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各位端午节安康！
I wish you a nice day! I hope you guys are well.
It's 端午节, so I drew some little drawings that feature some characters having 粽/粽籽/粽子 Zongzi. (The leaves of the zongzi in my drawings are removed already! You don't eat the leaves! Is it true that there are people actually swallow those leaves??? 😰Those leaves are served as bags… 😂😂😂)
The picture above is 研仔 Little Yan and the persona of @suekis-stuff Beatrice. They are having a pleasant meal. 😆😆😆
And I also want to introduce other members of Little Yan's family: 阿敏 Min (the one in the middle), and 一嚿云 Cloudy One (the tiny one who is next to Min). Yeah, my characters probably have strange names, but their names are supposed to be special and "strange"(in a good way) (their names are originally in Chinese, so it's okay to translate them into sth uncommon).
Min says that Little Yan is having the fifth zongzi, which means Little Yan has had too much, and he isn't allowed to have more zongzi today. (That zongzi thingy can easily cause health probables if he has more than two at a time. 😂😂😂) (btw the chopsticks are actually really long. )
I think Little Yan can make zongzi. Perhaps he made the zongzi for everyone here. 🤔I posted drawings showing him cooking Cantonese food, and it is probably easy for him to make zongzi (at least, some certain zongzi types).
One more drawing of Min and Little Yan. She sometimes holds Little Yan like this (Yan is fluffy and soft! And he's a cute little dinosaur! I mean he is a fantasy creature, and his "origin" is 大麻鳽 Botaurus stellaris, great bittern. Cool dinosaur, right? ).
I know that there is the translation (I mean "Dragon Boat Festival") of this festival, but I kind of dislike the translation. 😂 I hate it when people translate "龙" into "dragon", because personally I think it's absolutely offensive and ridiculous, and the thing is that there is no "龙" (or "凤凰", "玄武", "神鼋", etc.) in English! And it's so freaking annoying to see people regarding "龙" as "dragons". Many people don't know it's really RUDE and totally offensive to call "龙" (as well as anything related to this concept) dragon, I am afraid. In this case, I find it a bit uncomfortable to use the word "dragon boat". 😂😂😂
(But unfortunately, I sometimes have to use these weird translations. 🙄)
(I honestly hope the official translation can be changed in the future. )
The name "Loong" or "Long" is at least better than "Dragon". 🙄
Well, the boat racing is in fact a kind of religious ceremony and a way to offer sacrifice to the Gods, the Spirits, the "Ghosts", etc. It's also a kind of game now. In my place, this event or game is called "扒龙舟". There is supposed to be a ceremony before a newly made boat can be used. And there is probably another ceremony before a boat racing match. The whole process seems interesting, but I myself know nothing about the details. 😂
And there are other events during the festival. I am only (a bit) familiar with the two I mentioned above, though. 🤔 I wanted to draw one of those boats, but I didn't get the chance to see a racing or a close look at a boat this year. (Getting a close look won't be enough anyway. I need to find a documentary about the religious and cultual stuff. )
My family gave offerings to the Gods, the Spirits and the "Ghosts" today. Giving offerings can be seen on a lot of occasions in my city, you know.
Oh, here's a pencil sketch of some zongzi.
Rexy Leung's 53rd original post.
2020年6月25日
Inktober 2019 stuff. Part one:
Part two:
The drawings in this post are concept art for my original project "模玩，齿轮和鱼 (Models, Gears and Fish)". The image above: 研仔 Little Yan (the fluffy little guy) and 蝉 Cicada (the flying character). They are partners. "Cicada"'s design was inspired by cicada nymphs. Her name might be changed in the future.
Little Yan finds some tyres.
鋂 Mei. He probably wears a fake skin.
Meadow Meng (the fish-like creature) is trying not to be catched.
Little Yan and the haunted doll (will tell you guys her name later). Yeah, it's the haunted doll again. It seems that she likes the drink.
Y. Rexy Leung's 47th original post.
2020. 06. 01.
More Inktober 2019 drawings! And I also want to show you guys more concept art of my project "模玩，齿轮和鱼 Models, Gears and Fish", like things about my original characters and environments. (I have posted these to other platforms. I realise that I want to be more active here as well. )
The picture above: The black one is 研仔 Little Yan. And the little fish-like creature is 萌萌 Meadow Meng.
Little Yan is probably quite good at disguising and using the benefits of illusions. He might be able to shapeshift.
10: A silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera).
12: A possible character.
11. There will be more about this sad mammoth (Mammonteus primigenius). She is a very very small mammoth.
13. Some people are offering incense.
15. Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei). 😔😔😔Horrible situation.
16. ☹️
17. Little Yan has an ornament?
14. The haunted doll and some weird plants! (You can find this haunted doll and her "friends" in some of my DP related posts. ) She now has a lovely name, and a new appearance, but I will post that after posting Dannymay stuff.
18. Silver Horn leaves her home and goes to a river that is said to be "the boundary". Then she meets a strange little creature there…
(I have story ideas about my main characters meeting the unicorn-like creatures. )
19. A possible character. 24 and 25, Meadow!
More about Little Yan.
The human here is a possible design for Bella (Bella Bear). She was originally a DP OC (a haunted doll okay). But I suppose she can be a human character in my original project.
And also there are more freaking haunted dolls.
Rexy Leung's 45th original post.
Posted on May 30th, 2020.