Amazeballs.
~ pace yourself so you can face yourself ~
This style is charming.
This is really good.
ShiShi, or Imperial guardian lion, and often incorrectly called “Foo Dogs” in the west.
Though they are supposed to be early representations of fabled Asiatic Lions, after looking at some ShiShi statues, I fully understand why some call them Fu Dogs. I felt bad ignoring the concept of a canine version, so I decided to go with both a Fu Dog AND a Fu Lion. In my imagination they both have the same purpose and are held in equal regard, but they dislike each other.
The statues are very stylised, and intensely detailed, I wanted to take a simpler approach, making them appear less like dragons and more like their namesakes. Their manes are nearly always represented as spiral shapes, which I immediately interpreted as fire or smoke, which compliments their mythological background. I wanted them to appear noble/wise as opposed to fearsome, yet I wanted to use a rich colour scheme.
My boy.
I said i’d have another go at the mocking jay costume. My last attempt was a far too casual and didn’t even gesture toward a uniform. This is actually far closer to what I imagined the costume to look like as I read the books. I wish I lived a few hundred years in the future, where trousers like that are acceptable.
My boy.
