Bandaged Mackerel

Aaaand a more desaturated version because I'm very indecisive :'D

I'm hearing a lot of things on both sides of opinions about resynced, ngl I'm too broke for it, and even if I weren't, my pc wouldn't be able to handle it lmaoo (indirectly, I'm too broke for it²)

Bit of a controversial opinion, but I really don't like how saturated and polished the resync looks, the moody muddiness and dark shading in the original just gives it a dirtier look best suited for a pirate vibe

The cutscenes I've seen also have a bit of the AC: Shadows issue of looking robotic/ the characters having done botox and looking expressionless

(Especially the Blackbeard cutscene remake. He looks amazing. But idk man. His face doesn't really move. Why'd he go for that facial, he was fine in the og 😭)

I don't know what this expression is

I've had so much trouble with it, I just gave up. 😭

This has been memed to death and I love it.

I was hesitant to draw him in his assassin outfit, it looked quite complicated 😅

So here he is, in all his prisoner arc glory

(I just love when he sits backwards on a chair. Yes king, you're so cool and intimidating ✨)

At first I didn't really vibe with him, as he was quite the whiplash from Haytham's witty sarcastic demeanor (and of course, being used to Ezio's charming nature), but -and I might get some hate for this- after playing through Liberation, I was more than happy to return to AC3, having missed his flat sarcasm with Washington and his 'gentle giant' vibe with the people at the homestead.

I don't know why, but I absolutely despised liberation. Whereas Connor felt too stoic, Aveline felt too cliché and emotional. Getting sentimental over the locket of her lost mother trope? Check. Evil stepmother killing beloved father trope? Check. Adorkable side character that has a crush on her? Check. Arc of going against the mentor because she believes in herself more than him, for the conflict? Check. I don't know. It felt like she was an animal companion away from being a Disney princess with a sword

He's not good with all that Italian gibberish 😔

God I just LOVE his color pallete, he was so much fun to color

I spent way too long on this but to this day it's one of my favorite pieces of digital art I've made

Ah Yusuf my beloved..

Yet another side character I went and got attached to. I thought 'surely, this guy will be fine. He's a master assassin, look at him'

...

So YEA

Aging like a fine wine, this man

It looks a bit off, but it was meant to be more of a doodle that turned into a messy.. Whatever this is

Is it just me or do all in-game models of like.. Most if not all characters have the same eye color? Like. I know in the descriptions they say blue or gray or amber. But they all look hazel/greenish to me. Maybe I need to get my eyes checked

Here's my boy Malik! Named after one of my favorite characters in AC

I know he doesn't exactly resemble Malik, but I hope the vibes are there. I really like how his necklace turned out ❤️

I still haven't found what to add to the other side of the bookmark, any quotes and ideas are obviously welcome!

So yeah! This is my bookmark for 'Renaissance'. I'm really proud of that side profile, it came out so crisp 😩

A bit of an experimental piece, one layer and lineless

The quintessential love language of siblings insulting each other, you love to see it

Don't mind me coping with his death ✌️

He literally carried the entirety of the creed that day on his own. What a guy

(Yes, there is the argument that if he hadn't tried to stop Altaïr, there mightve not been a fuck up with the assassination of De Sablé, but I can't blame him. He's done no wrong)

Also let's talk about the fact that he forgave Altaïr?? My God. Imaging losing a limb and a sibling to someone and then declining their apology because they've grown enough as a person to apologize in the first place-

RAH.

So here's my bookmark for 'The Secret Crusade'

I thought it would be a retelling of the AC1 and Bloodlines, but the additional context in some scenes was very interesting

Also they did my boy Malik so dirty. I grieve his loss every day. He did not get to taste a full day of freedom after years of suffering 🥀

"May no one remember your name"

Every eulogy just kept getting better 😩

The one downside to finishing the Ezio trilogy in the span of 5 weeks is the insane bleeding effect between the games. Events that I thought happened in AC2 but were part of a random DLC mission in Brotherhood just catch me off guard

So anyway, the Copernicus monologue had some nice cinematic composition that inspired me for this

(Still very confused on why his outfit was the way that it was, but I'm not judging the drip)

Am I a bit late to the party? Only by almost 2 decades 😭

So yes, I recently got into AC

By recently, like almost 4 months ago 😅

In that time frame, I have managed to complete all games up to AC3 (started black flags just yesterday!) and I've read through the secret crusade (amazing book, I definitely recommend)

Randomly decided to try Bloodlines on the psp, but I fell headfirst into this franchise. XD

Anyway