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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~

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Illustration | Embroidery linktr.ee/kotenrose kotenrose.etsy.com With art inspired by 🦇 Medieval Japan! 🍡 Japanese food! 😺 Cats! 👺 Demons! 🌸 Flowers! 猫系、歴女。日本語オッケー! 🚫 AI 🏳️‍🌈 Ally 🏳️‍⚧️ Falo um pouco de portugês também (estou a aprender)

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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Hey! Did you know that I have a Patreon? Join up to see updates and WIPs plus get some cool freebies as a paid Tengu tier member ❤️ (this month's Tengu freebie is a set of AWESOME printable bookmarks!) #art #artist #patreon #embroidery #japan #digitalart
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Did that thing where the task I absolutely Could. Not. Do. for like a month was done in less than 20 minutes. All it took was 3+ weeks of self-hatred and extreme guilt! 😁 Pour one out (some of your executive function) for poor saps like me #adhd #nd #justadhdthings
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Post a witch if you wish 🧙‍♀️
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Im Not A Witch Im Your Wife Witch GIF
Alt: Billy Crystal is dressed as an old man in brown robes with poofy white hair. He says stand back, witch! and Carol Kane, the white-haired witch in question, responds I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
I finally made another weird little hiragana! This is ku く, which sounds like the last bit of "cuckoo" and don't ask why that's the example that first comes to my mind It turned out a bit bookish and I'm not mad ❤️ #japanese #hiragana #art #digitalart #langsky
The Japanese phonetic character ku has been turned into a weird little lineart guy. It looks like a top down open book with pages facing right, and eyes bugging out on the spine. Part of the spine looks like a mouth and its expression is a bit nervous. The book is colored in a gradient from dark purple to turquoise with a pink line indicating the shape of the original character.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Saw someone use the word "retro" and realized I don't know what the lower limit is. For example, I feel like the 1980s are retro but the 1880s are historical. Does something have to be modern to be retro? How modern? Is Heian fashion (794-1185) retro, is basically what I'm asking
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
If you see me at the club this is what you’ll find (but you won't see me in the club because I'm an introvert and am easily overwhelmed in noisy places)
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a woman in a black dress is dancing on a dance floor
Alt: Elaine Benes from the nineties sitcom Seinfeld. She has big, poofy hair, is wearing a long-sleeved black dress and chunky heels, and she's doing a series of jerky movements she thinks is a dance. It has been described as a dry heave set to music
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Went to make my fave Greek shrimp recipe, but after the requisite two bags of shrimp thawed one of the bags turned out to be open and ruined. Not enough shrimp to make it- devastated. My partner looks at the remaining bag, thinks, and says, "could we make curry with it?" He is a keeper.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
What GIF pops up when you type your name? I put in Koten (classical literature) 😆
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a man in a white shirt and tie is smiling with the word classic behind him
Alt: Andy from Parks and Rec wears a white shirt and a spotted black tie as he nods enthusiastically. The word classic is written in an appropriately classical font in front of him.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
1. I got out my fountain pen and am writing by hand ❤️ 2. I hyperfocused on my writing at least twice over the week 3. I am not losing interest in my story as I get into the middle bits, which is awesome because this is usually where I put a story down and never touch it again #WeeknightWriters
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
All right, y'all asked for it. Here is my T-Rex in a bikini drinking bubble tea. This was drawn for my partner for reasons. Yes, she has feathers. Yes, that is the word "badonkadonk" with an arrow pointing to her butt. No, I am not fielding questions at this time
A scanned grayscale pencil drawing showing a T-Rex with her eyes squeezed shut, holding bubble tea in her tiny arms and trying to take a sip. She has feathers on her head and neck, as well as some near her chicken-like legs. She wears a sun hat, a black string bikini, and some lipstick, but I cannot emphasize enough that this is not sexy in the least. The faint word badonkadonk is visible above her powerful tail, with an arrow pointing to her butt. I'm not sure how this happened, and it may indicate that I am beyond help.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Oh hey @michellefranklin.bsky.social I saw your Viking post earlier and I found another one for you. These fakers 😂 (Ollie I'm joking I love it)
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
My partner told me to post my ridiculous pencil drawing but I told him no because I run a classy feed (I don't, but he doesn't know that) Anyway if you want to see a T-Rex in a sun hat and bikini struggling to drink bubble tea lmk. Heads-up: it is NOT well-executed and no, it is NOT sexy
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
This is the job market I'm dealing with 🙃 This makes my degree in medieval Japanese literature even more important to me- if people are trying so hard to suppress knowledge of other cultures and languages, it must be exceedingly valuable. Fight back and learn about a different culture today ❤️
