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Experimenting with minimal colour to avoid things getting cheesy. I hadn't done a hannya mask before and I love how badass they are. I had this idea which I thought might make a good print for my bedroom :)

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*Quilsnap Feb 18, 2012   General Artist
sweet
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~KatVanGent Feb 19, 2012
Thanks :)
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!BlackListPandora Feb 13, 2012
i think the minimal colour really accentuates the details, and the mask as a whole. the expression is amazing :}
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~KatVanGent Feb 14, 2012
Yeah, I guess you don't find many 2 tone hannya. I don't know where I got the idea from... I do like doing things that are a bit different :)
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~catherinejao Jan 29, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Nice! I like how you were able to select the parts that needed highlighting, particularly where it was in shadow and then the eyes pop out! I never knew they were called Hannya masks before, but I've seen them around :)
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~KatVanGent Feb 1, 2012
Why, thankyou very much for your thoughtful and kind comment :) I must admit that shapes would have been impossible to find without studying countless reference images though.

You know, you got me wondering if ther term "hannya" is correct, so I looked it up to make sure: [link]

I usually use the same terms used by western tattooists and sometimes find out later that they're not accurate, so I try to double check just in case!
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*PagodaComics Jan 8, 2012  Student General Artist
Oh I thought it's a traditional paper-block print (or what is the term in Enlgish). Looks neat in its simplicity =)
Say, how did you do the writing on the left top, it looks neat. is it a font-tyoe or your hand-writing?
Btw the link you gave doesn't work. I mean it is just a link to that website but not to this particular piece.
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~KatVanGent Jan 16, 2012
Hehe, I'm not even sure what it's called in English myself! Glad you liked it.

The kanji was done by hand... well, in illustrator with a tablet using the brush tool and pressure sensitivity. I must admit that I copied the style from somewhere else to give it a decent level of authenticity.

Thanks for letting me know about the broken link, it should be fixed now :)

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*PagodaComics Jan 18, 2012  Student General Artist
Ah I see. =)
Looks great!!

Oh I see, yes, yes, cool stuffs out there... o.o
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~september28 Jan 5, 2012  Student General Artist
The two-tone color scheme really shows off your clean line work. The contrast is fantastic and works really well on this. Now I have yet another cultural reference to look up though!
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