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Things I've made
Green Thumb — Prompt 48: GROWTH

All things have a right to grow. Especially when they turn into food for hungry charr. A little scene for the prompt “growth” from my patron Tabra. Thank you for your support! 🌱

3D Art — August 30, 2021

Elemental Mixology — Prompt 47: MIXOLOGY

Aside from their destructive power on the battlefield, elementalists can also mix awesome cocktails. Warrick here has kindly volunteered to make a “Burned Soldier” - you have to drink it while it’s still on fire, obviously. For the prompt “mixology” - thank you, Warrick, for your support, and for the cocktail!

3D Art — August 25, 2021

Preview: Tarra Shieldcrush

A little preview of my next charr: not a commission this time, but Snow Warband’s centurion, Tarra Shieldcrush. Haven’t made clothes for her yet, hence the uh… creative lighting. Given her temperament, I would not recommend staring.

3D Art — August 24, 2021

Vaccinated — Prompt 46: LIBERATION
3D art of a shirtless charr warrior wearing an eyepatch and a black and red plaster on his left shoulder. Left fist clenched, right paw holding his arm, looking directly at the viewer.

One less enemy to worry about. Fully vaccinated warrior, for the prompt “liberation” from my patron Ripa. Blood Legion has the coolest (war)band-aids. A personal note: Just because vaccinations aren’t a big deal for some doesn’t mean everyone can be so relaxed. I’ve had some traumatic experiences with doctors in my childhood, and my relationship with medical procedures is rather tense. Getting vaccinated is the right thing to do, but I felt that neither traditional nor social media were helping much with that.

3D Art — August 23, 2021

Tamka Ironpaw

Full-body character and armor commission for Coffee Kitten: his fierce charr lady, Tamka Ironpaw!

3D Art, Animation — August 20, 2021

Freedom — Prompt 45: FREEDOM

Freedom Lacsap going diving, inspired by his prompt “freedom” for this month. Thank you for your support!

3D Art — August 6, 2021

Ixen - VRChat avatar

My first dragon character with wings! A VRChat avatar commission in collaboration with Driggs, Ixen comes in two shapes: with wings and wingless, with optional glow marks, and even a leather jacket. Each can be toggled individually. Hope you like him!

3D Art, Virtual Reality — July 30, 2021

Gardening Garro — Prompt 44: GARDENING

Tomato inspection! I think Garro is satisfied? I’m quite proud of my creative solutions to Garro’s ongoing lack of clothes. Based on the prompt “gardening” from my patron Tabra - as always, thank you for your support! 💛

3D Art — July 14, 2021

Claw of the Khan-Ur — Prompt 43: INDEPENDENCE

“Think there’ll ever be another Khan-Ur to lead you?” — “Made it this far without one. Why fix something that ain’t broke?”

3D Art — July 13, 2021

Boop — Prompt 42: BOOP

My patron Warrick asked for “boop” as this month’s prompt, and I thought I’d practice my animation skills a bit. I know it’s far from perfect, but I still had fun with this. 😼

3D Art, Animation — July 10, 2021

Battle Chains

Garro demonstrating a “battle ropes” workout - except charr don’t use silly ropes. This was a fun scene to work on - thank you for your support! 💛

3D Art — July 8, 2021

Lightning Catcher — Prompt 41: THUNDERSTORM
3D render of a charr warrior standing in a thunderstorm, holding up one of his two battle axes as it is struck by lightning. The electricity arcs down along his steel armor and over his other axe into the ground. His entire armor is outlined brightly from the lightning, and there is also a faint red glow from a warrior skill that prevents him from taking any damage.

For the prompt “thunderstorm” from my patron Lacsap, I was wondering how a warrior might catch lightning (and survive). Luckily we’ve got [Endure Pain]!

