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A Village Made of Rainbows (opens the original)
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Years ago, I first learned about Rainbow Grandpa, Huang Yung-fu, on BBC News. I was immediately enthralled by his murals, and even more amazed by the story of this elderly man in his eighties who saved his village through art.Mural painting is hard work. It is so physically taxing!I know this because one year I had to fix my kitchen wall and repaint one small corner. My arm was sore for DAYS. And I only spent a couple of hours painting one color. Nothing creative!! 😂So yes, I have tremendous res
Happy Book Birthday! 🐒👑🎉 (opens the original)
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Happy Book Birthday to Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven!! 🎉Two years ago, this book was just a bunch of outlines in a Word document. Today, it’s finally out in the world. That still feels a little surreal.To celebrate, I thought it’d be fun to introduce you to the main cast and share a few behind-the-scenes sketches of how they slowly came to life.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uvud!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsu
Designing personalities Through Fashion - Part 1 (opens the original)
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Designing characters is one of my favorite parts of making a graphic novel. Once I can picture them, I finally know who they are. They start chit-chatting in my head, and that really helps me polish the story and write their dialogue.With Monkey King, though, things are slightly different. Most of the characters are famous and well-known dieties from Chinese mythology… actually, most of them have statues in temples. So I already knew what they looked like.Which left me with the truly important t
Who knew making a rubber stamp could be so difficult?! (opens the original)
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Designing the Underworld (opens the original)
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In Chinese mythology, the Underworld (aka Hell) is where every mortal soul goes after finishing their time in the living world before moving on to their next life.It’s ruled by Yán Wáng (阎王), the king who judges each soul based on how they lived. If you lived a good life, you’re rewarded with a better one next time around. If you caused harm, you’ll face punishment first. And the truly evil? They’re sent to the deepest prisons of the Underworld before they can be reincarnated.<a class="image-lin
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