INKtober 2017: #6 Tengu [NON COLORED]

#6

"Tengu" 

Translation: heavenly dog

"Buddhism long held that the tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests. Tengu are associated with the ascetic practice of Shugendō, and they are usually depicted in the garb of its followers, the yamabushi. The tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. The earliest tengu were pictured with beaks, but this feature has often been humanized as an unnaturally long nose, which today is widely considered the tengu's defining characteristic in the popular imagination. Tengu are commonly depicted holding a magical ha-uchiwa (feather fan), fans made of feathers. In folk tales, these fans sometimes have the ability to grow or shrink a person's nose, but usually they are attributed the power to stir up great winds. Various other strange accessories may be associated with tengu, such as a type of tall, one-toothed geta sandal often called tengu-geta."

More information about Tengu: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengu

Rapidographs, alcohol and indian ink based markers

October 2017

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I liked so much the non-colored version of this that I just felt the need to upload it!!