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Trans-Vietnamese Artbook Project

*Cadybrille:iconCadybrille: reports, 2d 15m ago
Dear friends,
In the animated atmosphere of gradually growing Vietnamese comics in the year 2009, I feel so surprised and hopeful about our comics in the future. The reason is that many young artists appear and show off their talents - That is everyone's long-awaited pride. Along with GreenFarm, Manzin and the forthcoming Truyện Tranh Việt Online, Vietnamese comics is believed to be better and move to a higher phase.

Therefore, in order to warm up the air as well as to creat an interesting and realistic activity for all young artists, basing on the idea of Kaboom Ink on DeviantART, =Clap-san and I really hope to lauch a campaign:
Trans-Vietnam Artbook

I wish and believe that this artbook will be supported by all of you. Let’s show to the international friends the joy and unity of our Vietnamese-comics community! ^_^

Traditionally Beautiful

=SerenaG519:iconSerenaG519: reports, 1d 16h ago
Traditional works of art that are unnoticed and underfaved. Please take a look if you like traditional art! Most of these are DD worthy!

RainbowTastic

*spastictastic:iconspastictastic: reports, 2d 16h ago
OK so here's a feature on all the colors of the rainbow ROY G BIV and of course the rainbow! So hope you enjoy the wide variety of art C:

Traditional beauties

=sombrefeline:iconsombrefeline: reports, July 8
For the love of traditional art

FEAT-URE {two}

~FEAT-URE:iconFEAT-URE: reports, July 8
About 50 pieces of art coming from almost unknows artist.

In An Artist's Studio

=CozyComfyCouch:iconCozyComfyCouch: reports, July 5
In An Artist's Studio
View some amazing Traditional work!

Women in Art 23 - Traditional (Painting)

*bibbles:iconbibbles: reports, July 5
Women in Art 23
Traditional - Painting


The many and varied images and themes of women in art.

Best of Traditional-Artists: June Feature

*Traditional-Artists:iconTraditional-Artists: reports, July 1
*Traditional-Artists are celebrating our first birthday with an extra-long monthly feature from our June submissions! :D

no kissing just make up

~WatchfullEyes:iconWatchfullEyes: reports, June 28
These are the amazing works that the makeup artists managed to produce for the last few weeks.
I think you will agree that there are some of them that really are exceptional!

Traditional News This Week

Women in Art 23 - Traditional (Painting)

*bibbles:iconbibbles: reports, July 5
Women in Art 23
Traditional - Painting


The many and varied images and themes of women in art.

Traditional beauties

=sombrefeline:iconsombrefeline: reports, July 8
For the love of traditional art

RainbowTastic

*spastictastic:iconspastictastic: reports, 2d 16h ago
OK so here's a feature on all the colors of the rainbow ROY G BIV and of course the rainbow! So hope you enjoy the wide variety of art C:

FEAT-URE {two}

~FEAT-URE:iconFEAT-URE: reports, July 8
About 50 pieces of art coming from almost unknows artist.

In An Artist's Studio

=CozyComfyCouch:iconCozyComfyCouch: reports, July 5
In An Artist's Studio
View some amazing Traditional work!

Trans-Vietnamese Artbook Project

*Cadybrille:iconCadybrille: reports, 2d 15m ago
Dear friends,
In the animated atmosphere of gradually growing Vietnamese comics in the year 2009, I feel so surprised and hopeful about our comics in the future. The reason is that many young artists appear and show off their talents - That is everyone's long-awaited pride. Along with GreenFarm, Manzin and the forthcoming Truyện Tranh Việt Online, Vietnamese comics is believed to be better and move to a higher phase.

Therefore, in order to warm up the air as well as to creat an interesting and realistic activity for all young artists, basing on the idea of Kaboom Ink on DeviantART, =Clap-san and I really hope to lauch a campaign:
Trans-Vietnam Artbook

I wish and believe that this artbook will be supported by all of you. Let’s show to the international friends the joy and unity of our Vietnamese-comics community! ^_^

Traditionally Beautiful

=SerenaG519:iconSerenaG519: reports, 1d 16h ago
Traditional works of art that are unnoticed and underfaved. Please take a look if you like traditional art! Most of these are DD worthy!

Contest: judges and prizes needed

*Suanin:iconSuanin: reports, July 5
Wish Yourself Another World contest (all art forms, including literature, allowed): no deadline yet, judges and (especially) prizes needed! All the help is greatly appreciated.

Portraits, Portraits, and many more Portraits

*feature-me:iconfeature-me: reports, 32m 54s ago
The club posted on the forum asking to see people's portraits, then the best ones were picked and put in this news article. Please show your support for these artists by viewing their work and faving any that you like. These are of all mediums, photography, drawings, digital art.

Traditional


Traditional Week - Traditional Tattoo - Irezumi

~SynteticDiamond:iconSynteticDiamond: reports, May 13, 2008
read. irezumi (insertion of ink) is the traditional Japanese tattoo.
read. irezumi (pierce and blue)
Other, more polite word for traditional tattoo is horimono (engraved thing).



History
In Japan, tattooing has been part of the culture since at least 500 BC. Designs were thought to have spiritual significance as well as functioning as a status symbol.
In the Kofun period (300-600 AD) tattooed marks began to be placed on criminals as punishment and tattoos began to assume negative connotations. (Common criminal tattoo was inu meaning dog ). Until the Edo period (1600-1868 AD) the role of tattoos in society fluctuated. Tattooed marks were still used as punishment, but there were also designs for decorative purposes.
In the Edo period Japanese decorative tattooing began to develop into the advanced art form it is known as today.

Tradition
The tattoo will usually be chosen from a collection of books, all hand drawn by the master tattooists from traditional sources. Tigers, dragons, flowers, koi (carp), heroes or woodblock prints of the Edo period are favourite themes. True horishi (master tattooists) may spend several months consulting with the client about designs, before inserting the design by hand over the course of two to ten years. A traditional Japanese tattoo will usually cover the whole body or at least a large proportion of it. While there are several different patterns the tattoo will usually extend from the neck to below the buttocks and some portion of the arms and chest.

The outline will be drawn freehand onto the clients skin, usually this will be done in one sitting (several hours). When the outline is complete, the shading and colouring is done in weekly visits. When the tattoo is finished, the artist will "sign" his name in a space reserved for that purpose. The tools used comprise wooden handles with metal needles attached by silk thread. Number of needles depend on the thickness of the line to be tattooed.



Further reading and reference:
Oriental Irezumi and Occidental Tattooing in Contemporary Japan



Special thanks to :iconkisaragichiyo: for writing "irezumi" specially for this article :)

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~AyameSakura61:iconAyameSakura61: May 15, 2008, 2:51:14 AM Mood: Love
great article!! beautiful irezumis ^_^ ありがとう!

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:floating: 銭ズラ。:floating:
~SynteticDiamond:iconSynteticDiamond: May 16, 2008, 1:08:52 AM
You're welcome and thank you, I had fun writing this:)

If you like irezumis please tell that to the authors, I'm sure they will appreciate some nice comments :)
 

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