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Tea? StrangeAeons? Arbitrator_11? One and the same!
Currently writing: Apex Chapter Three is LIVE! You came for the smut, now stay for the plot! How Halsin met Tempest (POC OC B3 x Halsin)
🖋 Completed fics
18+ Instinct +50,000 words, Halsin x POC OC (B3), Competence kink, post game
18+ Heat +5500 words, AU: Halsin x Tav x POC OC (B3) x Zevlor, Spicy lemon, post game
Wild Card: 18+ "Good lass." 653 words, Halsin x Fem!Reader, One Shot, Oral, Soft Dom/Inexperience
Author recs
@quinthebard: the Elven Harper who gets into all sorts of trouble and is a huge flirt.
@amorgansgal: loves Morgan and Halsin, as God intended.
@rambling-tam: immortalized in both LoTR: RoP and BG3 fandom.
@bhaal-battle-beer-bard: creator of Durge Saulus, the Tiefling poet of Baldur’s Gate with a ruby-red past.
Obsessions: Baldur's Gate 3, Alien, Predator, Divinity, Elder Scrolls, The Lord of the Rings, Cthulhu Mythos, Vampire Hunter D, House of the Dragon, The Sandman & Elric of Melniboné...
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Class of Highharvest 2025;
I was honored to participate with my original character, Tempest Valourheart, in the BG3 Yearbook! I've learned a lot about myself as a fanfic writer, grown closer to my OC, and connected with amazing artists and writers. They grow up so fast, lol!
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You know, I don’t usually talk much about myself, but I started putting my thoughts together on this, and somehow it ended up way longer than I expected. So I'm putting it under the cut for those who like to read. And those who don't, just take a look at the photos! Or not, you decide
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The F12 Goblin Era
I'm the kind of person who happily spends half their life in the character creator, so it was only a matter of time before I started capturing absolutely everything my characters did. (Oh, no! I made them too pretty! Now I must stare at them from every angle.) At the time, I had absolutely no technical knowledge, so "documenting" was actually just hitting the screenshot button like a madman. I wouldn't call it virtual photography yet, but it was the beginning of the obsession and the reason I wanted to learn more.
Fun fact: I've just checked and apparently I have more than 3000 screenshots from this period.
New addiction Era
With Patch 8 Photo Mode came, and my screenshot-addicted self obviously had to give it a try. I won't lie, my first shots were pretty rough. Even with some experience in traditional photography, I couldn't quite figure out what all the sliders did. But there's this thing that happens when you pick up a new hobby: when you're starting from zero, it's easy to improve fast. That quick progress is addictive, and it makes you want to keep going. Maybe I finally found something I'm actually good at?
"New Screen, who this?" Era
One thing I haven't mentioned yet: I'm broke. Like, "my gaming setup is a laptop that crashes if you breath the wrong way" broke. And as you may have guessed from the previous screenshots that tiny laptop came with an equally tiny screen. Then my partner noticed my completely reasonable and definitely not concerning Virtual Photography obsession, and he was like, "Why not push her even deeper?" So in October, for my birthday, he bought me a proper monitor.
I still love it to this day… but the moment I turned it on, I realized everything I'd made before looked like absolute garbage. The colors were off, the quality was off, everything looked awful. So this was also the Great Remake Era. Luckily, I have the terrible habit of letting my shots rot in drafts for months before posting them. So I convinced myself I had to recreate most of them (and also some already posted works) with my now better setup for the perfect quality.
Around that time, I also started using watermark too! Not because I needed one, but because it just seemed like a very artist thing to do. It somehow tricked my brain into thinking I could actually make something out of this.
I also started using Lighty Lights! I had been against it for the longest time, because to be honest, I’ve got the soul and brain of a boomer when it comes to learning new things. I tried it a few times, got overwhelmed, quit, and then immediately tried again the next day. It was a long process, but now I can hardly imagine taking screenshots without them. The secret, though, is that I still only know how to use the basic functions. Haha.
