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Published: 2007-11-10 00:58:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 1321; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 36
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Another postcard for Jessi! She sent me a card of an incredibly sexy Japanese boy in a kimono, so I returned the favor with what I hoped was a sexy Chinese boy in hanfu. His name is Long Zhongqiu, and he is a wandering swordsman searching for meaning in ancient China.Oh God, for this I aimed so high and failed so badly. I researched traditional Chinese clothing for days and did considerable reading up on Hanfu...buuut somehow I still fucked up his outfit, and I didn't notice my mistakes until I'd inked it. Now he looks more like a Jedi padawan than a Tang-era gentleman -__-. Oh well, let's just assume he's disheveled from some epic battle.
Also, attempts to make micron look like Chinese prints = fail. Accidentally writing the Chinese in the background horizontally = fail. Drawing him with a Japanese sword = fail!
Oh well, I like his hair.
Lovely reference help from the marvelous stock of *Ahrum-Stock The Chinese text are lyrics belonging to the venerable Cui Jian.
Micron, watercolor
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Comments: 20
Wonderful... and... ohmygodomgwtfNOWAI CUI JIAN!!!! *SQUEE* No, seriously. Now I want you to marry me. You have no idea how few non-Mandarin speaking Chinese people know of him. It's depressing D:
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Thanks!! 一无所有 is one of my favorite Chinese songs, even if it's an oldie by now
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AHHHHHHHHH! MORE.BEAUTIFUL.CALLIGRAPHY!
I.AM.MELTING!
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hey hey, did you know that the differences in the way that chinese and japanese swords are made and handled, make it so that chinese swordhandling can work with a katana, but japanese swordhandling doesn't work with something like a dao. =O fascinating!! (and now you can say that he took it from a samurai 
XD but anyways, this is a lovely piece of work despite all the "mistakes" that you pointed out 
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Awesome! Haha, yeah, that's what happened! He journeyed to Japan and defeated a fierce dragon, and the local samurai leader gave him the sword as a token of his gratitude.
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this is really cool! I like the feel of it--really kinda looks like a block print to me. *i could be crazy, but it does if you look at it*
very nice sense of movement, i'm faving this!
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Honestly, it's not that bad! I like the hair (*pokes it*) and the background of Chinese characters.
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Wow!
I am very surprised！！
You write Chinese characters better than I...
yes! he is a sexy Chinese boy...
I appreciate your attitude
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哪里哪里！
我中文说得，写得不太好。 可是我喜欢练习练习。
中国男人非常 sexy
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不敢当！
你英文说得有我中文说得那么更好
我学中文一年半。
明年秋天我去北京或者杭州学中文。
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yay!!
I WANT TO LEARN CHINESE!!!
-'(
Also my dad wants to take us to America next year BUT I WANT ENGLAND!!!
too many cool people live there
and my sister is making a fuss "We should go to Boston! It's not fair that we go to houston JUST because you lived there for seven years mummy!!! And so WHAT if we know no one in Boston?!"
But we can't meet...it shall be awwwkkwaarddd!!!
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Xuexi Zhongwen hen hao
And Massachusetts is way better than Texas
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-_-
NO it is not!!!
HOUSTON!!! You BUTTHEAD!! <-- sorry!!
But SERIOUSLY, you people don't talk funny! You people aren't as cool as we people are and Houston has better pizza
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Making disappointing piece of art = fail.
Pieces
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I thought that he looked fabulous! He does look fabulous! :3 I love the color scheme used as well as the outfit, hands... oh the hands are fantastic.
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you shouldn't worry that much, it looks awesome!
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