3D Art — July 8, 2021

Warrick Ashblood

Someone is about to learn the painful lesson that there is no such thing as an unarmed elementalist. 3D character commission for Warrick of his charr, Warrick Ashblood. Thank you for the commission! 💕

3D Art — July 6, 2021

Patriot — Prompt 40: PATRIOT

True heroes aren’t patriots - they overcome patriotism. From Blood Legion to the Vigil and then to the Pact: Almorra never got stuck in close-minded thinking about one group being better than others. She moved past all that and united all of Tyria against the Elder Dragons. Based on the prompt “patriot” from my patron Ripa. Thank you for your support! 💙

3D Art — June 28, 2021

Rainbow Butt — Prompt 39: PRANK
3D render of a male charr with brown fur in a locker room, surrounded by colorful paint buckets. He's naked and has his back turned towards the viewer. Rainbow flags are painted on his butt cheeks and a red heart on his flexed right biceps. He's glancing back over his shoulder with a confident grin.

“You call that a prank? I’ll wear it with pride!”

3D Art — June 25, 2021

Citadel Assault Glider Mk. II — Prompt 38: DROPPING

After careful review of the Citadel Assault Glider design, United Legion engineers came to the conclusion that it wasn’t quite assault-y enough. The Mk. II here features 3,000 pounds of “enhancements”. Based on the prompt “dropping” from my patron Lacsap - thank you for your support!

3D Art — June 24, 2021

Branded Fight
3D rendered battle scene featuring two charr, Ripa Soulkeeper and Almorra Soulkeeper, fighting a horde of Branded charr in a desert environment, with a dark purple sky and lightning in the background. They're both wearing full steel armor of the Vigil, wielding short swords and large shields. A magical blue shield surrounds them, and Ripa is striking at one of the Branded with his sword, snarling.

3D scene commission for Ripa, featuring his charr fighting alongside Almorra Soulkeeper, against three Branded charr!

3D Art — June 23, 2021

Shirt Cut Meme

It’s the Blood Legion summer collection! I found this meme on Twitter and thought it would make a fun diversion between commission work. See also the 2023 version of this meme, featuring my patrons’ characters.

3D Art — June 18, 2021

Overheat — Prompt 37: OVERHEAT

Hot weather? A warrior finds a way to deal with that too. 🍹🧊 Inspired by the prompt “overheat” from my patron Tabra. Thank you for your support, and even if it’s just virtual refreshment, I hope it helps!

3D Art — June 16, 2021

Almorra Soulkeeper

General Almorra Soulkeeper, Founder of the Vigil This is part of a larger project I’m currently working on—more on that soon—but I think she can stand on her own. Hope you like her!

3D Art — June 15, 2021

Charr Island V: Refreshments — Prompt 36: REFRESHMENTS
3D render featuring three charr on a beach at night, with a palm tree and a full moon in the background. One charr is still awake and looking at the stars while resting against a wooden barrel, the others are passed out, their tongues hanging out. There's a crab with sharp pincers sitting on a discarded whiskey bottle, eyeing the first charr's paws curiously. If you look closely, there seems to be another charr sitting in the palm tree above them, but only his tail visible hanging down from the tree.

Our charr vacation draws to an end - thank you, Garro, for the refreshments, and for your support! 💛

3D Art — May 29, 2021

Charr Island IV: Party — Prompt 35: PARTY
3D render featuring three charr on a beach playing "crab limbo" at sunset. Two are holding a wooden stick with a crab sitting on it, while the third is trying to pass under it without getting pinched by the crab.

Not sure if Crab Limbo is a thing, but with charr it probably would be.

3D Art — May 28, 2021

Charr Island III: Indomitable — Prompt 34: INDOMITABLE
3D render of a male charr with brown fur, facing a seven-eleven crab sitting on a white rock with a blue sea in the background. The crab looks like it's challenging him, and the charr grins back, expression somewhere between amused and intrigued. In the far distance, slightly out of focus, there's another charr swimming in the water and watching the scene.

Looks like dinner on Charr Island isn’t going down without a fight…

3D Art — May 24, 2021

Charr Island II: Water — Prompt 33: WATER
3D render of a male charr near a tropical beach, both the character and camera half-submerged in crystal-blue water. His arms are raised slightly above the water and he's looking curiously at a school of Sergeant major fish swimming close to him. There is a tropical island with a single palm tree in the distance, with a charr clinging to the very top of the trunk, looking helpless.

Kianga, stop playing with that fish - someone needs rescuing!