This era lasted quite a while, and it's the one where I finally started creating shots that I proudly called VPs, and I still do. Something else changed during this time, too. You might've noticed the beginning of it at the end of the previous era: I finally let my muse go. It happened after a disappointing experience with some people in the fandom, but looking back, it was probably for the best. It pushed me to start photographing other characters instead, and I'm really happy with how diverse my portfolio has become.
Paint it Black Era
This isn’t exactly an era that’s over, in fact, it’s still very much ongoing. But around this time, I accidentally discovered that I’m kinda good at making black and white shots. They’ve basically become my go-to whenever I don’t really have inspiration… to, well, inspire myself. If they turn out good, it usually does the trick and makes me want to create even more.
Current Era
I count this era from this February, when I was asked to take shots for an upcoming pose pack. That was when I really wanted to learn hotsampling, mostly out of laziness, if I’m honest. The shots had to be vertical, and I couldn’t be bothered to rotate my screen every time. So I figured, if the source image is big enough, I can just crop out what I don’t need, and still have the right quality.
Not exactly the most professional approach, but at least it made me learn something new and useful.
Current+
Not sure if it should call it a new period, because it's not my accomplishment that Bone Zone exists. But I started to use it and build poses for my shots!
Despite all the heavy thoughts weighing on me, I still wanted to make something to celebrate Pride Month. A little last second, but it's my heartfelt tribute to bisexuality and my resident bi icon, Maleane 🩷💜💙
Throughout her life, Mal had plenty of lovers, but she never loved anyone as much as these three: Astarion, Halsin, and Laureen.
Nothing compares to the first love, and so, Astarion holds a special place in her heart. After all, they spent nearly a century traveling the world together after defeating the Absolute, learning how to trust each other and navigating their own fears and trauma. They led a tumultuous relationship spanning decades, hurting each other in the process, and yet still yearning for one another.
Halsin carved a place in her heart many years after they'd first met. Despite confessing his feelings to the drow during the Absolute crisis, the druid only got to taste her sweetness a century later, when Maleane showed up in Reithwin, heartbroken, sick, and pregnant. The two found comfort in each other, and fostered a deep, emotional connection as they raised Mal's daughter, Thoriel, together.
Laureen, on the other hand, was an unexpected love that Maleane found after years of aimless wandering. What started as physical attraction, eventually developed into profound love, as Laureen embraced Mal with all of her carefully-crafted masks and years of heartbreak.
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Thank you @carnivaley for the tag! 😘💜 I have so many tags I’ve been working on but y’all keep tagging me in these and I’m such a sucker for them! 😅 I promise I’m not ignoring you guys!
Ellie as Merida
Red hair, independent, refuses to let others define her, fiercely defends those she loves? No-brainer. Brave is my second-favorite Disney movie, so I had to include her somewhere! 🏹
Aoife as Megara
Back last October I had already made Gale and Aoife Hercules and Megara (you can see them here - the first one above is part of that set). So why not bing them back? Hercules is my favorite Disney movie, and this is making me want to do an entire set!
Cecilia as Rapunzel
Again, another no-brainer. Cecilia just gives off Rapunzel vibes, and oh my god Wyll as Flynn/Eugene?? 🫠
Not sure and can’t remember off the top of my head who has done it, so, very gently tagging: @optimisticgrey @bladesingerlily @saylofwaterdeep @dr4gonwriter @gortashsrighthand @cursed-nyxan @bhaal-battle-beer-bard @fangedgrace @adrielmancy @deianestormborn @rdekarios @purpleasters-inseptember @lucretiouswept @ele-millennial-weirdo @scoldingdarjeeling @thecampjuicebox @babydinosaur930 @wasteful-sam @missfortunetherogue @starlightweave @faeriiefire 💜💜
Nyavka (aka Mavka) is a forest spirit, something of a mix between a driad and a siren. In Ukrainian mythology and literature, nyavkas are usually depicted as the ghosts of girls who died a tragic death and became the guardians or spirits of the forest. As you can imagine, very fitting for Nim :3 Nyavkas are playful and gorgeous, but can be malicious. Some of them lure people into the forest using their beauty and kill them, sometimes by drowning 😇
Thank you so much for the tags: @carnivaley (post here), @perpetualmaladaptivedaydream (post here) , @ilinarie (post here), @deianestormborn (post here), @rdekarios (post here) , @gortashsrighthand (post here) and @faeriiefire (post here). Please check all their posts, all of these are magnificent! <33
I am sooooooo sorry, there have been so many OC tag games lately that I don't remember who done what xD No-pressure tags (or show me if you've already done this :3): @cursed-nyxan @bhaal-battle-beer-bard @thecampjuicebox @the-shadowfell-darkroom @litsenn @mogruith @starlit-serpent @valannamizarym @doomedlamb @onlytavs @theya-art @mercymaker @purpleasters-inseptember @thesanguinesonnet @ann-bg3-lol @met-in-a-tavern @lutethebodies @arlynx (tagging you for the future when you're back completely T_T <3) and anyone who wants to join :3
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Hi! I hope you are well :) I'm Nick and I draw, write, and sometimes stream video games (when it's not a massive heatwave).
