#normally i would draw albinos with a purple or blue undertone in the eye but celegorm has seen the light of the trees

[thelien-art]

Tyelkormo, Morifinwe & Curufinwe

Nelyafinwe & Kanafinwe

#tolkien #silmarillion #jrr tolkien #sons of feanor #celegorm #tyelkormo #turkafinwe #caranthir #carnistir #morifinwe #curufin #curufinwe #atarinke #normally i would draw albinos with a purple or blue undertone in the eye but celegorm has seen the light of the trees #that are said to shine through the eyes so thats why theyre red #celegorm is wearing hunter braids which is worn by followers of orome #yes im convinced that the followers of orome is a cult and if not a cult then a religion for itself #i use tyelkorome instead of turkafinwe again because of the cult thing but also because i think he uses it more himself #to feel more empowered by his own actions and not because of his royal blood #caranthir has a bun over his noldor symbolism braids for sensory issues reason #curufin is just rocking the basic noldor royal symbolism braids #yes im still convinced curufin is obsessed with fashion #no not in jewels although he does like that but the lates noldor fashion he can get his hands in he will wear #hes a fashion icon #caranthir probably makes most of his clothes and in return curufin makes him his jewelry #celegorm just got out from a fight in the middle of a random forest #curu and tyelko has simpler and practical clothes which is usual of the noldor whereas moryo has more of a show off #i give him this as i headcannon him as the riches one of his time and not being afraid to show off #and the layers and fur is to prove his alliance to the haladin as i see them as nomadic people preferring colder weather and wind #moryo also looks wider as i think it was a sign of beauty for a lot of people in the first age except from the elvers from valinor

[coentinim]

I tried to study Shinichi Sakamoto's coloring. It is incredibly smooth and seemless and difficult. I couldn't manage it. And Charles' canonical skin tone in Innocent is purple. In illustrations when he isn't lavender or lilac, he got a white rose complexion. Me thinks Charles simply has very light skin without freckles, and sometimes, extremely pale complexions can have a purplish undertone. He has slightly color-changing eyes, ranging from blue, to grey to lilac, and a wide variety of shades in between.

So, for Innocent, feel free to give your OCs weird eye colors, since if Charles can be purple, nothing really matters. This is also why I think his artstyle would lend very well to the mermaid core aesthetic, since his covers show characters with pearly, very oddly colored complexions. Jean-Baptiste is grey, Charles is light purple, Marie-Josèphe is a cutaneous albino and Marie-Antoinette has a peachy complexion that is very normal compaired to the rest. Damien has a somewhat normal complexion but a playdough hair color.

A white rose complexion and deep blue eyes as the Little Mermaid is described in Andersen's fairy tale is very hard to harmonize, and the only thing I think make it work is dark khaki hair. In real life, it's quite the unusual combination of very light skin with yellowish-greenish undertones and blue eyes. I chose silvery for her tail color, but I think most cool colors would work. Greens are the safest bet here since it's compatible with both blue and the off-white, I found, for more cartoony styles. I had another mermaid with light green, almost sea-foam frosty mint kind of green, and it worked quite well with her eye color and complexion. My chosen aesthetic for my illustration was duller and more nautical. However, for a more realistic style based on how colors look in real-life on people, the hair should be ashy brown, hazel, dark caramel, chestnut, or ebony black hair, although lighter blonds could do. Off-white with a white rose tone are easy to harmonize with lighter cooler purples, greys, cool pinks, cool dusty pinks, beiges, browns and green. Mermaid core feature a lot of pastels and iridescents, but...it can also have a lot of mate macrome, so our little mermaid can wear macrome and duller seashells, with some discreet pearl jewlery.

For her human form, I would go for a cooler color palette, since it worked best. Crisp whites, deep reds and deep blues. However, for a more realistic style with life-like skin colorings, I would go more towards the purples for her human outfits.

For Charles' skin color, he's just pale and Sakamoto is an edgelord so he draws him purple. Your descriptions though??? I laughed😭 your irony is amazing.

I know next to nothing about color theory since I don't color my drawings, but if it looks fine, you can change anything about the source material. I mean, Andersen's little marmaid is a pale girl since she lives underwater, but Disney chose a dark skinned actress (prob for controversy marketing...), and she doesn't look out of place. I imagine Andersen's mermaid as having a pale, grey, almost transparent skin like some deep water fish. I think it would be sick if her skin was transparent and we could see her organs. Like. It would be cool as hell. I'd love to see the end result of your art.