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Published: 2005-01-20 10:04:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 44122; Favourites: 1259; Downloads: 7143
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full view is really a must if you like bloodWell, i've been watching lots of samurai hardcore movies, with bloody scenes.. can you tell ? the thing is that a day ago i watched "zatoichi: the blind swordsman" and it was a visual orgasm.. i HAD to do something with the theme.. and here it is.
Quick vector piece, simple but it speaks by itself. I really don't have to tell you what happened there.. you can see it for yourself.
Done in illustrator CS 100% - little reference for thie piece, like my hand on the floor and the bridge.
thanks to ~z4sit4 & ~lady-alessandra for constructive criticism during the process.
hope you like it.
Here's a black & white version - i couldn't decide, i like them both
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Simply stunning. The stark silhouette is striking, especially against the light, beautifully detailed background.
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it so funny: i watched Zatoichi yesterday!
when i clicked this piece of your gallery i was thinking about the movie, and surprise.
what a movie! And the ending is one of the best movie endings i 've watched. what a strange coincidence. how exciting!!
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killer movie...loved it. Beautiful scene... fond reminder of the movie.
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Wow...that must have been quite a battle. I love this piece, it just hits you in the face, and the contrasts between the foreground, middleground and background are fantastic.
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love it! like how the blood splatter and painted the rice-paper door. woot.
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the contrast of the red is super powerful, it turns the focus to the thought, 'what happened?' leaves a strong impact!
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I've got to say, your pretty damn talented!
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This is very nice.... the full view looks mad.
nice work
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Whoa! How could I have missed this before? No matter, I'm enjoying it now...
It's just awesome. The contrast of the red blood against everything else is so strong. The writhing hand poking out in front of the door and casting the shadow on the floor makes for such a powerful image. This is just great on so many levels, but mostly on the level of awesomeness. Favorite for sure.
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bravo! amazing stuff, specially like the expression of the fallen hand,
and the blood is simply fantastic.
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I love it! *is planning on renting that movie now*
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this is a bad ass piece of work.. it's a fav for me
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very awesome! but for some reason i thought the blood's color seemed too harsh.. you could've set the opacity down a tad...
then again.... my drawings wouldn't stand a chance against yours
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if I were to look up "awesome" in the dictionary I'm quite sure there'd be this picture next to it.
brilliant work.
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Simple yet so strong. Just the way i like it! Nice one,
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A subtle drama. Sometimes the aftermath can tell so much more than the battle, wouldn't you say? I very much like the use of color, the sharp contrast of blacks to the fading whites, and of course our favorite hue of red...
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Lovely composition 
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I like the color one better than the b&w, because the red just makes this.
Very awesome job...
:cheer:
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Oh man, this is beautiful. the objects and figures almost look like paper cut outs, like a story book illustration. There's something timeless there. I love old samurai movies. The Lone Wolf and Cub flicks, those get ridiculous with their blood. I think you nailed both that classical feeling of old japanese styorytelling and drama, with that visceral explosion of blood. Great work.
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sweetness, reminds me of the Japanese movie "Harakiri"--seen it? If not you should, a classic I hear..
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this is freakn' amazing. samurai are awsome.
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very nice.. hehe.. i love zaitochi!! hehe.. it's a very nice movie.. and the blind samurai's an excellent swordsman.. have you seen kill bill?! it's another good movie (swords are love)!! hehe
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yeap i've seen kill bill, but i prefer much more the original japanese movies.
thanks for the comment!
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I like samurai movies...though I generally don't go for the extremely bloody....but KB was really good....anyways...This is great! The faded misty background is beautiful, and the shadows are amazing. The red blood simply makes a powerful impact, though I don't think it looks overly gorey. Great job.
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There are lots of samurai movies, i like them both, the story based ones, and the bloody ones. This work is a representation of both, because it has the blood part, but there's also peace and quiet (background).
thanks for the comment!
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I like the "colored" version better, the blood stands out much better as the only color. 
Here's to Zatoichi!
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HELL YES SAMURAI ARE FRIGGIN AWESOME!!....i myself actually have some training in the use of a katana lol.....awesome pic
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wow, genial, parece una escena sacada del libro "elhonor del samurai"
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WOW looks like a scene from one of the samurai champloo episodes!! haha! awesome!! defintely on MY wishlist! love your color contrasts and the peaceful look outside against the bloodied doors... absolutely AMAZING!
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I love that movie. Especially the dance number at the end! :]
This is an excellent homage and really just a great piece in all.
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An absolutely amazing piece! I love it!
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Oh yes! I've seen that movie and it's effects for the blood splatter and stuff was so different from any other samurai movie that I've seen. Just seeing this piece does remind me a scene where he whooped those clans.
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Me encantaron las manchas de sangre y tooodo el laburo que tiene el fondo. El puente y su reflejo parecen formar un ojo que espia a travΓ©s de las puertas de papel de arroz. Muy buena la pose del asesino y del asesinado.
La verdad es que a mΓ tambiΓ©n me gustaron las dos versiones. PensΓ© que me iba a gustar mΓ‘s la de color, pero cuando vΓ la blanco y negro... tambiΓ©n estaba grosa!
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ehhh ! gracias ! altisimo comment el tuyo xD
en cuanto a lo de blanco y negro, a mi tb me gustaban las 2 como puse en la descrip, pero la de color como que tenia otro impacto visual que la de blanco y negro nunca alcanzΓ³.
gracias ! un beso.
juan.
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simply one of the best pieces of art ive seen. I love old kung fu movies. This is inspiring, whether or not thats goo or bad depends on what i go do now......hmmmm
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*dance* FAVE!! I loves it. In fact, I loves it so much, I intend to...
...*thinks*...
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Well, I'll just love it and fave it. That sounds about good.
Lou
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wow...nice..i think i'll watch it....does it have any special effects? by the looks of your picture....the movie should be really nice.....in the movies that you wathced...did you ever come across the house of flying daggers? it was a 5 minute orgams for the eyes! 
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I so LOVE this piece!!!
I scrolled through all the gallery to find it again, because I saw it a few weeks ago when I still hadn't an account here...
I so love it! The black-white-red, the scenery, the details... Perfect!
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oooohh....
i like... did she comit suicide...or did he kill her? i hope she did it coz thats awsome 2 get that much blood out...
needless 2 say, i cut myself...
anyways, i'll c u around...
katie-bec
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