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i just want you to know that your "Cannot Access The Landing Zone" comic has me GAGGED rn it's so funny like!!! every time!! oh boy can't wait to go back to the lz where i got dropped off!! yikes!! this is why we can't have nice things [landing zones]

Yes!! It would be fine if they never gave their false promises [landing zones] but alas! Lies!

#ask #it's so silly (in a good way) (mostly) #saying 'we'll uhh figure it out when the time comes I guess' would match the mood of this particular game better anyway! #mass effect andromeda #pathfinder ryder

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HI HELLO GOOD MORNING

I just wanna say,,, your artstyle is so very yummy and I’m in love with the way you draw the Dragon Age companions in every game and and and also Kassandra even though I only played Odyssey for an hour and and I haven’t seen any Baldur’s gate yet maybe I’m blind (I highly recommend it it’s an insaaanely good game it’s like a whole DND adventure with a bunch of lovesick puppies (this is a joke, obviously. Although there is a dog and he’s the best boy))

So uh

Sorry for the rambling

I love your art ❤️❤️❤️

Hello!! Sorry for the slow reply! Thank you very much! And I don't mind ramblings :) I will play Baldur's Gate in the future, but I'm not really in the mindset for it right now. It does seem like a lot of fun! I have blocked every tag relating to it while I wait, so I know I'm missing out! But it's ok. I can offer a random Elder Scrolls Online sketch for now, though.

#ask #eso oc #I obsess over perfect resolutions to every single quest and I just know there will be a fandom wiki page in the background - #- if I try playing baldur's gate rn and that kinda ruins it. so. I'm considering how to do. we shall see!

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I figured this out somewhere along the second-to-last act. Octavia, the Baroness / Pathfinder Kingmaker (c) Owlcat Games

#pfkm #pfkm baroness #octavia #comic #pathfinder kingmaker fanart #pathfinder kingmaker #owlcat games #oc ailcha #spellbook #game mechanics #I tend to re-read tutorial messages for all sorts of things but this one apparently passed me right by. whoosh. gone. #“this class needs to prepare their spells” what like at camp or? and then I just forgot and was a tad annoyed after each level up. #almost all of the companions only had their level 1 and basic stuff. for most of the game. great. it was a great experience.

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Yes, it is still luck even if you zig-zagged across the entire map. Just imagine - that spot might as easily have been without loot! Inquisitor Lavellan, Cassandra, Iron Bull and a Mysterious Hand / Dragon Age Inquisition (c) Bioware

#d4day #dragon age #dragon age fan art #comic #inquisitor lavellan #bioware #dragon age inquisition #dai #lavellan #loot #I am once again making a comic about loot. #it's just very important to me. #happy dragon 4ge day #(I stubbornly do this every year even though the tags always clear out and there are no other tag suggestions for 'dragon 4ge day') #(it's fine. I can write the tags again. if this whole thing can motivate me to draw at least one comic each year then it's worth it.)

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hi, new follower here for the exquisite ME fanart, have you played supergiant games' hades? pretty sure that's something i'd love to see in your style

Thank you for the kindness! Regarding Hades, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that it's not my type of game, gameplay-wise. I usually don't enjoy combat for its own sake. The good news is that I did some research, because in this instance I'm perfectly fine with watching someone else suffer with combat. So, at the very least, I did some scribbles for you based on my findings :)

#I am about halfway through the yt playlist so I do not know the full story yet. but I wanted to draw nyx! love her. #I see why it's such a popular title. the art is very nice. I am very fond of zagreus' voice; most of the voices actually. #it's interesting that many of the personalities are switched in comparison to the mythology. the olympians are sooo good and kind - #and theseus is a fucking prat. #maybe there will be some reveals or twists further on but for now. yeah. we shall see! #anon ask #hades game #zagreus #(a younger version.) #nyx #pom of power #comic #supergiant games

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I am so zen about this. Kallo, Female Ryder (custom) / Mass Effect Andromeda (c) Bioware

