бортовой журнал творческого человека. запись 1

повторная проба через два месяца воздержания показала, что отдых не помогает драйверу планшета лучше установиться в систему

'Yasuo Otsuka's joy in motion' ~ drawing well and understanding are connected. are understanding makes one feel good

this is going to be a collection of ideas I liked greatly while watching the film. some may look pretty simple and Captain Obvious, but I was moved by them so much

about creating anime:

• The more serious you play it, the funnier it gets.
• Genuine realism doesn't suit animation. Ultimately, animation is about convincing the audience. Realism doesn't have to be real. What you want is constructed realism.
• Don't we need a social message in this?

about artists:

• They observe everything, even when they're not working.

about drawing:

• He drew what he felt.

• Crude but lively is better than polished and static.

about computers:

• Your uniqueness will come through no matter what tool you use.

about final products:

• Today there are lots of skilled artists. But animation with warmth and impact is hard to find.
• We Japanese hurry to get things finished. Japanese animation is mass production now. If you use pans and tricks, characters don't need to move. Films are developed from comics. If the comic is popular, audiences will see the film. People will come for the voices and the story. I always believed they came for the quality of the animation. 
• It's the age of mass-produced entertainment. Some entertainment is very slick, but it's empty. Some of it was made without any attention to detail. But I hope you'll be discriminating consumer. I hope you'll choose entertainment that has wisdom and passion.

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I hope, what this wise experienced man said will help someone who is in the process of 'Odyssey of self-discovery'

watched Yasuo Otsuka drawing Goemon. astonished. reassured.

people choose different idols and different people whom they consider examples to follow. commercially successful, famous throughout the world creators of big companies, researchers, professors, other celebrities, 'chosen' ones. their quotations are written all over the web, in communities, groups, on personal pages and in profiles

mostly they teach us how to live, tell us what to do. I am already tired of reading those 'wise' advices. at first the trend was interesting, now 'tis nothing else than boring

I personally prefer listening to those whom I trust and admire myself, not hear rumours about someone or something. I could call them 'sensei' - a convenient Japanese word, something between 'teacher', 'tutor', and simply 'man worthy of respect'

somehow, a short video from Yasuo Otsuka calms me down much more than a thousand of empty words I read in other sources

this is the speed-up version which only makes one envious of the animator's ability to draw so perfectly

however, watching the full version was really not a waste of time

'you need to imagine it. you can watch a real person, too, but you certainly need to imagine how it is going to be'

'is it good or no good? you won't understand until you draw. ...no one has confidence. when you draw, only then for the first time you realise - 'oh, this is good', or 'this does not go well'. you can also ask the opinion of other people. ...you do not notice it yourself. you do not, because you are absorbed in drawing.'

'even young people can study this. studying is also a talent. studying, working hard... this is one kind of talent. not all can do it. they have so many things to do - watching TV, playing games...'

http://bakabt.me/152839-yasuo-otsukas-joy-in-motion-ootsuka-yasuo-no-ugokasu-yorokobi.html

DIY. how to make a Miyabi paper doll

I think I won it somewhere, probably last year in a Japanese language speech contest... it is a very simple thing but very nice when you finish - a Miyabi paper doll. probably the key is to find an origami paper that you like

I wanted to show it to my pupil but the most difficult part is the hair. my kit had one doll already done (in the middle) and two pieces of hair and two cardboard bodies already done. since I do not want to unfold my dolls I tried to search in the web but there seems to be no ready stencil like the one I had. therefore, I have nothing else left but to make everything myself from the start

the dolls look like this ↓

 the scheme attached to the kit is this ↓

after I examined the originals

I can say that the approximate measurements are ↓

the sizes not mentioned in the scheme are
inside collar - approx 2,5x6 cm
back obi - 2,5x11 cm
however, when I scanned the dolls, made the drawing above, printed it and tried to make new dolls, I faced some troubles. the actual sizes of the dolls that I scanned are
main kimono - 7x12 cm instead of 7.5
front obi - 2.8x6 cm instead of 3x7
shoulder length - 2.1 cm instead of 2.5
two papers glued to each other would make it difficult to fold because of the thickness. I would rather recommend using a paper which has a colour on both sides from the very beginning. if impossible, at least choose the thinnest paper available
the main piece is made as follows

this may seem a bit strange in comparison with the original scheme, but when I tried to do as written there the 'lapel' of the kimono ended up being wrong. the point is that the first 2 cm should be folded towards yourself, while the next 0.5 cm should be folded forward. these 0.5, as you can guess, have 2 layers

I do not know whether I succeeded but this is the hair and the body ↓

this is only a rough drawing. I am especially unsure about the 'shoulders'. however, better than nothing