asakiyume: (Dunhuang Buddha)
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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:
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...

Yaksa: from The Jasmine Throne

Close-up on the face at that stage:

Yaksa: from The Jasmine Throne

The whole thing, finished:

Yaksa: from The Jasmine Throne

Close-up on the finished face:

Yaksa: from The Jasmine Throne

And close-up on the lotus:

Yaksa: from The Jasmine Throne

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 ;-)

Date: 2021-07-23 11:21 pm (UTC)
minoanmiss: Girl with beads in hair and stars in eyes (Star-Eyed Girl)
From: [personal profile] minoanmiss
omg this is disturbing and glorious and so, so beautiful. It made me physcially shudder.

Date: 2021-07-23 11:37 pm (UTC)
mallorys_camera: (Default)
From: [personal profile] mallorys_camera
This is spectacular. I love it. (And I also love it that you draw it in sidewalk chalk, a transient medium. 😊 )

Date: 2021-07-24 12:05 am (UTC)
sovay: (Silver: against blue)
From: [personal profile] sovay
The whole thing, finished

That's so great and makes me want to read the book it came from!

Date: 2021-07-24 12:45 am (UTC)
sartorias: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sartorias
Such rich color!

Date: 2021-07-24 03:10 am (UTC)
pameladean: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pameladean
That is gorgeous! And her face is so very like a marigold, it's uncanny. P.

Date: 2021-08-12 11:35 pm (UTC)
pameladean: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pameladean
It really felt like the essence of marigold.

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.

P.

Date: 2021-07-24 05:37 am (UTC)
queenoftheskies: queenoftheskies (Default)
From: [personal profile] queenoftheskies
This captures the passage from the novel perfectly.

Date: 2021-07-24 05:45 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] anna_wing
I
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.

Date: 2021-07-24 05:59 am (UTC)
kore: (Default)
From: [personal profile] kore
That is *gorgeous*!

Date: 2021-07-24 12:42 pm (UTC)
amaebi: black fox (Default)
From: [personal profile] amaebi
I Loe how you waited to be able to make this in chalk, so it could float away.

Date: 2021-07-25 02:48 am (UTC)
amaebi: black fox (Default)
From: [personal profile] amaebi
How large is it?

Date: 2021-07-25 03:00 am (UTC)
amaebi: black fox (Default)
From: [personal profile] amaebi
Oooooh!

Date: 2021-07-24 01:17 pm (UTC)
osprey_archer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] osprey_archer
That's so beautiful! and also ever so slightly scary with the ribs.

Date: 2021-07-26 05:46 pm (UTC)
wayfaringwordhack: (I heart you)
From: [personal profile] wayfaringwordhack
oh so beautiful and magical :D

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