Season Pass art from Destiny 2: Witch Queen

People on discord making good requests but then i twist their words (This one was “Draw Savathun steal the light”)

If you folks have any doodle requests or ideas feel free to send em to me theyre really fun to do in my free time

Cayde-6 and Ikora

Nothing special, I was just testing a new way of drawing for myself and I really liked it!

(I love this shipp, it warms my soul 😩)

savathun, hive queen of deception

(2/21/2022)

I posted this to my twitter but will share it here too. I apologize for oversimplifying somethings. Anyway, I’d really be curious at how the idea to stylize the interior of the Pyramids came about. Cause they look so much like Af Klint’s work and I’m curious if that was a symbolistic choice. I mean look at these.

Hilma Af Klint’s art was inspired by her spiritualism. She followed a belief system called theosophy which was a combination of different religious, occult, and new age teachings. One of the tenets is emanation.

Emanation, grossly summarized, is that all things are reflections of the First Reality and the further from the Absolute you get the less pure you are. Kinda sounds like the Witness’s philosophy right? It wants to mold everything into one Final Shape.

does failsafe know about the witness??

i like to think my guardian gos back to nessus just to tell them what’s going on

and we know everyone else (maybe not nimbus) at least knows what’s happening, so after we come back from the portal we should just help them for a while

There are nightmares rising from the shadows, and they hunger for our dying hope.

Destiny 2: Bulwark-26 And Requisition

The Vanguard

The first of three D2 acrylic charm designs! I will be making these semi-transparent 2.5 inch charms and limited stock since I’m not sure if there’s anyone else interested in these as well.

My current impressions of the three below! (Spoiler: I like all of them.)

When I first played, I did not care for Zavala or Ikora. They both seemed like fairly boring and serious people who gave me objective instructions. I was not even aware of Cayde’s existence since I first started playing Sept 2022. 200 hrs and much offline lore reading later, I still haven’t read everything regarding these three but I am so much more invested in them now.

When I went back to play Season of the Haunted, I got to learn so much more about Zavala. That felt like my first real impression and crack into who Zavala really was beyond the stoic facade. Lance Reddick delivered such an emotional performance!! I really do need to get to his lore books with Safi and every other lore pertaining to him. I especially love that his faith in the Traveller has waned so much, but he is still holding on for the people he actually knows and cares about. I personally did not connect with “protect the traveller at all costs” as a motive. So, I enjoyed seeing a much more relatable, down to earth, and selfish conclusion to Zavala’s true motivations to keep marching on.

I was a bit more interested in Ikora because I like Mara Junot’s performance for Evelynn in LOL and she was the first person I interacted with when I came into the WQ campaign. I didn’t get truly invested in her until I read the Witch Queen Collector’s Edition lore though (which was last night lol). I was a fan of Seth Dickinson’s books already so seeing his writing again is always welcome. Truly the lore did NOT disappoint. Her manic doubts, conversation with Chalco, banter with Zavala, ruminating about Eris, Mara, and Savathun, and the general themes behind lies, truths, and secrets. She was so vulnerable and introspective! I love that!!! When she explained why she always ask the guardian to meditate, I was very pleasantly surprised that there was an actual personal reason as to why she did that. Every time I mediate for new aspects now, I think about how she wants us to reflect on our past actions. After reading that, it made me feel more proud of choosing warlock as my first and main class even though I initially chose it on a whim and for gameplay reasons.

Of the three, I still know Cayde-6 the least. Since he’s dead and I haven’t actually interacted with him in-game (very sad about Forsaken being in the vault), I haven’t felt particularly motivated to get to know him for who he is. I like the snippets I get about his meaningful interpersonal relationships with the others so I’m sure I’ll like him. Plus, Nathan Fillion and the writing team do a fantastic job of making him charismatic and infectiously cheerful. The first time I heard his voice in old strikes, I was a little confused as to who this guy was but I also definitely had a smile on my face. He really does stand out from Zavala and Ikora in his own way.

I cannot wait to learn more about them all! If only I wasn’t so busy with everything else sigh

SPOILER WARNING FOR DESTINY 2 SEASON OF THE SERAPH

I cant be the ONLY one who saw the similarities between their two character arcs.

Both were an AI

Both were killed and then brought back with a new body

Both given the mantle of Protecter/Guardian

Both made their own choice on being human rather than just code

Both sacrificed themselves so the female villain whose missing an eye couldnt steal their power to wreak havoc.

I want Bungie to add a cutscene gallery to Destiny 2, i wanna take sexy screenshots of my guardians in the cutscenes whenever i want.

Idk if it would ever include old vaulted cut scenes but like it would be neat to have in the collections menu :3

Witch Queen

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Lucent Moth

Crystals are hard to draw/colour but this was fun to make anyway :)

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