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Borruen — Oboro, Forest Of Lost Spirits

Published: 2011-05-13 05:27:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 18057; Favourites: 707; Downloads: 310
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Description Heyo!

My 50th Deviation!

Sorry for being absent for so long! Quantitative Economics sucks hard. Really HARD.

Concept!

This piece portrays Oboro, a forest that every spirit must go through before reaching afterlife. During the crossing, one must fight against the materialization of the emotions, sins and feelings he carried inside his soul at the moment of his death. The path is a cleasing ritual one must endure before being accepted in heaven. Depending on one's actions and feelings throughout life, the path becomes harder and harder, with more wraiths to fight and more burdens and sins to cleanse himself of. If one fails to cleanse his soul, the weight of these unsolved burdens will carry him to hell.

This specific work portrays the path of a deceased samurai. He has to battle against Fury (Kyouran 狂乱), Fear (Kyoufu 恐怖) , Pain (Kutsuu 苦痛), Anguish (Nayami 悩み), Sorrow( Hiai 悲哀) and Hatred (Zouo 憎悪) in order to reach heaven. His path is permeated by tones of the colors red and orange, representing the violent nature of his past life.



(Please correct me if the kanji are wrong! I dunno shit about japanese haha)


so, this one is kind of an experiment. Anime/Manga is not reaaally my thing, my style or focus, but I admit it has some very interesting concepts. Actually I like some anime/manga, part of my childhood was made of Rurouni Kenshin, Yu Yu Hakusho, Cowboy Bebop, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Gundam Wing and Evangelion, and boy, how I loved these! Even if you don't like anime or simply don't care about it, give these ones a chance, you might find something inspiring


It was inspired by Spirited Away, Rurouni Kenshin, the Angels from Evangelion, Deadhand from Ocarina Of Time, Yu Yu Hakusho, a LOOOT of japanese mythology (yea I researched a lot to make this piece), Samurai Jack, Screaming Mantis from MGS4, the ritualist spirits from Guild Wars and a lot of other stuff haha


really hope you like it!
comments favs critiques, everything is appreciated!
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Comments: 84

AvatarVyakara [2017-07-17 20:22:51 +0000 UTC]

Magnificent!

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Tamuril2 [2016-08-22 23:52:49 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow. I love, love, LOVE the symbols on the spirits and the way you drew them with such sharp edges. The dark orange and shadows really bring this piece out even more. Amazing work.

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Joe-00 [2011-09-09 11:55:45 +0000 UTC]

Muito lindo!! *-*

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AKatastrophe [2011-08-15 17:16:43 +0000 UTC]

I absolutely love the colors in this one, and the flaming sword is a nice touch. again, amazing work!

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totoram [2011-08-15 15:00:58 +0000 UTC]

great work!!!!!!!!!

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SirKaeru [2011-08-11 06:19:25 +0000 UTC]

Amazing

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Chihire [2011-07-17 14:02:01 +0000 UTC]

what an amazing work

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Red-wolf-Ink [2011-06-15 02:33:45 +0000 UTC]

You have been feature form my forum thread! You can show it off here:
[link]
I hope to see you again!

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vincentvalintine7 [2011-06-14 08:24:01 +0000 UTC]

I have just one word to describe this... Awesome.

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Arthuria99 [2011-05-29 02:52:15 +0000 UTC]

Holy shi-.....this is truly amazing, fantastic job sire

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Shattered-Earth [2011-05-29 00:09:01 +0000 UTC]

The emotion and atmosphere is outstanding!

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MADCLARE [2011-05-27 05:06:44 +0000 UTC]

WOW!


this piece floored me. Amazing, Love it.

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Leonatsume [2011-05-27 04:46:55 +0000 UTC]

great work^^

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whipped-delight [2011-05-26 19:12:45 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is awesome. I love the colours.

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FlamingSkye [2011-05-26 02:53:48 +0000 UTC]

I'm at a loss for words. This is amazing.

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FrozenStarART [2011-05-25 21:13:41 +0000 UTC]

Hey there
This is a standard message to let you know you have been featured in the "Best of... weekly photomanip features #187 " news article [link] .
I would really appreciate it if you didn't reply here, but posted a comment on the news article instead or contacted the person that chose your work to be featured.
Thank you and keep up the good work!

