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thanatasia · 3 months
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I wanted to ask, what kind of character is Azra?
Does she have a story behind her, personality, likes and dislikes, what?
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Old sketch of Azra!
Azra is a Sifan soothsayer, herbalist, and "witch." Mostly a witch because that's what she prefers to be called....but not many gelfling take too kindly to that title.
She learned much of her talents from her paternal grandmother, who she calls Gran.
Both of her parents died while on an expedition when she was a childling. As a result, she fears the open sea and boarding ships. Unlike many/all Sifa who journey the open seas, Azra stays on land concocting potions and charms. She's quite popular amongst gelfling looking to get revenge on a former lover.
Azra is most famously known for her "odd" behavior of enjoying all things creepy, grotesque, and scary. Not too many gelfling genuinely enjoy her company, but she doesn't care. She has her soul sister, Shiyoon who belongs to my friend @jack-toons
Her personality is kinda hard for me to describe. She's laid back and chill, but she has her creepy antics that make her appear "weird," but she's a fun lass to be around once she's deemed someone her friend.
Azra dislikes loud gelfling, so she avoids big parties and taverns. Although she has a great love for her friends and family, Azra does not have time for romantic love. She's not interested in it and is happy to be single!
Azra has two pet giant centipedes who are named Goldie and Sawtooth. They are her babies and she speaks about them like any pet parent lol
I hope this gives a bit of insight on Azra. She's one of my favorite Ocs- lol I have so many but I love them all.
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yellowtribalwolf · 3 years
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Azra the Sifan Gelfling for my Best Friend @thanatasia (done as a Bday gift)! She is one of her many amazing Dark Crystal OC's and I had a lot of fun with her, especially her centipede-like pets named Goldie and Sawtooth! Don't you just wanna give them a pat?
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sifanjewel · 4 years
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Zela the Charm Weaver
I know I don't have the most interesting OC, mainly due to my lack of confidence in drawing skills and the fact that I don't post about her much at all to begin with, but regardless if this gets any notes or not I want to share some things about my girl 💙��
- Zela is a half-Stonewood Sifan (though I'm sure most people know that by now from my user lol)
- Her mother Lana is a Stonewood who officially joined the Sifa after marrying Zela's Sifan father Shal’un
- She is 20 trine old when the Resistance begins
- She has two younger siblings, her brother Mar (13) and sister Tida (Ty-da) (10)
- Despite the hectic lifestyle of the Sifa, Zela's family prefers a more relaxed, domestic living. They own a ship, of course, which they live in but it is more often tied-off in Cera-Na than out at sea
- This mainly has to do with a horrific accident when Shal’un was involved in a shipwreck while on a voyage with friends during his younger trine. He was the only survivor, and hasn't been too far out on the Silver Sea since
- He still provides for his family and clan as a fisherman
- Zela found a keen interest in Sifan charms early on in life; she loves jewelry, especially the kind that holds special meaning to Gelfling
- She enjoys crafting intricate Sifan charms, even making personalized ones for her friends, family and occasionally any Sifans when her work catches their eyes, as long as they're willing to pay (the Sifa do nothing for free, after all)
- Zela usually tries to avoid much social interaction with most Sifa, especially strangers, because here's the thing: she's a selective mute
- This sort of trait is rare among the Sifa (and Gelfling in general), making Zela the target of more teasing than feels acceptable.
- There's no major reason for her being mute, she's just more reserved and prefers not to speak
- She basically gets a lot of crap for not being a "true Sifa" because of her meekness and the fact that her family doesn't participate in the super adventurous ways of the Sifa. Not to mention she doesn't have soothsaying or Far-Dreaming abilities of any kind, so she has been more often than not referred to as a "dud"
- Despite this, she lets her mother "bless" her charms (even though Lana obviously has no sense of Far-Dreaming, soothsaying or any form of Sifan magic either), because it makes her feel a little better
- Though Zela is proud of her heritage on both sides, she often questions her identity and how she fits into either clan beyond her general appearance
- She is reminded why when exploring the beaches and cliff sides of the Coast near Ha'rar and Cera-Na, when she looks out to the sea and feels the welcoming ocean winds. She feels that she's home.
