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A DEER OF NINE COLORS 

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illustration of This series of images was inspired by a traditional story I heard as a child, A Deer of Nine Colors. The original story is based on the Buddhist Jataka tale, which was discovered as cave paintings from the Mogao Caves. 

I expanded the meaning of the story and added my own insight. This image described the last part of this story,  the main character betrayed the Nine-Colored Deer because of greed, which eventually led to his own death.
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Artist: Danlin Zhang
Client: Illumicrate
Illustration for the dust jacket of the novel The Eyes are The Best Part, by Monika Kim

The Eyes are The Best Part

This series of images was inspired by a traditional story I heard as a child, A Deer of Nine Colors. The original story is based on the Buddhist Jataka tale, which was discovered as cave paintings from the Mogao Caves. I expanded the meaning of the story and added my own insight. This image described the last part of this story, the main character betrayed the Nine-Colored Deer because of greed, which eventually led to his own death.

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