📸 by @imaginarycyberpunk2023 ♥♥

When i made Vanessa NPV, i wanted multiple outfits for different occasions. And i created this pink suits, where she's well-dressed, but still herself. And it's my fav appearance on this npv, but rarely use by friends (i know y'all prefer the pink sequin dress with fur xD). Imaginary knows that, and gifted me with pretty pics with this suits and i'm in love ♥♥ Thank you ♥♥♥

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

› Year in review

Ok, it's time for year review I guess. I wasn't very consistent with posting therefore I didn't choose the best pics for each month (I simply don't have them lol), just those I like the most. I was experimenting a lot this year and ended up in analog photo club it seems! So be it.

I'm planning to post more analog photos next year, collages, many different stuff and of course Faces of Night City series with your favourite NPCs. Posters go brrrrrr

My deepest gratitude to those who supported my stuff, thank you guys for all your absolutely hillarious and warming words in tags, I do read them all and this means to me a lot, it keeps me alive.

Special thanks to @imaginarycyberpunk2023 for dragging me out of my cocoon, you inspired me to spend more time with my own OCs. You will always have a special place in my heart, my dearest friend!

Shoutout to @wanderingaldecaldo for this amazing template, thank you, my dear!

Всех обнимаю, спасибо❤️

Today is December 3rd, which means it's my bebby Faye's birthday!! For the occasion, @gloryride had an impeccable timing to send me her updated NPV today so she could be with many beloved peeps 🖤

And as a bonus, she got to hang out with a bunch of beautiful pals too (thank you for the pic, Glory 🥰)

From left to right: Viv (@ugh-my-back), Val (@wanderingaldecaldo), Macha (@imaginarycyberpunk2023), Esme (@dustymagpie), Faye, Vanessa (@gloryride), Valerie (@fereldanwench), MayV (@86maylin) and Noemi (@barbecutie)

pov you're scrolling some of the group chat pics after a night out

happy Thursday! my game crashed so many times taking these, too hot to handle 🤣 featuring blorbos from @wanderingaldecaldo@imaginarycyberpunk2023 @gloryride @afterdark-vp and @dustymagpie ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY ONE AND ONLY SOLDAATJE: THYJS 🤍

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⚠️ READ: Please do not repost/reupload any of my art here or to any other platform, or I will be forced to do anything to get it annihilated.

Ryder in those pics? — all npv. 🖤

Still can't believe it! Thank you so much dear @gloryride. 💜 You made it possible that Thyjs gets not only a knife but also Ryder on his birthday! I cannot thank you enough. <3

Also thank you @imaginarycyberpunk2023 for agreeing with and liking my idea about that the knife suggestion came from Mika — her new boy and Thyjs' best old squad mate buddy. If you do not know him, he was just posted earlier and can be admired here. <3

Took the pics in two sessions: yesterday morning before work and after work and I edited all + adding texts until 2am. So there's a good 10h of work in this up there now even if you do not see it.

I had 4h of sleep but it was all worth it. LOOK AT MY BOYS, how they can finally stand next to each other and look each other directly into their beautiful eyes!! T_T drowns in happiness

I hc this scene is at the begining of their friendship, about two months now after Ryder found Thyjs wounded in the badlands and since three weeks Thyjs is part of the team now, actually staying at Ry's place. Let 'Black Camo' begin for real from here!

Another hc is that Ry talks a lot more German around Thyjs because Thyjs does understand German well. And I love him saying "Alles Gute" instead of "happy birthday". Also the "Aufstehen Soldat. Geschenk entgegennehmen." just rings ten times better in my head than when he'd say "Stand (up) soldier. Take your present." And Thyjs will always say words and entire sentences in Dutch as well. He's the one who has landed fresh in the NUSA, he can speak very good English but sometimes the words come out Dutch first.

Doing the pics I was not really able to enjoy having both in one game because I had a 'job' to do, so I just posed, set light, took pics — but afterwards when I started editing and looking at the pics, bro my feels exploded! Is it only me or is npv Ry just prettier than player Ry? I'm sure Glory and Vanessa gave him a wellness time hahaha.

Also I'm so in awe about Thyjs' expressions in the 10th and last one. What a cutie he can be omg?! He is so happy about that new knife.

