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I draw halflings and mechs. Currently working on Project Render in my very limited spare time.


Feeling things about Half-Life 2. It was a formative game for me so I’m definitely biased, but like, picking it up and playing it again is a delight. It’s rough in fun ways. There’s so much texture. There’s just enough plot and drama to keep things engaging without it being overbearing. There’s care put into the placement of every little thing, or at least it feels like there’s that much care.

Now the same could be said for a lot of AAA games before and since HL2, because I know devs work their butts off, but I think one thing that’s helped HL2 keep this feeling is that it’s unafraid of you missing out on things: from side caches, encounters, or even the main plot. The game puts a ton of faith in the player and it’s incredibly funny that you can just… miss vital story elements by pressing random switches in the lab while Kleiner is prattling away about the Six Hour War.

That, and it’s simply refreshing to not have a giant arrow pointing out where I’m supposed to go all the time and have the game designed around trying to gently nudge me in the right direction.

I dunno. I know it’s not perfect, and that Valve is just another massive corporation motivated by endless profit and that Gabe Newell definitely shouldn’t have the biggest luxury yacht collection in the world (and the fact that even exists makes my heart sink) but there’s actual craftsmanship in these games, which is still present even in HL:Alyx, that I really love and dearly miss.

Haven’t played Artifact, tho. Probably never will.



I’m so hyped about Elvellon’s new album dropping this week. I’ve been listening to some select tracks from their debut album Until Dawn on repeat.

Shore to Aeon might’ve replaced Eva (Nightwish) as my favorite Symphonic Metal song of all time, but I’ll need some more time with it.

The singles from their new album Ascending in Synergy have been good, and there’s a new Nightwish album on the horizon… I’m so excited!



I just logged in to around 30 notifications! Huge thanks for all of the love on my old artworks. I was in a bit of a slump last week, but seeing those all at once made me feel great!

Today, I took a stab at redrawing an old piece, back when everyone was drawing Witcher ladies because of the Witcher TV show.
I chose a Halfling because (apparently) they do exist in the Witcher-verse, and someone’s gotta represent the short kings (and queens).

That, and I just think they’re neat.

Looking forward to that rumored RPG with character customization.


 
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