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taibossigai — Hyakki Yago - Nightparade of 100 Yokai by-nc-nd

Published: 2013-03-08 15:48:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 1936; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 0
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Description The party's just getting started...

Nurarihyon - the tea-drinking dude with the big head
Bakezori - straw sandal
Biwa-bokuboku - animated biwa (guitar-like instrument)
Shamichoro - animated shamisen (beside the biwa)
Basan - the rooster-like bird
Kitsune - the two foxes in the background, and floating around them are little balls of fox-fire, a sure sign that kitsune and other yokai are around.
Bakeneko - the cat with two tails
Yosuzume - night sparrows dancing - here they are leading the nightparade by dancing, but usually lead the wolf (okuri-inu) in the lower left to any lost travelers in the mountains.

I couldn't recall the name of the little dancing sake bottle, if I remember right I think he has an endless supply.
I've also forgotten the name of the little crock-pot jar.

An awesome site for looking up yokai: yokai.com/

Derwent Watercolor pencil crayons and Faber Castell artist pen on 9x12 watercolor paper

Dedicated to and painted for her contest Nightparade of 100 Demons fav.me/d5uq9bf
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Comments: 11

chaosqueen122 [2013-03-10 10:55:09 +0000 UTC]

Oh my wow it`s awesome I hope you do well in my contest.

Oh my you also have Nurarihyon and a Bakezori
damn that`s just too amazing. In I love how you did make it look like an ink painting at least it seems like one too me.

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taibossigai In reply to chaosqueen122 [2013-03-10 14:20:21 +0000 UTC]

Hee hee thanks a bunch!

I'm so happy that you like it. Oh I forgot to mention in my description that I used a black artist pen. Was going to use a traditional inkstick ground with an inkstone but my brushstrokes really suck (could be the cheap brushes), and I couldn't get the ink dark enough...so, artist pen to the rescue!

Once I read about Nurarihyon and his role in the parade, I knew I had to include him. I really liked drawing the Bakezori and the Kameosa (such cuties! ^^).

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chaosqueen122 In reply to taibossigai [2013-03-15 09:39:29 +0000 UTC]

you are very welcome.

Ohhhh awesome you can draw in that way.
I tried it but failed my lines were to messy.
Aww it looks anyway like an ink drawing
You should make a book out of it

heheh awww yay I`m glad you found the infos interesting
and usefull. heheh yeah they are really cute.

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taibossigai In reply to chaosqueen122 [2013-03-15 15:52:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! A book would be pretty cool but I'd need a lot more artwork.

Yeah, the lines are difficult. It's easy to overdo them. Quite often when I start inking something I put the first line down and freak out "OMG I've messed it up!" Then I calm down and take my time. The strings on the instruments were quite stressful as I messed them up in the sketch and a previous trial version.

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chaosqueen122 In reply to taibossigai [2013-04-08 21:52:01 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome and I'm sorry for the late replay (I had so share my laptop and couldn`t use it at night times)
Aww I`m sure you can manage it.

But they do look awesome right now.

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taibossigai In reply to chaosqueen122 [2013-04-09 13:39:13 +0000 UTC]

That's alright, we all get busy with our real lives.

Hee hee...I ended up sketching out a picture of a tengu, we'll see how it turns out. (if it turns out, I have a lot of things I'm working on right now)

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chaosqueen122 In reply to taibossigai [2013-04-12 21:56:47 +0000 UTC]



Ohhh I want to see it I mean if you don`t mind.
heheh we are all busy getting creative how it seems maybe the spring gives
all the flow back.

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taibossigai In reply to chaosqueen122 [2013-04-14 19:47:20 +0000 UTC]

Very true...it comes and goes.

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chaosqueen122 In reply to taibossigai [2013-04-15 09:20:44 +0000 UTC]

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madre-superiora [2013-03-08 16:37:48 +0000 UTC]

what an unusual concept I would like to say it's funny but I know it touches very serious issue.

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taibossigai In reply to madre-superiora [2013-03-08 16:48:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! Yes, it is based on some serious Japanese folklore - the Nightparade happens once a year and various yokai come out to participate. It's said that any human who comes across the procession will die unless they have some special protection. I wanted to make a friendlier-looking version.

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