#fire troupe

[foldingfittedsheets]

A friend commission me to paint his beautiful wife fire performing. This was such a delight to work on, I think it came out so lovely, but that is what happens when I have a great reference and subject.

[archerinventive]

A huge thank you to all of those who made it out to celebrate Ignitions 17th birthday this past weekend.

Our first show ended up being a tale of ice and fire, and while my body may have been a bit chilled, my heart was warmed by all of those who came to support us. ❤️‍🔥

Thank you all, and here's to many more celebrations to come. :)

[pioneer-over-c]

I like to make theme teams for Tap Battle. This time I hired a bunch of mercenaries for the job. Dancing is not really their strong suit

[marmaladeinlemonade]

Event tickets in sky were never going to work anyway.

It's way too good to be true; a currency that cannot be transferred across events or into candles/hearts for the sole purpose of making event cosmetics easier to obtain, that is collected by participating in the event itself? Thats already fishy enough by tgc's standards.

Thatgamecompany has a habit of making short term solutions for long term problems because of the sheer amount of content they make yearly, leaving less room to optimize regular gameplay. ET has probably been the most apparent example of this. (MAAAAJOR YAP SESSION AHEAD!)

When event tickets were first released, I was ecstatic. I was already struggling to keep up with Days of Bloom and Mischief since I have taken many breaks from sky, but I couldn't begin to fathom how the prices may feel to a new player. I also hated picking and choosing between what items to buy simply because i didn't dedicate the past two weeks so candlerunning alone. Hopefully this new addition of ET would take off that load and i can enjoy the following events to it's fullest, and well, I did.

For the first year that is. These cosmetics that costed ET were damn near free for me. Yet, in the back of my head i always wondered what would happen the following year once these ET cosmetics came back, alongside the new ones that were to be released. Would they cost just as much ET as last year's items? Then collecting ET would only get more stressful and inflate its value. Would the past items go away? That is unfair to new players and pushes FOMO to get everything every year.

Maybe the total price could stay the same but older items depreciate each year as newer ones release, making the oldest ones the cheapest.

And to my great surprise as i look at beta logs for this year's days of summer, not a single item from the year before is under 90 candles! How could this possibly be fair to new players who are trying to enjoy sky for what it is and get items? I've seen some people argue that the player has the choice to not get all cosmetics, which is true, but I'd like to show you what thought process is implied with this system. Think:

"We know you don't fully know your way around sky's economy, or don't have the time to grind everyday, but for this year only these new items are free just by participating in the event! And if you don't, for any reason, the price of the items will be worth 3-6 hours of candlerunning on top of MORE cosmetics! But it's all up to you!"

This isn't to say us as a playerbase have zero autonomy, but i hope you can see how FOMO is enforced when you add a currency with zero value outside of an annual 2 week event that gives players a "now or never" mindset. This is great in the moment, it pushes people to participate! Yet, this ruthlessly punishes players who aren't available for any reason, even those who weren't aware of sky before joining.

Sky is still a new game. Event tickets were only introduced a year ago, but if tgc keeps going down this economic pattern then imagine the amount of cosmetics locked away from new players, or players who took breaks, because of this exponential increase in pricing!

This is a more subjective opinion- but let me be honest; these cosmetics are not worth their candle/heart prices.

I was lucky enough to get all the days of style and days of summer items from last year for ET and i barely wore them, i can only imagine ONE item from each event being rewearable. I didn't mind though because i knew the towel capes and silly glasses were nice starter items for moths, but it's not even moth friendly anymore?! In the past only items that were in high demand were priced outrageously like rhythm and lightseeker TS, and now I'm spending extra for a purple top hat that doesn't even match any of the other purples in this game☠️☠️ you're getting less bang for your buck with a 110 candle towel cape bro

And lastly, there are other issues I've seen in sky that i would say are parallel to this whole event ticket situation. The time gaps between seasons have grown significantly smaller, and each seasonal update has been saturated with glitches and disappointment. Season of the Nine-Colored Deer is another very apparent example of this for me. The castle and crescent lake is done beautifully and the quests are decent, but no one is returning to the area. The rest of the town is empty and awkward, and half the map is in a canyon where you spawn so it's already a good 2-3 minutes getting out of that area alone. The place is just rushed. Its inconvenient.

Ill be posting a poll right after this post, but me personally i would not mind having 3 seasons a year if it meant higher quality content and more breaks from events. More spirits that are well thought out, detailed seasonal quests that arent cleanups or scavenger hunts, less quantity but higher quality cosmetics and emotes, and elder appearances! It's clear that tgc has a more complex world design outside of Sky: cotl when we look at The Two Embers, but that the energy it takes to make it in game is placed elsewhere.

Thatgamecompany is pushing out more content than they ever have before and I think their work is starting to crumble under the weight.

