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I made this piece as a part of a presentation that I had to make recently to a potential client. 

 

It is based on a woodblock print by Kuniyoshi and the original name of the print is Princess Takiyasha summons a skeleton spectre to frighten Mitsukuni. I've never seen an original print of this that was in good shape and I thought it was a shame because it is a very nice print so I decided to make my own version (with a few changes here and there). I hope you enjoy.

 

Hokusai

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Really Nice Work — question if don't mind me asking. How did you get your images to show in your post and not as a attachment? 

 

Thanks

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ONSO,

 

Thanks for the kinds words. At the bottom there is the option to either "Drag files here to attach, or choose files...." and I just clicked on the "choose files" and then added the images that I wanted to add. 

 

Hokusai

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Thanks for the response I did that and the image displayed as an attachment. Please see my post in "share my work". Im not sure why its doing that.

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27 minutes ago, ONSO said:

Thanks for the response I did that and the image displayed as an attachment. Please see my post in "share my work". Im not sure why its doing that.

 

I’ve just posted a reply in your other thread.

 

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Ros,

 

I'm glad that you enjoyed my work.

 

ambiroa,

 

I do have a website but it isn't very good and to be honest, I would be embarrassed to post a link to it. I hope to redesign it soon and when I do, I'll post a link to it. I have posted another piece of Japanese themed art before, if you search here in the "Share your work" for The Siren, you'll find it. I will post some more Japanese themed work hopefully sometime soon. 

 

Thanks,
Hokusai

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Hi Hokusai,
as always a great job

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retrograde,

 

Thanks for the kind comments and the funny word play too! This piece is based off of a print that was originally a triptych but the pieces don't all fit together exactly as they should. I had to create some elements from scratch that fit in with the original piece so that aspect of it was very challenging. 

 

Hokusai

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On 3/23/2018 at 7:18 AM, retrograde said:

Okay, what's frightening "me" here is that insane amount of detail... great job! Looks like it was probably quite a challenge.

...couldn't have put it better myself.

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1 hour ago, Fatih19 said:

Are you using a combination of Affinity Photo and Designer? 

Fatih19,

 

No, I only used Designer. I do use Photo but normally for other things, for drawings I use Designer only. 

 

Hokusai

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Funny, often when I try to start something in Photo I realize I can do this in Designer and switch back... :-) silly me of course but Designer can do everything I need it to. I even bought the Photo workbook but haven't really embraced Photo yet, Designer won't let me. ;) 

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retrograde,

 

I'm pretty much the same as you. Most of what I need to do, I can do in Designer. I like Photo, it is very powerful but for what I've been doing recently Designer can handle it. Plus I normally work with vectors more than raster images so Designer works out best for me. I do like Photo's Red Eye Removal tool though:D

 

Hokusai

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3 minutes ago, Hokusai said:

retrograde,

 

I'm pretty much the same as you. Most of what I need to do, I can do in Designer. I like Photo, it is very powerful but for what I've been doing recently Designer can handle it. Plus I normally work with vectors more than raster images so Designer works out best for me. I do like Photo's Red Eye Removal tool though:D

 

Hokusai

 

:-) Yeah same here. I tend to use photo for colour correction and pixel based tweaks and adjustments... much of which can be done in designer. I come from a long history with illustrator so the vector side is home for me. 

  • 1 month later...
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Love your painting. 

Gregg

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  • 6 years later...
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Hey man, truly incredible work! Really, really love it. 

Would be super interested in working with you, could you reach out and PM me?

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Such beautiful detailed line work, and a wonderful earthy colour palette. Thank you for posting it. It just goes to show what exquisite and detailed work can be done in Affinity Designer.

 I love Japanese art, and have a few prints myself, which I got from the Japanese Gallery in London. It's a beautiful shop, with a lot of original prints of many traditional Japanese artworks: landscapes, Samurai, male and female figures, birds, animals, Kabuki...

If you don't know it (or if you don't live in London), check out their website. I think it will inspire you...

http://www.japanesegallery.co.uk/default.php?Sel=ppalcatalogue&Submenu=1

In the tradition of Hokusai, Sharaku, Utagawa...

DelN

PS. If you visit the website (or the shop), I'd love to hear what you think... 😀

  • 2 weeks later...
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Hi Uuxxaa,

 

Thank you for the kind words! Sorry, I haven't posted anything new for a while. I have done many ukiyo-e recreations but I don't post them all as I worry that it would be too much! I'll try to get around to posting something new soon though. I love Affinity Designer it is a great tool to create wonderful art. Designer is much better, faster, and easier to use than anything else out there that I've seen.  
 

DelN,


Thank you for the kind words too! The Japanese Gallery site looks good. I always enjoy seeing such a wide variety of prints. It is good to see that people are interested in original prints. Sadly I'm not located in the UK but if I make it that way, I'll be sure to stop in a check out the prints. I like the Yoshitoshi prints! 

I have seen many prints over the years and I even own a few originals myself and probably a couple that are old reproductions (reproduced in the 1890's or so). I feel lucky that I was able to see the full series of Hokusai's original prints for the 36 views of Mt Fuji a few years ago (all 46 prints). I highly recommend it if you get the chance. 

 

Best regards,
Hokusai

 

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