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stes | PH | 20s | she/her This is an art archive, I'm more active on twitter!

[alamangoes]

Hello! This is just a sideblog/art archive for my art from 2020 onwards, so I may not be able to check it often / publicly respond to asks (i always do privately though!) / reply to comments. If we're mutuals elsewhere, I'll be following you and reblogging your art with my primary blog <3

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Thanks for stopping by!

[alamangoes]

this is my despair

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[ Image description: A drawing of Homulily / Homura Akemi in her witch form, crying, drawn in shades of dark purple and blue. The spider lily on her head is colored in bright red. Its petals are curled around multiple limbs and bodies of injured or dead versions of Madoka. /end ID]

[stubbornjerk]

For whom was this spring created (if I cannot spend it with you)?

Special thanks to @alamangoes for illustrating this idea so well and blowing me and @botanycrewmember out of the water every time she sent us an update!

Reference and research under the link!

These are the references that we sent to Stes before we commissioned her. We just thought it was neat to share <3

For the general silhouette and cut of the clothes, we had references of paintings & sculptures from the Southern-Northern Dynasty and early Sui Dynasty. The clothing patterns are inspired by the characters’ names (waves from Gu Hengbo’s “bo” and clouds from Yuan Zixiao’s “xiao”).

Gu Hengbo’s hairstyle is taken directly from the novel, described as a high bun held up with strings of jade beads; Yuan Zixao’s hairstyle is a simple period-appropriate topknot that allows for easy maintenance during travels. 

Gu Hengbo’s sword, Tian Wei Shei Chun, is based on a replica of a sword forged in the 6th century; the charm on the sword hilt is a traditional Chinese bow that we decided is made by Yuan Ying for his shimei.

Yuan Zixiao’s fingertips are stained with ink due to her role as an archivist; the water and cloud motifs in the background are inspired by illustrations from the Shan Hai Jing, emphasizing the distance and yearning between the two characters

[alamangoes]

3 days to go!

Lagi-lagi ka sa amin dumidiretso pag-uwi ♫💕 There's nothing quite like sharing music, food, and moments of joy in your childhood best friend's bedroom.

Read the comic at @thebreakupwinner!

[alamangoes]

skeleton filipinianas 🩻

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[Image description: A drawing of two women against a pale beige and pink background. The one on the left wears a dark green bolero-style terno top with large sleeves. Stark white ribs and vertebrae peek out from under the top, and wrapped around the bottom of her spinal column is a floor-length skirt. The one on the right faces away from the viewer, wearing a dark green sheer barong and a floor-length skirt. Its wearer has scoliosis, which is depicted in the white spinal column design running down the back of the barong. /end ID]

[alamangoes]

🔮 'di naman ako manghuhula

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[Image description: A drawing of a dimly lit scene: a woman sprawled across a table, leaning back on her elbow. She holds a glass to her lips, smiling slightly and staring up at another woman who is standing between her legs, back turned to the camera with a tense posture, gripping a bottle. A glowing, cracked crystal ball has rolled off its stand to rest by the first woman's elbow. The table is littered with candles in crystal glasses, small rabbit figurines, tarot cards, books, and a vase of moon orchids. The scene is colored with deep violets and blues, illuminated by the pink-orange glow from the crystal ball. /end ID] 

[alamangoes]

🌞 sunrise, sunset 🌞

[waitingforthecat]

Image description: art showing two people with faces or masks like suns holding fans that look like half suns in both hands. They are facing eachother, each holding up a fan so that together the fans look like a sun. 

They both have light brown skin, one has curly white hair like clouds, the other has straight black or dark blue hair. They are both wearing dresses the one with white hair is wearing a dress gradiating from orange to pink the other wears a dress gradiating from blue to pink. end Image description

[alamangoes]

shet ang init 😤🔥

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[bituin-describes]

ID: Two illustrations in warm tones of Filipinos dealing with heat.

Image one shows three school children sipping from straws in a shared plastic bag with a chilled drink in it, which is placed on top of the head of another annoyed-looking child who is sitting down. This last child is holding a pack of store-bought ice candy in one arm, and is eating a homemade one.

