ppl who still commission their favourite artists even in this era where everyone is broke and genAI is being pushed on us at every opportunity—you are appreciated more than words can express!!!
If you want to read voices of young artists in Iran, please support the comics anthology "Young in Iran" published with @comicsworkshop.bsky.social It's 264 pages, 6x9 inches, and was censored by Kickstarter. Take a look: www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/saw-shop/p/y...
yes i love my davrin and assan proxy commander deck yes it drives me a little nuts that its spelt ‘griffon’ in dragon age but ‘griffin’ in mtg
![Page 1 of a 3 page comic.
EXALTATIONS 1:7
Written by bygonesigh
Illustrated by paragonraptors
Panel 1: [An establishing shot of the Fade. The Inquisitor and their companions are in Nightmare's Lair from Here Lies the Abyss. The silhouettes of Varric and Solas walk towards a graveyard.] VARRIC: A graveyard. This keeps getting better.
Panel 2: [A full-body view of Solas walking behind Varric.] VARRIC: This demon isn't very creative, is it?
SOLAS: Must it be? Death is a common fear.
VARRIC: Spiders, graveyards....Nothing to spice it up. Typical.
Panel 3: [Varric looks behind his shoulder.] VARRIC: None of it is getting to you, Solas? Not even a little?
Panel 4: [Solas looks down at Varric.] It is unsettling perhaps-- but the Fade and the spirits within are nothing to be feared if one is vigilant.
Panel 5: [Varric from behind, scratching the back of his head.] VARRIC: Must be nice. To like the Fade, that is. Can't say I'm fond of it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlcd7vkvavrp6jrog2x7tk4t/bafkreiesaocstuwxmk5p7li5yp4cwbwwglblkpvcv5m3l46b3hozt2tzqa)
Page 1 of a 3 page comic. EXALTATIONS 1:7 Written by bygonesigh Illustrated by paragonraptors Panel 1: [An establishing shot of the Fade. The Inquisitor and their companions are in Nightmare's Lair from Here Lies the Abyss. The silhouettes of Varric and Solas walk towards a graveyard.] VARRIC: A graveyard. This keeps getting better. Panel 2: [A full-body view of Solas walking behind Varric.] VARRIC: This demon isn't very creative, is it? SOLAS: Must it be? Death is a common fear. VARRIC: Spiders, graveyards....Nothing to spice it up. Typical. Panel 3: [Varric looks behind his shoulder.] VARRIC: None of it is getting to you, Solas? Not even a little? Panel 4: [Solas looks down at Varric.] It is unsettling perhaps-- but the Fade and the spirits within are nothing to be feared if one is vigilant. Panel 5: [Varric from behind, scratching the back of his head.] VARRIC: Must be nice. To like the Fade, that is. Can't say I'm fond of it.
![Page 2 of a 3 page comic.
Panel 1: [Varric and Solas stand in front of two headstones.] VARRIC: Creepy.
Panel 2: [A headstone with the Kirkwall emblem and text in Elvish.] CAPTION: Varric Tethras: Become his parents.
Panel 3: [Looking at Varric and Solas from a high angle. Varric's arms are outstretched towards the headstone with incredulousness.] VARRIC: You've gotta be kidding me. SOLAS: Not what you expected?
Panel 4: [Varric steps forward, looking back at Solas while pointing at the headstone.] VARRIC: This is what the demon came up with?
SOLAS: You'll have to elaborate.
VARRIC: It's basic. Vague. Tells you nothing you didn't already know.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlcd7vkvavrp6jrog2x7tk4t/bafkreidm7n3rit3hgr5qpqi6tgupiqa2kxznaxbwrg4jtbhe3biktwckle)
Page 2 of a 3 page comic. Panel 1: [Varric and Solas stand in front of two headstones.] VARRIC: Creepy. Panel 2: [A headstone with the Kirkwall emblem and text in Elvish.] CAPTION: Varric Tethras: Become his parents. Panel 3: [Looking at Varric and Solas from a high angle. Varric's arms are outstretched towards the headstone with incredulousness.] VARRIC: You've gotta be kidding me. SOLAS: Not what you expected? Panel 4: [Varric steps forward, looking back at Solas while pointing at the headstone.] VARRIC: This is what the demon came up with? SOLAS: You'll have to elaborate. VARRIC: It's basic. Vague. Tells you nothing you didn't already know.
![Page 3 of a 3 page comic.
Panel 1: [Varric looking up at Solas.] VARRIC: Does it think we'll be more terrified of our friends knowing our fears than the fears themselves? The scary part isn't who knows, it's facing it. Working through it.
Panel 2: [Solas looking down at Varric with an expression that is left up to viewer interpretation. His brows are slightly furrowed and his lips are parted.] VARRIC: Shouldn't have said that out loud. I'm giving it ideas.
