BINABEES

Joined in on another Sunday draw-along with @thehangedmancreatives and this picture started out very different. Then while I was looking through my screenshots for references I had an epiphany and this was born. Sort of an examination of "what if Solas won-- at what cost?" and "what if he became what he hated/fought against?" (and 'what if bringing down the veil only broke things more')

Stayed up late to finish it and upon waking up realized I forgot to tint the final layers around the throne (meant to have it match the wolves a bit better) but eh, still very happy with how it came out. I hope I never paint another mosaic again though. That throne was miserable to do lol. (also bonus eyebrow waggles to whoever can guess what I referenced from the game for the initial design of the throne arms. Actually I'm quite proud of the design in general.)

Here, some close-ups before I return to sleep 😄

Solas and Felassan were obviously close, in a way that I personally see as hard to define between friendship and romance. Whatever you want to call it, their love for each other was obviously very strong.

We don't know for sure why Felassan kept his vallaslin. His most well-established trait is his value for freedom, so I figure there must be a motive within him somewhere to keep what in his day were slave markings. And so I thought, maybe he uses them as a symbol of rebellion in his own way.

Amaris, meanwhile, sees the vallaslin as having been reclaimed and given a new purpose in modern times: marking her as Dalish. Because her biggest fear is assimilation, it means a lot to her to carry that recognition of her culture. So in a way, she too uses it as a rebellious purpose.

the thumbs for each of these because i think theyre fun and my favourite wip