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I spent definitely too much time pondering over unfortunate double meaning of the consume option on soap XD (wersja PL)
#BG3#meme#comic#Durge#behold#a pun turned into a whole comic#the connotation is way more evident in Polish translation#bc they used a calque and “konsumować” doesn't carry a meaning of using something up at all#so the joke is probably a little weaker in this version#thunderboltfire's art
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I work on some horse models for a horse breeding game, Horse Fable, and the Thoroughbred is currently live in the game! The goal was a slightly stylised artstyle, with a healthy dose of realistic proportions and a pose which'd pay homage to the previous model of the breed in the game.
#equine#horse#horse fable#thunderboltfire's art#Idk if anybody expected to see my professional work in here#but I'm proud and this guy is out of NDA so here we go!
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Alright! I've got a little carried away, so here's the main cast of Isaldi illustrated with their corresponding associated animals! (only sketches, sorry)
Igna: I've associated Igna with griffins for a very long time, to the point I've debated giving her 'griffoness' as a moniker.
She has a griffin on her coats of arms, but the more important cause was her being a half-elf. Similarly to how griffins have parts associated with different types of animals but are their own distinct creature, she is something many people consider a hybrid and yet she is something more than the sum of inherited traits.
Some Wanderers jokingly call her a rookling, because of her bearing a lot of physical resemblance to her father who's widely known as Eberre 'The Rook'. (the natural consequence of this should be a rook-based griffin, but alas, Isaldian griffins don't really function this way XD).
Argo - Weirdly enough, a dog, and more specifically, a hound. He is very fond of dogs (elves, contrary to humans haven't domesticated dogs), he likes hunting and he is characterised by undying loyalty. Compared to Igna he has less reservations to kill, either sentient beings or not. Add to that a heightened sense of smell and he starts to have a lot of similarities with a hunting dog. Contrary to most of them, however, he isn't too fond of physical affection and is a relatively quiet sort, so while I've drawn him with a pointer (a type of dog he'd probably want to have) most of all, he resembles a sighthound.
Theria - self-explanatory, she is a social canid incarnate. The similarities to a wolf run deeper than her physicality - she has a strong need to belong and is very much an extrovert, suffering when left in solitude. Expressive and aggressive if need be, but also very affectionate. What is her strenght, however is her downfall - she still hasn't come to terms with a loss of her whole mercenary unit and even vengeance for her late mate's death hasn't brought her peace.
Daen - corvids aren't an original choice for an equivalent of a vampire, but still, the intelligent omens of doom are a correct association. As a field medic, Daen more than often is elbows-deep in gore. I've chosen the hooded crow, due to them looking like they are wearing an apron. Apart from that, grey+black color combo is very on-brand for him.
Haart - an ox. Haart's unique abilities are what makes him valuable, but also unfit for his original home and community, like something gentle which inevitably harms its surroundings due to its size. He does his work dilligently (he's often the first person his friends ask for help) and came to love his found family, but he has a soft heart that longs for a home that never may be.
I’m going to start putting up OC question posts for you guys to reply to! I do this in my art server already but I thought I’d do it here, too :)
First question: what animal is your oc most like? Can be based on appearance, physiology, behavior, symbolism, or any combination of the aforementioned! Feel free to reply or reblog.
#I had to answer this making animal associations with characters is my favourite thing#I'll sprinkle animal symbolism on everything and anything#I have WAY too many anthro versions of my PCs too (so I may answer it for them too)#Isaldi#OC questions#OC lore#Igna Sharille#Argo Riss'Aerle#Daen#Theria the Cold Paw#Haart#thunderboltfire's art#digital sketches#I was tempted to make them actual colored pictures but I know I'd get stuck on the way
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what will you steal from my room?
I got tagged by @nerdalmighty. Thank you! <3 I'm totally stealing your dnd dice in cool boxes. :D
Tagging: @likeyua, @thunderboltfire, @celamity, @paladinsofqueer, @mikey-hunter, @illusivesoul. If you'd like. No pressure.
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10 Happy Things
Thank you for tagging me @thunderboltfire
I love making lists (let’s call this an eleventh thing I sneaked in) and thinking about this really picked up my mood.