WIP Wednesday

I've been tagged by @chevvy-yates tysm!! :DD

I'm mostly working on some VP edits at the moment, as well as writing, but I also have some art wips, but nothing shareable as of rn just yet XD

For VP, I did something a little experimental with light and water, which was mainly for testing an idea but which I ended up really liking:

(I already used this one in a recent post, but there's more to come prooobably next male V monday :3)

I was playing around with pathtracing on and off in photomode because the last game update *finally* fixed the material bug that was often affecting Kerry's cyberware really badly, as well as some of Vince's especially sparkly outfits on my setup for some reason. So now I can do cute couple pics with them with pathtracing on :3 although I do genuinely like having it off, too, sometimes :o the pic above was done without pathtracing and created this really... idk how to describe it, oil-spill-like effect, while with pathtracing on the reflections in the water were more natural looking but also a lot less colorful. So yeh, I really had fun playing around with that and can use my knowledge for something else soon I hope!! :D

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Also: them ;_____; in all their golden, path-traced glory at Dark Matter xD

(Kerry's outfit is another small wip I guess XD I want to redo some of my custom outfits for him a little bit, also with custom recolors - alllll the recolors really. And @pinkyjulien's latex bodysuit is really nice as standalone but also goes REALLY nicely with Vince's regular wardrobe, just saying :333 wardrobe overhaul and separate post incoming for him as well xD)

Also in progress is a small summer/vacation-themed VP series again :D Kind of as a follow-up to the Road Trip series (once that's finished), but nothing edited to share there just yet... I am having a great time working on it though xD

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As for writing, Chapter 6 of "Love is stored in the olive jar (working title)" is... basically done XD I keep coming back to it and rewriting/ adding stuff, but I think it's ready to post soon!! Tiny snippet again:

As for tags, I'm tagging everyone who reads this and has something to share! And completely without pressure I'm tagging @humberg @pinkyjulien @kharonion @imaginarycyberpunk2023 @theviridianbunny @valrez @civilization-illstayrighthere and @swearingcactus if you have something you're working on rn that you'd like to share a wip of!

Which Supernatural Entity is Your OC?

Tagged by both @katsigian and @rindemption, thank you both! Link to the quiz here.

*gonna reuse the hell out of that pic dkfjlskj

Witch

You are a witch! With witchcraft and magic, witches have the ability to cast spells with power that cannot be humanely comprehended. The spells can be in any form, whether it's words, a formula, or even a ritual practice. Besides this, witches are always curious, always eager to learn something new, whether it's about themselves or about the universe. They may not be the biggest fan of crowds, or getting together with handfuls of people, but they are drawn mentally, emotionally, and spiritually towards animals and nature, and aspire to uncover the life hidden beneath it. Though, as much as they seem to be cautious of their peers, they will do whatever it takes to protect those they love and those they care about. And, dare I say, they are big risk-takers!

I'm very pleased with the results. 🤭I honestly thought I was gonna get something way different due to the choices he was answering with. This is pretty much very Salem. Besides him actually being a witch, he does have a curiosity and an itch to explore things that are unknown--whether it's through reading/research or experimenting and getting a hands-on personal experience. He's pretty solitary and doesn't enjoy participating in groups much either. Salem does not trust very easily and tends to be wary of what someone's intentions are, but once he's devoted and committed, no such thing as a risk for those he loves. And for his special someone, he will break his own rules. No hesitations.

Tagging (with zero pressure): @cyberneticnipples @a-pirate @saevus-brutalis @ne0n-rust @clusterfxckedbysirens @mistymymoon @miss--river @jaymber @imaginarycyberpunk2023 @cyberpunkaddict @aldcaldos

Sorry if you've already done this!

WIP WEDNESDAY

okay it's technically thursday here but shh don't tell anyone

tagged by @just-a-cybercroissant 🫶 tysm for the tag! and i'm tagging @ghostoffuturespast @avani-hub @theviridianbunny @wanderingaldecaldo @imaginarycyberpunk2023 and anyone else who wants to do it!

i've been pretty busy this week so i didn't have time to draw but i did manage to write a bit! here's an excerpt from my fic that I'll publish uh... soon-ish?? i honestly don't know

(pic by the amazing @lizzy--wizzy )

