#françois the monkey

[all-or-nothing-baby]

the gang's all here

#from the top #françois the monkey #yellow ted #little my #teddies #soft toys #vintage toys #well yellow ted and françois are #cassidy tales #my pics

[earlgodwin]

François Arnaud and David Oakes with Maximus the Capuchin behind the scenes of 'The Borgias' (2011-2013)

#two adorable pretty guys with a little monkey #i remember david talking about bonding with francois because they were the only ones who spent the whole time in budapest... #watching the godfather together and fighting over who's sonny and who's michael etc #their friendship stayed strong and intact til this day #david even invited francois in his own podcast #dorks !!! #françois arnaud #francois arnaud #david oakes #the borgias #cesare borgia #juan borgia #juan and cesare #by jen

[almostarts]

François-Xavier Lalanne, "Babouin," 1984,

Cast iron,

53 3/4 × 31 1/2 × 27 1/2 in | 136.5 × 80 × 69.9 cm.

#art #design #sculpture #chemney #monkey #babouin #françois xavier lalanne #1984 #cast iron

[vintagewildlife]

Emperor tamarin By: François Muller From: Éditions Rencontre Cards 1977

#emperor tamarin #tamarin #new world monkey #primate #mammal #1977 #1970s #François Muller #Éditions Rencontre Cards

[markhors-menagerie]

François’ langur (Trachypithecus francoisi)

These langurs live in China and Vietnam, and are proficient at digesting leaves in a multi-chambered stomach, but will also eat fruits, seeds, other plant foods, and insects. Their preferred habitat is karst; a unique kind of landscape where carbonate rocks like limestone and dolomite are eroded by water, creating dramatic rock formations like cliffs and caves. François’ langur uses cliff ledges and caves to sleep out of reach of predators. Karst rocks are formed when tiny prehistoric sea creatures die and form layers on the bottom of the ocean, eventually fossilising and forming limestone and similar rocks. So, these monkeys are living on the backs of animals which lived and died tens of millions of years ago!

#markhors-menagerie #primates #old world monkeys #monkeys #animal facts #fun facts #animals #biology #langur #François langur

[civetcider]

i couldn't help it, i needed,,,,,more monkey, so this is Eep!! she/her and based on a François' langur

#furry #anthro #civetworks #safe fur work #monkey #lesbian oc #she is sleepy and tired and a lil bit kooky

[digitalagepulao]

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King: my design notes [!! click here for the full line-up !!] [click here for just the goodies on tumblr]

also titled, "I underestimated my file sizes" TAT Separate images and info below the read more, beware this is LONG <3

Stone Monkey: himbs baby, that is all <3 he's mostly based off the François Langur, but some of his anatomy and proportions lean more on the Gray Langur and Macaque side of things. His facial fur sort of forms a pentagon shape for the five elements, and I gave him ginger fur cus it's a common depiction for him but also baby langurs are very bright orange, and him not growing dark feels like an apt display of his more childish side, both good and bad. His nails are golden for a bit of a "hidden gem" from a stone egg. Also keeping the tail either in a spiral of C-curve when "engaged", and when droopy it has a feel of a heavy rope. Old World monkeys don't have prehensile tails, he can use it for balance and basic mobility but it's not a third hand for the sake of keeping his monkey-ness.

Handsome Monkey King: in one of the poems the monkeys are said to weave grass for mattresses, so I can see them coming up with a crown of woven grass and never-fading leaves and flowers for their king at the very least. His face skin is darker as an adult, but not much else changes overall. The fuzzy upper lips and sideburns are a feature of the species I'm basing him on and it felt like a good fit to add. I also love the forest langurs are so long-furred, makes for a good way to give him dimension but also, the linework style reminds me of old woodcut shorthands for fur. Added a jade coin for the symbolism, and it feels fitting that the king of such a miraculous mountain would have a treasure like that on him. Placcid chill eyes are imperative, dude's not had an existential crisis yet, he's straight up vibing.

Sun Wukong: during his odd-ten years away from home, he learned human manners so he can stand but, I can see him still needing to lean on his tail to keep up his balance here and there. As he reaches the Western Continent (India) and learns the Way under Patriarch Subodhi, he adopts proper clothes for an apprentice and eventually becomes a Rishi. He dons his facial paint from then on, and after he masters the Way, there's a brightness in his pupils to show his cultivated immortality. The beads are purple solely to stand out over the deluge of oranges that is his design.