Image two shows three people, arranged in height by their age, using different fans. An elder stands and uses a straw fan, with their hand on the shoulder of an adult who sits on a bench and uses a folding fan, who carries a toddler on their lap that holds onto a small portable electric fan. All three of them look very uncomfortable. /ED

[alamangoes]

been juggling a lot of comms/academics/personal stuff since november so i haven't really opened this blog since making it. i should have written out descriptions before just throwing everything into a queue then leaving this blog alone but i will edit the captions of my posts to include desc + reblog other ppls descs soon!!

[alamangoes]

🌞 sunrise, sunset 🌞

[alamangoes]

when ur girlfriend tells u to come over so she can "rearrange ur guts" but ur a manananggal and she's a med student 💀✂️

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[alamangoes]

#losing it a little at nonfilipinos tagging this guro and stuff. shes not being mutilated btw shes. its. shes just built like that &lt;3#good for them (@julesdap)

no actually i'm losing it as well bc after like hundreds of people tagged this as "guro" i finally googled what it actually meant and found out that it isn't just......gore but spelled differently oh my goddd

(also i totally understand if ppl tag it as that/mutilation/other similar stuff since it is pretty graphic; i just wanna make it clear that it isn't really a mutilation scenario, mnngl is just in her alternate form and they're just chilling <3)

[alamangoes]

selling sampaguitas

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[Image Description: A drawing of a woman selling garlands of sampaguita flowers, and a child reaching out to buy one. The woman has a yoke draped across one shoulder, like that of a food vendor. Attached to its ends are discs with several flower garlands hanging down, arranged like layered chandeliers. She is smiling down at the child, and holding up one garland to give away. Both are wearing baro't sayas in various shades of warm green, with large sheer balintawak sleeves. /end ID]

[alamangoes]

sungka x girls night

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[Image Description:  A red and black drawing of two figures in school uniforms playing sungka. Only their hands, arms, and laps are visible. The sungka board is laid out between them, filled with the usual cowrie shells, but also dice, jackstones, candy, other small objects. Several lit candles are scattered in between the sungka and a wide mirror propped up against the wall. The girl on the left side is picking up a tooth from the board. The girl on the right, in the mirror's reflection, is leaning back casually and watching. /end ID]

[alamangoes]

ang bawat piyesa na bumubuo sa'yo bawat piyesang nawa'y mapasaakin habang-buhay

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[Image Description: A drawing of a woman wearing a golden baro't saya laying in the dirt, clutching another woman's severed head to her chest. 

Around her are stylized dismembered body parts, either as bones or stripped of skin -- her lover's arms curved around her, legs, heart, lungs, eyes, teeth, and so on. Between these are several scattered items, such as a necklace, a bolo knife, a lamp, a comb. Tufts of grass weave their way in between the body parts and objects. The drawing has a border of white anthuriums, a flower often used in funeral bouquets. /end ID]

[alamangoes]

tattoos under sheer barongs ❤️‍🔥

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[Image description: A drawing of two older woman drawn in shades of red and deep brown. Both are smirking, looking to the left. One is holding a glass of wine while sitting in the other's lap. Both of them are wearing dark slip dresses underneath sheer barongs. Their tattoos are visible under the sleeves -- the one on the right has a tattoo of a long snake winding around her arm and chest. The woman on her lap has tattoos of the crown of thorns plant curling around her legs, arms, and collarbones. /end ID]

[alamangoes]

when ur girlfriend tells u to come over so she can "rearrange ur guts" but ur a manananggal and she's a med student 💀✂️

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[Image Description: A drawing depicting a med student studying her manananggal girlfriend's intestines, which are laid out on layers of tarp and plastic sheets. The whole piece is in warm shades of yellow, orange, and brown.

The student has books, notes, and a box of used bloody gloves to her left. Her gloved right hand is placed on the thigh of the manananggal's detached lower body, with one leg casually crossed over each other. Intestines and stylized blood pour from the latter's pelvis, staining her jean shorts red.

The manananggal's upper body and wings rest against a pillow and a drawer. She is scowling and looking slightly peeved at her phone.  Next to her is a water bottle and a plate of street food, with an uneaten stick of dugo. /end ID]

[alamangoes]

oh LMAO i just realized i uploaded the wrong file for my bawat piyesa piece! will add it back to my queue, it'll reappear by the end of this week 🧡