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Tora-sensei — Yokai Maneki Neko

Published: 2007-03-25 02:46:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 2507; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 47
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Description Here is a little sculpture I made my wife, for her birthday. It measures a hair over 4 inches high.
This is based on her drawing here:
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which is further based on the traditional Japanese umbrella yokai (monster) called a 'karakasa' and the ever lucky Maneki Neko (or beckoning cat.)
I personally began torturing her a good week or so before her birthday, by not only informing her that I was sculpting something but by working on it in the same room. I managed to successfully keep her from figuring it out until present time.
She loved it.
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Comments: 22

tokyo-mew-mew-girls [2012-01-02 00:27:59 +0000 UTC]

your a genius

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KyoMono [2010-09-15 19:26:39 +0000 UTC]

awww, so cute^^

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korq [2008-10-23 03:58:19 +0000 UTC]

i know what meowth is based of off now..xD

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Zenmekir [2008-07-25 00:53:00 +0000 UTC]

I can't even describe how awesome this is. Your wife's design and the sculpt combined its just adorable.

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ehime [2008-04-23 16:58:39 +0000 UTC]

Interesting mix of folklore you got here.

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Tora-sensei In reply to ehime [2008-06-02 04:11:35 +0000 UTC]

Hey don't blame me...My wife is the crazy one who came up with it. She calls them Nyou-kai.

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OjisanPhoto [2008-04-14 21:00:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh I love that style.
I can't quite say if I'm supposed to be scared to death or killed by cuteness
Lovely modelling work.

OJJ

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Tora-sensei In reply to OjisanPhoto [2008-06-02 04:15:37 +0000 UTC]

Hehe...are those mutally exclusive?

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Tora-sensei In reply to Tora-sensei [2008-06-07 05:16:04 +0000 UTC]

And in an infinite world anything is probable ...

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OjisanPhoto In reply to Tora-sensei [2008-06-02 09:32:16 +0000 UTC]

Well maybe...but in a crazy world anything is possible

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ForeverKnight [2007-04-10 23:10:36 +0000 UTC]

Woah!!! This is marvelous!!! Yokai neko!!!
-Rebekah

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Tora-sensei In reply to ForeverKnight [2007-04-12 03:23:56 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I have to give Micha all the credit for the "Nyo-kai" idea

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ForeverKnight In reply to Tora-sensei [2007-06-12 22:48:33 +0000 UTC]

Hehehe!!

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HezaChan [2007-03-25 20:57:51 +0000 UTC]

this is just too cool

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Tora-sensei In reply to HezaChan [2007-03-26 04:07:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!! Micha gets most of the credit for this since it's her idea and her drawing even. I just sculpteded it. Micha has a lot of strange ideas...Most of them are cool! ^ ^ and the strangest is that she married me... That last sentence was from Micha. She stole my keyboard.

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HezaChan In reply to Tora-sensei [2007-03-26 07:09:43 +0000 UTC]

LULZ!

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DragonessD [2007-03-25 15:08:27 +0000 UTC]

You totally rock! She's a lucky, lucky woman.

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Tora-sensei In reply to DragonessD [2007-03-26 05:06:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! That's what she tells me ...but you know...she's crazy.

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DragonessD In reply to Tora-sensei [2007-03-27 02:36:30 +0000 UTC]

Aren't we all?

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Tora-sensei In reply to DragonessD [2007-03-27 05:08:59 +0000 UTC]

Yes, normal is just what everyone averages out to...it doesn't actually exist in nature.

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thx4everything [2007-03-25 04:38:02 +0000 UTC]

It's really the perfect gift for her! What a sweet and thoughtful guy she married! ^_~

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Tora-sensei In reply to thx4everything [2007-03-25 04:44:09 +0000 UTC]

What the...when did this happen!? Wait till I get my hands on him...Ohhhhhh you mean MEEeeee. Errr...Thanks!

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