#sun wukong original design

[lagt-duck]

HAVE NO FEAR SWK IS HERE

Art fight season is open! And my first revenge is @breadnabreadd BEAUTIFUL cyberpunk wukong!

I had a ton of fun doing this one

Especially because it's on the new sketchbook!

Here are some wips I did while I was working on this!

[royaltea000]

watching yet another person fall from an unimaginably tall height

[puppyeared]

Lmk themed training chopsticks :) hire me Lego

Thank u @ritz-writes for help designing the monkey king and tang chopsticks!

[geddoart]

Took an interest in Sun Wukong lately, decided to try my hand at chara designing him !

I'm quite happy about the face sheet, I don't usually do these, and while they're not amazing, I'm happy to have at least tried to do it :)

(The law of equivalent exchange states that I must sacrifice the turnaround in exchange, though :>)

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Please don't use or repost my art without permission or tagging me 🙏 reblogging is okay :D !

[centuriescon]

Updated Wuko + Mihou refs

[kumad0rii]

I guess I love the new gods Wukong design

Maybe I’ll make better art of him someday idk we’ll see for now enjoy this one

[nicolekart]

Little WIP of game design for my graduation project. I wasn't sure, but it turns out I can show a little...

So I'm working on the concept and animated intro of a mobile game based on "Journey to the West" by Wu Cheng. There's still a lot of work ahead of me, but I'm optimistic because I'm doing something I really enjoy!

Would you be interested in seeing more concepts and animated pieces?

[miifu666]

⋆˙⟡ — A small summary of how i currently imagined both Replica and Original Suklha to be like, the differences and similarities! Also, following my previous theory, i am making replica and Original to have quite an opposite personality, but still have some similarities regardless.

Replica! Suklha

Made by Buddha using the Original as the Base vessel.

Created to help the destined one on his journey, also to complete a soul pact between wukong and the original Suklha

Not completely similar to the original Suklha, due to the different energy flowing through the vessel.

Woke up in a small desolate and grungy shrine, considers it her homestay afterwards till she met Destined one and joined him on his journey.

Despite her caring attitude, they're known to have a resting bitch face that instantly dissipates once someone calls her name. The Aloofness within her perked up once you start a conversation with her.

Currently doesn't have the ability to transform into surreal forms, but gained the power to have omnipotent strength. Moving mountains and monsters are easy to her.

Follows Destined one (Yuan Fen) around to find her own "home", helps him as a tank using her overwhelming strength and gauntlet.

More than once has a few boulders dropped on her, she barely notices it. Surviving most accident unscathed. Yuan Fen would say her aloofness is also her strength.

Was previously known to be a wanderer before meeting Yuan Fen. Exploring the world and helping some creatures with mini tasks, cleaning up the little shrine she found herself in.

Once Yuan Fen managed to defeat Wukong's broken shell and merged with the monkey king, He gave Suklha a shard consisting of leftover primordial energy left behind by the original Suklha. The shard then being absorbed by the replica Suklha, will merge the OG Suklha memories, abilities and such into one with the replica. Making them both connected.

Would finally be known as both "The faceless Messenger of fate" and "The deity of Protection and Warfare"

The chance to have her ending will depend on how the destined one convinces her to join his journey. If he succeeds, the ending can be reached. Where two soul pacts are officially completed. If he didn't, he wouldn't complete his pact, rendering him feeling like something was missing through the journey and ending.

Original! Suklha

Originally an Otherwordly Invader, the result of a primordial deity trying to tap into another Universe.

Earned the Title "The Faceless messenger of Fate" to describe her Countless of Form to deceive others in making a deal with her. Even a small nod can change your fate as a whole. She has the ability to turn into something Surreal, based on your prespective she could be your own mother to make the deal sweeter than ambrosia

A few Provinces considers her as the Symbol of Wisdom, to make use of your head before getting into any deals or contract. Paying attention to details and rules when starting a new journey written in your destiny

Its said she has a venom that can destroy countless of villages and continent before sunset and burn through dragon scales like tissue . A venom that can act as a plague, venomous as it may, she has never been seen using this.

