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Recently I got the crazy idea to draw Murlesson through all the different outfit changes in his life, so here’s part 1! Continue reading
Murlesson design progression 1
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Ashara clubbing
I’ve been working on a project to draw Murlesson during all the stages of his life (part 1 will go up to the end of Devil’s Due and I’m almost done that) because I wanted to see all his different costume designs. After I posted the outfit for date night, Tharash said he was a little disappointed not to see Ashara’s outfit too. Sooooo since I am pleased with the outfit I designed for her, I drew it! Can you blame Murlesson for falling harder than a Kaminoan on a high-gravity planet >.>
Figure was traced from some random stock image from a google image search.
Thirsty Sword Lesbians
Tharash: who wants to play Thirsty Sword Lesbians?
me: ME APPARENTLY
So I drew some characters! Very sloppy and quick (don’t talk to me about the fencer’s arms >.>) On the left is the design for Lady Erzabet Penelope Flora van Dietrich y Vasquez du Lac (she/her, lesbian), who is named in the vein of Percival de Rolo from Vox Machina. I intend her to be a Devoted class (we don’t even have the rulebook yet, I was just looking at the free class pdfs), as the class flavour text really appealed to me. Her personality is inspired by Kashima from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun – the prince-type with a million fangirls, who flirts outrageously with said fangirls, and yet only has eyes for one special person. Erzabet loves lilies and always makes sure to have several on hand to throw dramatically. Continue reading
I went to a rock concert
Found out Disturbed was playing their Take Back Your Life tour “near me”, near enough that I could justify the travel expenses, so I decided to go! They’re one of my three most favourite bands that I can’t get tired of (along with Dire Straits and Big Country).
Mount Baker lookin’ good! ^ It pretty much looms over Abbotsford, really, where the concert was, so that gives you an idea of how far I travelled. I forgot to take a picture of it while I was actually there. Actually once I got off the ferry, Google said it was only an hour’s drive away, but there were many sections of the highway where traffic reduced speed to like 20km/h, which really did a number on my gas tank. : P It was also pretty hot and humid for May (it was a heat wave) which didn’t help. Continue reading
Happy Fanservice Day 2023: Reid Dakimakura 1
Heyyyy!!!! I was too overworked last year to draw fanservice and that kind of upset me so I’m making up for it.
Here’s ModernAU!Reid looking hotter than lightning (his thematic element lol) in an image intended for eventual use in a custom dakimakura (character body pillow). The reverse side will have him wearing a greatkilt (and only a greatkilt ;D ). Click for larger!
If this is your first time seeing this character: normally, Reid is my DnD Fantasy Renaissance warlock (based loosely on my Star Wars: The Old Republic Sith Inquisitor). Then I noticed that I made a very attractive character and wondered what he would look like in the modern era, and the answer is: fine as helllllll <3 In this incarnation, he’s a sarcastic but warm Scottish historian who plays bass guitar and sings and spends too much time on Reddit and sometimes does jujitsu.
This isn’t even the full-size image, I have a very high-resolution file for actual pillow-ordering. I also put a watermark on this image (which I never do usually, I’m pretty proud of this lol) so if you like this enough to want your own dakimakura… let me know? XD
Sith Triptych
An idea I had for a trio of paintings a long time ago and only just finished now. (click for larger)
Akuliina Volkova, Emperor’s Wrath Continue reading
Murlesson
Had a cranky start to the day (why I gotta drive an hour to get to work on Saturdays, totally ruins the rest of my day) so I decided to draw a full-effort Murlesson with an anime lens flare??? I’m not going to question it. (Referenced some stock image of a dude in a hooded cloak off Google image search)
Oddly, this is the first time I’ve drawn OG Murlesson for all that he’s been so prolific in spawning plot bunnies and AUs in my head. Drew while listening to the Star Wars OT OST.
I’ve been drawing more than usual recently (by which I mean, more than zero). It’s more inspiring than writing at the moment, I guess??
Captain Guillaume
I actually drew something this winter; I drew a picture of a possible NPC for our campaign – a half-elf swashbuckler rogue named Captain Guillaume. I think he’s a pirate. He dual-wields rapiers and has a sailing ship, I know that much. His face is based off Clementine Delauney of Visions of Atlantis, because he needs to be HOT, and his outfit is based off google-searching for Italian Renaissance doublets because he needs to be stylish. Unconvinced by the colour scheme, if you have other suggestions for outfit colours let me know and I’ll try them if I ever draw him again.
