#aester

[PT: Fifthgender (link) referential language / terms]

fifthine [fifth] - gender quality [short ver]

QUININ - in-nature term

nal - younger term (plural nals)

hlai - neutral age term (plural hlais)

aester / aestar - older term (plural aesten)

Qn. - honorific

Etymology & pronunciation:

fifthine: "fifth" + ine - pronounced like fifteen but with a "th"

QUININ: Latin root "quintus" (fifth) -> QUIN + IN for in-nature - the General American pronunciation of quinine (link)

nal: "signal" (i.e. star signals) - pronounced like the "cal" in "calculator" instead of a schwa

hlai: from Case Colorless Green by qntm - pronounced similar to "belie" (link) but with a "huh" sound instead

aester / aestar: "A * A *" from SCP-1425 -> "ae star ae star" in Ojai by qntm - "ae" like the letter a + stir/star

Qn.: same origin as QUININ - pronounced like the name Quinn

Messy IPA: /'fɪf.θiːn/ - /ˈkwaɪ.naɪn/ - /næl/ - /hə'laɪ̯/ - /'eɪ.stɜɹ/ or /'eɪ.stɑɹ/ [you can drop the r if you like] - /kwɪn/

And flags for fifthine / nal / hlai / aester/aestar, inspired by @flagtism 's referential language & quality flags:

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Happy Easter  :)

... whose one  made the first chocolate egg  ?

"like worlds we've yet to reach"

Another silhouette drawing of Aester and Loure~ I wanted to draw some tree branches covering some of the sky and needed to figure out the angle and composition and I think I did ok~ =w=

Even though I use a lot of purple in my artworks and draw quite a fewww purple skies, I generally tell myself to avoid purple because it's difficult choosing the level of saturation XD It's really easy to oversaturate purple welp =3= A lot of the time with my purple skies I end up having to hue shift some of it to blue because otherwise it'd be too purple XD But oh well~

"under a blanket of clouds, we're safe"

Silhouette drawing of Aester and Loure from my series 'HUERIUM'~ I drew this around 2 weeks ago =w= (I drew 6 within 24 hours... send help)

I know I say it every single time I draw a sky but I'm a little rusty since I haven't drawn skies in a while XD To be honest, sometimes I draw blank for what kind of sky I should draw since I've drawn so many... I know it's impossible to draw every possible sky but sometimes it feels like I can't think of any other colour schemes and stuff =3= but oh welllll

"with smiles on our faces, we journey on"

Final silhouette drawing of Aester and Loure from my series 'HUERIUM'~ OuO Looking back, it's kind of crazy that I drew all of them within 24 hours (with no sleep...) XD Overall I think I did a pretty good job =w=

Drawing these skies kind of made me remember how much I love drawing skies and how fun they are~ but it also reminded me of how difficult it is to try and come up with new skies to draw, whether it be to change the colours or composition... it's difficult thinking of something new :'D When I drew the skies for my artbook 'COSMOS' last year, I remember struggling so much and burning out because I tried to draw so many skies in such a short time frame... =3= So I'm definitely not going to rush that kind of thing in the future but I'm glad I ended up finishing the artbook~

"though sometimes I miss home"

And another silhouette drawing of Aester and Loure from my series 'HUERIUM'~ =w= the sky's a little softer and simpler this time~