By ROY THE ART

Leliana.

Her outfit is based on the armor from Sacred Ashes trailer.

Somewhere warm and tropical

I didn’t get a chance to draw anything yesterday so here’s Dalea and Garrus dressed up as Sally and Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas. Oh, and Boo the space hamster as Zero, of course. That suit was somewhat of a nightmare to draw but Garrus looks awesome in it so it was worth the headache. :D

Cullen in Winterfell

Yes. Please and thank you.

This is badass.

Cutout picture taste ( Cullen ) ( 2017.8.25 )

Cullen Rutherford from Dragon Age: Inquisition.

I’m not planning a resurgence of ME fan art, but I was feeling a bit nostalgic and itchy fingered for some Garrus.

Why you should draw fanfiction art

  Recently I’ve been going back and forth on whether or not I should continue drawing art for fanfictions. Because of my internal struggle I decided to write out all of the positives that come with drawing fanfiction art as a reminder to myself, and maybe even convince some of you artists out there to consider it in the process. 

     Fanfiction writers create some amazing stories, sometimes they even create characters or worlds. These things take some serious time and skill! They spend their personal time to create free stories for your enjoyment. Creating art for them is a great kindness to fanfiction writers who have given you ten times that kindness back. 

 I don’t really give reviews of fanfictions. Mainly because I never know how to explain what I like about a fanfiction without giving them a ten page paper or ending up sounding like a pterodactyl. Drawing art is a great way to show your appreciation without screaming in their faces! 

     Very rarely do I have something that allows me to draw demonic dolls, blushing demons, a man whose slowly breaking apart and going to space, ghost gangsters, robots with electricity sparking from them, a boy with a bloody knee blaming it on parkour, desperate hugs, two men fighting off ice cold oceans waves, the list goes on and on! Fanfiction provides some great scenarios for art, that let me branch out and try new things. It’s a great challenge! 

   Do you enjoy this fanfiction writers work? Want to keep them excited about writing so that way you can see more great, high quality, work? Well boy oh boy do I have the solution for you! Fanfiction art!

 Fanfiction art, at least to me, is a big way to show you care. Writers put time and effort into their pieces and you have given back something that also has time and effort put into it. Seeing that kind of support can really encourage a fanfiction writer! With fanfiction art you are showing that you deeply care about their work, that you are inspired by what they’ve done. If that’s not a big thumbs up, I don’t know what is! 

 I’ve seen some fanfiction writers response to my art and let me tell you, it’s positively heart warming. The writers who I have drawn for have been so excited with the art! I don’t know about you but seeing someone who deserves something get it is super satisfying. Of all the reactions to my art, fanfiction writers reactions have been the ones I remember the most. There responses kept me smiling for days on end, it’s truly moving. 

 Don’t be afraid to show them your art!! Let me tell you my art is not perfect but I worked hard on those pieces that I gave those talented writers, and that is enough. It’s the thought that counts, and fanfiction writers deserve as many supportive thoughts as they can get!

As a fanfiction writer, I’ve been very fortunate to receive some beautiful pieces, and some funny pieces, from readers who spent their valuable time creating art of my story, especially my OC.

There are not enough words to express the feeling I get when I see that someone enjoyed my writing enough to create art about it. It’s the ultimate compliment and should never be taken for granted. It’s inspiring and it’s refreshing to see your characters and your story through someone else’s eyes. Sometimes these pieces influence your writing and influence the creation of new scenes.

If you create something based off of a fanfic you’ve read I highly recommend that you share it with the author. Rough, sketched, polished…doesn’t matter. Your piece of work may be the only compliment, comment, or positive reinforcement they’ve received in a while. Trust me, your writer loves it. And sometimes, they need it.

The stages of someone sending me unexpected art based on my fic:

I made Mass Effect art and Reddit liked it, so you should too.

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hurricaneginger:

curiouscanvas:

pre-face rocket Garrus sketch

SPACE FRIENDS, PUT ON YOUR SPACESUITS COS WE’RE IN BUSINESS

…ok i’m going away now (….i thought everything about this was funny…)

ALMOST DONE! THEN I CAN START ON MY SKETCH OF SOLANA! 

The story is progressing so fast I can barely keep up with it, but this at least is coming along. I still need to shadow the foreground and add, highlights, to the armor and foreground. I also want to make the glow-y bits on the generators pop a little more. 

In case you haven’t read it, it’s Tarysande’s A Handful of Dust.

WAHH! I almost missed this one because I've been totally travel-relatedly AWOL. IT LOOKS SO GOOD WOW.

(You have time to catch up while my brain recovers from grotesque jetlag. ;D)

Quick sketchy Garrus.

The plan was to paint a snarly Urdnot Wrex, but this happened instead…  Maybe next time.

You have SUCH an interesting, unique style. I love it. SO. MUCH.

Commander Shepard: January 2013 Game Informer Cover (x)