3D Art — May 13, 2021

Charr Island I: Tropical — Prompt 32: TROPICAL
3D render of a shirtless male charr with brown fur, black shorts, and a leather eye patch, climbing a palm tree with tropical sea in the background. He's casually holding on to the trunk with one hand, the other raised in a wave, with the long claws on his feet and hand giving him perfect grip.

Turns out charr are great at climbing trees! We’ll see if he can get down again…

3D Art — May 12, 2021

Zephyrus

VRChat character commission for Zephyrus, an anthro lion! Challenging but really fun project, and probably the most complex character I’ve done so far. I loved working with those colors - thank you for the commission!

3D Art, Virtual Reality — May 11, 2021

Aaaah! — Prompt 31: AUTODEFENESTRATION

As the last prompt for this month I had “autodefenestration”, or “the act of jumping, propelling oneself, or causing oneself to fall, out of a window”. Apparently that is a thing! 🤔

3D Art — April 30, 2021

Moa Chicks — Prompt 30: CHAOS

A little sequel to last month’s scene - looks like something hatched from those eggs!

3D Art — April 29, 2021

Charr in a Box
3D render of a male charr with brown fur, yellow eyes, and a red eye patch, lying in a cardboard box like a cat, paws in the air and grinning at the viewer.

Blood Legion fits, at any cost.

3D Art — April 22, 2021

Allergies — Prompt 29: ALLERGIES

“Ugh, it’s that time again…” Thank you, Bao, for the prompt, and for your support! 💜

3D Art — April 16, 2021

Enterprise — Prompt 28: ENTERPRISE

For this month’s prompt “Enterprise” from my patron Ripa, we are going where no charr has gone before. (No pocket raptor either.)

3D Art — April 15, 2021

Breakfast — Prompt 27: BREAKFAST

Tabra has been teasing us on Discord with his self-made pancakes, so I knew what I had to do for the prompt “breakfast”.

3D Art — April 14, 2021

Ferox Blackmane - Blood Legion Armor

Here’s the final render for our big tribune, Ferox Blackmane, now in full, shiny Blood Legion armor. Kianga is feeling slightly insignificant next to him. 🐱💦

3D Art — April 9, 2021

Hang In There
3D render of a male charr, holding on with both his hands and his teeth to a thick rope over a fiery chasm. He has brown fur, a yellow eye, and a red eye patch, and is wearing red painted steel armor and boots from the waist down, but nothing on his chest, arms, or hands.

It could be worse… I think?

3D Art — April 1, 2021

Radnur Burntsoul

VRChat avatar commission for Brutus of his Ash Legion charr, Radnur Burntsoul, wielding an Ash Legion Combat Blade, and a cigarette. As with Lacsap previously, this is a collaboration with my friend Driggs, who will handle the rigging and other VRChat magic in the next step. I’ll post an update if I can manage to get video footage of Radnur later!

3D Art, Virtual Reality — April 1, 2021

A Chat with Snow Warband

I’m still working on our next VRChat charr, but as a quick weekend project I thought I’d try making a (very short) visual novel with Ren’Py. You can play it in your web browser! Don’t expect anything spectacular - I used only screenshots from Guild Wars 2 for this, and dialogue I originally wrote for a Q&A thing on Tumblr. But it was a fun project, and I might play more with the idea in the future. Maybe with 3D art too? 🤔

Visual Novel, Writing — March 27, 2021

Despair — Prompt 25: DESPAIR
3D render of a charr warrior in red full plate armor, somewhere in the desert. He's standing with his arms and legs chained to the dry, broken ground, pulling at the chains desperately, trying to escape the sun and heat.

Ever felt like the whole world is conspiring to drag you down?

3D Art — March 23, 2021

Sacrifice — Prompt 26: SACRIFICE
3D render of an armored charr guardian, viewed from the back. It is night time, and he's a dark silhouette guarding a large steel gate with a magical blue shield surrounding him. Beyond him there's a battlefield shrouded in mist, with a bright beacon in the distance lighting up the sky. You can just barely make out the outline of an enormous dragon wing hovering over everything.

Some must fight, so that all may be free.

3D Art — March 23, 2021

Ferox Blackmane

Full-body charr commission for Kuragari - with an extra Kianga for scale. Ferox is a big boy!

