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I forgot to post it here, but since Dark Crystal's anniversary there are discounts to all my Dark Crystal related items in my new shop until December 31st !

#the dark crystal #age of resistance #skeksis #skeksard #my art #art for sale #small business #gelflings #original art #fanart #sculptures #miniature painting #skeksis oc

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My pages for @13daysadvent with @kaesaaurelia! I loved working on this medieval-like manuscript and learn about these crazy whales from Iceland! Leftovers are still available here: https://13daysadvent.bigcartel.com/

Full text by Kaesa:

The illhveli, or evil whales, patrol the waters surrounding Iceland in search of ships to sink. There are many kinds of illhveli, all strange, fearsome, and wicked. The Hrosshvalur, for example, is an enormous whale with the head and tail of a horse. It neighs like a horse, and when herds of them descend upon a ship, they bring a terrible smell and bad weather with them. And when they descend upon a ship, they do so literally—a Hrosshvalur may destroy a whole ship by leaping from the water and landing on it, crushing it.

Several other evil whales have a hybrid appearance like the horse-headed Hrosshvalur. The Katthveli, for example, has a cat's head, and like a cat, it plays with its food, diving beneath vessels and surfacing beneath them to break them apart from below. The cow-like Nauthveli, meanwhile, shatters ships with the sound of its deep, far-reaching underwater lowing.

The Hrosshvalur is not the only jumping evil whale, either; the Stökkull, which also leaps on ships to destroy them, has large flaps of skin growing from its face and over its eyes. It can only see when the flaps of skin fly upwards as it falls back into the water; as such, it is blind most of the time, although as it can jump a mile in one leap, it has plenty of time to study its prey while falling.

The Raudkembingur, the most bloodthirsty of the illhveli, has a crest the color of blood, and is so cruel that if a vessel escapes it, it must find and destroy another one that day or it will kill itself in despair. It is not very bright, however, and can be fooled by dressing a log up in sailor's clothes and throwing it into the sea; it will pounce upon the log and be frustrated that this strange sailor always floats.

The Múshveli has the head and forelegs of a mouse, which may not sound very fearsome, but because of its mouse legs, it can clamber up onto land after a ship's crew. And the massive Lyngbakur makes land feel even less safe! The largest of the illhveli, the Lyngbakur hunts by floating motionless on the surface of the water, where its hairy back looks just like an island overgrown with heather. Once unsuspecting sailors have left their ship to explore, the whale submerges, drowning them.

All illhveli are drawn to the sound of their own names, and a sailor should never speak of them at sea lest they be summoned. Even whaling vessels avoid these monsters; some have poisonous flesh, and others' flesh will melt away in cooking, but none are good for eating.

#zines #zine promo #fanzine #art zine #bestiary #mythical creatures #creature design #medieval creatures #medieval art #mythology #folklore

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That’s me and @kaesaaurelia here!!! 

👿 13 DAYS FOR 13 DAYS 👿

13 Days: Monsters & Myths is open for preorders for only 13 more days! Get the monster-themed/Halloween zine & advent calendar!

Order your copy here through August 2! 💀 https://13daysadvent.bigcartel.com 💀 EU/UK CUSTOMERS: https://etsy.com/listing/1511275194/13days-advent-calendar-2023-ukeu-listing

For more information on our various bundles and stretch goals, check out our pinned post!

@zine-scene @zine-shop-channel

#signal boost #zines #zine promo #my art

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Zine Preorder Announcement!

I'm very happy to announce that my first zine participation ever, 13 Days: Monsters & Myths, is now available for preorders!

I collaborated with two amazing writers:

For @crescenttwins I illustrated the Glawackus, a bizarre American cryptid, as if it was featured in an old encyclopedia.

And for @kaesaaurelia I drew the Illhevelis, Icelandic evil whales, in the style of a medieval illuminated manuscript.

You can see and read the previews here, but if you're interested in seeing the full pieces, be sure to buy a copy of the zine/advent calendar before August 2! Link here:

You can also visit @13daysadvent for more infos.

