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I have been waiting to draw this for **so long** There's been so much rain, I haven't had a chance. But today was clear, and tomorrow should be too, so!
Here is the relevant quote, describing a yaksa:
And here is my drawing, partially done...

Close-up on the face at that stage:

The whole thing, finished:

Close-up on the finished face:

And close-up on the lotus:

There are more amazing descriptions on the same page:
"The mouth opened and within it was a flower that unfurled in thorns, virulent blue and black, its heart a cosmos."
and
"Its eyes opened. Gold-petaled. Crimson as blood."
Anyway, I loved the image, and I loved that it let me channel all the South American muralists I follow on Instagram ;-)
Here is the relevant quote, describing a yaksa:
From her chest bloomed a great lotus, bursting through exposed ribs. From her eyes streamed marigold petals, flecked gold and carnelian, seeping from beneath the closed lids.
And here is my drawing, partially done...

Close-up on the face at that stage:

The whole thing, finished:

Close-up on the finished face:

And close-up on the lotus:

There are more amazing descriptions on the same page:
"The mouth opened and within it was a flower that unfurled in thorns, virulent blue and black, its heart a cosmos."
and
"Its eyes opened. Gold-petaled. Crimson as blood."
Anyway, I loved the image, and I loved that it let me channel all the South American muralists I follow on Instagram ;-)
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Date: 2021-07-24 12:05 am (UTC)That's so great and makes me want to read the book it came from!
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Date: 2021-07-24 11:17 am (UTC)The description also makes me think of the mural art of a guy who draws under the name of Stinkfish. He always does people with all sorts of spiritual projections emanating from them, e.g. this and this.
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Date: 2021-08-12 11:35 pm (UTC)I finally got a chance to click through your links to Stinkfish's murals. Those are remarkable! I really like the first one, and I see why the description reminded you of his work.
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Date: 2021-07-24 05:45 am (UTC)ve been reading "The Lotus Quest" by Mark Griffiths, a really interesting book about the millennially long cultural history of the lotus around the world.
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Date: 2021-07-24 11:22 am (UTC)I'm gong to make a not about this one.
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Date: 2021-07-24 01:51 pm (UTC)I love doing these large-scale, impermanent drawings.
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