Shizentai Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 Every now and again I get into an ink-painting mood. The other day I was going through my old karate books and I got inspired by a series of old, high-contrast black and white photos of karate-ka training. Therefore, I sat down and painted Kanazawa (http://mari-3.deviantart.com/#/d4enqlr) and Ozawa (http://mari-3.deviantart.com/#/d4e3efn).I apologize for my sloppiness. These were only done in about 5 minutes each (as is the case for most of my ink paintings). I mostly wanted to post this on Karate Forums somewhere because unlike my family and art friends, you guys might actually know who these masters are. Not that they're portraits or anything.I have absolutely no idea which forum this should be in, so anyone please feel free to move it. "My work itself is my best signature."-Kawai Kanjiro
LittleW Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 You are an awesome painter, Shizentai!So many different techniques.
DWx Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 sloppiness? They're amazing Wish I could paint / draw that well.. "Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." ~ Confucius
Shizentai Posted November 5, 2011 Author Posted November 5, 2011 Thanks!I did have to wonder if the kicking person in the photo I referenced was really Ozawa sensei though. In every photo I've seen of him as an older man, he has wavy hair. Ah well. "My work itself is my best signature."-Kawai Kanjiro
sensei8 Posted November 6, 2011 Posted November 6, 2011 My compliments to you; beautiful pictures. If your sloppy, then I would love to have a tenth of your sloppyness...SOLID! **Proof is on the floor!!!
LittleW Posted November 6, 2011 Posted November 6, 2011 I'm not so familiar with the pictures of these Karate masters. So to me, these paintings could be of any Karateka. But, no matter, these paintings are great.
ps1 Posted November 6, 2011 Posted November 6, 2011 Hopefully my technique will one day be as sloppy as your paintings! "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenius."
Shizentai Posted November 8, 2011 Author Posted November 8, 2011 I'm not so familiar with the pictures of these Karate masters. So to me, these paintings could be of any Karateka. This is very true. As I said, these were not intended to be portraits. I was more concerned with capturing their techniques than their faces, so I'm pretty sure it'd be near to impossible to identify them. That said, I couldn't just steal their waza and not tell you who they are, so I felt obligated to name them none the less. I didn't really think about that until after I pained them though. "My work itself is my best signature."-Kawai Kanjiro
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