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★ I'm Lian, Aquarius, INTJ. I work in games dev / illustration.★ Currently living for The Untamed / wangxian.★ Requests, Commissions, and the Color Meme are closed. Please don't.
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diary comics - 灯笼 aka kid jail

Happy 2020 year of mouse

I feel that a large part of the humiur is lost in not including the fact that 笼 in mandarin means cage (笼子), and so the word latern literally means “lamp in a cage”.

Bc you know, cage…? Jail…? At least i think that’s where the joke came from? Or is OP’s dad just this random LOL

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I asked my dad this and he was genuinely shocked about the connection, he hadn’t thought of it but it’s a really cool coincidence

My dad is apparently just this random LOL

Reblogging this again to say: if you enjoyed this comic, @jayessart has a webtoon where you can read more here . There are a bunch more in this diary-style, there’s a completed comic called “The Reaper and the Waiting” (which is excellent, 10/10 would recommend. It also won best webcomic for the 2021 Sequential awards!!), and two on-going comics that are also really good!!

Jayessart also has a shop here and a patreon here

阿絮 你为什么就敢赌 我是你认定的那个人啊? 你认定的我,是什么样的人啊?
A-Xu, how are you so sure that I am the one you choose? What kind of person is the me that you have chosen?

*confirmed via various lip-readings, according to the original script 认识 'to know' was originally 认定 'to have chosen'. it's a one-character difference, but it is a stark difference in mouth shape

n here's gwen's gorgeous mirror image! 😭💖 hers uses the words spoken by A-Xu in the final cut of the show

Conscience? Zhou Zishu, do you really believe everyone has a conscience?  
Now you’re telling me that everyone has their own burdens. You think my parents weren’t among those who suffered? If bad people suffer hardship it counts as hardship, but if good people suffer hardship they must accept their fate and die in silence?
Go be a saint if you so wish! I’d rather lead an army of demons and damn myself to hell for eternity than put up with this disgusting charade!

word of honor ep. 23 08:34, words thats echo in my soul (pls forgive my pedestrian translation, words were said that hav no direct english equivalent)

fanart block finally broken thanks to my lovely gwen, who was the one to convince me to watch shl n generally makes up 99% of my fandom interaction these days! was only able to finish this cos i tricked her into doing this w me, chose words that hooked us from the show n here is her finished piece 😭💖

Hey! I've admittedly been like. Searching out your page about every 2 months for a while now just to see if you're Alive and it was genuinely an amazing surprise to see you are!! I got into Merlin for about 6 months a while back, and your art did (and still) means a lot to me. Glad to see you're still doing things that make you happy, man!! (1/2)

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Oh oh my god, seriously? Thank you. It’s strangely exhilerating, how those pictures I made for Merlin can still affect people. I was talking about this with Da-ge @cloudyfromoobsession​ last night, this disconnect I feel from Merlin now. 

But I was into Merthur for pretty much my whole twenties, why? I just realized that it ran parallel to my decade-long depression. Trapped between multiple sources of pressure, Merthur was my lifeline away from real life. When feeling bad, just take everything out on Merlin and Arthur, the poor dears. ::))) 

(For some reason early this year, I suddenly just... stopped caring what other people thought. Stopped caring what I thought other people thought. I mean my brain still likes to overthink, but it’s like I ran out of fucks to give. Uhuh, so what? So what, brain? *Jiang Cheng eyeroll* And there went my depression. It’s a miracle.) 

I will definitely be making more fanart in the future! I’m very happy at the moment. *nods* (Such an inappropriate time to be happy, but alas...) Congrats on finding the Merlin fandom, you’re going to have a great time. :D All the best to you as well!!! *HUGS* <333

Oh man thank you for the blessing the The Untamed fandom with your top tier art ily 🥺😩💖

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Bb, thank you so much! *HUGS* T_T So many talented ppl in this fandom. I got here two years late but I love this show so much I’m quite literally bursting at the seams. Gonna try to post a fanart every 1-2 weeks to make up for lost time~ OTL 💖💖💖

I saw your recent artwork for the Yunmeng siblings and it was crazy timing because I literally just rewatched episodes 19-22 when the reunite. Knowing their futures aghh its heart breaking. They loved each other so much. As always you have beautiful art and this pieces' style is so peaceful and dreamlike it's like a memory of better times. I love it. I hope you are inspired to do more in the future from the show.

