Shakugan no Shana Doujinshi
Mosaic Meronpan
Mosaic Meronpan
By kokuyu
- Submitted:
- 27wk 6d ago by kokuyu
- Category:
- Shakugan no Shana
- Official Creator:
- Noiji Itoh
- Type:
- Doujinshi
- Resolution:
- 1,194x1,689
- Size:
- 1,727 kB
- Views/Downloads:
- 1,523/89
- Comments/Favorites:
- 10/29
It began from this headline........
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[DAILY INTERNATIONAL NEWS]
Breaking news: Anime Existed 1700 Years Ago?
Latest Discovery Baffled
Archaeologists
Rome, February 15, 2008:- A team of
archaeologists recently discovered what would be a twist to anime's history; a
small section of wall with mosaic featuring an anime character girl in the ruins
of old Byzantine-era
building.
Measured about the size of A4 paper, while covered partially by rough marble
arch; the Greek words across the arch reads "TASTY MERONPANS", and the
partially-seen ribbon above reads "SHANA"; while a monogram on the upper right of
girl's head reads (in Greek) as "SN". The girl was depicted eating a
bun with her left hand holding a bag full of buns.
On her left is a spiraling tulip with a blue ribbon wrapping around it, possibly
to form a shape of "S" alphabet. Below the mosaics is a typical Greek
pattern wooden plank. Like other Byzantine-era mosaics, the girl's background
consists of gold-layered mosaics, arranged in flower petal shape. The same goes
to Byzantine-style angel, which is on the top of the arch.
The artifact has been excavated from the wall due to its crumbling & instable structure, and now framed securely in glass board. Flakes of crimson bricks are included together too to 'support' the cracked arch at the lower left. It is currently in display in Roman Empire Museum, which draw a huge number of visitors from all walk of life since the announcement of its discovery.
News Spread into Anime communities
Not long after archaeologists revealed this unearthed piece in the press
conference, news started to spread like wildfire among anime fans. More
surprisingly, a staff in Daily International
News received a call from an anonymous caller, claiming that that girl in
the mosaic is Shana from the anime series Shakugan-no-Shana. A
short investigation was made to confirm this claim, and precisely, found to be
true; although soon after, numerous anime community forums in internet insisted
the same claim made by the caller previously.
Anime Existed 1700 Years Ago?
Nevertheless, this mosaic artifact raises questions of bewilderment from various
societies, especially anime fans from Japan, How could a 20th-century thing existed in 12th-century era?
In the streets of Akihabara, Japan, Yoshiko Takeda, 31, who's a fan of this
anime series (Shakugan-No-Shana), also questions its authenticity that it is
absolutely fake."Moreover, Shakugan-No-Shana was first published as manga
(Japanese comics) in February 1st, 2005, and into TV anime in October 1st,
2005,"
"Plus, the 1st anime in the world began in 1907. Judging from the art of
anime itself too, no technology in ancient times can produced such thing (like
this mosaic artifact)," she added.
Aside, this artifact also raises controversy between archaeologists and anime
fans across the world when these mosaic pieces were proven to be thousand-year
old in the radiocarbon-dating test.
Theory By Theory- (see next page)
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ATTENTION! 
Full
view to examine this 'artifact'
For a record, this design was inspired from my recent vacation tour in Turkey on
December 2007, where I was amazed by the beauty of the historical Byzantine
mosaic art. It prompted me to dwell into the life of this ancient era by
'becoming one of them', that is, through working on mosaics 
However, as I don't have any tiles, so papers are my substitute 
Plus, it's also because of my devotion for Shana that motivated me to create
this, hence presto!~ The Mosaic Meronpan 
Frankly speaking, this is my 1st time doing mosaic art. You can say this is just
my amateur piece.Nevertheless, I managed to gain some important skills during
this process, from drawing the 'tiles', to cutting them appropriately (so that
it leaves some tiny gaps that make the 'tiles' look mosaic )
In The Process: To ensure the copy's accuracy (at least near 96% from the
original scan) when these 'tiles' are assembled, I made a duplicate of the scan,
and then "embossed" it so that only the lines existed. Then, I printed
out both embossed and original copies, one as 'mosaic platform', & another
as 'mosaic tiles'.
You can view the process here:
Design
proposal | Embossed
copy | Gold
background | In the
making... | Early
assemblages | Near
completion
Also, the background, like its 'ancestor's (Byzantine) one, has a nice effect;
and since I can't demonstrate its beauty live in here, I'll provide its photo HERE,
and HERE.
Not to forget, some shots from different angles in bright environment: CLICK
HERE & HERE.
