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YING XIONG - sword and snow by *carrie-ko:iconcarrie-ko:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Fanart

©2005-2009 *carrie-ko
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I finally found a usable USB cable! Took me long enough, too ^^;

Anyway, this is another fanfart piece of East Asian cinema, the film this time being Ying Xiong, known to English speakers as Hero. This was the movie that introduced me to Zhang Yimou's style of filmmaking, and whatignited my growing interest in Wuxia/HK films. I'd never seen such color and emotion used in such a way before I saw it. :)

I loved the relationship between Broken Sword (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung). Why is it that Tony and Maggie always seem to make the best onscreen couple? *sigh* The little figure standing on the cliff behind them is Moon (Zhang Ziyi), by the way. :)

Pencil, watercolor, color pencil (for the border).

Characters © Zhang Yimou
Art © Carrie-ko

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~ebokat Jul 31, 2005, 4:44:31 PM
omg this is beautiful.:clap:
thankyou.:heart:
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~EndofaCentury Jul 31, 2005, 4:59:41 PM
Wow, this is gorgeous, Carrie-ko. I don't know what I love more, Flying Snow's hair (It's so beautiful and flowing!) or the colours on their clothes. @__@ It's all so very lovely. And Hero is a beautiful movie, too.

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~wtFOOK Jul 31, 2005, 5:00:36 PM
ah when i saw the title i immidiatly thought of hero.

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~demianv Jul 31, 2005, 5:02:38 PM
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUU INCREDIBLE!

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que permanece, ser tan profundo
que el cielo la tenga bajo su sagrada protección!
Este aposento se preparó para otra más santa,
esta cama para otra más melancólica.
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~lilmissmaya Jul 31, 2005, 5:02:54 PM
oh man, how did you do the bright colors on the robes without them mixing and becomeing muddy?

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~MySweetPhantom Jul 31, 2005, 5:02:58 PM
Can i imagine thats them in heaven together? *sooo pretty*

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All souls last forever so we need never fear goodbye
A kiss when I must go...no tears...in time...we kiss hello
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~Darien-Shields Jul 31, 2005, 5:40:13 PM
That movie really confused me... but it was still great! It's such a shame that everyone had to die. 'Cept Moon. Poor Moon, she was left all alone at the end...

But the fighting was so awesome. The fight between Broken Sword and the King (Err, wait... Emperor? I need to watch it again) reminded me so much of fighting Ganondrof at the end of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (if you haven't played it, the important thing to know is that the final battle is a climactic sword fight between a massive guy in black billowing robes, and the hero. And it seems very inspired by this sort of thing.) I loved Broken Sword's sword, too, the way it was broken made it look like a meat cleaver.

I hear it was criticised for being all about patrioticism, or something (the ending basicly being "China is great as one country.") But from where I was sitting it was just a great film.

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~mialythila Jul 31, 2005, 5:51:45 PM
beautiful!!! I love your art!! I'm also a fan of Asian art :P

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~SoveriegnofSilence Jul 31, 2005, 6:02:52 PM
I loved the movie. The COLORS. You've really captured them perfectly.

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I'm a single cell
on a serpent's tounge.
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~rindaimaiou Jul 31, 2005, 6:18:07 PM
I don't think I can put into words just how amazing your work really is. :jawdrop: I especially love the hair. So much pretty hair! :nod:

:heart::bug:

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