- She still struggles from time to time, of course, regarding her muteness; although she could speak if she wanted to, she doesn't, and it makes her feel less worthy of having friends
- However, she does find comfort in the small friend group she has, the closest being Azra and Fleur (who belong to @thanatasia <3 )
- Zela has a drastically different personality from either of them, but they are super accepting of her choice to be silent and love her for who she is
- She's super close with Azra because both of them know what it's like to be deemed the "odd ones out" in their clan. They usually spend their time crafting mysterious charms and potions together. This becomes especially fun (if a bit terrifying at times) whenever Shiyoon (who belongs to @myfanartblogplusshippingtrash <3 ) comes around. Nothing but pure chaos ensues but Zela always finds herself getting involved every single time.
- Let’s just say the only sound heard from her in years was a scream.
- She became friends with Fleur during a visit to Stone-in-the-Wood while visiting family. Fleur came to her defense when a particularly rude Stonewood chided her for not speaking and made remark about her belonging to the Dousan more so than the Sifa or Stonewood, telling her to go back to the “Desert of Death”. Fleur just happened to be sitting nearby when this happened and you can guess what happened from there
- In spite of her flaws and shyness, Zela is one of the kindest, loving Gelfling you will ever meet. She may not be able to say it, but she cares deeply for those closest to her. <3
I hope one day I can finally be satisfied with my drawing style and post my own portraits of her. Until then, you can admire the drawings and sketches done by @myfanartblogplusshippingtrash (latest one in my icon) and @thanatasia !
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crystalsundered · 4 years
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the skexish conlang that no one asked for but is getting anyway pt. 2 ;; 
laboratory: erkashti 
scalpel: mukhrat 
forceps: malkhit 
beaker: fanakhan 
experiment: tarama 
machine: mikhan 
blood: nila
injury: ishabakhan 
ill/illness: shawmara
gelfling: kelffink 
podling: podlink 
crawlie: arkhe 
landstrider: satard 
throne room: ekhen-hash 
jewels: jawa 
riches: khina
beautiful/handsome/attractive: turbash 
lord: taban 
palace guards: hurrash 
sword: shayfa 
crystal of truth (planet-heart): kawkhalb
library (secret-hoard): mikhti-dokh 
book(s): kitab(im)
quill: rish 
to write: aktib 
read (imperative): anakh 
music: ankha 
soldier: bullorkh 
fire: porroh 
burn (noun): lalpon 
burn (verb): lalpar 
stables: stafloi 
food: trof 
hungry: khinon 
tasty (adj.): khefshti
disgusting/rotten (adj.): shapi 
water: mana 
thirsty: pikhshon 
wine: habi 
revelry: aihtifa 
past: almad 
present: had
future: mustad 
animal/animals: hayakhan/hayakhanim
danger: khindnosh 
war: harkha 
fear: markh 
death: telokh 
friend: zorkhe 
love: bolush 
sad/sorrow: mekhefa 
happy: deshit
angry: khad 
betrayed: alkhian 
betrayal: khian 
child: pash 
star: eevay 
sea: talash 
land: sat 
ice: alid
snow: khioni 
winter (ninet): shata 
summer (ninet): alshay 
harvest: hishad 
blight: afakh 
day: bashkhin 
greater sun: akha 
rose sun: alwa-kha
dying sun: wafti-kha 
dead: wakh
night: doshikh 
blue moon: azra-graa (”graa” pronounced gray-ah) 
pearl moon: kawa-graa
hidden moon: mukhti-graa 
light: olpar
dark: orsh 
(the) darkening: orshani 
sleep: pakh 
tired: khorashme 
awake: mushtay 
punishment-ritual: eikhab-sikhta 
sun ritual: ror-sikhta 
draining: aposhtra 
tithing ceremony: eshir-sikhta 
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thanatasia · 2 years
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Some more IG stories I did a while ago! I wanna a,let a separate post of any of the ones I have that feature other Ocs who belong to anyone on Tumblr as well.
