《山海經》是一本記錄了上古時代各類神怪的圖文集，其中神怪圖像常以各類飛禽走獸的身體部位與人體結構結合構成一頭猛獸，像這樣離奇詭異的圖文古籍恰巧符合現代人的口味。從簡單的愛情故事演變至莎士比亞的悲劇著作，再進化到現在題材越來越奇特，偏好離奇、刺激，各種超越倫理道德的形式創作與電影超現實的手法等，幾乎所有可能想得到的概念或幻想都能夠實體化呈現。針對這樣的現況，人們的創作也不再受各種形式所限。而筆者想使用中國經典奇書《山海經》來做創意發想，研究關於半人半獸這類的神怪並予以新生命，以自己的手來創造出屬於自己的《山海經》神怪。
本文以《山海經》中人類與獸類並存的圖像為討論主體，針對半人半獸之圖像研究並深入探討。半人半獸造型在《山海經》中佔據比例、共通性、描繪技巧與《山海經》在近代的繪畫表現。並收錄筆者使用漆畫與水墨兩種媒材來創作同一性質主題，探討過程中技巧技法與兩種繪畫媒材性質的差異性比較，同種主題性的構圖在漆畫上與水墨畫上的困難度與媒材特性是否有辦法跳脫等問題。
<<Shan Hai Jing>> is a record of the ancient times of all kinds of gods and monsters of the collection, in which the image of the gods often with all kinds of birds and beasts of the body parts and body structure combined to form a beast, such a bizarre ancient text of the ancient text happens to meet the tastes of modern people. From the evolution of simple love stories to Shakespeare's tragic works, the re-evolution to the present more and more peculiar subject matter, the preference for bizarre, stimulating, all kinds of forms beyond ethics and film surreal techniques, and so on, almost all the concepts or fantasies that may be wanted can be presented physically. In view of this situation, people's creation is no longer limited by various forms. And the author wants to use the Classic Chinese book <<Shan Hai Jing>> to do creative thinking, research about the half-human and half-beasts such monsters and give new life, with their own hands to create their own <<Shan Hai Jing>> god.
This paper takes the image of human beings and beasts coexisting in <<Shan Hai Jing>> as the main topic of discussion, and studies and discusses the images of half-humans and half-beasts. Half-human and half-beast modeling occupies proportion, commonality, depiction techniqu e and the modern painting performance of <<Shan Hai Jing>>. And included the author used Lacquer-painting and ink two media to create the same nature of the theme, explore the process of skill and the nature of the two painting vii media differences, the composition of the same theme in the Lacquer-painting and ink painting difficulties and media characteristics have a way to jump out and other issues.
