#briisebrom

[janearts]

Practising facial angles I don’t usually draw... and the desire to wander Skyrim and pick flowers returned!

[janearts]

why do you draw eyes so fucking far apart

It’s a deliberate character choice for my TES Altmer, Briisebrom. Not just her eyes, but her entire body is intentionally disproportioned. As far as her eyes are concerned, where most people have an eye’s width between their eyes, I’ve given Bree a smidge more space. Here’s a screenshot to help explain visually what’s going on:

If you want to know the full story, here is a link to a previous post that explains in greater depth how and why I created her to look the way she does. (Here is the link to the FAQ page about her character if you happen to be using a browser instead of the mobile app.) I have re-created this character for my playthroughs of different video games, so the very same disproportions apply to those incarnations (e.g., her Dragon Age version). 

Unfortunately, a side-effect of drawing this character so, so frequently means that sometimes her specific features bleed into my drawings of other characters. This habit is not limited to this character. In fact, if I draw any of my characters with any frequency, this sort of “bleeding” or blending occurs. For example, if I draw Lucelion, sometimes I give my other characters his strong, rounded chin; if I draw Bodran, suddenly my other characters have his hooded eyes or sharp eyebrows; if I draw Morowa, I tend to draw fuller lips on my other characters. So if you're seeing all my characters with wide-set eyes, know that to be an unfortunate consequence of drawing her so frequently and know that I’m aware of this problem. Only Brii and her multiple iterations are supposed to have those wide-set eyes.

Hope that clarifies things for you!

[janearts]

can't stop thinking about Lucelion posing like a Malacath shrine

ASDGLKJADSKLGJ I cackled when I saw this in my Inbox. Thank you, nonny, I needed that laugh.

[janearts]

i've been going through your old art and i just want to say thank you ❤️ your art always brightens my day. anything with bree is especially great. thanks for sharing your stuff with us :)

Messages like these brighten up my day! Thanks for taking the time to trawl through my old art and I’m so glad that you like my character. I’m replaying Skyrim so I wanted to draw the Elder Scrolls version of her in response. u W u

[janearts]

I'd forgotten that I already had an ENB installed for Skyrim and went ahead and installed a different ENB. Everything is blurry as hell, but it makes for really soft screenshots and a really angry CPU.

[janearts]

All right. This is, admittedly, the crackest of AU ideas. And I'm pretty sure it's genetically impossible. But I'd like to put the idea and the likely-related-chaos of Brii and Bodran being "long-lost" cousins, a la their Dragon Age relationship. Just. In the Elder Scrolls universe. I feel like the combined chaotic energy would give Lucelion a minor aneurysm. At distance.

Ok, well, hang on. What if it’s not as genetically impossible as you think? I mean the Dunmer and the Altmer both share the same ancestor: the Aldmer. And if the Altmer are as hoity-toity about tracing their lineage back to the Aldmer as I think they are, then it’s possible there is documentation of Briisebrom & Bodran’s relation. (E.g., Brii’s ancestral side of the family tree stayed in the Summerset Isles while Bodran’s distant ancestors on the other followed the prophet Veloth to Morrowind.) 

In any case, I am always here for anything that gives Lucelion a minor aneurysm when his pompous, precious principles and prejudices are challenged. u ^ u 

[janearts]

I’m playing Skyrim for the first time and was thinking about Brii and wondered, was she as unprepared for a life of adventure on the road as Bree was? Or did growing up not locked in a tower let Brii learn maybe 1 or 2 applicable survival skills to have in hand when she ran off?

I am so happy you’re playing Skyrim!!! I booted it up for the first time in ages today because of your ask. ; U ; 

But to answer your question, no, rather unfortunately Brii is daft as a post and magnificently unprepared. That’s part of why creating her as an Amell in the Dragon Age universe worked out so well: the character retains her magical ability, her identity as a member of a loathed group, her ties to nobility, and her relative isolation all in one. What a win!

Both iterations of the character, whether it’s Brii in Nirn or Bree in Thedas, have a steep, steep learning curve ahead of them when they leave their respective homes.

[janearts]

Brii and what she likes to wear to sleep in! Extra points if it’s not “absolutely nothing”

If she was safe and warm in her own bed, it would be absolutely nothing. But since I won’t get any extra points and since the Altmer don’t have the Nord’s resistance to cold, she bundles up like any other sensible person out in the wilds of Skyrim. uvu