“You stole from my family. You killed my father. And now, you abduct my sister.” The allegation, as false as it is, makes her blood boil. He's the reason why she's here in the first place. If he had kept his temper under control, if he hadn't put his hands on his old man—as despicable as he was—, her life wouldn't have gone to shit. She wouldn't have needed to claw her way out of a landfill, half-dead, nor take those pills to delay the inevitable. And Jackie would still be alive. "Tell me. What were your intentions?" "I didn't—" V clenches her fists so tightly that she feels her fingernails digging into her skin. "You fucking liar! Saburo— You offed him, and you know it!" It's too late when she realizes that she just dug her own grave even deeper. She's a washed up merc that wasn't even good enough to be a nomad, gutter trash that will end up as a body dumped on some grimy alley. She's got dirt and dried blood on her face, stains on her torn clothes, and the look of someone whose words will never make any impact against what corporate royalty—like him—have to say. Even if anyone else did believe her, he could (and would) easily buy their silence. As the realization dawns on her, she swears there's a smug smile plastered on Yorinobu's face. She's expecting him to send her back to her cell, or tell his guards to kill her right then and there. But the words that come next aren't any of that, and genuinely catch her by surprise. “Leave us. I will deal with her accordingly.”

Tall Boys Squad

They are chooms and they wear same jacket style. So time to do pics and selfie ! Thanks @imaginarycyberpunk2023 to let me dressing The Vinnie(tm) ♥♥

Girls Night !

📸 : @wanderingaldecaldo ♥

Part 2 of pics by Wash for Vanessa's bday ! and this time, with girls. And vip girls with Val (belongs to Wash), Esme (@dustymagpie), Macha (@imaginarycyberpunk2023) and Viridian (@theviridianbunny) ♥♥♥

better late than never and better one than none :) nothing crazy happened on Sanctuary's birthday but Gogo demanded they all get a pic in front of this sign

thank you for letting Dagger, Esme, and Vinnie hang out with them @wraithsoutlaws @dustymagpie @imaginarycyberpunk2023 💜

happy Sunday :)

WIP Wednesday

Got tagge by @heywoodvirgin and @ouroboros-hideout!

Thank you <3

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What news to tell ya?

Some might have read it I finally updated my game last weekend and it took me half of the day bc so much updated after this big last update and I reduce my game each time to entire vanilla deleting my copies, compare the paths and files, download the updated originals and so on. No problems this way with everything working fine.

Didn't do much though as I wante to see if the game runs smooth and constantly or if it crashes after a while. It did very well so I took a few pics I needed for the story anyways I'm also still spending most on in my free time after work.

Here's a smoll preview of what I was editing at last:

Other than that?

I selected some final music for chapter 01 that can be clicked onto and listened to in the background while reading the chapter is my idea behind it.

Idk if anyone will ever do but I just think it adds something athmospheric to it, maybe helps to have a better picture as we know every picture of a movie is supported by music in some way that makes us dive far better into it.

This is how it's integrated:

Hm anything else?

I've started saving links for creating Hizumi so I quickly find them and do not have to search all over nexus again. Female V has too many cloths fr. It pains me already.

I'm not cetain when I create them but I will need them present in VP in the 2nd chapter for sure. They already appear right from the start of ch01 and I left them out already. I know they will definitely have different hair as they have on my cospaly pics bc my hair doesn't exist. I've seen some oc with a similar hairstyle but I don't think it's a public mod, so pixel Hizu will def look a bit different.

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tagging the usual chooms (sorry if u got tagged already).

@rosapexa, @dreamskug, @wraithsoutlaws, @imaginarycyberpunk2023, @alphanight-vp, @morganlefaye79, @peaches-n-screem, @wanderingaldecaldo, @genocidalfetus, @jaymber, @hazellblogs, @therealnightcity, @streetkid-named-desire, @sammysilverdyne, @aggravateddurian, @shivsghost and @breezypunk as always, no pressure – also feel free to ignore.

some pics from failed story shoots with @wanderingaldecaldo‘s Val and @imaginarycyberpunk2023‘s Macha but I like them too much to let them go to waste

happy Tuesday :)

WIP WEDNESDAY

Decided it is time for another update so here's a longer post to what I've been up to and stuff that circles around in my head lately.

tagging:

@medtech-mara, @imaginarycyberpunk2023, @itzsassha, @humberg, @kittenchrissy, @rosapexa, @cinnamon-mey, @heywoodvirgin, @dreamskug, @drunkchasind, and everyone who sees and wants to do as well.

No pressure as always!

