A watercolor illustration for The Courtly Beasts Tarot "THE STAR" card. An anthropomorphic sandhill crane kneels on a rocky beach. She has one foot in the water and one on land and she pours water from a jug in each hand. There are 8 stars in the sky, and beyond her, The Tower is being rebuilt.

The Star from my deck-in-progress:
The #CourtlyBeasts Tarot.

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To clarify, yes this is a very real, very earnest art reference pack! It has been de-April fooled.

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A blue elf stands with their hands on their hips. They have long silver hair, pink eyes, and prominent scarring across their body-- which include slash marks across their face and chest, and faded bands around their neck and wrists. They're wearing a burgundy crop top, dark pants, and a blue and white sash with a fishscale pattern. (Velesna, any pronouns)

the same image but zooming in for funsies

put that twink in a crop top 👏👏👏

Eora!Ves usually covers up when going out not because they're ashamed of their scars but because people love to make assumptions about them, and they're Over It.

pose reference by @adorkastock.com !

an orlan (small humanoid with animal features) who has purple skin, gold cat eyes, long black hair, big feline ears, a tail with a tuft of fur on the end, and stands on digigrade paws. He's dresses in a dark green over coat with dark blue shirt and pants underneath, as well as burgundy sahses that hold his clothes in places. The trim on the coat is colorful, red, yellow, blue, and green triangles, which coordinate with the necklaces of bright beads and jade he wears. He's drawing a bow as if to fire it. Behind him stands a ghostly fantasy antelope in various shades of blue, countershaded and with stripes and curving horns. It's loosely based on a gerenuk, or giraffe antelope, with its englongated neck and spindly limbs.

the orlan figure from the previous image but zoomed in on the torso to show details

the ghostly fantasy antelope from the previous image but zoomed in on its head to show details

Orlans should have tails and peets CHANGE MY MIND

I get why they don't, but I still think they should lean into being more furry. 😌 Lorcan is an orlan wildrhymer from the Ixamitl Plains who summons a ghost antelope as his animal companion.

pose reference by @adorkastock.com !

full body of a moon godlike woman (person born connected to a diety), who has grey skin, long pale gold hair, glowing pale blue eyes, and her most striking features-- a crescent moon shaped growth on her forehead and two horn like growths further back on her head that arc up to nearly touching to create a full moon shape. Her outfit is very revealing, as it's little more than cream cocoored scarfs wrapped and draped around her. She's also wearing lattice sandals and copper and adra jewelry, while striking a pose with her arm outstretched to cast a spell. The background is peach with flowers. (Krysanthe, she/her)

the same image but zoomed in on the torso to show details

Eora!AU Krysanthe but this time SUNS OUT GUNS OUT 👏👏👏

She's vacationing in the Deadfire when a giant statue comes stomping through, and now she has beef with Eothas because how dare you interrupt her vacation!!

pose reference by @adorkastock.com !

full body of a moon godlike (person born connected to a diety), who has grey skin, long pale gold hair, glowing pale blue eyes, and her most striking features-- a crescent moon shaped growth on her forehead and two horn like growths further back on her head that arc up to nearly touching to create a full moon shape. Her dressed in a long dark blue dress with puffed sleeves and floral lace along the bottom edge. She's also wearing black and white lace gloves on her forearms, a white sash tied around her waist, a layered silver decoration keeping it in place, and a silver gorget with round moon shapes. (Krysanthe, she/her)

the same image but zoomed in to show details

Eora!AU Moon Godlike Krysanthe! I needed a priest because I can't stand Durance 🥴 Don't get me wrong she's still a charlatan with questionable morals, but she comes with 100% less burning people at the stake.

pose reference by @trueref.bsky.social !

full body of an aumaua (tall amphibian adjacent humanoid) who has red skin with white splotches and stripes, white hair in a mowkhawk braid, and blue eyes. She's smiling with her sharp teeth and raising a muscled arm up for show. She's wearing a rough barbarian outfit, which includes a tattered leather top and skirt reinforced with what looks like bones or shells. She also has a decorative bandolierstudded with kingfisherfeathers and both a banded geometricchoker and a sharktooth necklace. (Dushana, she/her)

the same image but zoomed in kn the torso to show details

Eora!AU Aumaua Dushana! they did Maneha so dirty in Deadfire that I needed to bring my own lesbian barbarian to the table. She's a monster hunter and I haven't decided how canon she is to Ves' story, but I love her anyways 💖

pose reference is a photo of wrestler Jordynne Grace

a blue elf with long silver hair, pink eyes, and facial scars stands with a glaive at the ready. He's wearing a deep sage green coat with matching heeled boots, both of which have looping silver embroidery and white fur peaking out the ends. He's also wearing a grey furred cloak. Teresa a little chibi version of him thaf shows him wrapped in the cloak, ears downturnred and with an unhappy expression on his face. the text reads, "Beast of Winter dlc fit because it's cold in fantasy Antarctica" (Velesna, any pronouns)

the same image but zoomed in on the torso to show details

just the Very Cold chibi

If you're cold then they're cold, don't forget to bring your Watcher in this winter ❄️❄️❄️

