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Hi everyone!
Apologies for the delay, as Lifeā¢ļø has been Lifeā¢ļø-ing a lot recently, but we're very excited to announce that it's time for the fourth annual Dragon Age Big Bang! (No, really, where has all the time gone???)
We'd like to issue a warm welcome back to those who have been with us before, and a very warm welcome to those who will be participating for the first time! We're glad to have you all š
Dates will be announced on this blog tomorrow, but if you want to be in the know early, they've already been announced on our Discord server. Feel free to join and get in the know sooner!
But if Discord's not your thing, that's okay, too. All relevant information for the event will be shared here!
We hope you're as excited as we are for this year's Dragon Age Big Bang, and we can't wait to get started!
Behold, the second piece I did for the Dragon Age Big Bang (@dragonagebigbang)! The story is up now, so time to show this one off!
For "Bookstack Tattoo" by Fundelstein on AO3, aka @the-study-of-fundelstein on Tumblr. I admit I'm always a sucker for some good FenHawke, and this was a fun chance to experiment a bit with how I rendered the whole piece.
Pencils but no inking, to keep it looking soft (and because the pencils turned out nicely), and then watercolor brushes for coloring. Lots of fun messing around with background details and doing my best at perspective (which was done piecemeal, thank you free transform). Next time I might have to draw the walls flat and then perspective-warp them as a whole, but it's whatever. I'm happy with it.
This is, I think, also my first foray into drawing modern-AU Dragon Age art. š
I especially had fun slipping a few references in because what else am I to do with background elements? Can you spot some of them?
And here's the banner I made to go with the work, as seen on the DABB blog:
Go read the fic, and then check out the rest of the collection!
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Taash's mom is dead. She's dead. She's dead and gone and it hurts. They're not anyone's little girl anymore.
That was supposed to be a good thing.
So why does saying it hurt so badly?
Chapter One
From my beloved river Permessus I come to you,
Illustrious heroes descended from kings.
You are renowned for your exploits,
But the truth can never be known since it is beyond your reach.
I am Music.
I can calm troubled minds with my sweet sounds.
With noble anger or with love, I can melt the hardest of hearts.
I can charm people with my golden lyre,
So I can prepare their souls to receive the sweet music they will hear in Heaven.
Now I want to tell you about Orpheus.
ā Music,Ā L'Orfeo
Read on Archive of Our Own Here!
For Taash, a Recipe from Omri
I have heard this recipe called many things, as many old dwarven traditions are. It is a goulash with a few changes from a plain one. The sweetest name I have heard it called was āMarry Me Goulash,ā told to me by Ademamar Cadash. He told me that his mother wooed his father with it before they could even speak a word to each other. I have usually only called it āsomething to do with all these spare parts.ā Follow the instructions carefully, Taash. Or do not! It is wonderfully difficult to ruin. Go with your gut, la mia Trottola.Ā
Ingredients:Ā
- 2 ¾ cups of trottole pasta (the best kind for this) (your favorite)
- Bone broth for boiling pasta inĀ
- 1 pound of ground bronto meat (lean-ish beef works, too)Ā
- Dried marjoram, rosemary, basil, thyme, oregano, and sage in equal parts, a few heavy sprinklesĀ
- As much black pepper as wantedĀ
- Several cloves of garlic, mincedĀ
- Decent amount of minced onionĀ
- A good few spoonfuls of butterĀ
- A good bit of saltĀ
- A pinch of sugarĀ
- Plenty of smoked paprikaĀ
- Whatever kind of hot pepper wanted, however much, chop finelyĀ
- 3 or so cups of tomato sauceĀ
- Enough milk to clean the sauce jar and turn the sauce more orangeĀ
Steps:Ā
Set the bone broth mixed with water and a little bit of salt on the stove to boil. Put a wooden spoon over the top to keep it from boiling over in case you forget to pay attention. While waiting for that to boil, heat up a pot. You will need the time. Put a spoonful or two of butter in it. Once the butter starts to melt completely, put in your one pound of meat. If bronto, it will take a long time over a very low heat to grow tender. Beef is far more simple, even if it does not taste as rich. While cooking, add in the seasoning. Constantly shift it around to keep from burning and to mix in all of the seasoning evenly. You could do this in a bowl beforehand, but that takes extra time and makes another dish dirty. Do not bother. When the pot is boiling, add in the trottole pasta. The shape means that it can catch plenty of meat in the spirals. It needs to boil for 14 minutes. Stir decently often. Once the meat is browned, add in the cups of sauce. Use milk to clean out the jar it was stored in and not waste anything. The sauce should end up a fine orange. Add in more butter. Keep it on a low heat. Once the pasta is done, use a pasta crawler (spider) to scoop the trottole out of the pot and into the sauce. Add in a bit of pasta water to the sauce. Stir slowly for 10 to 20 minutes until much of the liquid has boiled down. Serve hot.
Ahhhhh I finally get to post this! My contribution to the Dragon Age Big Bang 2026! Companion illustration for the fantastic fic The Princess & The Rook, by @fiberpunk027. It's a really lovely piece that reads like a comfy fairytale (especially if you want some closure on Alistair as a king and father), and reading the draft made it so easy to stay motivated throughout the entire drawing process.
Fic synopsis and close-ups under the cut!
"Marillia "Lia" Theirin is the imaginative child of Alistair and Anora Mac Tir. The heir to a kingdom, she spends more of her days daydreaming and pretending her life were a fairy tale than focusing on becoming a great future queen, much to her mother's disappointment. All of that changes when a mysterious black bird comes to her window seeking refuge. "Rook" is a strangely intelligent bird intent on finding the King of Ferelden and delivering an important message only meant for his ears. These two unlikely friends navigate the uncomfortable spaces between childhood and adulthood, as they discover that the parents they had idealized may be fallible humans after all."