{"id":723,"date":"2021-03-02T02:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T07:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/blog-new\/?p=723"},"modified":"2021-02-11T14:58:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T19:58:24","slug":"return-of-the-brushwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/blog-new\/return-of-the-brushwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of the Brushwork"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These three scroll blanks are traced from a frame captured from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2576852\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2576852\">The Tale of Princess Kaguya<\/a>\u201d a 2013 animated film Studio Ghibli. This film is beautiful, and has a large number of beautiful images in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This modern animated film is based on an anonymous 10th-century folk tale called \u201cTale of the Bamboo Cutter\u201d. It follows the life of a mysterious baby girl who is found in a shining bamboo stump and raised to be a princess by a poor childless couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For almost a decade following its release, this was the most expensive Japanese film ever produced, possibly due to the art style that is based on the <em>Yamato-e<\/em> style of old Japanese illustrated scrolls (<em>emaki<\/em>). In 1999, director Takahata published a book called \u201cFrom a Painting\u201d in which he explored traditional Japanese art and its ties to his animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this image, the devoted maidservants of the Princess ready her cart for travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/sca\/emaki\/kaguya01-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\"\/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/sca\/emaki\/kaguya01-01.png\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/sca\/emaki\/kaguya01-01.png\">kaguya01-01.png<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This one, I think I laid the color on a bit heavy. It&#8217;s vibrant as heck, but you can&#8217;t tell that the maid&#8217;s gowns are four different colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/sca\/emaki\/kaguya01-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/sca\/emaki\/kaguya01-02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\"\/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/sca\/emaki\/kaguya01-02.png\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/sca\/emaki\/kaguya01-02.png\">kaguya01-02.png<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This one&#8217;s a bit lighter, but still too heavy. I tried a different green on the cart, and embellished it with bamboo leaves the way it is in the film, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/sca\/emaki\/kaguya01-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/sca\/emaki\/kaguya01-03.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\"\/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/ee0r.com\/sca\/emaki\/kaguya01-03.png\">kaguya01-03.png<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This one is <strong>so<\/strong> much lighter, and you can really see the different hues on the robes. I&#8217;m starting to get the hang of using <em>really<\/em> watery mixes of paint to wash color into the paper. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yasutomo.com\/component\/virtuemart\/?page=shop.product_details&amp;product_id=23\">paper <\/a>is super-absorbent, so you need a light touch to keep from creating blobs of color. <strong>Super<\/strong> happy with this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These three scroll blanks are traced from a frame captured from \u201cThe Tale of Princess Kaguya\u201d a 2013 animated film Studio Ghibli. This film is beautiful, and has a large number of beautiful images in it. This modern animated film is based on an anonymous 10th-century folk tale called \u201cTale of the Bamboo Cutter\u201d. 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