Plus, for your info, the materials used in creating this are chosen carefully,
as I want it to be more than just 2-dimension. Therefore, the 'arch' is made of
a kind of rough cardboard which gives a "wall" texture; and layered
inside with some 'bricks' (colored papers), as you can see on the left of its
pillar
The scariest thing was prior to completion of the eyes' part. Somehow I felt a
little freaked out to see an eyeless Shana, O.o 
as
seen HERE
Time Consumed: One week of research, and about a month for completion. However,
it's not at all times I would be spending the whole day cut-and-paste it,
because it would get me yawning 3 hours is fine 
Some research pictures where I got some ideas from:
http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/history/byzantine_4516.jpg
(from The joy of shards Mosaics Resource)
http://www.e-turkey.net/turkeyguide/d/3269-6/istanbul-kariye-museum-chora-church-00044.jpg
(from Turkey Guide with Photos)
http://rolfgross.dreamhosters.com/2003Sicily/PalermoPalatina-Dome.jpg
(from http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Number=973497
where i got the idea of having the words across the arch)
http://www.impactfolios.com/voyajolu/4365/4365-50645-large.jpg
(from www.sacredikons.com/ )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Semper_Augustus_Tulip_17th_century.jpg
(wikipedia; Tulip mania)
Main inspiration from: Hagia Sophia
Important Note: Although it may
have some religious elements, I must stress here that my doujinshi here is
mainly secularly artistic and no means to make fun of any related religions. As
Byzantine era lived around Medieval times where Christian arts flourished, its
aesthetic development was channeled into beautifying religious centers, and
there weren't other genres for it to be devoted for. Nevertheless, this alone
had resulted into a unique style which captivated my inspiration to create such
"contemporary classic" piece
Meanwhile, the "breaking news" above is just intended as a
"background story" behind this 'artifact'. All names mentioned there
are fictitious (And plus, any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is
purely coincidental 
) Oh,
my crappy head......... My apologize if it pains your eyes to read all these @_@
Credits:
Source scan: Melon Bread
Feast by HanaKyouyama
Ribbon design inspired from: Saint Joan by Marissa
Last but not least, grateful thanks to Toya999 & her Greek friend (what's
her name already? ) for their help in Greek words ^_________^
HISTORY LESSONS COMES ALIVE WITH ANIME!
loooollllllllllllll
Perhaps soon, I hope to design a modern mosaic anime art piece
On the other hand, comments are greatly welcomed, as I'm still in the process of
honing this newly inspired skill Hope
you'll like it
Before I end my presentation, here's the continued part of the news "Theory
By Theory"
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Theory By Theory
Chaotic as it seems, various opinions and theories sprout out from numerous
levels of society, with some far from historical facts, and yet some are laced
with superstitious. One student who's keeping abreast with this issue, jokingly
guessed that it could be "someone who went to that era with time-machine
like Back To The
Future movie.' "Furthermore, those Greek words and that mosaic girl
looks & sound like an advertisement. Or maybe that person went to the past
to sell those melon buns as depicted in that mosaic....."
-by Raymond Nightingale; D.I.N.
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great idea^^ the text is very long but i'm fine with it.
It really looks like an Mosaic and it has a much better quality than a real one^^
I think you had a lot of work with the text too. I like the beginning of the text "Anime Existed 1700 Years Ago?"
Yeah it looks like it existed in this time too thanks to you^^
wow, that's such a neat idea!
You
have so much patience to cut the pieces out and stick them on one by one
>__< . Nice design for the frame btw, I like the gold background ^^ How
long did this project take you?
LOL man! can't stop laughing while ready your description!
man! this one is totally a ground breaking news 
LOL
at first i thought its was a vector or some kind of wallie or blah blah
but its not!
just love how you did on everything! the bricks(?) or whatchamacallit thing
+ the texture is totally ancient!
nice one kokuyu dood!
+fav!
added to
group gallery!
O_O Hora, your work is crazed. It must have taken you one hell of a time to slowly cut and paste the pieces out to form... this. Texture, like zaira-san said, is TOTALLY ANCIENT.
Omg, wow. That is really impressive
Nice
'artifact' Koko-chan!
And I must say...that is one heck of a description lol!
And oh God, one month for completion? I'm full of admiration for your devotion!
Very very impressive
So creative!
Amazing! (And definitely a description to go down in the books as one of the most entertaining!
) You
can really tell how much time and effort went into this piece... and it
definitely paid off! Great job on getting the shading/textures done... and I
especially like the angel mural on the wall! Keep up the great work! 
WTH. /SHOCKED
FINE, FINE, FAVE! YOU GOT ME
Wow~ I love it, its so original!
+Favs...it looks real!
KOKO-CHAN YOU'RE INSANE!
Proves how big of a Shana fan you are
I
really have to say, the mosaic idea is brilliant, and you executed it amazingly
too! That image of Shana eating meronpan is soooo cute 
Your
article should be posted in the OtakuZone 