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Dalennau
@dalennau.bsky.social
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Winding up the nerve to post this stuff that in private I call art. There will be scribbles.

I can be very verbly. One might say the verbliest.

Cara: https://cara.app/dalennau
Instagram: instagram.com/dinodoodles
GW2 Tumblr stuff: dalennaugw.tumblr.com
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dalennau.bsky.social
Could I give you a choice of two? Nisa is the first and Heulwin is the second.

The portraits here are by hawkepockets on Tumblr! hawkepockets.tumblr.com
(He doesn't use Bluesky atm.)
A portrait of a black woman against a violet background, winking at the viewer. She has a coiled black afro, a round face, and three claw scars raked over her right eye, which is the same eye she is winking with. She is wearing blue leather armor with copper-colored shoulders and bright, pearl-colored accents. Art by @hawkepockets on Tumblr. In-game screenshots of the same black woman from the previous image, from the chest up. There are two shots: one on the left showing her hair, and one on the right showing her in a hood. Her hair is a much shorter cut compared to the last image. (Both hairstyles are accurate for her.) The scars over her right eye are of a more generic shape, due to it being an in-game headpiece. The image of her on the right has been edited to still show her scars while wearing her hood. She is wearing a different set of armor: a deep violet undershirt/sweater with red-brown leather shoulders and a loose turtleneck/gorget. A copper buckle secures it together. Her shoulder armor is not very visible but looks like it is lined with either light-colored fur or straw. Her hood is the same deep violet on the outside, a navy blue on the inside, and decorated with light-colored embroidery along the outside edge. A portrait of a sylvari, a plant-person from the game Guild Wars 2, against a gold-framed, blue-green background. His face is structured to look humanoid, but it is made of bark and is of a light tan/orange-brown color. There are darker spots on his face and skin that look like freckles. His eyes are golden, with iris and pupil being the only visible parts of them. His hair foliage, tied loosely back, consists of many thin, red fern fronds. He is looking at the viewer over rectangular, golden-framed glasses, with a tied but relaxed expression. He is wearing a high-collared, teal cloth top, with textured red-brown fabric (with silver-colored trim) reinforcing the upper chest and shoulders. Art by @hawkepockets on Tumblr. In-game, half-body screenshot of the same sylvari from the last image. His armor is more visible: The teal-colored top is sleeveless, with more red-brown fabric reinforcing his waist like a belt and bright silver metallic accents draping diagonally along the center cut of the garment. His leggings include a teal-colored armored skirt, with a red-brown leather hip-piece adorned with more teal cloth and silvery ties and accents. He has a silver, double-headed serpent adorning his right shoulder, curling down his upper arm, and a plain, teal-colored sleeve covering most of his left arm. He is wearing red-brown gloves ornamented with teal paneling and silver, serpentine metal accents. He is also wearing a wide- and curve-brimmed hat, teal on top and red-brown on the underside, lined with silver trim and bearing a red-brown band with buckle. The hat sits higher up on the left-hand side (not pinned, though there is a button there that could pin it), with a red-orange feather plume sticking out of the hat's band. The screenshot has been edited to show the sylvari's fern-textured hair and glasses along with the fancy hat.
January 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
dalennau.bsky.social
She snorfing the boy
Very carefully
A photo of two cats on a messy bed. The one on the left, a large ginger tabby with a starry bandanna, is mostly out of frame, with his bandanna, his back, and his tail the only parts of him in the shot. Behind him and to the right is a dilute tortoiseshell, sitting on a tablet and looking at his butt in mild irritation. The same two cats on the same bed as in the first photo. Even less of the ginger tabby is visible, with his back in the bottom-left corner and his tail sticking out, mostly straight with a crook at the end, near the middle of the shot. The photo is more focused on the tortoiseshell cat, who, without moving from her spot, has leaned forward to sniff at the tabby's tail. Her eyes are not looking where she is sniffing, but instead are trained on the tail's owner. Similar photo to the previous one. The only thing that has really changed is that the tortoiseshell cat has leaned even further to sniff at the tabby's tail, to the point where she is hunched forward and his tail is blocking the view of everything on her face below her eyes. Her eyes are still trained on the front of him instead of on his tail.
January 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
dalennau.bsky.social
Fizzywicket... meet Fizza...

