#qinni tribute

[the-offical-raishas-circus]

Star Tears ⭐️💧- A very short story

Crying was always painful.

Which is why she didn’t do it often.

The tears forced their way out of her eyes, welling up, becoming solid. They dripped from her face, and she watched as they fell, sparkling like a raindrop in the sun, every colour under the sky, heavenly and beautiful. There was a sound when they hit the ground and shattered, melodic and crystalline. The type of sound that a crystal makes when you tap it with a wand. The type of sound that makes you still, and wish for more.

With every drop, every single little flash of bright rainbow, the colour leaked from her sight.

She didn’t hate it, but she didn’t like it either.

She put up with it, because she couldn’t cure it.

And it reminded her of her. They were so pretty, and they shimmered in the light, just like her.

Her tears became stars, and her duty was to fill the sky.

No matter how much it hurt.

The sky was getting lighter. She couldn’t see the colours of the sunrise, but she knew it was there, coming. She picked herself up and fled from the light, running across the shadowed path flecked with white flowers that were beginning to close. Stars streamed from her eyes, light enough to float in the air as she ran. She disappeared into the cave mouth, then paused and risked a glance back, hoping to see…

…her.

Heaven could not compare with the otherworldly beauty that was the goddess of the sun and light and all things that Selene wasn’t. 

She floated across the grass field, already beginning to change from Selene’s cool moonlit meadow with moonflowers and jasmine to Solana’s warm, sunfilled garden bursting with every flower of every colour possible.

Selene could have sworn that Solena looked her way.

She smiled, just in case.

And then she fled into the darkness, crying stars.

Solena caught something that shone and shimmered. A little gemstone, perhaps? She opened her hand, and her breath caught.

It was beautiful.

A little crystallised tear, in the shape of a pointy flower seed. It glimmered and shined in her sunlight, bursting in all her colour and splendour. 

Did Selena make this for her? No. At least, not consciously. This was a tear, soaked in Selene’s longing, her pain and love. But, in a way, it was a gift.

And Solena would take it as such.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I couldn’t find the original artist for the picture, but someone said that it was a tribute to an Artist called Qinni, who passed due to cancer in early 2020. You can probably still find her twitter account, but here is the link to the Pinterest pin.

This story was based on Star tear disease, a fantasy disease that is based on Hanahaki disease. It is caused by one sided love. It isn’t fatal, but results in colour blindness or loss of vision entirely. You can find more information about it here.

Thank you for reading! First short story of 2025, let’s go! I hoped you liked it, feel free to contact me in the comments or send me an ask, I love hearing from y’all! You can check out my other short story, Tea party, here:

[rustic-space-fiddle]

Dear Qinni,

May you paint the starry skies with all the beauty and love and inspiration you showed in life. We love you, and we’re sorry to see you go, but you’re free now, among the stars. Rest easy and rest well.

Goodbye for now,

Rusty

I only discovered Qinni in December, a few days after her diagnosis. I fell in love with her and her art immediately, and I prayed for her as often as she came across my mind, which was often. It never really occurred to me that we could really lose her. The disconnect between the internet and real life obscured that possibility from my mind. Of course she would get well. People on the internet always get well.... right?

When I found out that she had passed, I was sad, like anyone would be when they heard of a death. But very quickly, I realized that her passing had struck deeper than I thought, and to my surprise, I cried for a good while, and days later it still hurts to think about. I didn’t understand: many people had died before, many from my church, people I had spoken to, even someone who had been in the hospital at the same time as me with the same illness as my own, but I hadn’t shed a tear. But Qinni was different.

Qinni was special. She inspired people with her bright, colorful drawings, with her glowing stars, shimmering fish, star-struck figures, and her stubborn resolve to get well and make the best of things, no matter the odds. Honestly, maybe her passing was most surprising because when she said she would get well, we believed her no matter how bad it was: nothing could beat her.

Even now, she isn’t beaten. Her earthly body wasn’t strong enough to stand this harsh world, but her the strength of her spirit was infinite. Qinni lives on through her art and the inspiration she brought to everyone who saw it. I know I’ll never be able to see a koi fish, crystal waters, or a blue whale without thinking of her, and whenever I look up at the sky at night, I know that somewhere up there, Qinni is composing a galaxy of glittering purples and firey stars and gentle waves, and that she can’t wait for us to see it.

[grapec0la]

After hearing of @qinni's passing I thought it would be nice to draw something as a tribute to her. Here's a piece I made that's heavily inspired by a lot of her artwork that I really liked. I didn't follow her closely but she still definitely inspired me a lot and will continue to, and was a really big and wonderful part of the art community. Rest in peace Qing Han, your art was absolutely gorgeous and your determination will always continue to inspire me. Thank you, and I hope you're at peace among the stars now. ⭐️✨💖

[fairyyuki]

Another more elaborate tribute to @qinni and for the project qinni.artbook.project on Instagram.

It's a beautiful project, which moved me for the participation of the online art community and I can't wait to see it done.

[mirasketch]

Galaxies for Qinni: 3 years of tribute art

We miss you Qinni <3

Art © Mirasketch Tools used: Wacom Cintiq 13hd , Clip studio paint, and a Lenovo laptop.

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[0sweetbuns0-art]

tribute to qinni

[skyglubs]

Its been about a month now since Qinni passed away and I wanted to do a redraw tribute of one of her works to remember her (since I had no time to do the #galaxiesforqinni at the time of her passing) she was such an influence to my work and inspired me so much I really miss her

[beeisdrawing]

A tribute to Qinni

[imdrunkontea]

Rest in peace Qinni ✨

[tozuii]

May she rest in paradise...

Hello. I'm still reeling from the fact that @qinni is no longer here with us. She was a huge inspiration in my art journey and she had so much more to live for. It's really unfortunate that her life was cut short T_T

I hope she has found peace and happiness in the next life.

[soleilsiralos]

May the stars be kind for you Qinni

[chromium7sky]

Life is short but soul are eternal

[justmomochi]

This is my contribution for  Deepeearts’ tribute to @qinni on twitter. Qinni has inspired me to try watercolor and she will continue to inspire myself and others. May she rest in peace.

[lazydork0507]

This is my tribute for Qinni☄

You were a wonderful artist. Once upon a time, I saw your drawings and fell in love with them. I found you on Instagram and you were one of the first (or even the first) artist that I started to follow. Your work is magical. These amazing colors, plots, composition, characters, and most importantly - the emotions that you can feel in every work. It’s very inspiring. It was you with your works who made me love these colors of the night starry sky, the colors of space and distant galaxies. And I also started using them in my drawings. You were an amazing person. Despite all the difficulties that you met on your way, you continued to move on, smile and enjoy life, share optimism with others. You survived 4 open heart surgeries, but still continued to give warmth and smiles. Even when you got this terrible diagnosis in December, even though you were scared, it hurt you, but you continued to joke on Twitter and comments, you continued to post memes. You never gave up. You are an example to many people. You inspire thousands and thousands of people. This is a big loss for the art community, this is a big loss for your near and dear ones, this is a big loss for all of us. You will forever remain in our hearts, and your work will continue to inspire many more. Now you are free from pain and torment. Now the whole galaxy, the whole starry sky is at your disposal and you can create further. Have a rest, our little star🌟

With love, Julie 💔

(While writing this, I burst into tears again. I’m crying for 3 days and still can’t believe it, we lost her so quickly, faster than what the doctors said. Such a bright person didn’t deserve all this suffering. I am very sorry…)

[ivory-rose-official]

R.i.p Qinni. May you rest among the stars

[heibon-hiroo]

You’ve done your best, now’s time to rest...