May 14, 2011

[Momotaro] Protective Seals


Concept for the torii (gate) at the oni island entrance. Humans stick seals to the pillars in hope that it will keep the oni somehow bound to the land. Unfortunately... the oni can just walk around the torii.

The kanji characters are based off a real ofuda (protective seal) distributed by onmyouji (mediums) to ward of bad spirits.



This took lots of trial and error to get a good combination of line thickness and stroke direction. But it was good stress relief!

supplies: Japanese calligraphy paper, brushes and ink

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