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Art: Logan (G)
For myself I like to call this picture "Logan in the Floating World", because the concept was heavily influenced by ukiyo-e portraits of kabuki actors, like those of Kunisada. I was first introduced to ukiyo-e through my favourite fin-de-siècle artists, like Vincent Van Gogh and Aubrey Beardsley. In the meantime I have grown rather fond of Japanese art, woodblocks as well as sumi-e painting, though I still know very little about either :-).
Incidentally, Wolverine has a Japanese connection! I only found that out after I had started visualising the picture, so my discovery was rather coincidential. It seems that part of Wolverine's backstory is that he has memories of being a samurai; as his memory has been messed with, it is not clear whether the samurai thing is authentic. But still, it's nice :D.
As for this picture of Wolverine, it has a lot about it that is un-Japanese, but that is fine because it is never my intention to copy someone else's style *g*. Inspiration is fine though.
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My original idea was to make his hair uniformly black, but as I was going for an ukiyo-e feel, I thought I might as well acknowledge the influence by indicating the structure of the hair by leaving some white. In fact for Wolverine that's a good thing in itself because uniform black would have taken away from the peculiarity of his distinctive hairdo :-).
The red make-up is pure kabuki. It doesn't belong to the character of Wolverine, but apart from looking strangely suitable, it also offsets the black and white very nicely, or so I think :-).
Heh. I feel strangely content. For the time being, at least ;-).
Incidentally, Wolverine has a Japanese connection! I only found that out after I had started visualising the picture, so my discovery was rather coincidential. It seems that part of Wolverine's backstory is that he has memories of being a samurai; as his memory has been messed with, it is not clear whether the samurai thing is authentic. But still, it's nice :D.
As for this picture of Wolverine, it has a lot about it that is un-Japanese, but that is fine because it is never my intention to copy someone else's style *g*. Inspiration is fine though.
This is a gift to
bettyboop_comic, so please don't use unless he says you can.My original idea was to make his hair uniformly black, but as I was going for an ukiyo-e feel, I thought I might as well acknowledge the influence by indicating the structure of the hair by leaving some white. In fact for Wolverine that's a good thing in itself because uniform black would have taken away from the peculiarity of his distinctive hairdo :-).
The red make-up is pure kabuki. It doesn't belong to the character of Wolverine, but apart from looking strangely suitable, it also offsets the black and white very nicely, or so I think :-).
Heh. I feel strangely content. For the time being, at least ;-).
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Wow
You have that rare knack of not merely drawing something, but interpreting it into your own thing. I love it.
Thanks a lot.
And the rest of you: mittens offa this! Ha!
Be seeing you
--nout
Re: Wow
Well, in any case you are paying me a really beautiful compliment ^_^...
I'll bring the picture tomorrow.
Re: Wow
(Anonymous) 2007-06-28 11:52 am (UTC)(link)I cannot elaborate on fictitious expectations now that they have been altered in perception by reality.
Be seeing you
--nout