If you made it here THANK YOU!!! you're a lifesaver, theres so much that i want to say and i really hope a lot of skids see this post so that we can get a cohesive discussion going❤️

[secretagentsagainstwhatever]

I will always vividly remember this, because i was so so excited for this show (I love Them There / The six idiots), but then on the day of the first episode (15/4/19) my house burnt down…and i remember that evening i was lay on the floor in my grandparents living room and the tv was on in the corner on like volume 1 because i physically couldn’t be in complete dark or silence, and the first episode was playing…anyway because of that i didn’t start the show for like 2 years, and then i did and it’s now one of my favourite shows ever, but still to this day when i rewatch, certain scenes from ep 1 make my stomach turn 👻

[dairyfreenugget]

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Attack on @bluegekk0 ! I loved drawing this, but especially the kids, they're so adorable I'd kill for them 😭

ID start: A digital drawing of the Pale King and Grimm from Hollow Knight, and three ocs who are their children, Lewk, Asta, and Milo, on a sunny beach. Pale King is sleeping, one hand resting on his tummy, half-buried in the sand by Lewk, who's shaping a mermaid tail out of sand. Asta is sitting on her father's chest, her muzzle pressed close to his as she's putting her paw in his open, drooling mouth. Her twin, Milo, is sitting next to her and their father, hugging his tiktik plush while looking at what Asta is doing with one squinted eye. Next to them, Grimm is leaning back on his left hand, half in the shade of the umbrella, sipping blood from a tall glass with a cocktail umbrella in it. He's wearing sunglasses with red lenses. The sun shines brigly from above. In the background, there's a calm, rich blue sea and fluffy white clouds going across a light blue sky. End ID.

[fly-sky-high-arts]

Could I suggest a design based off of the spotted lanternfly?

I'm not able to buy designs at the moment, so feel free to put it up as an adopt if you wish!

The Lantern Keeper

No performance goes without the lights illuminating the stage: or, in this case, the flames!

The keeper ensures there is neither too much or too little light present so the viewers may experience the atmosphere of the troupe tent in the best intended ways. The little fire lumaflies dance around the keeper, follow the instructions, rest and charge at the lanters and cast the fire and light at the command. The keeper is never without them or at least a single lantern.

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Link to the ko-fi in the reblog!

[mudkirby]

Huge old drawings dump from before the Rainworld era. Get spoiled.

[darkopsiian]

funny grimm thumbnail for the grimm scuggg.

[stealerofthe2ndbraincell]

Yes every single charm ranking video I've seen has said Grimmchild is practically rubbish both damage and accuracy wise.

Yes I know it can sometimes actually hinder you rather then help you (e.g. in Fog Canyon)

But, as the name suggests, this is MY child with a quench for violence and, goddamn it, am I going to be a parent that supports my child's interests.

[mizlacroix]

| ◇ MEET MY GRIMM GIJINKA ◇ |

◇ CLOSE UPS ◇

+ Height comparison with Holly [He's at perfect waist-grabbing size]

◇ Grimmchild will come soon, so will another drawing for the grollow gijinkas, then I'll be focusing on the Modern AU<3

[tangent101]

I hope you have a magnificent time ^^

Want to get some last minute holiday shopping done, but don't want to wait for shipping?

Well come on down to the Community Bazaar held by Ignition and Fire Camp on December 5th, and stay cozy by fire light as you explore a selection of vendors and watch the talented crew perform.

https://facebook.com/events/s/december-open-practice-communi/3876670872595961/

This will be my last in-person booth of the faire and festival season, so come on over if you're able and say hi.

Custom orders will also be available onsite and will come with free shipping for those looking to upgrade their adventure gear for the new year.

I'll also be bringing my fire sword and shield. 😉 🔥

I hope you all have a warm and wonderful week. 💛🧡❤️

Photo Credit to IRDEEP Photography,

EspressoBuzz Photography & Vitz Photography

[skykid-nadir]

(Troupe Greeter photograph belongs to Jam Sky on YouTube)

[volkswagonblues]

for the job meme: avoiding specifics so as to not doxx myself but i literally do work in a theatre 🫢 and lemme just say the tdv could afford to be WORSE

Ok so my thing is that I love the idea of Armand being an objectively terrible theatre boss just from an HR perspective... like my guy, the morale of this theatre is terrible and no one follows the rules anyways and also you keep the dead bodies of ex employees in the basement. And yet I absolutely believe you that there are human theatres that manage to be Worse. Incredible

[spotlightstudios]

Hello boys, once again obsessed with a new media (Marionetta Webtoon my beloved <3) and I needed to drop Light in-universe!

For as little context as I can give: They perform as a fire-dancer/fire-eater/pyrotechnics specialist! Anything with fire? Call Light!

[symphonysiren]

late hbd to Serika Toa