Digital sketch commission drawn in a style emulating red conte on beige paper with white chalk highlights. Thalia, a dwarven warden with shoulder length, light colored hair clutches a rose to her face while Alistair hugs her from behind and kisses her tenderly on her forehead.

Sketch commission for @linnybobinny.bsky.social that I finished a while ago but hadn’t gotten ‘round to sharing. Her warden Thalia confused why this big lug of a man is making her *feel things.*

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A spectral naga type demon with dark, smoky hair, white skull-like paint on his face, blue eyes with no sclera, four arms, each with two fingers and a thumb, and reddish smoky wings. His skin is gray and darkens to black towards his hands and tail.

Sketched out the nun seducer that’s been on my mind. His name is Tristan 🥰

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Laelia “Rook” Aldwir sitting on the edge of a bed with green sheets and a dark blue/nearly black background. A bouquet of flowers with white calla lilies, shroud’s kiss, and red gladiolus is on the bed on the right side of the painting (her left). Her hair is pulled back into a loose bun and she is wearing a laced up bra similar to stays and a pair of underwear is barely visible due to the way she’s sitting. She is also wearing a small amount of jewelry around her neck, right wrist, and right ankle. She has topographical tattoos down her left arm. A lilac-colored blanket is draped around her and wrapped around her left leg, while her right night is crossed over her left. She is leaning to the viewer’s right, while putting most of her weight on her left arm. Her right arm is resting on her crossed leg, and she is resting her head against had right hand. She is looking up and to the right, a soft smile on her face. The painting style is fairly loose with visible brush strokes.

Date Night Pt 2

The remedy: this was exploratory, loose, and a little self-indulgent practice to soothe the soul after a rough day.

The subject (and very soft girl) is Laelia “Rook” Aldwir from #DragonAgetheVeilguard

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A painting done in a style and pose inspired by the artist Leyendecker of Emmrich Volkarin from Dragon Age the Veilguard checking himself in a mirror before he heads out for a date with Rook. A mirror hangs on a sea-foam green wall. The mirror has a vaguely art-deco inspired gold frame, with lots of right angles and a gem shape in the top. In the mirror, Emmrich is reflected. He’s straightening his tie pin, which sits over the knot of a cream-colored cravat. His hair is neat and he’s wearing a cream-colored shirt with loose sleeves and armbands to hold them in place. Over his shirt is a red vest with pink lapels. His trousers are pleated and a slightly darker red than his vest. He also sports most of his canonical grave gold but no glove. He carries a bouquet of flowers with Shroud’s kiss, lilies, gladiolus, and something similar to baby’s breath. Behind him is a window with blue/green lighting with sheer maroon curtains hanging down the sides.

“Date Night”

Another Leyendecker-inspired #Emmrich drawing for Valentine’s Day!

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The colors are warm, ranging from a bright orange to a deep purple, conveying a colorful sunset. A human female Rook (Brook Mercar) with bright ginger hair reclines against Lucanis on a picnic blanket beneath a tree. The two are reading together, each holding one side of a book open in Lucanis’ lap. Lucanis is looking down at the book or towards Brook while she looks up at him gently smiling, cupping his check with her free hand. The two look very relaxed and peaceful together.

Color sketch commission for @victia.bsky.social of her GORGEOUS Brook “Rook” Mercar sharing a cozy moment with Lucanis. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Rook Ingellvar and Emmrich Volkarin from Dragon Age the Veilguard share a moment in the memorial gardens. Emmrich is seated on a bench looking up admiringly into Rook’s eyes, his left arm around her waist and his right hand is lightly holding her chin. He is wearing a loose fitting light colored button up with beige slacks. Rook is standing above him looking down into his eyes. She is wearing a corseted teal and lavender dress and is wearing Emmrich’s flower in her hair. She is bracing herself, with her left arm around Emmrich’s shoulders while she places her flower behind Emmrich’s ear. They are backlit by a flower lamp, the pink petals framing Rook’s face. The overall colors range from teal, purple, and pink, with some neutrals for skin and Emmrich’s clothing. The overall vibe is “soft and atmospheric.”

Color sketch commission for @ginkys.bsky.social of her lovely Nia Ingellvar sharing a tender moment with #EmmrichVolkarin in the memorial gardens~

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The drawing is done as a loose sketch and colored in warm, mostly low saturated pastels on a paper texture. There is a soft orange glow coming from the top left and bottom right, as if to convey the soft light of candles off screen. Emmrich Volkarin from Dragon Age the Veilguard snuggles up to Rook (Laelia Aldwir, a city elf Rook) to give her a kiss and hold her hands in his. He’s to the side/back of her, and she leans back, twisting to the side to kiss him back. Emmrich is wearing his button up with the top buttons undone, with his cummerbund and beige trousers, and he’s not wearing his waistcoat or glove. Laelia is wearing a pink dress with a plunging neckline with sleeves that are puffy at the top and form fitting along the forearm and lower half of the upper arm.

