Also posted a process gif here: landylachs.com/sketchblog/2...

I added the gif near the top of the post - don't scroll too far past the gif if you haven't watched S3, because there are spoilers where I write more about S3's conclusion (it's clearly marked before spoilers begin)

The S3 finale & penultimate episodes really hit me emotionally - I won't say specifics b/c spoiling S3 would be tragic - several moments tore at my heartstrings, especially Zukerman's performance

If you watched it, hopefully you understand what I was going for, particularly w/ the foreground object

If you haven't heard of the game before, it was this novel indie game where you're a deer and communicate with other deer players entirely by in-game actions - there was no chat feature

Iirc, the premise by the devs was seeing what emergent player behavior arose from a multiplayer game w/o combat

He turned out so well stui! :D Love seeing the gif view, really shows off the materials.

Thanks Dona! I didn't even think about the seasonal potential of this look for him, he does look prepared for the months ahead, haha!

Now that makes me wish we had dynamic weather in GW3 - I'm guessing that'd be too computationally intensive, but I hope there will be some snowy maps on launch :D

Aw thank you Saint! Makes me happy you like how he turned out here :D

Thanks Kyris! Oh man, fluffy Gorrik amidst all the falling snow and festivities of a Wintersday scene would be so festive and cozy...!

Spurred after chatting with a friend about GW3's "fuzzier" asura, after which I felt inspired to try drawing how a "fuzzier" Gorrik might look.

I specifically wanted to see how he might look with an overly fluffy neck, alpaca-style. Results are mixed!

But I had fun drawing something so silly.

Browsing some files and stumbled across these progress crops I hadn't seen in a while - I don't know if the refining stages are generally less interesting to see, but I've always enjoyed seeing those from artists!

Fun progress! (still WIP)

After >>> Before

It's a bit out of date and I've been meaning to update it at some point, but this is where I've been archiving my Guild Wars 2 art: landylachs.com/sketchblog/2...

It's mostly art from 2022 and earlier