hobby illustrator&gardener🌱種菜 原創漫畫original fantasy comic: Messenger to Gevurah a free to read online fantasy webcomic | BOOK 1 PAPERBACK NOW AVAILABLE! 喜歡畫東離/サンファン❤️殤浪 | ENG+中文還可以(粵語&華語）| 🚫NO AI TRAINING 🚫 DO NOT REPOST MY ART
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🌸Hi everyone! To US/Canada/international fans Thunderbolt Fantasy fans, my goods I sold at Tokyo's 「雷鳴に続け2026」 (Taiwanese puppetry doujinshi event back in May) are now available on my US-based BigCartel for purchase!
🌸Volume 1 of my original fantasy comic Messenger to Gevurah is still in stock!
Free to read on Tapas & Webtoons😊
It is my ongoing original fantasy webcomic written and illustrated by myself and @Kiarou. The first installment of Messenger to Gevurah is now available in print form, which is the original format that the webcomic series is tailored for. Paperback sample photos here!
朕為始皇帝。後世以計數，二世三世至於萬世。
"I shall be the First Emperor. The generations that follow shall be numbered Second, Third, and so on through ten thousand generations."
受命於天，既壽永昌
"Having received the Mandate of Heaven, may there be longevity and prosperity."
- 秦始皇 QinShiHuang ~221BC
In the distant past, all lived under Heaven (天下), united under the great Sovereigns. But the world descended into five centuries of decline and chaos, and the realm of 天下 fractured into seven warring kingdoms. From this crucible emerged the western Kingdom of Qin. Forged by barbarian invasions from the west and enemy kingdoms to the east, the once-backwater land of Qin became a centralized martial state, harnessing the advancements of civilization in the form of crossbows and combining them with the horse traditions of the steppe barbarians. Thus, the state of Qin began its conquest, starting with the Kingdom of Han in 230 BC.
The King of Qin, born Ying Zheng, was trained under the harsh discipline of Legalist philosophy and guided by the merit-seeking reforms of Lü Buwei (呂不韋). When Ying Zheng took the throne, his conquest subdued the Han Kingdom, followed quickly by Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and finally Qi. By 221 BC, at 38 years of age, Ying Zheng ascended the ancient mountain of Taishan, where generations before had gone to commune with Heaven. There, he performed the rites of Fengshan and proclaimed a covenant with Heaven, whereby justice, wisdom, and peace throughout this new Empire of Qin would be rewarded through the unification of all under Heaven. This new dynasty was marked by the symbol of the tiger and embodied by the element of water. The Qin kingdom, having previously collected all Nine Ancestral Cauldrons (九鼎), carved this covenant into a seal from the mythical jade pieces of the Three Sovereigns (三皇) and Five Rulers (五帝). Here, Ying Zheng shed his name as a mere king (王) and combined the names of the ancient sovereigns into the new title: Emperor (皇帝), taking the name Qin ShiHuang (秦始皇帝), the First Emperor of Qin.
China (Qin) would no longer be a collection of chaotic and competing kingdoms. Qin ShiHuang centralized the structure across the land, removing borders between the kingdoms and connecting them through standardized roads, weights, measures, coinage, and written language. He carved new infrastructure projects through rivers, creating a connective tissue of canals and waterways that united lands which could not be connected by roads alone. And while Qin Shi Huang broke down the internal borders of the kingdoms, he established new ones along the frontiers in a network of walls and outlooks that would eventually become the Great Wall.
But the intensity and focus with which Qin Shi Huang stitched together his new empire became the very weight that would so quickly tear it apart. In his pursuit of immortality, Qin Shi Huang died in 210 BC at the mere age of 49. In his wake remained an unforgiving system of Legalism, which demanded absolute obedience and dedication, and those who failed to meet its standards were subjected to severe punishment. Several rebellions ignited in response to forced labor, excessively strict laws and punishments, and harsh taxation. Within a mere fifteen years, the grand unification project of China fractured once again, and all under Heaven was plunged back into violence and chaos.
A dynasty may rise and fall just as the river swells and recedes, carving valleys where none existed before. Tigers who once ruled the lowlands may one day disappear, and ancient cauldrons, once so precious, may vanish into legend. Even the grandest armies of one hundred thousand may one day crumble, for these are the things of the earth that come and go. But the dream of Heaven that was lifted that day upon Mount Taishan endures forever. And for the next 2000 years of Chinese Civilization, the path carved by Qin ShiHuang was developed and followed.