1. Graveyards: I don’t mean this in any dark or edgy way. I feel like graveyards are extremely peaceful, reflective places. I love wandering through and looking at the headstones -- seeing the different sculpture designs, seeing the names, and inscriptions, making little guesses at these people’s histories. I like the newer graveyards where people make so many unusual design choices (an entire recipe on the back of a headstone! a stone that looks like an electronic device!) and I also like older graveyards where you can feel the passage of time. When my mom was little, her family sometimes would eat their lunches in graveyards on road trips, so I was never raised with the idea that it’s disrespectful to talk and laugh in a graveyard. They’re pleasant, welcoming places.
2. Brush-tip markers: Along with being smooth and velvety and blending so nicely, they let me pretend I’m a Master Painter Painting Masterfully.
3. Used Book Stores: This is a little similar to graveyards. Broadly speaking, there are two types of used book stores, and they’re both good. 1: Bright colorful bookstores with more recent used books, lots of paperbacks from the last twenty years, books you’ve been interested in but didn’t want to buy at full price and here they are. 2: Brown, quiet used book stores with much older books, lots of hardbacks who’ve lost -- or never had -- dust jackets, lots of foil-stamped covers and thick pages with huge margins and frontispieces protected by translucent paper, books you’ve never heard of, without Amazon reviews or back-cover blurbs, that you decide to take a chance on.
4. Finishing a journal and lining it up on the shelf with my other journals: Along with the sense of accomplishment and thinking I’ve made a bit of a record, my journals are mismatched, lots of them gifts from people, and they remind me of those people.
5. Really Old Stuff: This may be because I come from the States, so there isn’t a lot of really old stuff around me, and even the oldest stuff usually isn’t very old. Really old trees, old houses, old knickknacks -- I love these tangible proofs of the past, thinking about where they’ve been and the people who’ve interacted with them. This exact knickknack was sitting somewhere the day I was born. People were clumping across these wooden floors when they heard the Titanic went down. It’s a neat feeling.
6. Meeting Animals: I don’t currently have any pets, so meeting other people’s cats and dogs and horses and goats feels like a treat.
7. Character Building: Landing on just the right name for an oc, or drawing an oc and finally seeing their personality in my pencil lines. I can “see” the character in my head, but putting that on paper can be really hard. Some characters, like Arsen, still haven’t really “appeared” on the page for me yet.
8. Wandering around in fandom spaces and finding art of a favorite character I haven’t seen before. Extra points if something about the art is so good and so spot-on I want to incorporate it into my own headcanon.
9. Names and Words: I haven’t studied it very deeply, but I’ve been interested in name/word derivations for a long time. When I find out that two words, deep down, come from the same root, it’s magical. My dad once speculated that foal and pullet might have a common source, and I didn’t believe him, but he was right. The other day I learned that Lucy and Luna come from the same Proto-Indoeuropean root, and it means both “to shine” and “to see”. There’s something fascinating about the history of the very words we use, hidden meanings and connections we don’t even know.
10. Hot cocoa: I used to drink hot cocoa regularly, but not so much anymore. It’s the best hot drink, in my opinion, and I don’t take it for granted these days.
Please consider yourself tagged, especially if we’re mutuals. This picked up my mood, and I’d love to spread that around.
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30 Day Watcher Challenge- Day 28
Prompt list here
28. playlist: share some songs that fit your watcher!
Here’s the thing. I’m not super great at making playlists, particularly seeing as most of my taste in music is instrumental. I’m going to do what @rannadylin did and leave this open to anyone who wants to contribute. There is no wrong answer! Seriously I would squeal with delight if any of you wanted to suggest a song. Or multiple songs.
Bonus: here’s a link to art of Mara’s beautiful face, done by the excellent and wonderful @thunderboltfire!
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*muffled I Wish I Had An Angel coming from the next room*
(pose references from Adorka stock)
#Baldur's Gate 3#BG3#Shadowheart#According to an online discussion I've took part in#Shadowheart would listen to Nightwish (and would never admit she likes the albums after Tarja)#so lo and behold#modern!Shadowheart#thunderboltfire's art
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It would be extremely epic, if it wasn't also a Looney Toons situation. (I may have forgotten that Divine Smite exists).
#BG3#Baldur's Gate 3#Minthara#over 100 damage in one attack?! Man I love paladins#A shame that in response Minthara got obliterated with an equivalent of a small star exploding directly in her face XD#I might make an actual polished version of this panel with her preparing to smite I like how it came out#thunderboltfire's art#low effort comic
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Well-earned rest, 40x60, acrylics on canvas.
