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Speedpaint of the previous post! A post that refuses to reblog with a video file! Because Tumblr just works that way!

Oh, yeah, I should just-

Yeah, there we go :D

(making a speedpaint video is always fun, and the audio fits TOO well)

(and this took me FOUR HOURS-)

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What do you mean I can't reblog with a video file.

This one is just shameless fluff, and set after a bunch of events happened in the future; they're not quite there past being friends, but they made up and fought side by side, hence the wounds

(it was quite an eventful weekend for them)

Experimenting with colors was very fun as well, and I think I'll stick to this style: attach one color to every character, do the lineart with that color, and fill in the blanks with the exact same color at different opacities. Also makes it easier if a certain color is too light/dark, just modify the opacity!

But yeah, the two just napping, that's always cute, both in the AU and in-game (and they NEED a nap ffs)

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This one is just shameless fluff, and set after a bunch of events happened in the future; they're not quite there past being friends, but they made up and fought side by side, hence the wounds

(it was quite an eventful weekend for them)

Experimenting with colors was very fun as well, and I think I'll stick to this style: attach one color to every character, do the lineart with that color, and fill in the blanks with the exact same color at different opacities. Also makes it easier if a certain color is too light/dark, just modify the opacity!

But yeah, the two just napping, that's always cute, both in the AU and in-game (and they NEED a nap ffs)

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I can't forget the umbrella scene, of course!

I'm not sure what Mualani would say here, but given that she embodies "Unity", I'm sure that explicitly saying that she'll be his friend will really hit for the lonely Kinich (and some other words of encouragement that I can't settle on for now)

The kids don't have the exact same hairstyle as they do in-game, so Kinich's off-colored hair is missing, and Mualani doesn't have extremely long hair here, but long enough for a Modern AU

This one was actually quite fun to draw? Made a separate brush for the rain as well, and testing out the proportions was funnn

ALSO

I'M NOT SURE

But in-game, Kinich NEVER takes off his headband, so we don't know what his lashes game is (hence the extra ones), so if we incorporate that into the AU...

Aka let's imagine that he's taking his headband off as a sign of trust, so he's extra vulnerable rn, no wonder a sweetheart like Mualani could worm her way into his heart

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Introducing Kiongozi and her Sentinel Knight, fifteen years ago!

I am not a fashion designer!

And this is still very much a first draft!

:D

I'm definitely not fully satisfied with Kiongozi's suit, where I tried to incorporate her pre-Archon outfit of 500 years ago. The idea is have the "young and naive" versions of the heroes look like their past versions, while their adult versions, if they ever hold the Miraculous again, look more like The Pyro Archona and The Captain. Makes sense, yeah?

This particular doodle has the two already a few years in the job, so they should be 17/18, at the end of their superhero careers before the fateful showdown. The two have shorter hair in comparison to their 30 year old selves, with an added detail of Thrain having way messier hair than when he was in his prime. Definitely isn't the depression hitting, nope.

Also, it's ridiculously difficult to find references, but the Sentinel Knight here takes inspiration from, of course, the Sentinel Knight in-game, with a little Khaenri'ah relic on his side, for funsies

I'd like to make full blown reference sheets for their designs, since they look kind of off, but that won't happen any time soon

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Second work in the series, a bit more of detail and cleaned up the drawings themselves, it's the mentors, Mavuika and Thrain!

Given that this is also a Modern AU, in a way, the two don't have the ridiculously long hair as they do in the game. Their eyes are also more "normal", with Mavuika donning hazel eyes instead of her red eyes (hazel eyes have a darker core than their edges, so they look like bursts of color)

Other than that, there are little nods to their in-game design, like the jacket and gloves Mavuika wears, Thrain's helmet chains instead hanging on his side and the Khaenri'ah emblem on his belt, Mavuika's accessories being the exact same, in a sense (her zipper is translated to a necklace), Thrain's long coat having the room for four lace connections, like his original outfit has four chains around his heart, Mavuika having laced up her pants, and the two carrying trinkets of their kids (Kinich's earring and Mualani's seal)

The two are on good terms, with history (and a second history they don't know about), and they're supposed to be fresh in their thirties here

