I am using my old Photoshop 7.0 to convert a photograph into a Japanese-style woodblock print. 1.  Open the image.  Go to Image on the toolbar and click "Image Size".  Set the image to the size you want it to be when it is finished.  2.  Open the layers palette. 3. Double click on the background image in the [...]

The Slorker blog has a really neat post about 36 Views of Mount Fuji, the artwork of Katsushika Hokusai. The first in the series of the early 1800s woodblock prints, titled The Great Wave off Kanagawa, is the most popular. Katsushika Hokusai is an interesting character. One of Japan's leading experts on Chinese painting during the [...]

So I was going to put them on ebay but it seems easier to just bid on it here (see notes below on procedure)First up, this fancy bird woodblock print printed on 8x10 paper (more details here)Let's start the bidding at $2.00.Auction Notes: -Bid for this item by making a comment with your bid amount on this post.-Bidding will continue until Sunday 11pm MST-Payment will be made to The Nie Nie ...

lethargic day.i think i have been a woodblock for the whole entire day.its the longest and listless holiday i ever have!hai~ how i yearn for a long long school lessons for me!i miss the school and definitely you.hao de, hello and bye.batman ultraman superman spiderman hollowman d.grayman catwomanHUman! LAME~ sorry for being senseless and fatuous.its 3am now. so good morning for you guy and good ...

Autumn has these "story blocks"- rectangular woodblocks, painted in pastels, and with various phrases and pictures painted on them. Autumn was picking up blocks at random and making a line of them. I happened to rglance at it left-to-right, and they read:"picking daffodils", "on a grassy hill", "in Paris", "against the wind"...not just a linear narrative, but a haiku to boot.

... don't look like a woodblock at least. " I know that was directed to me. Me dancing = woodblock.I snorted, "Tsk. How come I cannot dance? I dance horribly. I look like shit when I dance. Like woodblock like that."Dad smiled and said, "Passion. Interest. You must have the passion and interest and be willing to learn. I was very into break dance. When I'm young, I could dance for 3 hours non-stop."I ...