#miraluka

[liusia-piu]

[zephhhhh]

main imp trio go thru the nathema conspiracy

[tokkiyokki]

Concept drawings of my master and padawan duo:

“Nano Jiiva was born blind, which strengthened their grasp on the force sooner than other younglings. Jedi Master Karani Harca elected to become Nano’s master to help them hone their force sight abilities, sensing in place of eyes.”

[force-walker]

one with the force

finished my piece for my jedi consular oc, lutwild :)

i was pushing myself on this one to simplify + speed up my painting and rendering process. i pushed hard on how to quickly render metals and how to make a composition with background and foreground elements that a) fit the character's theme and b) didn't trap me in over-rendering. this piece took me around 2 and a half hours compared to the 8 hours that i spent working on my other jedi painting.

[justanartsysideblog]

Padra Cho’ar- Ambassador

Updated art for my Miraluka for an upcoming Star Wars ttrpg. The game is set during the rise of Exar Kun.

[resol-nare]

My personal headcanon for Miraluka "vision" is that they still don't see like we do, and I picture it kind of like heat vision, with some Miraluka who are stronger in the Force being able to sense certain people and objects around them like a built-in doppler radar.

Solid technology, buildings, and certain items in nature (like rocks) that aren't alive can be seen in this way, but they show up as dark spots in a world of light, since the Force doesn't flow through them. I feel like Miraluka would really struggle with technology that's not solid, like holograms, with holocrons being an exception.

Now, the reason I'm rambling about this is because of my Star Forge agent, Sarenne. She's Miraluka, and gets pretty messed up by Jadus when she fights him. She gets some cybernetics as a result, and that made me start wondering: cybernetic prosthetics have to be a whole other level of body horror for Miraluka, no? Because now parts of you, where there was once light and life, have turned into voids that you can't feel and can only see because of an absence of that light. It's like watching yourself disappear.

[tiredassmage]

guys wait i might have cracked it i might have cracked a better explanation than whatever flimsy bs 'canon' offers about miraluka masks. what if i structure the belief more like the chiss and the force, wherein what is uncommon/an anomaly among the population becomes a huge part of the culture.

so something like. i let canon keep its 'radiation wounded the eyes so much they evolved them away and left vestigal sockets.' okay, fine, i won't fight the battle on that hill. but let's make that part of the cultural mythos. if force-based sight is how they get along instead, and eyes are still otherwise common in other lifeforms and humanoid sentient species, and are considered 'windows to the soul' or what have you... miraluka masks instead as wards against unwanted influence via the force, since they are constantly open to the force in some way via use of it for sight. different materials being believed to be stronger at wards against mind trick influence, possession, force ghosts or what have you. perhaps having even gotten to the point where certain materials and textures have become somewhat linked to societal roles or ranks.

but anyway. please for the love of all the stars, something that actually describes miraluka culture instead of 'its because others get uncomfortable lmao.' no. bs. should be acknowledge as in-canon racism against miralukas from other species because it completely breezes over anything it might mean to the miralukas wearing the masks. this as part of the lore, mythos, what have you of the entire species... makes it a more feasible background to why the vast majority of them would choose to wear some kind of covering rather than individuals (like one might choose cybernetics, etc).

further elaboration bc this came from me running around with my miraluka bh who i put in helmeted looks and was still back and forth if that was just going to be a later mandalorian influence thing or what: say, for example, my hunter miraluka still using helmets that incorporate eye-like designs or accommodations and that instead being meant as part of the intimidation tactic. sprouted loosely from me remembering from an art class that we (broad sighted human group) tend to be drawn to eyes first if they are depicted as a focus point, the 'windows to the soul' bit, etc.

leaning back in my pondering chair and tapping my fingers thoughtfully.

[anki-wan]

Qui-Gon Jinn - Redesign

@iolesbookshelf