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The first entry for the Miraculous Natlan AU, the young superheroes, Umoja and Malipo! (yes yes very original-)

A quick n dirty sketch over an existing base, I'll spend a bit more effort in future works, but this is the first work, yknow! There are more details and design choices in here than what was possible to show, but eh

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A impromptu short rest

Characters: Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Astarion, Eira, Halsin, Karlach, Gale, Wyll

Returning to camp, the four who went out to fight sit down at the center, exhausted. Shadowheart is the first one to speak up. "Someone ready to tell the rest of us what happened out there?" The ones who didn't go with, who stayed behind, go and take a seat next to the depleted travelers. Lae'zel is quick to respond. "I don't know, Shadowheart. Are you ready to tell us why you didn't heal me?" The two are fast to argue, leaving no room for the rest of camp to interrupt. Astarion just lays on the ground, groaning into the grass, both out of exhaustion and of annoyance. Eira stands up at that. Two sets of eyes follow her, Halsin's and Karlach's. She takes a few steps back, her hands clenching and unclenching, a frown on her face. She unsheathes her staff, mindlessly turning it and tapping it on the ground. Then she turns around and hits the large rock behind her. There's a twhack to be heard. A few more hits follow, the staff showing no sign of breaking, and no dent following in the rock. Still, it has Halsin concerned. He stands up and moves fast, standing beside Eira and holding her right arm, stopping her from taking out her frustration on the mass of earth. "Enough, Eira. Tell us what went wrong." She tugs a little at the hold, but isn't strong enough to break free. She stops resisting at that. "It's just- it was supposed to be easy. I don't get why we couldn't control the situation! Lae'zel almost died, Astarion was in a tight spot, and Shadowheart and I barely got by with the two of us. It's not... It was meant to work out." She pouts, her frown not disappearing at that. Halsin doesn't let go of her arm. Instead, he refocuses his grip to be near her wrist, lowering her arm in the process. "I get that. Life does not always follow your plan, and you'd be remiss to think you could control the rules of nature. The important thing is to learn of your mistakes, and prevent them from happening again." He chuckles, trying to lighten the mood. "But the poor staff didn't do anything wrong. There's no need to take your anger out in that way. You wouldn't like it if I slammed you against the rock, would you?" The staff falls out of her hand at that, and all conversation seemed to stop at camp. Eira's mouth opens, closes, and opens again, no sound coming out. A few chuckles and groans could be heard from the group. Karlach and Astarion seem especially intrigued in what is happening now. "I... don't know how to answer that." Astarion decides to help. "Sounds like it would hurt, darling." She turns her head towards him, fury in her eyes, and he only waves his fingers in return, clearly amused. Nobody mentions the furious blush that makes her skin turn yellow. "You're right, Halsin, I should not have done that." She pulls her wrist free with one sharp tug, and folds her hands together. "Apologies for that behaviour." And she makes her fast retreat to her tent. Gale is the only one who speaks up, after the group watches her disappear behind the tent folds. "...she does know you guys will travel on soon, right?" Wyll pats his shoulder. "I believe it's best to give her some time alone, Gale."

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Always deceiving, always lying

Characters: Astarion, Eira

She's staring at him again. And she's not even being subtle about it, the brat. He plasters on a smile, his usual charming personality taking the front seat once again. "Have my looks captivated you so much, my dear?" She looks surprised, her eyes darting around. "Ah, well- I was simply wondering, you know!" Her hands fly through the air, a mannerism that somehow all magic users have a tendency to have. "You don't seem all that alive today, if- if that makes sense?" "I'm a vampire, darling. How alive can I be?" "What I meant- actually let me just ask you. Are you alright?" He raises his eyebrows, the question baffling him. Well, time to lie. "Of course, how could I not be, with my favorite traveling companion?" She still doesn't back off, no mind for whatever he feels in the moment. "You don't look alright." His smile falls. "Then stop looking." And with that, he stalks off, ready to travel on. Eira raises her hands in mock-defense, a scoff escaping her. What a prick, is her only thought.

