Shoes, ships, sealing wax, packages from Tokyo, nerdgirl Okami art, cabbages, kings...

[merimask]

Okay, first of all I have to say that moonphased  is a sweetie.  She completely surprised me today by sending me the coolest thing; an Inuyasha omamori!  It's a Shinto charm...a little silk bag with a sutra sealed inside.  Now, I've seen omamori before, but never an IY omamori which is SO COOL because that is almost certainly something I could never find at any anime store in this country.  It has a place of honor in my purse now, because I need all the good luck I can get!  *smooch*  Thank you, dear.  :-)    _{By the way, Kuro folds the teeniest little origami crane I've ever seen...it's perfect!  I can make a crane that small, but it always gets messed up and the beak ends up looking more like a duck bill.  Hers is flawless.}

So!   Nerdgirl Okami fan art.


And of course, Waka.  Because he's the gods' gift to mankind, y'know.

Heh.  Just a few silly sketches I did this afternoon while i was killing time waiting for stuff to load onto my freaking computer.  Every time I see one of those happy fun Time Warner cable commercials I want to put my fist through the TV set.  >:-(

Back to work!  I have a bunch of orders to make and I've procrastinated long enough.

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Hee! That game has me completely infatuated. When I read about it over 2 years ago I was blown away at the idea (I mean...come on! Japanese wolf goddess saves the world with art...was there ever a game more perfectly suited for me?), but I had no idea how addictive Okami would be. I'm playing it for the THIRD TIME. Someone's going to have to stage an intervention soon, I think. Is there any talk of a sequel? I heard that Clover Studios got bought up by a larger company (I forget who) but I hope they'll still make an Okami 2, because I LOVE their style.

Re: IY omamori...OMG you mean that is actually from a shrine? That is twice as cool!! I had no idea that shrines had anime-based omamori...that's absolutely fascinating. When we visit Japan (we have a 2 year plan in the works...I'm savin' my pennies!) I REALLY want to visit some of the older Shinto shrines. I have several books about Japanese art and culture and I need to see the beautiful horse panels that are displayed in many of the shrines...there's a connection between horses and Shinto, apparently (they're supposed to be messengers to the gods) and what I've seen in books is simply inspiring.