{"id":2044,"date":"2021-02-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2022-05-24T14:34:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T21:34:16","slug":"242021-artistseditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/242021-artistseditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Monk: Artist&#8217;s Editions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have I ever told you about Artist\u2019s Editions for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/artwork\/littlemonkandmantis\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\">Little Monk &amp; the Mantis<\/a><\/em>? Since the book\u2019s release in 2012 their increasing rarity has allowed me to spend more time on customizing each addition to the collection. This year I plan to try something different. I\u2019ve set aside two books which will receive a complete re-inking. I\u2019ve already started and will post updates on their progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-ad8bc766-0f19-4529-98f2-b1650c308154\">You see, I\u2019ve often thought about what I would do differently if I were to illustrate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Fusco\">John Fusco<\/a>\u2019s wonderful manuscript again. I&#8217;ve even contemplated revisiting the manuscript as a comics treatment. It that way I could re-tell that story using sequential art rather than a picture-book format. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-fa7b52ee-1d82-46af-99c8-a89b2f125857\">Until then, my closest approximation, in celebration of it&#8217;s 10th anniversary celebration is this endevor. Rather than the typical personal dedication and drawing (in the improvised xieyi (\u5beb\u610f) brush style I love so much) I will re-ink two copies of Little Monk &amp; the Mantis. That means each illustration in the story will be transformed into a new work of original art. Once complete, each book will also include a front page dedication to\/for the book&#8217;s patron. The process has already begun and I will provide updates once completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to own one such <em>objet d&#8217;art<\/em> please reach out with the contact form below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-22e32fcf-a0e5-4f91-bd10-1d79653b2d87\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/LmatM-ReInked.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is LmatM-ReInked-1024x1024.jpg\"\/><figcaption>The opening brush strokes to the process of re-inking this story.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are interested contact me with the form below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-contact-form-7-contact-form-selector\">[contact-form-7 id=&#8221;1500&#8243; title=&#8221;Contact PLUGO&#8221;]<\/div>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have I ever told you about Artist\u2019s Editions for my award winning children&#8217;s picture book? I&#8217;ve set aside to copies of Little Monk &#038; the Mantis for a very special destiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"I'll admit, this was a very sudden inspiration I'll explain more in my latest post - Two for 2021: Artist's Editions #ArtistsEdition #inking  ","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21,12,11,28],"tags":[32,33,14,50,134,146],"class_list":["post-2044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-childrens-book","category-mantis","category-shaolin","tag-artists-edition","tag-childrens-book-2","tag-illustration-2","tag-inking","tag-kung-fu","tag-mantis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3egHU-wY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":662,"url":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/little-monk-shaolin-abbot\/","url_meta":{"origin":2044,"position":0},"title":"Little Monk &#038; The Shaolin Abbot","author":"PLUGO","date":"March 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Just this afternoon\u00a0the Venerable Shi Yongxin (\u91ca\u6c38\u4fe1), Abbot of Shaolin Temple paid a visit to the Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine offices. 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