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Welcome to my little gallery for my art and some other awesome art from the talented people here on Tumblr! I'm Gyldowen, ¡Mucho gusto! She/her he/him, bi, ace, genderfluid
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Ice cream in winter - submitted by @lanterndove
#6a584c #cdf2dc #ffeea9 #8a2941 #b18a5
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Portraits of a Drow
Gal’vyn goes through a lot of changes in his life, and his look reflects that. Here are some portraits of my beautiful boy!
(In-depth story under the cut)
Underdark: Gal’vyn was born the third son of a poor family in the the city of Bel’laus Elamshin, a collective obsessed with “traditional drow values” and carrying out the First and Second Part of the Destiny of the People in the Spider Queen’s name. Because of his birth and station, he was sold to work in the mines. Although he spent his time doing hard labor, he was still expected to look beautiful for the Jabresses. No matter how time-consuming, inconvenient, or impractical, he was forced to braid, style, and pin his long hair to signify his station with a severe penalty for every infraction. He hated it. Although he was a devout follower of Lolth, he never truly fit in, the oppressive culture chafing against something deep inside. Eventually he couldn’t take it anymore, and he left his city, never to return.
Surface: The surface and his newfound freedom were strange, terrifying and exhilarating. It was hard to shed a lifetime of oppression, and it took Hal a while before he started to take control of his body and style. After a year still wearing his hair the same way, he finally got fed up and shaved it off himself. Though he ended up cutting himself and not liking the look anyway, that was his first act of self ownership.
Act 1: Since cutting his hair the first time, Gal evolved his look, dying his hair and getting tattoos. He enjoyed getting piercings, which had the added benefit of making him look really intimidating. People often steered clear of the scary drow, which suited him just fine. That is until he was captured by mindflayers and somehow made leader of a particularly mismatched group. It was then he discovered his new favorite accessory: a fresh pair of vampire bites.
Act 2: The shadowlands were not kind to Gal, in more ways than one. Away from light and civilization as they were, Gal couldn’t find the ingredients he needed for his hair dye or buy new khol when he ran out. The horrors of the shadow curse and Moonrise didn’t help his looks either. Astarion teased him for looking like shit, but still mended and embroidered his shirt regardless.
Act 3: Luckily for Gal, he was able to immediately buy the dye he needed from the mummy at the circus outside of the city. With a fresh cut and new clothes courtesy of a very grateful Figaro (and a collar to keep people from asking about the house brand on the back of his neck), he was able to take the Gate by storm.
Reunion: If there was one thing Gal learned the shadowlands, it was that his red hair was hard to maintain. So when he and Astarion decide to keep adventuring after the Elder Brain’s defeat, he chooses to go back to his natural color (after the vampire convinces him it looks dashing in the moonlight). With a different hairstyle and some exciting new piercings, Gal completes his new look with something he’s never worn before: happiness.
#bg3#baldurs gate#baldur's gate 3#baldurs gate fanart#baldurs gate tav#bg3 fanart#bg3 tav#bg3 spoilers#bg3 drow#oc artwork#artists on tumblr#my art#tav tuesday
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Gal'vyn really likes spiders. The rest of the party? Not so much . . .
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🕸️Gal'vyn🕸️
I took a break from playing the Baldur's Gate to draw my boy Gal!
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~OTPtober: Galvyn & Astarion~
Happy Halloween! Stay safe and don't let the vampires bite (unless you want them to 😳)
Inspired by this pose meme
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Tav Tuesday: Drow Day!
Male drow my beloved 🥺 I'm back at it again with more awesome Tavs and Durges! Here's this week's line-up:
Drow by @meanbossart | Chanterelle by @luddlestons
Creedence by @gravedigg | Gal'vyn by me, @gyldowen-draws
I will be back again next week with more beans! Happy Tav Tuesday 😋
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Tav Tuesday: Tiefling Time!