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
I know I'm following a bunch of scientists! Do you have some time this upcoming term to make a difference in kids' lives? I would love to do this for literature, hehe #science #academicsky #edusky #disabledinstem #geosky #plantscience #queerinstem #womeninstem #scicomm #plantscience #chemsky
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Today's weird little hiragana guy! This is き, pronounced like the word "key." The design is a little rocky or crystalline- did I have the word stone (石 seki/ishi) in mind? I've been very low energy so I haven't made many recently- will try to catch up. #art #digitalart #japanese #langsky
A line art design of a weird rocky monster shaped like a Japanese phonetic character. It is purple-gray with pink lines running through it to show what the actual character looks like. It has two big eyes toward the top, and the shape of the character makes it look like it has a big round mouth open.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Hear, hear!
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
My August member freebie is complete!! There's now an exclusive set of bookmarks (printable pdf) for members of my Patreon! They are. Super. Awesome. #art #digitalart #patreon #japan #obon #skeletons #ghosts #booksky
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I'm working on something SO COOL for my Patreon followers! This month's theme is Obon (the summer festival of the dead, August 13-16 this year). It's actually a pretty (living-)family-oriented holiday, but I will of course be focusing on ghosts. Join my Patreon here! #art #artist #japan #obon
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I love when a movie is called a manga eiga ("comics film/ manga film." Shoutout to old-school Toei)
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Reposting because I think I posted at a bad time and nobody saw it 😭 I was kinda proud of him though! He's so happy~ #art #artist #langsky #japanese #hiragana #digitalart
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Today's hiragana: か! We've finished the standalone vowels, so the remaining sounds are all consonant and vowel combos. This one is k + a (ah) to make ka. Imagine this bird saying "caw" but without any w at the end. So "cah." The bird's from Boston. It's lore now. #hiragana #japanese #langsky
A jolly green bird with red, blue, and yellow feathers on its head and one orange foot visible. With its beak, long tongue, and the blue popsicle floating in the air nearby, it forms the shape of the Japanese phonetic character ka.
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Just over 24 hours left to buy these bundles and support disabled creatives, several of whom have been shadowbanned in the current censorship fiasco
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I finally finished level 1 of European Portuguese! I am now qualified to: -ask where the bathroom is -fail to comprehend your directions -be escorted crying to said bathroom while thanking you profusely in the wrong gender -say "no worries" when there are definitely worries #langsky #portuguese
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I made my hiragana guys into a plastic tumbler! Find it at kotenrose.etsy.com #japanese #langsky #digitalart #supportartists
Text says "new! Japanese hiragana character tumbler. Twenty ounces, BPA-free plastic, great for back-to-school! kotenrose dot etsy dot com." Image shows a picture of a yellow-green plastic tumbler and straw with cute little monsters shaped like Japanese characters on it.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Day 5 of drawing hiragana as weird little guys! Don't tell え, but I think this is my favorite so far~ This is お, the last of the standalone vowels! For the pronunciation, pretend you forgot something and then suddenly remember and go "oh!" I think this guy did #hiragana #langsky #digitalart #art
A blue dragonlike creature is in the shape of a Japanese hiragana. It has big fluffy ears for some reason and looks slightly startled. It has blue-green fins. To its right, a small cloud holds the final stroke of the hiragana character. In a speech balloon it says oh! which is the pronunciation of the character. It's giving Dragonair vibes if you're a Pokemon fan.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I have my first Patreon supporter! 😭🥰 If you'd like to join, I only have one tier so far and it's as cheap as they'd let me make it, haha. Become my tengu minion! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has supported me and my art this week in various ways. It means so much to me 🥰 patreon.com/kotenrose
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Ok so things got a bit TOO weird around here I think I'm going to stop drawing for the night (I mean, what do you expect from someone who studies yokai?) #art #digitalart #supportartists #coffee #summerween
Simple line art of an entirely cursed mug of coffee. The mug is purple and covered in small pairs of gray-blue eyes. It's filled with coffee, and floating within the coffee is a different pair of eyes which seem to be real
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I was too depressed to make a hiragana weird little guy yesterday I was today too, but I did it anyway and I feel a little better ❤️ Meet え. For the pronunciation, imagine a Canadian saying "eh?" I know I did #art #digitalart #langsky #hiragana #japan
A weird little fuzzy blue guy with a dark pink stripe in the shape of a Japanese phonetic character. He has big eyes and a little brown hat is in the air above his head. In a speech balloon he says eh?