Even though Ves was born in The White That Wends, he was taken Rauatai as a young child and hasn't been back since. He hates the cold what is this BS!!

pose reference by @adorkastock.com !

full body of a blue elf with long silver hair pink eyes, and scars across their face and shoulders. They're wearing an outfit that leans feminine-- A red with gold details wrap around top with sleeves that are wide at the end, a sleevless purple turtleneck underneath with matching fingerless gloves, a ue and white sash wrapped around their waste that has a fishscale pattern, black pants, and over the knee leaver boots with gold accents. They're also wearing a necklace of shark teeth and a necklace with a carved adra pendent. (Velesna, any pronouns)

the same image from before, but zoomed in on the torso to show details

DEADFIRE FIT BAYBEEEE

The Dyrwood seemes to be pretty entrenched in western gender roles, so once Ves gets to the Deadfire they lean into being as weird and queer as possible because people there are chill about it 😌

pose reference by @adorkastock.com !

DAWN OF THE SECOND DAY

a dunmer (dark elf) stands with a dragonbone sword sling over their shoulder. they have long silver hair, hot pink eyes, and dark grey skin. They also have scars and crimson streaks of warpaint on their face. They're dressed in a mostly bosmeri style banded leather armor, but also have rough furs wrapped around their waist and a tattered black cloak. (Viir'felraan, any pronouns)

ves, but make it skyrim this time ✨️

Viir'felraan is Hircine's homefry who just Will Not Die, much to the annoyance to every dragon and stormcloak patroll in the neighborhood.

pose reference by @adorkastock.com !

three side by side versions of the same yuan-ti woman. the first she's naked (nothing explicit is shown), revealing her pale grey skin and darker grey scales scattered about. She has almond shaped green eyes that are slit pupiled like a snake, black hair in multiple braids capped in gold beads, a flat barely-there nose, and wide mouth with sharp teeth that implies the ability to open it wider than a human could. The second version is her still in her natural yuan-ti state but in a black sleefvless dress and stocking that have gold trimmings. the last version is her human disguise-- her skin is now a pale pink with no scales, and her face has a traditionally human nose, mouth, and eyes. (Iseult, she/her)

Iseult, a death cleric yuan-ti in both her natural state and convenient human disguise, because strangers tend to freak out about sneeple (snake people). Her coloring is based on axanthic reptile morphs!

pose reference by @trueref.bsky.social

a tiefling woman in two dancer poses, one where she has one leg forward and the other where she's lifting her arms. She has dark blue skin with even darker sripes all over her body, short wavy hair that starts out aqua and shifts to copper, and purple eyes. Her feet are cloven, she has a tail with a diamond shaped on the end, and horns thar curve back on themselves twice. She's dressed in a gold outfit with copper accents, a ribbon wrap top and shorts above the knee. She also has armbands and decorative rings on her tail. (Gravity, she/her)

Gravity, a tiefling rogue moonlighting as a dancer. She's an npc in my campaign that we never got to, ripparoni 😔

pose references by @trueref.bsky.social !

so Yindra is trans, and I was thrilled to find that TrueRef had a fat model I could use as reference-- I didn't realize the model was also trans until I opened the files 🥺💖 truely meant to be!!

a fat water genasi is standing with one hand on his hip and the other on his chin in a thoughtful pose. He has blue skin with a mother-of-pearl sheen, wavy green hair reminiscent of seaweed, and aqua eyes. He's wearing a tube top and shorts decorated with braiding and a net wrapped around his waist with teardrop seamless pieces. He also has dark blue swirling tattoos om his right shoulder and left shin. (Yindra, he/him)

Yindra Shorewalker, the water genasi celestial warlock and bard who's patron is Jimmy Buffett. He will aggressively play cheeseburger in paradise to buff party members. 😂

pose reference by @trueref.bsky.social !

waist up of a blue firbolg with short dark blue hair. He has purple eyes and a bit of scruff, and he's wearing a simple button up shirt and red pants while holding a bow. There's a tiny owl nears the bow, who has tan, brown, and white mottled feathers. (Cedar, he/him)

Cedar and Juniper!! His campaign should be starting back up in the near future IM SO EXCITED

pose reference by @adorkastock.com !

an elven woman with dark skin, long silver hair, pink eyes, and snake facial tattoos is wearing robes and a tabard in deep crimson. There are gold details and a snake on the tabard, referencing Tevinter fashion. The second version also shows her in a bronze mask and dark hood. (Vas'aste, she/they)

"good news! your sister is alive. bad news! she's been used as blood mage assassin for the last 15 years."

