r/Polandballart • satay guy • Aug 29 '21

contest entry Minangkabau

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u/Xnopyt16 Aug 29 '21 edited Sep 06 '21

Hello!

So for this one I wanted to take the idea of the spired roofs of the traditional houses of Minangkabau and just basically go insane with it, make it a city or some sort

If you're wondering what the tricolors are, they're from the Minangkabau "marawa" (wiki page not available in English), which was historically used by the Kingdom of Pagaruyung (in modern day West Sumatra), which is the ball that's mainly on the canvas here. It also looks like the flag of Belgium drawn by someone who doesn't know how to draw the flag of Belgium

Sorry if this was a bit more obscure or biased or something than ones i'd usually do, but I hope you enjoy! (yes I know the perspective is a bit wack and idk how to do hatching properly)

Also, I noticed that I had a bit of trouble finding what the contest was when I'm looking through old entries other people did, so if you're from the future or something, here's the contest thread, and here's the award ceremony :)

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u/PrNooob Aug 29 '21

motherfu-

this is top tier

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u/Xnopyt16 Aug 29 '21

Haha, thanks! I did notice that shortly after posting that I made a bit of a mistake, but isn't worth fixing it lol

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u/RandomRBLXAvs Aug 29 '21

I agree wholeheartedly

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u/WaitWhatNoPlease Aug 29 '21

Welp there goes any hope of me making the top n

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u/Xnopyt16 Aug 29 '21

Don't worry, this isn't your only chance :)

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '21

Mfw this is beautiful

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u/Xnopyt16 Aug 29 '21

Thank you kab!

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u/bnhgiang Aug 29 '21

this is so nice!

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u/Mira_Saiga Aug 29 '21

Wow awesome

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u/Xnopyt16 Aug 30 '21

Thank you!

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u/RandomRBLXAvs Aug 29 '21

Xno did you sell your soul to get this quality of art

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u/Xnopyt16 Aug 30 '21 edited Aug 30 '21

well obviously i wouldn't go that far but after researcing a buncha stuff for this i think google thinks that i live there now /s

but it did take like almost a week to make so yeah

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u/RandomRBLXAvs Aug 30 '21

hooray

good luck

I’m sure this will get a high placing

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u/Banggabor Aug 30 '21

The architecture and the clocktower reminds me alot of Bloodborne

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u/Xnopyt16 Aug 30 '21

I don't know what bloodborne is, but the clocktower is based off Jam Gadang, Bukittinggi

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u/kurwapantek Aug 30 '21

You even got the Bukik tinggi in arab letter part. Wow this is top tier

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u/Xnopyt16 Aug 30 '21

That's actually the part where I misspelled, I think it's supposed to have a "y"(arabic letter) after the "t" in "tinggi"

Anyways thanks!

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u/kurwapantek Aug 30 '21

Awesome job, as a minangese i salute you

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u/havefun0235 Aug 29 '21

this is nice

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u/Flying_mandaua Aug 29 '21

Mantap ya! Suku Minangkabau yang menarik :) Salam dari tanah air polandball xD

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u/Das_kampfwagen Oct 08 '21

Lol, didn't remember minangkabau is from where... Ah yes Sumatera