stacie ponder

…two great tastes that probably make no sense together but I do not care!

…this is one.

From my Skyrim comic blog thing (on Tumblr or Blogger…ooo, choice of platform!):

As a big ol’ real-life and in-game book nerd, I was perhaps a little too excited about the whole Potema quest line. I devoured every volume of The Wolf Queen biography in Oblivion and found her (along with Barenziah) to be a fascinating character from the history of Tamriel. Seriously, her (condensed) bio is worth a read.

Then WHAT! In Skyrim she’s resurrected and I can head into the catacombs and fight her? An “unambiguously evil”, psychopathic, power-mad necromancer surrounded by an army of the undead? Unbelievable. I took my time and savored these quests, the very idea of them made them my favorite in the game.

Ultimately, though, it was a bit of a disappointment in the end. I’m not quite sure what I was expecting, but it felt much like any other battle in the game: a few draugr deathlords and Potema herself, who remained in blue, glowy spectral form. She talked more smack than most enemies, but that was about it. But no matter! I haven’t dorked out on any other quest quite so much, so that made the experience memorable regardless.

So I have this Skyrim tumblr I’m using to sort of journal my first playthrough and also to give me a chance to warm-up sketch. It’s fun.

Got me some fancy-ass handmade paper that lends itself to group shots, so I thought I’d use the first piece to tackle Shepard’s crew from Mass Effect. Might do each character in full color next time, I dunno. What I DO know is that it’s kind of impossible to erase on this paper so I can’t be as pencil-crazy-sketchy as I usually am. OOH, life on the EDGE!

It’s about 5″ x 13″.

I done did a bunch of new commissions right before the holidays. Check ‘em out! Order one for your very own! Or get a REALLY HUGE jump on next year’s Christmas shopping. Everyone loves art…unless they’re jerks or something.

All are sketch cards (2.5″ x 3.5″) unless otherwise indicated.

player character, Dungeons and Dragons

Tod Browning’s Freaks

Halloween – 5″ x 7″

Haddonfield karaoke night – 5″ x 7″

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Tomb Raider

Link – 3″ x 5″

Michael Myers

History of Slashers Part 1: Black Christmas (1974)

History of Slashers Part 2: Halloween (1978)

History of Slashers Part 3: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

History of Slashers Part 4: Scream (1996)

Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Player character, World of Warcraft