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Chronically shy – Oil painting on hand made Washi sourced in Nara and G. F. Smith paper, circa 64 x 48.5 cm, 2017. Private Collection – Germany.

As far as I’m concerned this is the only artwork i made that is actually inspired by Steven Universe.
fave books read in 2017 – 8/10
warcross by marie luIt is hard to describe loss to someone who has never experienced it, impossible to explain all the ways it changes you. But for those who have, not a single word is needed.
warning:you’re going to die of alcohol poisoning five episodes in. but what a glorious death it would be!
so, drink every time when:
– somebody comments on mei changsu’s frail body and fragile heatlh;
– somebody drapes mcs in a cloak or blanket (double shot if it’s an enemy);
– somebody tucks mcs into bed;
– mcs coughs up blood in a suspiciously plot-appropriate moment;
– mcs visits his fallen enemies to gloat;
– MCS BLATANTLY LIES TO HIS LOVED ONES;
– meng zhi says ‘i don’t understand, explain this to me’;
– jingrui looks devastated and confused;
– yujin saunters through Tense Intrigue, oblivious and happy;
– jingyan looks very sad;
– jingyan almost figures mcs’ true identity, but not quite;
– jingyan remembers xiao-shu and is sad;
– crown prince behaves like a tool;
– prince yu condescends to banruo;
– prince yu and crown prince squabble in front of the throne, demonstrating while exactly the emperor is always throwing paperweights;
– consort jing does something nice and humble but it’s actually a part of a complicated plan;
– the emperor throws a tantrum (or a cup);
– the emperor utters a creepy little ‘gotcha’ laughter;
– consort yue manipulates the emperor in some very obvious way;
– somebody’s very polite and reverent to their mother;
– SURPRISE FLYING NINJAS;
– li gang and zhen ping look at each other in despair like the world’s most overwhelmed, harried married couple;
– physician yan is very cranky;
– nihuang does something badass and military;
– mu qing does something completely inappropriate but is too adorable for anybody to get offended;
– lin chen harrasses fei liu;
– fei liu flies to the roof;
– mei changsu is a terrible role model for fei liu;
– lin chen is gleefully dickish to mcs, and mcs lets him have it right back;
– xia jiang realizes he’s been outsmarted;
– YOU CAN’T TELL XIA CHUN AND XIA QIU APART (seriously, tell me it wasn’t just me);
– princess liyang is very scary;
– lie zhanying looks like he’s not paid enough for this shit (he’s not paid enough for this shit);
– a really questionable cgi battle flashback is played;
– BODYGUARDS FOR EVERYBODY.more?
– F E E L S
– some vague flashback
Xia Dong: Sometimes I wish I was an octopus so I could slap eight people at once