#hava asks

hello all 🧡 i will now go by the name 'roe' on my journey to feel more aligned with my gender identity and sense of self. many of you have known me as 'hava' and 'rose' over the years, so i won't begrudge continued usage of those names - but feel free to use 'roe' now too :]

i will continue to use the tag #hava asks for inbox responses for convenience.

thank you as always for your continued support. life has been a consistent uphill battle these past few years, but your kind messages and notes cheer me on. big hugs 🧡 and thanks for stopping by

hello,

thank you so much!! 🥹 he really was my muse during my bg3 era, i love him so much. such a beautiful character, inside and out. i'm glad i was able to convey that radiance to you!

i hope you have a wonderful day!

hello,

wow! where to even start? well firstly, i often think of my longtime followers with immense fondness and nostalgia. i started posting dragon age art when i was still a teenager during a very difficult period of my life, and finding community online through my favourite media (dragon age!! 🧡) was a breath of fresh air. being able to interact with you and being able to share my work with you made my days so much brighter! it's strangely a comfort to know that you all have been around throughout these interesting phases of my life :") and your kind words mean so much to me.

i truly, truly hope you keep drawing. despite the world feeling like it's the bleakest it has ever been, i think the beauty of the arts is needed now more than ever. you hold such power at your fingertips, the capability to create beautiful things, and i think that's something worth pursuing. this world needs more beautiful things!

thank you so much for sticking around for so long, it warms my heart. your presence will always have more of an impact than you might think.

biggest of hugs, i hope you have a wonderful day :)

hello,

this made me tear up, thank you so much, truly! i sent the same message to my favourite artists at your age, so this feels like such a full circle moment. dear artist, i hope you flourish and grow in your craft and that you make many beautiful things. don't be afraid to experiment and explore! the world is your creative oyster. 🧡 and who knows, maybe i will come across your work in the wild someday.

big hugs to you, from one artist to another! :)

LMAOOO??

i never claimed to paint the whole thing from scratch? i painted solas and varric's faces & added some additional brush strokes to the armour to make it blend in better, as well created the entire hawke panel. i then manipulated the colours and effects of the backgrounds to make it all cohesive. your ask is not a 'gotcha', the workflow method i used is a technique called photobashing 😭 which artists do all the time...

and i DID render solas and varric's faces. that is my art style you are staring at. i spent hours painting varric in fact. also, if you spent even a second scrolling through my profile, you would know that i am capable of making my own illustrations completely from scratch 100% painted, i just chose not to this time for simplicity. in your attempt to make me feel badly over my own artwork, i believe you forgot to pause and consider this.

in the future please consider researching artistic techniques before going in on someone guns blazing. thank you!

hello,

thank you so much! it's a very simple technique! on a glow dodge layer i use a gold leaf brush at a very small size and draw it through the hair as individual strands. if you want a silvery effect more than gold for this particular brush, simply lower the layer saturation.

i use clip studio, so feel free to find a brush equivalent for your preferred program.

here is the brush link: 2184629 (and content ID)

i hope you have a wonderful day!

hello,

yes, with credit you absolutely can! :) i’m @haverdoodles on all socials! thank you very much for asking, and i’m honoured you’d like to use my work! i hope i will be able to see the edit if you post it.

have a wonderful day!