Dropping a very special Sketch-a-wish, voted on by my lovely Patreon members for August!
The winning request was to illustrate an off-page scene from The Folk of the Air series, when Cardan was writing his letters to Jude.
I countered that Cardan went through the five stages of grief writing those letters, and each deserved it's own illustration. (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance) You'll also notice some familiar outfits throughout!
Have a great weekend. :)
我的手 习惯摸摸我的头
My hands are used to touching my head
就打开 记忆的河流
Just like opening a river of memories
池塘边 总有几个好朋友
There are always some good friends by the pond
听蝉鸣 看渔舟
Listening to the cicadas, watching the fishing boat
人和人 如何区别儿零后
Between people, how do you differentiate
是年幼 或是很成熟
Are they young or old?
淤泥下 终于长出了莲藕
Under the soil, finally does the lotus grow
请莲花 莫回首
May the lotus never turn back
我爱初春 也会爱深秋
I love the start of spring and also late autumn
我爱青丝 也会爱白头
I love black hair and will love white hair
我爱漂泊的人回到家门口
I love how the wandering return back to the doors of their home
人生简单就足够
It’s enough for life to be simple
我爱新鲜 也会爱陈旧
I love new things and also the past
我爱梦醒 也会爱梦游
I love being awake and also walking among dreams
我爱重逢的人紧紧不撒手
I love those who reunite and never let go
我爱昙花一现的所有
I love everything short-lived
人和人 如何区别几零后
Between people, how do you differentiate
是年幼或是很成熟
Are they young or old?
淤泥下 终于长出了莲藕
Under the soil, finally does the lotus grow
请莲花 莫回首
May the lotus never turn back
我爱初春 也会爱深秋
I love the start of spring and also late autumn
我爱青丝 也会爱白头
I love black hair and will love white hair
我爱漂泊的人回到家门口
I love how the wandering return back to the doors of their home
人生简单就足够
It’s enough for life to be simple
我爱新鲜 也会爱陈旧
I love new things and also the past
我爱梦醒 也会爱梦游
I love being awake and also walking among dreams
我爱重逢的人紧紧不撒手
I love those who reunite and never let go
我爱曾经失去的所有
I love all that I lost
你看那条静静流淌的河
Look at that silently streaming river
好像不曾有过颜色
It seems like colors never once graced it
它边走边等着阳光洒落
It streams along, waiting for the sun to shine upon it
就波光粼粼了
Then it will sparkle
你听夜晚的马路隔着窗
You listen to the night traffic through the glass
不知道谁的车经过
Not knowing whose car is passing by
轮胎重重摩擦着的夜色
The tires screech against the night
只剩灯光微弱
All that’s left are of the dimming lights
我経常 看着 听着 就想伸手去触摸
Often as I look, as I hear, I would want to touch my hand against it
捧一把海水看看它梦想的颜色
To scoop a handful of sea water to see the colors it’s dreaming of
我也会 看过 听过 就进入你的角色
I would also, as I look, as I hear, enter your role
你在追赶什么
To see what you’re chasing after
我只是从这世界经过
I only pass by this wide world
做一个平凡的旁观者
To be an ordinary observer
拥抱所有生命的喜怒哀乐
Embracing all the joys and sorrows of life
听被拔掉的羽毛诉说
I listen to the plucked feathers recount
翅膀要征服的天空太广阔
How the sky wings have to conquer is too wide
它不难过
How it’s not in sorrow
我只想从这世界经过
I only wish to pass by this wide world
做一个礼貌的旁观者
To be an ordinary observer
把收到的大树赠送给沙漠
To gift deserts the huge trees I received
留下伞走进大雨滂沱
To leave the umbrella behind and walk into the downpour
让背影记得
Leaving your back view to remember
大地和你都很快乐
How you and the earth are joyful
不要问我
Don’t ask
在寻找什么
What I’m looking for
不需要选择
I don’t need to choose
不需要结果
I don’t need an answer
不需要结果
I don’t need an answer
我只是从这世界经过
I only pass by this wide world
做一个平凡的旁观者
To be an ordinary observer
拥抱所有生命的喜怒哀乐
Embracing all the joys and sorrows of life
看一片落叶在重复着
Looking at the repeatedly falling leaves
等四季把它送回枝头那刻
Waiting for that moment where the season brings it back onto the branches
虽然枯过
Although it once wilted
我看不见另一个银河
I can’t gaze into another galaxy
却相信时空另外个我
But still I believe the me in another dimension
在更远的远方和我相遇着
Is connected despite being far away
近一点感受生命磅礴
To feel the majesty of life closely
不需要结果
I don’t need an answer
别问我在寻找什么
Don’t ask what I am looking for
让生命沉默地穿过
Just let life silently pass by
FULL COVER ILLUSTRATIONS OF HEAVEN OFFICIAL'S BLESSING ENG EDITION VOLUMES 1-8
A-xin (tai3_3) really did a great job by providing us the best hualian art to exist! I remember seeing these arts way before 7seas licensed the novel and now we can finally share the full illustrations 🫶🏻
#boyfriend keep running off and getting injured? 〰 no problem! 〰 just pick 'em up and carry 'em back to your room 〰 problem solved! 〰 *warning: must be room shared with him or else boyfriend will accuse of you trying to imprison him ✳ @jaggedcliffs
#i remember rewinding over and over again during my *counts fingers* endless rewatches 〰 just so i could catch them smiling like fools 〰 and just so i could smile with them bc ofc i am also a fool <333 ✳ @vooxian