Quote from Mary Oliver. A little something for, @a11sha11fade, who is an ongoing, reliable reminder that kindness exists. ❤️
This is my contribution to a ‘draw or colour this in your style’ activity that the brilliant @dreadfutures is hosting - featuring the incomparable Ixchel Lavellan!
This piece is very closely referenced from the phenomenal, dynamic lineart that @dreadfutures created and provided. Please check out the stunning original here along with more information and please, please participate if you’re so inclined (or share the original post for your art friends)!
#Dragon Age#Dragon Age: Inquisition#Ixchel Lavellan#Inquisitor Lavellan#my art#the original lineart has an incredibly dynamic pose which got lost with my crop here#so go look at it!#and I accidentally made her expression a bit more 'breaking into song'#than 'charging into battle' hahaha#not intentional but it's all good!#and I've been in an art rut lately so the timing was perfect thank you so much#you're amazing for sharing this dreadfutures#hope I'm doing everything right let me know if not!!!#but I had so much fun and was SO KEEN as soon as I saw the post
I just kept thinking about this and how that is exactly how the Warden and Alistair would disguise themselves to go to Denerim for the first time in Origins.
Redraw of this, one year on gosh
From ‘The Fullerton Sisters’ by Thomas Lawrence.
#dragon age#dragon age inquisition#josephine montilyet#leliana#my art#I was copying the cover of my copy of p&p#as you do#and thought why not#have some regency era snuggling gal pals#as a treat#I should tag this as a wip but I'm not going to work on it anymore#but still wanted to share#because somft
#dragon age#dragon age inquisition#dorian pavus#my art#my apologies to mr pavus#because in the sketch he was smiling so I'm not sure why I took that away from him in the painting process but it was not intentional#also does it look to anyone else a bit like this was a portrait that someone has graffitied with a moustache#rather than it actually belonging to him?#ha
#art summary#my art#I didn't post in Jan or Feb so put in some studies from when I was learning to use the ipad#I wasn't sure if I wanted to do one of these but oh gosh#what a journey#all together like this it looks like the work of three separate people on each row#bizarre!#the kind words and tags have really meant a lot to me as a complete beginner#the Nov Josie was my highlight of the year but I'm still inordinately fond of Sept Alistair#and only Cam understands
#dragon age#dragon age inquisition#inquisitor trevelyan#my art#finished the redraw!#as in I've had enough ha#her expression is less concerned now#more 'oh a butterfly pretty'#which is fitting and accurate#if you look closely through her eyes you can actually make out the silhouette of her tiny brain#I love her#I like to imagine this is huge#impractically large#all her portraits are#and she presents them to people as gifts with an unsubtle indication she will be very offended if it isn't proudly on display at all times#by indication I mean threat#I spent time posing in front of a mirror holding the neck of my vacuum cleaner for this
Thanks so much for the tags @varric-tethras-editor & @dreadfutures! This week I started working on a medium-effort new version of this extremely-low-effort Evelyn portrait. I may never resume work on it but here she is nonetheless!