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New here on Mastodon, here's an illustration I made back in 2023. I'm fond of this recent artistic/literary movement that academics are calling Malaysian Chinese Domestic Gothic, although I'm not too fond of the name due to the implications that it's merely an "ethnic" twist to the western Goth aesthetic.Ghost stories have followed me since primary school; as rowdy students would whisper about how our Malaysian Chinese vernacular schools were built upon mass graves. We called the spirits ah piao（阿飘）- the ones who drift. And as a child, I was drawn to the taboo, as I knew how it felt to be rejected by peers for no reason other than existing as I am.#art #digitalart #mastoart #originalart

The Oncoming Storm -- I love painting Kyu and the ocean. They are very closely linked in my current story WIP, so it feels natural. Kyu is an amnesiac, who washed ashore close to a port city. In order to find her place in the world and her roots, she travels a lot. But there is always a part of her that is especially drawn to the ocean, as she knows the mystery of her identity lies beyond it. In this particular piece, there's also a storm approaching from the ocean. I wanted a bit more tension and foreboding in this painting. I talk about this a lot more in my latest youtube video, in which I show my entire painting process and talk about what thoughts went into this piece at different stages of creating it: youtu.be/oaiPYxP7_vU #storyWIP #myart #Kyu #Recentia #storm #shore #coast #seascape #water #femaleoc #originalcharacter #oc #digitalart #painting #characterart #landscape #sea #youtube #video #process

Maomao with “no makeup” 🤓#apothecarydiaries #maomao #FanArt