November 2023

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digital fanart of Beauregard Lionett from Critical Role, standing in a dynamic pose, caught in the middle of swinging her bo staff. she is a brown-skinned woman with dark hair in a braided mohawk, wearing a dark blue sleeveless top that exposes her midriff, dark blue pants, a red sash around her hips, long fingerless gloves with wiry geometric bracers over them, and a light gray cloak that's whipping around her in the wind. she is lit by the light of the little red moon Ruidus; behind her there is a dark teal colored sky and clouds of a dust storm.ALT
digital fanart of Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, depicting him in the middle of casting a spell with a wide gesture of his hands; it looks like fiery red strings of a cat's cradle. he is a light-skinned man with dark auburn and gray wavy hair, and is wearing a dark leather duster, open in the front and revealing a book under his right arm and a number of various pouches; there is a purple scarf with a geometric pattern around his neck. he is lit by the red glow from his spell, and has the same dark teal sky and dust storm behind him.ALT

listen, i enjoy campaign 3 but i know who my favorite daddies are :)

(click on the pictures to enlarge them for more details! 💜 they’re supposed to be viewed side by side but they look really small on mobile)

i’d wanted to draw Beau and Caleb portraits ever since i’d watched the c3 episode they appeared in (which i did like two days after it aired) and i’d been hoping to finish them before the mighty nein one shot but hadn’t been able to in time. however, i have now! i’m only halfway through the live show but i do know that these designs do not contradict the official stuff too much, so i thought i could post them. i was very happy to see the empire siblings appear in c3 when they did, and it was a lot of fun trying to convey the solstice spookiness that i liked so much about those two eps 👀🔴

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digital fanart of Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss from critical role, cropped to only show their hands. Caleb's hand is drawn palm up, with nine imperfect white pearls lying in the center of it; Essek's left hand is cupping Caleb's from below, and his right is curled at the edge of Caleb's palm, as if he's just poured the pearls into his hand. the painting employs a limited palette of shades of teal, purple, and orange.ALT

for how much Caleb has changed Essek, i can never stop thinking about how much Essek has changed Caleb. Caleb looked at Essek and thought, this is a man whose knowledge i might be able to use to change my past. but when Caleb convinces him to share that knowledge, the first thing Essek teaches him is how to control his future

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obligatory reblog for Caleb ‘spell mastery of fortune’s favor’ Widogast. this man really took 'i will carry a picture of my husband in my wallet at all times’ to a new level

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listen, this silliness was bound to happen after the echoes of the solstice show. you can find the full thing on my bluesky and cohost (minor spoilers mentioned), and i’m still tippable here 😌

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listen, this silliness was bound to happen after the echoes of the solstice show. you can find the full thing on my bluesky and cohost (minor spoilers mentioned), and i’m still tippable here 😌

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a waist-up digital sketch of Essek Thelyss from critical role, done in shades of purple. he is a drow with short wavy hair, wearing a high-neck shirt with elaborately decorated shoulders. he is looking at something out of frame with a pleasant smile, as if in the middle of talking, with his right hand delicately resting on his chest.ALT

quick little Essek sketch! when i drew my very first Essek ever (this baby!) people seemed to really like his hand gesture, which was super nice to hear ✨ i had chosen that pose for him on a whim because it just seemed like such an Essek thing, so when i started working on my Essek expression studies sheet a few months later and rewatching some Essek scenes, it was especially funny to see him actually make a very similar gesture in ep 91 🤭 it’s more sweet and cute in that episode than it is in that first drawing of mine, but the hand-to-chest thing has my whole heart. so i drew it again! it doesn’t fit into that sheet so i’m uploading it separately. let’s say that it’s to celebrate over a year of drawing that purple wizard pfpf

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a digital waist-up sketch of Bren from Critical Role, done in shades of orange. he has short hair swept to one side, a short beard and freckles; he is dressed in a simple shirt with an open collar and rolled up sleeves, and has leather underarm holsters on. he is sitting and leaning back with his outstretched left arm propped on a raised knee, loosely holding a piece of amber with a cord wrapped around it and dangling from his hand. he is looking somewhere off-screen with a tired expression. on his exposed forearm, there are regularly spaced horizontal scars with dark geometric maze-like tattoos linking them up.ALT

i find scourger au’s absolutely amazing in how one of their purposes is to simply satisfy the fandom’s infinite horniness for evil-aligned wizards, and you know i had to get in on that shit too. i’ve actually wanted to draw adult Bren ever since i figured out my design for Caleb’s scars, with the sole purpose of depicting him with the glyph chant tattoos, so here i am, like months later. anyway, i enjoy some very specific scourger!Bren brainworms and headcanons from time to time, and one of them is that he’s absolutely just as sullen and gloomy as canon Caleb is

