#when I get back. I gotta find a very specific blender model but if I can I'll be golden. Editing will be hard but worth it hopefully.

[robo-dino-puppies]

I did some combat photography practice (which was meh - the glacially slow response time for pausing is aggravating):

the e x t r e m e frowny-face everyone gets in combat is hilarious (derogatory) to me. no examples here because I just can't take it seriously. Lucanis is the most hilarious imo, but I gotta say it looks pretty silly on everyone.

also I traded the frustration of doing all the horizon armor gallery pics for... the frustration of trying my hand at editing complexions and armors. very smart of me. such a relaxing change of pace. not. (I'll be getting back to the armor gallery I promise)

did some color and alpha channel edits to kirkwall's finest to make it a little less like the iconic mage armor since my I made my Hawke in the CC and she's a rogue (had to keep the ridiculous spiky glove tho):

the chest plate edit is sorta janky but it felt too boring if I took all the plates off, and it looks okay from most angles. also don't look too close at those leather pads on her knees lmao uh I might end up putting the knee plates back on... or taking off the shin guards maybe...

cut bc we're gettin long here

(the light in Harding's room is SO pretty! it hopefully shows that his forehead wrinkles have depth? editing the normal maps by "hand" sure involves a lot of trial and error for me - just when I think I have it figured out what color means what, I try it and... it's the opposite 🙃🙃🙃)

my attempts to make Rook!Anders Less Baby and More Tired lol. (if only I could give him a proper fivehead/hair. alas) I learned that a file format called .dds has ...better compression...??? for textures, but with a specific compression that GIMP doesn't do, so I had to find a utility for that and. eeeeesh. I might prefer doing all the horizon armor pics again (<- that is a lie)

I also went back and gave my coat recolor better textures now that I sorta kinda know what I'm doing, and held back my tears editing (not a stress-free activity what is my problem) a piercing mod in blender (no you don't understand I've tried 3d modeling before and I find 3d programs to be terrifying eldritch horrors) so I could give him an earring :D despite that anguish I do love playing dress-up with pixel people and making them stand around for my photoshoots. weirdly(?) I didn't like playing with dolls as a child, though...

k some more of my Hawke because I love and adore her and I'm pretty satisfied with how she turned out in the CC:

idk man I think I did pretty good considering the limitations of the merge-three-heads-together-to-get-your-basic-features-no-you-can't-just-pick-an-eye-or-mouth-shape-by-itself-or-move-the-hairline system. hah.

and Rook's expressions/mannerisms actually fit her personality quite well so I'll be excited to use the game's photomode to get some *actual nice* pics of her XD