Last year, I did some fluff for @stonegrotweek … Now, time for sadness! We all know how things will end for our beloved Gelfling friends…
“Two attempts to save the Crystal. One too soon, a life lost in both.”
I always thought that if season two happens in a way or another, Rian would not witness someone he loves dying…again! It would be his turn to lose his life saving a loved one and of course, it would be for his precious Deet. In her vision, we can see Rian trying to restore the Crystal but it doesn’t work. Certainly because it’s not the Great Conjunction yet? In my theory, that attempt makes the Crystal save Deet from the Darkening consuming her, but Rian is very soon circled by the Skeksis and Deet can’t save him…
…Like what happens to Jen and Kira in the end of the movie. Their existence parallels Rian, Deet and the rest of the resistance. Jen is maybe a Stonegrot son, or Kira, but one thing is for sure: they are the hope that couldn’t exist without them, without their love for each other and for Thra. A love that ended up saving the Gelfling race.
My small contribution to the event hosted by the amazing SkekLa on DeviantArt!
As I’m very busy right now I’m not doing all the days, but the “Hairbrush” prompt really inspired me! It made me think of my OC, SkekSard and all his Gelfling wigs. He uses them to look more “friendly” when he tells his stories full of lies all across Thra. But he likes to wear them to look fancy, even if he hates Gelflings. The one he wears the most is the Sifan red hair, the one you see in most of his representations. Can you guess which wig belongs to which clan?
I wanted to draw SkekSard and UrDahr together for quite a while so @createforthra was a great opportunity! It was meant to fit Day 7′s theme of unity but it can work for Day 5′s division too. Depends on how you see it!
As both are face to face, I wanted to highlight how their overall head shapes are similar. There’s a page on The World of the Dark Crystal that shows how both counterparts were meant to have these similarities…It’s not very respected in the movie/show, but I kinda did it here because it was a cool idea. They are the same being, after all. They are SardDahr the UrSkek!
“Myrn is a renowned Elder living in the Dousan’s Wellspring. She is known as “Silver Face” by the Xerics she helped because of the tattoos covering her face. She has so many of them that it’s hard to tell her natural skin from the tattooed one, painted with one of the rarest pigments. How she obtained it is a mystery.
So’nan is also what we can call mysterious. Kind and gentle with his peers, he is quieter than a Dousan normally is and the scar on his ear reveals a troubled past. The clan knows that he is a retired Crystal Skimmer Pilot who is now Myrn’s assistant, but what they remember the most is the sound of the percussions he plays during their funerals, sounds that reminds them of the wind and the heartbeat of a Crystal Skimmer.“
I had these two drawn in a notebook for more than a year and I’ve never made an actual finished piece for them. So for Age of Resistance’s 2nd anniversary (on other social medias) and for @createforthra day 2, I’m finally posting them! I was more of a Skeksis fan with the movie, but the show made me love the Gelflings with the diversity of their cultures and clans. So I made Myrn and So’nan from my favorite clan (with the Sifas) the Dousans!
The sketches I made in mid-2020. So’nan got his name and design very soon, I only changed his tattoos a bit. But Myrn was harder… You can see her old design here with the incense smokes on her hood! I didn’t like it! So my new inspiration was that Brian Froud sketch in the "Epic return to Thra” book:
I thought it was so cool, and I’m sure it’s how he sees the shamans. Also, those things on their hood… are these crystals from the desert? My mind went wild and I finally got a design for Myrn! Her name took A LOT longer to find, and my friends in the fandom helped me find the perfect one. So I want to thank them!
I finally get to go experience The Dark Crystal (1982) in theaters in honor of its 40th Anniversary. I’m so excited and yes, I will be crying tears of happiness.
Seladon Skeksis cosplay appreciation post because… well, look at her. I hated her at first but I have a lot of respect for her now and I just want her to be okay
Alongside the season finale, this was probably the most climactic moment in the series. This fight was brutally incredible, and everything (except TreeMal) puppeteered? Henson would be proud.
