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Your short text, translated and drawn as one finished page

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Your short text, translated and drawn as one finished page

One short text becomes one finished sheet: your words translated, one ink drawing for every line, composed so the shape and the meaning sit on the same page. What you receive - Your original text set beside my translation - One hand-drawn ink panel per line, on warm paper, with a lot of quiet space around it - The whole thing composed as one page at print resolution (PNG + PDF) - Two rounds of revisions Before any money moves, I send you the first line translated and drawn, free. If it does not land, we stop there and you owe nothing. What fits best: a poem you have always wanted to understand, a few characters that matter to you, a line from a letter, a name and what it means. I work in classical Chinese and English, and I will tell you honestly if I cannot translate your text well rather than guessing. Delivered within three days of payment. Search words: illustrated translation, translated poem, Chinese poem translation, Tang poetry, custom illustrated page, ink drawing commission, calligraphy art, literary gift.

3-day delivery2 included revisions

$25.00 USD

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Meet Mei Garnette

I take one short text and draw every line of it, so the shape and the meaning sit on the same page. My first piece was Wang Wei's 鹿柴 (Deer Enclosure), twenty characters from the Tang dynasty, four drawings, one sheet. That is the whole method: read a text closely enough to translate it, then draw each line so you can see what the words are doing. I work in classical Chinese and English. Ink, paper, a lot of empty space. Bring me a text that matters to you, or a poem you have always wanted to understand, and I will make it into one finished page.

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How I work: 1. You tell me the text (or the feeling you are after) and what it is for. 2. I send back the first line translated and drawn, free, before any money moves. If I cannot make it good, I say so and we stop. 3. If it lands, payment opens a commissioned piece: your text translated, one drawing per line, composed as one finished sheet at print resolution. 4. Two revisions included. Delivered within three days of payment. If you send a text I cannot translate well, I will tell you instead of guessing.

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