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Hey, Love! 

I’m also in the middle of my (third) rewatch, and I totally get you. The tidal of wave of feelings -- pain, pride, happiness, whatever it is -- somehow gets stronger the more times I rewatch... which, isn’t it normally the other way around? I’ve never ever rewatched a show before this one.

Anyway, the backstory between the Yunmeng siblings piece is this: 

me: do you ship anyone with jc in particular? or is it anything goes? im just curious cos i need to gift you something in the future for dragging me into this fandom.
@cloudyfromoobsession: i ship jc with happiness, though angsty boi settles a soul deep satisfaction within me

So like... Happiness or Angst? Couldn’t really hear myself thinking with Yi Nan Ping playing in full volume in the background.

REST ASSURED I’M VERY INSPIRED, I DON’T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND BUT I’M QUITE LITERALLY ON FIRE, AND I WILL BE DOING MORE FANART FOR THIS SHOW *COUGHS IN WANGXIAN* FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE!!!

💖💖💖💖💖!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous asked:

i recently discovered your absolutely gorgeous art and as it is a style i’ve always admired and been interested in, i was wondering if you’d ever posted or considered posting speedpaints of your process? seeing stunning art such as yours develop from rough sketches to fully rendered pieces is honestly a healing experience for me!

Hi, bb! Thanks so much. 

Well, no, I’ve never posted or considered posting speedpaints of my process... Just. There are so so many art geniuses out there who can present their ideas better and more effeciently, why spoil the pot? :)

But I can tell you that I’m p much doing it the same way everyone else is. Here are some quick studies that I did for work. Might give you some idea?

If you guys have any particular questions though, feel free to send me an ask! I’ll try to answer as best as I can. *hugs* <333

Anonymous asked:

Just want you to know that I’m SCREECHING at your mdzs art!!! It’s so beautiful and I’ve always loved your Merlin art so I was hella surprised when i saw it on my dash and recognized your art style

Hi nonnie~! 

I surprised me too. :) I really, genuinely thought that Merlin / Merthur would be it for me. That after falling out of my one and only fandom for eight years, I’d no longer have the time or energy for such things, that this artblog would stay a graveyard. Apparently not!

Anyway, I’m really glad you like it (despite me being rusty and confused and all).

And thank you so much -- to all you guys! -- for remembering me. So unexpected. (I was imagining ppl to be like, ‘who dis? *unfollows*’ lmao.) T_T <333

Shout out to my Beta Queen Hana as always. ♥

Hi! Just a reminder that the Prologue (20k) and Book I (150k) of The Change Arthur Returns fic trilogy are here now!

I honestly wish I could’ve done more art to thoroughly pedal it to you guys but for now, please have some WIPs. And since I’m pedaling, here are some of what the fast readers are saying about the fic:

Anonymous asked:

Do you only do Merlin artwork now or are you still doing other stuff? Actually interested, not trying to be rude :)

Nonnie, my guy, my dude… *leans heavily* I’m not only doing Merlin stuff now, but I’ve been so preoccupied with work that it ends up being all I have time for. But now that you’ve mentioned, I think I will try harder next year… to relax and do more sketches here and there. It’s a goal, anyway. Thank you.

Speaking of work. In case anyone’s interested, we’ve loaded our ArtStation with new pieces, all complete with progress shots. Here are a couple:

The Change Trilogy

The Prologue and Book I are finally here!!! Thanks for all your help in encouraging @colinmorgasms! ♥

I reread the first book a couple of weeks ago, and let me just say… a couple of paragraphs into the Prologue and I was hooked all over again. Damn. It’s truly one of a kind, if only for its sheer completeness. Mallory doesn’t cut any corners, it’s really meant to be a continuation of the last season.

Here and there a character would say or do something that would make me go, ‘Hey, it’s you! I recognize you!’ and also ‘Whaaat??’ cos tfw this is totally them from the show – but also, somehow, Changed. Mallory makes sense out of all the canon characterizations and it just somehow works. And given the setting of the fic and our reality atm, this has the potential to be cathartic in more ways than one. 

Like. It might even convince you like it convinced me, many times over, that this could have been the Season 6. Yes, this is how they would have felt. This is how they would have chosen, human as they are. This is how they could have shined. Please just have a little patience through it! All will be brilliant. ♥