Friday, May 15, 2020

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (47) Thunderbirds - 雷鸟


The big seal script for character Thunder is

The middle cross curve is lightning, the four rings are four wheels. Ancient Chinese believed when the God of War starts to go battle with enemy, he uses the lightning and drives his chariot with four big wheels running on the sky, making thunder and storm.

The small seal script for character Bird is


I created a Chinese calligraphy artwork "Thunderbirds - 雷鸟“ based on the two characters above.

The idea is from the ongoing Thunderbirds flying over cities across U. S. A. 



奋(奮)- I am just a little bird, wanting to fly, yet unable to fly high.

  The above is the   bronze script form   of the character “奋” (fèn). Strictly speaking, I’m not creating something new—I’m simply writing i...