Walking legs

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Reply #1 - 2007 July 08, 7:37 pm
synewave Member
From: Susono, Japan Registered: 2006-06-23 Posts: 864 Website

In an effort to come up with better images within my stories, for 'walking legs' I'm using characters from 'Howl's Moving Castle'. Not too sure of their names, but those dudes that carry around the witch of the waste who have those long bandy walking legs.

Reply #2 - 2007 July 08, 8:31 pm
JimmySeal Member
From: Kyoto Registered: 2006-03-28 Posts: 2279

Huh.  Neat idea.  I thought you were going to say that you were using the castle itself for walking legs.  That would have been cool too.

Reply #3 - 2007 July 08, 9:02 pm
radical_tyro Member
Registered: 2005-11-19 Posts: 272

Good idea. "Walking legs" doesn't make a clear image, is too similar to other leg related primitives, and shows up in a ton of kanji. I'm hesitant to change old stories I have learned; they won't go away easily, and until I've completely switched all stories, there will be an ambiguity (look at a kanji and trying to recall your story with old generic "walking legs" or with new improved image). I don't think Heisig recommends changing stories; only improving them. Let us know how it goes.

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Reply #4 - 2007 July 08, 9:22 pm
synewave Member
From: Susono, Japan Registered: 2006-06-23 Posts: 864 Website

radical_tyro wrote:

I don't think Heisig recommends changing stories; only improving them.

That's all I'm trying to do. No story changes other than putting in these bandy legged dudes where before all I had were vague images of someone walking. Albeit the locations of my stories are a big part of my images but these of course won't be changing.

I had a shock when reviewing the other day, knowing that 'walking legs' was in the kanji I was trying to draw, but taking over a minute to remember how the 'walking legs' primative is drawn sad I think that's what started the unconcious quest for an image that better represents the primative. The way those guys walk does it for me!

Reply #5 - 2007 September 08, 11:53 pm
lankydan Member
Registered: 2007-08-16 Posts: 39

If you read a Henshall guide, he uses the "Walking legs" primitive as "sit crosslegged" I found this a more logical than "walking legs". Later on, I don't know if it will help you, I then used as an "Eskimo". This derived from the "Winter" kanji. Eskimo sits crosslegged on ice in winter while watching ice skaters around him.

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