hlvrai sideblog

he/they/it | this is my sideblog for hlvrai stuff. i don't want drama im here for fun.

[samebenreyiwasbefore]

Hi welcome to my hlvrai side blog!!! Since we have a release date for hl2vrai I'm pinning a tagging system so that I don't cross-tag the main Half Life tags bc I like my half lives separate ::]

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Tags I'm using for hl2vrai (capitalization may vary):

hlvrai - the first show

hl2vrai - the second show

hl2vrai spoilers/spoilers - spoilers

feetman - Gordon

christopher waterguy - Christopher

xar - Xar

additional voices - Additional Voices

grigori - Father Grigori

al?x - Alyx (I've seen this one used and I think it's really cool. subject to change since she technically hasn't introduced herself yet)

stain - stain

ship tag - blanket ship post tag

clips - clips and the like

rtvs - more than one member of the crew out of character in a single post

Specific members of rtvs will be tagged when they appear out of character

New characters to be added when they come up

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I don't write the full name of the series because Tumblr is still iffy with that and sometimes "Half Life VR/Half Life VR but the AI is Self Aware" ends up in the main Half Life tags anyway, which is what I want to avoid.

I'll try to be as consistent as possible. Sometimes I quick reblog without thinking so please be niceys about it. As time goes on this will probably be less meticulous lol

[glazeliights]

who are you, really?

[inkspillled]

i liked this bit

[samebenreyiwasbefore]

played with some molecules in a simulation software yesterday. i finally understand why Gordon did that

[goldfofpancakes]

who likes my Gordon and Benrey Miis

[uh-oh-nope]

GIANT hlvrai doodles from the past months DAYS, pt.5

(Yes, I was inspired by Anatomy for this one lol. I truly think those types of stories, like House of Leaves, intertwines with hlvrai so well.)

(Edit: just added another doodle)

[clovenhoofedjester]

If you do nothing, nothing will happen. Do not mistake that as safety. Blame is paralysis. Change requires change. You can do this. I love you OK.

[pivsketch]

made a banner image for a hl2vrai stream discord event

[rozzywell]

Is anyone going to eat this molecule

[rainye]

Praying artblock away with holy man Grigori

[wayneradiotv]

at long last... it is HERE.

HALF-LIFE 2 VR but the AI is SELF-AWARE

[ohnoitsz1m]

Hi hlvrai fans. Another word for you.

Don't Make Them Yellow.

When we asked you not to whitewash Alyx. We did not mean for you to make her yellow. And we did not ask you to whitewash Christopher or make him yellow either.

I'm happy we like these characters enough to draw them but. You can't just be drawing Asian characters yellow. That shit is a racist stereotype that we should be leaving behind.

I'm not saying you ABSOLUTELY MUST colorpick off the characters. I understand that isn't practical for a lot of styles and jpeg artifacting distorts colors, but when you're drawing all the other characters with these orange and red tones, and then you draw the Asian characters with yellow tones that dont exist on their color palette- it's fucking weird.

Alyx is more orange toned and Christopher leans more red. Neither of them are yellow. Neither of them should be drawn yellow. If you're struggling with this, maybe just stick to colorpicking until you develop an eye for skintones. Here's a tutorial even.

I love Alyx dearly and Christopher so far is one of my favorite hl2vrai characters, I hate to see them whitewashed or made to look like racist caricatures. It's not a lot of people, but it's enough to be concerning.

[ivipl1]

nastiest trick in the book is getting you genuinely deeply attached to a character whose name sounds fucking stupid in any other context. this WILL happen to you at some point in your life.

[crossfalconx5]

Welcome to my weird silly rarepair that makes me giggle with glee

[furbsodas]

oomf sent these to me from waynes discord server and i wanted to share here because IVE BEEN SAYING THIS OMGGG. idk who needs to hear this but ya wayne and the player ARE different and also the hlvrai and hlage player are the same

[samebenreyiwasbefore]

chromatic aberration

[elv-doodles]

I'M BACK MOTHERFUCKERS!!

The hl2vrai stream was so fun + it's always so nice to reunite with old brainworms <3 Anyway these are pretty much just warmup + practice doodles after a while of not doing much drawing. I'll probably change how I draw everyone as time goes on + we get more streams.

On the one hand I have a soft spot for my old style + designs for the og science team, but on the other hand I have changed as an artist since then lol We'll see what happens :)