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Khajiit caravan clothing, made by @sarsaparillaart and myself for Beyond Skyrim: Elsweyr and showcased as part of the project's annual advent calendar event!

We have disctinct styles for Anequina, Pellitine and a third style present across the province for ancient and religious things - the patterns on these clothes is near that third one, and a little bit to the Anequina side to refer to the nomadic nature of their bearers. The final clothes are also planned to borrow other less unique patterns that would be taken from other provinces.

The clothes were designed to look distinct from their settled cousins, with as much pouches and bags as possible! If they seem pretty empty on the back, it's on purpose, because they'll be wearing backpacks on top of them.

Also, lore friendly cat shades. Hell yeah

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he can draw

his cursed blade

Doting patron

(don't forget to give your favorite mortal mandolls a little kissy in times of stress!)

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Doting patron

(don't forget to give your favorite mortal mandolls a little kissy in times of stress!)

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Hope you're doing well! Love your little goblin things.

Hello! Trucking along, I've just been super busy. Been working more or less fulltime in a demanding job that leaves me little time for hobbies or art.

I've slowly been chipping at the artwork I have set as priority - IRL work stuff, my commissions, and urgent Beyond Skyrim matters. The rest has been put on the backburner until I find more free time which might not happen unless I change jobs :'D

In meantime I've been getting really into Elric so expect fanart of that to come!

The little goblins are still on my mind. I caught myself monologuing about them and their sphynx cousins while walking home in the dark last night, documentary style. This one was about their teeth and their feet and how differently both species use theirs

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Just wanted to say that I love your art!

you are so lovely for taking the time of your day to send me this, anon!

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Hello dear, I hope you are well. I am Ahmed, a Palestinian from Gaza. I ask you to support and donate to save us so that we can stay alive. We are in difficult specialties and in a nylon battle in a cold and wintery atmosphere. A family consisting of elderly people, young children, and patients who suffer from chronic diabetes and need a heart operation. Their health condition is non-existent. We are in dire need of help. You can help us by donating. Share the post. Thank you.

campaign vetted by Ahmed (90-ghost)

they are currently sitting at 25% of their total goal. direct link to the GFM:

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End of discounted commissions & other information

Hello everyone! Thank you so much for the interest over my discounted commission window. I am now officially closing them! If you have contacted me before regarding a slot, worry not, you will still be charged the discounted price. However, anyone contacting me from now on will have to pay my regular commission prices.

I will still be taking commissions if asked, and the funds will still be going to charity, I have no plans to end donating as of now.

I would also like to warn of potential delays, as I have little free time and a considerable backlog of things to draw now because so many if you joined the effort! Am doing my best to catch up in my limited amount of time. Thank you so much everyone :)

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Sorry if this is super obvious, but are you still doing portrait commissions for charity? If so, can you link your PayPal?

Hello! I am currently busy with a bunch of em' actually :)

I am currently working on five, and have gotten more requests in the meantime. I will try to do as much as I can, and am slowly messaging the latest requests to warn them about the potential wait times. If it becomes at some point undoable for me, I will make a post to signal a hiatus or end of the commissions.

I am not comfortable publicly linking my paypal, but will send invoices in private chats with my clients. My usual commission process is as follows:

I chat with the client until they give me enough details I need for the illustration. This is where I give the price gauge for the commission.

I send a first sketch for approval, covering things like composition, pose, sometimes colors depending on the process.

Once approved by the client, I start working. I notify them when I am done and ask for the money. I do not accept money until I am finished with the piece, but I do not show the piece until I have been paid.

Once paid, I show the final piece, tweak things if need be (if the tweaks are significant and require me redoing some parts entirely, I can ask for more upfront) and send the client the full resolution files via their preferred method, usually email.

The charity commissions make this a bit difficult for cases like yours, as I encourage people to directly donate to the campaigns I am helping to avoid losing money to transfer fees. I usually do not accept upfront payment, but in this case I am not sure how to proceed - saying "donate upfront please!" goes against the personal guidelines I use for private commissions, which I set up based on how I work and client/artist trust, but would be much better for the families, as they need the money as fast as possible to survive. I encourage giving them money if you can, regardless. These are innocent people trying to escape a deadly situation.

It's a bit of a tricky situation - I want people to donate immediatly, but currently cannot guarantee being able to draw for you in return due to the amount of work I am already on, especially not as fast as usual.

If you would like a portrait and to pay via paypal, you will have to wait a little for me to complete my current commissions until I can take yours, with a slim chance I will unfortunately not be able to work with you.

I understand if this is a setback, as it boils down to not being able to fullfill the paid service I'm advertising. I will work so I do not leave behind anyone who's commission I have already accepted, and will not take money until I know I can complete the associated commission as to not pay anyone pay for nothing.

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5th and 6th portraits! Warm radiance is the vibe for this patch...with a reminder I can do more styles than my original examples!

The Son of the Sun, original character of Aub

An original character of @mjenai

We've raised around 93eu so far!

Discounted portrait commissions ahead :)

Raising some funds for several families from Gaza who have contacted me for help to escape!

Will draw anyone/anything! Real people, animals, anthros, you name if, if it fits a portrait format it's fair game.

I draw in a wide variety of art styles. You can check my blog to find examples of my range. The examples here are just one style to showcase the average complexity.

The base/minimum price I ask for is 10 euros, but I encourage those who can to donate more.

I use Paypal, but you can also directly donate to the GFMs I have chosen and show me the receipt!

Won't be keeping any of the money. When I say all proceeds I mean it

Here are the fundraisers I have chosen. These are fundraisers who have been vetted by the Tumblr community and people who have directly contacted me for help.

