I have decided I want to do for Mushishi what I did for Kino no Tabi: make so many walls that people can't help but get their interest piqued and create new fans, who in turn will make more wallpapers to introduce more fans. This is just the beginning.
I saw some photographs from the upcoming live-action Mushishi movie, and while Ginko looks like a total retarted bishounen (which he most definately is not based on manga and anime art) the character artwork for Nui looked beautifully elegant. So I decided to use a photograph as a basis for a wallpaper.
It's quite a different challenge to convert a photograph into an anime-styled image, I tell you. The details are all different.
I have been of late experimenting with creating and utilizing art brushes in Illustrator and used this wallpaper to further explore this technique to give the image a Japanese calligraphic scroll style for the outlines. Nui was first colored in Illustrator and then smudge-painted in Photoshop to maintain the painted effect. (Shinn, see, I eventually got to the vector+paint in one wall!)
The smoke was shamelessly traced out of an xxxholic image, because the twisty curls of smoke fit so well, and both Yuuko and Nui seem to like smoking long pipes.
Textured to give it that "painted on a wall" aged feeling.ZOMG MORE RESOLUTIONS!
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6 years, 8 months ago
wow i love the smoke effects gj ^^
6 years, 8 months ago
LOL. yes your walls provoked me to wall MUshishi, which, I think is going to be my next project xD I'm not sure I like the texture/noise you had for the outlines. But I gotta say, Great Job transforming that photo. I love the smokes you traced too. ;) Great Job
6 years, 8 months ago
ginko looks like an emo hobbo in the movie screens.
i didn't even have to look at the name of the waller to realize that this wall was yours, Im getting good at this shit. B-]
The wall doesn't quite blow me away like most of you stuff, but its damn good. I think its a tad too busy for my tastes, but I can't deny that I love the textureing and vectoring.
6 years, 8 months ago
The image you did turned out nicely, not so different from the actual thing. I got to learn how to do that at some point. Nice job. and like others said, not something that would blow me away, but I do like it. good work
6 years, 8 months ago
NUI WALL FTW FTW FTW. i totally ROFL'ed at the "Ginko looks like a retarded bishounen;" i just think he looks SMELLY AND DIRTY AND NEEDS A BATH ARGH. arrrgh .
Anywho. Nui looks fabulous and so does this wall; i like the slight hints of green in her kimono. the only real problem is that it feels a little.. conventional, for you anyways. But it's Mushishi, and i have not the willpower to resist faving.
6 years, 8 months ago
ahhhh huge vector!! you really nailed the atmosphere and effects! if this was bands of america, i would give you...a 40 on GE (id be surprised that you know what im talking about...)
6 years, 8 months ago
i love the waves. it really shows the fancy feeling, doesn't it?
6 years, 8 months ago
I love the smoke effects too!! jajaja and the texture on the background.....good job! *favorite*
6 years, 8 months ago
it looks like an old japanese wooden stamp art. I really like it^^ it looks simple but by looking at the scan i'm sure it was a lot of work thanks for sharing it
6 years, 8 months ago
OMG! I love this wallpaper at the moment I lay my eyes on it! The smoke FX is so nice and the you vectored the scan well too. The yellow gives a the wallpaper a classic look and that's just wonderful! Wallpaper like this one usually captured me for the first moment :D
6 years, 8 months ago
lol whoah, tat's differnt lol. love the smoke effects. the use of onli 2 or so colours is great =]. Realli brings out the title. great job xD
6 years, 8 months ago
Wait, Mushishi LA? Oh Snap.
And nice paper, btw.
6 years, 8 months ago
It's really interesting. The trace is very good and the final result is completely impressive. When I see for first time, I think the idea of like looking an old parchment.
6 years, 8 months ago
nice job on the vector! i like how you had all the smoke around guy, gives a strong focus....great stuff as usual
6 years, 8 months ago
Haha, I could tell miles away from that pose that it was your work since I recall talking with you about the live action. XD
I like it, it's quite uniform colour-wise and maybe I wonder how it would look like if you threw in a second color to create some interesting contrast. Still, impressive job as usual and Nui is actually my third favorite character after Ginko and Tanyuu. Keep them coming!
