#sisudatu concept art

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Sisudatu

(live action Raya and the Last Dragon)

[shythalia]

My fan art of the early concept design for Sisu from Disney's "Raya and The Last Dragon".

Reference:

[ever-cw]

Pretty Water Noodle

[hatsampixie]

Behold, another Sisu edit.

[itsmoonpeaches]

Some random small cultural nods that I noticed in Raya and the Last Dragon as a Filipino Southeast Asian:

”Have you eaten?”: A lot of food scenes, a lot of offerings of food. How Southeast Asian is that? If you haven’t eaten, you haven’t been truly welcomed into the group.

Eating together and eating on banana leaves (or having things wrapped in banana leaves)

Random fruits I saw that are native to Southeast Asia: longan, rambutan, dragon fruit, mangos, jackfruit 

Speaking of mangos: the absolute worship of them. If you don’t like mangos, are you OK? 

The taking off of shoes when entering into certain rooms

The specifically Southeast Asian martial arts including Arnis, Silat, and Eskrima...and let’s not forget the weapons like the kris/kalis sword.

Naga dragons

Not entirely sure what the whole name of Sisu (her whole name being Sisudatu) means, but I was surprised to hear “datu” at the end of her name. “Datu” refers to a leader or a chief in the Philippines.

The women at the forefront! Believe it or not, an exclusively patriarchal society is a colonized concept. Women were always leaders in SEA, and continue to be. Men and women were seen equally, especially pre-colonialism. In the Philippines (and in Filipino families), a lot of households tend to trend toward a more matriarchal household. Women are usually more in charge of the money. Though of course there are exceptions.

The emphasis on spirits and how humanity affects them and nature

The importance of water!!!

The importance of rice!!!

[dragonmythfandom]

Raya and The Last Dragon - Raya (live action movie) 

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Raya and the Last Dragon: Sisudatu

[ever-cw]

Pengu with younger Sisu

Running a head canon on Pengu and Sisu, like him being the older brother who took care of her, cuz maybe she felt sad that she didn't feel as special as her siblings with cool powers. She holds sentiment with water because they're water dragons together or something.. ;v;

[ever-cw]

her design in the movie was nice, but like her concepts ARE SO JUICYY AHHH

[ever-cw]

The mighty Sisu

Well her puppet look, the style was so beautiful I couldnt help myself qwq .

[ever-cw]

So... Im obsessed.

I just can't ignore the amount of brother energy Pengu gives off.... so heres more head cannon <3

[ever-cw]

pegu and sisu head canon sketch for my next piece i want to paint :')