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Wukong duly put on the gold cap, the gold cuirass, and the cloud-treading shoes, and, wielding his compliant rod, he fought his way out in mock combat, yelling to the dragons, "Sorry to have bothered you!" The Dragon Kings of the Four Oceans were outraged, and they consulted together about filing a formal complaint, of which we make no mention here. - Journey to the West, chapter 3

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The boy's got his staff and armour! I think this is where his power starts getting to his head loll He just barged into the Dragon King's palace, demanded some gear for free, refused to elaborate, and left XD

This was my first time designing Wukong's battle gear; I used Mingguang armour from the Tang Dynasty as a reference point and simplified it for the art style I'm using here. If I were to redraw it in my more realistic style, I'd definitely make the armour more detailed (same with the golden staff loll)!

For the background, I wanted to squeeze in all three locations from the chapter: the Region of Darkness/Underworld, the ocean where the Dragon King lives, and Flower-Fruit Mountain above ground!

some Lloyds in his hoodie <3