#kappi crab

[brizobituin]

I've had the pleasure to meet and get the signature 3 dots tattoo from the world famous Apo Whang-Od! She was a busy lady tattooing all day at the age of 106 years old. We had some pretty good banter in the short time we spent together. She also took a liking to my husband, maybe a lil too much lmaooooo

The three dots tattoo represents herself and her two grand-nieces/apprentices: Grace Palicas and Ilyang Wigan. A simple but clear showcase of the continous tradition of tattooing in Buscalan.

The other design I've gotten was the kappi crab, which symbolises/represents: the traveller, protection, the world before creation and the guide. The kappi crab was an obsolete design that was revived by Apo Whang-Od herself. It was previously found all throughout the archipelago and was tied to various creation stories. The kappi crab is also associated with Angalo, the ancestor of the Ilokano people. And as part Ilokano I am truly grateful to receive this ancestral symbol to cherish it forever.

I had a wonderful time in Buscalan, the locals were absolutely lovely and were very patient when we were huffing and puffing through the trail up and down their mountains. The views were absolutely stunning and certainly helped distract from the pain of the fresh tattoo! 🤣✨

I will definitely provide a healing update in the near future. It's been a few days and the redness has already gone down a lot. 🙏✨

[lotus-duckies]

If you received this ask you have permission to ramble about your ocs without bothering anyone. Headcanons, lore, design details etc. Give them to me.

My guy you don't even know what you just did. The fact this was sent to my main blog instead of my art blog is Telling

Mana (left) and Kappi (right)

Kappi is a stone crab inspired by Tambanokano, a giant crab born of the sun and moon from Mandaya folklore. She took on the traits of both her father and mother, and her father, the sun, detests this as he is quarrelsome and toxic, and spent many of her formative years under the sea, only coming out to visit her mother in the Moon Temple.

Mana is, unsurprisingly, a manananggal. She was very much a Normal Lady but was turned into an aswang against her will and has very blurry memories of her life prior. She had stumbled into the Moon City and was made into a god in their eyes, offering blessings and threats, replacing the moon god who had long since disappeared and no one knows where said god went. In return for blessings, they offer their offspring.

When Kappi came out of the sea to see her mother again, she sees how the city has changed and that her mother has disappeared. Only knowing how someone replaced her, she plans to kill whoever's in charge (mana) assuming they did something (she didn't)

After coming to the conclusion there was a misunderstanding, Mana decided to help Kappi go to the Solar Mountain where the sun resides because. if it wasn't this random aswang who did it. it was probably him.

Kappi's design is generally inspired by both ilokano and minandowen elements, her name coming from the word kappi, a freshwater crab. Her chest tattoos depict a temple under a night sky and a crab residing under it, and the obvious crab details like the legs around her torso and her claw pigtails. There's also the sun and moon details on her face, in reference to her ancestry.

The patterns on her clothes include a kappi symbol and a starry sky.

Mana's design is just kind of Sexy Demon Vibes, just. the filipino version. She has a black chick named pip as per aswang rules and lacks tattoos to suggest she's from the Southern Luzon area, but her manananggal nature may imply she's been elsewhere. I feel like her appearance also suggests a false queen energy, since she resembles a concubine but is somewhat adorned as nobility which. that's exactly what she is. Also the waist beads in the first picture serve the purpose of keeping her top and bottom connected because she has mild disabled vibes and her body just falls apart sometimes.

As for how I came up with these characters

I had a dream where I saw some Art of Sexy Demon Lady and Cute Pink Haired Girl doing nsfw and accidentally sent it to my family and I wanted to die, so naturally I had to make ocs from that.

[thesaucesisters]

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[thomastownend]

My good mate Jurrah asked me to do her hands!!@jurrah_haliya 😎😎 The motifs are from the Ilokano people of the Philippines, who are an indigenous group from the mountain provinces. They are "kappi", which are small blue river crabs. (at LDF Tattoo)

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