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With 10 weeks left there is still much to do, both in preparation for the campaign as well as the production of the graphic novel. But that’s the nature of climbing metaphorical mountains, the closer you are to its peak the more there is to be done. Still, there’s value in taking a moment, while you’ve got a hand-hold, to look out and about at those familiar points along the way. Particularly when they proved encouraging to your journey over-all. An opportunity to be thankful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One such point was when I received word that a Kung Fu Master & Traditional Chinese Painter whom I admire greatly agreed lend his paintbrush to the cause of A Tiger’s Tale. You see, on the advice of fellow creatives whom I trust, it had been suggested that I find an artist of some renown to provide an alternate cover for my project. With a growing number of martial arts themed comics appearing this year alone, several comic artists immediately came to mind,\u00a0 but in keeping with the hidden spirit of A Tiger\u2019s Tale, I felt it was more important to offer a cover created in the tradition of\u00a0shu-mo hua<\/em>\u00a0(\u6c34\u58a8\u756b) ink-wash painting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are a handful of such traditional artists whom I admire (one of them was lost to the covid-crisis<\/a>) but on the top of the list is Grandmaster Tu Jin-Sheng. A renown Taoist master he has traveled the world sharing his unique martial\/fitness\/longevity training, earning a formidable reputation for his physics defying feats. The man was a natural showman with a physique and fashion sense perfectly in-line with his \u201cstrong-man\u201d performances. Added to that, he is a phenomenal painter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n