3D Art, Animation — March 22, 2021

Precious — Prompt 24: PRECIOUS
3D close-up render of a male charr holding a golden ring with glowing runes in his paw and looking through it with one eye. The whole scene has a deep red light, with lava visible in the background. It's a recreation of a well-known moment from the ending of the Lord of the Rings, when Gollum finally takes the Ring of Power for himself.

Looks like Garro found a rare drop at Mount Doo—er, Maelstrom.

3D Art — March 19, 2021

Feather — Prompt 23: FEATHER
3D render of a charr warrior in red full-plate armor, floating in space over an earth-like planet, with the sun in the background just above the horizon. He looks like he's holding his breath and is slowly falling down. There's a fluffy red feather floating next to him, much closer to the viewer so it appears almost the same size as the charr.

Physics fact: Did you know that a feather and a fully armored charr will fall at the same speed? … at least in a vacuum.

3D Art — March 18, 2021

Spring — Prompt 22: SPRING
3D render of a male charr with brown fur and an eye patch, curled up and sleeping in long grass between some dandelions, with his tongue sticking out in a blep. He's wearing black shorts and no shirt. There's a basket with four large painted Easter eggs next to him, in the colors of the four charr legions: red for Blood, yellow for Flame, blue for Iron, black for Ash.

A little scene for the prompt “spring” from my patron Lacsap. Looks like someone left a gift while he was napping!

3D Art — March 12, 2021

Ripa Soulkeeper & Vigil's Honor Armor

Full-body charr and armor commission of player charr character Ripa Soulkeeper in heavy Vigil’s Honor Armor from Guild Wars 2. This was a huge project and a great learning experience - thank you so much, Ripa, for the commission! 💙

3D Art, Animation — March 11, 2021

Skull — Prompt 21: SKULL

A quick sculpt of a charr skull, based on a prompt from my patron Bao. Thank you for your support! 🧡 I’ve never sculpted a skull before and you can probably tell my anatomy knowledge is a little wonky (yes, especially the jaw) but I hope it’s recognizable. 😼 I had two helpful references for this project: one by thiefseeker on Tumblr, and one by xstarrxx on DeviantArt. I also used some pictures of lion skulls… though they don’t have horns. Sadly.

3D Art — February 26, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 22 - STUBBORN
3D render of a charr warrior in steel armor smashing his head and fist full force into a stone wall. There's a visible dent in the wall and debris flying everywhere, while the charr seems unharmed.

If you beat your head against the wall, it is your head that breaks and not the wall? Whoever said that has obviously never met a charr.

3D Art — February 22, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 15 - SPIRITUAL
3D render of a male charr soldier in full steel armor, saluting next to the banner of the Blood Legion (white sword on a red background).

Spiritual isn’t a word that I’d usually associate with Citadel charr. (Different story with Olmakhan, of course.) But for a regular charr soldier, the closest thing they have to a “religion” is probably their legion?

3D Art — February 15, 2021

Shiny — Prompt 20: GREED
3D close-up render of a male charr with brown fur, one turquoise eye, and a brown eye patch, lying on huge pile of gold coins and ruby gems. One of the palm-sized coins is in his left hand, and he's looking at it with pure bliss.

There’s a skritt in all of us…

3D Art — February 12, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 11 - LONER
3D render of a male charr with black shorts and a red eye patch, sitting alone leaning against a wall, his hand paws resting on his knees. He's looking at the viewer with a calm expression. The scene is lit like nighttime, with soft blue light coming from the left.

I hope I’m not boring people with these daily scenes. I know they’re not terribly exciting, but I find them relaxing and it’s kinda fun to try and come up with new ideas using only poses and lighting.

3D Art — February 11, 2021

Bloodeye Lacsap

Full-body commission for Lacsap of his charr, Bloodeye Lacsap This model is optimized and rigged for VRChat (~40k polygons), although I’m still working on some issues with full-body tracking.

3D Art, Virtual Reality, Animation — February 11, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 10 - SHY
3D render of a male charr with brown fur and a red eye patch, standing naked in front of a sky blue background. His private parts are covered by his fluffy tail, and he's holding his paws and front of his face, looking shyly at the viewer.

