#c:aeres

[iedistis]

When nature’s out, that’s - when nature’s out. When the world gets so dark you have to feel your way round it with your hands, till you think it’s coming apart like a spider’s web. When there’s something there, yet there’s nothing; and everything’s dark but there’s still this redness in the west like the glow of a huge furnace.

Georg Büchner, Woyzeck

[iedistis]

30 seconds before disaster

[iedistis]

a throne for a tyrant for a sacrifice for a father

[iedistis]

thinking about aeres tonight....

[iedistis]

Dream girl (formerly) evil

[iedistis]

6 and 10 for the Durgetash asks?

answering these :]

6. Describe their dynamic in one sentence. Without using toxic.

Annoying coworkers with absolutely no boundaries whatsoever are playing mindgames, but only one of them knows the rules (and it's not Aeres)

10. Did the tyrant ever try to impress the serial killing godling and exact how horrible did it end for him? What sorta things did he do solely for 'the sake of cooperation' with glaringly obvious ulterior motives?

He tried. When they first met, they were not on equal footing: Aeres was a few decades older and already established in her growing cult and worship and Gortash was still the grimy arms dealer with grand ambitions that cast mostly hollow shadows. The Bhaalspawn was unimpressed and would continue to be so for quite a while. Any attempt at personal flattery was disregarded and any gifts to her cause (be it bodies or gold) were merely accepted- but did not change the status quo. There weren't any horrible consequences bar a dead courier or follower here and there.

He did impress her with how he achieved his goals, climbed the social ladder and followed his ambition. The moment she considered him an equal in their alliance thanks to those was also the moment she started seeing their shared worldview and traits. That kinship was a first for her so she sought out more and Gortash was perceptive enough to notice. A few years in, he found the winning strategy of twisting his ambitions and projects into joint efforts: His seat on the table of politics to open the city’s doors for her assassins. His Steel foundry and tin men as efficient automated murder machines for her visions of mass extinction and so on. A shared nature, a shared dark path, a shared end to all of it. Those were a lot harder to disregard.

[iedistis]

Hello!! ⚓, 🦑 and 🌜 from the artist's asks (if you want to share!)?

OHHH of course!! answering these :]

⚓ What made you start drawing?

Ive been drawing a lot since i was child but it was always the OC brainrot! I love drawing little characters and mess them up. On a smaller timescale, i lost my mojo a few years ago and havent drawn all that much if at all for some years. It was Baldurs Gate last november that actually activated those neurons again and theyve been firing since! Completely rewired my brain too and changed my art fundamentally but im here for it :]

🦑 How did you design your OC?

Taking this for Aeres because she is the only one i parade around right now!! For her (and most video game characters) i typically dont go in with a vision but see what the CC has to offer. In BG3s case, it was a lot of liking the idea of some designs but not the execution so ive taken the liberty to change stuff up.

That was only for post-tadpole and i subscribed to the idea of orin/kressa going to town on Durge, so i wanted there to be a noticeable difference in how the character carries themself pre and post tadpole. I also liked the idea of durge looking not quite right for their apparent race -> canines and big ass eyes and too long limbs et al.

With Aeres especially i designed core personality first and derived how those traits may translate to her appearance. She is an eccentric and unapologetic creature with bad upkeep!! A lot of the messiness comes from her viewing her body as merely a tool of Bhaal. Generally most of early design survived, but it is an evolution! There are a lot of little symbolisms and those have all stuck around.

🌜 How would you describe your style?

LACKLUSTER 😭 i havent drawn/painted in so long i feel like im still in the middle of finding out what feels good/natural/lends itself to my process. I do think i have a detail oriented style that lives between sketching and painting that lends itself more to illustration than to other media.

In the future i WANT it to be about muted and eery colors and emotive bodylanguage and (environmental) storytelling!! working my way there…