some advice for digital artists!
adjust your pressure curve to a level where you are not pressing against your tablet to achieve your most reasonably-often-used "medium-heavy" line
it's worth remembering that dagoth ur is not a reliable witness for the events of his own death, because while he speaks to what was emotionally true to voryn dagoth, as voryn would have recounted it to someone he trusted completely, he is no longer the person who remembers the events.
if you have to consistently press a smooth object against a slick surface to achieve your second most common lineweight, then you're causing unnecessary stress to both your tablet and your tendons
the most explicit statements which point towards nerevar being dagoth's killer rely on a mix of testimony that is complicated by outside interests or is otherwise degraded by unreliable format. morrowind was a politically volatile battleground at the time, and as time marches on, interests become only more entrenched. even vivec's own most sincere confessions must be viewed through the lens of someone who is subject to the retributions of AlmSi.
in a similar vein, if you find yourself struggling to maintain a consistent pen pressure, create a plateau of sensitivity around the area you're struggling with
the hurdle of probability to cross in believing that nerevar killed dagoth is that vivec can't quite bring himself to say it in his most direct confessional, while alandro, who would absolutely have attested to nerevar slaying dagoth for his heretical madness if it happened, places it after foul murder. perhaps the most believable course of events is the one indicated by vivec's omission of dagoth's death, and alandro's non-mention of a zeal killing in azura's name.
if you find yourself failing to achieve the line confidence you want even with stroke correction, then it may be time to zoom out on the canvas, as it's much harder to draw a straight (or even confidently curved) line across a great deal of space than a small span of it
voryn dagoth believes nerevar to be a traitor because he feels he never betrayed nerevar. it's as simple of a matter as that. if he was loyal until his last breath, then the one who left him to die must be the one who killed him. with that in mind, it makes a lot of sense that dagoth ur would fully believe nerevar to be a traitor who murdered him. left skittish and delirious as nerevar told him to stay behind, departed the mountain, and "sent back" only a murderous tribunal to do away with him.
this is a bit deceptive if you're used to drawing traditionally, as your view of the page doesn't affect "size" of it in relation to your drawing surface
dagoth ur beholds a secondhand retelling of his own life, reborn in his own body and given to the conclusions of his memory, but he cannot change his mind, and he cannot view the events of his own life as they occurred.
and of course, don't forget that having your correction set too high can lead to you fighting against it. you ideally want to set it somewhere comfortable for you, which facilitates the pen movements you want to achieve but are not able to
he has only his own word to go off of.
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