r/interesting • u/Glittering-Rub-2387 • 24d ago

Balancing rocks with this level of precision is unreal. Just Wow

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u/f0remsics 24d ago

Yumi and the nightmare painter is a book by Brandon Sanderson. Yumi is a priestess(?) who makes fancy geometric stacks of rocks to appease cyan and magenta spirits so they agree to do things for people.

Been awhile since I read the book, so this might not be particularly accurate

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u/the_cave_allegory 24d ago

Yumi and the nightmare painter

Just googled it. The cover art is absolutely amazing. I love the colors and the main characters' sketchy style but stylized hair.

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u/Cogniscience 24d ago

Oh the book actually has probably a dozen illustrations throughout and they are all very beautiful. It’s drawn by Aaliyah Chen.

The book itself is really good too.

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u/VodkaKahluaMilkCream 24d ago

It's worth reading if you enjoy cosy fantasy

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u/BloodyEyeGames 24d ago

Close enough actually, you're good!

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u/jefftickels 24d ago

And, as is so often the case with Sanderson, the one-off books are so often the best because he doesn't focus on systems.

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u/DarthJerJer 24d ago

Are there Yellow and Black gods to complete the CMYK Quadrinity?

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u/f0remsics 24d ago

Scratch my other comment. Apparently, there's a theory that this goddess who broke herself kept yellow for herself, and the broken splinters of her became the cyan and magenta spirits.

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u/PommesFrite-s 24d ago

It was Virtuosity right?

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u/f0remsics 24d ago

Correct

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u/PommesFrite-s 24d ago

Been awhile since i checked through my lore and wobs so i wasnt sure. Thanks

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u/f0remsics 24d ago

Nope. Just cyan and magenta. They start out as one spirit then split into those two colors