#n7 day #mass effect #mass effect andromeda #comic #female ryder #custom ryder #kallo #kallo jath #bioware #mass effect fanart #when consuming media I generally follow the rule of 'if the plan is desribed it won't happen that way' - #but sometimes I stray from the path and allow myself to hope. #the stick figure enemies have returned. I'm very happy about the one on the right. he looks so happy. #well. what's been happening. I've dropped into a hole of ricky gervais hyperfixation which is uh. completely normal and healthy. #there has also been a lot of elder scrolls online. my goal is to finish the aldmeri story arch but it's haha... a very long game. #anyway. #happy n7 day!

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Is Kesten a kinda stick-in-the-mud who probably works way too much? Yeah. Did I like him from the very first moment he was introduced? Yeah...

The (newly!) Baroness, Kesten Garess / Pathfinder Kingmaker (c) Owlcat Games

#pathfinder kingmaker fanart #pfkm #pfkm baroness #kesten garess #comic #owlcat games #pathfinder kingmaker #oc ailcha #kesten #what can I say. I have a soft spot for men who take duty way too seriously. #and I have come to understand that my baroness is a hugger. I am not. I do not know where this came from. #but three comic sketches with her hugging someone kinda gave it away. #also this damn page. after finishing (the first draft) I woke several times in the night with 'important insight' on what needed editing - #('I need to move that detail two steps to the right' or 'that line needs to be darker') #- and it just wouldn't stop. first draft is from may and since then I've just postponed posting because 'hmm. something... is off...' #it's interesting how the process can differ each time even if you stick with the same routine. but like. please. please let's just post it. #I am really feeling that joke about how you name your 'finished' files. this one is called x_pfk_kesten4copy3.png

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I've got problems with whomever designed Thane's fingers. Thane, Shepard / Mass Effect 2 (c) Bioware

Anyone remember that poll I posted in July? I shall share the results:

I did manage to produce two comics during my summer holiday but both were for Dragon Age, haha ha.... So there were delays for our second winner. But here it is! Thanks to those who voted :)

#thane krios #commander shepard #mass effect #mass effect fanart #comic #bioware #thane #shepard #custom shepard #dough scraper #never do I crave a dough scraper as much as when I look at thane's fingers. do people know about dough scrapers? whatever. #why do the fingers have to stick together? just give him one less finger if it's so damn important. #regarding the poll: sucks for everyone not voting for pathfinder as that game probably has the biggest backlog rn. #I don't know why I find that so funny. it just makes me giggle thinking about it. #anyway so I have been sick. I actually thought I would escape my summer sickness this year but alas. it arrived. #and at the worst possible time. every year my town holds this large and free culture festival and I was really looking forward to it - #but then the fever rolled in. I am still so upset. I'm crying over the spilled milk here. betrayal of the year. #it's fine. there will be more chances etc.

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Brought to you by @butter-and-too-much-bread, who shared to me this idea in... 2020... Warden Cousland, Allison, Sten, Darkspawn 1 and 2 / Dragon Age Origins (c) Bioware

#dragon age #dragon age fan art #comic #warden cousland #hero of ferelden #dragon age origins #dao #bioware #lothering #allison #cousland #darkspawn #sten #(sten is just angry because I wasted his first skill point on trap-making and it'll never be used again for the rest of the game.) #trap exploit #traps are a girl's best friend #au lothering survives actually #well. I tell myself I was not slow with the request. I let it age. like fine cheese. #dunno if it is as imagined but I hope it's fine lol

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How to almost make the game crash when opening the storage chest. Geralt of Rivia / The Witcher 3 (c) CD Project Red

#geralt of rivia #the witcher #the witcher fanart #comic #cd projekt red #geralt #witcher 3 #tw3 #loot #new sword #storage chest #I saved one of each sword I found. there are a lot of swords in the game. the storage chest was a complete disaster. #I'm that type of person who wants to remember the good old days by looking through my inventory. #do I do so often? no. but I want to be ABLE to do so if I ever feel the urge to remember that one sidequest 30h ago. #or what about that time I found that sword in the water? yeah that was nice. which sword was it again..?

