Happy Chinese New Year, The Year Of The Dragon!

Digital drawing of a Chinese red dragon with black mane and white underbelly flying on a sunset sky with red clouds. He's adorned with silver jewellery and a red thread around his right horn. He's missing his right eye, and he holds a red coral pearl in one of his forepaws. He's an alternative version of the character Hua Cheng from the novel Heaven Official's Blessing, envisioned by yabancreations.

Happy Chinese New Year, the year of the dragon!

This is the mighty ghost dragon Hua Cheng, whose rain is made of blood. He turned into a dragon after accidentally swallowing the red coral pearl he stole from the prince. Since then, he's been seeking the lost god to give him his pearl and blessing back.

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7 months ago

So I thought this was commonly known internet navigation (but apparently it might just be those of us who have been using the internet since the 90’s who still know it). Or so it seems based on… a grumpy comment I got.

When you see an arrow like this:

So I Thought This Was Commonly Known Internet Navigation (but Apparently It Might Just Be Those Of Us

It means you click it to expand out a hidden section.

So I Thought This Was Commonly Known Internet Navigation (but Apparently It Might Just Be Those Of Us

It’s an accordion section/menu! It’s useful in web design to hide information that may be overwhelming under specific headers so people can only see what they need.

Here I’m using it for people who need the content warnings to be able to check, but for those who don’t need them and don’t want to be spoiled to just move right past without accidentally reading anything.

It’s still the user’s responsibility to click the arrow and read things as they need! But it is all warned. (And, yes, the all encompassing issues are already a tag on the fic, I’m just providing additonal warnings per chapter.)


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1 year ago
Photo of Yaban cosplaying the character Kusuriuri from the anime Mononoke. They smoke from a long pipe while looking at something to their side in a rather disdainful way.

The first trailer of the Mononoke movie dropped a few days ago, allowing us to see Kusuriuri's new design. I didn't think I could love this man more than I already did, but here we are! I'm praying I can watch the movie on theatres.

I'm considering making the whole cosplay, we'll see. In the meantime, have this take on the new make-up.

Cosplay, photo and edition by me.


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2 years ago

my toxic xennial trait is that i believe something should either be software (in which case after i download it i shouldn't need to be connected to use it) or a web page (which shouldn't require me to download anything to use it, however badly, in a browser). fuck your mandatory single function constant connection apps


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2 years ago
Nothing Quite Like Getting Obsessed To Ensure You'll Get Into The Habit Of Practising. This Kind Of Challenge

Nothing quite like getting obsessed to ensure you'll get into the habit of practising. This kind of challenge is very arduous, but let's see how I do (and if this interests you, feel free to try it!)


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2 years ago
Exercises For All The Homies Who Want To Have A Long Career Drawing.
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Exercises for all the homies who want to have a long career drawing.

The true problem with being an artist and drawing all day (as I wanted my whole life) is that human backs are not designed to hold that position, so it is very common for artists and designers to have really stiff shoulder blades, creating a chain of muscle strain towards the arm AND the back… and a lot of pain.

These are some physical exercises for artists and honestly anyone who works at a desk.

(all credit to my physiotherapist)


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6 months ago
Gallery Of Memories

Gallery of Memories

It's finally time to post my piece for the @tgcf-reverse-big-bang this year!!!! This time, I had the pleasure to collab with the @/give2figs (check them out on twitter and ao3!!!). And finally I get to share their awesome fic (that my art inspired aaa!!!!)

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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4 months ago
I Depend On You.

I depend on you.

Inspired by this twitter post


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5 months ago

As gen-AI becomes more normalized (Chappell Roan encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use gen-AI because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by tech companies. I draw not because I want a drawing but because I love the process of drawing. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.


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6 months ago

For the WIP game, The Newcomer one sounds so cool!! I'd love to hear more about it!

Heavy spoiler warning for Heaven Official's Blessing. Hi! Right, so, The Newcomer. I came up with the idea around two years ago, while re-reading the Ghost City arc. Do you remember how the mortal who's betting against Hua Cheng when Xie Lian arrives uses his daughter's lifespan and fate in marriage as a wager? It established fortune/fate as a sort of currency in the world of TGCF, a notion that later got reinforced by things like:

-How Hua Cheng can transfer luck in games of chance to Xie Lian -How Shi Wudu could use He Xuan's divine fate to make Shi Qingxuan ascend instead -How Jun Wu physically took Xie Lian's fortune away from him with the second shackle and scattered it among mortals (or so we hope, because Xie Lian asked for that to happen, but with Jun Wu, you never know) -How Jun Wu can put his resentment to bake in the Kiln and cook curses of horrible misfortune with it, which was what made Hong'er's brief life so miserable

The whole thing is quite intriguing. Does the Gambler's Den have a vault of good and bad fortunes in different areas of life, that they've been hoarding for centuries in order to offer them as rewards to new patrons? How, where, and from whom did Hua Cheng learn the magic required for such a thing? Does part of his extremely good luck come from gambling earnings, or is it all his, and the house has its own separate reserves? Is there anyone able to audit these transactions and confirm that there's no cheating and everybody involved gave their informed consent, which seems to be the requisite for the magic to work without breeding resentment (as opposed to a stolen fate, like the Blackwater case), or do they have to believe in what Hua Cheng says because he's too strong to be opposed or challenged?

If I have those questions, surely some characters in the story could have them too. Cue the new Earth Master, formerly an overseer of a big mining operation at the service of the Chinese empire, who swears that he was coerced into betting his extraordinarily auspicious fate in marriage in the Gambler's Den, and claims that Hua Cheng used it to marry Xie Lian, because otherwise there's no way "any respectable god would agree to marry such a vile monster." He ascends shortly after Hualian get married, which in turn is not too long after Hua Cheng's return. Many gods are still resentful towards Hua Cheng for his past deeds and the fanfare of the bells singing him praises every day, so they rally with the new Earth Master to see if they can take him down. Naturally, Xie Lian doesn't believe any of it for even an instant. He's devastated by the turn of events, and when he's told that he should not only stay away from the case because he's biased, but also stay away from Hua Cheng altogether until they determine if their love is legitimate or the product of a fate switch, he almost gets into his second calamity era and locks himself in Paradise Manor, refusing to leave until the case is closed (he's too strong for anyone to force him out, so at least there's that).

As I mentioned, Ling Wen takes on the case to get some fresh air and see if that can get her out on parole. She's in terrible terms with Hua Cheng, but I think she's too pragmatic to try to use the chance to get back at him. Instead, I think she'd be genuinely interested in finding out whether the old fox is as cunning as people paint him to be.

That's what I have defined so far. The rest is rather nebulous because there are a lot of possibilities, both in regard to what actually happened, and also in regard to the POV(s) I want to focus on. I could stay with Ling Wen and show how the Earth Master mirrors the men who looked down on her and mistreated her through her life, or I could focus on Hualian, or do a mix of both... I have started the story two or three times, testing the waters, but I'm still unsure.

Thanks for asking!

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Back to WIP game main post.


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5 months ago
Lucanis: "For What It's Worth, Spite Seems To Miss Him."
Lucanis: "For What It's Worth, Spite Seems To Miss Him."

Lucanis: "For what it's worth, Spite seems to miss him."

Emmrich: "Does he?"

Lucanis: "Sort of like a cat when you shutter the windows and stop him from watching birds."


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