#zine promo #zines #fanzine #zine preorders #fanzine preorders #creature art #fantasy art #horror art #cryptid art #folklore #mythical creatures #my art #glawackus #illhevelis #medieval creatures #medieval art

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It’s me! Drawing interesting creatures I never heard about!

Contributor Spotlight: An otherworldly hum alerts you to Eliane T.!

Eliane T. is our next Spread and Spot Illustrator who will be creating illustrations with two writers, including the glawackus 🦡 and an illuminated manuscript for the illhveli. 🐋

You can find her on Carrd (linked will be edited in later), Instagram @/eliane.torralba, and on Tumblr @feusus

#signal boost #boost #Zine

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My first Zine ever, I’m excited! (I’m credited here as Eliane T.)

Greetings to all our fellow monster lovers and fans! Our contributors have been creating all manner of creature and monster for our Monsters & Myths project this year!

Meet all our monstrous creators below!

For social media information about our contributors, read below the cut!

Illustrators 🎨

alchenart: alchenart

Amanda Brack: amandabrack (linktree)

Azuzel23: Azuzel23 (Twitter)

Bratzoid: bratzoid_art (Twitter)

Breeze: breezeharr (Twitter)

clockworkjellyfish: clockworkjellyfish (Twitter)

cosmopoliturtle: cosmopoliturtle

coyoteprince: coyoteprinceart (Twitter/IG)

desansen: desansen

Diane Ramic: dianeramic

Eliane T.: feusus

EVP Comics: EVPcomics

Feiyu: feiyufly

Gid!: gidmoji

JD Donnelly: paintingdragonfeathers

Junior: Vigoburrito

Mad Brake: madbrake

Maggie: magpied-illustration

Maria Ku (grrrenadine): grrrenadine

milomei: milohmei (Twitter/IG)

PanoramicPancake: panoramicpancake

Pewpewpew: pewpewpew

RabbitGuy: rabidguy

Saskia de Klerk (Saskle): saskle

ShaiHime: shaihime

Strange: strangeomens-sketch

thesmartbluebox: theartbluebox

Tihara Ezzo: TiharaEzzo (Twitter/IG)

V. Gagnon: wyrmsfornerves

Zephra: ArtByZephra (Twitter/IG)

Merch Artists 🔖

coyoteprince: coyoteprinceart (Twitter/IG)

Draco: dracooties (Twitter/IG)

Eldritchtoast: eldritchtoast

Freaky Farm: FreakyFarm

Liz Schmidt: lizard_Bitt (Twitter)

Mad Brake: madbrake

Maria Ku (grrrenadine): grrrenadine

Mattibee: mattibee-portfolio

PanoramicPancake: panoramicpancake​

Arachnida: arachnoidmater

Quiche: cuddlyquiche

ShaiHime: shaihime

Strange: strangeomens-sketch

Zach!: bitchfitch

Writers & Chef 🖊️🍽️

Arachnida: arachnoidmater

crescenttwins: crescenttwins

Ishnia: witheredbouquet

Jasper Y. Grace: jasperygrace

Kaesa: kaesaaurelia

Leigh / paxfacere: paxfacere

Recklessfiction: recklessfiction

Soul Starshine: soul_starshine (Twitter)

Zachtookthem: zachtookthem (Twitter)

#boost #13 days #zine

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Yep! Most of them are obviously Weta Figures

And almost all the Mystics seem to be traced from David Petersen’s variant cover art for Beneath the Dark Crystal (With very weird color choices) 

I loved their Adventure Game book, it was fantastic! So I’m really disappointed by that laziness. It’s maybe a lack of time and money, but that’s not a good reason to steal fanarts. 

Bonus: UrSu...? Is that you...? 

Do not buy/pre-order the Jim Henson’s the Dark Crystal: Card Game.

I am going to make this a separate post because this is important. Please reblog this to spread awareness.

Most of the art for the card game are referenced from official material, however some of the characters (skekSa, urSan, and skekLi) were based on fanworks. The most egregious of these is the skekSa design.

While her head is based on her illustration from Tides of the Dark Crystal, the body is blatantly taken from artist SkeptiBee without their permission (I have contacted the artist to verify this).

(Art by SkeptiBee)

As you can see, it's nearly an exact copy save for the gemstone on her neck and the netting.

