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Lae`zel is cute in all forms

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Dipshits stay derpy

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So, I might be on a kick And I'm doing this for both my played Tav's and Durge's, and some of my Guardians

Starting with Gestari and Dirge

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Vorn tries to give affection! But I can't draw kissing so woe, nuzzle upon thee

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At the ready, with the wings of a dragon extended to fly

Slane's back, even if I haven't touched DOS:2 in a hot minute

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couples bounding be like

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The Pose: @mellon-soup

The Characters: @predninja

The Person Who Just Attempted to Draw a Dragonborn for the First Time: (me….hi 🤗)

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A friend of mine made a prompt generator in his server and this week is the first time I've partaken in it, with the prompt being know your way and the challenge involving grayscale

Eligar sorta knows his way... sorta xD

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Can other people write fanfics of durge as a compaion? Cause ive been writing a fic of durge as tavs traveling companion for a week now then I found your blog and realized you did it better than I could and I don't want to upset you by making a fic with a similar concept but completely different than you. ~🍅

Hey now!

I say that every iteration of a Durge Companion is Valid. Some people have different interpretations of how a Default Durge acts to things. Other people have their own Durges and Tavs and ideas with how the story is written with them in the game.

To anyone wanting to write a Durge Companion story of your own, take creative liberties! Mine isn't official. I'm just an artist on the internet that one day wanted to see this in art form and went "Fine I'll do it myself."

Besides, I find it more fun to see how different people write, draw, or create their own concept of this since Durge as a companion is something I definitely want expanded on with other people! I wanna see everyone's own Tavs running around with a Durge and causing chaos.

So be free and create, please!

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A commission for my pookie after she had a rough week. So I'll happily draw the babygirl Gabriel xD

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Friendly reminder to all working artists or (especially) aspiring artists.

If a client says they can’t afford to pay you but you’ll get good exposure, one of two things is happening:

1. They are lying. They can afford to pay you, but they are choosing not to. They will pay the printer to print the books, they will pay the mail service to deliver them, and you’d better believe they’re going to pay themselves for sending you an email explaining that they can’t afford to pay you. They think you are a sucker, and if you take the job you’ll be telling them they are right.

2. They are not lying. They have zero budget, no audience and no real distribution system. They’ll still be paying the printer and mail service because people who work in those professions don’t work for free just because someone promises them a recommendation. But they aren’t paying themselves, they’re running on an incredibly small margin, and there’s a good chance they won’t exist as a corporate entity in a few years. Publishing your work with them will give you less exposure than putting it on tumblr or Instagram for free would. It will never lead to a paying job. 

If a client starts ranting about the “short-sightedness” of artists, or otherwise complains about artists in general in their opening offer to you, run. Run as fast as you would run if a blind date spent the whole of dinner ranting about how horrible your entire gender is. Yes, there are doubtlessly clients who’ve been screwed over by artists in the past, but the ones who complain about artists in general will not respect you, they will not treat you well. 

Working for free does not prove that you are passionate about something. It proves that you do not need to be paid for your work. How many doctors went into medicine because they are passionate about saving lives? Do you think any of them are asked to perform heart surgery for free?

No one will ever pay $50 for something if they can get something similar for $5. When you charge next to nothing for art that you’ve worked for hours on, art that required years of training to create, you are telling your client that it is worth next to nothing. They will remember that the next time they want to hire an artist.

People who are looking to exploit artists know that artists are hard on themselves. They know that most artists don’t think their work is good enough to charge top dollar. They know that artists have been told from the first day they started taking their art seriously as a career that they’ll never make any money off it, that it’s not a real job, that it has no value to society. They know how to push artists’ insecurities about their profession in order to convince them that that demanding fair compensation is unrealistic and uncooperative.

If you’re just desperate for a job in the arts, any job in the arts, give yourself a job. Start a webcomic, or give yourself illustration assignments that you post on social media regularly, create work for a gallery show even if you don’t have one yet, or make a book. Give yourself a job. If you’re going to work for free, you may as well be working for yourself, setting your own hours and following your own interests. Having original art with original characters and ideas in your portfolio, and making sure your art is visible online will get the attention of publishers who are actually looking to hire people for good jobs. Drawing a shitty comic for a defunct publisher based on someone else’s shitty ideas will not.

Protect yourself, because no one else will. Protect yourself, because no one else will. There are people lining up around the block to exploit you. Protect yourself because no one else will.

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Julikar had a great time using sunbeam on bitches in the Shadowcursed lands and dominated the battlefield

Too bad instead of drawing it looking badass, I went the crack route xD

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Its Dar's fault

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Went through old crack folders and yeaaaaah I forgot I drew The Emperor like he was Gordon Ramsey xD

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Can't forget about my girl J-4k

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USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.

Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.

If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.

Are you with me?

Spread the word.

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Nyan and Roja got their roles, and an understanding