gotoh
先輩
- 15 May 2005
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Konnichi wa.
I'm learning my kanjis, among other things Japanese, and I have a horrible Western handwriting. So, as one would expect, my handriting in Japanese isn't that hot either. Or at least, at this early stage, I write like a baby. My straight lines are, well, pretty straight, creating kanjis that are more like printing caracters. I'm very jealous of those who can write those nice serifs around edges and create in an effortless manner those lovely upside-down trapezoids instead of plain squares.
I try to imagine the kanji in a sort of imaginary square. But since most kanjis start with a horizontal stoke, I tend to start too high or too low. If I could start with a vertical stroke, I could limit it's height and fill the rest accordingly.
Now the worse part : I'm left handed! Stroking from left to right isn't very natural to me. I always crossed my 't's from right to left, following the normal flow of my pen. Kanjis have a huge number of left to right strokes.
Will I get better with time ? Hmmmm, doubt it! If my experience with Hebrew told me anything - where my first scapbooks where filled with nice yet unimaginatively shaped characters. Now, I can't read any papers I've produced since -, I'm afraid it's just going to get worst and worse with time. (And since Hebrew is written from right to left, I thought that I would have had the upper hand in this case ...)
My goal is to master kanji reading / writing. But I won't go after any art contest.
So I'm asking: How's your handwriting ? How "artsy" are you in creating those beautiful shapes ?
Regards.
I'm learning my kanjis, among other things Japanese, and I have a horrible Western handwriting. So, as one would expect, my handriting in Japanese isn't that hot either. Or at least, at this early stage, I write like a baby. My straight lines are, well, pretty straight, creating kanjis that are more like printing caracters. I'm very jealous of those who can write those nice serifs around edges and create in an effortless manner those lovely upside-down trapezoids instead of plain squares.
I try to imagine the kanji in a sort of imaginary square. But since most kanjis start with a horizontal stoke, I tend to start too high or too low. If I could start with a vertical stroke, I could limit it's height and fill the rest accordingly.
Now the worse part : I'm left handed! Stroking from left to right isn't very natural to me. I always crossed my 't's from right to left, following the normal flow of my pen. Kanjis have a huge number of left to right strokes.
Will I get better with time ? Hmmmm, doubt it! If my experience with Hebrew told me anything - where my first scapbooks where filled with nice yet unimaginatively shaped characters. Now, I can't read any papers I've produced since -, I'm afraid it's just going to get worst and worse with time. (And since Hebrew is written from right to left, I thought that I would have had the upper hand in this case ...)
My goal is to master kanji reading / writing. But I won't go after any art contest.
So I'm asking: How's your handwriting ? How "artsy" are you in creating those beautiful shapes ?
Regards.