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I have a new Patreon! I'm going to share more of my behind the scenes stuff there. There's also a paid tier where you can support me and get exclusive stuff ❤️ #art #artist #japan #supportartists
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Hey I'm gonna get real annoying for about a month I need to raise money so I can get home and live with relatives- we can't afford Vancouver anymore 😭 (I am heartbroken) So I'll be plugging my shop a lot- feel free to mute if you don't want to see it. #art #japan #kofi #supportartists
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
This is how I look when I write (because I go into deep hyperfocus and forget to eat or take care of myself for hours)
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a man with a green mask on his face is wearing a hat and saying somebody .
Alt: Jim Carrey in The Mask. He has a green face- the mask- and is wearing a canary yellow suit. He dramatically puts on a matching hat that has a black band and a feather before saying somebody stop me
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
#Caturday is always pretty awesome around here but today's cat content has been off the charts ❤️ I appreciate you sharing your cats with me so I can live vicariously through you! (I love the other animal content too btw)
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
This is probably gonna be the last bundle most of us will ever be in thanks to Itch fuckery, which means folks are *really* going to need the money from it to survive while we figure out what's next Please support it & know that exactly $0 will go to Itch; everything goes to the disabled authors
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Day 3 of making hiragana into weird little guys Today is う, pronounced like the "oo" in "food." It turned into a little salamander guy despite the fact that I had been thinking something quite different when I started sketching. #art #digitalart #japan #japanese #langsky
A yellow salamander-like creature with orange spots in the shape of a Japanese hiragana character. A speech bubble says "oo" which is how the character is pronounced. He looks up with big eyes and one foot tucked under his head. He has some weird fin-like bits on the other end instead of feet.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Day 2 of making hiragana into weird little guys Today: い (pronounced like ee in feet). It felt like dragons but also like Muppets. This is fun- I feel like I could do it 44 more times 😜 #art #digitalart #japan #japanese #hiragana #languagelearning #langsky
Against a speckled purple background, two wormlike creatures form the shape of a Japanese hiragana character. One fuzzy worm is lime colored and has its mouth open saying ee, which is how the character is pronounced. The other fuzzy worm is more of a turquoise color and looks at the first worm with a small cute smile.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
This honestly sounds like a lot of fun Check it out if you have the funds!