Great Sage Equal to Heaven: really went all out on this one orz this is Wukong at his most egotistical and ambitious, and I wanted his fit to truly embody that. Took bits from Peking Opera costumes and common depiction elements of him, with some bit of extra for appropriate levels of flair, like the phoenix feather design. I wanted to go for a mountain pattern mail but I couldn't figure out how to draw it, so I winged a pattern. I,,, doubt I'll ever draw this armor as detailed as here, but I wanted it to feel a bit overwhelming to look at, while also seeming like it doesn't quite fit him perfectly like it's swallowing him. Bit of a "baby wearing their parent's shoes" kind of vibe; he's stupidly powerful but he doesn't have what it takes to sit on the throne of Heaven. Also I leaned his expression to how he might appear during the Havoc in Heaven and then his bet with the Buddha. Full unbrindled rage murder monkey <3

-- Ruyi Jingu Bang: can't quite move on without my notes on the golden-hooped cudgel, now can I? The secondary hoops are there for further design appeal and for my own visualization of how the staff changes size (the hoops move over the staff's length as if to push it outward or inward). The metal is dark damascus alloy, though the pattern can be omitted for ease of drawing. One hoop end depicts a dragon, the other a phoenix, and in the middle of the staff is the canon inscription as described in the books, in seal script. Glow is optional and mostly for aesthetics.

Sun Pilgrim: out of his stolen armor, Wukong seems to swim in his robes but in a less overwhelming way. Went for the simple fillet headband cus his face is busy enough as it is. I know he's skilled enough to skin a tiger into pretty decent squares, but after one too many battles, anything would get tattered. He wears red, teal, black and yellow, four of the five cardinal colors, while white (the West) is still missing. His red and black half-robe doesn't fully cover the yellow underneath, a call back to his golden armor; he tries to use his wisdom and teachings to fight back the impulses of his past, but they still shine through at times. I kept only the leg bangs for dynamic elements to better show movement, but also one could say he's got.... golden hoops (haha get it, like his cudgel?? :oD)

Victorious Fighting Buddha: leaned hard on the actual portrayals of the Buddha. Seeing that he's depicted with dark/blue skin, it felt appropriate to let the guy grow out of his baby ginger fur and into adult black, but a patch remains where the golden headband used to be. I didn't want to give him long hair so no bun, but instead, his fur has a sorta lotus-petals shape now rather than his single point. His face paint changes into a more domino-mask style, and his brow white line resembles a teardrop urna. I made the mail piece he holds longer to keep the flowy bits of his previous outfits, and I turned Ruyi Jingu Bang into the sword he wields.

Hello hi, this robbed me of three days of my life and I'd like to receive compensation x.x Anyway hope you enjoy this lad, I know I do! Also if you wanna send me asks about him pls feel welcome to, I'd love to chat about this bastard monkey (affectionate) (loving) (i`d die for him)

#jttw #journey to the west #xiyouji #jttw sun wukong #sun wukong #jttw fanart #monkey king #stone monkey #victorious fighting buddha #buddha victorious in strife #sun pilgrim #bell dragon art #expedition to the west au

[becdecorbin]

more Tarrare things, exploring his anatomy some more.

updated the way I draw his teeth courtesy of a friend who read and translated Pierre-François Percy's notes on Tarrare. turns out I was exaggerating the badness of his teeth initially but apparently according to Percy, Tarrare had all his teeth still around, just with enamel greatly worn, very decayed molars and some teeth, while well-arranged, were strangely sharp.

they're still in very poor shape, oof.

also showing off the stretchiness of his cheeks and neck. apparently his cheeks had elasticity comparable to that of certain monkeys (macaques and baboons come to mind, they can store food in their cheeks).

#arts #tarrare

[theageoftheunderstatement]

Arctic Monkeys at Foro Sol, Mexico City, 06/10/2023. (Photos by Toni François)

#concert pics #arctic monkeys #alex turner #matt helders #jamie cook #nick o'malley #am7 tour #foro sol 2023

[mosertone]

François Desprez, f. G2 Drawing 93 The Drolatic Monkeys of Pantagruel In Paris: By Richard Breton 1565

[sketching-shark]

The Great Sage War of 2023 has been lost and won (courtesy of @antidotefortheawkward​). Yet in the aftermath, I thought it might be fun to ask which of these living simians found in China people think would provide the best base species for everyone’s favorite Monkey King!

So while I might be missing a few monkeys, the options are:

1. Rhesus Macaque:

2. Tibetan Macaque:

3. Stump-Tailed Macaque:

4. Formosan Rock Macaque:

5. Assam Macaque:

6. Northern Pig-Tailed Macaque:

7. Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey:

8. Gray Snub-Nosed Monkey:

9. Black Snub-Nosed Monkey:

10. Myanmar Snub-Nosed Monkey:

11. François’ Langur:

12. White-Headed Langur:

13. Phayre’s Leaf Monkey:

14. Capped Langur:

15. Shortridge’s Langur:

16. Nepal Gray Langur:

China has an amazing diversity of monkeys which makes choosing a favorite near impossible. Still, that does mean that any imagination of the Monkey King has an incredible living pool to draw from.

#chinese monkeys #sun wukong #monkey king #it is sad that all of these guys are endangered #but there is still hopes that that could turn around #also omg #just like the wild variety of monkey king images #living Chinese monkeys look like everything #from balding grandpas to young mohawked punks

[pwlanier]

A RARE SUITE OF FOUR LOUIS XV SAVONNERIE PANELS

AFTER A DESIGN BY FRANÇOIS DESPORTES, CIRCA 1719-39, THE LOUIS XVI-STYLE SCREEN 19TH CENTURY

Woven in wool and now fitted as a four-panel beechwood screen carved with guilloche motif on casters, each panel set within frames of foliate arabesques against a brown ground, depicting from left to right a parrot and crested egret perched on a trellis with climbing roses and fowl in the foreground, two leopards beneath a pair of parrots, two foxes beneath vines and a toucan, and two monkeys on a fruit bush with rabbits in the foreground, beige silk backing.