The example of the First Emperor's dynasty was clear: as quickly as Heaven can grant its blessings, they can just as swiftly be taken away. To rule Tianxia was never about power, class, wealth, or lineage; it was to bear the weight of Heaven itself, and anyone willing to carry that Mandate can unite the realm. The title of Emperor would be grasped by peasants, warriors, kings, beggars, men and women alike. Just as the timeless words engraved upon that ancient seal once said:
受命於天，既壽永昌 "Having received the Mandate of Heaven, may there be longevity and prosperity."
Sources:
Records of the Grand Historian; Sima Qian
The First Emperor of China; Jonathan Clements
To Rule All Under Heaven; Andrew Meyer
[BIGCARTEL UPDATE] US/Canada/international Thunderbolt Fantasy fans 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇪🇺
My US-based BigCartel is updated with new TBF fan merch & discounted old items.
To US/Canada/international fans who are interested in purchasing my TBF merch, I set aside a batch of new goods I sold at Tokyo's 「雷鳴に続け2026」 (Taiwanese puppetry doujinshi event back in May) to have available on BigCartel.
Some items have sold out since the event, whatever I have left in stock are goods listed in the shop. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions, thank you for your support!! :)
Cor Historiae
Hello, welcome to my art page. heART of HISTORY is my art project that aims to bring lesser known historical figures, novel historical concepts and emotional symbolism into (what is hopefully) a unique expression of our past.
My name is Kiarou, I am an independent hobby artist who digitally paints as a hobby. I am half ethnically Chinese and half American. I’ve been doing digital artwork for nearly three decades now. My tools of the trade are an old & worn Wacom pad and Photoshop CS5 (I’m a bit of a dinosaur, I know).
I used to draw fanart for series such as Digimon, Fire Emblem, or various other media that I found compelling. I’ve worked on some original work as well. But with this new world we’ve entered into of AI art and the over-saturation of lazy consumption, I did a lot of introspection to get at the heart of why I like to paint and more importantly, WHAT do I want to paint. Do I want to spend my time expressing feelings that can be wholly counterfeited and consumed without thought? Instead, I have decided to look into myself and find out what truly excites me, makes me passionate and reconnects me to humans.
I am an engineer by profession, but I have an intense love of history, psychology and philosophy. I am an avid reader and do my best to read (or listen) to at least one or two books a month focused on these topics. I find that these topics all relate heavily to who we are as humans, both in the present and where we’ve been. And what I have learned by studying these precious humanities and reflections of the past is that there are infinite ways to be human. And all of these expressions are a part of the whole and the people of the past, no matter how far, distant or alien they seem---the mechanics that were in them are also in me and you. So within each of us is an incredible range of human expression, some sobering, some salubrious. But I want to express these spectrums in my own way.
When I study history and feel of the wonders that Herodotus saw, or the tragedy and sorrow of those crushed in Taiping Rebellion, I hope to create a painting that can express those same feeling in you. While my art style is not very technically advanced, I hope the thoughtfulness and planning I put into making the compositions and symbolism convey to you the same level of curiosity for our past and the people who lived, suffered and died before us. And in that, come to love a kind of wisdom, though distant and different from our own, is nonetheless as meaningful and useful as anything of axiomatic value today.
So please, come and look around and feel free to ask questions. I will continue to paint, though I am slow (maybe 1 painting a month?), I hope this can spark interest, conversation and that most intrinsic and intractable of all human qualities---curiosity.
09.31.2018*
Happy birthday to WWX & 3 year anniversary to MDZS
*reuploading on my tumblr ever since deleting all my illusts on Twitter after the new AI edit update
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11.17.2024*
fortiche has such a cool artstyle but I'm not powerful enough to replicate it...
*reviving my tumblr ever since deleting all my illusts on Twitter after the new AI edit update
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11.28.2021*
I can't even begin to describe how beautiful Arcane is in both story and animation quality!! I'm unfamiliar with League, but they really made the effort to make the story and lore digestible for non LoL players. Highly recommend everybody to watch the series!
*reviving my tumblr ever since deleting all my illusts on Twitter after the new AI edit update. Found in incomplete drawing timelapse that I never posted.
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