If you are here it's possibly because you've run across my BG3 fanart, and perhaps decided to stay, thank you if you have! 💕I draw everything in CSP with a Wacom One tablet.
I have an on-going series based on my Tav OC: Quin who I've dedicated this account to. It is a slow process since I work full time(ish) in retail and have started taking college courses in case the retail thing goes belly up. There is a full story, these things just take time, as all things do :)
My dream is to eventually self publish something completely original that has been rattling around in my brain for a bit, but for now I'm practising with something a bit more fandom aligned. Hopefully there have been visible improvements to my comics (Master List of All Comics under the cut in my pinned post)!
Some other things I'm a fan of: I have another tumblr Wandering Melon for all my fandoms! If I try and list it all here this post will be a mile long.
I also have an Ao3 account TheWanderingTree. So far I have my two Bloodweave stories: 'Woven Sails' and 'Threaded Hearts', plus a short Veilguard (DragonAge) story called 'Halla Hunt'. You do need an Ao3 account to read and comment.
Comments, queries, likes, reblogs, sharing with a community are all welcome! I try (and like to) respond to most things! Sometimes I run ship polls with BG3 pairings to draw, a master list of these are also found in my pinned post :)
If you've made it this far, YAY, thank you for being here and for being interested! I don't tend to reblog my own work a lot, and this feels like a good post to make for updates every once in a while.
Take care, much love, and hopefully more work soon!
I feel disenfranchised by tumblr, because of the other side of the coin, when it comes to culture. The transactional engagement seekers despite what I’ve said in my pinned post, the numerous examples of quiet punishment when I kindly ask to be taken off tag lists, getting unfollowed and blocked while my close friends are welcomed with open arms, the ghosting, the dropped collabs or forgotten creative projects, and the vile anon asks all add up.
I’m wondering if my work has a place here. And if it does, maybe I need to stop offering so much of myself to make it belong.
Final thoughts/update on this: it's concerning that basic respect needs to be spelled out. Please read/skim pinned posts before following. It saves time, prevents misunderstandings, and keeps the dashboard healthy.
😈 I got a little carried away and invented a whole ass character for the purpose of answering these questions... Which, by the way, if anyone knows the user who made them, please do let me know so I can credit them!!
Ladies, gentlemen and folk of all flavors, it is my honor to introduce an anonymous darling who sheds light on only the sauciest affairs this side of the Chionthar! Find a world of passion, intrigue, and upper-class scandals at your very fingertips when you read her contributions in the Coquettish Countess, Baldur's Gate's number one monthly gossip tabloid!
Debuting today in our plane of the multiverse, please welcome Lady Sue de Nym!
My-oh-my, dear readers, we certainly live in interesting times. Though a full year has passed since the end of that dreadful Absolute business, many of us still find ourselves quite enraptured by those charming little adventurers who saved our city. With Grand Duke Ravengard's estranged son, a once-disgraced archwizard, and even a githyanki from beyond Toril in their ranks? It's quite remarkable! Unheard of! Extraordinary, unusual, curious as can be, et cetera, et cetera. Hah!
