Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Elvhen Such as You?

A drawing of one of my favorite conversations (however brief) between Abelas and Solas at the Well of Sorrows. To me it was such a weighty moment, filled with layers of meaning and assumption, short lines like swords being born to the sunlight. For anyone who's finished the game you'll well know what 'swords'/powers were being tested and nudged closer to the surface as the two elves pretty much sized each other up.
(Warning! Spoilers following!)

The drawing itself is more a progression into what I thought was the pinnacle of the entire experience at the Well: Solas admitting that he is both an evanuris, an adopted representative and protector of the 'modern' elves of Thedas, and a person willing to devote their time and their life for a good cause. In a way Abelas is being encouraged to get off his high horse and help out too, if not to fight the Red Templars then to teach those willing the true events of ancient Elvhenan. I think it's somewhat ironic how the way the conversation progressed, one side stepping over the other and gradually revealing more and more about what each party knew, in parallel to the drawing. I really wanted to get down that final reveal from Solas, that final admittance. The ingame cinematic didn't really show these exact features. This is what I felt from hearing the actor's expressions in their voice and imagined of the subtly in the characters' faces. (still probably doesn't do the scene justice; I mean, what is the face one makes when they admit they are basically a god?) Nowhere near perfect or exactly what I imagined but that bottom, detailed image of Solas happens closer than the other two sketches. ;P I wanted him to look terribly serious, almost frighteningly.  

Eh, enough rambling. I used a simple, cheap HB pencil (probably 2HB) and an old Bic Crystal- blue. Literally, what you see here.

(Edit: Sorry I didn't publish this yesterday. :p)






































(c) Solas and Abelas were created by the writers of Dragon Age Inquisition.
I created this image. Do not use without permission.

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