Saturday, June 13, 2009 | Posted by Jay
If you haven't already seen Mushishi, I would highly recommend it. Even just a few episodes would do ~ it's a conglomeration of several short stories with one big theme. A few of them go into more detail about Ginko's (the main character's) past.
The rule I made for myself this time was that I had to start with white space and fill in black space (oddly enough, this is the opposite of what I usually do when I vector).
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I realized later that it looked like he was praying -_- which was totally not what I was going for. He's actually lighting a cigarette (which, in the story is supposed to be a way to ward off Mushi).
I personally disapprove of smoking and avoid the smell whenever possible. Because I don't want to make smoking seem like a "cool" image, I also try to avoid using anything involving cigarettes whenever possible.
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My name is Jay Lee, and I have traveled to the East Coast of the United States, studied in Kyoto, Japan for a time, and currently live in Southern California.
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