Thought I'd share my latest Cullen drawing (still a work in progress). It started as an anatomy exercise. When I posted it initially to my Tumblr, I had only sketched the body and the clothes, but not the face. People then suggested I draw Cullen or Alistair. There were more votes for Cullen, sooooo...
Beautiful! Taking commissions? 
lol my Blackwall romancing dwarf was so frustrated whenever she spoke to Cullen, I was like there should be another option!!! Mashes spot where heart should be...but the chapel scene as a friend I headcanoned the hell out of that. That sweet little move he makes to come stand by her at the end, I was like...he so wants her lol
I haven't gotten my Blackwall-romancing dwarf that far yet. Sadly, three of the four official romances for a female dwarf hit at least one, if not several, hot button personal dislikes for me, and the fourth just doesn't work with a dwarf for me. Not that I don't see their appeal for other people. But I'd give a lot to see a romance available to a female dwarf that was a nice guy romantic (throw in older, cocky, and given to verbal sparring, and I'd be just as obsessed, lol.)
I still wish Varric was an option even if only for a dwarf at least. I still don't like the animation problems with a dwarf and taller LI. Which is why I have only played one and most likely wont play another.
But yeah I know what you mean about the other options. For me I wont ever romance Sera or Josephine, I can't stand Sera, she never sits right with my Dalish and Josephine is too sweet for lack of better word. I have tried Bull a couple of times but he is so corny for me and not enough Qunari if that makes sense.
I still wish Varric was an option even if only for a dwarf at least. I still don't like the animation problems with a dwarf and taller LI. Which is why I have only played one and most likely wont play another.
But yeah I know what you mean about the other options. For me I wont ever romance Sera or Josephine, I can't stand Sera, she never sits right with my Dalish and Josephine is too sweet for lack of better word. I have tried Bull a couple of times but he is so corny for me and not enough Qunari if that makes sense.
So.....
Now we can't post any Cullen pics unless you're the creator .Or if you do post Cullen pics to include the direct link of the source . Or is this the Cullen-cult being nit-picky yet again?
It's not something new. We always include links to the source, because we try to keep the art with the artist.
So.....
Now we can't post any Cullen pics unless you're the creator .Or if you do post Cullen pics to include the direct link of the source . Or is this the Cullen-cult being nit-picky yet again?
There's nothing wrong in giving credit to the artists.
So, uhm... I finally got the game and after sinking some hours of it, I kinda.. well, I suddenly got this unhealthy obsession over Cullen (there, I've said it).
Wanted to roll a dude and break my 'sticking to 1 LI' curse. But at this rate, I don't think it's possible, LoL
What's worse is.. usually when I play rpg I enjoy grinding up, getting loots and level my character. Now I don't have much patience for it anymore since I just sorta jump into the main campaign in order to progress the romance part >.<'
So uh,, is there any advice from all you good people around here on how to manage my obsession on the ex-templar?
When I first played the game I expected to be wowed and amazed (like many other times when I played other games) never expected to get dragged into the abyss and develop an addiction to a guy that only exist in a computer screen, LoL (cries)
Guess I better stop now before it gets way too embarassing T_T..
Don't be embarassed. Obsessing over Cullen is my favorite hobby! 
Beautiful! Taking commissions?
Thank you, Mel 
I'm glad you like the drawing so far. Not open to commissions or requests for the next couple of months, unfortunately. But I will announce my availability on Tumblr. In the meantime, hope you'll enjoy the progress on this Cullen piece.
However, most of my drawings are pretty high-res, usually 12x18 in, 300 dpi. This one in particular is not very large, only 8x12 in, 300 dpi. I guess I could fulfil print orders?
So.....
Now we can't post any Cullen pics unless you're the creator .Or if you do post Cullen pics to include the direct link of the source . Or is the Cullen-cult being nit-picky yet again?
Just making sure that there's a link to the source since it's too easy for creators to be separated from their works in this day and age of google images and folks removing watermarks and reposting images as their own. It's what artists have asked us to do and it doesn't seem to be too much to ask to make sure they still get credit for sharing their hard work with us for free.
R2s muse - okay, thank you. I don't mean to revisit topics long past. I did skim through this thread for answers but, um.. 5000+ pages! i missed it. i had posted all my shenko over at FF, but i don't seem to be seeing much activity there and the doc manager annoys me, anyhow. i'm at ao3 and my hubby built me a site, so that's where i landed.
Do not be embarrassed! (sage points her finger into the air, emphatically)
sooo, please excuse me a little rant - a rantlet, if you will - (also relevant to the nug dating sim question, which I *think* was in good fun from BW, but I don't know for sure)
It is one of my total pet peeves about gaming that some styles/types of gaming are considered 'more valid' than others. I remember looking up this awesome, totally thorough stat point allocation guide to fallout new vegas. The thing was amazing, but the person who wrote it kept saying things like 'Well, putting state points into charisma is an RP choice, which is to say it's not a choice at all.'
^ and that just bugs me. It bothers me when min-maxing - playing the game for every scrap of XP and loot in a totally OCD fashion - is considered 'real' gaming and sitting back on casual mode and exploring all the characters of the game is not. If you want to play the game as a dating sim, I say go for it. If you want to mod skyrim so it's peopled with furbies, go for it.
