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garbagechocolate · 2 days
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Good morning USA
Heard we're making ocs for Oob's OK universe now
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lawera-art · 2 days
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Hola!
I came back from my horribly hiatus just to bring this here because I'm obsessed with #radioapple
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ziseviolet · 3 days
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Hi my friend wanted to ask about Chinese Opera and the red pom poms on their hats and their significance. I asked my mom and she said they were for decoration so I just wanted clarification
Hi! Thanks for the question, and sorry for taking ages to reply!
The pom poms you see on 盔头/kuitou (Chinese opera headdresses) are called 绒球/rongqiu (lit. "velvet ball"). They are often red, but can also be other colors, and vary in size. Ronqiu are decorative and serve to distinguish the many different types of kuitou from one another. Each type of kuitou is distinct in the number, size, and color of rongqiu that it's decorated with (of course, not all kuitou have rongqiu).
Below - a few different types of Beijing opera kuitou decorated with rongqiu (x):
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Rongqiu isn't used just for Chinese opera performances - it's a very common decorative item for Chinese headwear, especially for traditional/folk performances.
Below - examples of rongqiu use in folk custom/performance costumes, left to right: 1) 游神/youshen (wandering gods) procession in Fujian (x), 2) 英歌舞/yingge wu (yingge dance) performer in Guangdong (x), 3) & 4) 高跷/gaoqiao (stilt walking) performers in a 社火/shehuo parade in Gansu (x):
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As a festive decoration, rongqiu was also widely used on bridal guan (crowns) from the Qing dynasty into the modern day.
Below - examples of rongqiu use in historical bridal guan: Left - a bride during the late Qing dynasty, circa 1890 (x); Right - a bride during the Republican era/minguo, in 1939 (x):
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For some reason it's been extremely difficult to find sources on the origin of rongqiu that would shed more light on its significance, but based on historical paintings the use of rongqiu as a head ornament may have originated in the Qing dynasty. During the late Qing dynasty, it was fashionable among women to wear rongqiu on the sides of their hair, as can be seen in the paintings below (x):
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This particular style of rongqiu hair ornament was depicted in the 2012 historical cdrama 娘心计/Mother's Scheme:
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For more references, please see my rongqiu and kuitou tags.
If anyone has more information on the significance of rongqiu, please do share!
Hope this helps ^^
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luck-clov · 2 days
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Practicing shadow and lighting and a different way of painting. I carried away in the process. Also some body reference of the lamb and Narinder.
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yanenass-blog · 3 days
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Some cross guild body references (Croco and Buggy are both trans men without mastectomy!
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raintailed · 2 days
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monk fans come get yalls juice!!!!!!!!!!
Like many other members of Gourmand's colony, Monk has fluff, dark splotches, and white markings. Plus he has sparkles thanks to distant nightcat ancestry (the sparkles can persist for generations)! The heterochromia matches both Survivor and Saint too :]
The whole karma flower thing is bc this fluffy boy is Attuned!! He doesn't have flowers as a pup because he's not connected to the cycle yet at that age (by the time Monk's campaign starts, he's old enough to respawn after death and all that)
transcript under the cut, plus a version without flowers (and left arm lol)
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Notes transcript:
Sunrise, "The Monk;" he/him
Left Side
whiskers are optional
kinda short
soft, curly fur
always has a karma flower tucked behind ear
plump tail
Center
right ear leans forward
sometimes wears a ponytail
grows more flowers when karma is ≥ (greater than or equal to) 5 or is reinforced
flower growth is concentrated on tail
Right Side
sparkles glow in the dark
back pattern
pup version has no sparkles or flowers
The doodle in the upper right says "lizards deserve a lil kissy on the snoot :]"
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tanuki-kimono · 10 hours
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Hello ! I was curious, I haven't been able to find a name for this specific decoration at the ends of furisode sleeves with the knots and tassels, do you have any idea what they're called or more info on them? (Your blog is a wonderful resource and gallery, thank you !)
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Hi and thank you for your kind words <3
You're lucky, I've been through that specific rabbit hole before ;) You can find those past posts wondering about kamuro apprentices fashion here and here ;)
TLDR: I don't have a specific answer as they're refered by several names - generic terms sodekukuri/sodegukuri (sleeve tie) or sode no himo (sleeve "ribbon") being the most prevalent.
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nephitefortuna · 2 days
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TFP Starscream
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child-pull-local · 21 hours
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tolkienmatters · 3 days
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Happy Tolkien Reading Day!
To whom it may concern,
Today is March 25th, Tolkien Reading Day. It commemorates the downfall of the Lord of the Rings (Sauron) and the fall of Barad-dûr! I hope you all have a great week and I appreciate the community we enjoy together.
Here is a link to help you celebrate:
The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Cheers!
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Drew Diana Disco!
It’s been a while since I’ve drawn her but now I got silly and fun little drawing ideas for her!
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flowerboyuwu · 10 hours
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Hi there!!
Look my reference for SMP server!! pt. 1
Dream design for my friend!
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professor-amaryllis · 22 hours
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:{ Echo's Pokemon Spotlight: Slowgold }:
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Name: Slowgold
Species: Salazzle; Lava tube subspecies. These pokemon live much of their lives in deep volcanic caves, their lighter warmer coloration helping them camouflage and absorb the natural warmth around them and their tough spiked hide protecting them from sharp obsidian protrusions.
Gender: Female
Nature: Relaxed
Ability: Corrosion
Capture Data: Caught February 13, 2023. Location: Alola; Rt 8. Original Registration ID: [Redacted].
Information: Slowgold was a wild capture, caught after she showed hostility upon being separated from another Salazzle that was meant to be removed from the wild. She was captured with another Salazzle(Quicksilver) and a similarly unusual Alolan meowth (Arlene). Since then her naturally laid back attitude has shown through, and she spends most of her days sunning in the GES's rooftop greenhouse.
For more posts about Quicksilver, click [Here]!!
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null-entity · 2 days
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Clothing and fold studies.
Model: Me.
Photographer: The Remote Camera Trigger.
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endivinity · 2 days
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would you mind sharing what pencil brush you use, particularly in your recent Alduin drawing? :]
sure! it's from Kyle Webster's Real Media Megapack. i use that plus his watercolor pack, but there were oils and impasto packs as well, basically a huge scope of real media imitations - I believe they're no longer available for purchase and download since he partnered with Adobe some years ago, though there might still be something floating around if you can hunt them down The brush in the pack is specifically, Perfect Pencil 1 at 6px, in photoshop CS5. later editions of photoshop (particularly any CC version) deploy the brush how it's meant to be, which is a lot less sharp and crisp. Most of my full illustrative stuff (that isnt directly painted as-is like deathclaugust and character designs) uses the Wet & Wild watercolor for shading!
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puddledfishhh · 2 days
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DIO
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The one and only
+ reference
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