it's not that odd. "do you paint what you see or see what you paint". and the pleasure is mine - just make as many beautiful images as this one ^^ as your time allows, please

Everyone already complimented as do I, but I hope no one has asked this yet:
mmm spirals ahem excuse me.. anyhow back to my question:
I'm not as familiar with the tale as I'd like to be, why are his eyes bleeding?

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I guess I just wanted to show that he was dead. As if the bluish skin color wasn't evidence enough, right? XD

Thanks so much!

0k I figured as much.. just wondering about your personal perspective though

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i like the colors in this and the expression as well

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Thank you!

This one is probably my favourite... I'm counting backward though... haven't seen the ones before this one... But I like her the most, partly 'cause I know her and partly 'cause it's really beautiful. I've read this wonderful story about a young girl getting lost in a world of snow (a god's realm) and then being saved by the yuki-onna... When the girl was back in good health the woman refused to let her go... she became a prisoner in the snow woman's world and when she finally escaped, 10 years later... only 10 months had passed back on earth. It was a sad story about the woman trying to undo the string of fate that bound the girl to her loved one so that she would forget him and not have a reason to return to earth. Once the girl had escaped however she didn't get to go straight back to earth. She had to travel through the world of the gods and face many demons and evil beings. Really great story... and a really great picture!

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I have a Korean dress (three of them) Not a hanbok but a jeogori, and I had it hanging up near my canvas as I painted it and it didn't turn out as believable as the complex design of the Japanese Kimono in your picture. Great detail! Beautiful piece and even better since I know a tidbit about the snow maiden myth.

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Looking at it, I can't help thinking about this episode of Inuyasha where a demon portraying his mother is hugging him and trying to suck him in. That anime has more Japanese demon mythology than any other anime I know (which makes sense considering it's all about demons taking over Feudal Japan ). If it's fanart you want, you may want to look there.

This painting is probably my favourite piece from your series simply because it's not fanart. Yes, there are a lot of demon women in Japanese anime, but looking at the myth first, like you do with this painting, shows the viewer where the inspiration for those anime characters came from instead of simply showing one example of the archetype. (You'll have to forgive my tangent; I'm a cultural anthropology major. )

If you're running out of ideas for real myths, you might want to check out Pantheon.org. They are a wealth of information.

Those swirls of icy wind along the left side are divine. The use of gold really warms the painting up in general (balancing all the blues) and I love how you used it. As the warm colour of the screen inside it makes the blues of the snow feel all the more frigid.

Keep up the good work! I want to see more of this series.