Oni Tiger

 THIS ONI TIGER CHARACTER IS A PERSONAL PROJECT

The accent was on the depth, flow of the lines and interesting geometrical shapes

I went in the extremes with this piece, and what is interesting about it is that all corners are rounded manually! There is no single perfectly sharp edge. Don't ask me why...

''Originally, all spirits, ghosts, and monsters were known as oni. The root of their name is a word meaning “hidden” or “concealed,” and it was written with the Chinese character for ghost. In the old days of Japan, before the spirits were well-cataloged, oni could refer to almost any supernatural creature—ghosts, obscure gods, large or scary yōkai, even particularly vicious and brutal humans. As the centuries shaped the Japanese language, the definitions we know for the various kinds of monsters gradually came into being. Female demons are not called oni, but are known by another name: kijo.''

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