Panel 3: [A reverse shot. Solas looks over his shoulder as Varric walks away towards the camera. Varric's speech bubble is stylized as he mutters.] VARRIC: All this shit is weird.
Panel 4: [Solas continues to watch Varric walk away.]
Panel 5: [Solas looks down.]
Panel 6: [There are flowers in front of Solas' feet where Varric walked.]
Panel 7: [Solas steps through the flowers. They wither under his feet.]
Panel 8: [The headstone Solas had been standing in front of. It has the theater mask of Fen'harel with Elvish text. The flowers in front of Varric's headstone remain while they're withered in front of Solas'] CAPTION: Solas: Dying alone.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlcd7vkvavrp6jrog2x7tk4t/bafkreia4vmp7fadk554hn3un4kl3gbbxy7pukwkesa4k2r4ykftyur3mby)
Page 3 of a 3 page comic. Panel 1: [Varric looking up at Solas.] VARRIC: Does it think we'll be more terrified of our friends knowing our fears than the fears themselves? The scary part isn't who knows, it's facing it. Working through it. Panel 2: [Solas looking down at Varric with an expression that is left up to viewer interpretation. His brows are slightly furrowed and his lips are parted.] VARRIC: Shouldn't have said that out loud. I'm giving it ideas. Panel 3: [A reverse shot. Solas looks over his shoulder as Varric walks away towards the camera. Varric's speech bubble is stylized as he mutters.] VARRIC: All this shit is weird. Panel 4: [Solas continues to watch Varric walk away.] Panel 5: [Solas looks down.] Panel 6: [There are flowers in front of Solas' feet where Varric walked.] Panel 7: [Solas steps through the flowers. They wither under his feet.] Panel 8: [The headstone Solas had been standing in front of. It has the theater mask of Fen'harel with Elvish text. The flowers in front of Varric's headstone remain while they're withered in front of Solas'] CAPTION: Solas: Dying alone.
And those who slept, the ancient ones, awoke,
For their dreams had been devoured
By a demon that prowled the Fade
As a wolf hunts a herd of deer.
Taking first the weakest and frailest of hopes,
And when there was nothing left,
Destroying the bright and bold
By subtlety and ambush and cruel arts.
My comic for @dragonageannual.art 2026, written by bygonesigh on tumblr! This is my love letter to the intricate relationship between the characters and lore in Dragon Age.
Page 1 of a 3 page comic. EXALTATIONS 1:7 Written by bygonesigh Illustrated by paragonraptors Panel 1: [An establishing shot of the Fade. The Inquisitor and their companions are in Nightmare's Lair from Here Lies the Abyss. The silhouettes of Varric and Solas walk towards a graveyard.] VARRIC: A graveyard. This keeps getting better. Panel 2: [A full-body view of Solas walking behind Varric.] VARRIC: This demon isn't very creative, is it? SOLAS: Must it be? Death is a common fear. VARRIC: Spiders, graveyards....Nothing to spice it up. Typical. Panel 3: [Varric looks behind his shoulder.] VARRIC: None of it is getting to you, Solas? Not even a little? Panel 4: [Solas looks down at Varric.] It is unsettling perhaps-- but the Fade and the spirits within are nothing to be feared if one is vigilant. Panel 5: [Varric from behind, scratching the back of his head.] VARRIC: Must be nice. To like the Fade, that is. Can't say I'm fond of it.
Page 2 of a 3 page comic. Panel 1: [Varric and Solas stand in front of two headstones.] VARRIC: Creepy. Panel 2: [A headstone with the Kirkwall emblem and text in Elvish.] CAPTION: Varric Tethras: Become his parents. Panel 3: [Looking at Varric and Solas from a high angle. Varric's arms are outstretched towards the headstone with incredulousness.] VARRIC: You've gotta be kidding me. SOLAS: Not what you expected? Panel 4: [Varric steps forward, looking back at Solas while pointing at the headstone.] VARRIC: This is what the demon came up with? SOLAS: You'll have to elaborate. VARRIC: It's basic. Vague. Tells you nothing you didn't already know.
Page 3 of a 3 page comic. Panel 1: [Varric looking up at Solas.] VARRIC: Does it think we'll be more terrified of our friends knowing our fears than the fears themselves? The scary part isn't who knows, it's facing it. Working through it. Panel 2: [Solas looking down at Varric with an expression that is left up to viewer interpretation. His brows are slightly furrowed and his lips are parted.] VARRIC: Shouldn't have said that out loud. I'm giving it ideas. Panel 3: [A reverse shot. Solas looks over his shoulder as Varric walks away towards the camera. Varric's speech bubble is stylized as he mutters.] VARRIC: All this shit is weird. Panel 4: [Solas continues to watch Varric walk away.] Panel 5: [Solas looks down.] Panel 6: [There are flowers in front of Solas' feet where Varric walked.] Panel 7: [Solas steps through the flowers. They wither under his feet.] Panel 8: [The headstone Solas had been standing in front of. It has the theater mask of Fen'harel with Elvish text. The flowers in front of Varric's headstone remain while they're withered in front of Solas'] CAPTION: Solas: Dying alone.
