#triptyching

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Each of my students from art club received their own triptych. While time consuming, the looks on their faces and their appreciation made it all entirely worth it.

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At this point, I've lost track of how many of these triptychs I've done.

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This piece was inspired by the idea that there are many paths we choose in life, and each can take us to a radically different destination.

Sometimes along the way, you meet someone really special and kind, like I did with my JTE, Ishigatsubo-sensei.

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Sometimes on the JET Programme, you're lucky enough to meet some exceptional people. I happen to have met a few in my time here, and I feel so blessed to have met and spent time with Ichikawa-sensei.

Ichikawa-sensei invited me into his home last October to watch a Kagura performance with his family. The experiences of staying with a Japanese family, sharing dinner with them, and witnessing a mesmerizing Shinto performance, are some of my most cherished moments in Japan.

I'll never forget that night, and I'll forever be grateful for it. I hope those who come to Japan may be so lucky.

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This is the first time I've done a triptych strictly in a landscape format. While I enjoy the length as it reminds me of Chinese and Japanese scrolls, it certainly isn't easy to scan.

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The reaction I got from the student who requested these pieces of Blastoise fan art was one of the highlights of my two years in Japan.

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The frames were a tedious pain in the ass to render, but I feel they really tie the pieces together. Of all of the farewell cards I produced, I definitely clocked the most hours with this set.

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Thus concludes the last of this set of Farewell Triptychs.