Um, is that bad...?
Maybe not to some, but to me, I want people to know it's not edited. It took way more work fine-tuning the cinematic tools than if I were to just edit a color-shot in Photoshop. I guess that's the photographer in me.
Blarg...I'm over it. 
I don't know why I have such a hard time playing an elf. They have a very interesting history in this world, great for roleplaying and writing. But I almost always end up as a human. Maybe it's because the damned ears always clip the hair in the CC!!
Haha, part of the time I spend in the CC on my Lavellans is adjusting the ears so they don't clip into the hair.
The men are waaayyyyy too thin for me. I need a muscly Legolas dammit!
There. Fixed it for ya.
Maybe not to some, but to me, I want people to know it's not edited. It took way more work fine-tuning the cinematic tools than if I were to just edit a color-shot in Photoshop. I guess that's the photographer in me.
Blarg...I'm over it.
LOL I see. Sorta. Not being a photographer I guess I have no idea... but I also doubt a lot of those folks on tumblr do either. For someone with no skill in this arena, the word "edit" can be a magical, hand-wavey catch all word for "did something that took some effort, not just push Print Screen." Whatever that effort may be. So that could even be a way of respecting that you did something more than just snap a screenshot, you know? Anyway, I'd be surprised if it was intended to disregard the effort you put in.
You might consider writing a blog entry about it?
The men are waaayyyyy too thin for me. I need a muscly Legolas dammit!
I think if the elven males had the same body model as Solas they would look fantastic. I guess there are lore reasons why Solas is taller with broader shoulders, but just his shape is much more in line with what I imagine elven males to look like.
Aww I like Solas's body model; it suits him.
So do I. That's my point! They already have a muscley elf model, just not available for the PCs.
edited to add: also for Abelas... purrr... 
There. Fixed it for ya.
Ugh. He's got the perfect ass, but the rest of his attributes just aren't doing it for me! An
ought to have a lot more muscle on him!
I think if the elven males had the same body model as Solas they would look fantastic. I guess there are lore reasons why Solas is taller with broader shoulders, but just his shape is much more in line with what I imagine elven males to look like.
I don't think he's that much different than the elven Inquisitors. Taller yes, but definitely not broad at all.
No, I think you made your point well, you were clearly speaking about your own experience. I do take exception to the general notion that human characters make for lesser roleplaying, but this isn't a personal attack on you or your post, it's more a general commentary on a notion I've seen repeated in this fandom too many times for comfort - that playing elves is the only "true" way to roleplay (weird how even dwarves don't count, isn' it?), that humans are "boring" and people only play them as self-inserts, or to project themselves as a pretty princess, etc. It happens with mages versus non-mage classes too, it's not just restricted to races. Coming from a background in tabletop RPG, where the only limit to roleplaying is a player's poor imagination, even the notion that people in video game fandoms think there are superior ways to roleplay sounds really weird to me.
Anyway, don't take it personally. It's not about how you do things in your game in particular, it's more a general note on a surprisingly common sentiment in this fandom.
I don't know that humans make for lesser RPing, but they don't take me, personally, far enough outside the real world to put up with the drawbacks, frankly, of how they designed the game controls, etc. (as I look down at the sheets of notes on save files that I have to keep on paper because of the mind-boggling inability to rename save files). I would probably not be playing even a Dalish more than once in DAI except for the blasted race gating on the romances. Believe me, I'd be shipping Cullen with some of my dwarves in a heartbeat - variations on ex-Templar good guy with ex-Carta bad girls trying to learn to walk the straight and narrow, what's not to love in the possibilities there? I do try not to moan about being locked out of the romances I prefer on the IQs I prefer, so I omitted that from my reasons for playing a Dalish to romance Cullen. Elves would have been my third choice after dwarves and qunari. The reasons I listed that other people like playing humans are ones that people have stated in this thread as their reasons for playing humans, so I felt safe listing them.
Thank you , but please remember that It's hard not to take it personally when it's my words that get quoted, then criticized, especially when I worked so carefully to answer the question that was asked in a way that made it clear I was only speaking for my personal reasons and respected other people's choices. It may be a common sentiment in DA fandom, but I haven't actually seen much of anyone in this thread suggest that playing an elf is the way to RP (if anything, I would have said that human IQs were a slight majority on this thread.)
LOL I see. Sorta. Not being a photographer I guess I have no idea... but I also doubt a lot of those folks on tumblr do either. For someone with no skill in this arena, the word "edit" can be a magical, hand-wavey catch all word for "did something that took some effort, not just push Print Screen."
You might consider writing a blog entry about it?
Yeah, I added a note to my posts. I'm still new to Tumblr in general so I'm getting used to how it all works.
What I've noticed is that an "edit," as far as Tumblr is concerned, is when someone takes an original image (or vid), and changes it in photoshop, etc. I've come across a couple of mine that were altered in this fashion on someone's blog and I didn't particularly like it. When I post my work, I post it in its end-state, as I intended it to be viewed. But, what am I gonna do - I put my work out there so that's gonna happen. I just didn't want anybody to confuse these specific black and white screenshots with being lumped into the "edit" category.
