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Drawing gacha characters will be the death of me.

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"I've been wanting to ask, why does the bird wear a tiny hat?" "I made it for the tiger but the bird keeps taking it." KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (2025)

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KPop Demon Hunters Notes

What’s a tropey movie about kpop without some commentary on unhealthy working conditions? Rumi losing her voice because of the pressure she was put under (by her guardian, herself and her growing demon marks) was part of it too.

LOVE that Huntrix lyricist Zoey’s idols were the Sunlight Sisters and that she’s been writing since she was in US, even before meeting the other girls! AND that she brought her words with her to the stage 🥺 These girls are so supportive of each other.

Anyway... THE TIGER

I was looking for tiger symbolism in Korean temples and stumbled across this statue of a bodhisattva and his tiger xD The resemblance is uncanny!

(However further investigation revealed that it is… a lion. Oh well…)

However, that did lead me down a wonderful hole of Korean wall paintings called dancheong. Here's a lovely blog post about this art, a paper about their construction and a facebook post about who makes them and how xD In the paper, I noticed something most mysterious...

What does this remind you of?

THAT'S RIGHT it's the design of Huntrix's first stage!

So if blog and facebook posts are to be believed, one of the purposes of dancheong on religious buildings (or palaces) with its vibrant colour was to guard the structure from evil spirits.

Which then calls one other thing to mind!

The tree with streamers where Celine can often be found. Honestly, I believe that is where generations of Honmoon guardians are buried, and she just wants to remain near her sisters in spirit. More on this in another post?

We see this quite often in kdramas or movies. This is a seonangdang, which is a shrine that acts like the guardian of a village. There are different types of these shrines, and this particular form is with stones are piled around an old sacred tree with decorations attached.

This place was intended to help keep away misfortune from the village and drive out demons. People also hung colored fabric or five-grain rice on the tree between New Year's and January 15 to pray for a happy year. People passing by the shrine would pick up a stone and throw it onto the pile to drive out demons on the road. (Source)

One more thing about protection against evil spirits... but as tumblr now only allows up to 10 photos in a post, that will be left for the next one!

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A gift for my colleague.

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Made myself finish a thing.

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Duchess Lady Maria ?!?! A quick sketch for Valentine's Day.

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For HPJAWESOMEWEEK on Twitter.

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I had a terrible art block but really wanted to draw so I redrew some of the manga styles I like. Wait, why are they all facing the same direction, oh shi-

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Sister Friede for my modern AU thingy

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Did some portraits for fun. Challenged myself to draw characters I've never drawn before.

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We all know how Mihoyo took huge inspiration from Bloodborne to create part of the design for Arlecchino, specifically from Lady Maria (top left)

BUT!

I never saw people mention or talk about how her boss form (the second phase) is very similar to another souls game boss, Sister Friede.

The stance, and especially the weapon, are clearly a huge reference of her from my point of view

Plus, all 3 of them share one move that is very unique :

Mihoyo made Arlecchino based not only on Lady Maria, but also Sister Friede from Dark Souls 3, two characters that I like a lot💕 Gotta love devs just for using them as a reference to make Arle so badass😌

I love her and women a normal amount🙏🏻

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maria should nap exactly like an uncle who wears a signature hat would. pictured above

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Lady Maria - Bloodborne

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PC got fixed, celebrating with Lady Maria 🩸

🌳+☕+🌱

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a lady maria piece i’ll never finish

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thought somebody here might like my bloodborne doodles