#monkey buddha

[journeytothewestresearch]

Can you please tell me what abilities sun wukong have because am always confused about it i even hear some people says that sun wukong is omniscient and omnipresent and can control time or that he is is a boundless character

At no point in JTTW is Monkey ever depicted as a boundless character with omniscience, omnipresence, and control over time. Anyone claiming that has never read the novel. Never ever trust any online claims about Sun Wukong unless a cited quote is provided.

Having said that, I am slowly compiling a comprehensive list of all of Monkey's magical abilities and skills, complete with corresponding Chinese terms and citations. However, I am nowhere close to being done (and won't be for years), so I can only give you a general list at this time. But I will link to my past articles where applicable.

The following is based on a list I wrote a few months ago for someone looking to make their D&D campaign more authentic.

Immortality - He has six layers of immortality. But these are more like layers of invulnerability. As a "bogus immortal" (yaoxian, 妖仙) he is still susceptible to injury and death because he hasn’t yet achieved Buddha-nature and broken free of the wheel of rebirth (see note #1 here for an explanation).

Invulnerability - He has an adamantine hide that can't be pierced or hurt by earthly or heavenly weapons and elements (this doesn't count the times that he allows himself to be cut). This is thanks to all of the immortal foodstuff he had eaten in heaven being refined within his body by his samadhi fire, giving him a "diamond body" (jingang zhi qu, 金鋼之軀). Sometimes he uses this invulnerability to freak out demons by blocking a sword strike with his bald head. However, he can still be hurt. For example, he is twice wounded by special elements born from spiritual cultivation, samadhi fire and wind (the book treats cultivated and heavenly elements as two different things). Also, one villain, a scorpion demoness energized with Buddhist dharma power, is able to successfully penetrate his skin by stinging him in the face with her tail.

72 changes - He can transform into anything. The only flaw is his tail, which doesn't always change the way he wants it to. Or, a character recognizes him because of his red butt.

Cloud somersault - This allows him to fly 108,000 li (33,554 mi / 54,000 km) in a single leap. The skill is actually a metaphor for instantaneous enlightenment, for those who achieve it will immediately arrive in the Buddha's paradise.

Magic hairs - He can change any one of his 84,000 hairs into anything he wants (tools, random objects, living creatures, etc.) These include hair clones, which are autonomous copies of himself that can range into the tens, hundreds, thousands, millions, or even billions. However, he only deploys these on a small scale in the novel. He never uses the power to its full stated extent.

Super strength - His greatest feat is carrying two mountains while running "with the speed of a meteor." But there are characters physically stronger than him. For instance, Monkey cannot escape the grip of the Great Peng bird once he is caught in his powerful talons.

Martial arts - He is proficient in armed and unarmed combat, being able to go toe-to-toe with deities with centuries more combat experience than him. "Short Fist," a historical style, is listed as his preferred boxing method. But he mainly relies on his magic iron staff for fighting.

General magic - Monkey is shown capable of calling forth gods and spirits, growing or shrinking to any size, parting fire and water, creating impassable barriers, conjuring wind storms, casting illusions, freezing people in place, putting anyone to sleep, unlocking any lock, bestowing superhuman strength, bringing the dead back to life, turning invisible, changing someone's appearance, traveling to and from heaven and hell, etc.

Magic Eyes - He can see through illusions. But this isn't always portrayed consistently, for I know of several times where Guanyin fools him, and even a god of the soil, a lesser deity, is once able to do the same thing.

Medicine - He can diagnose maladies and concoct medicines to solve the issue.

You can see that omniscience, omnipresence, and control over time are not listed. I think the problem is that people are confusing Sun Wukong at two different points in his character arc. The powers listed above come from the journey itself (ch. 13 to 100). The omni-level powers would come after he achieves Buddhahood at the end of the novel (ch. 100). However, it's very, very important to know that the story ends before Sun Wukong, now the "Victorious Fighting Buddha," performs any feats (i.e. he has no feats as a Buddha). I'm sure people could assign him powers ascribed to other Buddhas in religious literature, but what happens after the story ends is beyond canon.

I hope this helps.

#Sun Wukong #Monkey King #Journey to the West #JTTW #monkey buddha #Victorious Fighting Buddha #Buddha Victorious in Strife #magic powers #People who make spurious claims about Sun Wukong need to read the fucking novel!!! #Read the fucking novel!!! #Do it!!! #Just do it!!! #Lego Monkie Kid #LMK

[fluffyartbl0g]

Everyone thank mr vegapunk 4 delivering a handy explanation!!!

