#guyu zine

[ensquare-events]

Guyu: Harvest Rain is now available to read for free!

🌦️ download here

☔ multifandom/original zine featuring 60 pages of art and writing about growth and the rainy spring

🌸 front cover art (original) by @mnemonicmask | background/back cover art (chiikawa) by buttermilkbear

[melancholicumbrella]

One of my pieces for "Guyu: Harvest Rain Zine" hosted by @ensquare-events

The theme inspired me to make lots of cute drawings, be sure to check out the whole zine, there is a lot of beautiful art and writing!

[tangentburd]

🌱 Original Poetry: feather・fall〈落・羽〉 🌱

↓ down from the skies silky spider threads skitter across flowerbeds pitter-patter, hua-la-la~ our crops are watered!

A short, directional poem on spring, rains and harvest, written for Guyu: Harvest Rain zine hosted by @ensquare-events.

Read the full poem on AO3, or see below the cut for a simplified text version.

🌧 [ Download the zine for free via itch.io ] 🌧

feather・fall〈落・羽〉

↓ down

from the skies

silky spider threads

skitter across flowerbeds

pitter-patter, hua-la-la~

our crops are watered!

smell:

(the after)

petrichor galore

rice, steeping in reservoirs

so grow! from your fresh root spas

see you in a few

when your fields are full

grains, all ripe

that fall just

right →

~~~

up ↑

at the skies

baby moth armies

dream a dream of mulberry

mogu-mogu, om-nom-nom~

our homies are fed!

hear:

(a vagrant?)

whiffs of cinnamon

hoopoes, along foliaged roofs

so bold! with your crests and calls

don’t stop where you are

fly on till there is

not even

a feather

← left

[ensquare-events]

🌾 Signups for Guyu 谷雨: Harvest Rain are open! 🌦️

Guyu 谷雨, literally translating to "grain rain," is the sixth solar term in the Chinese nongli calendar. It represents the spring rain that nourishes newly-planted crops and will bring about a bountiful harvest in the fall. This speedrun zine will focus on plants, rainy weather, growth, and the spring season.

Read the [infodoc] to learn more, and sign up through the form linked at the start of the doc! Everyone will be accepted regardless of skill or experience, so we hope to see you soon 🐝,,,

[melancholicumbrella]

My third and final piece for "Guyu: Harvest Rain Zine".It's another notepad, you can find the printable version with the zine download.

Many thanks to @ensquare-events for hosting it 🌸

[melancholicumbrella]

My second piece for "Guyu: Harvest Rain Zine" hosted by @ensquare-events

Is a notepad; the printable version is included with the zine download 🤗