IlloFriday, success!.....Tranquility....

Tranquility

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well here it is guys and gals....a completed (and on time) illofriday from your friend chacha. man some illofriday topics give me these awesome ideas that just hit me while im sitting at work. i was afraid with me having alot to do this week, because of my trip to New York this weekend, that i wouldnt have gotten an illofriday out at all....again. i was mad last week because i was busy on vacation and didnt get to partake on Karma, which could have been an interesting one to battle. but, i really love this piece and i just couldnt wait to get home from work yesterday so i could get out my paints and start crackin. for those of you who might not know, this is a japanese character, or Kanji, for the word Tranquility. anytime i hear very peaceful words such as tranquility or serenity etc., i always have very calming japanese images with the bamboo, characters, and the little birds and flowers in my mind. eventhough i took japanese for a few years back in high school, i still needed to look up this character online. boy my japanese teacher sure would have been disappointed, but there are soo many characters, there just wasnt enough time to learn them all, even for me being one of his top students. i enjoyed what i learned of the language and hope to learn more over the years, i really need to brush up on it...its been a while. hopefully, they will keep japanese in high school so other students can have the great experience with an interesting language just as i did. now back to the piece. just in case you were curious, i drew up the japanese character and just sponged it with acrylics, then i used one of those nerf suction cup darts for the yellow circles, acrylic as well. then i outlined the japanese character with a sharpie and brushed over a blue watercolor wash for the background. enjoy.