@noor-y-ashour: Mother of two children, one who is disabled and needs extra care. GFM link here

@hmzamahamed5: Father of four children, GFM link here

@freepaleatine95: A constantly displaced family; GFM link here

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Two musicians from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, a 13th century manuscript of songs

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Second two portraits for an anonymous commissioner :)

We've raised 54eu so far!

Discounted portrait commissions ahead :)

Raising some funds for several families from Gaza who have contacted me for help to escape!

Will draw anyone/anything! Real people, animals, anthros, you name if, if it fits a portrait format it's fair game.

I draw in a wide variety of art styles. You can check my blog to find examples of my range. The examples here are just one style to showcase the average complexity.

The base/minimum price I ask for is 10 euros, but I encourage those who can to donate more.

I use Paypal, but you can also directly donate to the GFMs I have chosen and show me the receipt!

Won't be keeping any of the money. When I say all proceeds I mean it

Here are the fundraisers I have chosen. These are fundraisers who have been vetted by the Tumblr community and people who have directly contacted me for help.

@noor-y-ashour: Mother of two children, one who is disabled and needs extra care. GFM link here

@hmzamahamed5: Father of four children, GFM link here

@freepaleatine95: A constantly displaced family; GFM link here

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First two portraits!

Naërion, original character of @insectesubtil

Oz, original character of @fensyl

We've raised 34eu so far :)

Discounted portrait commissions ahead :)

Raising some funds for several families from Gaza who have contacted me for help to escape!

Will draw anyone/anything! Real people, animals, anthros, you name if, if it fits a portrait format it's fair game.

I draw in a wide variety of art styles. You can check my blog to find examples of my range. The examples here are just one style to showcase the average complexity.

The base/minimum price I ask for is 10 euros, but I encourage those who can to donate more.

I use Paypal, but you can also directly donate to the GFMs I have chosen and show me the receipt!

Won't be keeping any of the money. When I say all proceeds I mean it

Here are the fundraisers I have chosen. These are fundraisers who have been vetted by the Tumblr community and people who have directly contacted me for help.

@noor-y-ashour: Mother of two children, one who is disabled and needs extra care. GFM link here

@hmzamahamed5: Father of four children, GFM link here

@freepaleatine95: A constantly displaced family; GFM link here

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Discounted portrait commissions ahead :)

Raising some funds for several families from Gaza who have contacted me for help to escape!

Will draw anyone/anything! Real people, animals, anthros, you name if, if it fits a portrait format it's fair game.

I draw in a wide variety of art styles. You can check my blog to find examples of my range. The examples here are just one style to showcase the average complexity.

The base/minimum price I ask for is 10 euros, but I encourage those who can to donate more.

I use Paypal, but you can also directly donate to the GFMs I have chosen and show me the receipt!

Won't be keeping any of the money. When I say all proceeds I mean it

Here are the fundraisers I have chosen. These are fundraisers who have been vetted by the Tumblr community and people who have directly contacted me for help.

@noor-y-ashour: Mother of two children, one who is disabled and needs extra care. GFM link here

@hmzamahamed5: Father of four children, GFM link here

@freepaleatine95: A constantly displaced family; GFM link here

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Two blokes slacking off at work :p

Cretan diplomats based on a painting of the tomb of Rekhmire, Luxor. I was intruigued by the leopard skirt thingy one of them is wearing and drew a more or less realistic interpretation of it! The other guy's there so he can have a buddy.

While i usually draw people looking as average as possible, it's not the case here. It's fair to assume that within the "PR" context of the painting (representing their people in front of a foreign king) these would be the ancient aegean's hottest boytoys, so I kept them snatched and smooth shaved.

Originals under the cut!

Mural with my chosen duo highlighted

Cropped closeup, leopard skirt guy on the left (and the two arms of jugs guy!)

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meow

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Short comic on Dagda's youth! Notes below :)

I've always found it strange that he is an accomplished fighter given his career path, and this is my personal explanation for why this came to be.

This takes place very soon after he was caught by the troupe, and he's still getting used to how things are. The man with the sword is the same guy who caught him in the first place and gave him a nasty beating on that day, this before they decided to keep him, of course

Dagda's around 15 here and in the middle of his angsty noodle phase. He's fine, just moody and in a drastic transitional period. Being surrounded by kind people and having to worry less about seeing the next day will mellow him out slowly

In medieval Europe and Japan both, swords were exclusive weapons of the nobility. While this doesn't seem to be the case in WHA, and we do not know anything about the weapons they use, I've taken the assumption here a sword would be considered above Dagda's social rank (and age in this case). He's seen using a knife as a child which he likely knew how to use well, and is seen using a sword as an adult which he's ridiculously good at. Because we don't know him any martial training, I imagined this.

Sword guy I made up for the comic. While he does not mistreat the kid beyond their initial dramatic first interaction he is a bit of an ass to him. This would NOT be the case for the rest of the troupe which I believe treated him kindly! Maybe someone else told him to spare the kid and he took it as an affront to his pride and is being a cunt in response? Who knows.

Sword guy is a guard. He would not be the only person on guard duty, but he'd be in charge of it all and fully dedicated to that, compared to other members who would do it as a secondary job.

Seriously tho I'm not sure if the author ever intended to make Dagda this good at fighting because casually holding up to a Knight with better material and life style and actual martial training + surviving a 1v5 where he does not have the advantage. is nuts. He's a musician who's probably not eating enough not a warrior

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for @jiubilant

two of the finiest fluffiest ladies in tamriel run into each other...