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EDIT log @ June 2026: added link to MEGA folder with image references, Sebb and Vlox so far, with time there will be more. EDIT log @ March 2026. Post update. Added direct link to the GW2 to Blender blog in the hobby section.

EDIT log @ December 2024: I have noticed Bluesky is better for little blurbs my depressed brain spits out, so I’m barely even here. I’ve noticed I’m having increasing problems with communication, problem solving, empathy and more, I don’t have the energy to deep dive into things like I used to, I’m just skimming and keeping to the things I know to make it feel a little less miserable.

https://bsky.app/profile/tiredem.bsky.social

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MEGA folder, contains images of few selected NPCs for educational purposes.

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Sidebagel for other fandoms will be :

www.tumblr.com/tiredmeg

Some taggos:

GW2 OC:

#Pirrx - asura engi, my dearest son #Syrrj - asura guardian, my second (by a few hours) oldest character, my blueberry daughter #Diana or #Diana Meriadoin - human guardian, my canon commander, retired as of end of the cycle #Lhamm - asura thief, Pirrx’s father #Drekksa - asura necromancer, the other progenitor :D #Bryjj - Syrrj’s only living parent #Flannix, #Vauxxi #Aavrick - other characters #oc rambles - for character facts, traits, stories... whatever I mean by that #SxP - they’re married, your honor

Please mind that I don’t have a writing talent, my kids are mostly bundles of ideas. Not perfect, but I love them :’3 I draw once in a blue moon, but I had to stop practising at some point in my life, so my drawings are incredibly bad and rusty now.

Hobby stuff: I'm not a game artist, I just read shitload of tutorials in a language I barely know and assume how things work by dismantling them.

#3d mischief - for all screencaps whether raw or not, and other Blender and out-of-Blender related 3d stuff I make by ripping game’s assets - pls note I do fanart only for fun and personal “use” - no monetisation/compensation was, is or never will be involved. The assets don’t belong to me and aren’t meant to be redistributed.

GW2 to Blender blog. - a few tips to get game models with vertex weights into Blender.

These are my kids, if you meet them ingame, say hi! (EU)

Posting this from the cool AC room, which is not my PC room. That one is hot as an oven up until around 20:30, therefore no gaming for me. TwT

I swear this stuff gets better every year. Minus the obligatory bra on femsura on the other set. They went with muscle map again, but unlike with the previous year's Fresh Swimsuit Top, the wetsuit is unisex, and the musculature is fading towards the belly, so it doesn't look as jarring and mixes better with other armor/bare skin. Can't say if the medium armor gets a big L or W this time, because the pouch from the second set is affixed to the top, while like you see with the heavy here I've got a cute combo

Mini blog for future reference. There's bunch of guides online, this is mine:

I don't really do much more than just enhance what the game does, although there's a few tricks required.

I have an Nvidia GTX 1070 card and I'm running it on older drivers from the end of 2024. The software comes with Nvidia Experience overlay and the control panel.

Nvidia Experience is nowadays replaced by "Nvidia App" which works in similar way and has the same settings, but the launch was buggy, it's too heavy for my old computer, so I rolled back and never upgraded.

Screenshots are also made via the application in .png format. The game doesn't register there's an overlay working on it, so if you make shots via ingame screencap, these enhancements won't be visible.

These are my regular ingame settings that I play with. When I need to, I change shadows quality to "ultra" and if there's water, I set reflections to "all":

As for the overlay, I have two presets. They are identical, but the second one has depth of field in it, if I only want to focus on a character/object in front of the camera. Unfortunately menu is in Polish and can't be screenshot, sooo I can post them like this and translate the less obvious:

I throw a little vignette on top of that if I feel like it:

and finally DoF:

And last two things:

1) upscaled resolution - when I wanna go the extra mile, I have larger resolution profile set. My native is 1920x1080, but I go up to twice as that, 3840x2160, it's what my hardware can handle.

This needs to be applied from Windows settings, before you launch the game, if you want it to work.

Here's a guide to set up a custom res, if you want it:

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/759/~/custom-resolutions

I later crop and make these upscaled screenshots smaller, so they become smoother.

2) Camera settings - ingame sliders to help you either with character shots/portraits of environmental shots.

With all these I barely add any post-processing or touchups in photoshop.

Makes a difference?:

As always, asks and comments always open if something is unclear.