#Chinese inspiration

[kikibellpink]

Azula's sketch.

~First drawing of the year, although too late.

[shuuenka]

disaster trio chibis done

[aclypse]

The glow of light The brightness of the lantern Let Huli Jing guide you

A "second part" of the previous post, in which I showed the lantern I had created in 3D. This is a photo of the lantern I crafted out of paper and LED candle light, and then I drew the Huli Jing (more well known as Kitsune to the general public) on it. The lantern's red-yellow glow symbolizes wisdom, luck, prosperity, and wealth in many Asian cultures, while the Huli Jing's warm glow complements the overall cozy and welcoming atmosphere.

[sukinapan]

情書

[mikuyuuss]

What I love about Mitsuri’s fighting style is how she reminds me of a Ribbon Dancer so I drew her as one!

[snakesafraidtodie]

Accidental Arranged Marriage AU (v1)

After a reveal gone... weird, the Fentons believe Danny is dead and haunting them and is in denial when he claims to be half alive. They mourn him, and maybe even blame themselves and their research for causing him to become a ghost rather than dying properly.

But he is still their son, and they can't bear to hurt him, so they instead turn to superstitions and traditions from other cultures to try to get him to "move on" or "appease his restless spirit" or "put him at rest."

(Danny is actually eating better than ever now that his parents are regularly leaving out offerings of food at his altar.)

Eventually they come across the ancient Chinese practice of ghost marriage and decide to give it a shot. Maybe Dann-o can't move on because he died single, right? According to their research, ghosts would sometimes appear in their family's dream to tell them which other deceased person they want to marry, so Jack and Maddie hold a seance to consult their dead son.

(you could've just asked, y'know. You don't have to light candles and incense every time you try to talk to me.)

Danny, by this point is exasperated by his parents' failed and increasingly ridiculous attempts, decides to play along and says he wants to marry the Dead Robin.

He didn't expect this to be the time his parents' hairbrained plans actually sorta works.

Anyway, now Danny has to find the poor ghost he accidentally married so that they can get a ghost divorce. Well, guess his parents are getting rid of him after all, because looks like he's going to Gotham.

Now if only the Bats would stop looking at him so weird whenever he says he needs find the dead Robin so that they can annul their marriage.

"Red Hood, what did you do!?!"

"Fuck off! I swear I've never met this guy in my life!"

Version 2

[yebreed]

Old Chinese houses are an inexhaustible creative space in terms of wooden interiors. To me, something alike is associated with childhood memories of a countryside house in Zhejiang.

Photo: ©遗产君

[celestialkiri]

I could put this on my JTTW blog but since this is only for the background I will post this here 😊 ✨ Happy New Year 2025 everyone! ✨

[ziseviolet]

Since there's quite a lot of interest in Chinese-inspired cyberpunk and adjacent aesthetics, just wanted to share these neat "Chinese style meets the Matrix"-esque looks from popular brand 大青龙肆/Da Qing Long Si. There's also an English website here.

[fouryearsofshades]

Generally the colour of the flowers and the yunjian are chosen based on the faculty colour. Most Chinese universities use the following colours:

White - Medicine

Yellow - Engineering

Grey - Sciences

Red - Military

Pink - Humanities (including arts, literature, philosophies, education, management, economy etc.)

Green - Agriculture

[wayfarerxiii]

Still Wakes The Deep - horror game made by The Chinese Room

[shuuenka]

[OC] Lian Bai Ai

[sideblogdotjpeg]

ive been thinking about the red string superstition recently and also sol bufo always and it makes me sick how uncannily caldwell tanner has made sol to perfectly target me personally

(+ cropped versions !)

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

character zhang liao 张辽 (aka zhang wenyuan张文远，wenyuan is his courtesy name) from code: kite/ashes of the kingdom代号鸢 （coser cr 津岛梦海 female coser, doll cr 哑铃哑铃哑铃）

[opbackgrounds]

I continue to love the variance Oda uses in his various ship designs. The Kuja ship even has some sort of paddle system in the back, which makes sense since Amazon Lily is in the Calm Belt

[kelocitta]

I'll say that I have been in some fandom with extremely impressive and dedicated artists but consistently some of my favorite artists are ones who technically make 'unimpressive' art to outright loving posting 'low effort' doodles. I love skilled work thats beautiful, but I also deeply admire a freedom from perfectionism and ambition. Sometimes those are just non-complicated but still clearly skilled works, and sometimes thats loving the wobbly simplicity of crude lines vs. rendered beauty. One of my favorite artists back when I was big into Hollow Knight was a korean artist who could absolutely make some extremely beautiful stuff, but many of the pieces I remember most and loved the most looked like this

Even here I know I mentally worked harder to make this imitation than they did for the OG. I can't draw fast and loose, and I like work that is clearly faster and looser than I can do. I envy people who can do things imperfect and carefree. Sometimes thats still very obviously skilled work, sometimes its very stupid doodles that were blatantly done in 30 seconds in mspaint. I don't think its say, disrespectful to love the doodles more than the rendered stuff said artist makes- but my love for it comes from a place that a lot of people wouldn't guess. That is to say, its hard to tell who, why, or when something you make might click with people- and it doesn't take a masterwork for someone to see something in your art as inspiration.