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Punished “Venom” Asphodel

@asphodelles.bsky.social

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Concept artist/illustrator ✦ Prev. Riot Games, Inverge Studios, Webtoon ✦ EN/한글 ok/FR ok they/them https://linktr.ee/asphodelles 🔞 occasional suggestive

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · Oct 17

Howdy!
I am a stylized concept artist for games based in LA, previous clients include Riot Games and Inverge Studios.
You can find more of my work on my site asphodelles.carrd.co or email me [email protected] for work inquiries.

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 29m

how much more genuinely painful cringe can a washed concept artist draw before they become completely unhireable

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 7h

she was looking out for you

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 7h

we hit the reinstall pathfinder stage of the mental breakdown i completely forgot i had the post-game dlc. wonder how this will go

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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · Nov 26

God I love how being a fascist in Disco Elysium literally breaks your mind and slowly kills you. That game loudly says "Being a fascist means being miserable all the time as you try to suppress your own humanity" and it rips

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 1d

kruellagh the vile

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 2d

haha get it like malice but with spelling different enough to still be phonetically identical

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 2d

*through gritted teeth* it's not copium

Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 2d

try daily affirmations like i need to live long enough to watch my enemies fall or i need to get so good at drawing characters kissing that internet users mistake it for official art

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lann enthusiast @eyesinthewoods.bsky.social · 3d

sometimes you just need to start a project that humbles you

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 2d

nevermind friend gave me a full exaction squad kill team set for free this is the greatest month of my life sorry guys

Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 3d

if i have to read one more text where the only protagonist-aligned brown characters are super nice and concerningly compliant to the status quo promoted by said text i'm going to explode

Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 3d

actually this works really great thank you 😭

Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 3d

a class i've been eyeing and saving up for for the better part of a year got cancelled due to low enrollment bar an LA trip this was the only thing i was looking forward to dearly this year after months and months of no art directors or teachers pleabse i'm so desperate to learn lmao

Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 3d

anyone have patreons or tutorials they recommend that teach you how to paint like this (character painting for concept art)

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 3d

ohgdoddddd that game oh god oh gosdf

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 3d

there's no pleasing those people so why bother!!

Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 3d

his reason for making a pact in general felt a lot more human too like he was young and was driven by retributive justice and had low self worth i thought the text was priming his arc to be "f what others think there's still honour in doing heroism in your own way even if it isn't huge like u want"

Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 3d

i've lost count of how many hour-long diatribes i gave to anyone who would listen about how superior his ea writing was compared to 1.0 i will never forgive 5e fans for calling him shitty for the same reasons they praised astarion and gale and scaring larian into scrubbing him of those flaws

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 3d

ever notice how a lot of poc companion characters in games are relegated to being paragons of virtue and the few that do get to be complicated get overlooked or vilified in a roster otherwise praised for their flaws

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 3d

close enough!

Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 5d

lorelai would resent her lavinia would probably pity her both of them are too passive aggressive to resort to physical violence if left unattended for 3 minutes

Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 5d

lorelai would probably be killed within the hour lavinia would be extremely confused and bemoan the lack of her seneschal and technology

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 5d

oh wow i can’t promise everything will make it but thank you, i’ll be sifting thru responses and see what i can answer that can’t fit in format

Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 6d

ok. AMA open, responses may be turned into comics that i'll put into a zine

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 7d

wenduag rocks, i’m glad her learning to open up and be more tempered by the end doesn’t come at the expense of invalidating all her core values and personal insecurities it feels more realistic

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