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One of the BEST things ive drawn in a whileee!!! I really hope i did Achilles the justice he deserves!! Def gonna draw him again! 🤭🤭

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Eh, just some sketches of Twilight from LU. I've been practicing really hard to get it right 😭

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@whiteperle3

Thanks for letting me draw her! Hope I did her justice! Sorry it took so long 👉👈

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I forgot i had drawn that panel for this exact reason!! Have a Wojack Scrapper!

Shifting sands sky belongs to @vaathnaos

Chibi art style

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I don’t have a question I just wanna see Hyrule

Here he is! and with some of his siblings!

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If your art style was a person I woud marry it.

I love it soo much ! And I love so muh the way you the expressions and the hair !!!

Magnifique <333

Je sais pas quoi dire?!

MERCI MERCI MERCI!!!

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HOMESICK, pt. 5

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PATREON

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✨She✨

Your art is so detailed i love it!!!

💫 She 💫

A lot of people have been liking Rutana recently, so here's a headshot of the lady herself.

I don't draw her in her pirate outfit enough, and even LESS with her hair down(ish), so here's a fun excuse. :3c

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The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

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The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

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The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

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DINOMANIA. Sound like the best 2000’s videogame ever!

Here's Four with an Archaeopteryx for my LU x Dinosaur comic AU (I think I'm gonna call it Dinomania)

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Festival of Light - Skyloftian New Year

I had some interest so here it is! Now I cant draw to save my life so this is very much a wall of text. That's why I've got a read more for you :)

What is it?

The Festival of Light, or Skyloftian New Year's, is an event that takes place around the longest day of the year. (summer solstice for us. - So June time But in our case the skyloftian calendar begins here.)

What it's for?

It's the celebration of the year thats past, as well as looking to the year ahead. The skyloftians do this to remember where they've come from and where they are yet to go.

What happens on the main day? (Run down)

Loftwing riders 'bring the sun' from beyond the horizon. Rituals are performed by not only the riders but the townsfolk too. There are skyloftian dances, and a huge feat to celebrate the coming of the sun.

Skyloftians are expected to stay awake for the duration of the entire celebration. (The 24 hours after the riders leave). Families create lanterns to decorate their houses and the town with food for the feast that feeds the whole town.

After the riders have left is a moment of reflection, with gentle music to remember the year that's gone by.

When the riders arrive, the feast is had and as the sun continues to rise toasts and wishes for the new year are had.

Sky's place in the festival

Sky has performed in every part of the festival, his most noteworthy being the flight path the year of demise defeat. (As you can imagine that went down a treat with Zelda, who tried to fight the result of the choosing of Sky right after his journey. But Sky insisted on performing the flight.)

He was granted the green harness and it was decorated with the exploits of his journey, with feathers from Zelda, Groose and the headmaster. (Though almost everyone in Skyloft offered a feather which Sky made into a separate sash which he wore the day of the flight.)

Sky performs in the flight of tomorrow at least once while with the chain, but is exempt from being chosen for the sun flight due to this adventure he is on.

More detail about the stages of the festival are below. Including preparation stages, As the stages begin almost six months before close to the shortest day of the year.

Six months before

Day of Free Spirits (Winter Solstice festival) - I'll happily talk about this one too but the important part is this.

On the day of free spirits, all suitable Loftwing riders (over the age of 18) are chosen to select a box. Three of The boxes contain a blank night harness while the others contain normal loftwing harnesses.

The three-night harness riders are those chosen three riders for the Festival of Light. And must begin preparations with their loftwing to prepare them for the sun flight.

The harnesses are, Red, Green and Blue. (The green one is recent)

(To allow for fairness, the one's who flew in the year before are not given a box - due to being the ones to prepare the boxes)

Six month time span before festival - night flight training

Over the six months, these three riders are given night-time loftwing flight training, (even experienced riders are given this.) They often take up nightshift above Skyloft to get themselves and their loftwings used to flying for extended periods of time.

During this training, the riders hand off the night harnesses they were given to family and friends. To decorate the harnesses with the stories from the person from the year.

Key items added to the harnesses are loftwing feathers from the flier's closest relatives. They are often embroidered with names of loved ones, key events ect etc.

Harnesses are not given back to the riders until a week before the celebration is set to begin so exploits are added to the harness until this point.

(So, For example, Skyward sword Link, (Sky, because this spanned from an LU fanfic) was handed one of the harness boxes the celebration following his defeat of demise. So his harness was decorated with the tales of his adventure to defeat the demon king.)

During this time they also practice the flight path a few times.

Three months before the festival - Ceremonial outfits

Sun Riders are fitted for their ceremonial outfits. these are knighthood outfits based on the colour of the harness they received.

What's key about these outfits is that they are imbued with golden thread, in skyloftian terms this is an indication of the goddess's blessing over the garments to protect them from the darkness as they bring the light.

I see them as more, refined Knight Academy outfits. Embroidery often includes loftwings and the sun.

Three months before the festival - The secondary flyers

At this time, volunteers are chosen to perform the Dance of Tomorrow, A flight 'performance' performed after the main flight team returns to the skyloftian settlement.