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The disappointment.

Warden Surana, Morrigan / Dragon Age Origins (c) Bioware

#dragon age #dragon age fan art #comic #warden surana #morrigan #bioware #dao #dragon age origins #hero of ferelden #surana #morrigan's robes #or rather: morrigan's “robes” #for some reason I find it even worse in inquisition. maybe it kinda blurrs together in origins so it looks like the shirt covers more? #(the irony of me usually putting surana in the chasind robe which is - if at all possible - even colder-looking.) #well it's fine. it's all part of the charm etc. #I keep thinking about those outfits they added to sims 4 with dragon age and mass effect themes - #and I'm still so upset that there was not a single grey warden insignia! not a one! how dare! that's all I wanted! #wow three versions of the templar sigil nice thanks. they might as well have added a tranquility tattoo as well. #'yeah everyone loves the chantry. what? the grey wardens? dude that's sooo last season nobody cares about the grey wardens.' #I'm pulling the leg here but I just find it so interesting. like what was the pitch? it just makes me laugh thinking about it. #I do appreciate the effort lol. but still. not even a tiny griffon..? really? I feel like I missed it; like it's hiding somewhere. #one day I shall find it in a completely unrelated stack of t-shirts. hope is not yet lost.

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Fan service.

Shepard (custom), Liara / Mass Effect (c) Bioware

#mass effect #mass effect fanart #bioware #comic #liara t'soni #commander shepard #custom shepard #shepard #liara #n7 #I mean. she would probably rock it and I assume the various LIs would agree #but it's a matter of /principle/..! #and liara; your time hath come; be welcome in thy first comic etc! #so. I recently indulged my whims and got a late birthday present from the bioware gear store #(I can't believe they did not name it 'bioWARES' but I digress) #and after the anxiety over ordering from across the world I finally got two shirts in my post box (a snarky garrus + the grey warden sigil) #and it seems this idea came along with them. whoop de do. #spring has really come crashing over here and it's a bag of mixed blessings and worries. we shall see how it goes. #and there are so many children out selling flower pins! I never used to see them where I lived before but they are everywhere. #half of them looks on the verge of giving up lol the poor dears. I also hated selling pins.

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But I just want to explore the world... Jamandi Aldori, the (to be) Baroness, Amiri, Jaethal, etc / Pathfinder Kingmaker (c) Owlcat Games

#pfkm #pathfinder kingmaker #pathfinder kingmaker fanart #owlcat games #comic #jamandi aldori #pfkm baroness #oc ailcha #this game was an interesting experience. #I walked in blind and was kinda smacked over the head with the whole manage-an-entire-region gameplay;; #I was also unaware that basically the entire game is timed. I understand why from a lore-perspective but /playing/ it is... uh..... #so I just went from being completely stressed out trying to manage all the (sometimes hidden) deadlines - #(the writer(s) of the fandom wiki pages for the first chapters with the AAC markers - you are excellent and perfect and thank you) #- and then you suddenly have nothing to do for months? m o n t h s! #so you just sit there with the kingdom management for hours trying not to ruin it and burn everything to the ground. #but I still liked the game as a whole?? it's one of those titles I finished while thinking 'never again' but then started to yearn for. #my poor baroness. I had not prepared her for all those responsibilities. nor the titles. oh the titles... #all of my characters just wants to walk around in the forest with their friends and collect loot forever #my mary sues

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Storytime, when I started a second playthrough it was mainly because I craved sudoku. Female Ryder (custom), Scott Ryder / Mass Effect Andromeda (c) Bioware