Most shy expressions I looked up for reference had both hands covering the face somehow, I’m just glad he has a tail too. 😼

3D Art — February 10, 2021

Cooking Contest — Prompt 19: HONOR
3D render of a male charr with a red eye patch, wearing a red apron with the text “Natural Born Griller”. He’s standing behind a table outside a village, grinning at the viewer, left hand resting on a meat cleaver, right hand resting on an oversized cooking trophy, a few chunks of raw meat in front of him. The cooking trophy is a golden meat drumstick with a meat cleaver embedded in it, resting on a black steel pedestal decorated with golden gears and letters in New Krytan script.

Not all honor is won on the battlefield - some of the most glorious battles happen in the kitchen.

3D Art — February 10, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 9 - CHAOTIC
3D render of a charr warrior in full Blood Legion battle armor, wielding two battle axes and snarling fiercely, with fiery red magic in the background.

Made two versions for this prompt. The first one probably feels more chaotic, but I thought it was relying too much on the background texture, while the whole point of the portrait exercise was practicing poses and expressions. I still like it though, so I kept both.

3D Art — February 9, 2021

Tomes of Knowledge — Prompt 18: EXPERIENCE
3D render of a charr warrior with a red eye patch in full battle armor, sitting on a pile of hundreds of large, heavy brown books somewhere in a dark library. He's holding one of them in his left hand, looking a bit incredulous.

“I don’t mind reading one book, but 674 of them? And they’re all the same!”

3D Art — February 9, 2021

Be My Compass? — Prompt 17: ROMANCE
3D render of a male charr with brown fur, wearing a red eye patch, black shorts, and a red tank top. He's standing in a sunny meadow during spring time, surrounded by trees, flowers, and butterflies, and holding three dandelions, looking at the viewer with a smile. There's a pocket raptor sitting next to him on a rock, looking curious.

Happy (early) Valentine’s Day from Kianga!

3D Art — February 8, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 6 - CHEEKY
Waist-up 3D render of a shirtless male charr with brown fur and a red eye patch against a light green background. He's glancing at the viewer with his tongue sticking out and his right hand paw raised slightly.

I’m not quite sure if “cheeky” is the best word for this one, but I guess it’s cute at least. I just knew I wanted something with a blep. 😼

3D Art — February 6, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 4 - MYSTERIOUS
Close-up 3D render of a male charr with brown fur and a red eye patch, staring directly at the viewer. He's bathed in orange light, with streaks of light and shadow cast over his face.

The idea for today’s prompt “mysterious” was stolen, err, inspired by this gorgeous art by Vae: https://twitter.com/asideASea/status/1336491907774476290?s=20

3D Art — February 4, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 2 - MENACING
3D render of a shirtless male charr wearing a red eye patch, arms crossed, looking down at the viewer with a menacing expression, teeth slightly bared. The background is an eerie purple, with multiple katakana characters ゴ (go) surrounding him.

For day two we have the prompt “menacing”, and Tabra suggested I do a certain meme. I didn’t know the reference previously, but I hope I did it correctly. 😹

3D Art — February 2, 2021

28 Portrait Challenge: 1 - FEISTY
3D render of a male charr with brown fur wearing a red tank top and eye patch against an abstract green background. He's looking up at the viewer with an expression that says he's up to no good: big toothy grin, right hand clenched to a fist, left hand slightly open showing his long sharp claws.

Soo, I want to do the 28 Portrait Challenge this month, with the goal of practicing my character expressions. For day one we have “feisty” - an easy start, because I feel that’s often Kianga’s default expression. 😼

3D Art — February 1, 2021

You Can Do It
3D render of a shirtless male charr with brown fur and a red eye patch. He's flexing his biceps and looking at you with a confident smile, teeth slightly bared.

A little motivation for your Monday!

3D Art — January 31, 2021

Wall of Art

A virtual pinboard featuring artwork of my characters done by other artists over the years—either commissioned by me, or gifted to me.

3D Art — January 22, 2021

Tiny Warrior — Prompt 16: NURTURE
3D render of a tiny charr cub in a basket. He has brown fur, yellow eyes, and short ivory horns, and is covered with a red Blood Legion blanket so only his head is sticking out. He's looking at the viewer curiously with his little tongue sticking out. Blep!

