Guild Wars 2

not for the rest of this month working on alot of personal projects. I’ll be free to commissions next month! send a PM to me on deviant art if you want commissions.

http://cyang18.deviantart.com/

sharing this piece I did as a commission for someone. the person reached out to me asking for a painting, and if possible before christmas (which was a week away)

ahh, well that explains the fatigue. I also do art and I know the pain of drawing hours on end; especially in your case. after a few hours my hands would hurt from holding the tablet pen for too long; I would imagine this alot worst in your case. drawing is a way for me to bring my imagination to visualization so it provides stress relief. I’m glad you continued drawing despite your ailment.

sorry to ask but you mentioned being sick, and fatigue in your post; do you have a health condition? :o

due to the lack of submissions ( 3 ), I decided to close this one. Maybe I will open up another time. Right now it just dont seem like it’s worth the effort with just 3 people doing this. Again, thanks for those who submitted something, and sorry about closing so suddenly.

@Callipoe although I did say a couple sentences, I’ll take this because within the first few lines, I can already see potential in this.

this was from the original post, moving it down here since I want to edit the original message and dont want to have it run out of space.

Sanjyu and Janna grew up together as commoners of Divinity’s Reach, always struggling to pay their dues and help each others through daily life. Working in Minister Wi’s household, they were at least treated well; despite the low wages. Disregarding the dangers around Clayment Falls, they would travel often to train on their free time. Upon coming of age, the couple finally stepped out of Divinity’s Reach and into Shaemoor where they would get to experience Tyria for the first time in their life; in it’s magnificent beauty and dreadful sorrows.

It’s been years since leaving the comfort of home and the many lives that they have saved, along with the many friends they have met along the way only strengthen their love for one another. In an era of unsettled rest, time is of an essence in which is held dearest to their hearts, and despite Tyrian’s need for heroes, they still find time for one another.

…kicking bad guy’s kitten will have to wait for another day.

Sanjyu Roku + Janna Meagan

“Waaa-it!! Slow down! I cannot keep up!”

I heard the call of my partner, but I was unable to wait. How could I? This discovery was simply too amazing to wait for! As I scampered up the small cliffside, I stumbled slightly in my haste to reach the top.

A pair of goggles lay in the grass up top, right beside a jagged opening. “How curious” I thought. But life is too short to simply let opportunities for fun slip by. Grabbing the goggles eagerly, I swept off my leaves and swan dove in.

The underwater tunnel that greeted me was rather deep, and I hadn’t been prepared for it. I quickly stuffed my underwater breather on, and refitted my leaves back onto myself. There was a purplish-blue glow coming from the end of the tunnel. I heard a splash, and backflipped to see the my partner had jumped into the tunnel as well. She struggled with her equipment though, making her swim lop-sided as she tried to drag it along, her pet nudging her arm to tell her she wasn’t swimming properly.

Agent Kordiceps and Agent Cerridwen Cross could not have been more different. The mushroom headed sylvari Agent Kordiceps was prim, upright, professional. For the most part, everything was done by the book, as he was young, and that was the only way he knew how to do things. He wasn’t the perfect agent by any means, as the serpentine appendages of the alien creature that took root inside him on that botched mission could attest to, but he always tried to be. He was a soldier. He followed orders.

The pale human woman Cerridwen Cross was his opposite in almost every way. She’d had a hard life, and learned hard lessons about letting authority have too much power over her, so chose to bend the rules when she could. It often got her into trouble, and she had the terrible scars to prove it. Still, she was bright eyed, cheerful, flirty, and wonderfully creative. She was an artist in the medium of meat and bone.

It was the necromancy that brought these two together in the first place. Oh, it started simply enough, a project here, a research question there, a crazy idea about making a horse out of minotaurs because you just want something to ride around. A professional partnership became a friendship, and a friendship became, well, more.