Known to be the Rotten symbolism of Immortality. Such is the Myth of Centipedes throughout time, the small but ferocious Deity becoming the bastardized version of Immortality.

Have blackmailed and traumatized countless dragons for her own amusement. In turn, they mostly dreaded at seeing her and want no part in talking with her (She Has been poisoned once or twice by them)

There has been a clan of Dragons trying to double cross the deal she made with them, planning to steal her powers. She somehow turned the parents of the hatchling into a blob of flesh, forever be turned into a dead object with consciousness. She hasnt returned them ever since.

Once created a book, contained within an information about everything and anything. For someone to read even the first sentence of the page would break their mind and sanity. The book changed cover each time it's placed into the bookshelves, adapting itself to what majority would need a guide for. other times its "the history of the dragon" or "Buddha's vitality and the teachings of purity" but once it turned into "The life of Immortality, cursed and blessings" in turn the book was stolen by a merchant, then sold to a rich family. Heaven knows what happened to the family. The estate was empty the day after the book was bought. Currently, the location of the book is unknown.

Besides a few gods, Original Suklha was one of the deities who could outwit wukong on all of his ministration. Be it Wukong's transformation, Wukong's unpredictability, or his twisted sense of entertainment. She was supposed to be someone Wukong would be an equal to.

Throughout the times they spent together, Wukong noticed the little things. How Suklha would care about the children more, more gentle with animals and bugs alike. Theres an inner conflict inside the monkey.

Wukong unexpectedly asked her out midfight. Claiming her to be Engaged with him. Suklha hasn't given him her answer, wanting to see how far the monkey would practice his virtue.

The heaven's despised seeing two mischievous and all powerful gods working together, tired of them wrecking havoc. Have tried to put them against eachother, it went poorly. Ended with Wukong starting an age of war with the Heavens again.

Despite Suklha's insistence on holding out his anger, Wukong went anyway. Disobeying her words and not hearing her warnings.

Thus action cost half of the heaven's army, and the original Suklha's Life.

Suklha never gave Wukong her answer, perhaps in the next life she would.

Suklha died because the Heaven's figured out a way to separate their essence (Soul) and vessel (Body). Unlinking the Primordial from tapping within their universe again. The body laid to rest in the underworld's, only to be used again to create the Replica.

It is said after this incident her body was the sole energy that protects the undead.

Artwork ©️ Miifu666

[thesexydancingcrepe]

When Somebody Loved Me 🌸

Back when it was Jttw days & they were ⤴️ traveling with the group

Modern day & maybe reincarnated Crepe ⤵️

So naturally...

EDIT: it's fixed now 😊

The more things change to more, they stay the same (at least that's something I hear often enough 🤷‍♀️)

Ramblings below

This is my own interpretation of modern day!Sun Wukong and what he became after the events Jttw. He's still the same powerful Sun Wukong we all know, & love (despite questionable morals), but He has full dad bod underneath his depressed, "but totally over it" single man pajama sweats. The blue bead on the end of his braid was made from Crepe's blue glass bead earring.

He lives almost entirely on Flower Fruit Mountain, only occasionally coming down & and amazingly, he ended up finding an extremely familiar face 🤔✨️

[peony-flowerking7]

Omniscient Reader Viewpoint oc

I live.

I made a Omniscient Reader viewpoint oc in which idk if they're popular but I did so anyway. Yes I'm shipping her them Wukong, shut. Also YES SHE'S GYARUUUUU no name for her yet but just know I love her design.

[inkyminx]

Goofy, kindhearted, a bit naive, “DID WE JUST BECOME BEST FRIENDS” “YEP” but will shank you if triggered & a tad manipulative.

A mystic monkey (demonic) but not born from stone.

Had a human mother (a slight reference to the Jue Yuan) .

Was found & raised by the Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey , & mentored by Sun Wukong later in his life.

Got his name from the night a thunderstorm struck while he peacefully slept as a baby, and later his powers.

In a relationship with Macaque (hurt/comfort is BIG but they are quite comical and tender most times)

An older brother type with MK and Tao Ling (let the monkey chaos ensue)

Calls the Horse Monkey “Baba”  & Wukong “Fu Qin” .

