Calm

The past couple of weeks I've been doing a bunch of quick drawings as a much needed break from bigger labor-intensive ones. Here's one of them! | patreon.com/calm

thank you, lmao

Thanks!

You can't come across an aphrodisiac fruit and not have a taste, right? | patreon.com/calm

Played it a bit! The art is jaw dropping, so I wish I was more into the souls-style of gameplay. 😅 I gravitate more towards tactical combat than that style of reflex-testing action combat, so I sadly bounced off of it pretty quick. Props to those devs for trying something a bit different though!

I can see how that's true for some, depending on what you look for. For me they're very different. D1 seems to aim for tactical combat and randomized loot and environments, has more room to experience things other players aren't. Souls games feel like more of a curated experience that tests reflexes

Diablo 2 is likely still my most played game to this day, and it's my favorite game of all time. 👍 I think my dream game would be a bit slower paced though! I really like how a slower movement speed, like in Diablo 1, forces me to think even more about tactical movement and positioning.

Modern Path of Exile 1 is the prime example of "dubstep remix gameplay". :) I've played it a lot, so I can't say I dislike it entirely, but I think I might be done with it. I like Grim Dawn, but it is also halfway to chaos, TQ is great (but the newer expansions are all good and bad in various ways).

I've heard a little bit about it. Will probably check that out sometime :)

That's not to say I want the dubstep remix variant of arpgs to go away, I just kinda wish modern arpgs weren't such a monoculture.

I was watching some modded Diablo 1 gameplay recently and it struck me how much better the pacing of that gameplay is to me than most newer arpgs. It's slow enough to allow it to actually be tactical. Normal enemies can be dangerous and live for longer than 0.1 second. Loot is scarce. It's awesome.

I'm realizing the Diablo-style arpg genre has over the years turned into the equivalent of a sensory overloading dubstep remix of an old song I've enjoyed. There are parts there I can enjoy, but I enjoy it because of what it kept of the original, not because of what the remix added or changed.

A detail from a recent painting. | patreon.com/calm

Happy birthday!

Not just lust in general, but I'll keep it a secret for now. :)

Thanks! :)

Thank you! It is maybe unsurprisingly a lust cult 😏

I hope I'll get around to elaborate a bit on the lore there sometime. :)

Lmao thanks

Thank you!

This one and a few other relatively quick drawings I've been doing recently have been 5-6 hours each. For comparison, the more detailed and more labor-intensive paintings I do are typically 40-50 hours each.

Another cultist I drew the other day | patreon.com/calm

Thank you, I'm glad you like it! :)

Thanks!

A detail from a recent painting. | patreon.com/calm

Hey I appreciate that! And sorry, I haven't been as active on social media as I should the past couple of years lol. Still been making stuff as usual though! :)

Thanks! :)

Another recent quick piece. A cultist tribute collector. | patreon.com/calm

Happy birthday, Alexis!

Thank you!