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Getting the essential groceries

Characters: Gale, Lae'zel, Astarion, Eira

"Is that all you need, Gale?" Gale goes over his list again, eyeing the bag of supplies they've bought. They've been living from the food of the wild for months on end, and Gale craved to cook with more… sophisticated ingredients. His words. "Ah, almost. We have yet to procure the last item." Behind him, he can hear Astarion groan loudly, and Lae'zel sighing deeply. "This will better be a feast worthy of a queen, wizard." "Oh it certainly will!", and mutters at the end, "at least, that's what I'm aiming for." The entire group has been in the marketplace for hours on end, with the first half purely exploring the town, and the second half to help Gale with his chores. Much to the dismay of the people who wanted to have fun. "It'll be fineeeee. What's the last item? When we get that, then we can go", Eira mediates. Gale clears his throat. "It's called…", he squints his eyes, "virgin oil." Astarion pipes up. "Oh that'll be easy, then!" He has a glint in his eyes, and holds his hand flat up in the air near his companion, as if to present his target. "Eira, please tell us where we can find your product." He barely notices the sorcerer's staff swinging for his head.

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Fight for yourself!

Characters: Astarion, Eira, Gale

"Ok, this is what we're going to do, alright darling?" Astarion pats Eira's shoulders, hoping to make her ready for the fight to come. Eira fervently nods, a determined look in her eyes. "You're going to walk up to Gale, and what are you going to do?" "I'm going to get that tome back!" "Yes, amazing! Tell him off, assert yourself, chop his dick off!" Eira stops nodding at that, a frown on her face. "Ok, fine, don't chop it off, boringgg", Astarion sighs. He turns her around, and pushes her forward, towards Gale. "Now go!" She walks forward, and Astarion moves to slip behind the tent, absolutely not missing out on this. "Gale!" "Ah, hello Eira! To what do I owe this visit to?" "That tome! I found it earlier!" Astarion, from the bushes, gives Eira a thumbs up. "Oh, did you?" Astarion whispers some lines. "Now let him have it!" Eira takes a deep breath in, deep breath out- "You can have it." "NO!" He slaps his forehead in desperation.

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To recruit help (we've won, but at what cost)

Characters: Eira, Karlach, Astarion, Halsin (mentioned)

Small sequel to this (I recommend reading this before opening this snippet, for extra background knowledge)

"So, Karlach! Good friend!" Although the obvious persuasion is noticed by Karlach, she still beams at the comment. "What's up, soldier?" Eira bumps her shoulder against Karlach's, a short greeting they managed to create, with the constant threat of being burned to cinders and all. "Remember that one totally not important night, where we had a connection with the rest of camp via the tadpoles?" Karlach hums, a smile already appearing on her face. "Ah yes, of course, I totally remember the night where you activated the whole hivemind and made us listen to you practically dripping with lust fo-" "Shhhhh!!!! Don't talk so loud!" Karlach only laughs at the embarrassed face Eira pulls. "What I just wanted to say- Remember how you told me you wouldn't interfere with this... situation of mine?" "Nope, doesn't sound like me at all." Eira sighs, a fluster starting to form. "You said it. But, well..." She points her fingers together, nervous. "Can you, maybe... hlmeh?" She squeaks the last part. "Sorry soldier, didn't catch that. Repeat it?" "I asked if you could help me." A wide grin appears on Karlach's face. "Oh DARLING, I thought you would never ask!" Astarion jumps up behind Eira, slapping her shoulder for good measure. She stumbles forward, taken by surprise. "Wha- NO! I was asking Karlach, not YOU!" "Please, in this situation, you need me~ How else will you succeed?" "What do you think I'm asking you to do?" Eira narrows her eyes, her suspicions confirmed by the grin of Astarion. "Well, as Karlach usually says: 'get fucked'." She pushes him away by the face, turning his head away so he's facing away from her, a furious blush on her face, while Karlach bellows out a loud laugh. "yOU FOOL-"

