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