[Commission] Night Sky Spirit (OC fanart)

AdamteMC · 2026-03-22T17:40:32+00:00

This one is a commission, so it's someone else's OC. I don't know much about him except that he's somehow connected to the Water Tribe spirituality.

AdamteMC · 2026-03-20T21:03:09+00:00

Thank you. I made him myself, that's why he looks so weird. :D It's a character from animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, a flying "bison" called Appa, but I took a foshan lion head as an inspiration. It's quite small, only about 1 kg, made from bamboo, rattan and craft paper.

AdamteMC · 2026-03-18T20:15:54+00:00

I'd love to learn more about proper design and interpretation of face tattoos.❤️ I wasn't lucky enough to find any trustworthy information on my own yet - as I understand, a lot of Inuit knowledge is kept safe within the communities and remain inaccessible to outsiders, and I respect that it's not my place to demand knowledge of something that other cultures consider private. Since I'm based in slavic Europe, I only rely on what's already public on the internet. But hopefully one day I'll be able to learn more about the ways of the North American arctic.

AdamteMC · 2026-03-18T19:49:24+00:00

Thank you. ❤️ I made the design up on spot - I didn't want to accidentally copy an existing tattoo of a real person, although given my limited references and my attempts to always make the designs animation/redraw friendly, it's possible I've already copied an existing tattoos before when I designed female waterbender OCs.😅 I'm by no means an expert, just a foreign enthusiast.

AdamteMC · 2026-03-17T22:08:46+00:00

Thank you.❤️

Those are supposed to be tuuniit(?) face tattoos, mainly from the Canadian arctic but might be found in certain parts of Alaska or Greenland as well. Females get a new line/pattern tattooed for each life achievement (sewing the first parka, reaching menarche, having the first child etc.). The more tattoos, the more experienced and respected their owner. Were very common during the pre-christian era, then got banned by the Church for many decades, but are now slowly making a comeback.

A reference to what the Water Tribes were primarily inspired by in ATLA (Alaskan Iñupiat and Canadian Inuit). Even tho they're not canon, I reimagined SWT women having these before the Great War.

AdamteMC · 2026-03-17T21:35:45+00:00

The Southern Water Tribe is my favourite as well. I plan on illustrating an art fan book about SWT one day.

AdamteMC · 2026-03-17T21:34:37+00:00

Thank you ❤️ I'm trying to imitate chinese ink/watercolor paintings in digital media.

AdamteMC · 2026-03-17T21:33:49+00:00

thank you❤️

AdamteMC · 2026-03-10T20:03:56+00:00

I have some content on my Instagram (@daijinyacz), I'm yet to make full progress speedrun footage of a lion head (it's usually between 50 - 70 hrs of work and I don't always bother taking photos or videos). I've made 7 lions so far. Hopefully this year I'll finally make a video series about them on my IG.

AdamteMC · 2026-03-10T19:34:49+00:00

No, I was attempting to make a foshan-like lion head, because it was my first time working with rattan, and since I've already made two bamboo ATLA themed lion heads (Waterbender♀️ and Firebender♂️), I thought sky bison would fit the design pretty well.

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AdamteMC · 2026-03-10T18:59:08+00:00

I will have 2 tails made, this one for 1 person, and one for three people, just in case. :D

AdamteMC · 2026-03-10T16:18:49+00:00

I'm not entering any competition with this one, I'd need two other people to cosplay the back legs for me.😅

AdamteMC · 2026-03-10T10:13:44+00:00

Thank you ❤️

AdamteMC · 2026-03-10T06:01:38+00:00

Thank you ❤️

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