Greeting, my name is Totaku, and I have come here because I want to talk about a large-scale project that I want to undertake.
As you have no doubt heard, ZUN will be making an appearance at Anime Weekend Atlanta from September 27th - 29th. In honor of his first visit to the States, I have a project I would like the Touhou community to undertake called the ?AWA Touhou Scroll Project?.
Here are the details:
What is the AWA Touhou Scroll Project?
I would like the Western Touhou Community to create a long scroll that will contain art of all the Touhou characters, done by artists within the Western Touhou Community, starting with Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and going through Forbidden Scrollery (and anything else that comes out before AWA)
This scroll will be given as a gift, from the fans to ZUN, at AWA to show our gratitude for the many years he has worked on the Touhou Project.
So what kind of work will this consist of?
This is where things get more complicated: There are a total of 82 Touhou Characters in the PC series, and I would like each of them represented on the scroll. I would like artists to volunteer their time to draw one -- or more, if you have the time and the inspiration.
For those interested in the project, I would like you to give me a list of 10 or so Touhou characters you would like to draw, as well as a sample of some of your past work. This way, I can assign artists to draw characters they are more familiar with and who fit the artist's particular style. Initial concept sketches are also welcome.
My general requirements is that all art will be to complete it in CMYK at 300 dpi on 8.5 in. x 11 in. or larger. What art program you use doesn?t matter as long as the art is compatible to Photoshop CS5.
So what will the scroll layout be like?
If you have played Okami, then you may have seen the
bestiary scroll from that game. That scroll had a very interesting layout that I would like to follow. At present, we are re-looking at the options that are being given by a few community members who expressed interest in joining the project. Mainly because we want to reconsider the options of how the scroll should be handled since we need to make the scroll small enough and light enough for ZUN to take back home with him. So for the time being we ask you who want to join in this to sign up and
vote for the scroll layout.
Once decided, the layout for the selected scroll will be looked upon and discussed until an idea is reached. Then I would like preliminary sketches from artists as you finish them, so that I can work on the layout. Me and the team will work with you to ensure that the scroll work together from one character to the next. If artists want to coordinate their efforts as well, that would be wonderful.
Once the initial art pieces are submitted, I, and others on the team, will finalize layout and construction. We are also considering hiring a company or person who makes long scrolls to assist us - any contacts that you can share with me would help!
This part I may need some help on because the process may be expensive. But until then, I need to get an exact estimate of what it?ll cost for the production of the scroll.
Some ideas I?m considering to use for the design includes:
Rice Paper (for printing the work on)
Brocade paper fabric (for backing)
A wooden scroll stick (for the where the end of the paper will be wrapped and bounded to)
Tassel (for decorative purposes)
If anyone has any better ideas how I can approach making an extremely long scroll, please feel to contact me about it.
So what?s the Deadline?
Art: August 31st
Scroll Design: September 21st
I?m looking to try to get the art done before the end of August. I will need about a month to work on the final layout to get it ready for AWA. Which means placing the art, printing the scroll, and properly crafting it.
Please be advised that if the scrollmaker asks for more time, the deadline may be moved up. The scrollmaker has an absolute deadline of September 21st.
Who will I consider looking to into doing art?
Any member of the Touhou community who wants to participate can do so. I will be pitching the project to various art communities as well. For the time being, I?m considering the following sites to spread word of the project, and to convince artists to join in the project:
MotK
4chan (/jp/ artist mainly)
Deviantart
Pixiv
Twitter
FacebookIf you have any other places you want to consider let me know as I?m very open to suggestions.
Is there anyway I can help?
Ideas, suggestions, offers to help with art or with construction, and free advertising are always welcome. In particular, artists will be in high demand, and any contacts you have in the art community, or with scroll makers or with material suppliers would be greatly appreciated.
I would like artist and those who wish to help to come join at the
AWA Touhou Scroll Project Site and if you can, come join the irc channel which is on the ppirc server (
irc.ppirc.net) and come to
#Touhoucon.
Good luck everyone and I look forward to working with all of you.
-Totaku
Additional Notice!
For anyone who is curious if they have been accepted or not please note that we will be declaring who will be a part of the project a few days after the closing of the scroll poll.
