This Is So Beautiful And Cool

This is so beautiful and cool

You nailed it. I like his clothes and that you have small and big symbols for the clan and Shapur and on the other side the outfits are fitting perfectly to his character and Kazai

I can’t wait to see more of your art

And finally, he is done!! My brain is fuzzy, help.

The first is his just... day-to-day clothes before he came to live with Shapur, I suppose! I thought I'd have a lot more to say about this. I tried to give him autumnal, warm colours as usual, though fun fact prototype!Kazai's main colour was green.

The next up is what he usually wears after coming to live with Shapur, the sketch next to it is my rough design of what his household staff/attendants would wear, and I... tried? to at least echo the wrapping and styling to theirs even if obviously Kazai's clothes aren't cut like theirs. Funnily enough he sheds a layer here hahaha.

Then comes his wedding attire! SO ORNATE. MUCH GREEN. I had so much fun designing this one even if it gave me a massive headache. The green robe part was shorter at first but that didn't really convey the ceremonial vibes I was gunning for in my eyes, so I elongated it. The white tree was... supposed to be a pine tree but I quickly realized all my attempts of drawing one looked like shit. So I gave up and drew a (hopefully decent) normal tree— which... I'm just gonna retcon and say it was supposed to represent whatever species of tree they planted at their wedding. At first instead of a tree I wanted to have a cat and a wolf, one on each side, but... it looked weird and it didn't work so tree it was. About the thing on his sleeves, the outer blue ring with waves represents the ocean, the triangles the mountains, and then I fucking forgot what the thing in the middle was, I probably had no clue what to put in there but not liking the empty look I just chucked smth random in. Forgive me! (Also I tried to incorporate purple into this!)

Also this is how his marriage bracelet looks (Shapur has a matching one):

All the colours represent the two of them, save for maybe the outermost layer I forgot why I chose that colour there. Reddish pink (Kazai) and teal (Shapur) intertwined, enveloped by purple (Shapur) which is in turn enveloped by yellow (Kazai). Maybe the purple and yellow part would be reversed in Shapur's bracelet.

And then his ceremonial dance attire! Despite looking simpler than the wedding attire this might've given me even more of a headache because... ALL THE TASSELS. THE BORDERS ON THE SLEEVES. THE STAR/SNOWFLAKES. In terms of sheer tediousness this one would win by a landslide 😂😂

The borders on the bodice part were just... I just thought they looked cool, moving onto the sleeves I tried to have little stars in them but I don't know if you can even see them. The dark indigo part is supposed to be the night sky, and the white little things simultaneously stars and snowflakes. The tassels attached to that part, the colours are supposed to represent Northern Lights, because you could see them from the ancient island, it had Polar Days and Polar Nights as well— months where the sun did not set at all or would not rise. The same theme is repeated on the necklace. The symbol on the pendants... Let's just say it's a feeble attempt on drawing a stylized pine tree. If it failed well at least it looks vaguely like a tree? Also tiny little chimes hang from those pendants.

As for the bottom skirt portion of the robe... At first I was just gonna repeat the Northern Lights colours, or maybe just silver, but... I got bored. So I went buckwild with that one, I don't know what it's supposed to represent anymore.

Also that kind of gathered sort of shirt with puffy collars, they're only for ceremonial occasions.

I wanted headwear too, esp for the ceremonial outfits, but by that point my brain was pretty much dead so they don't look... very good... Here they are anyways:

(FUCK I FORGOT TO SHORTEN THE DARK BLUE ONE AAAAAA)

And this is how his tats look:

This was uh, a Rant™! I hope you enjoyed this mess as much as I did.

TW: animal death / injury / death For grandma, who loved pigeons, and for grandpa, who did not but wanted her to be happy. Please hear me out <3 WEBTOON

And a fox somewhere is hiding (The Calling)

Here's my entry for the Ruin anniversary Day 1: Secret Worlds or The Calling

@amazingdevilfanpage

the urge to work in a small town bookstore which is also a coffee shop and a flower shop is growing too strong to contain

I refused to believe that he is hot 😆

I refuse to call him this, lmao.

This is just from the back of one of the manga volumes on one of those maps that show you where the various characters are located. I don’t think he’s ever been referred to in this way in the actual chapters. I’m curious about where this even came from, but my instinct is it’s probably based on how the disciples refer to him.

It just feels wrong, but at the same time, I do kind of get it; Team Zahhak are basically evil priests, complete with a creepy underground temple, who serve what they see as a god.

I don’t like him, but I do want to get a proper look at his face now that he’s regained his youth. Don’t we deserve to have that “oh no, he’s hot” moment?

I am laughing so hard about this 😂

Thinking about the fact that Zandeh is bad at cooking and also the incident of Hilmes oversalting his roasted rabbit, and I can’t help but imagine this little scenario…

The two of them are travelling through some remote area where they have to fend for themselves, and so Zandeh offers to be the one who makes a meal for them both. Hilmes agrees to this, because why should a descendant of the Hero King Kaykhusraw have to cook for himself if someone else is there to do it? The food is ready, Zandeh serves it, and… it’s disgusting.

Hilmes flatly refuses to let him cook again the next night: “No, I’ll do it myself.” Zandeh, who was disheartened at first that his own efforts were not well received, is now excited to try something made by his beloved denka, but when he tastes what Hilmes has created he can’t help but think ‘it’s… really bad.’ But of course he tries his best to give an enthusiastic compliment even as he struggles to finish his helping. (I imagine Hilmes is unconvinced; his taste buds are also working fine, after all. The food is totally gross and he knows it.)

Hilmes, the next morning: “If we cover twice the distance we did yesterday we’ll make it to a town by the time it gets dark.” 

Zandeh: “Yes, Your Highness.”

They never speak of those two meals again.