He’ll be fierce and strong one day!

3D Art, Animation — January 20, 2021

Kernas Frost-Schi

A Frost Legion version of Kernas Schi, based on a previous sculpt. Less fluffy, but still handsome!

3D Art — January 18, 2021

Fifth Legion Whiskey — Prompt 15: TRADITION
3D render of a male charr with a red eye patch in full battle armor, visiting a whiskey brewery. He’s leaning against a large wooden barrel with golden letters in New Krytan script, and looking very excited at the camera.

“The charr have a tradition with whiskey that’s almost as old as that with war - the former is much more pleasant though! I recently had the privilege of visiting one of our finest breweries, Fifth Legion Whiskey in Lion’s Arch.” Scene for my patron Warrick, based on the prompt “tradition” and referencing a short story he wrote a while ago. Thank you for both! 🧡

3D Art — January 15, 2021

To the Stars

One planet, two moons. (I’ve always wanted to try a space scene.)

3D Art — January 15, 2021

Genesis Hammer

“Need a head bashed in?” I had a lot of fun modeling the Genesis hammer, Garro’s signature weapon. Thank you Tabra for the commission!

3D Art — January 13, 2021

Ranok
3D bust render of an anthropomorphic wolf with light gray fur and green eyes, looking at the viewer with a smile and showing his sharp teeth.

3D bust of Ranok from the fantasy visual novel “Far Beyond the World” by Kael Tiger

3D Art, Animation — January 8, 2021

Yami Whitemane - Sculpted Bust

Sculpted bust commission featuring Yami Whitemane! It was a pleasure working on your charr, thank you for the commission! 🧡

3D Art, Animation — January 4, 2021

Year of Art 2020

Well, this has been a year. Thank you for the kind support and encouragement, and I wish you all a happy new year 2021! Please stay safe and healthy!

3D Art — December 31, 2020

Night Flight — Prompt 14: PERSPECTIVE
3D render of a charr warrior in full steel battle armor with red accents, flying with a rocket-propelled glider against the dark blue night sky. A crescent moon is visible in the top right corner behind him.

One of my favorite moments in battle is gliding down from high above - gives you a whole new perspective on the battlefield.

3D Art — December 29, 2020

Wintersday Charr — Prompt 13: WINTERSDAY TREE
3D render of a male charr in full battle armor made of red painted steel, with his arms spread to the side and red Christmas lights and charr-themed decorations (chains, little knives, axes, and Blood Legion emblems) draped all over him. He's standing in front of a large Christmas tree with gold decorations and boxes next to him.

For the prompt “Wintersday tree” from Coffee Kitten: Don’t just decorate the tree, become the tree. Kianga and Bruce wish you happy holidays - and thank you for all the support and encouragement this year! 🎄

3D Art — December 23, 2020

Ignado Flaredancer

My second full-body charr commission: Ignado Flaredancer, Flame Legion Shaman! It was a real pleasure working with his design, and I hope you like him too! Thank you for the commission! Credit for the Binding of Ipos book (original design by ArenaNet) goes to my partner Keeya, who let us use his model for the rendered scene: https://keeya.artstation.com/projects/RY2g5e

3D Art — December 22, 2020

Blood Legion Armor - Legionnaire Outfit

A full set of Blood Legion armor for my charr warrior, based on a custom design by Wilderwuff. I don’t have much experience with armor modeling and design yet, and having concept art to work with has been invaluable. Thank you so much, Wuff! This is for the legionnaire rank; there will also be separate outfits for the soldier and centurion ranks. You can also see the concepts for these above.

3D Art — December 11, 2020

Reeva - Sculpted Bust

“If you think I can fight, wait till you see me dance.” Reeva was chosen in last month’s Patreon poll. Took a bit longer than intended as I’m still struggling with female charr faces, but after seeing her painted I think it’s reasonably close? Hope you like her! Background credit: Screenshot from Hero’s Canton in Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet

3D Art — November 27, 2020

Peak Performance

An experimental scene - I find it refreshing to try something stylized once in a while. With Kianga this usually means VERY RED. 😼

3D Art — November 24, 2020