Time Travel/Speedrun AU masterlist

Okay I wont put everyone down but special shoutout to @asperanna who correctly predicted i was gonna funkily utilise law and kid's awakened powers in someway XD

Awakened powers require both mind and body to reach a certain level of strength, so I won't say the captain trio *spontaneously* become overpowered,,, maybe law because I thibk it was mostly his repressed trauma holding him back, but for everyone else I will say that it's a lot easier to get to that point (esp if they have a shortcut to do so,,, ig ;o _ O?)

#speedrun au #time travel au #one piece #op fanart #monkey d. luffy #usopp #sanji #kizaru #borsalino #eustass kid #trafalgar d water law #vegapunk #tony tony chopper #jinbei #nami #nefertari vivi #nico robin #sengoku the buddha #killer one piece #penguin one piece #shachi #gear 5 luffy #gahh!!! the clipping comic finally comes out... thank goodness T ^ T!!!! #i mean u cant really call this a speedrun au without them exploiting the weird physics of df fruits.... #thanku mr mirio bnha for the idea XD

[multifandomnonsense]

#one piece #characters as text messages #sanji #black leg sanji #zeff #red leg zeff #franky #cyborg franky #nico robin #masked deuce #portgas d. ace #deuace #frobin #roronoa zoro #monkey d. luffy #zolu #monkey d garp #sengoku #sengoku the buddha #sengarp #tony tony chopper #trafalgar law #eustass kid #kidlaw #donquixote doflamingo #sir crocodile #dofuwani #zosan

[lostuzumaki]

Happy Halloween!

(Reincarnated Luffy au special 🎃)

Link for those who want to know about this au and read it: Part 1

#one piece #monkey d. luffy #trafalgar d water law #mugiwara no luffy #vinsmoke sanji #trafalgar law #black leg sanji #portgas d. ace #revolutionary sabo #sabo #one piece ace #rosinante corazon #donquixote corazon #cat burglar nami #one piece nojiko #buggy the clown #monkey d garp #sengoku the buddha #red leg zeff #roronoa zoro #kuina one piece #dracule mihawk #marco the phoenix #op whitebeard #bellemere one piece #one piece thatch #zoro #reincarnated luffy au #sanji #straw hat luffy

[dykealloy]

the only way to escape is to figure out what they all have in common with each other

#im applying the term 'parental figures' extremely loosely here #for named characters zoro's parents are really giving nothing #one piece #op #one piece spoilers #CJ's op watch-through #monkey d luffy #monkey d garp #bartholomew kuma #monkey d dragon #trafalgar law #worst generation #donquixote rocinante #donquixote rosinante #sengoku the buddha #diez drake #eustass kid #jewellery bonney #roronoa zoro

[digitalagepulao]

"Let me make a wager with you."

"[...] He'd be an immortal, a Buddha, if he's good; Wickedness would cloak him with hair and horn. Endlessly changing he runs amok in Heaven, Not to be seized by fighting lords or thunder gods."

the mental image of Sun Wukong absolutely twisted into a horrifying demonic form by his rage and ambition, moments before that fateful bet, make me go batshit insane <3

#jttw #journey to the west #xiyouji #jttw fanart #sun wukong #monkey king #tathagata #gautama buddha #bell dragon art

[eroguron0nsense]

Garp Rant #11543

Because I'm something of a Certified Garp Hater/extremely obsessed with this man, and because Tumblr people seem to like my Garp takes and/or find them extremely pain-inducing, here's another one for funsies! Again, Garp is an incredibly written character and I massively enjoy his moral failings and human shortcomings, hence why I won't shut up about how much he sucks. So we all remember Garp crying in front of Ace during his imprisonment and awaiting his execution, lamenting the fact that his son and grandson could have maybe avoided this horrible horrible fate that awaits them at Marineford if they'd just become good marines like he'd tried to press them into. Every time he says it, he sounds more desperate, sadder, and angrier, like he's experiencing the stages of grief and going through denial, anger bargaining all at once, lashing out at his grandkids for supposedly causing him grief by defying his wishes, or maybe praying or wishing for a world where they could have followed in his footsteps and lived happily ever after. And when Ace hears that again at Impel Down, he says this:

