DharmonDraws

I'm Dani, SJSU Animation/Illustration Alumni. I’m a Story Artist with a passion for creating relatable characters! I like to draw naked people, over analyze movies, and play video games. Contact me at [email protected]

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This video (it has spoilers) does a good job of explaining some feelings I have about the hbo adaptation of the last of us - at least the first season, since I noped out of season 2 lol

The main thesis of the video is about how the show updates aspects of the story in order to address criticisms of the game (especially the second one), similar to what we see in the Disney remakes. BUT the thing that stood out to me was the idea that changing certain things to address those criticisms fundamentally changes the characters /themes in the story .

Spoilers for the last of us show and game to follow

In terms of how that relates to my feelings on S1 - I feel the versions of Joel and Ellie in the show are different than who we got to know in the games. They are their own characters and they have their own relationship to each other. As a result, some of the parts that they take straight from the game feel off, but parts added for the show work really well because they’re written for the characters created for it

For example - towards the end of S1, Joel and Ellie have a conversation that’s straight from the game about how their journey “can’t be for nothing”. It didn’t quite hit for me . But later in the same episode this scene plays where Joel reveals he tried to kill himself and that really hit for me. I don’t think this conversation is in the game (correct me if I’m wrong tho).

To me, it feels like the kind of conversation that HBO Joel and Ellie would have! But video game Joel wasn’t ready to be that vulnerable, with Ellie - at least not verbally. HBO Joel is more outwardly expressive in with Ellie, probably because the writers had him telling a lot more than showing lol.

I dunno I guess this is very obvious - making changes means things are different of course. But that was my second biggest like, “note” for S1. It makes me wonder what the show could have been if they just got a script and shot it blind without seeing anything from games lol

P.S. My actual biggest note was Tes’ death. They did her dirty with that scene , completely took her confidence and agency away.

Anyways thanks for reading if you made it to the end

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Hourlies 2025!

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Art dump!

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All I draw is Charlie and I lol holiday and thank you cards

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Halloween icon!

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Sneak peak of my comic that I put together for this year's Shortbox Comics Fair!

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Just some art that i did that I don't think I posted lol

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Some hands lol

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Various art I've made for wedding invitations! The little animation was sent with our email invites.

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i wanted to draw my bf, Charlie, in Charlie Brown style.

Happy Holidays ya’ll

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Drew this for our wedding announcements! I just sent a bunch out to family so i can share the image now lol. Me and @quirky-artist-charlie are tryna get married next year!

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Here’s my entry for Spectre Vision, a Halloween themed Zine that I worked on with 11 other artists. You can pay-what-you-want for the Zine on my Ko-Fi

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Here’s my entry for SUMMER VISION, a summer themed Zine. You can grab it here!

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Finished my comic!

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cleaning up files in the drive, and found my line art for the ADHD comic. figured i’d post it cause low key i like it better w/o the shading lol

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sneak peak of a comic i’m working on

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I spent a bunch of time with my niece the last couple days lol

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new twitch banner!

...it’s the same as the old one but i’m better at drawing lol