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My original intention was to do a candy-themed mythological figure, unfortunately
such thing doesn't exist, nor anything I can adapt to such a theme. So you guys
get the next best thing instead, which is Suzaku... I guess....
World, you disappoint me sometimes.

As always, the name should be "Zhu Que", but you guys get it by now.

Suzaku is part of a set, you can see the other members of the celestial animals, Genbu,
the Black Tortoise, and Byakko, the White Tiger, right here:
[link] , [link]

---Suzaku, Vermilion Bird of the South------------------------------------------------------
One of the four celestial creatures of the Chinese constellations, alongside the
White Tiger, the Azure Dragon and the Black Turtle, known collectively as the
Four Symbols, or the Sì Xiàng, all four governed by the powerful Yellow Dragon.
The Vermillion Bird (known in Chinese as Zhu Que, Suzaku in Japanese and Jujak
in Korean) represents the direction of South, the element of Fire and the season
of summer. It is described as a bird resembling a pheasant or a quail, with
shining feathers in five colors (including shades of red of course),covered in
flames and capable of chirping in five beautiful voices. It a very noble animal, and
very selective about what it eats and where is perches.
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Every time I see Suzaku it's usually a big badass phoenix or eagle-like bird. Much better
artists did this better than me before, so to differentiate my design a little I based
it on a stylized golden pheasant: [like this one]
Pardon if it looks more underwhelming than other Suzakus out there for this.

The design has the same patterns as Byakko and Genbu, all mentioned already.
I've tried to incorporate some elements from the cloaks used by chinese emperors
to make it look more regal. In fact, my first sketch included even those hats they
wear, but it looked too goofy, so I discarded it.
As a final note, the 5 colored feathers correspond to the five celestial creatures,
including the yellow dragon.

Well, that's it. Now only Seiryu and Kohryu to go and the set shall be complete!
Hope you all liked it, and see you all next time!

Description
My original intention was to do a candy-themed mythological figure, unfortunately
such thing doesn't exist, nor anything I can adapt to such a theme. So you guys
get the next best thing instead, which is Suzaku... I guess....
World, you disappoint me sometimes.

As always, the name should be "Zhu Que", but you guys get it by now.

Suzaku is part of a set, you can see the other members of the celestial animals, Genbu,
the Black Tortoise, and Byakko, the White Tiger, right here:
[link] , [link]

---Suzaku, Vermilion Bird of the South------------------------------------------------------
One of the four celestial creatures of the Chinese constellations, alongside the
White Tiger, the Azure Dragon and the Black Turtle, known collectively as the
Four Symbols, or the Sì Xiàng, all four governed by the powerful Yellow Dragon.
The Vermillion Bird (known in Chinese as Zhu Que, Suzaku in Japanese and Jujak
in Korean) represents the direction of South, the element of Fire and the season
of summer. It is described as a bird resembling a pheasant or a quail, with
shining feathers in five colors (including shades of red of course),covered in
flames and capable of chirping in five beautiful voices. It a very noble animal, and
very selective about what it eats and where is perches.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Every time I see Suzaku it's usually a big badass phoenix or eagle-like bird. Much better
artists did this better than me before, so to differentiate my design a little I based
it on a stylized golden pheasant: [like this one]
Pardon if it looks more underwhelming than other Suzakus out there for this.

The design has the same patterns as Byakko and Genbu, all mentioned already.
I've tried to incorporate some elements from the cloaks used by chinese emperors
to make it look more regal. In fact, my first sketch included even those hats they
wear, but it looked too goofy, so I discarded it.
As a final note, the 5 colored feathers correspond to the five celestial creatures,
including the yellow dragon.

Well, that's it. Now only Seiryu and Kohryu to go and the set shall be complete!
Hope you all liked it, and see you all next time!