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KittyInTheCorner [2011-06-10 21:44:40 +0000 UTC]
she reminds me of sakura, of course i'm having a naruto bing here so maybe its just coincidence..
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janey-jane In reply to KittyInTheCorner [2011-06-10 23:41:51 +0000 UTC]
They have always reminded me a bit of Sakura and Sasuke as well, perhaps because she looks so miserable? (whoops! my character preferences are showing)
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haius [2009-07-14 17:45:39 +0000 UTC]
I just wanted to point out, since everyone else has already said what I wanted to about the drawing itself, that the title rhymes:
In the rain
by janey-jane.
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janey-jane In reply to haius [2009-07-15 21:16:35 +0000 UTC]
ha! that's funny, I definately hadn't noticed that.
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Novemberbeetle [2009-06-07 19:17:16 +0000 UTC]
Wonderful scene.
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finex666 [2009-06-01 20:01:35 +0000 UTC]
very nice details ^_
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sombrefeline [2009-05-29 13:54:50 +0000 UTC]
nice, I quite like the pose of the characters, very well drawn
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janey-jane In reply to Ladyadokenai [2009-06-01 14:08:39 +0000 UTC]
*wistful sigh*
That's beautiful...I should suggest that other people write the explanations for all of my pieces.
Thank you.
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Ladyadokenai In reply to janey-jane [2009-06-01 15:00:05 +0000 UTC]
It's interesting that way, isn't it? you're quite welcome.
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ScartletV [2009-05-26 23:44:17 +0000 UTC]
oh my...really sad-.-
especially the lady's face
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janey-jane In reply to ScartletV [2009-05-27 13:48:16 +0000 UTC]
I know, I just want to send them to couples therapy or something. Don't be sad lady!
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janey-jane In reply to Wai-Jing [2009-05-27 14:05:48 +0000 UTC]
Woah...*shudders* I hadn't even thought of that...but it's strangely appropriate considering I think I drew this shortly after I finished watching Mononoke.
Also - I had Samurai Champloo on loop for several weeks around the time of this sketch as well, and I think the pocket watch probably came about because I got really intrigued by the intentional blending in of anachronistic elements into a largely traditional setting.
I haven't seen Ayakashi, I love Amano and I've been trying to find a place to watch it for a while now, do you have it in physical form or are you watching it online (and if so where?!).
Thanks for your awesome comment, it makes me want to illustrate a bunch of Japanese ghost stories.
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Wai-Jing In reply to janey-jane [2009-05-29 06:40:18 +0000 UTC]
Sorry, me again. Just thought, it really does suit Oiwa's story. Iemon made umbrellas, yet here he's making Oiwa stand in the rain instead of sheltering her. A kind of appropriate allegory.
Strange how you drew this after watching Mononoke, even though you hadn't seen those Ayakashi episodes! And your 'Iemon' looks so much like Amano's. Funny, how things sometimes just fall into place like that.
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janey-jane In reply to Wai-Jing [2009-06-01 14:25:26 +0000 UTC]
I just had the chance to watch the Yotsuya Kaidan episodes and...woah...I'm sort of creeped out by my own art now. I think I'll always see these two as Iemon and Oiwa now since the suggestion is so appropriate.
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Wai-Jing In reply to janey-jane [2009-06-02 15:01:32 +0000 UTC]
Hehe, glad I could help! Those episodes are very creepy, aren't they? And it's weird how your art illustrated it so well before you had even watched it - almost like a premonition! Creepy...
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ReplicantAngel [2009-05-24 23:41:23 +0000 UTC]
This is probably because she has red hair (and therefore, isn't Japanese), but it looks like he feels he needs to go somewhere and do something that another Japanese person would understand, despite its risks, but which she doesn't. He's angry and waiting for his traveling companions, and she's come to say goodbye, although she still doesn't understand it. He wants to forgive her before he leaves, but pride is getting in the way, and she doesn't want to cry.
That's the way I see it. Either way, it's beautiful and clearly full of quiet, sad emotion.
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janey-jane In reply to ReplicantAngel [2009-06-01 14:06:40 +0000 UTC]
oooh, I like it...I wish I could write as eloquently.
This is far more beautiful than anything I could come up with. and "full of quiet, sad emotion" is exactly what I feel when I look at it. Thank you for articulating it!
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janey-jane In reply to hustlahhh [2009-05-26 14:33:32 +0000 UTC]
I hope so too. They're definitely not getting along at this point...
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YellowPixel [2009-05-24 17:58:27 +0000 UTC]
It's lovely. I'd love to know their story as well.
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Ishizuka-Hana [2009-05-24 17:02:03 +0000 UTC]
This one is beautyful!! >w<
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