Fizzy torties...
A close-up photo of a dilute, or pastel, tortoiseshell cat as she is lying down and curled-up to try to sleep. Her face is mostly darker, with lighter fur above and around her yellow eyes, as well as on the right half of her chin. She is looking at the viewer with a slightly grumpy-looking expression.
January 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
dalennau.bsky.social
Showing off his tiny girlfriend

#guildwars2
Two personal characters from the game Guild Wars 2. A small, black human woman is being held up in the air at her shoulders by a taller, red-haired sylvari. Her arms are crossed and she looks quite annoyed. The sylvari holding her has the biggest, doofiest grin on his face. The human is wearing an unsleeved, dark purple jacket and knee-length bright blue pants. The sylvari is in a short-sleeved teal shirt and dark green trousers. Neither of them is wearing shoes (the artist didn't bother drawing them).
September 5, 2024 at 4:44 PM
dalennau.bsky.social
Oh, man, if ever there was a time to use this meme.
A meme image of a pizza cutter, a round blade attached to a handle. The text on the meme reads: "Here bitch - since you wanna be all edge and no point".
August 29, 2024 at 7:18 AM
dalennau.bsky.social
Silly quasi-vent comic.
It's been eight weeks now.

I'm not mad that this order is taking a while. I'm just being impatient because I'm excited about getting the thing.
A simply-doodled comic of the original poster (OP). The first panel reads "waiting on an order I placed on July 2nd" with OP sitting at their computer. The second panel says "checking time and estimates again", with OP checking their watch. The date "August 21st" is written next to the watch. The third "panel" is simply a screenshot cutout from their order's confirmation e-mail that says "the order is complete in an ESTIMATED 4-6 weeks." The last panel says "It's been over 7 weeks.", and shows the OP sitting again at their computer, violently vibrating in place and asking themselves "Where is iiiiiiiiit".
August 27, 2024 at 7:41 PM
dalennau.bsky.social
One day I'll actually live up to my profile blurb and actually start scribbling stuff on these walls and muttering where people can hear.

... Uh I mean here, pictures

#guildwars2
Two personal characters from the game Guild Wars 2, in six panels. (First two of six.) The first panel is of a sylvari in a Durmand Priory uniform, distracted from his work as he watches some nearby drama unfolding near his table. Someone is approaching on the other side. The second panel has a human woman, dressed in a hooded vest, brazenly plopping down right next to him, startling him and slamming a bag of popcorn right on his papers. The only thing she has to say is "Scoot over." Next two panels. Third panel: the sylvari is CLEARLY not happy about this woman getting all in his space. He glares at her while she smirks back at him like a cat. Fourth panel: the sylvari twists back around and adjusts in his seat, angling away from the woman, still glaring at her as she wordlessly gestures towards the popcorn bag in invitation. The smirk has not left her face. Last two panels. Fifth panel: the sylvari is back to watching the nearby drama, disgruntled with the woman now at his table. The woman is now focused on the same commotion, digging into the popcorn like she's watching a movie. Last panel: marked as "Later". The sylvari has by now completely forgotten his irritation, fully engrossed in the mess still going on off-screen. The popcorn bag looks just about empty, and it's clear he's the reason why. Stray popcorn has fallen all over his neglected paperwork. The woman is giving him a knowing look as he reaches back into the bag (not even looking at it), smirking once again with a quiet "Uh-huh."
August 26, 2024 at 6:55 PM
dalennau.bsky.social
Hi, do we have the same cat?
A picture of Fizza, a dilute tortoiseshell cat with yellow eyes. She is lying down on top of a washing machine with her head up. Her right front paw is placed firmly on the outstretched hand of the human (who is otherwise out of frame) who is trying to pet her, as if to say "No". She looks annoyed, with her right ear slightly cocked back and her tail having just flicked back behind her.
March 9, 2024 at 12:09 PM
dalennau.bsky.social
Gonna be drawing some Toriyama-inspired stuff this weekend. In the meantime, I've got a Goku Day drawing from 2021, so I'll share what I've got.

That man was powerful, to have reached so many of us. 68 isn't young, but it still feels too soon.
His presence at least still remains through his work.
A digital painting of Son Goku from Dragon Ball, posed together with a raptor. Goku's hair is black and in its classic style. He is wearing an orange and blue bomber jacket with a white scarf around his neck. He is wearing his Nyoi-bo (his Power Pole) on his back. He is grinning st the raptor and he is holding his hand up to cradle its jaw. The raptor is bright red and light brown. It is looking coyly at the viewer. The two of them are drawn against a simple teal and white backdrop.
March 9, 2024 at 2:47 AM
dalennau.bsky.social
Last few months I've been dealing with a lot. Don't want to get deep into all of it. But a big part of it has been losing my cat, Terra.
It's been over a month and every reminder I get that she's gone still hurts.

