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Well what's this, a new deviation from me? WHAT IS THIS MADNESS!-------------------------------------
Jk, After much talk with my friend on discord and inspiration from 's beautiful Qilin OCs, I decided to make a Qilin OC of my own and considering it's the time of the Lunar New Year, I figured to do something to represent something what my Asian country would do (I'm of Vietnamese descent)
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Now just to clarify some things:
Qilins are the same as the Kirins of Japan, so if you think they're different things... you're wrong.
Unlike the Westernized Qilins which describes then as Chimeras (From the fact they have different animal parts), they're more related to dragons in the Asian culture.
While Qilins are mainly Chinese, they did spread out to other Asian Countries under different names.
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Qilins can have the heads of dragons or tigers, lion's mane, dragon like features on their body of an horse or ox, hooves of a horse or ox, fish scales in areas, 1 or 2 deer like antlers (even though the Chinese dragons are depicted to also have antlers), and a lion or ox tail.
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Now after that little bit of knowledge, let's get to the character.
Her name is Peach Blossom, or referred to in her native Qielnam (A mixture of Qilin and Vietnam) as Lady Hoa đào (Vietnamese for Peach Blossom), but for those Equestrian that cannot pronounce it, they call her Lady Blossom. She mostly spends her time in areas that have peach blossom trees (NOT CHERRY BLOSSOMS, THOSE ARE IN JAPAN). She is revered in Qielnam for her beauty, lay of the land, and knowledge of nature, even being nicknamed the Mother of Nature. She lives in the Temple of Nature, a place to pay respects to the land. She will also help those in need, whether for her people being lost, or when they ask for an offering of food from her. She will not take tolerance to those who wish to do harm to nature, once that happens, she will send her guards onto them and punish them, but she will send respect to those that want to understand and respect nature.
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I am planning to do a series of Qilins I have in mind I want to do, so expect some more Qilins from me.
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She might also have a design change soon as I want to add some peach blossoms to her horns in the near future once I can draw them better... I might also work on the horns a bit...
Wings I don't know though as Qilins don't normally have wings...
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Happy Lunar New Year and see you around.
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Club-Dreamiverse [2020-09-30 19:24:04 +0000 UTC]
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SaturnGrl [2018-02-17 16:09:02 +0000 UTC]
Very lovely design! I'm glad I was able to inspire you to create a Qilin of your own!
Are they also called Qilin in Vietnam? Or are these mythical creatures given a different name?
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MeowMeowDoesArt In reply to SaturnGrl [2018-02-17 19:29:01 +0000 UTC]
I'm glad you like it SaturnGrl!
From what research I have found, the Vietnamese call them as Ky Lan.
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