Shinju

Shinju, originally uploaded by slushbox.

Started this at an art show a couple of weeks ago. its a tiny one 8x10 avail for $250 if anyone is interested.

Panda-Bushi

Panda-Bushi 12 x 12 Acrylic, originally uploaded by slushbox.

The Panda Warior! 12 x 12 Acrylic on masonite. Finished this for a show on comming up next week. It's an Asian themed show so the next few paintings I do will be some of the backlog of Japanese stuff i've had sketched out. Great to prep for my trip to Japan in March!

Seppuku

Seppuku , originally uploaded by slushbox.

I've had this painting stuck in my head for a while now. I finally got around to painting it. I’m really happy with how moody and somber it came out. For those who aren’t versed in Japanese Seppuku, the practice was part of the samurai bushido code. When the samurai brought shame to their feudal lord or shogun, also instead of falling into the hands of their enemies or as a form of capital punishment.

it was done with a wakizashi (shorter sword then a katana) or a tantō (knife) with a cloth wrapped around the blade so they wouldn’t lose their grip or cut themselves. Which apparently was important even though they were about to disembowel themselves..

After the left to right cut was made the samurai’s chosen second attendant, (kaishakunin) would take their head to lessen the pain. It was supposed to be done so that only a thin piece of flesh remained to keep the head attached.

Granted this was usually done in a ceremonial white silk robes but then you wouldn’t get to see her sweet back tat!

Skull Samurai - "Shi" Tattoo

Skull Samurai - "Shi" Tattoo , originally uploaded by slushbox.

This piece has been in the works for about a year and a half or so. It was done using the art from my "Shi" painting.

The owner of the tattoo saw the painting and wanted to get it tattoo. I ended up drawing his other sleeve as a "Day of the Dead" bandito which later becase the painting "Merchant of Death".

Prints of the painting are available on Slushbox.com the original is sold and long gone.

Shi - Giclee 12 x 12
Shi - Poster 12 x 12

Tatsu

Tatsu, originally uploaded by slushbox.

Here it is, the final in the set of 9, maybe. Someone had to go and suggest that this series be made into a calendar. So, I may do 3 more to make a full 12 parts. We will see...

Oh, me so Oni!

Oni, originally uploaded by slushbox.

Here goes number 8 in the master series, part 2 for the Japanese set. I finished this up at 2 in the morning.. here it is 8 hours later.

I particularly like the shiny boobies in this one. I should probably change the header on this site from “The Occasional Boobie” to “A Month of Nothing But Boobies”

Sakura

sakura, originally uploaded by slushbox.

Here is part 4 of 9 I've been cranking these out in a few hours each. Actually since I've been doing the time lapse of them I have an exact time to complete and they have been all within 9 minutes of each other in total time so far. This is the first in the Japanese 3 part set.

Here is the time lapse video: