Another main character present in this story is the turtle (sea turtle in technicality due to the setting being in an ocean, but most characterisations do follow more of a land turtle’s), who function as the communicator between the sea king and the rabbit due to it being the only animal to ‘travel through both the water and the land. I wanted to put more focus on the sea turtle elements to my character, so I have simplified the shape of a sea turtle into two shapes: the teardrop shape which comprises the head and the limbs, and the ‘muffin’ shape which composed the body or the shell. Photo of a sea turtle by NFWF Then, as I have with the rabbit character, I analysed turtle characters from famous media. I have suspected that sea turtles would not be a common character since ocean-focused cartoons are very specific and rare, and my search had shown as such. Land turtles were more common to be used, with the rare exception of the sea turtle Crush from the movie ‘...
Cover Illustration of ‘ The Hare’s Liver ’, illustrated by Ye Jung Jo The Hare’s Liver, also known as The Story of the rabbit, is a traditional Korean fairytale and a type of Aesop’s Fable (stories revolving around animal characters to teach moral to children) which criticises the division between the rich and the poor (between the royalty and the common folk during its time of creation) and how the weak can overcome crisis through wit and wisdom. Below is the overview of this story by KOREA.net (Ministry of Culture): ‘ As the story goes, the Dragon King, the king of the sea, was deathly ill. His subjects suggest that a hare’s liver could cure him, yet none of them are brave enough to venture onto land to get the liver— that is, until the turtle volunteers. Once ashore, the turtle finds a rabbit and persuades him to visit the underwater kingdom, where great riches, beauty, and honor—the turtle claims—await. The rabbit agrees. Back underwater, in the audience o...
As this project focuses around the idea of Buddhism on top of the theme ‘Earthly Delights’, I wanted to integrate different colour palettes used in it. It is especially important to note on which colours have which meaning in Buddhism because I would have to manipulate the colours to give it a different meaning due to this project revolving around the negatives of the Earthly pleasures and not the good. International Buddhist Flag Above is the Buddhist flag that can be seen generally, and because of this the meanings of the colours are most defined. According to W at KhemaraRatanaram (n.d.) this specific colour palette originated from the light of which came from Buddha when he reached enlightenment, and is arranged in this way (vertical on the left, horizontal and united on the right) to represent harmony and universality of Buddha’s teachings. The specific meanings of these colours are: ‘The Blue light that radiated from the Buddha's hair symbolises the ...
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