#king was a gender neutral title and ancient chinese used the same pronoun for everyone (他 or 佢 depending on region)

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妖族七大圣 Seven Great Sages of Yao Kind

[ID: A character line-up of the Seven Great Sages, left-to-right by seniority status and accompanied by their king title in seal script. They are all dressed in varying levels of armor in an overall red-orange-yellow color palette. Bull Demon King has one hand on his hip and the other hand holding half of a skull with two fingers up like a wine bowl. Jiao Demon King has one hand on his hip with the other on the hilt of his sword. Peng Demon King is standing, wings not folded but not outstretched, with his hands in mudra positions. Lion-Camel King is smiling with his eyes closed, one paw hooked onto his belt and the other resting within his off-the-shoulder outer shirt. Macaque King is standing with hook swords in each of his hands. Golden Snub-nosed King is leaning against a wolf's teeth staff. Sun Wukong is standing, arm slightly up and head tilted down, his staff held behind him. End ID]

#my art #journey to the west #jttw #xiyouji #sun wukong #monkey king #character design #hanfu #visual development #bull demon king #jiao demon king #peng demon king #lion-camel king #macaque king #golden snub-nosed king #JUST FYI my jiao demon king macaque king and golden snub-nosed king are all girls #king was a gender neutral title and ancient chinese used the same pronoun for everyone (他 or 佢 depending on region) #using he/him for them in english because that gn pronoun is now translated as he/him and also They Are Butch Icons #ourgh i was gonna post this alongside Erlang Shen's Seven Sages too but alas his is not getting done anytime soon #but it will come eventually #also i knoWWW they did seniority by how physically big they were isnt of their actual senioritiy #but you cant give me a dragon and expect me to not make them tall and lanky #so im gonna say their humanoid forms are not reflective and that Bull Demon's bull form is bigger than Jiao Demon's dragon form