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Cai Tse
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πŸ“• Author/Illustrator of LION DANCERS (Simon & Schuster)
πŸ‰ Lion and Dragon Dance Team IG@cylladda
πŸ› Shop: http://theseventhlion.com
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Cai Tse @theseventhlion.com Β· Nov 15
Hello! I'm Cai, a Chinese Australian author/illustrator, designer, and lion dancer. I make all things lion dance.

✨ Visit my shop and website here:

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Inspired by this post by @zachpogrob on IG
white text on black background. Obsession is greater than discipline. You don't force yourself to start. You force yourself to stop. The right work doesn't feel like work. It lives in your mind like a separate entity. Always on. Always hungry. Never letting you quite the game. This is not about showing up. This is not about 'consistency'. This is an unrelenting, uncontrollable addition to craft. It's intensity meets iteration. It's a religious devotion to the details. It's an art, a sport, a pursuit - that feels too good to be true. But it is true. Your one job in life is to find work that feels like a miracle. Some find it early. Some find it late. Some never do. But once you do see it - there is a before and after moment. It all makes sense. And then, the mission becomes simple.
March 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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black and white, manga-inspired action drawing of Chinese lion dance. Caption reads, "It's an art, a sport, a pursuit." black and white, manga-inspired action drawing of Chinese lion dance in mis-movement. Caption reads, "Some of it find it early. Some find it late. Some never do. But when you do..." black and white, manga-inspired action drawing of Chinese lion dance in mid-swing. Caption reads, "... it all makes sense. And then," black and white, manga-inspired drawing of boy's face, looking forward, tired, determined. Caption reads, "The mission becomes simple."
March 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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black and white, manga-inspired action drawing of Chinese lion dance in mid-movement. Caption reads, "Always on. Always hungry." black and white, manga-inspired action drawing of Chinese lion dance in mid-swing. Caption reads, "Never letting you quit the game." black and white, manga-inspired action drawing of lion dancer as he turns mid-movement, cropped on half his face. Caption reads, "An unrelenting, uncontrollable, addiction to craft." black and white, manga-inspired action drawing of Chinese lion dance, a shot of the lion dancer's legs in mid-movement. Caption reads, "It's intensity meets iteration. It's a religious devotion to the details."
March 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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A lion dance thing.

#art #comics
black and white manga-inspired action drawing of a Chinese lion dance. Caption reads "Obsession" black and white manga-inspired action drawing of a chinese lion dance. Caption reads "An obsession so strong that, you don't force yourself to start," black and white manga-inspired action drawing of a chinese lion dance. Caption reads "You force yourself to stop." black and white manga-inspired action drawing of a chinese lion dance. Shot of lion dancer's concentrating face as he performs. Caption reads "It livessin your mind like a separate entity."
March 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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You have no idea how excited I am cuz my whole lion dance team love this artist πŸ’–
theseventhlion.com Cai Tse @theseventhlion.com Β· Mar 16
We're making a game about lion dance!

It's a story driven visual novel dating game, where you take the role of the leader of a once-thriving, now disbanded, lion dance troupe. DANCING HEARTS is from game designer and product manager Tessa Touchette and creative director Cai Tse.
March 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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My next middle grade graphic novel has been announced!! πŸ€©πŸŽ‹ I am so excited to be working on STONE LION, a book inspired by my own childhood summers spent in Taiwan πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡ΌπŸ˜Œβœ¨
March 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Yay, thank you! Got a lot of work ahead πŸ’ͺ
March 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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LION DANCER DATING SIM πŸ—£οΈπŸ“£!! FROM A REAL DEAL LION DANCER! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!
theseventhlion.com Cai Tse @theseventhlion.com Β· Mar 16
We're making a game about lion dance!

It's a story driven visual novel dating game, where you take the role of the leader of a once-thriving, now disbanded, lion dance troupe. DANCING HEARTS is from game designer and product manager Tessa Touchette and creative director Cai Tse.
March 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Sorry. Seems I can't add it in after the fact. I will remember for next time. Thanks for the heads up.
March 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Announcement here: www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-cen...

Blocklines here: www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-...

Thank you Screen Australia!!!
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Screen Australia has today announced a wide-ranging funding boost to the Australian games sector that covers 23 games, the launch of the recently announced ALT: Games Festival and support for seven Au...
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March 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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We're making a game about lion dance!

It's a story driven visual novel dating game, where you take the role of the leader of a once-thriving, now disbanded, lion dance troupe. DANCING HEARTS is from game designer and product manager Tessa Touchette and creative director Cai Tse.
March 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Hello! I'm a comics professional and published author/illustrator. I'm available to help out!

My email βœ‰ is info@theseventhlion.com
Here is my portfolio: www.behance.net/artofcai
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March 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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The industry doesn't excite me anymore as a creator 😞
December 29, 2024 at 7:04 AM
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✨ COVER REVEAL ✨

Today is the winter solstice & the cover reveal of my 1st author-illustrator book, WEIWEI’S WINTER SOLSTICE! Thank you Bicultural Mama for hosting my cover reveal! tinyurl.com/Weiwei-cover (🧡)
December 21, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Woo! Got an interview on Publishers Weekly Fall Flying Starts! A spotlight of the authors of six of the season’s most promising children’s and YA debuts.

Thank you Publishers Weekly!
December 5, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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a travel poster of Chinatown. There are zodiac animals hanging around the canvas, a girl is leaning over a fire escape
December 4, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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Hello! I'm Cai, a Chinese Australian author/illustrator, designer, and lion dancer. I make all things lion dance.

✨ Visit my shop and website here:

theseventhlion.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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Write generously for an audience who loves your work, not defensively for an audience who hates it
December 2, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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Oh shit that's four words HAHA
December 3, 2024 at 3:56 AM
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Authors! Let's start a chain of posts of your FIRST published book. "Quote post" the cover, a link, and three words about it. Here is mine.

LION DANCERS 🦁🧨
Lion dance, rivalry, teamwork
December 3, 2024 at 3:56 AM
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✨Spirit World Issue 2 Pride Variant Cover✨

I absolutely loved this one, Xanthe and Constantine teaming up? Yes. πŸ₯°
Cover for DC Comic's Spirit World series. Characters Constantine (lower left) and Xanthe (middle) confront a giant guardian lion holding a jade ball.
December 2, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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If you're looking to follow folks who letter and design localized manga, I have a starter pack for you: go.bsky.app/8XNn7Eu

I try to keep it updated as people migrate here, but let me know if I missed anyone!
December 1, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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be less afraid to create clumsy comics. awkward tangents. amateur lettering. weird sequentials and pacing. You Can Just Make it. you dont need to be trapped in a cycle of perfectionism and imposter syndrome when you could have a finished work instead. print that thing out and staple it!!!
June 16, 2024 at 6:12 AM
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The Creator's Guide to Comics Devices is OPEN!!!!!
comicsdevices.com
An online library and meronomy of visual-narrative devices that are used in the medium of comics and other sequential art.
🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨
screenshot of the site!
October 31, 2023 at 1:58 PM
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4 panel comic. Panel 1 has a bunch of kids patting a chinese lion dance head, saying it's so cool and fluffy! panel 2, a kid is at the butt of the lion, lifting it's tail. Panel 3, the kid pokes the lion's butt. Panel 4, underneath the lion blanket is the person playing the lion tail, making a face.
November 27, 2024 at 1:46 AM