If you've found yourself poring through the Coquettish Countess, then you, my dear, are looking for something different. Something more than intimate- yes, you chomp at the bit for something absolutely toe-curlingly, heart-stoppingly randy. Something salacious, intimate, and deeply satisfying to both one's heart and loins. And as luck would have it, I, your lovely Lady Sue de Nym, have interviewed two of our fair Netherbrain slayers, the up-and-coming bard Irozaline "Zaline" Trouvaille and the renowned archdruid Halsin Silverbough for just such material!
1. How do they refer to each other? (“This is my...” girlfriend, partner, fiancée, etc.)
As I sat across from the duo in a private little corner of Reithwin's local tavern, the Rising Sun (known long ago as the Waning Moon, to any long-lived readers here today,) I artfully began with a simple, innocuous little question, designed to entice their trust and lower their guard.
"Introducing Zaline has always been a challenge. She's a good many things to me," Halsin smiled, the expression radiant on his wise, yet deliciously chiseled face. "She began as my savior, in the depths of a goblin camp. But after all we've been through together, I've since had the honor of calling her my friend and confidante. I could never have anticipated what joy I would find in calling her my lover, but I wouldn't trade that joy for the world."
Zaline spent a full three seconds struck dumb by his earnest praise, warmth tinging her freckled cheeks. She then scoffed, unable to hide the smile in her lips. "A damn old softy, you are. How's a woman s'posed to follow that?"
Halsin chuckled, leaning in to press an astonishingly chaste kiss to her cheek. A subtle peek under the table revealed that Zaline's arrow-point tail had coiled around his shin. Naughty! Nonetheless, she continued, "I only ever call 'im Halsin. Everyone in Reithwin knows him anyways, but I'm proud to say he's my lover, too."
2. What’s their celebrity couple/ship name?
The pair of them blinked owlishly whilst I explained this one. They had a little laugh between themselves, rolling their eyes fondly over the antics and trends of today's youth. Readers, I took that as an invitation. After all, there's quite a bit to work with off of their names alone! Haline or Zalsin, for a more traditional formatting, but given their natures, options such as Balladbear or Oakfiddle could work? Ah, there are so many Elfling possibilities!*
3. Night out or night in?
"Hah! When we've got a night to ourselves? Out and about, with nary a doubt." Zaline finished her statement with a firm nod, picking up her flagon of ale.
"Good rhyme, lass. Perhaps we'll hear it in your next song," Halsin mused. "But, yes. Between our roles here in Reithwin and my duty to the land, it's rather rare for us to find each other alone without some other responsibility to tend to. Fortunately, patrolling the wilds around the village is a practical enough use of our time together."
A slight smile toyed at the corners of Halsin's rosy lips, while Zaline snorted into her drink. You'll find it rather wise of me to remain masked during my interviews, dear reader, for while they shared cheeky, conspiratorial glances, a wicked grin spread across my hidden face. I waved down the barmaid for a round of something stronger, hoping to loosen those tongues of theirs...
4. Sleep in, or up-and-at-’em?
"The second one, though not without great reluctance." Halsin's brawny chest pulsed with a gentle laugh. "Our needs are quite different. I don't require true sleep as she does, but it's comforting to share a bed nonetheless."
The barmaid set three goblets of wine on our table. Zaline thanked her by blowing a kiss, a gesture to which the barmaid giggled merrily in return. Halsin hadn't yet drank a drop that eve- nor had I. I was much too eager to see these two shed their inhibitions. If I weren't such an insightful strategist, dear readers, I would've missed the knowing glint in Halsin's eye... perhaps a trick of the light, perhaps a sign that he'd caught onto my intent!
5. Who hogs the blankets?
"Ah, fuck, that was some good wine. I'll be back, aye? Sit tight, you two!"
Ignoring the inquiry, Zaline giggled and pressed a kiss to Halsin's cheek, flittering off to the center of the tavern, where the rest of the townsfolk were alight with song and laughter. Perhaps the drinks I called for were a tad too strong...