I mean, i read that somebody finished DAI in nightmare mode within a day of the game's release. That person got articles on gaming sites written about him/her, like it was this huge achievement - which, hey, it IS. But if my buddies ele and ottemis spend hours making mod retextures, or hours in the CC making amazing looking characters, is that somehow less valid? Why? because it's more about the art and craft than the button-punching? Or if someone (like most of the people on this thread) spends their spare time and considerable talent writing reams of fanfiction and making art, is that somehow less valid than putting up a video of beating the boss in a minute flat?
i mean, the game is an RPG. someone (the writer, brianne battye, at the very least), put a TON of time and effort into the writing of the cullen romance. i think it's totally legit to go nuts for her writing. is going nuts for the gameplay more valid? i don't think either is more important. the game has BOTH elements in it. if one is more important to you, that's just fine.
And frankly, a lot of people like multiple elements of the game. That's why Bioware video games rock so much: there's SO much in them. personally, I try to get every cheevo in the book - the insanity/nightmare run, romance all the toons, find every codex, read them all, make the 'perfect' build. AND i like to sit there musing on the character development and why i think cullen is such an amazing person over all 3 games. i just soak in every corner of the game, and if someone thinks that all i'm doing is fangeeking over the cute boys in it ... well, I AM geeking out over the cute boys, but that's not all i'm doing. if anything thinks that i'm 'just one of those romantic fangirls' that's their mistake. i'm a romantic fangirl AND i'm a gamer. these aren't mutually exclusive.
Sooo, to draw my little rant to a close, I don't think anyone should EVER have to apologize for what they like in a game. not all fans will ship all the same stuff, not every fan will enjoy all the same things in the game. but i think respect for everyone else's enjoyment of the game is where it should start. and then we can all enjoy how the game's art inspires so many people to enjoy themselves and make more art.
and cullen's beautifulness does inspire a lot of art. as it should.
(ahem, end rantlet)
okay, in short, i'm saying, don't apologize. you are noticing and enjoying something that was put there for a reason. and if you never want to play the game for any other reason than to admire cullen, that is just fine. more than fine.
:slow clap:
Just making sure that there's a link to the source since it's too easy for creators to be separated from their works in this day and age of google images and folks removing watermarks and reposting images as their own. It's what artists have asked us to do and it doesn't seem to be too much to ask to make sure they still get credit for sharing their hard work with us for free.
Oh...
Ok then.
It's just about making sure the creator gets credit for it. Post as many things as you like, it's just a common courtesy to link to the creator as well and if you can't be bothered, well, someone else is going to do it for you.So.....
Now we can't post any Cullen pics unless you're the creator .Or if you do post Cullen pics to include the direct link of the source . Or is the Cullen-cult being nit-picky yet again?
Ya'll still perverts.
Not nearly pervy enough without Boom the Pervert Queen around
Not nearly pervy enough without Boom the Pervert Queen around
Oh, well I shall endeaver to come in here more and be pervy alongside you all then.
Good! It's been a bit quiet without you. Don't want the pervy level to taper off...
Hoo boy. celticwolfwalker has developed a new, extra-smoldery version of Cullen. *fans self*
Cullen At Restby CelticWolfwalker
Wow......hot! 
I pretty sure it is FanFiction.net
Thanks
So, uhm... I finally got the game and after sinking some hours of it, I kinda.. well, I suddenly got this unhealthy obsession over Cullen (there, I've said it).
Wanted to roll a dude and break my 'sticking to 1 LI' curse. But at this rate, I don't think it's possible, LoL
What's worse is.. usually when I play rpg I enjoy grinding up, getting loots and level my character. Now I don't have much patience for it anymore since I just sorta jump into the main campaign in order to progress the romance part >.<'
So uh,, is there any advice from all you good people around here on how to manage my obsession on the ex-templar?
When I first played the game I expected to be wowed and amazed (like many other times when I played other games) never expected to get dragged into the abyss and develop an addiction to a guy that only exist in a computer screen, LoL (cries)
Guess I better stop now before it gets way too embarassing T_T..
Ha just give into the obession, we have 
. He's a brilliant character with a great VA. It's hard for me to stay away for more than a few days.
Hoo boy. celticwolfwalker has developed a new, extra-smoldery version of Cullen. *fans self*
Cullen At Restby CelticWolfwalker
Dear God in Heaven, you must be trying to give me a heart attack.
Ya'll still perverts.
Pot and kettle, m'dear.
R2s muse - okay, thank you. I don't mean to revisit topics long past. I did skim through this thread for answers but, um.. 5000+ pages! i missed it. i had posted all my shenko over at FF, but i don't seem to be seeing much activity there and the doc manager annoys me, anyhow. i'm at ao3 and my hubby built me a site, so that's where i landed.
