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Published: 2005-04-19 05:22:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 4093; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 252
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[Now that my wings can no longer flyI'll tear them off
and when I do
I'll walk on air and float in the sky.]
All About Lily Chou-Chou is a astoundingly confusing and astoundingly beautiful and thought-provoking film. I've never seen such a use of color and scenery used like that before (Zhang Yimou is big on color, but in a different fashion). Plus the acting was great, too. And the music blew me away. That's always a good thing.
You'll probably get a lot of the imagery I used here if you've seen the film before. The boy in the center is Yuichi, the poor sod.
Anyway, I don't think this will be the last Lily painting of the lot. I'm not really satisfied with the way it turned out, but hey, that's self-criticism for ya.
The blue stuff is water, BTW.Watercolor, pencil, gel pen and Photoshop (for contrast/sharpening).
All About Lily Chou-Chou/Riri Shushu no Subete © Iwai Shunji
Art © Me
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Comments: 72
I really like how you did this painting. It has that ethereal feel to it, like the movie. I cried while watching that movie. Great job!
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Yuichi is such a quiet and calm person; his personality shows so much in this photo
lily = life
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Really stunning piece of work you've created here.
Yuichi is drawn so well, instantly recognised him the moment I laid my eyes on this.
The mix of dark and bright greens at the forefront of the picture is excellent, I especially like the white outlines of all the people.
Back to Yuichi again, I particularly like his hair, and the expression he holds.
All the different pieces from certain scenes are also apparent, and really put together well.
Stunning work.
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Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.
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Oh man that is GORGEOUS. A perfect representation of the film. Gotta fav this one.
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UWA! You always do such inspired pieces X3 I'm always excited to see your name come up for a new piece. This one is very striking. I love the colors and the composition is to die for! I really like the people at the bottom..and wow..that flower really catches your eye X3.
I have to ask one question..The triangle design around the eye...Did you perhaps use that from an African tribal design? I know I've seen something similar to it, and it represents eyes that are always watching. I know that they're used as tattoos so that you can "see behind you", or keep an eye on someone. I loved that concept since I'd seen it, and I was just wondering if you were using the same thing, or just found the design to be nice.^^
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Thanks so much for the lovely comments! 
Actually, the triangles are inspired by the work of David Mack, the artist who created the comic series "Kabuki". He uses the triangles a lot in his paint and ink works. You should definetly check him out!
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Ah! Kabuki! I just heard about that from my sisrer the other day! I think I WILL check it out^^
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Wow, this picture really is more than amazing! There seems to be so much symbolysm in there(makes me sad to not have seen that movie 
Anyway, your coloration is truly more than amazing! 
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I like this very much. I think I'm going to look for this movie now....all because of you!
Thanks!
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Yay, another Lily fan in the wings thanks to me! XD Thanks so much!
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I want to see some of your stuff for real sometime. You always amaze me with your concepts for your drawings. I love the way you can meld a million things together and they all look like they belong. And your coloring is amazing.
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*blushblush* Wow, thanks so much! I appreciate that you think of my art in such a nice light.
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heh. *hugs* I just tell it how i see it.
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omg I want to see this movie so bad .__. We talked about it in my Japanese culture class and in the clip the music was so beautiful 
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Which scene was in the clip, may I ask? 
And thanks so much!
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hmm, it might've been in the beginning... there was a girl in a field and she saw a group of boys flying kites and one of them let her fly one. in between there was a scene with five boys and a girl and... flashlights. o_o that's all i remember
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Oh yeah, that was a majorly emotional/scary part. You should see the rest, it's faboo!
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beautiful work, as usual! Lily chou-chou is such a great movie, though I've seen it 3 times and I'm still not sure if I entirely understand it... :/
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Heck, I own the damned movie, and I still don't get it. Watched it 8 times, and the concert scene still confuses me to no end. You're not alone, sweetheart! XD
Thank you!
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Looks really good, if a bit weird! I like the concept anyway, along with the colours. the grey and bright green make a really good contrast!
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Whoa! I love th colors. Very inspiring piece. I like the belnds and the patterns.
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The people around the bottom are all like: "Hi, we're people!" And I'm like: "You sure are."
I dunno, that really strikes me. I'm liking the vague, green, people-like sillhuettes gradually fading into obscurity behind them, before it gets into that whole stripe of white separating that whole thing from the mask-like bit.
The city/industrial backdrop is kinda neat, almost overlooked that with all the water, butterflies, fish and grass and whatnot in the foreground.
Oh look, headphones!
That's some crazy detail.
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Thanks so much! I'm glad you have such an eye for details!
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The picture itself is very thought provoking, very surreal and beautiful.
The use of colors, blacks and whites, blues and greens really evokes the mood and setting of the piece. I think this one of your best yet...Very impressive !
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Thank you so much! 
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You're welcome ! I really like to see how your work is evolving. You're really inspirational !
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aw, your art always blows me away. *tickles the carp*
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Actually, it wasn't a carp. It was like this huge crazy fish that almost killed a character in the movie because it flew out of the water towards his torchlight. Crazy! But you can hug him all you want.
Thank you!
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Very awesome! I have yet to see "all about lilly chou-chou"
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Do it soon! You'll never be the same!
Thank you!
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