c.eli ♱

eli | 34 | she/they | ND | taking pics of my faves ° please do not repost without credit °

[qtval]

hi, welcome to my blog!

This "taking screenshots" journey started mainly because I wanted to create my own references for portrait drawing (my art is hot garbage, you won't find any of it here :>). Turns out, I really like taking pictures of my favorite characters and this is my little space to share my shots. I don't know anything about irl photography or editing, it's just a fun hobby for me to delve into and get better at (hopefully lmao).

Content Virtual photography (portraits) of my blorbos. Current hyperfixation: Verso. I reblog a bunch of stuff as well, such as meta analysis, gif sets and art of characters I like. Warnings adult themes, characters covered in blood, mildly suggestive content, game spoilers. VP Navigation Clair Obscur Expedition 33: here BG3: Astarion | OC/Astarion View all my stuff here

You're welcome to use my photos as profile images, icons, headers etc. No reuploading to other sites (including Pinterest!). Use as reference for your art is allowed, just mention or link back to my tumblr.

[thelastdayalive]

[referenced from an edit by @qtval ♥]

[anakinh]

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 • verso and clea

[lenoirexv]

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025) — developed by Sandfall Interactive.

[qtval]

[thelastdayalive]

“Ensemble au futur, Nous peindrons le clair-obscur”

[tragedykery]

I ❤️ self-loathing characters, characters who struggle with monstrosity (either fearing or embracing it), characters who are so lonely, who have a gaping hole in their chest, who bottle up & repress their feelings, who claw their way up & have ambitions, who fall down & lose everything, who search for identity & purpose yet can’t see themselves outside of what others want from or expect of them, who are hurt & hurt others, who long & grieve, who lie & pretend. characters who are messy & flawed & human

[gigew]

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33

[qtval]

[draftscollide]

daughter, you deserved so much better than they gave you

[kijimha]

just because you havent seen me post about The Character in a while doesn't mean i'm any less insane about them in private

[morebird]

had to draw my favorite wizard again

[patchworkpistachio]

until next life.

[wasteful-sam]

Also as we are already talking about it - virtual photography is a form of art. A lot of work goes into it and virtual photography artists, in my not so humble opinion, often don't get the credit they deserve.

The positioning, the colors, the focus, the light, the emotion, the storytelling - all of this and more is accounted for when they make the shots and it takes hard work. It is NOT just a couple of clicks and you are done.

To all the virtual photography artists out there , you are incredible and you inspire a lot of people!

[verenakauer]

I know we talk about how Verso's perfection mechanic is sad, but his final gradient attack makes me even sadder. Like. His family putting him on a pedestal, literally seeing him as a saint, as an angel, a halo above his head. And it making him unable to die, forcing him to keep fighting. Something something the dead being perceived as perfect, their flaws erased, their real character forgotten. Something something Verso unable to escape this life because of this sainthood that is forced upon him like another mask; made to die and come back because his-not-his family won't see the real him past the halo they created.

(and he doesn’t even have the wings to fly away)

[ignitingthesky]

Has anyone noticed Verso's Perfection battle mechanic is so miserable. Forever struggling to reach and maintain perfection as a literal part of his battle mechanics. It's fucking Sisyphean is what it is, not only real Verso having to live up to his family's expectations, but painted Verso never being able to live up to their idealised image of dead Verso. Makes complete sense to me that he wants to hit irreversible rock bottom and shatter everything forever considering he is already repeating the cycle in his own battle mechanics and in his travels with the expeditioners and in his suicidal immortal life. Guy who is immortal in the way that dead people are, whose existence of grief inherently falls short because only dead people are eternally perfect, whose perfection is a fragile illusion that can shatter at any hit. The Overload skill where you can almost kill yourself but still only reach rank A. And in Maelle's ending being forced to rise from the grave to participate in Maelle's idea of perfection. Back to Rank S it is, back to the top everyone 🤡

[qtval]

OOC (Out Of Canvas) Verso - mod by lungblossom on nexusmods