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The Extinction.

Art for a Collab hosted by @mintybagels!

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I tried painting a greyscale portrait with gradient maps and this is the curious result

I think I need more practice, I barely understand what I did here She is Narcisa one of my Malkavian characters, I missed drawing vampires!

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Lucca and Rain. They are a lasombra and a tzimisce 🖤

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I saw her in a dream once

This is a young woman from the world of "The Wheel of Time". Careful, if you did not read books

She lived in the Fourth Age, when the memory of the Last Battle was still fresh. I remember the feeling of confidence, lightness, peace and joy that I felt when I looked at her. She had Swyer syndrome. She had XY chromosomes, pronouns she/her, identified herself as a woman, but channeled saidin. I especially liked that this combination did not bother her at all. And I also liked that the others didn't ask too many questions, and she felt completely in her place. I know very little about such people, it was only a dream, but it left a very interesting impression

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If you read the later books "The wheel if time" and see what happened to some characters, one thing is clear - the fact that almost every man died after "gentling" is only a sign that the Aes Sedai usually had no interest in proper rehabilitation.

They did not bother to find methods that actually work

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More about Avin

Part of his story has been played out, part of it is how I see it ending.

So, young man from Andor who can channel spends several days in Tar Valon thinking about what to do next. He can't just go home, he also decides not to ask the sisters of the White Tower for help. Avin's new acquaintance teaches him rough control over saidin.

He buys a horse and goes away, ending up in Arafel. He looks for answers in libraries, visits the local Stedding in search of lost knowledge. He finds friends with whom he reaches the Eye of the World and realizes in despair that he has no right to use what was not created for him.

He also tries to find books in the White Tower library in Tel'aran'rhiod but it is impossible to read books in the Dream World. Instead, he meets a woman he mistakes for simply Aes Sedai and accuses the White Tower of inaction. He will never know that he met Amerlin.

Avin's talents are beginning to show. He has the rare Dreamer talent and is also very good at crafting. He delves into the very essence of the materials, tries to put everything together. The past life breaks through in his dreams - he dreams about how he was a scientist, about the last battle he went to with his friends, about seals with an ancient symbol that he helped to create.

He remembers the Eye of the World and comes to the conclusion that maybe Saidin can be filtered to at least have enough to quench his hunger for the One Power. He decides to create a filter in the form of a goblet made of Cuendillar. Directing all his efforts to this, he even achieves some success, and being half insane (but still very purposeful) creates a ready-made prototype.

He dies holding this goblet in his hands, disfigured by disease, and the Aes Sedai who hunt him find only his body. They do not know and cannot understand what it is. In the end, the goblet ends up in some storage room where it collects dust, until someone finds it again in a new era.

The wheel weaves as the wheel wills. The Pattern must be created as intended, and anything that can distort it must be removed. Three hundred years will pass before the Dragon Reborn and the Last Battle. Avin had achieved his goal, that was the end of the story, but an even greater story was waiting to be fulfilled.

May his soul rest in the Light

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My old OC Avin Embry

Once I played a play-by-post game and this was my character. The game was based on the setting of "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan.

My character was a native of Andor, a young man of minor aristocracy, with an older brother who was generally responsible for the future of the family, and a younger sister who once announced that she wanted to try to become Aes Sedai.

Avin did not know what he wanted to do in the future. He did not see himself in a military career, and did not know what else he could do. His family was not particularly rich, but their wealth was enough to have some time to find himself and his purpose.

Being old enough to leave home for a short time, and having a reputation as a responsible enough person, not prone to bad behavior, Avin received permission from his parents to accompany his sister on her journey to Tar Valon. To spend time away from home, to see the most beautiful city in the world - what could be better for a young man?

They were traveling on a ship when they learned that one of the passengers was an Aes Sedai. Avinʼs sister really wanted to know if she was capable of anything, and so she asked Ais Selay to test her if it was possible and if she was willing. She agreed, and one of the tests was to freeze a cup of water. Amazingly, after several attempts, under the control of the Aes Sedai, Lorien managed to make a very thin, barely noticeable layer of ice on the surface of the water.