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That's very salty of you

Characters: Eira, Gale, Wyll, Astarion

"Are you going to add some seasoning to this?" Eira sits on a chair next to Gale, while he's working on the food for tonight. They're at the center of camp, close to the campfire. "Oh! No, nothing too fancy, just a little sodium chloride." "…so you're going to use salt?" "Exactly, that's what I just said. Sodium chloride." "No, that's- nonono." Eira shakes her head, reaching over to grab the packet of salt on the table. "No, you see, what you have here is iodized table salt, which is MORE than just sodium chloride. It also contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodate, to prevent iodine deficiency." Wyll whistles in the background, impressed. She shakes the packet for emphasis in Gale's face. "So not only are you blatantly wrong, your insistence on sounding smart by using the scientific terminology for normal items, you just sound overly pretentious in the process." She puts the packet in Gale's hand. "But I do wonder what you're going to make with this!" In the distance, they hear Astarion groan. "Shit, there's two of them…"

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A certain magistrate's motto

Characters: Astarion, Karlach, Gale, Eira, other camp members not mentioned by name

At the campfire... "Well, all of you know my motto at this point~" "No, Fangs, we don't. Just tell us." Astarion leans back, a smirk on his lips. His hand mindlessly goes to stroke his hair. "Carpe diem, carpe noctem, carpe coles, of course." Nobody knows what he's talking about. Gale and Eira are deep in thought, puzzling over the meanings. Gale snaps his fingers, having figured out the translation. "Of course! It's 'seize the day, seize the night', but I can't figure out the last one." Eira pulls her mouth into a thin line, having remembered the meaning for the last line. She mutters an insult in Astarion's direction, who only smiles even wider at that. "Well I'd be happy to enlighten you! The full saying is 'seize the day, seize the night, seize the dick'." The entire camp groans at that.

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You'd expect wizards to be smart

Characters: Gale, Lae'zel, Astarion, Karlach

"Wizard, any time now!" "It's not easy, Lae'zel..." "I refuse to protect you any longer, do something or I will leave you for dead." Lae'zel, covered in goblin blood and surrounded by even more, swings down her sword on a larger goblin. Gale behind her readies a spell, finally done with casting it. "Be careful!" "Wha-" And then the goblins were blasted away with Thunderwave. No goblins surrounded Gale anymore. The spell blew everyone around him away. ...including Lae'zel. From a distance, with their own pack to fight, Astarion and Karlach whistle after witnessing the force of the spell. Gale chuckles, already feeling a chill down his back. "The risk I took was calculated, but-" "WIZARD." "Heh. I am very possibly, completely terrible at mathematics."

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Surely they're fighting

Characters: Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Eira

Eira wakes up to commotion, her Trance broken. She sits up, her eyes bleary. She rubs the sleep out of her face, and looks at the source of the noise. It's still the middle of the fucking night. She sees Shadowheart pinning down Lae'zel, missing the knife at her throat. Her mind isn't as awake, and she barely hears Shadowheart threatening Lae'zel. "Are you girls really fucking in the middle of the night?" Their heads immediately turn towards her, offense written on both of them. "I would NEVER-" "Tsk'va, she can't handle me-" Poor excuses and defenses are thrown at Eira, none which she picks up mentally. "Look. Ladies. I see one on top, holding the other down. You have her hand at her neck. Are you fighting or flirting." "I'm threatening her life." "You think that makes a difference for Lae'zel?" Nobody laughs at her joke. "Alright, poor crowd." She turns to lay back on her bedroll, feeling the exhaustion get to her again. "Just do what you need to do, but please don't make a mess. Or noise. Please don't make noise." She waves an arm in the air, spending no effort in her words. "Oh yeahhh, don't kill each other, that's an important one. Cleaning up a body is never fun."

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Masterpost

(because I haven't made one yet)

Everything I make myself: I both draw and write stuff (tags: my art, my writing, short writing, wip)

Current fandom: Baldur's Gate III, but not exclusive BG3 content (tags: bg3, baldur's gate 3)

My tav: Eira! Here's her tag~ (a proper introductory post will be made soon) (let's forget the first edition of that, alright?)

Character tagging: I always use their first name, and another tag for any titles and last names (a post featuring Gale would, for example, have the tags gale, gale dekarios, gale of waterdeep)