ghosts, demons and yokai (for ghostcircus)

[atomicgypsy]

these are images from a japanese book on mythological creatures illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?fl20050206x1.htm

Comments

[daiconharuko]

Wow those all look like tattoos I would want.

[atomicgypsy]

i thought about tattoos too when i put them up! maybe it's the type of line they use, but i could totally see these as body art. :D the uniboob scares me though. she/he's like "yay! behold my uniboob!" *bounce*

eek!
:P

[ghostcircus]

wow, I LOVE these. :D especially the medusa type girl and the deer type thing in the first slideshow, and the cooking cat in the second one. :P but they're all sooo nice. THANK YOU! xD I just wish I knew more about these creatures and their history...is there any book in english that is about japanese ghosts, demons, and yokai? :|

[atomicgypsy]

:) i wish i could read it too. here's what i found for books, some might be hard to find though!

http://www.sophiabooks.com/tattoo_collection_02.html

http://www.yamaneko.org/einfo/mgzn/jcb_e0304.htm

and there is this movie:
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Yokai-War-Ryunosuke-Kamiki/dp/B000F2CAJ2
(kinda goofy, but you might get some ideas from it, should be available for rental or through netflicks)
http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2006/10/18/the-great-yokai-war/

and the book kwaidan, by lafcadio hearn.
i'd love to hear more about the project!
oh! and if you have a video game system rent Fatal Frame (1 or 2) it's all about ghosts and is SUPER scary.

[ghostcircus]

thanks!! yea for starters I'll rent the great yokai war and probably buy Kwaidan. :P
wellll my friend was SUPPOSED to give me her xbox but she forgot (I hate it when people do that. D:) so i'll have to bug her about it.

[ghostcircus]

oh and about the project: well I'm not quite sure what I'm gonna do yet, I know pixystickninja has a comic/story called Knives and Teeth and it's about mythological creatures from everywhereeee and they run an underground clinic and treat other mythological creatures. (I thinkkk)
So I might think of some story to do or just do a series of drawings of japanese legendary creatures. :D

[kemica]

At first I thought the top image was a fabric swatch, and I almost died of awesome.
Still very very interesting, thanks for posting! :D

[atomicgypsy]

ah! i wish!!! however i've been wanting to try out some transfers on fabric, and that is a SPLENDID idea.

[kemica]

That's a good idea!
Any of those would make a great T-shirt or something.

[loli_cat]

Those guys in the second image look like the forest spirits in Princess Mononoke!! ^_^

[atomicgypsy]

i bet they are the same kind!! :D i like them. no soot sprites in the book though. :( they are the best.

[mellosonic]

yayy! It's none other than Mr. Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, himself. I've always loved his ridiculous and charming supernatural art...

[atomicgypsy]

you'd love the book.. :) the colors are super bright.