1. Azra was a shy little girl but her Gran, Inaya helped bring her out of her shell. Gran Inaya is the one who taught Azra all there is to know about soothsaying. Azra’s backstory is sad- I forgot how sad she was as a childling until I began writing this down. Poor baby. The good thing is that she’s doing much better nowadays.
2. One day I have to draw the triple date because that 100% happened and you know there were laughs and fun expressions going on. When the shipping trinity is all in one place one would be blessed with good vibes lol. This particular piece is happening on that legendary triple date, EnchantedSandstorms is running fashionably late because they are the OG ship between myself and my friend Jack-Toons lol. Fleur is excited to finally meet Sammi because Kiel definitely brought them up to her when she passed by the Sifa shores. Razer is already acquainted with both Kiel and Sammi and is the one to thank for setting them up together (just don’t tell Fleur that his intentions weren’t to help Kiel find love)
I love them so so much!!!! Although I couldn’t draw the trinity together, all three ships are so happy and in love with their respective partners. It always shows on their faces. They all have my heart!!!! 💖
Razer and Sammi belong to my dear friend @jack-toons / @myfanartblogplusshippingtrash
3. The only thing killing this piece is that I assigned that shade of pink to Saffron and instead of me choosing a night sky I chose a pinky sunset lol. Poor baby is merging with the background 😅. Teaching Saffron how to fly is one of Fleur’s many treasured memories since becoming a mother. She also likes to occasionally dress Saffron in a matching outfit. Bless the OceanPetals family they are so sweet- all of the ship’s families are sweet!!
4. The reverse au has me in a choke hold and I am succumbing happily 😂 Reverse Takoda and Adora are fun because they are so different from their og counterparts that the OG’s would try hiding their faces. I’m still surprised that for the most part Taokda doesn’t have a sad childhood, or messed up parents/family members, or was bullied- the gentle lad escaped somehow lol. No one besides my friend knows the full length of Adora and Elkie’s childhood. We still need to see Reverse Elkie, she’s a gem lol
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thanatasia · 2 years
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As we can see from the screenshots I forgot crop these were meant to be posted a lot earlier lol
I still have quite a few of these IG questions to answer. I wanted to share these four because they were my most fun. There’s another that I will post up but it will be included with any other angsty questions
The first one is a few Ocs and their taste in music. I separated them and wrote more but I forgot to watermark them. I don’t think anyone would steal these drawings but still.
Sera loves opera and takes Ortun and Tau to them as often as she can. It’s one of the few activities she keeps up with from her childhood. Ortun wasn’t the biggest fan but grew to enjoy opera and is quite the connoisseur lol On IG I had the two of them listening to a talented opera singer, Maria Callas. My friend introduced me to
Fleur and Takoda in particular like just about everything. If it’s got a catchy beat they will be fans of the song/artist/group. I had watched, Turning Red, before drawing this and had them dancing to, I Want It That Way, by the Backstreet Boys. The two of them would be those friends who sing with a hairbrush and put on a performance in front of an invisible audience lol
Azra I want to say gets introduced to anime and amvs by her soul sister and discovers a bunch of rock and symphonic metal. She has no regrets watching amvs lol She’s listening to Nightwish, Sleeping Sun. A personal favorite song my sister and I discovered one day that cemented our days surfing YouTube for good amvs
Cha’l can be an old soul and enjoys music similar in beat to Frank Sinatra. It’s easygoing and Cha’l has to have music on when he’s cooking for his family. He’s the type that can play music and not get distracted if he’s focused on a task. He was listening to, “Poetry in Motion” a song my sister showed me from a Fisheye amv from Sailor Moon! But, Cha’l also loves music that makes you want to dance! I’m getting pictures in my head- like if he’s making a recipe he’s done a thousand times he has no problem letting the music speak and make him dance. If I drew him dancing he’s be listening to either Hector Lavoe, Marc Anthony or Elvis Crespo because those artists hold specific moments I see Cha’l and his family doing
Fleur singing in the tavern! There was a commercial that was playing all the time (maybe January? That’s when I believe I drew this) and it gave me jazz bar vibes. The poses and composition were taken from a childhood favorite movie of mine. If anyone could guess it will get a digital cookie! I will say the movie is a direct to video sequel to a much better movie. I’d give another hint but the other hint is giving too much away
MY FAVORITE!!! Lol Kiel and his expressions. He and Fleur are the most expressive but Kiel is the king of expressions. Kiel is a menace to Captain Ortun and he thrives off of knowing that. I love how close he and Tau are. He’s an only childling so Tau gives him a taste of what having a sibling is like. If Tau looks like they’re in vampire garb that’s because I was looking at/thinking about, Interview with the Vampire lol
Lastly, Gelfling Viara and Podling Fleur! Something I never would’ve considered. Even as a Podling Fleur still looks like she can take anyone on while looking cute doing it lol Viara is still just as sweet looking as a Gelfling.
