Hi! Call me q. I'm SEAsian, cis woman in her early 30s who's taken a liking on the Forgotten Realms setting after playing Baldur's Gate 3 last year. This blog is SFW.
At the moment the blog is mainly D&D/BG3 focused but interests may come and go.
TAGS
my art [#press me for my art thank you]
my ramblings [basically me yapping about whatever. may use it as a personal reminder from time to time]
oc ramblings [unorganized headcanons and writings about my original characters down below]
Baldur's Gate 3 characters (tavs)
Sussu'ri, Nature's Faithful Drow [#Sussuri]
Jysyr, the Silent Warrior [#Jysyr]
Other mentioned OCs related to BG3/Dungeons and Dragons
Sszyl
Sinolu, Imberlan 'Princess'
Oratina, Shadow Ranger of Neverwinter
Saroja, Druid of the East
Golkic, Ingenious Craftsman
Welcome and thank you for visiting this little side of the internet, hope you have a pleasant day.
External Links:
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Visit my art posting blog here.
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@sadpsionicist I wanna print out your whole tag rant and give it a hug, I really loved seeing this in my notes so, so much. But I'm grabbing just this part of it so I can address it 'cause you're definitely picking up something I put down that I didn't think anyone would notice. Thank you so much for these tags, they made me so happy.
I wanna nerd out a bit about what you picked up.
For the record, I know it just seems like sad little drow meow hours to some, but this is a significant moment in his story. This took me about a month of sporadic attempts to capture the idea I had in my head.
So, the hair is the beauty of the technical wonder called hotsampling using the Otis_Inf Tools for detail, and then IGCS_DOF for the depth and smoothness of the details.
THE COLORS!! Thank you for picking this up. 😭 And to even go to the extent of picking out the colors!!
First of all, I am not one for editing in Photoshop, I don't really have the vision for what I can do with a shot in post processing, so I really try to make the image entirely in BG3 with lighting tools and ReShade.
So for this, I very specifically set up two pinpoint lights to shine in his eyes to reasonably match the color of the moth, partly because I like a uniform color palette so an image doesn't come off as too busy.
I don't have a direct before and after, as this shot took me days of iterations to attempt, some with and without that light. Here's a without:
And this is adding the pinpoints, for comparison.
By the time I got to the shot I posted, I realized a lot of the expression was lost in shadow so it got brightened overall. In a slight tilt of the camera, it is a little more obvious
And there is an intention behind it as you have surmised, besides the samey color palette. To those who don't know his story, this is Eilistraee manifesting to him as a swarm of moths after tearfully venting his frustration with trying to join her clergy for over a century and being rejected for the crime of being a man (things that simply happen in canon).
The idea is that she IS there despite her apparent absence, and HE does manifest her will in the world, despite not having had the rank.
Seriously THANK YOU for picking this up. I mostly did this for myself but it is SO SO rewarding to know that you took a deeper look at this and found what I was putting down.
every day it just concerns me how little compassion people have. no compassion for those living in the global south. no compassion for immigrants. no compassion for disabled ppl. no compassion for addicts. no compassion for prisoners. no compassion for children. like holy shit ...
i made a separate post about this but actually there are plenty of people cough white people who care about animals more than they ever do human people . not what i'm talking about make your own post
OC checkpoint because I'm curious...
What's the physical trait you like the most on your OC's face? A little detail you love paying attention to when you draw them. Their face just doesn't feel complete until you've added that thing. Tell me
this is going around twitter rn but im also super curious: please tell me your top four comfort movies that you’re always down to watch bc my friend thinks mine are ridiculous and now we’ve realised everyone’s version of “comfort” is hilariously different
"Vanderhorst had been under the influence of MDMA and three litres of vodka she had consumed on the night of the offence last September, her lawyer Michael Hill told the court."
did you know the cops once found a fully functioning movie theater with a well-stocked bar inside the catacombs and they when they tried to go back later to formally investigate it was completely emptied out save for a note that read "don't search for us"
my little bro is part of the catacombs community and yeah, it's basically a fully autonomous society! enough that when my bro goes in on a friday night, they don't come out until monday for work- sometimes longer if they took days off.
some of the rooms have fully stocked pantries with cooking equipment, some have movies like the one described above, some have books you're allowed to just take but people always put back- every day people bring things from the outside. artists often set up galleries there. there are rooms with mattresses and hammocks set up for people to sleep. one of the room is just a place where people leave shoes for the fun of it.
this is Known, it's not a secret by any means. the catacombs are as big as paris itself, and people live there just as people live above. it's wonderful when you think about it.
Uryle (No Last Name) - An old dark mask that acted as Enclave's mentor figure when she first arrived within Vhaeraun's church. He's long death (But Enclave has never felt particularly strongly about her grief towards him outside of the usual process of it, as he was Considerably ancient even by the time she'd met him in 1192.)
His arm is able to pivot and move in weird and unusual ways, but has spent a few centuries weighing him down. If he didnt have that thang he probably wouldnt have the hunch or stave, but he sees it as a worthwhile sacrifice for the sheer firepower it offers.
Starting this Friday until next week, it's going to be busyyyyy. Helping mom with a few things in the city, going to an art talk, then Eid Al-Adha with family, and finally accompanying a friend for private matters... Whew. I need to get rest as much as possible
