Second YCH commission option! (Your Character Here) ✨️Check slide 2 to see an example featuring my character!✨️

For the modest price of 40 dollars, a detailed color bust of your character will get drawn into this richly ornate Skeksis-inspired Art Nouveau frame!

Any type of character, whether it's a Skeksis Oc or not, might fit into this imposing frame, and you can ask for a watercolor gradient for the background.!

Do you like this type of commissions? Please drop a comment and a like to let me know, and if you want one, please send up a comment and a DM about it - I'll be glad to draw for you!

Remember I'm ✨️open for commissions!✨️ Please DM me if you're interested.

✨️If you like my artwork, please comment and reblog to help my art be found by more people✨️

I own the copyright to all art, images and posts submitted to my Tumblr page.

I don't consent to the use of this artwork to train generative AI models.

*DISCLAIMER*

Artwork may not be used or redistributed outside of this platform without written consent.

Artwork © @skekla  

All publically recognizeable canon The Dark Crystal characters, designs, settings and situations TM & © Jim Henson / Brian Froud/Universal studios/ The Jim Henson Company

Captain skekSa: a bonus art-bust gift for Miss Maria; this is the extra I drew as a personalised prize to go along with her commission of Reina the Gelfling, her O.C.

Remember I'm ✨️open for commissions!✨️ Please DM me if you're interested.

✨️If you like my artwork, please comment and reblog to help my art be found by more people✨️

I own the copyright to all art, images and posts submitted to my Tumblr page.

I don't consent to the use of this artwork to train generative AI models.

*DISCLAIMER*

Artwork may not be used or redistributed outside of this platform without written consent.

Artwork © @skekla

All publically recognizeable canon The Dark Crystal characters, designs, settings and situations TM & © Jim Henson / Brian Froud/Universal studios/ The Jim Henson Company

Reina the Gelfling: a commission I drew last year for Miss Maria.

This delicate-looking but adventurous Gelfling has been really fun to draw, and the colorful patchwork-patterns of her belts and silks were very fun to recreate!

In case anyone's curious, this piece was created using a combination of watercolors, color pencils and fineliners!

Remember I'm ✨️open for commissions!✨️ Please DM me if you're interested.

✨️If you like my artwork, please comment and reblog to help my art be found by more people✨️

I own the copyright to all art, images and posts submitted to my Tumblr page.

I don't consent to the use of this artwork to train generative AI models.

*DISCLAIMER*

Artwork may not be used or redistributed outside of this platform without written consent.

Artwork © @skekla

Character created by Miss Maria

All publically recognizeable canon The Dark Crystal characters, designs, settings and situations TM & © Jim Henson / Brian Froud/Universal studios/ The Jim Henson Company

SkekTember 2024, prompt 8: Pride (Story below👇)

The Garthim-Master's raucous laughter rumbled through the yard as he strutted, full of himself, chest out and head held up high.

His hopes and dreams of rising in position felt closer to come true.

~"You've outdone yourself, Master, if I may say so"~ commented Moro, his assistant and head of the armorers who had worked on the new ornate dagger that hung from the Skeksis' neck, glinting in contrast to his rough, shell-made chest armour.

~"I did! The Emperor was really impressed when he saw my new pendant. Thinking to make this necklace that is also a weapon to symbolise my title was a great idea. But it was you and your apprentices who forged it, it was all thanks to you, Moro!"~ replied skekUng, fluffing up with pride.

The Gelfling smiled discreetly, his arms crossed behind his back.

- "Thank you, Mylord."

~"I say you deserve a prize for this!"~ considered the Garthim-Master ~" You Gelflings like kavekha wine, don't you?"~

Moro's ears perked up.

~"Well, Master, you know I'm not made of stone. I couldn't say no to such a generous offer!"~

SkekUng bellowed with laughter again.

~"Good, good; it is yours, then! A whole jug full of red kavekha wine! It's not every day that the Emperor praises someone as much as he did me today. This calls for a cellebration!"~

DISCLAIMER

This art challenge is not official or sponsored by the JHC. SkekTember is just a small, fun thing created by a fan, for fans.

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I do not consent to ANY platform to use my artwork, posts, writing or reels to train generative AI tools.

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Artwork © @skekla

SkekTember challenge created by @skekla

All publically recognizeable canon The Dark Crystal characters, designs, settings and situations TM & © Jim Henson / Brian Froud/Universal studios/ The Jim Henson Company

SkekTember 2024, prompt 5: Excitement (Story below!👇)

The cheerful melody of the Satirist's lute stopped just before the Gelfling made one final spin.

She stopped, frowning in disappointment.

~"Master! Why did you stop right when the music was getting funnier?"~

SkekLi giggled, adjusting the pegs of his instrument.

~"Didn't you notice how I was going out of tune, Nael? I'd better stop before one of my strings bursts and the music goes from fun to ridiculous!"~

Spreading her wings so that the tiny bells she had tied to them rang conspicuously and stomping her foot wilfully on the ground, the Gelfling complained ~"But if I don't rehearse, I won't be able to put on a good show at dinner!"~ and then added , maliciously ~"...The Emperor is not going to like watching a bad or boring buffoonery act..."~

The Satirist tilted his head, contemplatively.

~"Woe is me!"~he said, with dramatic sarcasm~" Who knows what he might do to us if we fail to be funny! Hurry up then, Nael! Dance for our lives! Dance!"

Then he suddenly began to play the lute again, frantically, with a hearthy laugh.

Giving out a cheerful cry, the Gelfling jumped again and again, pirouetting and spreading her wings, to the sound of a fast and lively rhythm, while skekLi sang a tune in Skexish.

~"Yes! The Drunken Gelfling Sailor!"~Cheered Nael, delighted~" Haha, Master, that's my favorite song!"

*DISCLAIMER*

This art challenge is not official or sponsored by the JHC. SkekTember is just a small, fun thing created by a fan, for fans.

I do not consent to ANY platform to use my artwork, posts, writing or reels to train generative AI tools.

Artwork may be shared on Tumblr but not be used or redistributed elsewhere without written consent.

Artwork © @skekla

Nael the Gelfling and design for skekLi by @skekla

SkekTember challenge created by @skekla

All publically recognizeable canon The Dark Crystal characters, designs, settings and situations TM & © Jim Henson / Brian Froud/Universal studios/ The Jim Henson Company

Here's a small ink sketch of Kirie, a Gelfling character I created to serve as skekLa's personal assistant. Her tasks included diligently grinding dried ingredients with a stone pestle and mixing them with egg white and tree gum to produce the fine inks and paints used by the Skeksis Illustrator in her craft.

Hardworking and gentle by nature, Kirie led a fairly content life as a worker in the Great Library of the Skeksis' castle. However, she had an oddly unsettling smile—often perceived as sinister, though she was completely unaware of it—which occasionally made her master uneasy.

Curious to learn more about Kirie?

Feel free to ask in the comments—I'd be happy to share more about her character in future uploads!

Remember I'm ✨️open for commissions!✨️ Please DM me if you're interested.

✨️If you like my artwork, please comment and reblog to help my art be found by more people✨️

I own the copyright to all art, images and posts submitted to my Tumblr page.

I don't consent to the use of this artwork to train generative AI models.

*DISCLAIMER*

Artwork may not be used or redistributed outside of this platform without written consent.

Artwork © @skekla

Kirie © @skekla

All publically recognizeable canon The Dark Crystal characters, designs, settings and situations TM & © Jim Henson / Brian Froud/Universal studios/ The Jim Henson Company