such a peaceful scene :)

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~Kalaria

1 year, 1 month ago

 

Simply your wallpaper is making me so nostalgic for the series once again. Really beautiful.

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~dotsforeyes

1 year, 1 month ago

 

beautiful, with a tone and precision that i love <3 Ginko. Thank you so much for this work of art!

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~Virgilscigar

1 year, 1 month ago

 

Ginko is such a relaxed and chill character under almost all circumstances. This was one of the first series where I enjoyed the anime over the manga. The coloration is beautifully painted which lends to the surreality of the world Ginko sees that remains unseen. Well done indeed.

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~Mylork

9 months, 4 weeks ago

 

beautiful. +FAV

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~Dark9956

8 months, 3 weeks ago

 

Classic stuff mate.

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~brenya

6 months, 1 week ago

 

This is really pretty. It captures the feel of the anime. Love the colors.

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~Mylork

5 months, 2 weeks ago

 

mushishi = trip

very well done. FAV+

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~rinoawhitestar

2 months, 1 day ago

 

This is amazing - I love how you've made this look like a watercolour painting with the blend of soft tones. Overall, there's a contemplative mood created by the colours which is quite soothing.

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