Here's the thing though: Ace is unequivocally correct Garp should, by all rights, know this. He lived through the fallout of Roger's execution. He knew long before that exactly what would happen to Roger's loved ones and anyone the government could get their hands on who'd ever associated with him. Even before they started committing femicides/infanticides in Baterilla trying to end Roger's bloodline, he knew that the Marines were going to target completely innocent people in the name of purging the bloodline and cementing their "victory" over the greatest threat they'd ever faced. He specifically had to smuggle Rouge out of there so she could give birth to Ace, and all the while dozens of families were being brutalized by his peers and having their lives torn apart. That was the cost the Marines were willing to incur to kill a hypothetical infant, and years later, when that very same child is set to be executed, Sengoku goes on a remorseless public tirade about the necessity of killing babies and the horrible trickery and audacity Rouge displayed by dying so that they wouldn't kill her baby too.

Garp knows every single piece of this information in painful, excruciating detail. He's so horrified by it he feels the need to fulfill this wish of Roger's because he knows blameless people will die. He has Ace raised in secret to protect him from Marines who are figuratively and literally out for his blood. And yet, throughout this boy's childhood, he clings to the notion that maybe, just maybe, the people he knows regularly commit atrocities, who have carried out at least 3 genocides that we know of in Garp's lifetime, who were willing to commit mass infanticide for a woman and child they hadn't verified the existence or identity of at the time, would have accepted him within their ranks and turned a blind eye to that information when it eventually, inevitably surfaced. That Ace can find salvation from the people who stole every loved one he ever had before he was even born, who slaughtered his mother's community and pushed her to her death, and were slavering at the opportunity to kill her. That even though Ace was born in direct opposition to them, has had a target trained on him before he was born, these people who tried so goddamn hard to kill him would surely welcome his presence and not murder him the second they found out if he could just be a compliant model soldier and make himself useful. It's hammered home pretty effectively–especially in the manga– and One Piece has never been known to be subtle in its messaging, but I swear to God I see so many people echoing the notion that Garp's attempts to force his grandchildren into serving the Evil Empire was done because he knew was their only shot at safety from the WG, and I fucking despise this take. Ace saying that he could never be a marine here in Impel Down isn't some young man's rationalization for his (beyond valid) desire not to subscribe to the preset path Garp laid out for him; it's literally the only logical conclusion if you know literally anything about the circumstances of his birth and upbringing, and Garp only thinks that the leopards wouldn't eat Ace's face because he's fucking delusional This in and of itself is extremely telling of how horribly warped Garp's perception of the Navy is, and how deeply he's willing to buy into the Marines and their warped propaganda no matter how many glaring examples he sees throughout his life that counter his worldview, but let's not forget that this applies to Luffy too. This is slightly hairier, in that if Luffy was a) the sort of person who could willingly accept a career in the marines and b) managed to cling really, really tightly to his grandfather's coattails and legacy, there might have been a very, infinitesimally small chance that he could have joined the Navy. The higher ups know that Dragon is Garp's son and therefore Luffy is Dragon's by logical inference, but I could see some AU where Luffy is a fundamentally different person and manages to build himself up in the Navy if not for two things I think warrant examination. It's pretty evident, and Dragon explicitly confirms, that Luffy being known as his son would have put him in incredible danger, only feeling comfortable with acknowledging it and the possibility of actually reuniting with his child after Luffy was both publicly recognized due to factors beyond his control, and proved that he was more than capable of holding his own. But I want to draw attention to this one otherwise pretty silly little gag moment between Garp and Sengoku when they learn that Luffy's broken into Impel Down, and present a theory that's kind of a reach but also not really

