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Daruma-san had his other eye unfilled for long.. until he met a beautiful Babushka with her four daughters.

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Ahh this idea has been in my head for over a year now, so glad to get it out.
I love both japanese rolypoly-dolls (daruma) and russian nestingdolls (matryoshkas) and of course this thought had to cross my mind one day.. it SEEMS random but after I looked some info about both of these, it started to make sense, because Matryoshkas got their inspiration originally from japanese nestingdolls (Fukurama). Russia also has their own rolypolies. (Nevalashka)

Daruma's stomach has a kanji of a desire/wish you want fullfilled. (His says Love.)You make a wish, and plot out a pupil for his eye. Once the wish is fullfilled, you fill in the other pupil.

A-also because I am a hideous nerd, I also had to look up some japanese Language of Flowers (it's different from the western one); Hanakotoba.. his is a hibiscus and it means "gentle". 8___88888

edit check out these hot fanarts!!
daruma-san and matryoshka by ~ThePockyMonster
Daruyoshka fambly by ~Kundagi

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:iconvintagelyconstructed:
i always decorate my home in animal crossing with each of these haha ;u;

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:iconsourya:
Awesome colors !

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:iconbear48:
wonderful work

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:iconelize:
i love the concept of this one, well executed <333
:iconmuura:
Ooh..!! Yearning to try out that game rises...

(It delighted me endlessly that I could roll these up in Katamari, too.. Darumas made the best sounds)
:icontherast:
daruuuumaaaasss. doll love is the best!

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:iconzerotwospirited:
aw, that's very lovely. the colors are very nice. also loving the idea. :)
:iconvintagelyconstructed:
ooo havent played that in forever
all i remember is that the spiders noises made me jump because
i wasnt even expecting spiders to make a noise!!!

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:iconcreaturekillher:
FUCKIN' AWWW.



muura, i love this so much. the colour is fabulous as is the concept itself.



AWWW.:heart::heart::heart:

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:iconsneaksby:
Ahh, this is an amazing concept! You always have the neatest ideas behind your pictures. And the drawing itself is awesome, of course. I love the colors and the expressions on the matryoshkas.

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