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TheSkyWolves [2011-05-25 20:57:48 +0000 UTC]

This is very well done! Definitely reminds me of a surrealist's take on Japanese lore and art. I love this!

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WillWorks [2011-05-24 19:59:26 +0000 UTC]

This is a very good Photomanipulation. Everything is consist making it look professional.

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brendan531 [2011-05-24 19:33:18 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is amazing. Love the colors!!

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TaNa-Jo [2011-05-24 17:59:39 +0000 UTC]

cool and scary

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Anhyra [2011-05-24 17:03:49 +0000 UTC]

Very cool work!

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IngaVinaude [2011-05-24 15:01:24 +0000 UTC]

This is Fantastic! I'm speechless.

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maru-pen [2011-05-24 11:30:39 +0000 UTC]

o.0..its too awesome..

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Shionnette [2011-05-24 05:36:54 +0000 UTC]

HYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!

damn this is GREAT!! XD

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staineddragon [2011-05-24 00:16:55 +0000 UTC]

Wow very nice work! I like the concept and the colours )

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ConnieUitsu [2011-05-23 21:36:33 +0000 UTC]

oh wow, that looks -epic- ! Absolutely awesome picture

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Jaimep [2011-05-23 19:44:07 +0000 UTC]

Okay I really like that concept!

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boctors [2011-05-23 19:16:03 +0000 UTC]

I like how ominous it is, it reminds me of the episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender, when they're in that one red forest. Good work!

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xixtwistedxix [2011-05-23 17:32:29 +0000 UTC]

Looks really good

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pistachioZombie [2011-05-23 16:21:16 +0000 UTC]

Woah, I really like this one, good use of colors..

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SemiLex [2011-05-23 12:09:22 +0000 UTC]

OMG woow loveeeeeee this concept!!!!!

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sensum [2011-05-23 11:21:57 +0000 UTC]

That's such a complex piece *_*
Love it

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Death-777 [2011-05-23 05:09:26 +0000 UTC]

O.O this is awesome!

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mistervirtue [2011-05-23 04:50:22 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome! It looks like it belongs in a video game! It is really unqiue I have never seen anything like this before! Awesome!

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M-Croix [2011-05-23 03:23:39 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing!

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orinoor [2011-05-22 19:33:43 +0000 UTC]

This is wonderful, the colors are so bold and graphic.

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torikae [2011-05-22 16:23:55 +0000 UTC]

This is wonderful. Both beautiful and intimidating. The shadows of the leaves on the arches are gorgeous.

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ChaoticArtCrazy [2011-05-22 07:41:02 +0000 UTC]

This is both beautiful and a little bit scary at the same time.

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MrPhy [2011-05-22 03:32:04 +0000 UTC]

I've got to say, I love the tone and atmosphere, but I feel as though I could have appreciated it more if it was a bit larger, ya know?

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0rion78 [2011-05-22 01:38:05 +0000 UTC]

The composition, atmosphere, technique and concept are perfect. Well done, sir, well done

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FableBound [2011-05-21 18:39:28 +0000 UTC]

Very cool piece. I love it!

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Dzodan [2011-05-21 16:16:50 +0000 UTC]

very interesting!

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stalecookie [2011-05-21 08:39:26 +0000 UTC]

Scaaary

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exocolumn [2011-05-21 08:00:19 +0000 UTC]

Very nice!

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eSculpt [2011-05-21 07:10:38 +0000 UTC]

nice one. really like the colour contrast.

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F-0-X-Y [2011-05-21 05:08:57 +0000 UTC]

deserves a DD

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DominantDinosaur [2011-05-21 03:38:55 +0000 UTC]

this looks real cool great work

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primalfuryan [2011-05-20 22:03:28 +0000 UTC]

BEAUTIFULLY SPLENDIFEROUS LOVE IT direct to my

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Shinigami-Chiteki [2011-05-20 19:44:25 +0000 UTC]

Well, that's nice and creepy.

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Shervan001 [2011-05-20 12:44:55 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing!!!
good job

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