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Posted on January 21, 2007 @ 12:11 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,blog,books,china,fashion,fun,illustration,mythology,news,people,ukiyo-e,wordpress

monkey suwkong aynaku illustration travel

“Monkey King (or Sunwukong) was born from a stone. He wanted to be like the immortals and be free from death. He was extremely smart and capable, and learned all the magic tricks from a master Taoist. He could transform himself into seventy-two different images such as a tree, a bird, a beast of prey, or a bug as small as a mosquito so as to sneak into an enemy’s belly to fight him or her inside out. Using clouds as a vehicle, he can travel 180,000 miles a single somersault…”
Monkey is the Chinese classic by ancient scholar Wu Ch’eng-en I am reading these days. It combines the divine and human and is an allegory of own personal journey to spiritual development.

Illustration Friday’s topic is: super hero

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10 people have left comments

what a cool monkey king illustration. i like the effects you made for the cloud.

isay wrote on January 21, 2007 - 12:24 pm UTC

Very cool super hero, Aynaku, he can do anything!

Pati @-;– wrote on January 21, 2007 - 2:41 pm UTC

Great character and take aynaku! cool!

Michelle Lana wrote on January 21, 2007 - 4:08 pm UTC

Quite interesting. Very nice work, as always.

Larry Lee wrote on January 21, 2007 - 9:45 pm UTC

Yes, very cool post and love the way you always take us to an exotic idea or location!!!

valgalart wrote on January 22, 2007 - 2:59 am UTC

This is an interesting take on the theme. I like your super hero and I really dig the water/clouds he is sitting on/above. Peace.

Get Zapped wrote on January 22, 2007 - 6:16 pm UTC

thank you for the nice comment on my website ;oP

i finally found yours! good job on the monkey

Knottydon wrote on January 24, 2007 - 1:42 pm UTC

Grazie per il tuo commento, non conoscevo Lucio Fontana, molto moderno per il suo tempo, pero’.
La tua scelta per il super hero e’ davvero interessante, diversa dai simboli Occidentali. Qui prevale la crescita spirituale.

Nicole wrote on January 24, 2007 - 9:12 pm UTC

you never can go wrong with the monkey king great drawing

michael dailey wrote on January 24, 2007 - 10:42 pm UTC

Very nice. Your shading always slays me. He looks wise and a tad crazy. You always have such a wonderful take on the topics.

Tiffini Elektra X wrote on February 3, 2007 - 9:19 pm UTC

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