Playing Koi

[summercomfort]

Title: Playing Koi
Artist: summercomfort / potofsoup
Rating: G
Fandom: none
Characters/Pairings: none
Content Notes: I drafted this for the BIPoC fantasy challenge a few months back, but didn't get around to actually drawing it until now, so I guess it'll count for MerMay instead? At this rate I'll post once every 2 years or smth XD;;;

Comments

[mific]

That's amazing! She's so graceful and playful, and I love the lobster! :D

[summercomfort]

haha, thank you! The shrimp is very much inspired by Qi Baishi's famous shrimp: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/24636

[mekare]

Oh this looks perfectly lovely! The colours on the tail echoing the colours of her clothes works wonderfully!

[summercomfort]

Thank you! :D I'm bad at colors so any excuse to limit my palette haha!

[zdenka]

So pretty!

[summercomfort]

thank you!

[amberdreams]

What a cool idea! I love her robes and the playful crayfish/lobster!

[summercomfort]

thank you! It's very much inspired by Zhou Fang's painting of Tang court ladies, although in the original the lady was playing with a dog, so I switched it to a shrimp. :)

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[minoanmiss]

I need to make a nice print of this for my apartment, which needs some art on its walls. What a lovely lovely image.

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[summercomfort]

<3 <3 <3

(I might be planning stickers for this ... want one if I manage to make it?)

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[minoanmiss]

I would LOVE one :D

[apachefirecat]

Oh, that's so very neat!!!!! Brilliant!!!!!

[summercomfort]

thank you! <3

[goss]

What a fantastic entry for the BIPOC in fantasy challenge! I'm so glad you shared it for MerMay. ^__^

I really like how the alternating colours are reflected in the upper and lower halves of the figure.

[summercomfort]

hee! I wanted pretty koi....

[adafrog]

Neat.

[summercomfort]

thanks!

[facethestrange]

What a gorgeous mermaid! ♡♡♡ The gentle movement of different elements (the rod, the fabric, the fins) is especially lovely. :) Beautiful composition too!

[rachelmanija]

That is GORGEOUS. I love the wee shrimpy thing.