Everyone was happy and full of hope. The evening was warm, the sunset beautiful and pleasant, and Avin and one of the passengers decided to drink a glass of wine each while sitting on the deck. The wine was watered down, but that didn't really bother Avin. All his thoughts were about the miracle he had just seen.

How exactly? What makes water freeze? What is the difference between water and ice? New thoughts that had never occurred to him before flooded his brain. What power could do what he saw? How much does he still not know about the world? Why had he never thought about it? How could such a miracle be done not even by an Aes Sedai, but by his sister? He felt how the wine and thoughts made him feel hot and cold at the same time, fearful and joyful. He plunged into his thoughts so deeply that the whole world ceased to exist, leaving only the setting sun and the warmth of the sun's rays somewhere behind him.

"I don't recommend doing it here," Avin heard the voice of his companion. He emerged from his thoughts, still not understanding what had happened, and looked at the cup in his hands, and saw the thick crust of ice on its surface.

This is how his story began.

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Our cabal from the MtAs game

The dog is like "Am I a good boy?"

He knows he is a good boy, he just wants everyone to admit it

The same "good boy" before

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Once a beast, always a beast

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Just finished new commission art. A fun stylish Malkavian in a dress made from a broken mirror, somewhere in the forest with bonfires and moonlight on the background

I made this one in procreate too. I love my IPad, if you have an iPad you can still be a digital artist even if you are homeless. I am not, but still…

This was an interesting task. The most interesting part was theirs dress. It has two layers - black and mirror, and the gaps between the parts of the mirror are made with eraser. When I wanted to paint some texture of add color to the mirrors, I locked the transparency and then I could paint that layer without fear of damaging it. I also added additional sharp highlights

During the drawing process, I mirrored the image many times. It is easier to see if something is wrong and change it after mirroring

I am satisfied with a result

But since I finished that one, I am ready to start something new. I am still open for commissions and I have really good prices now

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So, for anyone interested, I have an offer. Full body characters just now for $120, any tips only if you can and want to. WoD, DnD, CtD, whatever. I'll be using Procreate, so it won't be super polished, but it can still be cool. Here are some examples

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Just one day and just procreate... I wanted to draw these characters for a long time, since I watched the VtM game "Miasto na słupach".

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Not my character, just wanted to draw someone with cool design and remembered him. He is a Tzimisce, he lost his legs and one of his arms at Embrace and since he doesn’t want to draft other people’s limbs onto his body he uses prosthetics

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Eddie committed a diablerie when he was forced to fight with his Sire's enemy. It did not pass without a trace for him. Sometimes Eddie wakes up and can't remember who he is for a while. Sometimes it's not Eddie who wakes up. After he attacked his Sire, she wanted to kill him, but Eddie is still a very valuable and talented chemist and has useful skills. He is also dangerous even to his sister, unfortunately. His Sire is holding her hostage, though she explains it as concern for her safety

tag the oc who is a diablerist!

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Two OC with really different Protean

tag the vtm oc who knows a Protean power!

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Understandable

I want to be this man

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Opening commissions again for the fall! Will be putting the full pricelist and more information under the cut🙏 Unlimited slots for line and flat color commissions, 2 slots for painted commissions.

Reblogs are really appreciated💗

Just dm to order! Payment through paypal (or kofi, but paypal is preferred)

Payment happens after sketch approval for color and painted commissions, upfront for line commissions. I do not accept refunds. There's no limit to the changes you can ask for in a piece, I really appreciate feedback and I prefer sharing wips often.

Please provide references for what you want me to draw, and I really appreciate written descriptions of both appearence and personality for ocs, though that's obviously not required.

Price list!

Just the lines/Minimal Color: 10€ portrait, 15€ halfbody, 20€ full body

Black and white, fully shaded with minimal rendering: 15€ portrait, 20€ halfbody, 25€ fullbody

Full color, fully shaded with minimal rendering: 20€ portrait, 25€ halfbody, 35€ fullbody

Painted, no or simple background: 55€ portrait, 75€ halfbody, 90€ fullbody.

Painted with background: 100€-150€ (regardless of complexity, if the background isn't rendered -as in no detail, looser painting style- the price will be 100€)

Additional character prices aren't fixed, and discounts will be applied for multiple characters orders. If you have any questions feel free to ask, anon is fine as well.