Hey! Off topic, but I am writing and need help! Who is the head of the militia in redcliffe, the grizzled guy you talk to about getting Redcliffe ready for the undead? The one who tells you about the Blacksmith...ugg..I can't find his name!!! In DAO...
Ugh. He's got the perfect ass, but the rest of his attributes just aren't doing it for me! An
Spoilerought to have a lot more muscle on him!
I feel ya. I feel like my female elf is going to fall apart at her rag doll seams sometimes, she's so stick skinny. I lurv Solas's model... but could see it still feeling slight.
Hey! Off topic, but I am writing and need help! Who is the head of the militia in redcliffe, the grizzled guy you talk to about getting Redcliffe ready for the undead? The one who tells you about the Blacksmith...ugg..I can't find his name!!! In DAO...
I feel ya. I feel like my female elf is going to fall apart at her rag doll seams sometimes, she's so stick skinny. I lurv Solas's model... but could see it still feeling slight.
I like that Solas has more of a swimmer's build (lean and broad-shouldered), but yes, I agree about my Lavellan. The first time I saw her waking up in Haven after closing the breach I thought she was going to crack in half.
That picture is kind of creepy. Not just the whole make Cullen into a red Templar thing either, its something else....
I think it's extra creepy because of the veins throughout his body that also somewhat resemble crevices of flesh that've been torn away, eheh. ;-; I'm actually drawing a Red Templar Cullen myself for a project, but I should make it clear that it's not because I enjoy the angst of seeing Cullen suffer and unable to resist his demons. I'm only doing it because the theme of the piece is corruption and I thought it was fitting. I absolutely want Cullen to have his happily ever after in my personal headcanon.
I've seen people on Tumblr who are also uncomfortable with the idea of Cullen being corrupted, and I agree that I don't feel comfortable thinking about the implications of how he ended up that way beyond the technical execution of my drawing...but in the name of artistic license, I do what must be done. Though I do recognize that there are also those who like to imagine the what-if scenario. Whatever floats ya boat~
So I just wanted to send out a bit of a *sigh* on my part. I've had folks on Tumblr making mention of my black and white "edits." They aren't edits! They are screenshots straight out of the game! DAI Cinematic Tools is where all the magic happens.
/endrant
Most people on Tumblr use the word edit to refer to any graphic that is enhanced or different from the vanilla visuals we'd see in the game regardless of how much personal effort was put into the outcome. You can write a little blurb under each post if you'd like to specify what you did, though!
An
Spoiler
ought to have a lot more muscle on him!
Must a [spoiler] be a paragon of physical masculinity though? In any case, he's an elven [spoiler] so it makes sense he should look like his people.
*shrug*
I was just saying what I personally would have found attactive.
I feel ya. I feel like my female elf is going to fall apart at her rag doll seams sometimes, she's so stick skinny. I lurv Solas's model... but could see it still feeling slight.
*shrug*
I was just saying what I personally would have found attactive.
I feel ya. I feel like my female elf is going to fall apart at her rag doll seams sometimes, she's so stick skinny. I lurv Solas's model... but could see it still feeling slight.
And that was one of my other problems with being race gated, the redesign of the elves drives me nuts personally, mostly because I struggle looking at that build and imagining a S&S warrior (I spend as little time running around Skyhold on my Dalish warrior as possible because I hate even seeing her out of armor.) But some people like that appearance. I just wish I had the option personally to keep her in something in Skyhold that added a little bulk at the shoulders at least (without having to run a cheat engine or mod.)
I think it's extra creepy because of the veins throughout his body that also somewhat resemble crevices of flesh that've been torn away, eheh. ;-; I'm actually drawing a Red Templar Cullen myself for a project, but I should make it clear that it's not because I enjoy the angst of seeing Cullen suffer and unable to resist his demons. I'm only doing it because the theme of the piece is corruption and I thought it was fitting. I absolutely want Cullen to have his happily ever after in my personal headcanon.
I've seen people on Tumblr who are also uncomfortable with the idea of Cullen being corrupted, and I agree that I don't feel comfortable thinking about the implications of how he ended up that way beyond the technical execution of my drawing...but in the name of artistic license, I do what must be done. Though I do recognize that there are also those who like to imagine the what-if scenario. Whatever floats ya boat~
Most people on Tumblr use the word edit to refer to any graphic that is enhanced or different from the vanilla visuals we'd see in the game regardless of how much personal effort was put into the outcome. You can write a little blurb under each post if you'd like to specify what you did, though!
There's "creepy" Red Templar Cullen, and then there's "smexy" Red Templar Cullen. That specific one comes to mind that was posted here a few times. Good grief that one was nice. 
Thanks for the feedback on "edits." I get kinda possessive over my stuff...that's the artsy-fartsy side of me shining through. Doesn't matter what type of artsy-fartsy a person is - they put time into it, they have a right to be possessive over it. I will make sure I add a note on anything going forward that my screenshots are not edited.
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