ARE YOU WAVING?

THIS IS MY ATTEMPT AT JAPANESE STYLE WAVES.  IT IS PART OF A LARGER PIECE THAT I AM WORKING ON SPECIFICALLY FOR IMAGINARY FIENDS.  I HAVE NEVER ATTEMPTED THISSTYLE, AND DIDN'T WANT TO IMITATE DIRECTLY, SO I PUT MY OWN FLARE ON IT.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED BY ALL ANCIENT ASIAN ART, HONESTLY.  NOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I HAVE TONS OF REFERENCE BOOKS FOR, AND I DON'T STUDY IT ON A DAILY BASIS.  I SIMPLY HAVE APPRECIATED THE ART ITSELF.  THE DETAIL.  THE SIMPLICITY.  OFTEN TIMES WHEN I SEE CERTAIN PIECES, THERE'S A PEACE BEHIND IT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT STORY THE PIECE IS TELLING.  I THINK THE FASCINATION STEMS FROM CHILDHOOD REALLY, NINJAS, SAMURAI, TAE KWON DO, WERE ALL APART OF WHAT I SAW GROWING UP.  THE ASIAN CULTURE HAS ALWAYS HAD A STRONG INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE, BRUCE LEE, SHOGUN ASSASSIN, EVEN TRANSFORMERS, AKIRA, AND WU-TANG, ALL ARE MAJOR INFLUENCES IN MYSELF.  I LEARNED KICKBOXING AND JIU-JITSU, AS I GOT OLDER, AND LEARNED TAE KWON DO AS A KID.  SO, IT IS A FASCINATION.  EVEN THE BUDDHIST MENTALITY IS APART OF MY THOUGHT PROCESS SOMETIMES.  I'M NOT A FULL ON BUDDHIST, BUT, THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF BUDDHISM IN MY BELIEF STRUCTURE.  I EVEN GET MISTAKEN FOR ASIAN, WITHOUT MY GLASSES ON.  EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE, I GET ASKED IF I AM ASIAN, OR WHAT NATIONALITY I AM, AND LATER TOLD THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS PART ASIAN.  IT MAKES ME FEEL SORTA COOL.  ANYWAY, JUST A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON.   - 925