一、月出皎兮，劳心悄兮；有意变化，君莫笑兮——狐仙 (Fox fairy)


二、贵主还宫，洞庭凝碧；柳生不在，谁会此意？——龙女 (Dragon Girl)


三、老鱼跳浪，瘦蛟婆娑；巡行不已，尽职尽责——夜叉 (Yakşa)


四、君貌狰狞，君心公正；青林黑塞，唯君所命——判官 (Underworld Judge)


五、曾于法华领大车，剪尾跑蹄皈我佛：南无阿弥陀——牛头 (Bull Headed Messenger from the Underworld)


六、来历不明，土长土生；傍着牛哥，冥界逞雄——马面 (Horse Faced Messenger from the Underworld)


七、都江堰下，千古英风。二郎在此，波澜不惊——二郎 (Er Lang God, Yang Jian 杨戬)


八、百箭攒心，心尤未死；毅魄归来，两狼泣下——七郎 (Qī Láng : Does anyone which character this refers to?)


九、干戚之舞，猛志常在。胸腹代首，天刑何有于我哉——刑天 (Xíng Tiān, see Xíng Tiān, a Pre-Qin legendary "monster")


十、云路万里，百邪不侵；西域来此，建旗羽林——辟邪 (Pì Xié, see The Pixiu)


PS : GZ posted some of them in the thread Chinese Horror Creatures, Demons and Spirits.

Wow! Those are stupendous. I wish I could get large versions of those to frame and hang up on my wall.

These are excellent. Who's the artist?

That's what I'd like to know too.
I can see a red chop on the pictures but I can't make out the characters.

It's 張旺/张旺 (Zhang Wang)...

Really amazing!

八、百箭攒心，心尤未死；毅魄归来，两狼泣下——七郎 Qī Láng : Does anyone which character this refers to?

It can't be the 7th brother of the Yang family generals, can it?
The manner of death seems to suggest it, but why the grotesque visage?
To think he was played by Tony Leung Chiu Wai in a TVB series.

I know Wu Fei used his head as an avatar, but Wu Fei hasn't been active (maybe he can't get around the ban).

wow, these are fantastic.

Does this artist have a website? I think I saw the no-head on a game's website. Game didn't look near as good as that art though

I think all that arrows and that emaceration in the river could have led to his grotesque image.

Plus, vengeful spirits are bound to look hideous.

But what's with the different shoes.

Maybe one of his feet was lopped off or something, or completely rotted away.

Hence the need for a bronze-mechano leg.

So wait. Do you know who that Qi Lang is?

An explanation would be great- I heart the armor, but I wish I knew more about him.

i love those art..

Here's the artist's site.
http://www.9z9z.com/bbs/forumdisplay.php?fid=49&page=1

He also does novel covers.

I am going to sign up for his forum.
Paz.
And I'm going to show some sample pieces so that he can gimme some tips...

If I were to guess, practiced brushwork while reading manga. I've seen some Japanese comic artists who use calligraphy brushes, the works are similiar.

Where can I read stories about these characters? Because, I'd love to find a thread that tells Chinese fairy tales and mythology... is there a thread for that here at CHF?? Or can someone suggest a book or two written in English?

Kimchee

He actually graduated from a professional art school and had a very solid understanding of Chinese calligraphy actually...

and I bet he was reading manga too. What I said wasn't meant to be negative or anything tho'

No, not at all.

But I would think that Manga people would practice calligraphy from classical works. Its hard to practice calligraphy from Manga...