It’s hard to say the exact moment the two fell in love, but they did have a dinner by candle light on Valentine’s Day, and that is usually a good formula for such things to occur. It wasn’t intentional, of course. Any good necromancer will tell you that the lab has to be lit by candle light. With so many open books around, sometimes candles just end up on the skulls on the table as a place to put them, so that the lab can be well lit. It wasn’t an extravagant dinner, either. Sure, he had baked that apple pie himself for them to share, but they were in the Tyrian Apple Company, and it was all he knew how to bake. As they sat, and talked, and joked with one another, enjoying the moment of happy intimacy among the gloomy shelves of rare reagents and preserved body parts, maybe they both realized it at the same time. They cared about each other. They understood each other. Here was a persona that really got that necromancy was a good thing, that had a passion for the art, that wouldn’t be judgmental no matter how weird an idea you came up with, that you could just take off your mask and be yourself with. It was a strange feeling, opening yourself up to a person like that after so long being guarded, and, well, you know what they say.

You can’t spell necromancer without romance.

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Hopefully we get more submissions next time!

Hours of fighting passed, their lifeless bodies everywhere. I never knew air could be so thick and heavy, the scent of mordrem blood, saturated it. “Come on Adeline!” I roared at myself. My blades cut through the last vine that had inundated the Pact base in Timberline. Overwhelmed by tiredness, and sadness, my eyes filled with tears.

I began to run up the hills, i need to escape this. The grass beneath me started to crunch. Looking up, i see where the beautiful green lands filled with tree after tree, suddenly change to stunning stretches of snow and cliffs. Could this be the most wonderful place on Tyria? Unsure as all i could feel was hope gone. Pain filled my heart.

Using my hands to pull myself up the last rocks, i turned my body, as if though by a force that wasn’t mine. My mind ruminating, so much destruction amid the most breathtaking view ive ever witnessed. Whatever was holding me up ceased, my limbs went weak, as i fell to my knees.

That distinct sound of crunching grass closed in behind me. I felt the immense warmth of arms encase my jaded body. I knew who it was, my Galohalt. “You can end this lonely feeling now, I’m here” He so sedately said in my ear.
…and in that moment, the world surrounding me stood silent. Air filling my lungs, as though if it were for the very first time. It was then, and only then, i realised he saved me…

“Waaa-it!! Slow down! I cannot keep up!”

I heard the call of my partner, but I was unable to wait. How could I? This discovery was simply too amazing to wait for! As I scampered up the small cliffside, I stumbled slightly in my haste to reach the top.

A pair of goggles lay in the grass up top, right beside a jagged opening. “How curious” I thought. But life is too short to simply let opportunities for fun slip by. Grabbing the goggles eagerly, I swept off my leaves and swan dove in.

The underwater tunnel that greeted me was rather deep, and I hadn’t been prepared for it. I quickly stuffed my underwater breather on, and refitted my leaves back onto myself. There was a purplish-blue glow coming from the end of the tunnel. I heard a splash, and backflipped to see the my partner had jumped into the tunnel as well. She struggled with her equipment though, making her swim lop-sided as she tried to drag it along, her pet nudging her arm to tell her she wasn’t swimming properly. I relieved her of her burden, far too excited to be patient with her.

Furiously pedaling my feet through the water, I surfaced into an enomous cavern. “WOW…!!” I dropped the equipment with a loud clunk as my feet hopped onto the closest rocks. There was a defiant “HEY!” behind me as my partner worriedly went to check on her things, followed by a soft purr of content from her jungle stalker as he shook himself dry.

The cavern was a vast dome covered in crystals, giving off a shimmering blue and purple glow. Mysterious sparks were exploding in pockets of light around the cave, and a series of stepping stone rocks patterned themselves across the shallow water.

“Hurry. HURRY!” I squealed as I ran to the closest energy pocket. I reached out to touch it, and got blasted back by a sparkle of light. “Ouch…”

“I did tell you to be careful.” My partner scolded me. “Though I appreciate you for escorting me here, despite my low level. When I first heard of Chaos Crystal Caverns, I knew I’d have to see it for myself to simply be able to take in the sights. Of course, there’s plenty of research to be done here. The sheer amount of Chaos Energy expelling from this location ca-”

“Yes yes.” I cut her off knowing she’d begin to ramble too much and disrupt the atmosphere. “I’m going to check things out over… HERE.”

