Please join us in wishing a very happy birthday to legendary author Kathy Tyers! Kathy is the author of The Truce at Bakura, NJO: Balance Point and many Star Wars short stories!
No eres incapaz. No eres débil ni lento ni un cobarde.
Eres tantas cosas buenas: inteligente, duro, valiente. No estás destinado a estropearlo.
Eres lo suficientemente persistente como para superar lo que enfrentas ahora y mereces lo que sea por lo que estés trabajando duro.
Eres capaz; solo estás asustado por la desconocimiento. Solo estás incómodo porque estás probando cosas nuevas.
Estás preocupado porque no estás seguro de lo que te espera. Y todos estos sentimientos son válidos y naturales para cada ser humano que sale de su zona de confort para perseguir lo que siente que es adecuado para ellos. Todo el mundo, no importa lo audaz que sea, se asusta en algún momento.
Soñador, puedes estar asustado y confundido ahora mismo pero en el fondo de tus huesos, esa voz dentro de tu cabeza, ese fuego en tu corazón, esa persona dentro de ti sabe que vas a lograrlo; cueste lo que cueste.
“Ramsjö” reproduction Art Nouveau wallpaper by Duro
The vintage sample that Ramsjö is based on comes from Ramjsö in Ljusdal. The original paper was was produced in 1910-1920 from a Viennese Art Nouveau design.
This pattern is an example of how the Art Nouveau style changed the look of wallpapers in the early twentieth century. Art and culture trends from Vienna led to designs becoming more simplified than before. This paper still features the common motif of plants striving upwards, but these are more stylised in their design. The flowers became part of the ornamentation, the stalks becoming straight parallel lines.
Norath Kev, from Star Wars Resistance in Clone Wars-ish art style. There's surprisingly few Duros characters even though they're a Legacy species, showing up even in the very first movie, A New Hope.
Yeah so... a bit unexpected fanservice for Norath fans. I was too proud of the anatomy to cover up with one of his costumes. Ya get a tank top wearin' Duros. Pretend he just did a work out or something. Norath strikes me as a guy who'd wear those silly fuzzy sweat/wristbands. haha.
Drawing Tips: His face below the eyes is longer than the top half. His eyes are tear-dropped shaped, and his lids taper off almost like asian eye lids do sometimes. His brows/forehead have a separation between right and left orbital bones, sometimes seen in Nemoidians. Norath's features are very soft and young, not nearly as harsh angled or strong as either Bane or Shriv. That being said, he has an adam's apple! He's long and lanky, which is typical for Duros. I gave him a scar on his shoulder, cuz he's a Resistance fighter, he's probably gotten shot somewhere along the way. He didn't have any scars on his face. OH! and his jaw is narrower than his cheekbones, with a very rounded chin. Norath, I think, the Duros version of a pretty boy. Like seriously, look at him. He's like a K-pop star.
About Norath's coloring... Orange/gold eyes and Green skin? That seems to be rare for Duros, which could be seen as desirable or exotic. On the other hand, Nemoidians are also green, which could be a turn off. However, that may no longer be the case by the Sequels Era, since tensions between the two races had smoothed over in the decades after the Clone Wars. Who knows, maybe he has a bit of mixed blood somewhere along the way? Just a thought.
He doesn't look happy, which is not really in-character? Maybe someone just challenged him to a push-up contest. Being a lizard man, he'd win, naturally. Unless it was Shriv. Shriv would win.
HEADCANON: Duros grooms have to prove their worthiness of marrying the bride by performing a huge number of push-ups, which is a physical test of... endurance. It's also a display of dominance between Duros males. It's old-fashioned, but still holds cultural significance and is often acted out in holo-dramas.
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I went to the bookstore today and investigated the Star Wars Atlas they had for sale. I’ve tried finding maps online that show Duro and I never had any luck. I knew it was somewhere near Corellia for damn sure, but here are some images I took with my phone that show Duro as a Core world, as it should be! 🥰🥰
This was actually a huge success for me last time (got a fic finished & published, and made a lot of progress on some of my other WIPs) so I thought I'd give it another go!
Rules: Make a 24-hour poll with the names of your WIPs and write 1 sentence for every vote the winning WIP gets (or my preferred method, 1 sentence for every vote each WIP gets).