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Illustration

Caden Zhang

Portrait of the Mother Goddess

Illustration
2024
This illustration, designed in the dimensions of a Chinese painting scroll, depicts an idealized portrait of Tian-ren. The flowing ribbons symbolize the human womb, while the sleeves suggest female genitalia, highlighting Tian-ren’s role as mother-goddesses.

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Portrait of the Mother Goddess
Portrait of the Mother Goddess

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Caden Zhang

Illustration, Concept Art

“Dust of Buzhou is a series of narrative illustrations set in a war-torn Eastern land, where humans uncover the decayed corpses of their Mother Goddesses, Tian-ren. These beings, once worshipped as...” [More]