Shaking his head fondly, Halsin answered my question with ease. "She does, when she isn't clung to my side like a creeping vine. Her usual excuse is a strong insistence that tieflings don't do well in the cold, as if either of us needs a justification."
6. Who snores?
I noticed Halsin worrying the inside of his cheek with his teeth as this particular question was raised. There was something he was considering saying aloud, I just knew it- but getting him to say it would be a challenge.
"Well?" I urged him.
"Neither of us, really. Wintertime is when I truly slumber, usually in a far-off cave or some other refuge. My old comrades of the Emerald Grove oft joked that they could hear my snoring echoing from leagues away," Halsin chuckled. Trying to change the subject, Sir Silverbough? Well, two can play at that game, and one certainly did!
I smiled serenely. "Does Zaline ever snore?"
He remained silent for a moment, ruminating, before answering. "Sleep-talking is... a common occurrence."
His answer was vague, but intrigued me deeply. Hoping to wring some more out of him, I cooed, "How adorable! What sort of things does she say? Has she ever spoken about you? Perhaps she's had an interesting dream or two?"
Halsin shook his head grimly. "Let's move on."
7. Who gets them both in trouble? What for?
"Some arsehole vomited on the dance floor," Zaline grumbled, plopping back into her seat. Halsin's dour expression softened when he laid eyes on her. "What're we asking, now?"
Halsin filled her in, and she laughed dryly.
"Oh, that's an easy 'un! Ask those Selûnite missionaries here in town. They'll say I don't cause trouble- I am trouble," Zaline leaned back, hands tucked behind her head.
With a weary sigh, Halsin explained, "The missionaries have been here since we began rebuilding. Reithwin was once a very religious town, with Moonrise Towers as its place of worship. Nowadays, there's a much larger variety of faiths besides the Selûnites, and the two of us use the Towers to house children and families displaced by the forces of the so-called Absolute. They've been helpful, no doubt, but some of the missionaries in particular are..."
"Bastards. You can say it, darlin'. Who else would be so keen to shove orphans out o' their own home?" Zaline spat. "Got nothin' against the Moonmaiden, me. They've been a big help, these missionaries, but some of 'em are damn awful, tryin' to push us an' the littl'uns out just to reclaim the Towers. I don't care if they call me unreasonable, or heartless, or say I'm a greedy, sacrilegious foulblood, I'll tell 'em to piss off as many times as they need."
Halsin frowned deeply. I could've looked deeper into this particular mote of gossip, but frankly, the poor druid looked exhausted, so I chose to move to a lighter topic...
8. What do they do for date night?
An easy smile slowly returned to Halsin's face. "The tavern is one of Zaline's favorite haunts. She's very fond of being at the center of everyone's attention... including mine."
"Damn straight!" Zaline nodded proudly. "But other times, we'll go out to the wilds instead, explorin'-like, see? It's... peaceful. Intimate. If my head weren't feelin' wobbly, I'd wax fierce poetic about it, heh."
"It sounds wonderful," I crooned. My clever mind was already cooking up all sorts of ways those moonlit explorations of theirs could be as 'intimate' as she said, but no journalist worth her salt would leave it to the imagination. I needed confirmation straight from the source, gods damn it! "When you say that it's, ah... intimate...?"
"I was wondering when this would come up," Halsin chuckled, allowing Zaline to toy clumsily with his hand. "Your other interviews delved into the subjects' sex lives much sooner. Had you much trouble holding your tongue until now?"
Clever old druid. I met his penetrating gaze with cool elegance. "Believe me, Halsin, dear, it's not my tongue I'm here to discuss. But we'll cover that later, shall we?"
9. What do they do for their anniversary?
Both the bard and the druid fell into a contemplative silence. Halsin drummed his fingers on the table, whilst Zaline pursed her lips, her brow furrowing in inhibited remembrance. "Anniversary...? Pish, forgot abou' that. We've only had each other a mite o'er a year-ish."
