#queenwitcher

[cirilas]

okay i know this has been done so many times before but i can just…. not stop thinking about rih as isabela………. so here’s an hour long doodle because i can never get tired of her face

[ninamodaffari]

queenwitcher

how did u get contract offers? :0 have u been submitting a portfolio or resume ?

YEAH basically i’ve been submitting portfolios and responding to things i might see on twitter. i always include the offer of contract work if a company can’t actually hire me. i’ve also greatly benefited from word of mouth (thank you guys so much) which is been pretty invaluable. getting the right connections is key!

[kandros]

queenwitcher replied to your post: hi kandros! since you're tipsy can u explain why...

i thought u were drunk but this is?? a+??

I AM I JUST RLY LOVE GEOLOGY (also i copied this from like three sources just now So)

[needlesslycryptic]

queenwitcher replied to your photo “Euryale,  @daarkaarts‘s original character!”

HOW did u do the scales??

Painted them by hand! and then doubled the layer, inverted the color to white, and set both to overlay! And i moved the white layer a little bit upwards, to create the illusion of light

oh AND i also painted the scales touched by the rim light separately, i thought it would give a more natural feeling

[nipuni]

it wouldn't let me IM u but... do u do the value in monochrome and then add color later/after? or do u use color from the get-go and those monochrome r just practice?

I draw with color from the start, I usually do monochrome when I want to do something simpler and just work with shapes and contrasts. I’ve tried colouring from monochrome but It is still hard for me to get the colors right with that method, I need more practice 😩

[elfyourmother]

ok i gotta go to sleep for real but 1 more thing before i do

“…put it back on me,” Kaidan said. 

Thane gazed at him intently. “Are you certain this is what you want?” 

“Don’t make me beg, Krios.” 

The last thing Kaidan saw was Thane’s thick, luscious lips curving into a sensual smile, as he slipped the satin sleeping mask back over his eyes. 

[elfyourmother]

i can't remember of ive asked this and I know it's an Imani Basics 101 but how does she feel about/think of irikah?

ooh no this is a good question :D

Imani admires her a lot tbh. The story of how she met Thane was by itself enough--the fact that she, as a civilian, was willing to put herself in harm’s way to save a total stranger because of the strength of her moral convictions was something Imani found remarkable. But the way Thane talked about her too, there was a lot to admire. She related to their situation too, tbh, and empathized. In the past, Imani ruined more than one of her own relationships with a civilian because of her demanding job.

She never felt any sort of jealousy or resentment over Irikah. The way she looks at it, that bond Thane had with Irikah, and the life that they shared together, is part of what made him the man that she loves. Maybe part of it too is that she realizes he probably sees a great deal of Irikah in her, too. On a they’re both devout, strongwilled women with a passion for justice, there’s the way Imani literally stepped between Sidonus and Garrus’ sniper rifle (I even wrote a drabble about this over a graphic), and just on a superficial level they both have “sunset-colored eyes” despite being different species.

That’s not to say Imani never had issues about it, I mean she’s only human and has moments of doubt and weakness just like anyone else. The flipside of those similarities is that there was the occasional insecurity that Thane was attracted to Imani solely because she reminded him of Irikah, as it were, and there was the fear that she couldn’t live up to the eidetic memories he still had of her. Imani also admittedly worried sometimes that because she was human, she’d never be able to give Thane a biological child if he wanted another one (she had similar worries about Garrus, tbf). But she worked through it by talking a lot with Thane and reminding herself that it’s not a competition. The thing is, despite her occasional insecurities, Imani never believed that her relationship with Thane was somehow diminished by his past with Irikah, or that it didn’t mean as much to him because it was (eventually) a second marriage. Imani’s never viewed love as a zero sum game with winners and losers, or believed in that One True Love stuff.

Kolyat was much more of an issue tbh, because things were definitely awkward for him re: Imani at least in the beginning, once the kid knew that dad was serious about the new girlfriend. Her role in stopping him from assassinating that politician got them off on a bad foot, then he had that typical sort of teenage resentment when a parent starts dating again, and it got worse when Thane married her and Garrus and all of a sudden they were raising children together. He was still bitter about Thane being an absentee parent, vanishing from his life to seek revenge, etc. and to watch Thane being the dad to Hanali in particular that he never was for him was...yeah. But that got worked out after a lot of talking and spending time together and getting to know each other. It helped a lot that Imani knew that she couldn’t replace Irikah and she didn’t want to, even if that were possible, and she made that very clear to him. Once Kolyat realized that, and that she wasn’t trying to erase his mother, he relaxed and was more receptive to her.

And the funny thing is, he does eventually call her “Mom”, though it’s mostly as a snarky kind of thing. “Get your coat, it’s cold outside” “Sure, Mom.” But he does come to view her as another mom (and Miranda too for that matter, especially since he ends up with Oriana).

[elfyourmother]

queenwitcher replied to your post: “elimymoons replied to your post: elimymoons...”:

OooOOHHH I SEE SOMETHING ABOUT THANE SMUT I MUST KEEP SCROLLING

what have i unleashed

leaveharmony replied to your post: “me: this makes no sense. he has a migraine. they’re on imani’s...”:

Somewhere Zev is giving you a double thumbs up though

hey it worked on alistair