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digital sketch of Essek and Bren from Critical Role. Essek is a drow with short curly hair, dressed in leggings, a form-fitting shirt with voluminous sleeves and an elaborate armor-like piece that resembles a beetle's carapace resting on his shoulders. Bren is a human with short messy hair and a beard; he is wearing simple pants and a loose shirt with the sleeves rolled up, exposing his forearms and the maze-like tattoos on them. Bren is sitting in a chair, leaning back with his knees spread and his hands resting palms-up on his thighs. he's looking up at Essek with hooded eyes; Essek is standing in front of him with his back to the viewer, with one of his legs bent and the knee propped on the seat between Bren's thighs. his posture is relaxed, one hip cocked and his arms at his sides.ALT

since i got stuck in the scourger!Bren headspace it kinda resulted in me drawing some shadowgast featuring that lad. naturally it turned out somewhat horny. also i know a few of you said SHADOWGAST in response to my Bren sketch, and i’m always happy to be of service

random notes: i don’t particularly picture Essek ever wearing conventional lingerie, but i have in fact thought of what kind of clothes he could wear to add some spice, and you know what? it always ends up being some sort of almost or full neck-to-toe coverage with stupidly tight pants. i’m embracing it. anyway, this silly drawing also features another Essek mantle design i’ve been rolling around in my head (i’m always on my ‘drow are bug elves’ bullshit), wanna use it in a full-render piece soon

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digital sketch of Essek and Bren from Critical Role. Essek is a drow with short curly hair, dressed in leggings, a form-fitting shirt with voluminous sleeves and an elaborate armor-like piece that resembles a beetle's carapace resting on his shoulders. Bren is a human with short messy hair and a beard; he is wearing simple pants and a loose shirt with the sleeves rolled up, exposing his forearms and the maze-like tattoos on them. Bren is sitting in a chair, leaning back with his knees spread and his hands resting palms-up on his thighs. he's looking up at Essek with hooded eyes; Essek is standing in front of him with his back to the viewer, with one of his legs bent and the knee propped on the seat between Bren's thighs. his posture is relaxed, one hip cocked and his arms at his sides.ALT

since i got stuck in the scourger!Bren headspace it kinda resulted in me drawing some shadowgast featuring that lad. naturally it turned out somewhat horny. also i know a few of you said SHADOWGAST in response to my Bren sketch, and i’m always happy to be of service

random notes: i don’t particularly picture Essek ever wearing conventional lingerie, but i have in fact thought of what kind of clothes he could wear to add some spice, and you know what? it always ends up being some sort of almost or full neck-to-toe coverage with stupidly tight pants. i’m embracing it. anyway, this silly drawing also features another Essek mantle design i’ve been rolling around in my head (i’m always on my ‘drow are bug elves’ bullshit), wanna use it in a full-render piece soon

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fun fact about me: crit recap animated Essek is one of my favorite official Essek designs. it’s ridiculous but i LOVE that little guy; i feel like it did a great job of conveying his character in a silly exaggerated manner and i adore his <:} face with cheekbones i could only dream of

i’ve wanted to draw that design in my style for a while, and i think at first i wanted to, like. approach the whole deal seriously, but it resulted in me slowly chipping away at this drawing for WAY too long when it should have been a one hour doodle at most, so today i opened it again and decided to embrace the whimsy after a few superficial touch-ups. behold ⬇️

digital fanart of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role. he is a drow with dusky purple skin and short white wavy hair, wearing black and purple layered robes. he is standing with his right hand on his hip and his left up at chest level in a theatrical gesture. he has a pleasant smile on and is saying 'I'm going to be watching over you from now on'.ALT
a screenshot of Essek from Crit Recap Animated that the drawing was based on.ALT

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zmeess:

fun fact about me: crit recap animated Essek is one of my favorite official Essek designs. it’s ridiculous but i LOVE that little guy; i feel like it did a great job of conveying his character in a silly exaggerated manner and i adore his <:} face with cheekbones i could only dream of

i’ve wanted to draw that design in my style for a while, and i think at first i wanted to, like. approach the whole deal seriously, but it resulted in me slowly chipping away at this drawing for WAY too long when it should have been a one hour doodle at most, so today i opened it again and decided to embrace the whimsy after a few superficial touch-ups. behold ⬇️

digital fanart of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role. he is a drow with dusky purple skin and short white wavy hair, wearing black and purple layered robes. he is standing with his right hand on his hip and his left up at chest level in a theatrical gesture. he has a pleasant smile on and is saying 'I'm going to be watching over you from now on'.ALT
a screenshot of Essek from Crit Recap Animated that the drawing was based on.ALT