Christie’s

[primate-tournament]

Shout-out to all the primates which almost got into the tournament, but not quite, including:

Palaeopropithecus, a lemur convergently evolved with a sloth,

(Smokeybjb)

The golden langur, which looks way too human for comfort,

François langur, which lives in and around limestone cliffs for some reason,

The lion-tailed macaque,

The Celebes crested macaque, better known as the monkey which took a selfie that one time,

Theropithecus oswaldi, a giant relative of geladas and mandrills which, despite sporting a huge pair of canine teeth, probably ate mostly grass,

(Roman Uchytel)

And colugos, which aren’t in the tournament because they’re not actually primates, but they are the closest relatives of primates, and they’re winners in my heart.

#primate bracket #primates #tournament #tumblr tournament #primate #extinct primates #animals #colugos my beloved

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: A Monster in Paris

Rating: PG

Director: Bibo Bergeron

Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Matthieu Chedid, Gad Elmaleh, François Cluzet, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Ferrier, Bruno Salomone, Sébastien Desjours, Philippe Peythieu, Mirabelle Kirkland, Allan Wenger, Jodi Forrest, Bob Balaban, Adam Goldberg, David Gasman

Release year: 2011

Genres: comedy, fantasy, adventure

Blurb: Shy movie projectionist Emile and colourful inventor Raoul find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorising citizens. They join forces with Lucille, the big-hearted star of the Bird of Paradise cabaret, an eccentric scientist, and his irascible monkey to save the monster, who turns out to be an oversized but harmless flea, from the city's ruthlessly ambitious police chief.

#a monster in paris #pg #bibo bergeron #vanessa paradis #matthieu chedid #gad elmaleh #françois cluzet #ludivine sagnier #2011 #comedy #fantasy #adventure

[sepdet]

Lemme tell you about my favorite French artist whom I'd never heard of until I took a painting class.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin was born in 1699 during the later reign of Louis XIV, he of Versailles fame.

At the time, Hyacinth Regard paints like

and Chardin's contemporary Jean Honoré Fragonard is like

And another contemporary, François Boucher, is like

And Chardin is like

Fck👏this👏French👏Baroque👏Bullshit

and becomes the master of still life.

I appreciate them a lot more after seeing what he was rebelling against.

Also he did genre paintings of kitchen scenes and ordinary people

and he painted himself and his second wife all frumpy

and occasiomally he parodied Very Serious Art by substituting a monkey.

anyway that's my boy Chardin. Shitpainter of the French Royal Académie. He taught me glazing and i love him.

#oil painting #glazing #chardin #jean baptiste simeon chardin #baroque painting

[digitalagepulao]

A-ma Longan, or Grandma Dragon-Eye

soooo i'm doing my own spin on giving Wukong a mama, so meet miss Dragon-Eye herself <3 Longan is a langur monkey who appeared in Huaguo one day centuries back, and found a spot for herself in one of the mountain's monkey troops. Given her considerable age and that she's been a mentor and a maternal figure to so many, she's earned a position of respect among the other langurs. François langurs are matriarchal and rear their children communally among the females, and males leave the troop before they are mature, so I imagine that someone needs to kick ass when the troop is in danger, and given the amount of demons we have around, that's gonna be her. Longan once attempted cultivation but ultimately gave up before reaching Huaguo, but what she's learned watching priests and monks doesn't go to waste. She's managed to keep peace among the monkeys as well as with most demons, and she does her best to keep all her loved ones healthy and safe. Sometimes that includes pacifying spirits and local gods, but that's just part of the job. She has a sort of will-they-won't-they Situationship with the mountain's tutelary deity (dijizhu) who I'll get to eventually. They work well together, having grown their own kind of affectionate sniping and ribbing over the centuries, and he can't complain finally receiving offerings and not being trampled by this or that demon as was the case before Longan came. i'm gonna come up with, way more ocs for this au of mine lmao including of course, giving Wukong a monkey big bro :3c

transcript of the image under the read more VVV

A-ma Longan, matriarch of the troop. Stern | Reclusive | Temperate | Dry - Droopy fur, red dye face paint, constant neutral or mellow expression, necklace made of stone pits. Can stand like a human when needed. - Known for having a deadpan sense of humor and not engaging with games like most, prefers to keep watch on trees and pacifying distraught land gods and rowdy demons. - Know human manners and medicine, basic language - Not native to Huaguo - Often takes a mentor role with other monkeys Maintains an uneasy peace with other demons, until Wukong befriends and allies with them

#[Oogway voice] mmmm monkee #bell dragon art #jttw #jttw au #jttw oc #journey to the west oc #journey to the west #cw blood #cw injuries #Sun clan au