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[zaissk-thasskar]

Entry #15 - "Two Souls"

You know, Sa'Ira, you were... there for me. You accepted me, despite everything you knew about me.

Playing Enderal and, you know, I got hit by another wave of existentialism. xD

I'm just so drawn to that world - I don't know why...

A thought flashed through my head: this dying world of the game - it's so damn similar to what's happening inside me and how I see reality unfolding...

Not that illusion everyone forces on you - "society" and "life". But the real reality: vices, lack of any clear meaning, people's stupidity, the mind-boggling enormity of the universe... and that primal fear before what really lies around us. We don't fucking know anything and we never will. We're not built for that.

I once heard that life exists just to experience everything through itself... funny thought. But life can only know through its senses - and those senses are an illusion. Life can never truly know truth... yeah, it can model the world again and again, based on its senses, and that's it.

Sad? Depressing? Totally.

The writers of Enderal are geniuses, man. Their dark fantasy is utterly beautiful - from the perspective of, you know... oblivion. I'd call it "romantic death".

When everything is going to shit, but the characters, their thoughts, the events, your immersion - all of it is so mesmerizingly beautiful. Even if it's depressing.

I dig that. Why? I don't know. Maybe because I've thought too much since I was a kid. Almost can't just relax and go with the flow. This "thinker's curse" always hovers over me.

Constant reflection, thoughts, realizations of everything. It... drains all my energy. Always.

But thanks to this curse - I truly live.

And life, as we already know, is impossible without suffering. Real life.

Why am I even saying this? Oh, yeah, just wanted to share the thoughts that were inside me while playing.

In this Entry, I drew Calia, one of the possible companions and love interests of the protagonist. This is the moment when the MC enters the medical ward after the "Journey to the Water".

I... really like her. I'd even say I'm in love with her archetype.

I understand I'll never get someone like Lae'zel in real life. I'm just not the kind of person she'd respect or even notice (though I really enjoy that character).

But Calia... she's different.

She also prefers being alone to focus on her goals. Even though she's powerful - love, compassion, kindness are not foreign to her.

Despite her distance, she's deeply empathetic.

We're a lot alike. In real life it'd be so interesting to be with someone like her.

Her thoughts - they're familiar to me.

That's why when I reached her story arc in the game - I had this strong drive to draw her.

I literally stopped playing. I couldn't focus on anything else until I sketched her. I had to capture her with my hands.

[francoiscou-blog]

Variations sur la figure du Christ

[marc-anthony-macon]

"Squeezebox Bard"

When I was a kid, I wanted to be like the pied accordionist, and free all the dogs from their servitude

Stickers and magic marker on found paper 4.5"x3.75" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2023

[werejust-mtr]

El salvador

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[paranapadilha]

Lucas Padilha Untitled Series, 2024

pen on paper // raw, unfiltered scribbles capturing fleeting emotions.

[biozvers]

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[av-looses-her-mind]

my first finished drawing in a few weeks

[capecodguy]

me back in April 2019, before l flatliined during 11 days in hospital ! ~~little tweaking lol

[zaissk-thasskar]

Entry #16 - "A Glass And A Good Talk"

Now look at that, someone who's actually interested in us as people rather than in our knowledge about the Pyreans.

I'm replaying Enderal, and the inspiration kicked in - gotta draw the characters who stuck with me.

So, Lishari Peghast. The second female character that I remembered right from my first playthrough.

Why?

First, yeah, she's got a pretty attractive look - let's say, some hefty assets (if you know what I mean), impossible to argue with. xD

Second, the voice actor did a great job - her voice is warm, inviting, and paired with her friendly personality, it just draws you in.

She curses charmingly, reacts adorably when the MC shows interest in her personally, and not just another hired mage from Nehrim.

I decided to illustrate the first "personal" meeting with her in the tavern, when the MC really starts to get Peghast, because that scene is the first thing that pops into my head at the mention of Lishari.

And yeah, her storyline is tragically. :(

It honestly hit me hard when I reached that part - I didn't see it coming, I'll say that (I won't spoil what happens, though. Not for any better reason, just, y'know xD).

Her approachable, down-to-earth character and tragic fate - they hit hard emotionally. I remembered her, I guess forever.

She feels alive. That's a well-written character, even if she's not "mega important" story-wise.

These personal encounters with characters are such a vibe - I've felt only similar emotional connection in Baldur's Gate 3.

In Enderal, even without branching dialogue, just the flow of the conversation feels so real that you are talking to a living person.

Why? Probably because the questions and answers touch on eternal themes. As you read her question or your answer choice, you start thinking about the topic yourself, not noticing 20 minutes have passed in dialogue. Then you pick, she replies, and new thoughts emerge, new ideas. Then another answer. Another 20-minute thought loop. xD

It's awesome, I love that because, as I said before, I suffer from the "curse of overthinking". xD

So yeah, bliss. I consider Lishari a really comfortable personality to be around. Interacting with her in-game always gave me good vibes.

I played Enderal like 2-3 years ago. I don't remember every moment with her, but I do remember how I felt during those scenes. And that's worth more than dry lore facts. That's why I describe her from my emotions, not lore facts.

And now that I'm replaying Enderal, I've re-experienced those feelings.

And this time, I can capture Lishari's image in that single scene that's been etched in me since the first playthrough.

[francoiscou-blog]

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[marc-anthony-macon]

"The Day Will Come"

“The harpy wants to win, which means a man must lose. She wants justice, which means a man must be punished. She wants space that could be taken by a man. Are we really willing to make that sacrifice? What makes a woman's ambition predatory, we are told, is that it overflows its natural bounds. It treads on the lands that men have marked as theirs.” ― Jess Zimmerman, Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology

Stickers and sharpie on found paper 8"x11" Marc-Anthony Macon, 2024

[werejust-mtr]

AAH

[mitsib]

Justification

[stochastique-blog]

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