Ogata Gekko - The Grass Cutting Blade
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This is an illustration of a famous scene from Japanese legends. NO not a Kabuki play. Note that the artist has depicted the character in pre HEIAN costume with loose sleeves pants bound at the calf and a STRAIGHT not curved katana! Also the wearing of jewellery made of stone beads and the use of a belt with the swords sheath tied to the belt.
Note also the use of gray as a dominant color both complementing and contrasting the reds pinks and other tints hues and tones. Its almost painterly but still a print respecting the artists sketches and color notes and skilfully rendering them.
Remember this print was made by having several super imposed woodblock.
One for the black lines one for the grays another for each other color.
If using digital art we might use gradients plus vector objects and layers with varying degrees of opacity.
Consider how you might create a similar image using a marker pen or brush or a tablet and a digital pen?
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