Frequently seen on Mei’s social media (most times in the background either eating a big mouthful or jumping on top of buildings) .

Treats the little FFM monkeys as his baby siblings and cuddles together are a MUST.

Treats Savage & Rumble as his children (LOOOOOOREEE coming soon)  (let the maternal instincts begin) .

Extremely protective of his loved ones (ESPECIALLY Tao Ling & Wukong) .

Has beef with the Mayor, Peng & PORTY MK (more so questioning the latter’s sanity/he will yeet Porty without hesitation if it meant he gets a month free pass for Pigsy’s Noodles)

Can manipulate smoke, reflections & storms (mostly winds & thunders) .

Goes “berserk” during the full moon (red eyes, look out) .

Fur becomes a darker shade of navy during the new moon.

Possesses a Podao-like weapon in combat.

Shadow The Hedgehog lookin’ ass

[sleeplessdreamer14]

self indulgence is so nice

inspired in part by @asurius’ monkey! reader stuffs, just a little different

[novelcain]

When you did your version of wukong did you have a specific species of monkey in mind to base him of? Or was him a mix of some monkeys?

It got me curious when you said you know a lot of monkey facts and I wondered if you used this to concept him?

EEEEEEEEE! You have no idea how excited I got when I woke up and saw this ask! I literally don't even care that it's the newest one I'm answering rn!

And also! Before I get into how I made the design for ITTW Sun Wukong, something I wanted to throw out is that a few people have asked for me to give more monkey facts after I foolishly /j divulged that I am an encyclopedia of monkeys, so I've been thinking of doing like a Monkey Facts Monday cause alliteration where I post a bunch of monkey facts on mondays! So lemme know what you guys think of that idea cause I absolutely am willing to do it! :D

Now ONTO THE MONKIE MAN!

In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong is described to be that of demon Rhesus Macaque.

Rhesus Macaques can come in a variety of browns, greys, whites, and blondes, but for the most part are largely this stunning platinum gold color like in the picture above. I personally love this this color and wish we could see more golden furred Monkey Kings instead of just monkey=brown.

In addition to golden furs, a Rhesus Macaque's skin is largely a pinkish-peachy color with darker, nearly black, fingers and feet (You can see this in the first picture as well :)). And males tend to have more redish saturation around their eyes. (The saturation of this "mask" on males has been linked to levels of testosterone and therefore the dark/more red the mask the more potent the male, meaning it may be a sexual selective male trait as females have been observed preferring males with redder masks.... *looks at LMK Macaque simps*)

However, one thing about Rhesus Macaques is that they have very short tails. (As depicted below)

And that just wasn't quite the look a was going for. So while I was thinking "Eeeeh I could just say that he's a Rhesus Macaque with a long tail" but as I was sifting through my monkey knowledge I remembered another macaque species!

The Crab-Eating Macaque! Aka the Long Tailed Macaque!

These macaques very closely resemble Rhesus Macaques in facial features as well as fur as they also come in a variety of gingers, browns, greys, and blondes with their main color variation being this brownish-gold. (below) Tho their pelts tend to range darker than a Rhesus Macaque's.

And instead of having mainly peachy skin with a few black tones around the hand and feet, they largely have very dark skin with the brightest parts being around the eyes and the darkest being their pitch black ears, hands, and feet.

And come on, you can't tell me this isn't a Monkey King face:

Plus I might be just a liiiittle biased because my favorite monkey picture is a Long Tailed Macaque:

Just look at this dude! He's so done with life! 😂

But along with just physical characteristics, Rhesus Macaques and Long Tailed Macaques share many behavioral qualities as well.

They both display threats in similar ways, such as baring teeth paired with screaming to frighten predators and other monkeys. Though, Rhesus Macaques tend to be more aggressive and bold (accurate to Wukong) while Crab-Eating Macaques are very cautious and skittish. A Rhesus would much rather fight while a Long Tailed would much rather run.

Another thing they share is their open affection for each other. Both Rhesus and Crab-Eating Macaques have extremely tight knit bond within their troop and with even form best friends from a very young age. Just look at this family unit and how the younger two hold the elder monkey! So sweet. 🥹

All in all! In the end, I went with a mixture of these two species for my ITTW Wukong design, leaning slightly more toward his original species, the Rhesus Macaque, and gave him the proportions of a human since he's a monkey demon.