A little bit rushed (but still pleased with it ’cause it’s pretty good for my current state of burn-out); it was a Christmas gift for my best friend the DM who would eventually be playing this character.
FFXIV: Thancred
Somehow, I wrote a chapter. It took a long time because I am chronically overstressed with work right now, and future chapters will probably continue to be slow (until the winter holiday season? I might write faster then.). But now that I put Scrivener on my tablet, I can write in comfy places, and even times when I’m not at home. It’s nice to be able to do that.
But exciting things have happened! First of all, Aentfryn talked to me and we worked out a character arc for him! I’m so glad, he felt a little pointless until now. I had wanted a contrasting character to all the young hot excitable heroes when I made him, but since he didn’t openly want any of the same things that they did, it was tough for me to figure out what his deal was. But he has an arc now, and that’s why we’re starting this chapter with him, to celebrate!
Another thing is that despite the game plot being absolutely thrilling and me wanting to show you the impact it has on my PCs, I need to not forget to focus on the relationships between the PCs, and between the PCs and NPCs, above all else (and not just the romantic ones). I want more bonding moments between all of these people! They’re friends, right?
Vivienne gear update! Yes, she is beginning the Anima Weapon quests this chapter, but also – I have decided that she’ll get her “character design” Omicron chestpiece at level 70, when you’re supposed to get it, so at this point in the story she should be wearing something like the High Allagan chestpiece, that’s also a pretty sexy tank chestpiece.
I’ve been playing through ARR on a new character and I’m really excited at the changes I’ve seen so far. Toto-rak isn’t the worst dungeon ever! Copperbell’s new bosses feel better too! The new piñata-less Rhitahtyn battle is so awesome I almost want to go back and rewrite my chapter! Castrum is beautifully streamlined! However, despite the mechanics of the new Lahabread battle being much more exciting, I can’t condone canonically killing (and rezzing) the WoL so soon in the story. We’ve been a zombie this whole time??? No, even if it highlights Laha’s ancient power and the WoL’s noobness, that doesn’t sit well with me.
Finally, I learned that I actually know more of the ARR voice actors than I thought! For instance, Urianger is the same voice as Fenris from DA2! (and Raubahn is Hawke : O ) And most importantly, Thancred is voiced by Taliesin Jaffe, under an alias in the credits! No wonder I thought he had a sexy voice in ARR! It’s a lot like his Percy de Rolo voice. I like Taliesin’s Thancred better than Peter Bramhill’s Thancred (his is a lot less sassy, imo) so now that I know who it is, I can just think of Percy. : ) Continue reading
BC Trip 2022: Exterior
After the events of the previous post, we got back on Friday night from our trip all over the BC mainland, and the rest of the trip was almost entirely on Vancouver Island. Saturday we just spent relaxing, I think we made Japanese-curry-in-a-box for dinner. Played some videogames (Tales of Arise is very on my to-play list!). Caught up with internet friends. I don’t remember what else right now, so it must have been properly chill. I think we went to buy beer? Tharash wanted to check out the local breweries so we bought three cans at the liquor store. Tharash picked two based on recommendations from the store worker, and I picked one based entirely on the label art which was pretty. We split all of them and drank one a day.
Sunday was a big day, we went whale watching! So we walked down to Fisherman’s Wharf, saw the houseboats and all the brightly painted unique designs, and got on our tour boat along with a large group of teenagers from… I think it was Brazil? A lot of them weren’t dressed for cold sea air, so I hope they were okay. The first part was spent just getting out away from shore, and the boat went very fast. When it slowed down again, somewhere halfway to Port Angeles, we were invited up to the bridge along with the only other two people who weren’t with the teenage tour group. We saw orcas from up there! The whale watching tours all talk to each other about where the animals are, and there are laws against getting closer than 200m, so there was a ring of boats around the whales, who were just chilling out – they didn’t breach or anything. It was also interesting for me to see the Olympic Mountains more close than normal. Unfortunately, after a little time up there, I started to feel seasick. The crew had some nice ginger chewy candies, and I had my water, but it didn’t stop me from actually being seasick off the back. I spent most of the rest of the trip half-napping on the back benches to avoid feeling any more sick. Tharash didn’t get sick at all because he is much more used to being on the water, and he had a very good time with his camera. Continue reading