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2021-10-03
Beauty and truth in a portrait of exhaustion.
I've been seeing a lot of ads for people who do character portraits, and they are awesome. But there's a problem. They're all so clean and heroic.
If I got a portrait done of one of my characters, and I usually play fighter-types, he'd be tired. His armor would be patched, his sword stained, and his hair and beard would be kind of scraggly. He'd be sitting on a wall or rock leaning on his worse-for-wear shield. The look on his face would say "Fuck your 'long rest' wizard girl, I'm taking a few days. Or not. *sigh* Mount up, that lich ain't going away without help."
Because I was an infantryman. This is how warriors look.
If I got a portrait done of one of my characters, and I usually play fighter-types, he'd be tired. His armor would be patched, his sword stained, and his hair and beard would be kind of scraggly. He'd be sitting on a wall or rock leaning on his worse-for-wear shield. The look on his face would say "Fuck your 'long rest' wizard girl, I'm taking a few days. Or not. *sigh* Mount up, that lich ain't going away without help."
Because I was an infantryman. This is how warriors look.