"We could celebrate, if you're truly keen on it," Halsin offered, his voice lilting with endearing awkwardness. "I must admit, it's not something I paid mind to in the past. But even after choosing their mates, many birds will continue to perform courtship rituals for their other half for years to come. Our hearts may be more open to others, but if commemorating our bond is important to you, then it's important to me."
"Pft... it ain't an issue, but with all that bird talk, I could ask you to do a saucy little dance for me," Zaline teased. "G'won, then, that's my anniversary gift: watchin' ya shake your tailfeathers like the cock of the walk!"
So endeared was I by the fond rolling of Halsin's hazel eyes, that I nearly missed the movement of his lips afterwards. Readers, I assure you that it was not my imagination, when I heard him mumble under his breath that he'd -ahem!- show Zaline a cock of the walk later. How deliciously cheeky! But not nearly to my tastes just yet.
10. Any hobbies in common? What do they like to do together?
This one was a particularly juicy tidbit. After all, the two of them seem so different, do they not? Halsin is a man of the wilds through and through, whilst Zaline is allegedly a city woman, born and bred- though it's nigh impossible to find any records on her past.
"All sorts o' things!" Zaline declared proudly. "Whittlin', foragin', hells, I've finally convinced Halsin to let me give him music lessons. Oh, almost forgot- bakin'! You ever tried bakin', Miss De Nym?"
"That's Lady De Nym, darling," I corrected her. Rest assured, readers, I was not bothered by her little slip of the tongue, for I know that both this tabloid and my little pseudonym aren't at the top of the public's mind... yet. How charmingly humble of me! "And why is it that you ask?"
A grin flickered across Halsin's lips. "She might be hoping for a pointer or two."
"Oh, please! I ain't ashamed to say I'm arse at it." With a playful scoff, Zaline gave his bicep a light smack. I ogled the way that tree-trunk arm of his rippled. She continued, "I could get better on me own, but if I knew you'd be so good at makin' those sticky honey buns the kiddos like, I woulda let you take charge from the very start. Now, our little boy Kicker starts cryin' whenever I go into the kitchen without ye!"
Special thanks to @scoldingdarjeeling for both the ask and the patience behind it! There are so many cool people on this side of the fandom, and I overthink my responses for literal weeks -sometimes months- before responding, LMAO. I did really enjoy writing this, and part 2 is definitely in the works, but sometimes I let my anxiety take the wheel a little too much. We're all only human, and frankly, I don't think I'll be crucified in the desert if I scribble out a little ficcy bit where Halsin BG3 is a little OOC 😂 Peace and love to all!
*Additional thanks to @propenseverbosity, who gave me the "elfling possibilities" joke, which I promptly rushed to edit in. 😂😂😂 Love you bestie but stop being funnier than me
That's right folks! Special edition for the biggest week of the year so far! Thanks to @datvcompanionweeks @rookappreciationweek and @mirufiyu for hosting all this fun!
Rules: Remember these can be completed at any time. Just tag me and I will share them! And as always these are just exercises to help improve your writing. But if you are happy with how you write then keep on writing!
Writing Challenge Weekend Masterpost
For this weekend I'm bringing back a personal and crowd favorite! Let's have some bangers. And since it's triple threat week you get three bangers to choose from!
Banger 1
Where you go, I'm going, so jump and I'm jumping
Since there is no me without you - Achilles Come Down by Gang of Youths
Banger 2
I know this whole damn city thinks it needs you
But not as much as I do
As much as I do, yeah - Last of the Real Ones by Fall Out Boy
Banger 3
Hold, hold on, hold onto me
'Cause I'm a little unsteady - Unsteady by X Ambassadors
Now go forth and have an awesome time and make sure you tag meeeee😎
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Ok, fine, I am doing it. T_T. Special thanks to @arlynx for encouraging me, and thank you so much for the tags @carnivaley @gortashsrighthand @cinder-rellish181 and @deianestormborn
It was very hard for me to do, because I am a very insecure person, and I consider my VPs pretty mediocre/hit or miss. My secret is that I stopped posting those photos I have the slightest doubts about, to avoid the heartbreak of realizing I don’t like them after I post them.