Now the phrasing here kind of interests me, in that it ties back to earlier demonstrated patterns that the Navy uses repeatedly in collective punishment for the families and loved ones of their primary targets. Rouge and Ace barely escaped the mass murders intended for them because of their connection, but Tom was also originally sentenced to death for having had a connection to Roger, and ultimately chose that as the offence he wanted to be sentenced for at Enies Lobby. Law, as a child survivor of Flevance, has multiple hospitals try and turn him in to the World Government to be killed when Cora tries to find someone to treat him because their policy is to pull out the roots and salt the earth whenever they deem a person or population politically inconvenient. Robin's flashback shows us Akainu blowing up a refugee boat on the off chance that one of those people that they were planning to evacuate might have gotten past their initial screening for archaeologists/poneglyph readers. At Marineford, Akainu specifically targets Luffy not because of his prior offences or even his attempt to rescue Ace, but because he's Dragon's son and his and Roger's bloodlines need to be eradicated. This is not an institution that is in any way reluctant to destroy anyone tangentially affiliated to a designated enemy, and Luffy being the son of the worst criminal in history seems to put him right in line with all of those other cases. In light of this, and Garp's massive blind spots and wishful thinking regarding his peers and employers, it's not that much of a stretch to assume that the only reason Garp's exempt from being targeted like Dragon is because of his popularity/symbolic importance/utility, and that Luffy likely wouldn't have been safe even if he weren't a pirate. Garp's circle of confidantes/friends in high places is powerful, but clearly there are factions (Akainu, Ryokugyu etc) that would be substantially less willing and who are given preferential treatment by the Elders and Celestial Dragons. There might be something to read into based on the fact that Garp is the only known person from a D bloodline who's achieved massive success in service to the World Government and not defected from the Navy after realizing its true nature (props to Saul), and therefore he might project the fact that he's been rewarded by the system despite being a "sworn enemy of the Gods" onto his family, but that still doesn't account for the massive, delusional arrogance he displays in insisting that, despite everything–especially, especially the murders committed in pursuit of Ace, that robbed him of his birth mother and community–the Navy is the best and safest place for either of those boys. TLDR Garp not wanting his grandsons to have a bounties on their heads is one thing, but it says a lot that in spite of everything he knows, he's willing/determined to put Ace and Luffy in an environment that's extremely dangerous for them –and in Ace's case 100%, unquestionably fatal– because he's so convinced that compliance and the platonic ideals of "justice" and military service/hard work being rewarded by the system could supersede all of that.

#monkey d luffy #one piece #portgas d ace #marineford #trafalgar law #trafalgardwaterlaw #nico robin #monkey d garp #monkey d dragon #sengoku the buddha #akainu sakazuki #admiral akainu #portgas d rouge #marineford arc #one piece spoilers #op spoilers #jaguar d. saul

[xraiyax]

Sengoku: So, Monkey D. Luffy huh?

Law: Yeah, I still wonder too

Sengoku: Well, the Monkey D. ones may be idiots but they are very lovely and very passionate idiots. They get directly into your heart don’t they?

Law: Yeah

Law: …

Sengoku: …

Law, looking shocked at Sengoku: Wait… you and Garp?

Sengoku: The heart wants what the heart wants.

#things I need to draw #lawlu #lulaw #garp x sengoku #one piece #trafalgar law #trafalgar d water law #monkey d luffy #monkey d garp #sengoku #sengoku the buddha #funny #wrong quotes

[greeneyedsigma]

Garp: As usual, Garp has to save the day!

Sengoku: As usual, Sengoku has to hear about it.

**

Rosinante: Why are you wearing glasses?

Garp: Errr…reading…?

Rosinante: Reading?

Rosinante: I didn’t know you could read.

**

Sengoku: We call that a traumatic experience.

Sengoku, turning to Dragon: Not a "bruh moment".

Sengoku, turning to Rosinante: Not "sadge".

Sengoku, turning to Garp: And DEFINITELY not an "oof LMAO".

**

Dragon: I’ve never asked someone out. How do you even do it?

Garp: Oh, what I do is, I look them up and down and I say: “Hey… how you doin’?”

Sengoku, scoffing: Oh, please.

Garp, to Sengoku: Hey, how you doin’?

Sengoku:

Sengoku: *giggles and blushes*

**

Garp: People always shoot down my ideas and I’m sick of it. Two sentences in and everyone’s always shouting “what the fuck? that’s illegal!” and “You can’t do that!”. Like, c'mon, let me talk!

**

Crocodile: Do you want to explain the text you sent me last night?

Dragon: It was autocorrect.

Crocodile: Autocorrect wrote "You're so hot. Please step on me."?

Dragon: Yes.

**

Sengoku: The saying “it is better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission” no longer applies to Dragon.

**

Dragon: Helpful grammar tip: “farther” is for physical distance, “further” is for metaphorical distance, and “father” is for emotional distance!

#one piece #sigma's one piece au #incorrect quotes #one piece incorrect quotes #sengoku the buddha #female sengoku #monkey d garp #garp one piece #one piece rosinante #donquixote rosinante #monkey d dragon #garp x sengoku #sengoku x garp #one piece au #female crocodile #crocodile

[theprodigypenguin]

Garp bringing baby Dragon to work: Sengoku look, this is my son! I wanted you to meet him!

Sengoku: Oh, right. Dragon, wasn't it?

Sengoku:

Sengoku: Why does he look angry?

Garp: I dunno. Haven't been able to get him to smile or laugh even once yet.

