This has such a wonderful feel. I instatnly loved it.

nice work! this realy has the parchment-feel... you made a great choice of colours!
the only thing that bugs me are the lines of the kimono which are not clean enough (uhh, i sound severe...the pic is really nice though)
idd, okiyo-è has had alot of influence on european art...way more than we tend to think! (ever wonder why van gogh's are so wanted in japan)

This is beautiful. It really looks like an old Japanese screen print. Great work.

put designs in the komono! please!! This is SO lovely and I'd love to see it completed! You've done a FANTASTIC job!

Awesome job first off, I'd say you pretty much nailed that style, but there are a few things that bug me. The characters suck, you might want to consider putting a new layer with a grid on it with the rectangle tool and then redoing the text so that it is at least straight if not better proportioned. As it is now I think the text makes the whole thing look really cheesy since it just doesn't fit the style (Most Japanese painters I'm guessing were at least good caligraphers).

And a smaller issue, but still valid criticism I think is the sketchyness of the lines on the kimono, some of them are pretty rough. For instance, look at the top of the image, then look at the bottom kimono part, and it feels almost as if the part was finished and the bottom was left as a sketch (although obviously this might be the case since you might've added the pattern to the kimono).

So, other than those small criticisms I think you've done a wonderful job. Also the background paper seems to me much like rice paper mounted on a wallscroll of some sort and aged quite well.

woah, didn't realize how huge this was, heh...
on the characters, I think the proportions is not so much a problem as the 'font.' it looks like what you might read printed in a newspaper, rather than calligraphy style. example example search

as for the elipse tool, dunno what's up with that, what exactly was the problem?

holy crap cakes, this is amazing, it looks exactly like the old style that we all know and love. wow this looks good enough to hang on my wall

oki doki, since there is so much space on this wonderful board, i will go back and rework this some (hmm...i don't think the characters SUCK...they could be nicer, i'll admit, but they don't suck XP). let me see if i can please you people. ^___^

amazing stuff.... this looks like one of those kool posters that I saw somewhere.... *tries to remember desperately* Oh well.... Great colors too!!!

What a beautiful picture you've done! You've captured the style so well.

just like one of their draws, amazing O.O

awww....this is sooo NICE!! ^^

This is very beautiful...what an awesome job...

Ooh...I like how it's a very classic picture that's been done extremely well by you.

Wow, that looks like a geunine Goya. O.o Great work.

that's amazing -- it looks like real japanese painting o.O

wow, just like an old painting! this is so amazing! *bows down in worship* so well done

what words can i say to describe how much i'm in love with this picture????? THERE ARE NONE! I'm obbessed with the japanese culture and this just....... wow.... really just wow.... good job

Well done.

I like the color and texture you put into this picture. One of Japan's great arts, marvolius.