Yumin Shines Chronicles

A doodle comic based on tumblr post below:

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D̴̜̘̗̄́̆̕a̴̢͇̘͘t̷̢͌͑̾͑à̸̡̯̫̪͐̈ ̴̔̒͜Ŕ̵̛̦͚̦̓̚e̷̢͉͌s̵̢̍t̸̰͍͝ớ̴̖͉͉̕r̵̖̰̟̩̈̾e̵̯̭̓̚d̶̹̚!̸̫̀̅̍͝ ̴̞̈́:̴̯̊ ̷̢̈́Ọ̵́̐̚̕n̴̛̺̊͗̕ ̶̾͜t̵̜͊h̷̙͍̝̎e̸͇̪͑ ̷̰͒T̷͓̪͔̎͜ǫ̶̝̃p̸͈̽i̵̲̼̊̾́̆ċ̴͓̦͂̓́ ̵̛̜̥ơ̸̠f̵̤̣̍̌̈ ̶̐̋͌ͅY̸͉̾ǔ̵͔̳̫̮m̵̗͓̏ͅi̴̡̊̎n̸̰̤͉̈́̓̄ ̴͖̼͖͈̈͌̔̈G̵̦̠̤̈͗͜e̸̜̤͇͇͋n̴̜̺͂ë̸̛̤́̈́͠t̷͎̱͈̰͊̋i̴͈̜̅̔̿͠c̶͚̞̄ ̶͉͚̪͙͑͑̀͌Ḿ̵̢̛͇̳̕ò̴͙̜͝d̷̨̼̾͆͜i̵̹̞̊f̸̯̼̑̓̓̾ḭ̸͉̆͝c̶̺͆̏ḁ̸͓̤̐͂͘ṱ̴̨̌͛i̵̢͓̬͐͑͠o̴̦͗́͠n̴͔̈́͊̍̀ ̴̯͓͔̾#̶̢̹͙̯̐̋͘͝2̴̨͔̍̒

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Comic is still being worked on, just had some minor technical difficulties! Should be out at the end of this week (and if not I WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF HOW FATE WANTS IT TO BE).

Meanwhile, have a Jun I didn't get to post yesterday as compensation.

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Cereus Yue! I think I simplified her the most. She had too many accessories..

While she was written to balance and complement the quartet, Cereus would eventually have more to her than meets the eye. I hope to explore the merchant or commerce side of Penglai through Cereus' eyes... I pray that I can do her and her backstory justice, too!

For Cereus, I wanted to lean more on the religious and spiritual aspects of Taoism and Buddhism, the Taiwanese opera and its performing arts scene, but not before dabbling a bit into Dunhuang dances.

Oh, look, @acuteparry's OC, Jin! Fun fact, this was acuteparry's sona first and foremost for Nine Sol streams originally. So if anything, I based Jin's personality on acuteparry's mannerisms, like being the straightman between the two of us for this AU. I like to think that Jin has to be the one who reels everybody back, so I guess you can say he's the Ultimate Id of the quartet (what is this, danganronpa-)

But what does Jin's creator have to say about his design? Here's what I got! (cont.)

Oh hey, it’s Jun, Haoyu’s right-hand man!

Jun is actually closer to how I write characters, usually. The snarky, energetic type. It’s embarrassing to admit, but he’s also based on different facets of people I know in real life too!

My decision for him to be an engineer is actually a result of that. Well, sort of.

Since Nine Sols is based on Ancient China, Taoism, and Taiwanese culture, it felt only right to do some research and pay tribute to some of those aspects – especially the latter. In Taiwan, most people graduate to become engineers (in fact, it’s one of the popular majors in the country there, because of their high-tech manufacturing industry being their main speciality.)

I wonder if that’s why Nine Sols went on that TaoPunk direction… hmm...

Our main protagonist everybody!

Haoyu is actually my second official OC. I tend to struggle adoring a piece of media strong enough to create characters fleshed out with lives and backgrounds of their own, so this is actually a very big moment for me. I can't wait to show you glimpses into his character soon!

Anyways, I wanted to create a Solarian OC who didn’t look conventionally attractive and lived a simple, carefree life. In fact, his personality and close bonds with friends is loosely based on a friend IRL, who'd tell me stories of their lives and days spent with friends whenever we can catch up during the year. Thinking about it now, his design might even be influenced by Old Chang, LOL ← Dice not beating the “Old Chang is my favourite character allegations”.

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