The traits that I took from the Rhesus Macaques were his blonde fur and peachy pale skin tone as well as his more saturated peach mask, which I blended with a darker blackish-red at the bottoms to pay homage to the Crab-Eating Macaque's darker faces.

The traits that I took from the Crab-Eating Macaques were their long tails and black tipped ears. (as well as the blended mask)

And the traits I took from both were the black tipped hands and feet as well as their long fangs.

While his eye come straight from the book.

And this was the result!

[thyenemybeloved]

I've mentioned in a previous post that I made a whole ass AU about JTTW and created several OCs to go with it, so meet my badass gremlin girl <33

I haven't decided on a proper name for her yet so I've been calling her Māo for the time being.

She's a yāoguài, so a demon much like Wukong and co. She's a young jade tiger girl with a penchant for pulling pranks on unsuspecting people, eating loads of food and anything that shines. She LOVES to fight and go on adventures with her tight-knit group of friends. Māo is definitely hot-headed and fiesty, with a bit of a rebellious streak, but she can also be very warm, friendly and loving to those she favors, as well as fiercely loyal. She's also very curious and mischievious by nature, much like a cat. But don't let her cute appearance fool you, she's way stronger than she looks: she is a tiger afer all.

Māo is part of Shaozhen's gang (who is the secret, forbidden lovechild of Sanzang and Wukong), along with Nezha, Bing, Zombie Dude and Fox Guy.

I love her so much, she's my baby <33 I can't wait to write more about their story, who everyone is and how they all met each other because they're all crazy lol

Hope you enjoyed~ !

[majachee]

SUN WUKONG INSPIRED OC CONCEPT + design notes under cut

His mask is inspired by makeup used in Chinese theatre and art, specifically makeup used for SWK's character, though simplified a lot for animation/repetition sake.

The design on his back takes inspiration from cobras and other animals that use eye-like patterns as a defense mechanism. The mythical beasts he faces in my story are based on real life predators, which are often ambush predators! When his back isnt covered by cloth, the bright colors on his back and face make it look like he's got eyes in both directions, meaning he can't be ambushed. His back design can and will be simplified for animation/repetition purposes, or covered with clothes. But they're still an important feature... they mean a lot to me.

Was also inspired by his role of protector against foes and ambushes in the original novel, just gives me that "you can't catch me offguard" vibe when I look at eye-designs on animals irl. Cobras my beloved...

He's supposed to have a monolid but I don't think I drew that well (even with references).... I'm trying my best to practice with eyes and while I believe i'm doing good with eye shapes, I need to work on eyelid stuff. Yk?

Dramatic facial expressions are an absolute must during intense scenes! Make him look like he got eliminated on the bachelor during the second to last round, and now he's gotta watch as everyone gets to go to Jamaica (first class flight). Make him look like he's Rick Grimes and his son just got shot. POV He's Walter White gif

Star/flower shaped tail for bonus silhouette sillies! I want him to look really unique compared to my Macaque (who's much more flat and has thinner, scruffier fur.)

His face is also more upturned and rounder than my Macaque's, who has a flatter nose-bridge and slightly more flatter/longer face. SWK's ears are also much more round and fluffy, and his brows are thick and actually exist! Remember: Macaque doesn't have noticeable eyebrows, he just has a noticeable eye-ridge.

His swoop is important. His swoop is very important.

"Where's his circlet?" I'm designing it + its easy to draw furry anthro characters naked for concept art. FYI.

DO NOT DRAW HIM WITH EYEBAGS. The eyebags on Macaque are a distinguishable feature and I don't want SWK to have smth similar! ^^'

I really wanted to make him brightly colored and much more lively/expressive compared to my Six Eared Macaque inspired OC! He's more dramatic, looks younger despite them both being the same age, and is more eye-catching than his counterpart. Hopefully I succeeded in that!

Also. A them.

[somesaiyanarts]

Character design practice! She is inspired by Dragonball Saiyans and Sun Wukong. I’m working on making her an actual character.