This dance is a set performance that the skyloftians have been performing for generations. It's designed to depict the passage of time from the past ( the flyers grabbing the sun) To the future.

Week before festival - lanterns and feast preperations

Skyloftian families create lanterns, each house has three decorating their doors and then they make several more to string across the town.

Each one is decorated with family memories, loved ones key life events etc. (Normally parents and children will make separately but this differs from family to family)

The Knight Academy creates one per student to decorate the halls with. (Apart from the flight riders, theirs are made for them)

This is also the time to begin preparations for the feast. Each family creates a dish for the collective town to share. Could be food, drinks etc.

These are agreed upon amongst the community. So there's not a bunch of pumpkin pie/ soup.

Day before festival

Tables and lanterns are set up, with the main grounds for celebration, the riders are given time to tack up their loftwings with the ceremonial harnesses to check they fit etc.

Riders are given their favourite foods and packs for the journey. As the trip is a long one, filling water skins and food packs etc.

Departure (24 hour period of wakefulness begins)

The riders are sent in the late hours of the night before. With the whole town sending them off with quiet goodbyes.

The final thing said to the flyers before they depart is

"May you bring Hylia's light on the back of your loftwing's"

Reflection

During the dark of the night while the flyers are away, the skyloftian people undergo a period of reflection. Its a quiet time for the normally bustling town, the light of the lanterns the only light permitted over the few hours the flyers are away.

Quiet conversations occur and set up for the dance of memories. A slow dance with little music used to remember the times in the year that are harder. And how they persevered through it.

Dance of memories -slow

A slow dance, with no music to begin with. Used to reflect. Various members of the town perform this dance, depending on the events over the year.

Arrival

The riders arrive over the horision with the sunrise behind them. And the music then begins again. Begining with the harp more instruments enter as the riders get nearer and nearer before they land back with the town. The sun risen behind them.

Those performing the dance of tomorrow then mount up and begin their flight.

Dance of Tommrow - upbeat

The Dance of Tomorrow is a flight which shows the past changes to the future, it is a dance that has been done in skyloft for generations and requires at least three riders. It is performed to upbeat music by the people on the ground while the riders of the sun flight are allowed time to rest before the feast.

Feast

The feast lasts the remainder of the day, with singing and dancing as the skyloftians celebrate the first day of the year. Before taking the second day to sleep.

I hope you liked it! :D

Please feel free to ask my questions I will happily answer them.

Tagging people who showed interest, @vaathnaos, @fortheloveofhylia

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Hi!

I've got a quick question for you. I wanted to know if it would be alright if i started doing analysis posts on Shifting Sands? I absolutely love the comic and would love to be able to ramble about it to the collective world.

If so, Would it be alright if I used screenshots of the comic? (fully credited, of course, I tag the artist's main account and the account it lives on, which from what I understand is just this account?). As it's your art I always try to get permission first before beginning to use it for them.

Thanks for your time, have a great day! :D

Go nuts! RAMBLE AWAY!

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LINEBECK THE II AU: PT 2

Lana having never been flirted with before: P-P-P-Pretty lady?? Who me? No no no you must have really hit your head when falling from the sky!

Linebeck II has an concision and won’t remember any of this

Linebeck II:I’m not the one who fell from the heavens, you are blue hair lady~

Lana 😳: eep!

———Somewhere else in Hyrule———

Cia sits fully up from a restful sleep

Cia: My big sister senses are going off!

Link: huh? You mean Lana? aren’t you two the same person?

Cia: Linnky what part of me is the same as my sister~

Link:The whole separation of the same body spirit thing?

Cia: Yeah yeah, and I’m the evil one who went crazy because I was lonely.

Link: Former, and after purging the evil from you we settled into this…relationship of sorts…look we both know it’s complicated but let’s go back to bed.

Cia: You hero’s and obsession with sleeping, regardless we are beating around the point

Link: I’m not going back to sleep am I?

Cia: Sorry dearest but no, something is happening with my sister and I need to go protect her!

Link: I’ll get my scarf

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I CAN AND WILL!

Hey :>

I love your designs for Across the galaxy! I just wanted to draw a little Heaven and Sky interaction! They would be friends i’m sure!

WHA— YOU CANT JUST DO THIS??? IM FREAKING OUT SO MUCH RN OMGOMGOMGOMG

MY BOY? MY LITTLE HEAVENS??? MY BABY???? HES SO CUTE IN YOUR STYLLEEEEE 😭😭😭

LITERALLY JUMPING AROUND MY ROOM RN IM SO HAPPY OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

They would be bestest of friends fr 😭😭

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Art takes time!

We’ll wait don’t worry!!!

hello everyone! I just wanted to apologize for going so long between updates. college has been pretty time consuming lately, and I just finished a semester as well, so I'm working with moving and all that chaos. I do plan on updating in the near future, though it probably won't be until the next semester starts. again, I'm so sorry for how long this is taking, and thank you all so much for the support you've shown so far! I've got a lot of great things planned, and I'm so excited to share them with you all!