I've made this post like six times but it still fucks me up the China's mountains just look like that. Like I spent decades thinking it was stylistic but no, they just have different mountains over there.
For reference, here's what my local mountains look like:
Here's the general art style Chinese mountains are drawn in:
And here's how some of them actually look:
What the FUCK
I’m specifically reblogging this here because I know there is a geological reason for this and I know at least one of you has to know it.
that's weathering bro. in this specific instance, ice did that. ice and plants. they broke up the earth, which crumbled into gravel and sand and was carried away by streams until just the strongest columns of rock remained of the original landscape