I hope you all enjoy these!
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thanatasia · 3 years
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I asked IG what Disney characters fit/remind them of my Gelfling and I had to share this one as it is.
I will most likely post up a collection of the Gelfling x Disney but our Spooky Queen Azra as Ursula has to be her standalone post. It’s sketchy but I LOVE the colors and composition. The reference behind this one was the “Ariel’s Grotto” ride with the Ursula animatronic.
My only regret in this one is not adding Azra’s centipede babies as Flotsam and Jetsam! Like, Ursula and Azra are so similar except that Azra doesn’t play dirty and welcomes the natural chaos of events.
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thanatasia · 2 years
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Introducing Azra’s Gran from her father’s side, aka the more eccentric side of the family lol I had to put her side by side with the most recent drawing of Azra I have. Right now Azra’s Gran doesn’t have a name.
There is a reason for her creation what I can say is that she is a Songteller of sorts. We’ll learn more about her in due time.
She’s that unapologetic type of Grandmother who doesn’t worry about who she embarrasses or annoys. She’s a feisty old gal who is also well versed in potions and concoctions. She taught her son what she learned in the hopes that he would teach Azra, but Thra had other plans. Gran taught Azra all she knows and has learned a few new things from Azra.
She is Azra’s role model although she isn’t AS creepy as Azra is. She does still give off a witchy aura about her.
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thanatasia · 3 years
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Before the day is done I have to celebrate the beginning of October with everyone’s favorite Sifan witch, Azra!
I think this is my first semi-full color piece of her- what??? She’s fun and chaotic and I love that so much about her. Out of all of my Gelfling Ocs Azra’s hair color is my most favorite. Red shades are my favorite hair colors!
She looks kinda tired here or maybe it’s just me lol Maybe she’s been working hard on a new potion that causes the worst side effects on the target. Azra has the worst sleeping schedules and will have days where she gets 4 hours of sleep. A habit she unfortunately adopted from her late father. The dark circles under her eyes could be either tiredness or make-up Azra uses to make her dark circles look more aesthetically pleasing to her.
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thanatasia · 3 years
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Last one for tonight!
The Castle Guard in the first one isn’t suppose to be Tore but he looks like him from behind lol
Enyo is a fan of warriors and warriors with strong physiques. She and Fleur are cordial but not friends, frienemies but not friends. I feel like a lot of Enyo’s interactions with Fleur are either rival-ish, ignorant or cordial. Maybe Fleur had no drinking buddies that particular night andEnyo happened to be there. Along with a Castle Guard.
I’d add more about that one but we’d be here all day.
The second is a School AU which is fun to imagine! Perhaps one day we’ll see what most of my Ocs would’ve looked like in a modern high school or college setting! Elkie and Azra we’re the most fun to draw. Especially Elkie. I had to draw that artists beret
Azra is using chemistry class to learn to make smoke bombs or concoctions that will help her better in mixing potions for spells. Omg Azra in goth clothes is something I want to draw! Definitely when I end up drawing the school au lineup.
