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New #Karumapasta design has dropped : Puti Shushen
A Chinese Goddess who guards the Bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment. She's regarded as one of the twenty four devas and depicted as a young girl holding a branch in her hands
New #Karumapasta deity : Yakushi Nyorai
The Lord of Eastern Lapis Lazuli Paradise, medicine Buddha. His name literally means "Medicine Teacher" and is venerated by ruling classes to heal their illness
Yakushi is always depicted with medicine jars in heian era and beyond
New youkai for #Karumapasta 's September special! : Tsurara Onna
Translates to "Icicle woman", Tsurara Onna is a beautiful woman created from the feeling of loneliness. They're a loving spirit but any encounter with them never ends well.
They're also similar to Yuki Onna
new #Karumapasta design : Kikurihime
A Goddess who arbitrated between Izanami and Izanagi during their quarrels at Yomotsuhirasaka.
She is also known as Shirayamahime and was enshrined in Hakusan Shrines along with Izanami and Izanagi.
new #karumapasta youkai : GUNDARI MYO-O :
Also known as Kundali, he is a part of the Wisdom Kings and is thought to be the emanation of Hosho (Ratnasambhava). He is usually positioned in the South, and the enemy of devils.
He's usually depicted with snakes coiling on his body.
Special #Karumapasta design : Kokuzo Bosatsu / Akashagarbha
Means "Space repository". Represents boundless wisdom that is infinite as the universe itself. Believers prays to Kokuzo to grant them wisdom to enlightenment or to improve their artistic talents or memories.
#Karumapasta special design : Kaguya-hime
The Moon princess who was sent to Earth as an infant and discovered by an old man inside a bamboo stem. Infamous for giving her suitors impossible task. In the end she returned to the Moon and gave her foster parents elixir of immortality
#Karumapasta special : Ame no Uzume
The Goddess of revelry and the arts.
She is well known to lure Amaterasu out from the Amano-Iwato cave by stripping and dancing. Her dance is said to found the Kagura ritual dance
#Karumapasta Hashihime redraw 2019 vs 2021
dunno I fixed her anatomy, but I guess I like the fire and effect in previous one :(
#Karumapasta deity request : Ame no Tajikarao
Means "Heaven hand power", he's a deity of brute strength who waited in front of Amato Iwato (Heavenly rock cave) to pull Amaterasu when she hid inside, thus restoring light to the world.
In some texts, he is Kamimusubi's grandson.
#Karumapasta Extra : Amabie
A legendary mermaid/merman with beak mouth and three tails. They are famous for their prophecies and their imagery are said to ward off illness
They are said to be based from a similar youkai Amabiko or Jinjahime
#Karumapasta Youkai Requests : Kudan
A human faced bovine youkai that appears before major events such as war, famine, disasters and diseases, only to die after the event had passed.
They are said to be prophetic.
Despite their bleak prophecy, they are associated with honesty.
youkai request (#karumapasta project extra)
Tsuno Daishi and Kudan
#Karumapasta youkai revamp : Gandharva
I can't believe I forgot to shade his proper right shoulder on the old version orz
otherwise I didn't change much of his pose
the absolutely not the leader of fire bomber--
Kinnara remake for #karumapasta project.
I consider his OG design being the most lacking outta my other youkai designs, so I have to tweak it a bit :(
old vs new Asura revamp for #karumapasta project
Dunno which one is better :")
changed the pose,
plus since my drawing style changed too much over time...
Tennyo remake...
...it seems like my drawing changed from cartoony moe to ...idk realistic? I dunno how to describe my current style (if I had one)
#Karumapasta
my youkai illustrations, reposted because I can't find my old tweets even though it's properly tagged, RIP
Tengu race :
- Konoha tengu
- Karasu tengu
- Daitengu
- Amanozako
#karumapasta