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Couldn't help but make Ottilenne and Astarion in this cute picrew.

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solas and the inquisitor spend some time together...AKA WHAT BIOWARE WAS TOO SCARED TO GIVE US. THIS IS.......YEAH......... WEAR YOUR HEADPHONES

shout out to @night-orchids for sharing where all these files were in frosty editor (everything is pulled from game files) and @mythalism and @scaryanneee for helping source audio and brainstorm and scream because truly this was so much fun even if i'm probably going to be put on a list now

i'm off to take the throne of horny jail forever now merry chrysalis

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Astarion being absolutely shameless about how much he enjoys feeding from his partner. Shoving his face into their neck and chest and sniffing them deeply. Maybe licking their skin for a while before sinking his fangs into their flesh. And once the taste of their blood hits his tongue he's making the most inhuman noises. A mix between a growl and a moan escapes his throat as he cradles his lover and rubs his thumb against their cheek. He's feral about them and I refuse to believe he would be perfectly composed while feeding.

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i wanted to draw something cute so i decided to solve the baby elf ear frostbite crisis

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How I draw Raphael and Astarion. Idk if these guides are actually helpful (these old mfs are hard to draw) but these are observations I’ve made over the course of a year of drawing them.

Tips from experience: practice tracing over screenshots, study their unique proportions. Pay attention to angles. Defining smile lines and wrinkles using highlights, not just shadows, is a good tip to making their skin three-dimensional and not look too weathered and old. I’m a makeup nerd. Think highlight & contours. Emphasize bumps, ridges, valleys of their features using tonal contrast. But not too much.

Practice drawing noses with a circle at the tip like the first image of Raph. I found it helps outline the curve that dips down to the upper lip, and to understand that the cartilage caps over the nostrils (i .e. the nostrils are more like recessed cavities, not a hole 🕳️ .)

I’m happy to answer any comments or questions 🙈 and let me know if there’s any interest in making more of these (like Astarion’s front profile)

More of my art on bluesky & 18+ & exclusive art on Patreon

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I think it’s really important to talk about how different people have different power fantasies.

For example:

For some people, the idea of someone redeeming a villain is a power fantasy.

For other people, the idea of a villain being defeated is a power fantasy.

And for other people, the idea of a character owning their villainy is a power fantasy.

I would argue a lot of fandom conflicts re: villains come from people being unable to see that their fantasies, which put them in control of a narrative (and all three of these are designed to give the author or reader control of the narrative in different ways) are someone else’s horror stories.

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adriannu's inner monolgue probably: i hope i see a frog today

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I'm enjoying these quick sketches to go with Tav Questions of the Day. ❤️

Q: What level of education does your Tav/ Durge have? Did they go to school at all? Why or why not? (link)

A: Ottilenne grew up in Baldur's Gate. Her early schooling would have been the same as Karlach's - what was offered to poor children of the lower city. She was a good student, but her education was cut short with the disappearance of her mother when she was 12 and her fleeing the city after.

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Archaic Words: Colours

for your next poem/story

Adarnech - colour like gold

Albyn - white

Argentine - silver

Ashied - made white

Aureat - golden

Bicollede - blackened

Blackbrown - brunette

Blewing - blue paint

Bleye - blue

Brune - brown

Camet - silver

Ende - a blue colour

Falwe - yellow

Florrey - a blue dye

Gaudy green - a light green colour

Ginger - a pale red colour

Gold-hewen - of a golden colour

Gridelin - a sort of colour composed of white and red

Grisard - grey

Grizle - a darkish grey

Inde - azure-coloured

Minim - a kind of brown tawny colour

Parvenke - a pink

Pear-coloured - red

Purpuring - having a purple colour

Sangronie - blood-red colour

Shay - a light colour

True blue - the best blue colour

Tuly - a kind of red or scarlet colour

Umber - a sort of brown colour

Vermaile - red

Virent - green, unfaded

Watchet - a pale blue colour

Whity brown - a pale dusky brown

Yvor - ivory

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No Veilguard spoilers Dragon Age because I've fallen for Solavellan but don't have the game yet. 🥺

I started writing something to go with these, but I write like a glacier moves.

Closeup of Solas's face from the third one because it looked so good before the hair sniffing. 😅 My mage Lavellan, Mairah.

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These little guys from The Veilguard are now available as stickers!

Search "Dragon Age" on Instagram stories, Giphy, or in the stickers on our Discord server to add them to your post.

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A preview of my piece for @astarion-fanzine💕

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umm i need reassurance that my presence is wanted but i can’t ask for reassurance because that’s really Embarrassing and it wouldn’t feel genuine if i asked for it

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https://www.gamingheads.com/dragon-age-inquisition-solas-statue.html Gently cradle the 20" Solas statue.