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I've been thinking about 七面鸟 (seven-faced bird) since I heard it.

It's the name for turkey in Japan & I think a bunch of other Asian countries too, and I've been itching to do a design for it.

Well this has turned into my first monster design, how very 2020 😂

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2020-06-17

The celestial crustacean that wanders the clouds, now with 100% more majesty.

The Chinese name for lobster is 龙 (dragon) 虾 (shrimp), I really like my original design of it, just took the horns off.

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2020-04-03

Remember my I took English names of animals and did literal translations into Chinese.

I've decided to redo them all in the more painterly style I'm into right now.

Here comes a turkey/火鸡/'fire chicken' walking in a snowy night.

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2020-03-25

Hi, I’m Frankie, I’m an illustrator and writer who enjoy playing with words and translation in the form of musings and paintings. I am the creator of a collection of imagined animals according to literal translations of their Mandarin Chinese names.

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2019-08-27

企鹅 (qǐ'é) "tip toe goose", refers to the penguin.

It's pretty widespread that the literal translation means "corporate/enterprise goose", but I found out that 企 actually means to stand on ones toes, so I've decided to go with this meaning for my drawing.

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2019-08-15

龙猫 (lóngmāo) “dragon cat”, refers to chinchilla.

Chinchilla is one of several animals mistaken for feline. I’ve gone the celestial creature route again with this one ✨

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2019-07-27

袋鼠 (dàishǔ) "pocket mouse", refers to the kangaroo.

Here, the pocket mouse hangs out with their friend, the pocket book mouse 😆

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2019-07-15

眼镜蛇 (yǎnjìngshé) "spectacles snake", refers to the cobra.

Please leave your email address here to help me gauge interest in the PutongAnimals project, which I'm hoping to expand into a children's book...or something 🙂 https://t.co/yXgzouDowJ

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2019-07-12

火鸡 (huǒjī) "fire chicken", refers to the turkey.

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2019-07-08

鸭嘴兽 (yāzuǐshòu) "duck mouth beast", refers to the duck-billed platypus.

兽 really makes me think of something that walks on all fours...so this happened.

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2019-07-08