Ves' twin Vas'aste is usually assumed dead in most universes, but is actually out there committing various war crimes for the villain, oops.

pose reference by @trueref.bsky.social !

this is also a formal apology to the people I get my stock references from, IM SORRY YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE TAGGED SO MANY TIMES 😭

a tiefling woman stands with one arm raised. She has grey skin, long wavy blonde hair, blue eyes, curved horns, cow ears, cloven feet, and a bifurcatied tail. She's wearing a simple white sleeveless dress that shows a lot of leg and has accessorized with a bunch of gold jewelry. (Krysanthe, she/her)

Krysanthe the beautiful menace to society 💖

pose reference by @adorkastock.com !

a young woman with pale skin, short black hair, and blue eyes is striking a pose. She's wearing practical rouge clothes in dark and muted colors, including a scarf and throwing knives strapped to her arm. There's the hint of fangs in her open mouth that hint at her dhampir heritage. (Ertes, she/her)

Ertes Sirothal, dhampir rogue npc who can't roll high on her stealth checks to save her life. Yes I know as the DM I could just make her succeed but rolling low /every single time/ was much funnier 😂

pose reference by @adorkastock.com !

a blue-grey elf with long silver gair, hot pink eyes, and facial scars is wearing a dark long-sleeved undershirt with a crimson and gold trimmed sleeveless tunic over it

I Do Not Control The Hyperfixation: Pillars of Eternity Edition

Ves as a pale elf, yes he's blue, it made sense at the time given the limited in game lore on character creation and the provided skintone choices.

pose reference by @trueref.bsky.social !

don't mind me reposting some silly things from main before I open the floodgates on my back catalog of art

A digital drawing of a copper, chubby firbolg named Rosemary Willowfeather. She has wavy, dark green hair and emerald-colored eyes. She is wearing a floral, yellow suspender dress and a pink shirt underneath. Her long tail with a green mane stretches behind her. Her pet possum named Mr Bisuits holds onto her right leg.

Had to draw @giraffles.blackskycomra.de 's character Rosemary Willowfeather because I love her 💚❤️💚❤️

#firbolg

NO WAIT I ALSO HAVE THIS MASTERPIECE

a chibi sketch of an elven Rook with a smile and zoned out look on their face. the text reads; someone off screen: What'cha thinking about, Rook? Rook: Nothin'.

meanwhile in the fade prison, there's a chibi Solas who's definitely fed up with his situation. the background is striped in green, purple, red, and blue to emulate the caramelldansen lights meme. the text also reads; *muffled caramelldansen in the distance*

moving pds' seems to have borked the still images in the post so have them again here

some chibi DAV characters with corresponding captions, reacting to the top note of *Rook off screen eviserating a man with his bare hands* bellara - horrified & traumatized neve - concerned that she still wants to fuck him taash - "FUCK 'EM UP, BABE!!"

an elven Rook covered in blood with an OwO face and a caption that reads "Covered in blood but still full of love (heart)"

I forgot I drew this during dnd last week

screenshots from Pillars of Eternity that read; Tealdor- The little creature sticks its head out of your pack and looks at Tealdor with bulging blue eyes. His jaw flaps silently for a few seconds. Tealdor- "I've never seen one so small. But the little fella looks downright tame." He scratches his head. Tealdor- "How about I buy it from you? The performers that pass through would take an interest in something like this." He bends down to look at the squirming lagufaeth. Eder- "Don't do it!" 1: "I'll sell it to you for 500 pands." 2: "No, I'm keeping him."

art of a baby lagufaeth, which is a four armed fish-man-creature. he's purple with blue fins and markings, and his name is fishtopher!

its tragic that pets don't do anything beyond follow you around, but in my heart I'm absolutely raising my fish son with Eder 🥺💖💖💖

an elf with blue gray skin and silver hair is holding a tiny purple fish creature, with text that reads; "Showing my tiny fish son things he's never seen before"

a tiny purple and blue four-armed fish creature is looking distressed in a patch of grass while they reach up to someone's hand, with text that reads; "Touching Grass (He's not a fan)"

the same fish creature is now very happy as he's surrounded by potatoes and an apple he's taken a bite out of, with text that reads; "The Pantry"

an enormous green stone head with decorative tooling is sitting in a cave, with the tiny silhouette of a person in front of it, with text that reads; "The giant head in the basement"

I forgot to post this yesterday but I'm committing to the bit in 2026 and drawing silly shit

#PillarsofEternity #Fishtopher