Generally, tho, all the good things you see on my VPs can be attributed to the beloved @cursed-nyxan teaching me to use photomode. All the bad things - to my own incompetence.
Also, this tag game has turned into cathartic whining/retelling of my VP journey, uff...
Long story short
My first photo ever:
My latest photo:
Cropped for cencoring xD, full here.
LONG STORY LONG UNDER THE CUT
Ok, I never thought I'd be making VPs. My niche was always gifs (many of which are also not great, womp womp). VPs have always intimidated me, even now. So I never intended to make virtual photography and mainly took pictures to show progress and stuff.
Like with my first photos, it was literally the day photo mode came out, and I wanted to show Rolan as a bladesinger. :3
April 16, 2025
After, I returned to gifs, but I tried shooting occasionally, I especially liked "in-action" shots:
May 16, 2025
This one is so fucking rough, buddy. UGH. June 26, 2025
THEN I GOT OTIS CAM :3
I believe this is the first shot with OTIS cam. July 12, 2025
FIRST TIME WITH RESHADE
Disregarding the quality, this is a very cool shot. No idea how I captured it tho. But again, as you can see from ALL of these, this is literally me pausing the game mid-action and mindlessly rotating the OTIS cam. xD July 23, 2025
FIRST TIME POSING CHARACTERS
As you can see, it was.... UGH x 20. August 19, 2025
FIRST ONE WHERE I THOUGHT I ATE
NO IDEA how it turned out so well. Lucky angle + good water. 👍 September 22, 2025
FIRST USE OF LIGHTY LIGHTS
This is almost cheating, as it is a screeshot of the gif. I couldn't post the gif itself back then, because Tumblr destroyed its quality. But as you can see, the LL falls onto the left side of her face. October 24, 2025
FIRST PHOTO TAKEN AFTER NYXIE EXPLAINED THE BASICS TO ME
Not bad... But the posing is not "tight". December 16, 2025
FIRST PHOTO OF MINE I CALLED A VP
Honestly? Got very lucky with location, nothing too special. His face card saved me. January 30, 2026
FIRST TIME I SET UP A SCENE, NOT JUST THE CHARACTER
I thought I ate so hard with this one. Now, I'll be so for real, I don't like it anymore. 🙃 February 12, 2026
FIRST POSE WITH HOLDING A WEAPON (NOT IN AN ACTION PAUSED SHOT)
This one. GOD. I am so happy with this one. It was always my dream to learn how to give characters weapons in photo mode. And this is my first successful attempt. Now I give them weapons to hold quite often :3 God job with this one, Sam. February 18, 2026
HONESTLY, IT WENT UPHILL FROM HERE
I still release photos I end up disliking later, but generally, the quality of my shots has started improving since mid-February. I still have A LOT OF THINGS TO LEARN. I want to achieve so much. So I just hope I can, and in a year, I can show better progress.
I need to work on: better lighting and shadows combo, more interesting angles, more dynamic shots, learn Lightroom, work on more creative texture layering, and pose more characters together. And, most importantly, not taking hours and hours on it. And fucking start shooting smut already.
My strong sides are: bonezoning - some poses I already make from scratch. And facial expressions, I guess, I love them. Also, it helps that I draw over the eyes in PS to make them more striking. xD
Compilation of favorite shots since February:
My sweet, underappreciated child of a photo. It took me a total of 20+ hours just to pose and shoot it, without editing. It was the first time I posed 4 characters. And this is where I picked some of my PM “traits”: weapon holding, spell casting, specific flicks of light, and background lighting. I love it a lot, and it still hurts :))
The iconic red grass photo I wanted to make for months and months, until I was finally capable enough.
This is just really cool, NGL. Didn't expect I could manage with hair manipulation.
It might look simple, but it was really hard to do to get the right angle. And everything is posed from scratch (from T-pose, both of them). If you know about fingers in bone zone, you will understand.
Another really cool one. I want to learn how to make reflective surfaces in PS and make the metal reflection.
Well, this is the result of practise working with multiple characters. It is really fun to bone zone them :)) However, the challenge ahead is to pose them in battle one day 🙃