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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

OC Vibes meme

Rules: post your OC and then 4 (or more) random pictures with no explanation to convey your characters vibe.

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Zatavia “Tav” Felix

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Karlach Cliffgate

(… as I try to write her, anyway)

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(I kept to four each to try to be concise, but I love making moodboards so I probably should do some proper ones for these two at some point.)

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Still thinking about Karlach and Tav with wings - one of their many adventures post-Avernus is something that happens in a shared dream in a strange place (the night they’re married, no less). There, they’re able to enjoy fully functional wings and the joy of flight. The first stretch of them feels SO good, as they’ve lived their whole lives with them being vestigial and small.

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Not being cambions like Mizora or Raphael, their wings aren’t really as spikey and attenuated fully manifest like this. They have four long ‘fingers’ and a reduced but still dexterous 'thumb’ instead of five long fingers and a prominent wing spike. They also do not have wing 'elbow bones’. Although biologically they are still too small to lift creatures their size (and have a 'spoon-like’ or 'scooped’ appearance from how narrow the membrane attachment is at the waist) they are still fully capable of flight due to this being a dream and the ways in which shape-changing and flight work within it.

Karlach wonders why cambions ever even bother wasting their time making deals with mortals when they could be instead enjoying this gift. Both of them are fascinated with this new physicality with each other.

BG3 baulders gate 3 Karlach Tav Zatavia Art Personal Digital Color Sketch
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I love Tara. I think she loves Karlach because she’s warm (even if she sings silly little ditties to her), and also puts up with Tav who doesn’t run AS warm as Karlach, but will do in a pinch - plus Tav is often sitting on the ground, very still while meditating, which makes for a good lap basket while Gale is insisting on DOING things like cooking (I like to think she joins up with the camp in Act III after being discouraged from eating pigeons.) Tav is amendable to being bossed around by an 8lb bag of fluff.

Bg3 baulders gate 3 Tara Tressym art personal digital color sketch
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Second Date (3341 words) by QuietPinions [AO3]

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Baldur’s Gate (Video Games)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Karlach/Tav (Baldur’s Gate)
Characters: Karlach (Baldur’s Gate), Tav (Baldur’s Gate)
Additional Tags: Named Tav (Baldur’s Gate), Monk Tav (Baldur’s Gate), Tiefling Tav (Baldur’s Gate), Female Tav (Baldur’s Gate), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Panic Attacks, Comfort Sex, Dinner, Food, Cuddling & Snuggling
Summary:

Tav takes Karlach on a “second date” after Avernus – to an old place near the docks. This is not long after they return to Baulder’s Gate for the first time following their escape from Avernus. Karlach is very excited until she realizes long ago Gortash had a meeting there, with her doing her job by his side, the night he betrayed her. Despite the PTSD she goes through with it and is rewarded with a lovely evening. Cuddling Tav later that night she reflects on overcoming difficult memory with Tav at her side.

Source: archiveofourown.org
BG3 baulders gate 3 Karlach Tav Zatavia Writing Personal

The worst part about the commission scam shit going after me is like… I dunno man, just ask me nicely if I’ll draw your cat for you or whatever. I like drawing animals and if I have time I’m generally amenable to suggestions/requests. I’m an actual human being with a life and everything, but I like talking to people and if you have a sad story about your dog and want a pretty picture just… Ask? Accept that the answer might be no but like, just try being normal. Might get you somewhere.

selanpike
selanpike

Scam Alert

Hey, I've been seeing a new scam targeting artists on Tumblr. I'm just gonna put a warning out here because I've had to deal with this scam more than once, and reporting the accounts just leads them to making new ones, and it might actually trick less-experienced artists. The scam goes like so:

  • The user doing this scam usually has no avatar, a generic username, and only a few reblogs on their blog.
  • They'll show up in your DMs or in a reply to one of your arts, asking for your commission info.
  • Upon giving the info, they'll ask for a commission of their pet.
  • When the topic of payment comes up, they will not give you their email and will not let you send them an invoice. Instead, they will insist on getting your email and sending the money themselves.
  • They will ask what name your Paypal displays "just to make sure I'm sending it to the right person"
  • If you don't put the brake pedal on it right there, they will then send you a screenshot of a Paypal confirmation saying that the money was sent. They will, without prompting, insist that the money is already out of their account and that if you don't see it in your Paypal, it'll be there soon.
  • Unsurprisingly, there will be no money in your Paypal, and if you check the confirmation number, it comes up as invalid.

The idea is to trick you into doing the art anyway, trusting that this is just Paypal being slow (as it sometimes is) and the money will show up eventually. They really pressure you, trying to insist that they sent the money!! It's out of my account already trust me!! So people who are bad at arguing back might not call their bluff.

But of course the screenshot is fake, and they used the email and display name you provided to make the screenshot.

I don't start working without money in hand so all this does is waste my time, but I can see less experienced artists, especially those who take payment after doing the work, getting swindled. This usually comes at me after I've posted a very simple drawing, so they might be targeting people they perceive as younger or less experienced.

Be vigilant, friends. Don't give a finished product without money in hand, and don't do business if something strikes you as shady.

featherwurm

I’ve been getting a LOT of these lately and ignoring them. I’m used to this sort of thing (there have been other variants in the past) but if anyone ever tries pry you into a commission and is not willing to be up front with payment via normal means just block them, it’s not worth the frustration. Usually you can tell things are fishy right off the bat if they insist on contacting you through unusual means (such as DMing them first rather than approaching you) or ignore clear statements on your page about your commission status or process.

It’s particularly insidious because this behavior is preying on young and inexperienced artists who are often the most hopeful and desperate for commissions. While a number of these are just looking for free art, I’ve seen worse that take things further and are trying to steal bank information, PayPal login info, or other identity information.