Let’s try to offset the rage by posting #drawing from earlier today.

@Leucrotta Ignore that "Mastodon moderation" guy, IMO. Also, this reminds me of Chinese operatic-costumes-style inking for some reason! Like the art linked here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baigujing

@Tuftears slightly off topic, clicking on Wikipedia's listing really drives home how relatively recently Journey of the West was written by comparison to when Xuanzang roadtripped to India and back. Also, I hadn't realized that rather than being over a big spread of time like the events they describe, most of the "great Chinese novels" are solidly Ming dynasty, which really jams home how prosperous they were for a while.

@Leucrotta I mostly know about it because as a kid I had this gorgeous book of the White Bone Demon with all these operatic-style costumes!