This painting of a "Victor" battlemech damaged in battle was commissioned by my long-time client for his friend. It's the first time I've ever drawn (or painted) any mecha, and I think it didn't come out half bad!
#traditional painting#battletech#thunderboltfire's art#it's a very dark painting and the photo deosn't reflect the colors fully#but also I should probably invest in a proper camera to do these shots bc the glare from a varnish is almost impossible to remove digitally
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Ah yes, the night-prowling, mean and eternally hungry dude, who enjoys killing a little too much.
Happy National Cat Day!
#BG3#Astarion#he hisses not to touch him and will imprint on anyone who feeds him#I'm convinced he's your neighborhood unvaccinated stray tomcat#(also he's in his EA/promo outfit bc I like it better than the release one)#I only realised it's National Cat Day here a few minutes before posting but it's a fun coincidence#anthro#digital art#thunderboltfire's art
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Daj spokój, Durge. Komu strzeliłoby do głowy żeby skonsumować mydło? (EN version here)
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Woe to the one
Who boast in front of the gods
Woe to the god
Who is petty and jealous to mortals
Ensiferum 'Andromeda' --------------------------
I've decided to give oils in Rebelle another go. It's more of a cinematic recreation than what actually happened, but I'm really happy with it.
#BG1#Baldur's Gate 1#Iwona The Gorion's Ward#Charname#Sarevok Anchev#thunderboltfire's art#digital art#don't worry about traps they're disarmed at this point#also I'm aware that the only actual source of orange color in the hall of the temple is Sarevok's kickass carpet#but I concluded the fireplace would be a really fun addition#and the carpet has to be lit by something anyway
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POV: You’re a Witch-King of Angmar and a tall blonde has suggested you leave her uncle alone.
#LotR#Eowyn#sketch#You know how anytime you take any kind of helmet off the hair come out sort of tangled and sweaty?#I think of this a lot when I read scenes when people take off their helmets in a middle of a battle#I know I've cheated by having her shield obscure half of her face#But if you already have a shield why not raise it#Also a curious fact:#Operating a sword-and-shield combination requires way more physical strenght than a single two-handed weapon#my art#thunderboltfire's art
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Oh shit, is it Drizzt Do'Urden?!
#Baldur's Gate#BG1#Iwona The Gorion's Ward#Imoen#Charname#Drizzt Do'Urden#You know I have to draw something silly with them from time to time#As a treat#It's especially funny that Charname meets him for the first time when they're on like#3rd level?#a really fresh-faced adventurer#meme#thunderboltfire's art
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Do You think their eyes do this in the darker environment?
(what was planned to be a more silly doodle became more of a complexion study - more of my thoughts on their eyes' design under the cut)
I was pretty sure Lae'Zel has reptilian eyes and I suspected crocodilians to be the main inspiration, but after closer inspection, they have beaded pupils, so I think they're most similar to some species of geckos. I'm pleased to inform You that geckos' eyes do in fact dilate in low-light conditions and they're looking exteremely goofy when doing so.
As to what's Karlach's eyes are based on (excluding dragons and other supernatural beings) based on color + shape of the pupil I think they're feline. And if it's true, then huge, round pupils in the dark are self-explanatory. It's of course entirely possible that they're magical eyes and they don't adapt at all (seeing as they glow with their own light), but it's a fun perspective!
Photo refs:
Gecko 1 Gecko 2 Cat 1 Cat 2 (characters referenced from my own screens)
#BG3#Lae'Zel#Karlach Cliffgate#thunderboltfire's art#it's interesting that Lae'Zel has so many different shades of yellow green and brown in her complexion#And Karlach has practically shades of the same red#It makes it pretty hard to shade her in a way that doesn't look like she just has red bodypaint on her#colored sketch
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*the sound of muffled shanties coming from the next room*
I've got reminded about mermay and I can't for the life of me find whether or not I've posted this piece on here. This little guy was originally made in 2020 as a Howrse coat, which is why he was a bit rushed and may seem a little rough around the edges.
I gave him a small overpaint of the details and a more spacious background.
#unicorn#equine#narwhal#hippocampus#mermay#I'm still in love with an idea of a narwhal hippocampus#I have NO IDEA whether I've posted this one or not#In 2020 I was hopping back and forth between platforms and so some things are here and others there#and alas it isn't easy to find anything that far back on my own blog#thunderboltfire's art#my art
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