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Originally the screen was supposed to have a Hyakki Yakō (demon parade) on it but I couldn't find a good print of one and didn't have time to draw something to complicated in two weeks. Instead I went with Mitsukini Defying the Skeleton Spectre by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. The shoji screen was also supposed to be old and haunted with eyes showing through, but I couldn't figure out how to do it without looking cartoonish. I was also going to include some hitodama (will-o-wisp souls) but it was a bit too much.The yokai are:
A kitsune, a fox that turns into a woman to seduce men. Often they will marry the man and even bear him children before something happens to make her leave, like the family getting a dog, which kitsune fear.
A nekomata, a two-tailed monster cat that stands up on its hind legs, drinks lamp oil and can reanimate corpses.
An Onryō, a ghost of revenge, seen in movies like Juon: The Grudge, Shutter, and Ringu. Filled with hatred from abuse during their life, they come back for vengeance, unfortunately the one(s) who wronged them often go unscathed while people who just happen to get in its way become victims.
A Noppera-bō, a trickster ghost with no face. Sometimes mujina (raccoon dogs or badgers) will take on their appearance to mess with humans. Noppera-bō will impersonate someone famous or close to the human and then make their features disappear.
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Comments: 17
metalwabbit [2013-04-21 17:16:09 +0000 UTC]
Dude this is awesome! I thought it was a photo until I looked closer. I love the Yokai mythology and Kitsune's were my favorite. The dark, creepy side of me wants to sit in this room and talk to the girl with the cat. The rational side of me goes "Yeah if they were all real...I should avoid them because they're creepy." lol
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IvanChristian [2010-11-30 00:40:48 +0000 UTC]
Not only do I love your style but I also love all the different types of yokai that you have incorporated into this work. And a Kuniyoshi work is always a good choice
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CrimsonSakura12 [2010-06-24 20:48:28 +0000 UTC]
I can only imagine how long this took to make! Looks awesome!
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HaliPHAX-404 [2010-05-30 17:22:50 +0000 UTC]
wow! i though this was photograph.... hey isnt that gashadokuro i saw in that screen?
if this piece is polished even more like add some more dark aura and blood on tatami also remove onryou and nopperabo from behind that screen, switching nekomata with ikigumo etc..etc..this thing would become stunning art!
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kurios In reply to HaliPHAX-404 [2010-05-31 02:44:18 +0000 UTC]
Yes, it is gasadokuro on the screen.
What is ikigumo? I tried googling it to no avail.
Thanks for your comment.
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geewei13 [2010-05-23 19:32:25 +0000 UTC]
Whoa i though this was a photograph at first! this is really something it's absoultly beautiful and dark! words cannot describe this work!!!!!
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mondays-noon [2010-04-27 03:19:40 +0000 UTC]
I really like this. The whole environment and lighting is really wonderful :3
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