Finally the last one is Elkie and her sister Adette! They are both precious andi must draw more of the two of them together. Since their hair is the perfect shade for dying the Grottan sisters have fun dying each other’s hair. This becomes handy later on so someone doesn’t get the two of them mistaken.
Adette visits topside later and that is when she and Elkie strengthen their sisterhood. Their parents really made a wedge that prevented the two from wanting to be close.
But yeah, after Elkie learns of hair dyes, she goes to the taverns and merchant shops with a new color every few unum (if she chooses)
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thanatasia · 3 years
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idc who it is i just wanna see your ocs reactions to eris pet rakkida lol
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@accursed-one The moment Azra catches wind of Eri having a pet Rakkida, she will be the first one to pet Vatuú so calmly lol
I had to draw the spooky witch, she loves all creatures of Thra that are ugly, scary and misunderstood. Here we also have a rare soft expression on Azra! I might do another one and reblog it after I get the last two asks done because there is one Oc who will give Eri the reaction she’s looking for lol but I had to draw my girl Azra!
Go check out more about Eri and all of her shenanigans on @nurloxx page!
Also Eri, she’s still such a cool Oc, and her pet Rakkida- he was fun and different to draw! Fizzgigs and Tumbeloths are the only animals I kinda get how to draw, but I’m so proud of myself with this sketch!
Thank you so much for this ask!
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thanatasia · 3 years
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This week had proven to be a big burn out week thanks to my job. (I won’t get into it because it’s been a lot of things bunched up into one) So I did some quick IG questions. Here are the ones that were related to all my Stonewood and Stonesan answers, featuring Azra!
Thankfully the Starbucks in Barnes and Nobles was open so I was able to do a super sketchy sketch of Maeve and Bhihaar enjoying a little romantic ride. In her youth Maeve was a rascal and one of her dates with Bhihaar involved them sneaking to the Castle Guard stables and stealing a Landstrider for the night. If you’ve seen the “Lion King 2” the scene where Kiara and Kovu help scare the birds for Timon and Pumbaa, that is them. Maeve being super into it and Bhihaar being a bit awkward at first before fully having fun.
Azra is one tough little lady but don’t approach her with a Landstrider. She’s terrified of the idea of getting squashed; one reason why you’ll never find her on a ship (she doesn’t like cramped spaces) and just the sight of a lone Landstrider gets her heart racing. Only Gelfling super close to Azra know about that tidbit and the first one is her soul sister. If you want to be on Azra’s good side, never surprise her with Landstriders.
Tore has quickly become such an interesting character and believe me I have a bunch of questions to answer about him. I can’t wait for everyone to see what’s cookin’ with Tore! Back to the IG story. When Tore isn’t being a skirt chaser he can be pretty fun. He balances goofing around and seriousness at the castle guard really well. It’s a dream of his to be a Captain and he wants to make his parents proud (I believe his family puts a lot of pressure on him since he’s at the Castle).
And finally Fleur! She hates tithes. I could imagine she’s told her tithes aren’t good enough sometimes, and because she forgets she’ll look like the anime trope of a character running out the house with toast in their mouth lol Prior to the resistance she’s very indifferent to the Skeksis but does not like the General at all and she admires the Ornamentalist.
Be on the lookout for some more as well as some big OC asks to be answered!
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thanatasia · 3 years
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I'd like to see your human! Gelfling interpretations 😊
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@imagin8 I interpreted this as my Gelfling Ocs lol
These were all done on my train rides the past two days (hence why I personally think Cha’l and Kiel look slightly off) I also added Viara because she was my second Dark Crystal Oc and she deserved to be included. Originally this was going to be most of my young adult ocs but then Ofir, Rizzi, Sera and Ortun said, “hold up! What about....us?”
