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idk if this is too Woke of me, but the Red Bull race suits for Japan were reminding me wayyy too much of the rising sun flag, so i decided to redesign it myself 🙏

(little max for comparison. more info on my choice below!)

i based it off of a Daruma doll, which i roughly sketched on the left there. i wanted to make a design that strays away from the idea of using sakura imagery, as this idea has already been used plenty of times. the Daruma doll is something i don't often see depicted or spoken about when people bring up Japanese culture, so i thought it was perfect.

a Daruma doll is described on Wikipedia as "...a symbol of perseverance and good luck, making them a popular gift of encouragement." i feel like this aligns pretty well with Red Bull's general presence and attitude in Formula 1. (but maybe not so much the "good luck" part anymore...)

i also chose the Daruma doll as inspiration because of the annual Daruma burning at the end of every year. during the ceremony, the dolls are brought to the temple they were purchased from, thanked by the "holder", and turned over to be burned. the "holder" will then buy a new one for the new year. it reminds me in some ways of the circle of life of being an ORBR driver.

there is also a common practice with Daruma dolls where the eyes will be left blank when sold, as "a means to keep track of goals or big tasks and motivate them to work to the finish." the idea is to fill in one eye when you set your goal, and fill in the other when you have completed it. this resonates with me in the sense that Red Bull wants to go back to winning constructor's championships. Max helped paint the first eye, pushing them only halfway there with the taunting idea of completing their ultimate goal in sight, but they have been cycling through different drivers to try to find the paint for the second eye.

there's probably more connections i could draw if i dove further into it, but those were my general sentiments going into it. 🤍🪽

• citation for my info :p •

"Daruma doll", 2025, Wikipedia

[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll]

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do you wanna see my wounds from being nailed to the cross or are we not chill like that yet

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"they're making max the villain of the f1 movie!" incorrect. if he tries to kill brad pitt he is a hero

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End him Nico

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'the F1 movie needed to have Brad Pitt fuck his female engineer because there needed to be sexual tension!' BORING. If they wanted sexual tension they should've made it historically accurate and true to real life and had Brad Pitt fuck his teammate

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pack it up skittles squad (i love my f1 ocs)

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england ik how u feel, i lost my queen too (lance posting)

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hello could I request a free netflix theme carrd? preferably anime or manga themed. thank you!

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How it feels finding something to read when the fandom is either dead or unknown or the character is just underated:

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What if you. Wanted to go to [ X | NOTHING ]. But CYBERLIFE said:

this is really stupid hope it makes you laugh

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looks like the olympic surfers made it to tahiti… they had a god damn plan

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Feeling very emotional about John Marston rn. Idk he's literally just a guy a stupid dumb idiot guy who's also very clever and kind and sympathetic and loving but he's an idiot and doesn't know how to deal with things and hurts people he loves but he never stops trying to do right by them and I just. Love Him.

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"I want to kiss Gortash, I want to kiss Gortash"

FOOLS.

Give more content to him.

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Wyll Ravengard as Text Posts

Part 2/?

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Wyll Ravenguard as Text Posts

Part 1/?