Sengoku: His face is just like that?

Garp: Yep. Wanna be his godfather?

Sengoku:

Sengoku: I mean, I guess.

#i like to think dragon and sengoku got along idk why it just seems fun to me #i bet they bitched about garp together sometimes #dragon had a perpetual resting bitch face from day one #sengoku: he looks like hes about to steal my lunch money #one piece #monkey d garp #monkey d dragon #sengoku the buddha #the penguin queue

[journeytothewestresearch]

Thai Monkey Buddha

Move Saknarin, a fellow member of the ศรัทธาอากงไต่เสี่ยฮุกโจ้ว (大聖佛祖) Thailand Facebook group, has posted a lovely drawing of Sun Wukong as a Buddha. I love all of the little details.

#sun wukong #monkey king #victorious fighting buddha #buddha victorious in strife #monkey buddha #buddha #journey to the west #jttw #chinese folk religion #thailand #thai religion #chinese religion #digital art #lego monkie kid #lmk

[nobody-is-here01]

Helmeppo : Why isn’t the statue smirking at me?

Sengoku : It isn’t smirking at anyone, they’re all just imagining it.

Koby : Three of us saw it, sir. How do you explain that?

Sengoku *points at Luffy* : Sleep deprivation.

Sengoku *points at Koby* : Paranoia.

Sengoku *points at Garp* : Delusional personality disorder.

#one piece #marine luffy #monkey d. luffy #sengoku the buddha #vice admiral garp #monkey d garp #koby one piece #helmeppo

[gendervapor14]

the last flurry of the season fell in a slow, heavy cluster. it rested on the tip of his finger and softened into a fat, clear droplet. clouds gave way to blue skies and slush gave way to wet earth. birdsong and laughter danced from above and behind. his knees buckled as the leash around them strained. frozen grass reached for the fresh sun, and his hungry goat reached for the fresh grass. spring would be warm this time. 

artwork by @attyattlaw ♥ ~ prompt: seasons

previous prompt can be found here

thanks for hosting this event @corazon-week !

#corazonweek2023 #one piece fanart #genwrites #donquixote rosinante #corazon one piece #sengoku the buddha #monkey d garp #vice admiral garp #tsuru #tsuru one piece #sengoku's goat #star of the show #donquixote corazon #corazon #one piece #coraweek with atty & gen

[transmascvash]

Friend pitched this idea in DMs a while back and I REALLY liked it so I figured I should share it with yall-

What if Conqueror's Haki was Personalized?

To elaborate, this basically is just wondering "what if conqueror's haki didn't just scare off/knock out everyone around you and its specific effects depended on the users personality" and showing off the ones i came up with

Luffy's makes people incredibly giggly and unable to focus on what it is they're SUPPOSED to be doing

Doflamingo's puts people in a more suggestible headspace where they're more willing to listen to him

Shank's makes you feel basically drunk- woozy with blurry vision and unable to stay upright

Not as concrete on this one, but Sengoku's pacifying people to tie with his Buddah theming?

Zoro gets to keep the "normal" conqueror's haki- he'd totally be the kinda guy to just either make people run away or pass out from sheer terror

Big Mom's just draws people into her fairy tale fantasy/makes people burst into song/hj

If anyone else wants to do their own take on this idea I'd love to hear it!

#one piece #monkey d luffy #donquixote doflamingo #red haired shanks #sengoku the buddha #roronoa zoro

[iwillfightformydream]

More Marine Rules

2)When encountering the bizarre, unbelievable, or seemingly impossible, the right answers are:

A) ‘Devil Fruit'

B)'Vegapunk'

C) This is the ‘Grand Line’

D) All 3 scenarios listed above

E) Or Garp and fucking D’s

3) Don’t ask about Garp’s grandson(s), unless you want to lose your hearing and sanity

A) Or his son

4) Don’t ask about fleet admiral Sengoku’s Son or grandson, you may be punished

5) Don’t ask about anyone’s family who’s a vice admiral or higher

A) there’s two ways it can go, both lead to you regretting your decision.

B) the only exception is Vice-Admiral Tsuru

#marine rules #monkey d garp #monkey d dragon #one piece #monkey d. luffy #Garp #garp one piece #fist of love #grand line #devil fruit #Grand line madness #vegapunk #D madness #vice admiral garp #one piece marines #Vice-Admiral Tsuru #Tsuru #one piece sengoku #sengoku the buddha #Sengoku

[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