just realised on uploading it...yet to be completed ^^ ehehe

Damn... I just wrote a big blab and it got scrambled. I'll try again and condense a little...
I'm really glad you returned to your love of Japanese prints. Don't update... just let it flow. When I see this, it reminds me of why Manga is such a big part of Japanese culture. This kind of stuff is illustration in almost it's purest form - free from the contexts that clutter up modern life. I remember digging into certain European Impressionists - particularly Whistler (even though he was American-born) and Turner (to a lesser extent with his later works) - and finding that their work became influenced by exposure to Japanese prints. There's something about these prints that usually gets lost in translation to a more "western" view on art philosophy and how we (westerners) view/deconstruct art. There are reasons bound within the cultural differences that are very hard for western people to understand regarding the sense of mood, space, and time. It is really quite fascinating to me. *eep* Sorry for the mini rant - it's just that you seem to keep touching on these types of work, and it's a cultural theme that interests me outside of putting pencil to paper.

boombox, this is fantastic. Munin, rant all you want to. I like reading the opinions of artists comments of other artists. I may even make this into a desktop bg. :)

@Munin: Thankyou for your comment :) it's funny, i know exactly where your coming from!! i'm currently doing a thesis on how Japanese prints influences European Artists for my final year. I do printing at University and find it sad that we don't concentrate on these classic artists and also the technique of the woodblock engravers. We look at too much modern art. It's actually thoroughly interesting how Western eyes see these prints, i saw some of Hiroshige and Hokusai's originals (well out of the 100,000s! recently and you appreciate it so much more up close(they take so much time to create, all those layers) and if it weren't for Hokusai's sketches we may not have such a substantial amount of Manga and Anime these days! ^^ sorry for the long post too! lol

@Inque: a desktop background?! i am honoured!! (^_^)! hehe. and i agree, it's pretty exciting reading about fellow artists views and interests, in that we gain more knowledge about how we all work. :D

yay! Well done boombox!

Thankyou bykamon! ^_^