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and other lies to tell yourself (ID under cut. it’s a long one)

[ID: A digital fan-comic for Sky: Children of the Light. The first panel sets the scene: a once-homely room, now in ruin, washed in a blue light. Two figures sit huddled beneath a table. The first, the Nesting Guide, and the second is their mentee: dressed similarly to the Guide, with short-cropped hair and a chime hanging off their belt, the Stalwart Apprentice sits in their mentor’s lap. The second panel is a close-up of the Nesting Guide’s face over the Apprentice’s shoulder, sweat running down their face as the apprentice says “Umma, I’m scared”. The next panel shows the extent of their fear, eyes haggard behind their glasses, trying to bury their face in the Guide’s clothing. The Guide responds, saying “I know, little one.”

The next panel shows the Stalwart Apprentice’s hand wrapped around the Guide’s cloak, gripping it with fear as a growl rings out. “Umma,” they start, before being cut off. “Teth told me something, when I was younger.” Says the Nesting Guide. Their face is shown, afraid but set. Teth, the Forest Elder, is then shown standing with the hand up, feeling the raindrops. “I’d asked them how they never get hurt, when we walked in the rain.” Continues the Nesting Guide. “They said that every member of the kingdom had a spot, somewhere in the forest, where the raindrops would never touch them. It was only a matter of finding it.”

The next panel shows the Guide with tired eyes, pressing their Apprentice’s face into their shoulder. The source of the blue light, which was once to their right, is now almost head-on. “I think you have a spot like that.” they say.

The last panel is a wide shot of the room, showing the destruction. Pieces of broken architecture are strewn around, and the back wall is half-missing. The room, and the two inhabiting it, are now completely shrouded in red.

The Guide finished their sentence: “In my arms.” /End ID.]

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been getting back into sky lately

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Ancient wasteland painting from a little bit ago, I like to imagine before the disaster there was a lot of saltmarshes there

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Rain in prairie peaks

practice render for fun

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Leaving a message boat for those who come after.

Model and mon amour: @knoproblem

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Made some more areas for skykids to explore

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Sometimes I think about how it would feel for the spirits to wake up in a world so different than the one they left behind...

I also have a headcanon that skykids are a bit creepy from the point of view of the ancestors: Imagine meeting a species that looks like the children of yours, but not quite. They mimic you and learn through that mimicry. I like to think that some ancestors are immediately like "Aww, how cute!" 😊 while others are creeped out and can't understand the people who aren't.

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if i had a nickel for every time i attempted to redraw something that's above my skill, i'd have so many nickels

it was fun though

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flight of the elder manta

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Back when they were first getting to know each other

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Some more edits for sky, a bit more subtle with the second one.

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Aurora's concert was held in Sky yesterday and it was something incredible.

To be honest, I didn't expect anything from this concert, because I didn't even know what was waiting for me. At first, I wanted to skip it altogether, but for some reason I decided that it was still worth going in and taking a look. And I don't regret it.

Now, Aurora's songs are on my playlist. Besides, for the first time, I wanted to learn more about her... which reinforced my opinion of her even more. I'm thrilled. It will be interesting, please listen to the songs and find out the biography, it is extremely interesting.

The very fact that Sky players have been given a FREE concert, with full immersion, should say something. By the way, yes, I drew her angelic image from the game.

Speedpaint:

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Something I have been working on for the past year, and have been waiting for Aurora's Encore concert to show to yall!!

This is definitely the biggest figurine ive ever made, standing about 22 inches tall on her stand, and the little sky kid in some photos is made from a thumbtack, so its only about an inch tall 😃 im so glad its finished that dress was genuinely taking me so long to do

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Art style practice and krita brushes shenanigans

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Aurora