Yunalesca, Daughter of Primordial Blood

Commission for @patrochlus 🩸👁️ Always a pleasure making Vietnamese designs!

Vietnamese women fashion from modern times, to Nguyễn & Lê dynasty. Credit to Ngọc Xuân.

Redraw.

dew & cloudburst // sương, the destined

Season 2 could’ve given us a different suit for Beck now that Tron was healed and getting into the action and I Have Ideas

Áo dài Hà Cúc.

Gift for @chaosxabove

Lunar new year!!

It’s so weird to me when I see something tagged or labeled “Chinese hanfu” because… hanfu can’t refer to anything other than Chinese clothing. It means Han clothing. Han, as in the majority ethnic population of China. You can’t have non-Chinese hanfu because by definition it is hanfu.

It would be like saying “Vietnamese việt phục.”

Vân kiên. Credit to Mộc Miên thị.

A more traditional piece from me made with colored pencil. This was all a part of my AP Art Portfolio last year about reconstructing Southeast Asian history.

17th Century Revival Lê dynasty cataphract from Vietnam. Cataphracts were a form of heavy cavalry that originated from Persia but would eventually spread to the rest of Eurasia and northern Africa. Among the nations who started utilizing Cataphracts was the Kingdom of Đại Việt. Horseback riding became an essential part of Vietnamese culture, with cavalry becoming to staple of Vietnamese warfare especially during the Trịnh–Nguyễn Civil War. Cataphracts were armed in heavy, ornate, and expensive arms and armor and were utilized on the battlefield to smash through enemy formations. They shook the ground with deadly effectiveness. Similar to the knights of Europe, cataphract soldiers typically came from aristocratic families. The word for cataphract in Vietnamese is "thiết kỵ binh" or literally "steel encased cavalry".

Portraits of Áo Dài by Chiron Duong

Portraits of Áo Dài series by photographer Chiron Duong.

Who is Chiron Duong? The architect turned photographer who portrays the many shades of Ao Dai, the traditional Vietnamese costume [read more at Vogue].

Where can I find out more about him? chironduong.com

Where can I see more of his work? chironduong [on Instagram]

âm dương sư // a wizard for an eastern fantasy

CW // Blood, Death, Crying

The nightmares of this veteran couple plague their sleep sometimes...

Some WIPs. I'm helping with the doodles on Manga Club's poster again. The theme for this year is tradition Vietnamese clothing. I draw Flandre and Chimata with Nhật Bình and Áo Tấc inspired lolita dresses and just a regular Áo Tấc for Jerma.

A piece done for a contest at my school and I flopped completely :)) Cringefail era 😔👌