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I've got some lovely embroideries sitting lonely in my shop. If you're celebrating #summerween, maybe this one's for you! Come check them all out at kotenrose.etsy.com #art #supportartists #halloween #embroidery #needlework #japan #history
Image shows a dark background with some orange fall leaves. Skelly Nun is written at the top in bright red, with handmade embroidery written in white underneath. Below is an image of a completed embroidery on off-white cloth in a round hoop that shows two skeletons, one sitting and one standing. Text next to them says perfect for summerween and unique item! when it's gone, it's gone. At the bottom is the link kotenrose.etsy.com.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I made the Japanese hiragana character あ (pronounced "ah") into a weird little guy Why? Why not #art #digitalart #japan
Over a background of small blue dots, a strangely shaped pink line art character makes a surprised expression with big, round eyes. It has weirdly long, curvy arms and big ears that stick straight out to either side, and it's saying ah. It's modeled on a character from a phonetic Japanese alphabet. That's why it looks so weird. That and no other reason.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Had a disappointing job interview, meaning me and my partner will probably have to move in with relatives soon If you care to send a coffee (tip) my way or visit my shop it sure would lift my spirits! Or a repost for visibility ❤️ kotenrose.etsy.com #supportartists #art #kofi #japan #embroidery
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
If you have ever posted a cat photo on here, there is a nonzero chance I have used your cat for drawing practice one person got a sketch once but usually I'm too embarrassed 😅
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
So I finally got a #Patreon account where I'll show behind-the-scenes stuff and my art process! What do you look for in Patreon memberships? I have exclusive postcard art ready to go, but if there's something you want to see, lmk! #artist #embroidery #digitalart #japan #supportartists #art
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Does taking melatonin cause you to draw things that are cursed or is that just my personality
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
If you need a #journal with some bite to keep the #bats in your belfry organized, this one's for you! And if no one buys one before August 21 the listing will be gone 😭 kotenrose.etsy.com It's the first thing I ever designed and I love it! The calligraphy on the inside is mine ❤️ #art #digitalart
A blue banner reads Night of the Komori Softcover journal- back to school with bite! Underneath is the cover of a dark blue journal with clouds and two big brown bats prominent in the center. To the right of this is a white inner page of the journal with a box saying this journal belongs to and space for a name. It also says name in Japanese calligraphy in a medieval style and has a small line art bat beneath it. At the bottom of the image is a banner reading only at kotenrose.etsy.com.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I love it when animals are named after other animals. Especially when the animals are very different sizes or temperaments. A friend's kids named their new cat "Bunny" and I went nuts. Someday I am going to have the most confusing home full of animals ever
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
I did a #fanart for the first time in like, ever And it's so trendy and topical! (it's from a #videogame that came out in 1995) I've been playing it through in Japanese again for language practice and am reminded how awesome it is. This is my fave character ❤️ Guess who! #estpolisdenki2 #chibi
A chibi character with green hair and a white, purple, and gold battle dress holds a staff with a blue stone in her right hand. To her left is a banner with text in Japanese. It says her name which I don't want to give away, but it also says magic knight~
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Agreed. This is the female gaze for millennials You know I'm right
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a cartoon fox wearing a green hat is smiling
Alt: Robin Hood, the fox from the animated Disney movie, blinks slowly as the camera slowly zooms in on his enraptured face surrounded by a dreamy blue background. Not pictured: the subject of his gaze, Maid Marian.
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
The studies are done and the data is in! Funnily enough, I was a teacher before becoming an artist and it's the same damn chart
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Someday I'd like to get really into Copic markers. I was going to make a joke "but they're too expensive, so I bought a digital drawing pad instead" haha so funny I bought the bigger thing Then I looked at the price of Copic markers
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Tip me a coffee ($5 or even $1) and help my mental state and ease my financial burden! It's unlikely that we'll be able to keep paying rent where we are, and I'm a long way off from being able to pay it from my #art. I'm looking at next steps. I appreciate it so much! ❤️ #kofi #supportartists
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KotenRose ~古典ローズ~ @kotenrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
For those of you currently (rightfully) upset at Etsy, I have also made my Japanese #map available on Ko-fi (Ko-fi is GREAT because artists keep more of what you pay). Download the high-quality version and make yourself a little seaside home in medieval Japan ⛩️ #art #digitalart #japan #kofi #bsnm
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Seaside Village - Japanese Medieval Fantasy Map - KotenRose's Ko-fi Shop
Digital Download- 8.5 x 11 inch (3300x2550px) jpg file. A fictional Japanese map I drew in the style of a 1727 text called Gaten tsūkō (Thoughts on Li...
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