sculliver's travels

josanna shepard: renegade, vanguard, earthborn, sole survivor

with MELE out i was finally able to make my own shepard instead of hijacking my boyfriend’s playthrough like last time lol. it’s also my first renegade playthrough which so far has been really fun.

1st digital art (feb 2021) vs most recent (may 2021)

i did digital art years before this but it’s a) not very good and b) lost on my old beer-soaked laptop (thanks my ex). this big jump in quality comes mostly from getting the hang of the technology (i also upgraded from Krita to Clip Studio Paint) and plenty of practice on anatomy. also working from a real reference helps too.

“as the lion returned to the family crest the shepherd took off his sheepskin vest and the children came pouring and pouring out of my chest”

i had a vision of alistair in one of those puffy pirate shirts and i had to manifest it

fanfic where shepard uses their first name regularly or at all rubs me the wrong way. don’t get me wrong i’m here for people writing stuff that makes them happy and i’ve certainly enjoyed plenty of fic where it happens, but it’s always a drawback for me

it sometimes makes sense when it’s in an intimate setting with their romance or close friends but it breaks the immersion for me every time especially when the name is something super ~edgy~