#Lunar Lion

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

Happy New Year! Let's hope this one is better than the last...

I've wanted to animate a lion dance fight sequence for some time but I've been stretched pretty thin and this was all I've managed to put out in time. I can absolutely imagine Tintin and Chang getting up to Shenanigans with a lion costume.

[kitschchris]

a tiny lion brings you mandarins 🍊✨ happy lunar new year!

[artilite]

chúc mừng năm mới !!! happy new year !!!

[mandragoraeart]

The Wushou Series

1. Man Chai Bumper (文仔碰碰车)

2. Gaming (嘉明)

3. Lion’s Head Meatballs (狮子头)

[arevixie]

chúc mừng năm mới!! 🌟 happy lunar new year everyone ^_^

[arsvnist]

year of the slut i mean snake 🐍

[iron-sparrow]

祝您 ⸺ wishing you ⸺ 新年快樂 a Happy New Year in good health 身体健康 and prosperity year after year 年年有餘 ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚.

ft. @lynxden

Lunar New Year is upon us, and while I currently live in a place that does not give us weeks of PTO to celebrate accordingly, I've been eating pineapple cakes and sticky rice cakes for well over a week now. Yum. (Mooncakes are notably not consumed on LNY but during the Mid-Autumn Festival.)

I've not been feeling especially celebratory. Between the fires in my backyard and the current admin holding my passport hostage, the start of the solar calendar year has sent me spiraling into survival mode almost immediately. I am doing my best to draw from the well of my support systems, from kindred spirits to a very good (and expensive) therapist I've finally reached out to again.

Lunar New Year. Spring Festival. Chinese New Year. Whatever you and yours call it, the holiday is meant to be a hopeful time, when we anticipate the eventual transition from winter to spring. I will give hope where I'm able, and I will persist. I hope you will also hold onto yours and persist.

I am determined to hold hands with my anger, and to continue knowing it. We will go into the New Year together as allies. Still, I want to offer you this famous poem about hope, written by historical figure Yu Qian.

《除夜太原寒甚》 寄語天涯客，輕寒底用愁。 春風來不遠，只在屋東頭。

"An Extremely Cold Night in Taiyuan on New Year’s Eve" Please tell the friends living afar, the weather is chilly but no need to worry. The spring wind is arriving and quite close to us, touching the eastern end of our house.

[crabsnpersimmons]

happy lunar new year! 恭喜發財!! 🧧💕✨

[gingerhaole]

Aziraphale offers bok choy to the cute dancing lion. Who's in the back of that thing? Muriel, is that you?

[godbirdart]

lion time 🎉🧧✨️

[vestal-spirit]

My OC

Wushi

(based on "lion dance" costume and mask)

[orykorioart]

I’ve been wanting to draw this silly Dragon Dancer Rai and Lion Dancer Lee thing since last LNY but never had the time - so here it is now for this year!

+ Some extra sketchies as well - Happy Lunar New Year!!

[fattributes]

Braised Lion's Head Meatballs

[artilite]

have a lion dance for these trying times ♥♥

[stupidbeecandle]

this weeks plushie is a chinese lion

He's red for luck with lots of gold highlights and a red ribbon for his horn. He just needs a little sequin mirror now. I'm gonna use this lil guy for story time with some of my clients

Graphic artist Ireny made a really great 1 minute read comic explaining some history and joy of lion dancing. learn about lion dances here: https://www.tumblr.com/irenydraws/137580759353/so-quite-a-lot-of-people-expressed-interest-in-a?source=share

[mimpinightmare]

🎆HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2025 TO EVERYONE WHO CELEBRATES IT!! :D🎆

Here's Xing and Shakes (who is mostly trying-) Lion Dancing!! :D This artwork was meant to post on 29th January, but of course, time wasn't on my side- So Hopefully two days late is still acceptable to post this- (Apologies for the photo quality as well-💀)

Also, here's another interesting fact, this was not meant to be a Supa Strikas fanart, it was meant to be an illustration for my Mentor, who does celebrate Chinese New Years, which to display for the occasion. My mentor told me we didn't want a complex sketch/illustration, just something simple. So the sketch was scrapped. But I liked it too much to sit on my sketch book, so I decided to make a Supa Strikas Fanart, dedicated towards the celebration. :)

As somebody who doesn't celebrate the occasion or does Lion Dance, I tried my best on my research to be as accurate as possible with it. To the outfits Lion Dancers wear, to the color scheme, to the design of the lion itself. Again, this was a scrap sketch, and my original idea was people lion dancing since it's well know to lion dance in Chinese New Year, as well as weddings (if I'm not mistaken), and other celebrations. That being said, who is very much isn't raised with the cultural, I can very much make many mistakes and misinterpreted the culture. For that, I will forwardly apologies if there are mistakes I've made or never caught on when making the artwork. I appreciated if anyone who IS familiar with the culture would correct me if there are errors to be corrected! And I will update on this post! 👍

DISCLAIMER: That being said about errors- The only mistake I notice I made is Xing holding the Lion Mouth when lion dancing. Yeahhhh... NOT THE CORRECT WAY TO DO IT- 😭😭 The correct way to do it actually is hold it's head from the INSIDE, not it's mouth. I notice this when I was almost finished coloring- 💀That's VERY MUCH MY BAD on my part-

Anyways again, 🎆HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEARS EVERYONE!! HOPE EVERYONE'S REST OF THE YEAR WILL BE GRAND!!! :D 🎆