Bethany Hawke (Term 34)

Thank you Berserker79 for your great comment! :)

Elyza

Have to admit that when including Bethany among my suggestions for your poll I did not expect her to receive those many votes. :) Anyway, seeing that she is one of my favorite Dragon Age characters, I thought that the least I could do was to post a comment also here. As I already mentioned, Bethany has got some seriously breathtaking curves in this work! The way you have painted her in this soft and sexy pose does a great job when it comes to showing Bethany’s sexy side, perfect for a character who is not as… uninhibited as e.g. Isabela. ;) The lighting gives the scene an overall familiar feeling, makes me thing of places visited in DA2 such as The Hanged Man. Also, the choice of adding that dwarven screen’s silhouette as part of the background is the kind of details I always enjoy to see. Finally, I tend to think that when it comes to fanart it’s always important that the character depicted remains recognizable. You managed to do that just here as far as I can tell, drawing a recognizable Bethany in your own style. I have no trouble figuring out this is her, even if she is not wearing (any part of) one of her canon outfits. I realize that this lovely customized version of the DA2 underwear may confuse those who aren't used to seeing Bethany other than in her canon robes, but I like it because it’s making the overall bland DA2 underwear look stylish. Now I can't help but think this is exactly what Bethany wears under her Circle robes. :D

Thanks for the feedback again Ciarán! :)

Elyza

Well, following on from the WIP update, this finished Bethany looks fantastic. All that I said before still stands and is even better now, from the lighting, to the skin textures and rendering of her anatomy. Her hair has the perfect amount of detail to it, that strong rim-lighting is particularly striking and her face is beautiful. Her body is marvellously defined and I really like her attire with the SFW version. The patterned green goes very well with her warm skin tones, while the golden trim and red sections are further accentuated against the green. Leaving this comment short since I would largely just be repeating myself from the WIP comment, but rest assured, I'm definitely a big fan of this painting, most certainly one of my recent favourites of yours 😍😍😍. Looking forward to seeing Samus too 😉😄

Ciarán M