SkekLi and urSan were likely inspired by people's fanarts. UrSan's color scheme seems to be inspired by my depiction of her but with a more saturated color scheme.

SkekLi's in particular (the one with the orange and red stripes I'm assuming) seems to be a mishmash of different people's designs, but if you simply google skekLi you can clearly see who the artist took the concepts from. EDIT: Forgot to include skekLi's card, my apologizes.

EDIT 2: Let me clarify that the purpose of the two previous examples are showing a pattern of the card artist using fan work. This is not me claiming that the card artist stole them.

As a reminder, urSan and skekLi don't have official colored designs outside of book descriptions. SkekSa, on the other hand, has a design in the Mayrin arc comics so there is no reason for the artist to be using someone's fan design.

It's very clear that the artist who made the art for the cards googled the characters, but didn't do their due diligence in making sure what is official work and what isn't. It's horrible when someone's fanart is being used by companies for profit.

#psa #important #The Dark Crystal #Boost

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I took better pictures of my prints and stickers! They are for sale on my Etsy Shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ElianeTorralba

#my art #the dark crystal #age of resistance #tdc aor #jim henson #rian #brea #deet #ordon #mira #hup #maudra argot #tavra #seladon #fantasy art #gelflings #podlings #art for sale

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After their successful "premiere" at The Great Con-Junction, I'm selling my Age of Resistance 3rd anniversary prints and stickers on my Etsy Shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ElianeTorralba

I had an unforgettable weekend and the best birthday ever!

#my art #the dark crystal #age of resistance #tdc aor #jim henson #rian #deet #brea #ordon #mira #hup #maudra argot #tavra #seladon #fantasy art #gelflings #podlings #art for sale #art print #stickers

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💜💜💜 Very soon! 💜💜💜

Super excited to share that I’ll be tabling next to @feusus​ / @skeksard​ at this year’s Dark Crystal Great Con-Junction in Los Angeles!  

I’m busy working on lots of new Dark Crystal content for the con and can’t wait to see people in person!

#dark crystal #jim henson #the great con-junction

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Three main characters

Three suns

Three years since Age of Resistance premiered on Netflix

Happy third trine, AOR!

#my art #the dark crystal #age of resistance #tdc aor #jim henson #rian #deet #brea #ordon #mira #hup #maudra argot #tavra #seladon #fantasy art #gelflings #podling

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3/3

#the dark crystal #my art #age of resistance #tdc aor #jim henson #fantasy art #brea #seladon #tavra #gelflings

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2/3

#the dark crystal #my art #age of resistance #tdc aor #jim henson #dark crystal #fantasy art #deet #hup #maudra argot #gelflings #podling

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1/3

#my art #the dark crystal #age of resistance #tdc aor #jim henson #rian #brave rian #ordon #mira #gelflings #fantasy art

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#I’m in a TDC mood again #I miss my boy Rian so much! #this looks badass! #maybe too badass for him! haha #the dark crystal #art by others #age of resistance #tdc aor #rian #gelflings

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In honor of the 40th anniversary of the movie that started it all, Thra-Athon is proud to promote the Great Con-Junction, the second official Dark Crystal convention and the first one in the US! If you dare, join us in Los Angeles from November 12th to 13th!

The event includes guests from the franchise, workshops, original props and puppets, an after party at the Jim Henson’s Company lot and more. Even a visit at the Creature Shop for top tier tickets!

More information and tickets here!

https://www.thegreatconjunction.com/darkcrystal40

#signal boost #the great con junction #the dark crystal

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Day 29 - Flying Mutant Dinosaur

The last drawing I did for Creatuanary (Official prompts HERE ) This is something I wanted to do since Dinovember (My dinos here!) so this prompt here was my opportunity to mix some dinosaurs! 

By the way, I always thought that Jurassic World should go a little more crazy with their hybrid dinosaurs

#creatuanary #creatuanary 2022 #dinovember #dinovember 2021 #paleo art #dinosaurs #dinosaur art #speculative biology #speculative zoology #speculative evolution #speculative design #creature design #hybrid dinosaur #fantasy art #sci fi art #character design