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*head in hands* I want to finalize a design for NPC/Companion AU Aster and draw them with Flynn

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There's just something very insane to me about this quest that has no markers, that's so easy to miss because the little caves aren't identified and are only found if you're being extremely thorough with your exploring.

All I could hear was Solas condescending to Rook, "Many would have died, I know. But afterward, flowers would grow again." and how Rook is such an inverted mirror to Solas' despair and "burn it down" mentality.

Rook spends all their *own* effort (rather than treating other people as necessary sacrifices for good things to appear once more, risking their own life (because these spots are frequented by darkspawn and spirits) finding flowers to soothe Despair Undying, and bring back Hope.

It's such a bookend to the quest in Dock Town, where you give names to people who brought joy, and art, and knowledge to the world.

I'm always thinking of Lord of the Rings, and often of The Council of Elrond and I hear Tolkien's echoes in this game, over and over.

“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.”

To take the hard road, not the expedient one, to resist becoming the very thing you fight against.

Ugh.

I love this game so much.

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Anonymous rookanis commission! I went for coffee couch cuddles with this one ☕💜

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POV: when u fell in love with fishing

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Finished my first drafts of scripts earlier than expected so now I just gotta do post-event inventory then maybe I can treat myself to a silly DA doodle 👀

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nein!

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All my slots are open again but reminder that I'll be closing comms for a while after Sept 7!

Commissions are open through the end of August! Updates include the options for purchasing commissions through Ko-fi or Forms (details in the link) and a new portrait style. Lmk if y'all have any questions! 💜

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I tried to use more recent examples for the promo and it ended up "oops almost all Dragon Age," but y'all are of course welcome to request other characters/settings haha

As always, I'm happy to draw your OCs, your favs, your ships, or even personal portraits!

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Comm alert! Another gorgeous Inky, Saskia Lavellan, with Josie <33 Ty to ultraviolets13 on bsky for letting me make this super sweet piece for her!! What a pleasure it was <3

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Anonymous rookanis commission! I went for coffee couch cuddles with this one ☕💜

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🐍God of Death & Herald of Death💀

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I put my weird west story on hold after finishing the pilot script bc I can't shake that it just would work best as a game, and I was recently inspired to revisit an old concept that I'm working on turning into a lighthearted episodic comic that I can pop in and out of whenever

I'm partly sharing this bc I finally started working on the scripts and wanna lock in on that this weekend lol

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But why does Arthur's mom's favorite flower have to be the canyon liveforever... so many irregular details...

Really feeling the DATV-induced level ups in my art while drawing Arthur Morgan once again...

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Anonymous rookanis commission! I went for coffee couch cuddles with this one ☕💜

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Wyvern 🐉

Lucanis week (day 5!) piece, that the weather delayed.

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RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 ⬦ Charles Smith

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Really feeling the DATV-induced level ups in my art while drawing Arthur Morgan once again...