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1. CHARACTERS & LORE

Let's begin with sth. first I have on my mind for a while: As this fandom (sadly) seems to fall more and more apart, I would like to know if there are still people interested in reading actual lore content or not. As some of you know my dear friend @nervouswizardcycle and I are continously building up some sort of our own expansion after the main game events with rp/fic, character builds, backstory lore and support by vp and it eats a lot of time. The lack of interactions on tblr during the last few months and in several discord servers has led to me not posting a lot anymore either (beside my mental exhaustion phases that come and go). It seems more active again though, as majority already played Phantom Liberty by now or are right into it, so they slowly come back bc they presumably avoided spoilers. —————— So, here is me wondering how many following my blog are 'really' interested to see me sharing all lore of the boys (including story parts) or does the majority prefer just to see pretty pics and that's it? —————— (I've wanted to add a poll here but it doesn't let me save my post so I might do it in a seperate one a bit later) I know: it's my blog, I post what I like in the first place, and I'll likely continue that way but somehow I would like to know if it's worth the effort of formating and thinking about how the posts could look or if I can take that time to do something else with it instead if there's less interest. So, I would just keep it in my tiny discord server I share with my rp partner(s)/in private chats with those interested bc it's gotten to be a lot and we are still at the very start it feels.

2. SKILLS, CYBERWARE & HUMANITY LOSS

As I'm the type that can't have ocs with no background/lore, I sat down the other day and did a build for each with their skills, wrote down what chrome everyone got (incl. additional c-ware from the lore books plus I'm reading e.g. into what programs my runner twins are likely to make use of). It went this far that my friend used the amount of the game's 'cyberware capacity' as 'humanity loss'. It is used in the lore books/ttrpg anyways. So I've counted all my boys possible capacity* and use it as humanity loss (HL) now which led me to thinking about which one of my ocs goes to get treatment and how often they go to see a MedTech on regular base. I thought I could give them a certain minus amount to reduce the HL for each depending on how much or less c-ware they got — e.g. Thyjs as soldier has most (but all is good Militech chrome) and used to go and still goes regularly so his HL gets a huge reduce — whereas Ryder's gets always nulled no matter how often he gets threatment, because BEAST (rogue AI) eats it away each time (to understand that in full you probably have to know the story). Ry must have most HL loss as he often walks along the edge towards cyberpsychosis, so I'm forced to reduce Thyjs' with most c-ware installed a huge amount. And that's how I made it now. It's probably far away from canon ttrpg as my 'canon cp world' consists of 75% game, 20% lorebooks and 5% own added ideas I haven't seen on the lore yet. And I like it that way I gotta say. On a little side note: It also had me thinking about creating a new support character for the team that could be in fact a MedTech. But I won't do that anytime soon.

* some things might still change as I slowly started playing their playthroughs and skill them for real now. I love each build so far because it's a whole different experience! And playing someone with noe netrunning ability is hell as I was only usedto paly netrunner before.

3. FIC SNIPPET TIME

I decided to give you an insight of what I've roughly written yesterday about Ryder and Thyjs having a talk about how they feel for each other:

“Ik ben eerlijk. I liked that accidental kiss we shared a-and i-ik find je leuk, Ry. Probably more as— a friend is supposed to do.” De Wit instantly starts feeling nauseous and something tightens around his stomach but he needs to get it off of his heavy feeling soul. “I-I guess I have stronger feelings for you than I had expected and it’s confusing me.” He frowns, “It’s not usual for me. Never felt any kind of such an attraction towards other men. I-It’s just you— I think I might be into you, Ryder.” The last sentences came in a mere murmur than spoken and Ryder’s name was only a light whisper. Thyjs didn’t dare to look to his left. He feared he would lose his new gained friend now because he said his stupid thoughts aloud. Instead he continues staring at the distant horizon feeling the lump in his throat only getting heavier. The sun was already half arisen and the sky was painted in a bright orange and yellow fading out into never ending blue. After de Wit seems to have finally finished his long talk, Ryder realizes the pack has fallen out of his hands. He needed to repeat in his mind what Thyjs just told him. Did the man really pour out his heart to him at this very moment? He couldn’t believe it at first. The pale soldier he obviously secretly fell for just told him he was having feelings for him that reach further than friendship? It took him what seemed like an eternity to get out of his frozen state. Ry moves up into a straighter position, still supporting his body with his right forearm, turning more towards Thyjs, who is still watching the rising sun with a rather sad look on his face blinking every once in a while. Eventually Scharfenberg brings up his left hand to reach for the older man’s face and de Wit suddenly feels two fingers under his chin making him look at the younger man again. He sees a tiny smile on those dark lips he caught himself looking at so many times in utter secrecy. That tiny smile that’s usually the base for a brighter even more heartwarming smile baring dangerous fangs who make the man look frightening, but smiling like that? Thyjs often caught himself thinking Ry looked cute with these fangs as well. Ry sees Thyjs’ confusion as his eyes look questioning right back at him. So Ry better says something now. “I-Ich äh—” he clears his throat, “—I don’t know where to start. How to talk feelings in the first place.” Letting Thyjs talk himself off seemed to be right for Ryder and it was worth it, because he thinks it’s the most earnest confession someone has ever made to him, yet he doesn’t know how to answer to all this best. So he decides to place himself into a sitting position, to look the soldier boy straight into the eyes. His gaze gets distracted by Thy’s slightly opened lips for a split second. It is the same situation as earlier downstairs, only that Ry has his fingers still under de Wit’s chin and starts to lead his face towards the other man. Just a few inches are left between them and Thyjs can feel the younger man’s warm breath on his skin. He also has this incredible sight at those beautiful male black eyelashes again the very moment they cast down and then he feels those same lips from before on his own with such a soft pressure that again he closes his eyes in an instant and starts to revel in that same electricity running through him but also the revenant paralyze surrounding him again.