6 years, 8 months ago
excellent wall. i'll be starting the series as soon as ep 26 gets released, and all the great new mushishi walls just add to my anticipation.
the wall really convey the feeling of peace. excellent job
6 years, 8 months ago
Good GOD tama, why are all your favourite anime the same as mine? I swear every wall I download is yours. I don't even look for your updates, just browse the latest and pick my favourites and sure enough, 9 times out of 10, you made it.
STOP BEING SO AWESOME, IT IS WEARING ME OUT ;-)
6 years, 8 months ago
Beautiful transformation from photo into painting/line art Interesting choice of color...Nice calm feel with the simple color scheme
6 years, 8 months ago
I absolutely love this wallpaper! It has such an aged look to it that it matches the theme of the series (one of my favourites). I think the smoke effect that you traced out from xxxholic worked really well with the image. Absolutely beautiful wallpaper...
6 years, 8 months ago
The smoke lines look simply amazing. Awesome work!
6 years, 8 months ago
aaah, so charming, warm and peacefull. it has this atmosphere of mushishi [it's the thing that make this anime unique]. The smoke reminds me too of xxxholic. This kind of mystic, and mysterious shapes it forms. Well done :]
6 years, 7 months ago
Icredible work! I love the atmosphere, the smoke, the vector. Everything! It's so cool ;)
6 years, 6 months ago
Awesome job on vectorizing the photo, it resembles the style of the anime and the manga a lot. Superb quality and the addition of the smoke was a brilliant move. It makes the mood seem more mystical and mysterious indeed. The texture is another plus and helps the wallpaper stand out among the rest. It also goes really well with the anime itself.
Overall, I love it. Continue making more quality work such as this.
6 years, 5 months ago
5 stars!
6 years, 5 months ago
you left me speechless with your art!
6 years, 4 months ago
beautiful! I love the smoke! pretty pretty, reminds me of an old Japanese print!
6 years, 3 months ago
It's beautiful~ good work :O She looks peaceful :)
6 years, 3 months ago
Really, this wallpaper should be banned, for it wakes up the desires of everyone to light a cigarette and pick up nicotine as a hobby ;D
Stylish smoke, and several other details make this a really fine wallpaper. Good job, Tama-Neko.
6 years, 2 months ago
the smoke effect looks awesome! like in those Japanese paintings...
6 years, 2 months ago
So much work goes into these wallpapers. This image looks amazing and from a photograph, I never thought it'd work out so well.
+fav
6 years, 1 month ago
Great job converting the live action image to this! It turned out great and I really love the rice-paper look of it. I hope more people get into Mushishi as well. It's a great series!
5 years, 8 months ago
Wow it's amazing how you made this from scratch instead of putting together a scan. A++!!
5 years, 5 months ago
Oh wow, you made it look so beautiful and calm. :O I love the parchment style with the painted-looking smoke. What a great job.
5 years, 3 months ago
I love this wall I have seen it (and dl-ed) before on Minitokyo. I occasionally use this as my wall^^ The papyrus-like texture and the excellent smoke is just great. The only (and small) problem in this work is the kanji ^^' which should be other way around.
5 years, 1 month ago
Interesting wall ; I love it !
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4 years, 7 months ago
I love Mushishi so much that I will like every wallpaper of yours! Just Kidding, the style reminds me of xxxholic, very simple and peaceful, just like how the anime gives me the feeling of.
4 years, 5 months ago
great smoke effects, and I really like the texture - makes it look like its on a scroll
4 years, 3 months ago
Shameless smoke lines, but beautiful none the less.
I'm really impressed with your photo editing skills to bring the living into the drawn world.
4 years, 1 month ago
I adore Mushishi! So hard to find quality wallpapers of this series!
4 years, 1 week ago
Beautiful!!
3 years, 10 months ago
I think you did a pretty good job converting from photo to anime style. I never would have known had I not read your comments, to be honest. You did an excellent job.
1 year, 5 months ago
smoke weed everyday.
1 year, 3 months ago
This almost reminds me of the cover poster for Persepolis. An abstract elegant lady smoking from the side-view. I like the look and feel of this. It is great!
1 year, 3 weeks ago
Awesome paper, thanks.