I went through my folder of WIPs and found the first version of my art for the 2023 Inquest calendar that I ended up scratching in the end.
It most likely won't ever get finished anyway so I might as well share~
"Aren't you really just someone pretending to be the commander?"
Did I turn a joke line from Cloudseeker into angst development for my commander? Yes, yes I did.
I imagine being the Commander slowly became less of a privilege and more of a performance art over the years. When you've felled Elder Dragons, Gods, Liches and all manners of infallible beings, people start to think of you as one of them.
But you love them so much, you don't have the heart to betray their expectations. So you keep pretending you've got it all under control.
And the more vulnerable you feel- the more weak you are- the less you feel like the Commander. Right now? You're nobody.
Just wanted to share how much I love the “Wedding” outfit. Personally, I don’t see it as a “wedding” outfit myself, but more just a formal outfit they wear during formal occassions such as special meetings and/or formal parties. Really makes me wish we could have more cultural outfits. Another reason why I love this outfit so much is because of the more “geometric” design and look, it just SCREAMS “Tron” which is one of my favorite movies visual-wise.
Not to big of a fan of the female one, maybe that’s just the color combo, not a big fan of the headpieces as well. As for the other races, I’ll have to take a pic of Morgaqua wearing hers. As it also looks gorgeous on female Sylvari. <3
So yeah, have Seti and Giff wearing their formal outfits. They probably have an important meeting to attend with the entire Guild. Also wanted to show the size-difference between the two. ( Also, noticed Seti is still carrying his Inquest Sword… now I need to come up with a story why he carries it to a party…)
It’s always fun when Seti and Giff have to work together… since these two actually can’t work together at all.
Giff would rather kick Seti out of his Krewe within an instant if he wasn’t his best friends/crush/girlfriend little brother. Giff sees Seti as the opposite of himself: One of the most intelligent beings on earth, refering to the Asura as a whole. (though he can be really full of himself sometimes but this is just to hide his insecurities. Also, Enya makes sure he doesn’t go overboard, (he’s actually quite shy around her.)
Seti might not be as smart as Giff, Enya or Ixxi but he’s still the smartest compared to the other races. The krewe actually needs him when it comes to force, often helping construct heavy machinery or battling enemies. Seti himself has actually saved Giff plenty of times.
Deep down behind all the roasting and arguments they actually know they need eachother to succeed and sometimes set their differences aside to work together. Although this happends rarely…
Just wanted to draw both of my boy Asura’s. x3
Argh why my sleep schedule keeps getting messed up -_-