July 2023

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digital fanart of Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss, drawn from waist-up. Caleb is a light-skinned human with long red hair and a beard, and Essek is a drow with light lavender skin and short white hair with curly bangs. Essek is reclining on loosely sketched pillows, while Caleb is lying down on his stomach and resting his head on Essek's chest. Essek's face is partially hidden behind the crown of Caleb's head, and his right hand is resting on Caleb's neck and cheek; both Caleb's and Essek's eyes are closed. Caleb has a white shirt on with the sleeves rolled up, and Essek is wearing a loose dark robe. the picture employs a warm color scheme with soft orange lighting, as if coming from a fireplace.ALT

life has been hard and busy but the wizards are still soft and sleeping soundly in my noggin

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digital sketch of Caleb Widogast, drawn from waist-up. he's hunched with his arms crossed, and is wearing an exaggeratedly pouty and frustrated expression with his brows drawn together and mouth twisted.ALT
digital sketch of Essek Thelyss. he is sitting with his legs crossed, facing somewhat away from the viewer, his hands resting on his knee with the fingers intertwined. his shoulders are rounded and he's looking away with a pouting expression.ALT

i just wanted to do a couple of screencap studies of some pouting wizards. like we all do

personally i love that Caleb’s pouting expression is ‘angry wile e coyote’, while Essek’s is 'William-Adolphe Bouguereau. The Song of the Nightingale. 1895, oil on canvas’

i mean.

a screenshot of Liam roleplaying Caleb in episode 30 of Critical Role Campaign 2, which the first sketch was referenced from.ALT
a picture of a frustrated-looking Wile E Coyote.ALT
a screenshot of Matt roleplaying Essek in episode 5 of 4-Sided Dive, which the second sketch was referenced from.ALT
The Song of the Nightingale by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, depicting a young woman sitting with her hands linked and resting on her lap closer to her knees. she's looking away from the viewer with a plaintive expression.ALT

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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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