Putri Prihatiniさんのイラストまとめ

Selamat Natal.

I wish you a gentle holiday.

In Japan, the art motif is known as Sho Chiku Bai, and is often featured in porcelain, painting, and flower arrangement. It is associated with the New Year and a common motif for greeting card. 3/4

🎨: Takada Anritsubō Untai

"The Three Friends of Winter" is a Chinese art motif of pine, bamboo, and plum. They symbolize hope and determination in the face of adversity, symbolized by the evergreen pine, versatile bamboo, and winter plum blossoms. 1/4

#FolkloreThursday

🎨: Zhao Mengjian (Song Dynasty)

Aldar Kose is a famous figure in Kazakhstan folktale, depicted as a sly, clever, mischievous, but kind man. In various stories, he uses his cleverness to outwit greedy and evil Khans, in order to assist the weak and poor people who are made to suffer by them.

#FolkloreThursday

In January 1914, a year before joining the army and later World War 1 where he lost many friends, #Tolkien painted "Eeriness", a figure with a hat, robe, and staff, standing on a gloomy, hostile path. Notice the menacing trees with branches that resemble clawed hands.

Maaleht ("Flower")

"Grace of the flower, its body evenly colored,
Fur like the lao flower, smooth.
Fur roots a cloudy gray, off-white
Eyes, like dewdrops on a lotus." 8/10

Wichien Maas ("Moon Diamond")

"Upper mouth, tail, four paws, and two ears,
Eight points of pure black, as stated.
Eye color shines bronze-gray,
The name Moon Diamond for the white fur." 6/10

Suphalak ("Excellence") or Thong Daeng ("Copper")

"Of appearance superb, a graceful feline.
Color of copper glinting,
Eyes lit like shining rays
Against all evil, malevolence turns to content." 4/10

These artworks are from their Blue Ray set edition, and I saw lots of cool alternative posters out there. My bedroom walls are almost bare but I really want to have them, not gonna lie.

Finally have time to watch my list. Oldboy is perhaps the most famous from Park Chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy, but I personally love Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance the most, followed by Lady Vengeance.

Love the moments of dark humor between emotional, absurd, and violent scenes.