I need to get back into human proportions because some of their noses are slightly off. I also have a ship I am getting tempted to draw from an anime I’ve watched and my IG feed shows me all the cutest drawings of them.
Maybe I’ll do some of the canon characters as humans. I’m afraid my interpretations of them won’t be so unique or something that hasn’t been done.
Anywho~ these are just a portion of my Gelfling (and one Podling) ocs as humans! I hope you all enjoy this!
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thanatasia · 3 years
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I would be curious about "11. What is their dream pet?" for any of your OCs! I'm not very familiar with the Dark Crystal OCs people have on here, but it's cool to see everybody having fun with them!
First off @urgohaway I love your paintings!
Second, thank you! Dark Crystal Ocs are so fun! If I could I would make a series of graphic novels lol
I have a ton of Ocs but I'll write for a few that connect with this question.
Fleur: Tumbeloths! She and her boyfriend have two. One was his surprise gift to her (but this tumbeloth Jujubee loves Razer more). The second is Jujubee's mate who they adopted into the family (his name is Fabio, and he likes Fleur more lol
For a long time Fleur wanted a Crystal Skimmer but that will be a dream to dream.
Cha'l: Muski and Fizzgig. Growing up Cha'l had a family Fizzgig named Piff but he would like one that is his own. He and his girlfriend/fiancé were on a quest to find a Muski. The Musli is more of her dream pet but Cha'l gets excited for her and the adventure they have.
Kiel: Lunarkin! As a childling he had a plush Lunarkin and boy did he love it! It became his favorite animal and by Thra he wanted one. But he knows it's impossible to own one so he and his partner, Sammi, enjoy watching them when they can.
Azra: Awlis (I hope I got the spelling right, it's the big black bird that can pick up an adult Podling) She wants one solely for that reason and because they look scary, Azra loves scary/frightening and creepy crawlies. She also would like to at least befriend a Ruswha, a predatory fish. She does own two Gigantic centipede-esque creatures and they are her babies.
Ofir: Literally anything fuzzy and cool tempered. Don't tell Piff though she will get jealous.
Tore: Rakkida. He just wants to be a show-off but isn't capable of dedicating time to any pet. He's also pretty scared of them but wants to one-up or be equal to Eri.
Elkie: A Hollarbat. She loves their colors but she doesn't know how to go about adopting one in the wild, yet.
Kenai: Pluff'M. He loves their colors and big eyes. He also fancies the idea of teaching it how to play the drums as well so they could put on performances for his girlfriend Quinta and her siblings.
I might reblog this answer with some of the others. I'm away from my Bestiary book at the moment and I got an idea for another Oc.
The ocs Shiyoon, Razer and Sammi I mention belong to my buddy @jack-toons / @myfanartblogplusshippingtrash
The ocs Eri and Quinta I mention belong to my other buddy @accursed-one / @nurloxx
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thanatasia · 3 years
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Tau and Azra representing their non-binary and asexual flags.
Idk if the filter I used works super great with these two but I wanted them to match the previous post.
A bit of context: these two aren’t in a romantic relationship but they know of each other because one of them is close friends (ex of but now very close friends) with Cha’l and the other is the soul sister to Shiyoon.
I haven’t come up with a scenario where they interact with each other but I assume they’d get along. Both are friends with Kiel (oddly both have an almost sibling relationship with him; Tau much more than Azra)
I want to make it a point to draw Tau more. They are very playful and enjoy playing along with Shiyoon’s antics to embarrass Cha’l or teasing Kiel when they notice him catching the lovebug lol
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thanatasia · 3 years
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Here are some EnchantedSandstorms sketches I hadn’t shared with everyone.
The first is a panel from a 3 panel comic on Shiyoon showing her appreciation for Cha’l’s “unique” singing voice.
The second is Cha’l stumbling upon the soul sisters Shiyoon and Azra. He’s crying because the best and most powerful concoctions are always the smelliest and the ingredients make him a bit nauseous lol
As always Shiyoon belongs to @myfanartblogplusshippingtrash
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