Artpost again...

[telophase]

...well it's Yet Another In-Process Pic of Koumyo and kid!Sanzo.






I wanted to get it completely inked tonight, but since I devoted quite some time to doing backgrounds for the next page of Project Blue Rose, I didn't have time (I'm getting up tomorrow for painting class). :D

What needs to be done: making the wall look not like I drew it using straight lines, adding cracks & stuff, adding trees, adding butterfly, adding detail to the pathway.

Oh - I asked over in rachelmanija's LJ here for other things that Saiyuki used for symbolism, but nobody bit. There's a place or two in the picture that I think need activating, and if I can fit something that dovetails nicely with Saiyuki to add resonance,t hat would be great. So anything that you can think of. :D

Comments

Symbolic items in Saiyuki, preferably associated with Sanzo or Koumyou

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

The sun, or a ray of sunlight.

Cherry blossoms.

Mahjong.

Beads.

Water.

Sutras, scrolls, books, newspapers-- any paper with writing on it.

Cigarettes.

Alcohol.

Vines (mostly associated with Hakkai, though.)

Re: Symbolic items in Saiyuki, preferably associated with Sanzo or Koumyou

[oyceter]

The moon, or moonlight. Night, with regard to Ukoku.

Centipedes, but that's more Hakkai.

The color red (again, Hakkai and Gojyo).

Snow.

Beer cans with cigarette butts inside (Hakkai/Gojyo).

Food, and the cooking thereof.

Hands, bloodied and otherwise, clawed and otherwise.

Paper airplanes.

[koneko-desu.livejournal.com]

Koumyo's head looks a little...odd O_o but I can't really put my finger on why...other than that it's looking good~

[marith.livejournal.com]

*thinks*

Cigarettes (doesn't Koumyo smoke, at least in the manga?). Sake bottle and cup. A fan (like the Kouryuu will carry in later life). Prayer beads. Maybe some holy or meditative object, like a raked sand/rock garden, that both figures are ignoring.

(Weapons and jewelry, especially earrings, also strike me as typical symbols, but not here. Stray mahjongg tiles.)

[scribblemoose]

doesn't Koumyo smoke, at least in the manga?

He smokes a pipe, I think. And Sanzo tells him off about smoking it in public. :)

[homasse.livejournal.com]

If you saw the movie, a big deal was made out of the color orange. I also remember Koumyou talking to kiddie!Sanzo about the way an orange paper airplane looked against the blue sky, but I can't remember if it was in the anime or the movie.

Also, wow, the kid Sanzo *really* looks like him now. Bravo!

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

It's in the manga. I just read it today and I remember that part.

[scribblemoose]

Falling leaves and paper aeroplanes?

I just love sanzo's skinny little legs. Perfect!

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Minekura often uses crows in relation to Ukoku, which may or may not fit in here depending if you wanted something sinister. Or Ni Jyeni's bunny doll? Maybe not.

Just a note: Sanzo's right leg looks slighty elderly rather than youthful to me.

[seajules]

Sanzo's expression just cracks me up.

As for symbolism, I'd add to all of the above: peach trees, peaches, and wildflowers.