As soon as we heard that the new design for the turtle was inspired by 『Furinkazan』 (風林火山), we stayed happily surprised, so we wanted to create a fanart.
We already know the Furinkazan, we have studied a bit of history of Japan, and this was used on a banner of Takeda Shingen, a daimyo of Sengoku era.
Four phrases from the book "The Art Of War", an ancient Chinese military treatise by Sun Tsu.
But the Furinkazan not consists only of these 4 pharases. Then we take the full text on our most recent version of the book.
Four phrases from the book "The Art Of War", an ancient Chinese military treatise by Sun Tsu.
But the Furinkazan not consists only of these 4 pharases. Then we take the full text on our most recent version of the book.
It is in Chapter 7, so now this is 『Furinkainzaninrai』 (風林火山陰雷), 6 powers of the natural world, the characteristics to be a skilled warrior:
「疾如風、徐如林、侵掠如火、不動如山、難知如陰、動如雷。」
Let your rapidity as the wind, (風 fuu),
silence as the forest. (林 rin),
attack and devastates as fire, (火 ka),
be immovable as a mountain.(山 san),
mysterious as the shadow (陰 in)
fast as lightning. (雷 rai).
silence as the forest. (林 rin),
attack and devastates as fire, (火 ka),
be immovable as a mountain.(山 san),
mysterious as the shadow (陰 in)
fast as lightning. (雷 rai).
We represented the turtles as a Japanese painting.
Through the poses we tried to interpret this 4 types of being and fight of the warriors:
Through the poses we tried to interpret this 4 types of being and fight of the warriors:
LEONARDO, the Wind.
MICHELANGELO, the Forest.
RAFFAELLO, the Fire.
DONATELLO, the Mountain.
MICHELANGELO, the Forest.
RAFFAELLO, the Fire.
DONATELLO, the Mountain.
The monogram in red contains the first two letters of our names.
Technique: Watercolor and ink.
Technique: Watercolor and ink.
Samantha & Consauelo