It is just a brief kiss, similar to the one in the apartment downstairs but shyer in its move. As soon as it happened it ended. Ryder opens his eyes afterwards immediately because he fears somehow the man in front of him would get up, step back and turn away but instead he still feels his chin pressed softly against his fingers. It casts another tiny smile onto Ryder’s face as his now racing heart skips a beat or two, seeing that Thyjs didn’t make a move nor a sound. His eyes open now as well and Ry swears he’s never seen heterochromia looking so soft but also surprised at the same time at him like Thyjs does right now. He waits for a reaction but Thyjs just keeps looking at him, lips parting shortly just to close again. “What? — Did that make you that speechless now?” Ry asks with nearly the same surprisement. Thyjs lets out a heavy breath and nods, eyes totally lost looking at him which lets Scharfenberg put on a warm smile. “Want to— try again?” Thyjs swallows his unspoken words that gathered in his throat he couldn’t speak aloud and nods again. Heavier, his lips turning into a smile as well and his eyes are suddenly filled with happiness and relief, like he’s telling Ryder that he cannot wait to have their lips meeting once more and to feel that intense buzz from before as it spreads through his entire body like when he’s powering up electricity. This feeling right now? It’s strong and sends an entirely new sensation through him. Is dat het gevoel van vlinders in je buik? He wonders but doesn’t get much more time to think about it because Ryder choses to lean in for a second time.

It can and probably will be rewritten or changed but I definitely want to have it this way! Thjys starts talking and talking almost doing a monologue instead of a dialogue until he comes to the final point and Ryder wants to respond with words but doesn't know how to (he may find them a bit later) and just does what's best: kiss this soldier. I'll max out this kissing scene for a lot more pages just because I can.

I love the idea of Thyjs as war machine being totally romantic and getting super takative when alone with Ryder. And Ryder definitely is a soft romatic boy, alsways was bu Beast made his life harder to show this side more but Thyjs gets to see it also in private.

4. VP

Since I do more 'actual play the game' now even though I have installed most of all mods back, I rarely do pics atm. If I do, they are just rather nice pics where I try to use the ingame light rather than to spawn spot lights. here's a preview of what comes next:

I have so many ideas I want to put into reality. Especially pics that underline the rp/fic chapters mentioned above. But I'm not going to force myself. I'll see what I can realize for the rest of the year and what gets to be stamped as a New Year's resolution. I'll probably focus on a few blorbo pics this weekend because Ryder's birthday is around the corner (31st October) and Jay's boyfriend Enzolino has just a day prior. So if I can manage, I'll do that in the first place.

Thanks for reading! <3

WIP Wednesday/whenever

Thank you @gloryride for tagging me!

Ok ok I have a lot of projects in process tbf. Let's see...

First of all – my "faces of NC" series ofc, I have two ideas in mind actually.

This one based on these pics of Ian. People loved the style and truth to be told I loved it too, so why not expand this project?

Second one... It will be posters. That's all. Just you wait.

And surely I must introduce my OCs properly, I'm preparing dossiers (kinda) for them, so here's little spoiler as well:

Also I made two girls but not gonna show them yet lol

And this... This will be sceneries collection but not only that. You'll see for yourself soon.

Wanna tag (no pressure):

@wanderingaldecaldo @imaginarycyberpunk2023 @ouroboros-hideout @dreamskug @breezypunk @pinkyjulien @chevvy-yates

Tall Boys Squad

Oscar and Vinnie finally met and have fun during their adventures ♥ Thanks to @imaginarycyberpunk2023 for these amazing pics of our boys ♥♥