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Vote for January's theme!

  • Kattigan main print, vote later for mini (Critical Role) 40
  • Astarion (with an ambiguous fem Tav) (BG3) 64
  • Johnny Silverhand, (Johnny x fem V) (Cyberpunk 2077) 23
  • 2025-12-28
  • 127 votes
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Hey guys as promised, here is the vote for January's print theme! I'll be taking the winner of the poll by the 31st so I can get a sketch for you guys ASAP!

The overall theme is ♥ romance ♥! With flowers or angst or a little of both lol

Please forgive me I know I said I would have the Critical Role characters be Julien and Bolaire, but I feel like since the campaign hasn't switched to them yet I'd prefer to stick with the soldier's table! Trust me, I WILL paint them but I'd like to get to know them better!!

So for the Critical Role option I'm thinking a handsome wistful Kattigan piece, and Thimble maybe curled up in a dewy flower like she was when presented to Thjazi at his wedding OR Tyranny and Wick holding hands maybe.

For Astarion I'm thinking something atmospheric like the Mass Effect piece I just did paired with maybe a silhouetted fem Tav (so you can insert your own in your miiind haha) maybe a closeup of him feeding on blood for the mini

For Johnny Silverhand similar setup, something angsty I think haha, plus maybe an artsy closeup of his hand for the mini

Comments

Skylar Camarena

Oh god let there one day be a Johnny x fem V print. I love that tragic romance 🥲

Songbird

I know Astarion is going to win again but I am still going to desperately hope one of the other options pulls through. We've already had Astarion so many times.

Kat

I would be so happy 🥲

Kyah

Maybe it's because I'm 💅, but I generally feel like Astarion is best depicted fruity 🏳️‍🌈

Wolf

Poor Johnny

feyspeaker

It's going to happen eventually no matter what!!!!

feyspeaker

I understand- I definitely have to balance it a bit because I know that a lot of people here still really love Astarion. I have been trying to branch out more (and man I am hoping for a KILLER new RPG romance this year, pleaaaaaase) but I do lose a lot of support when I go too long without BG3 art, so it's a delicate balance. ;A;

feyspeaker

I totally understand. As a cis straight woman I tend to naturally depict my personal experience/"preference" so that's where I come from- that's how I always play my RPGs. For romance pieces and just in general that's just where I tend to land since I'm kind of inserting myself in the atmosphere for a lot of my works. It may not seem like it but the majority of my pieces come from a very intimate/personal place for me. IDK if that makes sense, it's a delicate subject and it's hard to articulate tactfully in a comment, lol! I have seen some really awe inspiring depictions of Astarion in queer relationships and I'm sure those pieces are similarly coming from the artists' intimate places as well.

feyspeaker

He is SO slept on. CDPR romance patch, please, maybe that would kick everyone into gear lol!!

Kyah

I love your work, and that totally makes sense! I do have some favorite straight pairings for sure, like FemShep and Garrus 😍 Ngl the way you painted Umbra and Strife made me go "this feels very female-gaze-y heeheehee" 😂 and also your adoration of Yenn like that portrait feels just 😍😍😍 also, your Abdirak/Astarion piece is just 🔥🌹 I'm bi and married to a pan man, and neither of us figured that out until after college lol, so I get that queer 'ship catharsis through my video games 😆 Anywho, I adore your work, and thank you for coming to my TED Talk haha

Songbird

Oh yeah, I'm sure it's a real struggle to balance. Astarion is so utterly dominant that it feels impossible to get away from. I even tried blocking his name and all of his ship names just so I could see other BG3 fanart and I still somehow get at least half Astarion. He's a great character with a great design and an excellent story, he just also kinda sucks up all the oxygen in the room, to no one's fault.