This water put Oga, like all Ghibli background painters, on a strict timer. Their method was straightforward: paint the base coat (ji-nuri) before the paper dried. You had to dash off the bulk of the painting in one go. As Tanaka noted, this only gave you \u201C30 minutes to 1 hour.\u201D It was tough, and a painter couldn\u2019t afford any distractions.