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Lunchtime Practice

Hong Kong 2011

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The Painted Lady (Katara)

I thought a long time about this one too... and eventually decided that reasonably acquirable clothing made more sense than worrying too much about what inspired the Painted Lady as a ghost/concept. So I went with Ming clothing, complete with her iconic mili/veiled hat. The seashell is a little out of place but eh... it felt like a fun tie in to her river/lake.

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Hi Taj. Eeth Anon here. And I bring you a new idea.

Jocasta and Yoda.

I find the idea of Yoda having some books at least a century overdue and Jocasta is trying to finish her predecessor duty and get those books back absolutely funny.

There is no try ✨

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Shodo calligraphy by artist Mitsuru Nagata of the proverb 千里の道も一歩から" (senri no michi mo ippo kara): a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

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Okami print! Slightly missed the anniversary date for posting this one, but it'll be available at Furlandia and AWU 2025.

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The abbot knew it was a mistake leaving this particular group of reprobates unattended by a senior brother during their chore duty. Still, despite his protestations, the two initiates he had assigned to help out assured him they were more than happy to pick up the slack as long as the impromptu jug band got to keep playing.

commissioned by a very generous furry. the kobold and fox belong to him and a friend.

individual closeups under the cut

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Temple hidden in the mountains of China - Author: Audrey-moon

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illustration commission for John: Zokk enjoying the quiet of the woods com info

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Jet Li - Fong Sai Yuk II (1993)

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Fox, dressed as teacher, holding paddle, instructs hybrid animals.

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final projects are taking up most of my time rn, but I just wanna share some of my favorite moments in the Li Zhuowu edition JTTW illustrations:

"Bye bye bitch, off to topple the Jade Emperor, see ya later"

"Weeeeee"

Just a short king having a good time with his bros

An exemplar of how much some of these illustrations look like Out of Context memes

Look I know the illustrations are incapable of tying people up normally, but what even is this pose (context: Scorpion Demoness Chapter)

The SWK-Bajie interaction ever

TFW you are a celibate monk yet keeps getting hit in the face by unwanted romances

I have collected a series of "Tripitaka getting kidnapped" screenshots, and out of all of them, this is truly an expression worth a thousand words.

Lastly: more goofy hair clones

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AHSOKA | 1.07

I won't always be there to look out for you.

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Hotaru Wins! ‘Garou: Mark of the Wolves’ SEGA Dreamcast Support us on Patreon

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My beautiful blossom wife Sera 🥺 been a long time since I've drawn her and she's some how always my go to when trying new things

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NO ONE knows how to use thou/thee/thy/thine and i need to see that change if ur going to keep making “talking like a medieval peasant” jokes. /lh

They play the same roles as I/me/my/mine. In modern english, we use “you” for both the subject and the direct object/object of preposition/etc, so it’s difficult to compare “thou” to “you”.

So the trick is this: if you are trying to turn something Olde, first turn every “you” into first-person and then replace it like so:

“I” →  “thou”

“Me” →  “thee”

“My” →  “thy”

“Mine” →  “thine”

Let’s suppose we had the sentences “You have a cow. He gave it to you. It is your cow. The cow is yours”.

We could first imagine it in the first person-

“I have a cow. He gave it to me. It is my cow. The cow is mine”.

And then replace it-

“Thou hast a cow. He gave it to thee. It is thy cow. The cow is thine.”

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NEW ILLUSTRATION