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Hi friends! - 🌟 I've created this pinned post to address some of the common questions I receive. I'll do my best to keep it updated regularly. Thank you for all the love and support! 💖

❌ Requests: CLOSED

❌Commissions: CLOSED (While I work through queue)

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❓What 3D program do you use?

Blender

❓Where you you get your models?

Deviantart or I extract them from the game myself.

❓What are the rules for requests?

Feel free to request anything from any fandom! I'll do my best to bring your prompt to life. While I'm gradually becoming more open to explicit content (within limits) and ensuring nothing offensive is created, I'll always prioritise creating content that's respectful and enjoyable for everyone.

❓Where can I submit a request?

Please submit your requests via my ask box! My requests aren't always open, but you never know—something might spark my interest! 😏 If you want to guarantee that your idea gets brought to life, I recommend commissioning a piece instead.

❓Do you have/know any tutorials?

Not particularly, but there are plenty of resources online that can help. I mostly learned by experimenting with the software, so I might not be the most adept teacher! 😅

❓Do you do custom Tav requests (BG3)?

I can do it, as long as you provide an animation-ready 3D model (with textures) that I can import into Blender. If it's part of a commission, I can handle the extraction for you.

❓Are there any pairings you won't create?

I do not create romantic animations or renders of the following pairings:

❌ Astarion x Cazador ❌ Mizora x Wyll ❌ Gale x Mystra ❌ Karlach x Gortash

However, I’m open to creating content that explores the characters' stories or interactions as they are in the game. I understand that these subjects might be sensitive to some, so I will make sure to tag them appropriately.

❓How come your characters’ eyes often glow?

I primarily feature Astarion and Gale in my animations, often using glow effects to convey strong emotions or power. For example, when Gale is excited, I usually make his orb glow, while with Astarion, I convey the same thing using his eye glow. I’m also just really drawn to the soft glow aesthetic — it adds a magical, emotional touch I love.

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Self indulgent wedding art of astarion. And Dawn. In the Mashed bg3 cartoon style. Pan pride to them and me! And happy pride to everyone.

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Self indulgent wedding art of astarion. And Dawn. In the Mashed bg3 cartoon style. Pan pride to them and me! And happy pride to everyone.

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Sadly, at a convention in December, Neil shared that "Cat" the name he lovingly used to protect the cat's mysterious identity, had passed away from old age. Locals told Neil that the cat had been around the area for over 17 years, which is old for an outdoor cat. But this cat has a crazy legacy.

I feel it's important you all know this is the cat Astarion is based on.

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I'm working on some larger projects at this time. And as a break, I've been drawing edits of the Mashed cartoon to include my friend's Monk Tav Duke and my paladin Tav, named Dawn. Dawn is with Astarion, and Duke is with Lae'zel. In the campaign we are doing, Duke is constantly nude because he's a naked monk that has gear that buffs him for not wearing armour. Sure, he could toggle the camp clothes, but it's funnier like this. A running joke when I draw him is to put random objects in front of him as a censor.

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Ascended Astarion as DnD Vampire Lord

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Neil Newbon in I Shouldn’t be Alive (76 days adrift)

Random set (scruffy, killing fish..)

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I'm working on some larger projects at this time. And as a break, I've been drawing edits of the Mashed cartoon to include my friend's Monk Tav Duke and my paladin Tav, named Dawn. Dawn is with Astarion, and Duke is with Lae'zel. In the campaign we are doing, Duke is constantly nude because he's a naked monk that has gear that buffs him for not wearing armour. Sure, he could toggle the camp clothes, but it's funnier like this. A running joke when I draw him is to put random objects in front of him as a censor.

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Edit of the Mashed bg3 cartoon. Featuring my tav and astarion. And a small animated version.

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Finally made my version of Batstarion! Because I love both bats and Astarion.

He is a scary and powerful vampire, as you can see. (I think I made him way too innocent-looking. Imagine him with little angry eyebrows, maybe)

Made mostly of felt/wool. I modeled him after a northern ghost bat rather than a vampire bat, sorry. Someday I'll make a more realistic, fully articulated version (perhaps a vampire bat), but bats are harder to make than I thought. Hope you like him!

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𝕀 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕖𝕕.

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rogue shit

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I was again struck by the compulsion to draw Astarion with long hair

long-hair Gale

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Muppet Astarion and my Tav Dawn. It was supposed to be a silly sketch,but it got out of hand, and I fully colored it.

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During Holiday Matsuri in Orlando just before crhistmas of 2024, I had the opportunity to meet Neil Newbon. The two days. Meeting him was an experience of a lifetime. I gave him my art as a gift and got a little cheesy while telling him how much of an inspiration he has been because he didn't give up acting, even when things got tough in the industry, and he continued to pursue his passion as a actor, giving me the urge to start drawng again. I also told him how much astarion meant to me in helping me with healing my trauma. He was a great person to banter with. We were yapping so much that I forgot most of it. But I do remember that it was really good! I had him sign my dagger, and he flipped it like astarion in the camp animation. with that cheeky flirty astarion smirk. And said "Oooooh you little scoundrel you." In astarions voice. He told me " from one artist to another keep creating" and that he loved my art.

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Tav Dawn, ex-paladin of Lathander, later wife of Astarion. I also RP her as Shadowheart's older half-sister. Dawn is a tall, muscular, full high elf with a scar over her right eye. She has green eyes, pale skin, and short blue-black hair. Dawn's mother was killed in the githyanki attack on the Rosymorn Monastery when dawn was a baby. Her father could not get past the githyanki and presumed his baby Dawn to be dead as well as her mother. Dawn, however, had not been killed, she was taken by a monk that escaped the attack on the Rosymorn Monastery to a Lathander temple in Baldur's Gates upper city. Dawn grew up in the temple and was trained as a paladin. Her father later found love with Shadowheart's human mother and turned to Selune after he felt betrayed by Lathander for not protecting his family. Like Shadowheart, Dawn also realized her god was not right for her at the same time as her sister. Dawn was taught to see only good or evil, as the teachings of Lathader, neutral people, or people who strayed from the light because of their circumstances did not get a second chance, and the circumstances of their actions were never taken into account. When Dawn met Astarion and the other companions, including Shadowheart, she began to realize that not everyone was so one-sided; people were complex, and their reasons for straying from the light were sometimes not their choice. As she fell in love with Astarion and came to terms with her sister's mixed past with Shar (Lathander's enemy), her oath to Lathander broke, and Selûne welcomed her and Shadowheart during the events in the shar temple in the Shadowlands. Dawn later has a dhampir daughter with astarion, named Stella luna, after the goddess Selûne.

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#daz3d #astarion

Astarion in the lobby. A rendered art y me. You you are interested in getting it as a print let me know and I will add it to my in-print shop.