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Decided to draw interpretations of 20 characters from the video game Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines

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I hope you know we had everything, and you broke me and left these pieces...

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Secret Santa - "Loam" for @rennybu from earlier this year💜

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melisande valk, sanctioned psyker/ inquisitorial acolyte 🤙

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soft zaundads...

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And if nothing feels like home Maybe I have to make my own

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Carpe diem

Carpe diem – seize the day Dream big, have hopes, live free, they say But will you wonder, once you fall, If it was worth to dream at all?

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This was around early 2022, during a major depressive episode

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So, when I was younger, I wrote a lot of poetry – and honestly, I never really stopped. Like a proper ADHD gremlin, I’ve got thousands of notes scattered across digital files and paper scraps.

To finally give them a proper home, I’ll be posting them here under #backyardvampire:text.

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Patiently awaiting Assassin’s Creed Shadows, I started replaying the older games — and, of course, ended up creating a morally grey Templar OC. Chi [kiˈ] (they/them) in 15th-century Templar attire. ❤️⚔️ Do you have a favorite AC?

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happy wolfgang wednesday!! i am lowkey dying of exhaustion so im gonna run off and have a bath and read but i wanted to come back to the character ask game for one milisecond, specifically to:

"What is an aspect of their appearance that you like the most?"

their lips!

specifically the fact that their upper lip is larger than the bottom lip and i personally find it to be very cute, i feel it adds so much charm to their little pout <3 its such a small thing, i dont expect anyone else to really notice but imo when designing and drawing a character, it's these specific and tiny facial features and traits that make any character's face come together and become more realistic, memorable and familiar

and if i can indulge, have you ever noticed a particular detail or a trait about any of my characters you particularly liked? whether visual or in terms of personality or fashion, i would be really curious to know :>

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as i often do, i am once again thinkin about clothes and my thought process that goes into picking specific outfits or pieces for any particular art. specifically, drawing Wolf with their plastic coat -- which has been part of their character basically since the beginning and in an odd way has even informed their character's evolution.

i like to use it when its evocative of them wearing their heart on their sleeve, baring it all, asking for you to look at them whole and accept them (whether they might be half dead and crying or covered in blood and flirting). they look like a walking condom for a reason.

but - it is still an extra layer, an illusion of full transparency, they are ultimately in control how much they show and to who. their preference is for clothes that cut a sharp silhoutte, often shiny, light catching materials. somethign that people notice before they even look at their face.

then there's Bastien, ive talked about him developing his own style over the years at length before but i also like cherry picking what he wears to suit the art. extra layers when he's guarded and not (yet) comfortable around someone, and his loose sleeveless tees when,lets say, they don't mind when someone ogles his arms and body a bit. when he feels most comfortable in his skin, which is rare. he doesn't like being nude or putting himself on display any more than that, normally.

Bastien likes simple cuts, neutral colors and no patterns because he thinks of himself in those simple, straight cut, plain ways. despite that he has a bit of "flair" a chain here, a leather band, an earring, a simple choker. something small that's allowed to break out of his self imposed cage.

and imo the start of my last painting, his lil frayed sweater - again only the illusion of him being more covered up, more guarded but those walls are falling apart, the edges of his attempts at distancing himself from their feelings frayed and torn.

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i realized i havent actually done one of the art vs artist compilations in the past several years, partly because i grew more uncomfortable with putting my face out there on the socials. but its nice sometimes to shuffle jpegs around in an aesthetically pleasing manner sometimes

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i wonder if you look both ways when you cross my mind

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you wanna guess the color of my underwear?

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🩸Grey Warden Tapestries🪽

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Fucked around with the Mirror tool, had an aneurysm, manifested some Jayvik.. Bon appétit

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