subtlespell: i’ve been given the go-ahead to post my entries in @fantasyfashionzine! i chose
i’ve been given the go-ahead to post my entries in @fantasyfashionzine!
i chose to do two pieces featuring the fashion of a community of desert-dwelling orcs whose clothing changes with the season.
among the bare branches of a bone-white tree, the orc huddles with her back to the howling winds. behind her, the expanse of jagged desert horizon is obscured by the billowing dust. every now and then, rocks materialize and vanish as blackened teeth protruding from the jaw of the earth. she is still and barely visible, her armor the color of whispered things. she peers silently from her shelter, the searing brightness of her gaze unmatched while the sun remains shrouded in the clouded sky.
the first drops of rain fell the afternoon prior and have persisted since. it seems to those on the ground that they fling themselves from the clouds with joyous abandon, fat drops hurtling through the air to drum a swelling beat on the wet-packed sand of the desert floor. they drench the orange rocks and run down them in sheets, washing them smooth, and pooling in the welcoming hollows of the earth’s musculature. the orc sits astride the rock and tips his head back. the water at his feet reflects his colors back at him, unapologetic in their vibrant exultation. in the fields beyond, every scrub brush, cactus and sleeping wildflower reaches towards the sun and offers thanks in a spray of petals.
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Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:00:51