This is a shout out to all the amazing teeth-lings here on tumblr! Your little guys are awesome 😊
Here's this week's lineup:
Halion by @bara-izu | Iorek by @maatdraws
Caius by @narttart | Istelle by my partner!
I'm really enjoying this, so stay tuned next week for even more awesome Tavs!
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Tav Tuesday Round 3!
I'm having a blast drawing all these awesome Tavs, so here's four more! Here's this week's line-up:
Pelesaria by @asteraceae-and-sapphire | Phaedra by @heyitsjaki
Maeve by @for-tymora | Alphonse by @choccy-zefirka
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Alignment chart who?
Un-meme-ified version of my boy Gal'vyn under the cut!
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Tav Tuesday 2: Electric Boogaloo!
Welcome back to another Tav Tuesday! I had so much fun last week, I thought I would keep the ball rolling with another set of awesome Tavs (and one Durge lol). Here's this week's line-up:
Kader by @highblooddrumming | Staeve by @velnna
Elyon by @irrevocably-delicious | The Dark Urge by TheListenerOfVoid on DA
Stay tuned next week for more cool Tavs! 😊
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Happy Tav Tuesday!
I've been in a bg3 mood lately and I really love all the awesome Tavs on here so I've decided to draw a few of my favorites as beans! Here's the line-up for this week:
Gal'vyn by me, @gyldowen-draws | Hiraeth by @eff-plays
Finch by @everchased | Aldriin by @mistercrowbar
Stay tuned next week for more cool Tavs! 😊
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Worth it
After drawing Astarion, I just had to draw my boy Gal
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Tav Tuesday 6: The Tav-ening
This might be the last Tav Tuesday I do for a while, so I wanted to draw these awesome Tavs and Durges! Here's this week's line-up:
Marrow by @mlarty | Tarlin by @azzys-bg3-blog
Izzovir by @nythscribble | Maquia by @a-blue-tiefling
Thanks for joining me for these fun Tuesdays! I hope you all had as much as I did 😊 Stay Tav-tastic!
#bg3#baldur's gate 3#baldurs gate#bg3 fanart#baldurs gate fanart#bg3 tav#bg3 durge#dark urge#tav#bg3 tiefling#bg3 drow#oc artwork#artists on tumblr#my art#beans!#tav tuesday!
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I couldn't help myself, it was just too perfect
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Ring-A-Ding the new lil guy is done
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MerMay Giveaway Results!
And the winner of this year's MerMay Giveaway is . . . . . . . @darling-leech! Congrats 🎉
I will send you a DM to talk about your prize.
A huge thank you to all those who participated. I always have a lot of fun with these giveaways, I'll definitely do another in the future!
Well that's everything. I hope you all had fun and enjoy the rest of MerMay! 🧜
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🌊 🧜♀️ MerMay Giveaway 2024! 🧜♂️🐠
It's finally MerMay again, and I'm in the mood to hold another giveaway!
The Rules:
Must be following me @gyldowen-draws
Reblog this post to be entered (you can reblog as many times as you would like, and more reblogs = more chances to win)
You have until 4:30 PST on Friday, May 17th to enter
One winner from Tumblr and one winner for DeviantArt will be randomly drawn from all that site's entries and will be notified Friday evening (whenever I get home from work)
All my usual commission will's and won't still apply
Please be kind and courteous, we're all here to have fun!
The Entries:
In addition to rebloging this post, you can earn additional entries by:
Rebloging any of my art with the tag #mmgiveaway24 = +2 entries per reblog
Adding a nice tag to your reblog = +3 entries per reblog
Drawing art of my OCs (past art counts!) = +7 entries per art piece
(I will occasionally update this post with how many entries each person has)
The Prize:
The winners will receive a fully rendered drawing of their chosen OC as a mermaid!
Here are some past winners:
Mellatiel belongs to @asteraceae-and-sapphire and Esther belongs to @darling-leech
Ruth belongs to @snowy-weather
Please feel free to send me an ask or a message if you have any questions!
Have fun and good luck! 🧜
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