Do not be embarrassed! (sage points her finger into the air, emphatically)
sooo, please excuse me a little rant - a rantlet, if you will - (also relevant to the nug dating sim question, which I *think* was in good fun from BW, but I don't know for sure)
It is one of my total pet peeves about gaming that some styles/types of gaming are considered 'more valid' than others. I remember looking up this awesome, totally thorough stat point allocation guide to fallout new vegas. The thing was amazing, but the person who wrote it kept saying things like 'Well, putting state points into charisma is an RP choice, which is to say it's not a choice at all.'
^ and that just bugs me. It bothers me when min-maxing - playing the game for every scrap of XP and loot in a totally OCD fashion - is considered 'real' gaming and sitting back on casual mode and exploring all the characters of the game is not. If you want to play the game as a dating sim, I say go for it. If you want to mod skyrim so it's peopled with furbies, go for it.
I mean, i read that somebody finished DAI in nightmare mode within a day of the game's release. That person got articles on gaming sites written about him/her, like it was this huge achievement - which, hey, it IS. But if my buddies ele and ottemis spend hours making mod retextures, or hours in the CC making amazing looking characters, is that somehow less valid? Why? because it's more about the art and craft than the button-punching? Or if someone (like most of the people on this thread) spends their spare time and considerable talent writing reams of fanfiction and making art, is that somehow less valid than putting up a video of beating the boss in a minute flat?
i mean, the game is an RPG. someone (the writer, brianne battye, at the very least), put a TON of time and effort into the writing of the cullen romance. i think it's totally legit to go nuts for her writing. is going nuts for the gameplay more valid? i don't think either is more important. the game has BOTH elements in it. if one is more important to you, that's just fine.
And frankly, a lot of people like multiple elements of the game. That's why Bioware video games rock so much: there's SO much in them. personally, I try to get every cheevo in the book - the insanity/nightmare run, romance all the toons, find every codex, read them all, make the 'perfect' build. AND i like to sit there musing on the character development and why i think cullen is such an amazing person over all 3 games. i just soak in every corner of the game, and if someone thinks that all i'm doing is fangeeking over the cute boys in it ... well, I AM geeking out over the cute boys, but that's not all i'm doing. if anything thinks that i'm 'just one of those romantic fangirls' that's their mistake. i'm a romantic fangirl AND i'm a gamer. these aren't mutually exclusive.
Sooo, to draw my little rant to a close, I don't think anyone should EVER have to apologize for what they like in a game. not all fans will ship all the same stuff, not every fan will enjoy all the same things in the game. but i think respect for everyone else's enjoyment of the game is where it should start. and then we can all enjoy how the game's art inspires so many people to enjoy themselves and make more art.
and cullen's beautifulness does inspire a lot of art. as it should.
(ahem, end rantlet)
okay, in short, i'm saying, don't apologize. you are noticing and enjoying something that was put there for a reason. and if you never want to play the game for any other reason than to admire cullen, that is just fine. more than fine.
THIS THIS THIS!!!!!!!!
And just as a little addition...part of the gaming experience for me is being a total nerd fangirl. That's why I come and hang out with the Cullenites. I play games cause I like to chill alone, but to have a community to gush about it and feel OK about it is awesome!!
And then, oddly, I get called a 'fangirl' like it is a bad thing. On the BSN site!! Where...I just assumed...we were all kinda on here BECAUSE we are fang girls/guys. (Note, that does not happen in this group...cause ya'll are awesome)
I friggen love bioware games. I am playing Mass Effect 3 now (once again), and laughed till I almost cried when Male Shepard says to the indoctrinated Hanar "You big...stupid...jellyfish". Seriously, his delivery of that line is one of the best pieces of voice acting in history!!! (Still giggling about it). I NEED that on a tee-shirt!!!
Anyway, embrace your fangirl/guy!!! I am not ashamed of loving Cullen and Alistair (and obsessing over them a bit). I am not ashamed of being weirdly attracted to Thane and Legion from ME (that big ole eye-light does something to me). And if folks don't like it...well.."they are big...stupid...jellyfish"!!!
Pot and kettle, m'dear.
Yes, but who is the pot and who is the kettle, hmmm?
Yes, but who is the pot and who is the kettle, hmmm?
I know this one, hang on.
Well, you're the most pervy, so I know that at least.
And then, oddly, I get called a 'fangirl' like it is a bad thing. On the BSN site!! Where...I just assumed...we were all kinda on here BECAUSE we are fang girls/guys. (Note, that does not happen in this group...cause ya'll are awesome)
That's been said about everyone in this entire thread too many times before for it to happen here. Unless it's the curious come to rattle our cage.
OMFG. Dragon Age Bunnies. And, bunny!Cullen is all, "Why the frak am I dressed like this?" LOL
http://feralkiwi-des...i-think-im-most
Dragon Age Bunnies, set #2! I think I’m most pleased with Sebastian actually because Andraste’s face with bunny ears cracks me up.If you’d like to use this design for your cosplay, that’s perfectly fine! Just please link back to this blog and credit me (Tori McKenna) as the concept artist!Also, if anyone is interested in joining our Dragon Con DA Bunny group, the link is here
Did y'all using mod see this? Possible fix for mods and Patch 6/DLC.
http://www.reddit.co..._run_mods_with/
Any modders care to comment whether works?
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