I saw this “draw your #Emmrook this way” MONTHS ago it was so perfect for him and my Rook, Laelia. I finally got around to it as my Christmas present to myself. 🎁

I’ll share the reference and the timelapse in the replies ~

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The whole family together, Rayne + Gale + baby Zhera, and Astarion + Wren + twin babies. Astarion has greyish eyes instead of red because he’s been cured of vampirism in this timeline! The overall tone of the image is warm, with brown sketch lines. The color palette for their clothing is blue, purple, white, gold, and grey. The background looks like beige paper

Astarion + Wren + Twins

Gale + Rayne + toddler Zhera

Christmas present for @pillowforthermit.bsky.social, of our big happy #bg3 family.

#Astarion #Gale #Tav #Durge #nixmoriarty

The sketch is monochrome, emulating red conte chalk on beige paper with an off-white background. Emmrich Volkarin embraces dwarven Rook Herja and kisses her while she has her arms lovingly around his neck. She’s wearing a black lacy nightgown and he’s wearing his casual clothes. She also wears some of his jewelry.

Commission sketch for @linnybobinny.bsky.social of her lovely #DragonAgetheVeilguard ship #emmerja! They’re such a cute couple~

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Leyendecker-style Emmrich practicing necromancy, originally made for Emmrich week awooo

Okay! I THINK I’ve rounded up all my Emmrich art from the past year so I’m gonna put it all in this thread for #DragonAgeDay! Feel free to mute the thread, this is all stuff you’ve all seen a lot already, but I’m really proud of how much I’ve made. 🧵 🪡

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Dragon Age Inquisition fanart, digitally drawn emulating red and white conte chalk on beige paper. The characters are The Iron Bull and dwarven Inquisitor. Iron Bull hugs Inky, giving her a smooch on the chin. She smiles broadly, while grabbing hold of one of his horns playfully.

Little sketch commish of @linnybobinny.bsky.social’s lovely Willy grabbing the Bull by his horns. SMOOCH

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Dragon Age 2 fanart. Digital sketch emulating the look of red conté chalk on beige paper, with white chalk highlights. Fenris has his shorter haircut and clothes from the Blue Wraith comic, while female Hawke wears her default casual clothes and short haircut from the DA2 game. She’s pulled him into a kiss by grabbing his lapel.

Hawke and Fenris reunite and make up after their respective solo adventures.

This one was fun because they’re much closer in height than my other canon pairings. Fenris is almost certainly on his tippy toes 🤭

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Dragon Age Origins Fanart. Digital sketch in sepia, emulating the look of cante on beige paper with white highlights. Alistair hugs Dwarf Hero of Ferelden,Arlen Aeducan, and gives her a big smooch on the check while she has a big grin on her face.

The Fereldan King and his Dwarven Princess!

She gave him a full wheel of cheese for his bday.

Got to practice both smooch smoosh and face scrunch in this one!

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Dragon Age the Veilguard fanart. Emmrich Volkarin smooches Rook (elf, Laelia Aldwir). The drawing is digital, but emulates a conté sketch on warm toned paper with white highlights.

This week has been challenging so sketched myself a treato. I’ve been wanting to practice how faces squish while smooching as well. I’ll probably be doing more of these periodically.

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A sketch of Arlen Aeducan, dwarf noble origin from Dragon Age Origins. She’s got shoulder-length wavy hair with a braided band that wraps across the top of the head to both ears. She is wearing warden gear for rogues and is holding a bow like a walking stick to her left side. Her right hand is on her hip. To the left, her name and title as the Hero of Ferelden is listed. Below are smaller details about her, like her gender (f) pronouns: (she, her), class: rogue, eye color: dark brown, hair color: black, partner: Alistair, Extrovert, Chaotic good.

Finally got around to drawing my new HOF! Meet Arlen Aeducan, the first of my Oops! All Dwarves run.

I wish so much I could get this armor in-game 😭 the only mod I saw requires a body mod I don’t think I’d available anymore.

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It’s #PortfolioDay again!

I’m a fantasy artist and love to draw characters, OCs, and romance!

I’m active in the #bg3, #dnd, and #DragonAge fandoms and dabble in #ff14.

I may soon be taking commissions again!

Check out more of my art with the #nixmoriarty tag~

Pencil sketch portrait of Callin, a male elf Rook from Dragon Age The Veilguard. He has strong cheekbones, long hair parted to the side, and a slight smirk.

@edibleflowers.bsky.social Here’s your Callin!

He has such strong bone structure which was a delight! I hope I did him justice ~

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Day 7/Pages 8-9 for #EMMRICHWEEK2025 #FreeDay

The Conclusion!

