Welp! They're finally here; the Demon Bull Family - Journey To The West design! Sorry for the wait :)
(I wound up changing PIF's earrings)
I'm not sure if this is Canon but I read somewhere that Redson was around 300 years old during Journey to the west, but looked around 9, so that would mean demons age only once every 30 years. Again, I'm not sure if this is true, if anyone does, by all means let me know :))
I headcanon that it wasn’t death that made Macaque a scheming savage and a dirty player, he was always like that. But back in the days of the Brotherhood he was more shy and timid, which, combined with adoration of Wukong and (at the time) small figure, made him look rather harmless and sometimes naive.
But, sometimes, his true nature did shine through
Also first time drawing anyone from the brotherhood except gay monkeys
Y'know that scene with one of the best background medieval-village tracks in fil history- (kingdom dance) where Rapunzel looks at the mosaic? Yea this is that
Unfortunately I don't have the patience to draw all them itty bitty tiles so I kinda cheated and used a stone texture layer on top (^-^')\
YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH TROUBLE DBK'S EYEBROWS GAVE ME.
I NEEDED TO TAKE THIS BULL TO GET HIS EYEBROWS TWEEZED MULTIPLE TIMES!!!!!
Hope you don't mind but I gave a couple more details to our favorite celestial-bull couple.
I mean Iron Fan is supposedly an empress of an empire right? Why not make her look the part? I didn't know how to bling up DBK though...
Also you might notice, I've drawn the samadhi flower! It has four big petals and four small in between (nod to the four rings) a pattern within shaped like flames (self explanatory) and a center with the 3 swirly thingy symbol (idk what it's called)
LIL BABY RED SON!!!!
They were such a joy to draw! And ngl it was hard to draw everyone not pissed off....
They all have the sharp features!
You might notice right next to the lil baboo, DBK's hands are kinda charred to a crisp (I read the 1st chapter, yes I know) but this boi is grinning like there's no tomorrow with his wife and child and we love that for him!
There's a pot of burning incense which the chinese use for the dead which I don't think the ironbull couple would like very much.
Like they'd let the townsfolk do it, they're just being respectful, but they'd still resent it in hopes that their son is still alive somewhere
and here's an un-shadowed version to see the fam better!
Have I mentioned how much I love the fact that Stripes and the Bull Family were on good terms for a LONG time, and they get BACK to good terms so fast.
Enemies to lover confirm for Princess Iron Fan and Demon Bull King.
Making Red Son a child of both demon and heaven descent. Which is why he has such a hard time controlling his powers because no other being could have ever survived such divine power.
I like to believe Wukong knew about Macaque special ability of him knowing the past and future. That the two monkeys trusted DBK so much that they agree to tell him. They also talked about the other brothers knowing; Wukong didn’t want to tell Peng, and Yellow Tusk while Macaque did NOT want Azure Lion to know.
Also I like to believe DBK supported Shadowpeach too and push Wukong to be with Macaque. That’s my canon in my head lol. 😭🤭