[ VarVen ] Taste of a God (Patreon)

He probably tastes like alcohol but Varka would like that 😝

Also yes, Venti got back to fucking in Mondstadt's wilderness as he's been doing in most of my works, with the sole exceptions of the tavern and... the cathedral lol This suddenly reminded me how our first encounter with him and Dvalin was in the woods... who knows what they were up to huh 👀

If you remember, this ilustration's lineart was my little inking brush experiment. I didn't reply to all comments individually, but I wanted to thank everyone for the feedback under [ VarVen ]!! Your point of view are always super interesting and helpful to read! 💜

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From this point on it's just me rambling about my time at the con! I need to let it out because it was great!!

I had stopped going to comic-cons when it started feeling like walking into a supermarket or scrolling Temu, but I eyed an artist-alley-only one which I planned to attend... it was best decision ever. I spent the best con day in years!! 🙏

I met many great people, came across some online mutuals and discovered new talented artists who were... just amazing?? While I often talk about games, books, cinema in general with my real life friends, I don't have many people I can chat about art and ships in person which made those encounters even more special!

I met Aira (@loveisinthe_aira), who I have been following for years, and discovered Dominik (@dominiknene_art), whose art I'm now obsessed with! They were incredibly nice, I sincerely enjoyed chatting with them and their friends, and when I told them I was KiraShion they've been even more nice and encouraging of my plans to do merch and get a stand at cons! 🥹💜 (one day guys, one day I'll make it happen...!!)

Last but not least, highlight of the day was meeting the most adorable couple of cosplayers who cosplayed Baizhu and Zhongli because they knew I would be attending!!! I joke not, the moment I was in front of them I was shaking, because they were so perfect it felt like I was truly in front of the living, breathing version of the characters 😭💜💜💜💜💜💜 (no amount of hearts could give an idea of how I was feeling so I'll stop here)

Baizhu 💚 @greencatcos Zhongli 🧡 @burgundavy

They were beautiful, talented, passionate, fun and super kind. We had lunch together and spent most of the day walking around as a group! The con would not have been as enjoyable without them; they made me meet so many people and helped me get rid of my awkwardness 🙈 Thank you!!