Mindfully Absent

Nexus mods= eeekie Whatever keeps me grounded, motivated, dreaming, procrastinating. Games, mods, art, sketching, watercolor, ideas..

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Art by Chris Falkenberg

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Art by sungmoo heo

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Art by Ruan Zoe

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Oil paintings by Tomas Honz

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Art by sathish kumar

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Environment Exploration: Monochrome by sathish kumar

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Burdens: a Collection of Origin Stories - Dhevlyn Caemour (on Wattpad) 

"Dhevlyn Raava Yllenwe Caemour! Dhevlyn! Oh, Dhevi..." her mother mewled, plaintively, pleadingly. As if using her full Aldmeri name would get Dhevi's attention now, at this moment, after 32 years with little success. She didn't live in a castle in Summerset; she lived on a ship, sailing the coastlines of Pyandonea with brigands and sailors, as it has always been. Much to her mother's chagrin, she refused to acknowledge that she was part Altmer at all. The high-elf heritage that she gained from her mother is as meaningless as the tiny puffs of white clouds in a relentlessly blue sky, void of significance and thoroughly ignored. As far as Dhevi was concerned, she was of the sea, a Maormer Pirate through and through. She had no use for the chauvinist pomp and circumstance of the Dominion, and the very idea that there was something in that other world which could lay claim to even a tiny piece of her personal history disgusted her...

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Burdens: a Collection of Origin Stories - Saoirse Gaelock (on Wattpad) 

“She was born in Bravil, a product of a drunken tryst between a barmaid and a count's guard. She rarely left the tavern in which her mother worked, and in-between frequent brawls with the urchins living in the adjacent alley (as she was marginally better-off and often had coin and other desirable trinkets) and sweeping duties, she taught herself to read from the books that the tavern patrons occasionally left behind. Her father sent money to her mother when he could, but that stopped abruptly when a skooma addict put a filthy knife between his ribs; he died from sepsis four days later. She never knew his name.  To make ends meet, her mother picked up some odd jobs here and there, including quietly offering other forms of recreation to bar patrons....

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A dream of the Abyss

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I tried something out, and added some of my own little postcard-sized prints to my shop!

There's a lot, so I thought I'd show them in smaller sets here based on theme. These ones are inks based on the paintings of Caspar David Freidrich (1774-1840).

(All the paintings + a bit more of my personal experience below!)

I made these inks back in 2023; it'd been a several years’ break from drawing regularly, and I was feeling stuck as to how I could get back into the swing of creating.

One day, while flipping through a Friedrich art book I had just purchased from Powells, I couldn’t stop imagining fantasy creatures basking in the beautiful ruins he’d sketched, or flying across the vast skies he’d painted. I decided it would be fun to study some of these classic pieces. I could refamiliarize myself with some art fundamentals (like composition, values, and strong silhouettes), while also adding some fun personal details to help them to resonate with me even more. Before I knew it, I’d made nearly a dozen studies, all the while reading about his life.

Friedrich battled with a lot of grief in his life, and I was in the middle of coming to terms with many tragic events as well. Making these pieces was a lovely way to draw parallels and understand someone from 200 years ago, as well as understand myself and reignite some inspiration to draw again. 

So yeah, these are a handful of the studies I'd made then. Thanks for taking the time to look c:

Sea beach in the fog  (1807)

Two Men Contemplating the Moon (1819)

Winter Landscape with church (1811)

The Tomb of Arminius (1813)

Ruins of Eldena, near Greifswald  (1825)

Chalk Cliffs on Rügen (1818)

"A work is not made, it must be felt." - Caspar David Freidrich

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Feelings come in waves; they always hit you, whether you expect it or not Prints | Ko-fi | Patreon

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Cats by Kateryna Korol

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Art by XI ZHANG

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Good observation.

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It’s happening. I’ve never romanced Astarion before, and Vesli just fits.

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Just Drow Things

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Oh my god, this photo mode. This is Vesli, the Seladrine Drow dark urge. I think she’s going to stick around.