The most classical subjects of Japanese tradition are presented in this book as a miscellany of study drawings interpreted by the artistic flair of the author Ichibay.
Real and imaginary animals, such as cats, carp, foxes, frogs, fudo, snakes, crabs, tigers and spiders are displayed in hundreds of different poses and movements, studied in close-up detail and full-length.
Foxes in the classic features of the legendary characters from oriental mythology show the details of their fur through the black lines on the white paper, thus becoming sketches from which to start working on that subject.
Birds of prey, roosters and phoenixes are studied in ever-changing poses and with unprecedented perspectives, with a focus on feathers or legs, sometimes with ironic features and others more refined.
Head-up, head-down koi, studied in the curving of their fin show all the skill required to attribute movement to this subject so much used in the oriental visual tradition and appear as floating in the waves.
Octopuses seem to be crawling on sheets, and crabs with staring eyes show funny humanised somatic features.
Cats, tigers and other felines are displayed from the front, from behind or from the side sometimes showing the three-dimensionality of the body, others in a two-dimensional manner.
Sometimes on paper only details such as claws or tails in motion so that the rest of the body can be imagined by the artist who wants to use these studies by Ichibay as a starting point for personal interpretations.
ICHIBAY – LINES AND DRAWINGS
ART BOOK + TRAVEL TOOL BOOK
A fine art book, over 300 pages with thousands of drawings, to browse through in the studio plus a handy softcover book to take with you wherever you go, practical in format with over 100 pages and hundreds of additional line drawings.