I never have had an easy time capturing her likeness. I think I finally got close.
A digital portrait of the OP's cat, Terra. She is a longhaired calico with a ginger muzzle and forehead, red nose, white mouth and chest, and brown and black framing her face. She has ear tufts, white whiskers, and bright yellowish-green eyes. She is staring up at the viewer with eyes wide open. Her image sits on a soft blue-green background. The reference photo used for Terra's portrait in the first image. She is still looking up at the viewer and is wearing a bandana around her neck that is partially hidden beneath her fur. The tabby striping around her eyes and face are more prominent than in the portrait, and she looks a bit more alert than the portrait's softer expression. She has a dark tail, and the very tips of her front paws are white. She is prettier in the reference than the OP can currently manage to portray. Terra sitting on the bed in OP's bedroom. Her back has red fur and is facing the viewer. Her head is turned to the left to watch something outside the frame. The bandana around her neck is more visible, and it has stars and the word "baby" on its pattern. Her eyes are, again, wide open, and she looks alert. A photo of Terra lying on her side on a patterned yellow couch, with a white towel beneath her. Her front paws are close to the camera and she has thin white fur on her recently-shaved belly. Her eyes are closed and she is resting.
March 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM
dalennau.bsky.social
My current job is pretty chill, but often I have to doodle something during the day or else I shrivel up into an anxious ball.

They know me here as the person who draws T-Rexes on all the cards.
Here are some of the better ones.
A doodle of a chunky tyrannosaurus, laid-up in bed and looking morose. He has a cast on his right foot, a bandage on his cheek, and a crutch cradled between his right arm and his chest. There is text to the left of the drawing that says, "T-Rex can't wait to be back on both feet". A doodle of a tyrannosaurus rex in a party hat, looking down anxiously at the ground far below him. He is sailing through the sky from a single balloon, to which he is clinging for his life. The distant shapes of clouds and birds dot the sky behind him. An inked bust-shot doodle of a tyrannosaurus rex on an orange background, holding a masquerade mask to his face with a stick. The mask is styled like a jester's hat with bells on the ends, and he is also wearing a larger bell from his tail. A bust-shot doodle of a chunky tyrannosaurus rex, balancing a round cake on his snout. His eyes are trained on the cake, and he is smiling.
November 1, 2023 at 5:55 PM
dalennau.bsky.social
Pardon me for making my next image post a photomanip. I've been doing a few lately.

GW2 is releasing a corset piece that I'm very excited about. It's very fanservicey (valid), but I AM wishing it also came with the option for an undershirt. So I slapped it on top of one.

He classy. <3

#guildwars2
A pair of photo-manipulated screenshots of a male sylvari (a humanoid-shaped plant person) from Guild Wars 2, from the front and from a 3/4 back angle. He is wearing: glasses; trousers with criss-cross cording, reinforcing leather on the left leg, leather pouches and belt, and scales; knee-high leather boots; and a fancy, long-sleeved shirt with asymmetrical leather cording on the sleeves, paired with a cravat and then with a strapped corset with leather suspenders over the lower half of his torso. The shirt and corset have been edited together to look like they are both part of the same piece of chest armor. The primary colors are a deep dark teal for the shirt and trousers, then a pale red-brown for the boots, leather straps, and cording. The metal glasses, buckles, and ornaments on the belt, shirt, and corset are white, and the cravat and trim on the shirt are a cream color.
October 19, 2023 at 11:10 PM
dalennau.bsky.social
@dagos.bsky.social did a lovely picture of my charr Myrra for me! I'm including both versions of her hair color because I'd. Honestly never thought of really making her a red-headed charr beyond her markings, but damn she looks good with it.

Thank you so much, Dag!

#guildwars2
A charr character from Guild Wars 2 on a pale green background. She has calico coloring, with primarily black fur, white mouth, and orange around her green eyes that look like flames. Her nose is pink. She has two sets of horns, one small set on her cheekbones and a larger set above her face, the latter of which are augmented by gear ornaments. Her ears are tufted and she has her hair, which is red-brown, gathered at the back with a long red ribbon (without a bow). She is looking up and to the right with a confused but curious look on her face. The same image as the first one, but the charr's hair is now orange-red, like her eye markings.
October 18, 2023 at 6:30 PM
dalennau.bsky.social
Not sure how quite to get this started honestly. "Best foot forward" is intimidating when you don't feel like you have a best foot to begin with, you know?

Guess I'll do this.
Design I drew for my sister when she graduated with her degree in stagecraft last year. Would like to vector it eventually.
White sketch on black cloth of a stagecraft symbol, similar to the tragedy and comedy mask symbols for theatre. The symbol is of a mask split roughly down the middle, one half smiling and the other half frowning. The frowning half has a smile initially sketched underneath it by mistake. The mask has a headset with microphone along its left side (the viewer's right). This mask is also styled in the shape of a cat, with pointed ears, almond eyes, a triangular nose, stripes for eyebrows, and whiskers. Same stagecraft symbol from prior image, but now colored in. The smiling side is now white with eye, smile, stripes and whiskers in blue. The frowning side is now blue with eye and stripes in white; the frown and whiskers are colored in blue as well, so that only the ends of the whiskers are visible on the silhouette and the frown is no longer visible at all. The headset is blue across both sides.
August 31, 2023 at 6:13 PM