And those who slept, the ancient ones, awoke,
For their dreams had been devoured
By a demon that prowled the Fade
As a wolf hunts a herd of deer.
Taking first the weakest and frailest of hopes,
And when there was nothing left,
Destroying the bright and bold
By subtlety and ambush and cruel arts.
Reminder for artists: don't get blinded by the "big number" for an art project. Remember to do the math.
$3,000 for a tarot card desk *sounds* great. But in reality you're only being paid $38.46 per artwork. And if each artwork takes 20 hours to make, you're getting paid $1.92/hr
Anyway, Microsoft's gaming products are subject to a boycott from the BDS movement, due to Microsoft's ongoing support for the IDF. Bethesda is owned by Microsoft.
nogamesforgenocide.com
Honestly if you're a member of someone's Patreon, consider emailing support and tell them bowing to apple sucks and you don't care about the app
Obligatory repost
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Female human laying on a dirty stone slab, male human standing over her with a candle and book in hand. Text next to the man says, “my hot necromancer malewife” and text next to the woman says, “me doing whatever the hell he wants”
Female human laying on a dirty stone slab, male human standing over her with a candle and book in hand
@paragonraptors.bsky.social has blessed me with this gem of a commission, on the eve of Christmas Day no less! Thank you so much for this, it’s so perfect 😭 the wait was so worth it
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.
living in a society that doesn’t care about craft and artistry and mastery makes my soul ache
we have a whole ass big beautiful real life world to draw inspiration from and we’re destroying it for the hallucinogenic plagiarisms and false facsimiles of a machine
while KOSA passed the subcommittee, there is still the full committee meeting it needs to go through before being voted on by the Senate/House
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
Today is the day! Make some phone calls to Visa and Mastercard if youre able to and keep it going as much as you can muster until monday!
YCH CHIBI COMMS OPEN!!
For the foreseeable future I will be closing full illustration comms and replacing them with THESE!!
Instructions in images
Catalog in replies
Pose library: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Almost all of the revenue I get from things I have written (non-fiction or academic) comes from libraries. I always say 'get your library to order it' because that is literally the best way to support me and make work like mine available to a wider audience
Page from Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Volume IV
ICYMI: The Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins IV collection is now available in both a paperback and a Deluxe Edition hardcover! Details: bit.ly/3PTsoDx
With @criticalrole.bsky.social, by @matthewmercer.bsky.social, @jodyhouser.bsky.social, @paragonraptors.bsky.social, more
Group illustration of a dungeons and dragons party, left to right: A half orc, Brom, smiling and pushing hair out of his face while his arm is across two other characters (Quinten and Roan), a wood elf, Quinten, who is staring lovingly at the person to his right, he's balancing back on a foot with both arms around the people next to him, a air genasi, Roan, grins back at Quinten, one of his arms is up on Quinten's hsoulders lifting Quinten's cowboy hat off his head, Next is a Aasimar named Cornelius he's got his arms practically around everyone, but one is pulling a wizard to his right into a friendly headlock as he grins down at him. Last is a warforge wizard named Willie who is leaning back into Cornelius and is holding a black cat that is trying to get out of his arms. These scene is set in a snowy landscape.
Rime of the Friendships We Made Along The Way
Was pocessed by the gales of Novemeber to draw the ol' Icewind Dale group from a few years ago ❄️
#art #dnd #dndart
A man swinging his arms and singing while walking and holding a frozen coffee drink.
The sunshine man in question
(Art by @paragonraptors.bsky.social)
So I have used this in a pinch, and I can 100% vouch for it.
It's not garbage food or forgotten orders, it's always fresh same-day food.
Most of the restaurants in my area make extra specifically for TGTG, and add coupons on full priced orders.
It's a great resource, and it cuts down on food waste.
COMICS FOR A CAUSE 📚
Explore the origins of Exandria's heroes and make the world a better place with the Critical Role Comic Collection from Dark Horse Comics - each purchase at the price of your choice directly supports our work at the Critical Role Foundation!
LEARN MORE ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4oIJROh
🎉🎉🎉 congrats kendra!! i hope it feels amazing to have it done!
#SaveSpeech
its the work week, so remember to contact your US representatives! Tell them to OPPOSE the following bills:
Kids Online Safety Act (s.1748)
Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (s.1671)
SCREEN Act (s.737)
FADPA (H.R.791)
ACPA
Block BEARD Act
www.congress.gov/members/find...
#SaveSpeech
Updated list of major US bills ya'll need to yell at your congressmen about, w/ talking points.
Tell em to say NO to:
SCREEN ACT
KOSA
IODA
www.congress.gov/members/find...
CALL EM. MAIL EM. EMAIL EM. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