#mass effect #mass effect andromeda #mass effect fanart #bioware #female ryder #custom ryder #scott ryder #comic #sudoku #remnant decryption puzzle #I'm a sucker for logic puzzles what can I say #but only the ones I can manage are good. the rest are obviously designed poorly. #so. I made a really disgusting soup this week because several years ago my mom bought these sliced... beet artichokes? I dunno. anyway #they were forgotten in the basement freezer and when I moved I decided to bring them with me and see if they could be eaten #and you can (usually) make a really nice soup with them and potatoes etc but problem 1 was that they were not properly cleaned #and since they had been frozen I saw no clear way to like. fix them. so I popped them in the pot thinking it would all boil apart anyway #and here comes problem 2 - it's all supposed to be blended with that hand mixer thing you know? but I had forgotten it while moving #so I only had my electric whisk available for like 1 kg of root vegetables and almost 2 l liquid all needing to be crushed together #and I could not do it in the pot because it might damage the glaze or whatever so I stood there scooping everything into a bowl #and then tried to whisk it together into a smooth soup with my little electric whisk. I shall tell you that this was not a good idea. #anyway so I have been eating this lumpy yellow-grey mess with bits of peel in it and while writing this I still have three more days to go #every evening has been me going 'if you eat it you can have something nice after ok? don't look at it just swallow...' #and two weeks before this I made a really lovely fake palak paneer and it was a week of bliss and I suddenly started writing a lot #and after that came this soup #it's fine. it's fine. I would be hard pressed to cook anything worse than this for next week. so it's fine.

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(pitch voice) Do you like character-driven fantasy with bittersweet romance? Well, then the Shattered Kingdoms trilogy might be something for you! (pitch end) Jachad, Lahlil / The Shattered Kingdoms (c) Evie Manieri

#illustration #book art #evie manieri #blood's pride #the shattered kingdoms trilogy #shattered kingdoms spoilers #jachad #lahlil #jachad nisharan #jachi #meiran #the mongrel #manieri is a highly underappreciated author (in my opinion) #I borrowed the first book from the library several years ago and really really enjoyed it; but they did not have the rest of the series #so I thought to simply buy the full story for myself - only to learn that it was basically impossible to get a hold of in my country #and thinking the missing books might come back in stock I decided to wait; cue me finding out the situation got even worse after a few year #so in the end I had to order second-hand versions from overseas and then the first package got lost and I had to order again and then #the first package showed up (sigh) but I figure it's better to have two books too many than two books missing #but anyway I got 'em and I finished reading them a few weeks ago but now I just keep pulling the books off the shelf to stare at them #I even have one on my desk right now 'as reference' but I'm considering letting it stay there as a calming factor #I don't know what's wrong with me. maybe waiting and wanting to finish a series for several years finally broke me. #it's not a perfect story or anything and I was a bit disappointed that some story lines were completely dropped #but I still got what I wanted from it so. count your eggs or whatever that saying is. #also I'm so sick and tired of this image #'let's draw something easy and fun!' I thought. 'let's make something colourful!' #'let's make everything ORANGE'

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I sat down and made myself some new icons.

#(I like the one for my sideblog more but I thought I might as well upload them both) #warden surana #dragon age #pfkm baroness #pathfinder kingmaker #(that game has such weird design but I did enjoy it) #(I've been sketching my baroness a lot since finishing it - there's something about her that's extra fun to draw)

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Bad dreams again? Who’s on watch tonight, with time to comfort you? HoF Surana, All The Companions Except One / Dragon Age Origins (c) Bioware

#sooo. what do ya wanna do? #diss the archdemon's fashion sense with alistair? #listen to leliana tell stories about the stars? #act as furniture for the dog? #have a taste from oghren's home brew? #have zevran teach you to whittle? #try out jewellery with morrigan? #listen to sten berate your nightmares for being cowardly? #play cards with wynne? #pick out the shiniest rocks for shale? #you decide tonight #happy dragon 4ge day #(now for the boring tags) #bioware #d4day #dragon age #dragon age origins #dragon age fan art #dragon age companions #surana #warden surana #hero of ferelden #bad dreams #self indulgent #I've had this idea in my sketchbook for so many years and FINALLY #this year is the year #the secret companion didn't get to join the fun - because I've... never recruited him... yet;;