Full shojo, fluff, and self-indulgence! I pulled some dialogue that Lich!Emmrich says for this. I think he’d come to the same realizations on his mortal path, he might just arrive there a bit later.

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Day 6/Page 6-7 of #EMMRICHWEEK2025
Necropolis | Spirits

Two pages today! I’ll be honest—I conflated spirits with wisps while writing this and, once I realized, I was too far in to change it lol. But Emmrich mentions the gardens so that’s the necropolis, too, right? 👀💦

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Day 5/Page 5 #EMMRICHWEEK2025
#SavingManfred

The prompt is more implied here, since our favorite skelly boy can’t be here without making a certain choice. But he’s here to stay for the remainder of the comic and he’s such a silly little guy.

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Day 4/Page 4 of #EMMRICHWEEK2025 #GraveGold

Back to fluff with this page! I love the thought that Emmrich showers Rook in gifts of grave gold to build up their collection—especially a Rook that wasn’t already a Watcher.

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Emmrich and Laelia (Rook) from Dragon Age the Veilguard walk through the Vault of the Beloved. The composition is zoomed out, with Emmrich and Laelia fairly small, walking hand-in-hand away from the viewer. The composition focuses more on the scale of the hall they’re in, with large skeletal statues lining the walkway. The lighting is dark, getting lighter and foggier the further down the hall, with a splash of light on a staircase leading down a path on the right. A number of wisps float high above the pair. This one has no dialogue or speech bubbles displayed.

I’m also sharing a clean version of this image, because I really love how the atmosphere turned out. I’m currently using this one as my phone wallpaper lol.

This one hit close to home for me, as a fellow sufferer of thanatophobia.

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Day 3/page 3 #EMMRICHWEEK2025
Grief | Thanatophobia

Laelia expands on why she was uncomfortable with necromancy when she and Emmrich first met, and the two idly talk about the comfort the necropolis brings while the two walk towards the Memorial Gardens.

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Day 2! Emmrich recalls Laelia’s former hesitancy around necromancy, noting the change with curiosity. (I know it’s a stretch with the prompt but cut me some slack :p)

#EMMRICHWEEK2025 #Curiosity

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A clean version of the cover for my #EMMRICHWEEK2025 comic “Adoration.”

I painted this as a sort of Leyendecker study—the style really does suit him so well.

Day 1: #Necromancy

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Thank you DATVCOMPANIONWEEKS for hosting on tumblr!

Emmrich from Dragon Age the Veilguard performs necromancy to animate a skull. Painting style is based on Leyendecker’s art deco character paintings, with very warm tones and a black background. Emmrich’s hands are raised, with turquoise magic flowing through his figures and through ye skull, which is levitating to about chest high. He stands in front of a podium, with candles to the left, and a pile of skulls sitting on a red cloth to the right. In the cover version of this illustration, there is the comic title “Adoration” with the subtitle “A Fan Comic By Nixmori.”

The first page of the comic has a very limited color palette, with the background in blue/gray and Emmrich and Laelia in monochrome warm tones to stand out from the background. Their speech bubbles are a light pink for her, a light green for him. She says: “I do love watching you work.” He appears surprised in the first panel: “Oh! Darling—you’re early!” She is sat on a railing, with pillars next to her covered in vines. Wisps dance playfully around her. She replies: “Hehe… pardon me, if I startled you. I was just enjoying the view.”

It’s #EMMRICHWEEK2025 !!!

I’ve made a fan comic, where each page was based (sometimes loosely) on the daily prompts, woven into a very self-indulgent and flufftacular story, featuring my Rook: Laelia Aldwir. I’ll post 1-2 pages a day!

Day 1: #Necromancy

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Did a quick little sketch style study tonight of Hans Holbein’s Tudor portraits which are just stunning. Didn’t quite capture the subtlety of his chalk layers, but not bad for a first crack at it, I think. Timelapse in the replies.

Subject is my Rook from #dragonage!

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Dragon Age Veilguard fanart. Emmrich lays in bed with Rook, sleeping peacefully, with soft blue and purple lighting.

I wasn’t sure I wanted to post this one, but here goes. This is also a study and I’ll post the reference in the comments. I saw the image and just wanted to paint Emmrich and Laelia together being soft and comfy.

#Emmrich #DragonAge #Laelia #Emmlae #Nixmoriarty

This was a study of a photo, which I’ll post in the comments. This is my DAV OC Laelia. Same lass as in my profile pic. A speed paint as well, I think about 2 hours?

#dragonage #Laelia #nixmoriarty

This is a more stylized portrait than I usually do. I was looking at a screenshot from the game and working off of that. My thoughts on this one was the kinds of miniature portraits people used to commission for their wedding.

#Emmrich #DragonAge #Nixmoriarty