Running over to the other end of the cave, I swept my hand across the crystalline walls of the cave, staring in awe at the mysterious structure. Suddenly, a pink mist of electrical mesh caught my eye. There was an asura gate here… how curious! Looking up at it, I tried to blink to it. No luck though, the rock it was planted on was far too high. My wandering eyes then spotted a glint of metal on a rock above me. A lock! And that lock was securely latched onto…

“A chest! There’s a chest! Come and help… I want to see it!” I ran around, trying to find a rock I could jump on. Her cat came running to me, hoping to help give me a boost.

“Alright… just let me get this last sample here… Oh my!”

There was a stiffled scream from her, and I turned to see. The sparks of energy that exploded this time left Risen creatures, Steam Creatures, Icebrood, Branded… all the enemies of our people… in their wake. As they began to edge towards my partner, I quickly pulled out my sword, the mists from my phantasmal weapon floating up with my swift action. I knew she’d be scared, after all these creatures were far stronger than her, and the Pale Tree had already warned her it’d be dangerous with her lack of experience to venture here. I was confident though. After all, I am a Warmaster of the Vigil, and second only to Trahearne in the Pact.

“DUCK!” I yelled as I pulled my sword back, ready to strike, my other hand channeling a phantasm to leap ahead of me. She dropped to the ground, covering her head, as her jungle stalker ran forward to distract the enemy. My phantasm and I reached the mobs at the same time, landing a deafening blow to the crowd.

“Will you go and look after her please?” I asked her pet, who silented fell back to reassure his master, knowing better than to get in my way.

“This will be fun…” My lips curled into a small grin. A beautiful, yet dangerous place to explore… that is what adventuring is all about. “Out of the way people!” I called out to the enemies. “You’re in the way of my treasure!”

The last day dawns on the Kingdom of Ascalon. It arrives with no fanfare, no tolling of alarms. Those who will remember, will speak fondly of the warm morning breeze. People carry on with their daily lives, unaware that in a short while… everything they have ever known will come to an end.

I had known her since she was a little girl, she told me stories about her father off at war and a worrisome mother at home as we traveled about. Her name was Gwen, at the time I saw her as nothing more than a curious child and I welcomed the company. Then the searing came, fire fell from the sky, people screamed and fled the city, when the dawn broke there was nothing left but ash and rubble. I searched for her, for Gwen but all I found of her was a broken flute and I felt as if I had failed, some hero I was, when I couldn’t even save a child that depended on me.

I grew bitter and resentful, I traveled across the great sea, leaving what remained of my home and the past behind me. I focused my efforts to doing good in Elona and joined the Sunspear ranks. Years passed and my efforts in Elona came to fruition, I fought demons and gods, threw myself into the mouth of torment and came back a hero worthy of the people yet the bitterness of my failure sat deep within my heart.

One day the ground shook, people panicked and myself and current companions were quick to respond. We met new faces along the way and they became friends, but my heart shook when I saw her again. Her bitterness rivaled my own, her heart darkened by years of abuse and all she had known for so long was death. This was my fault. yet in this series of confusing emotions there was joy, she was alive, despite my failures she was alive.

We spent the next few years as companions, she traveled with me and together we did great things. The great destroyer was dead, princess Salma had been named queen, the threat of the White Mantle and the Mursaat were no more. We had beaten dragons, lich lords and the ghostly menace Shiro. The world was at long last, relaxing with well earned peace. At first it was jovial, we sang songs, told tales, I even got to be there when Gwen was married. She had come so far to shed her bitterness and the same could be said for me.

There was however one problem, I knew the world wouldn’t stay this way, I knew the future would hold terrors and I decided to, with Livia’s aid, enter an ancient sleep. I bid everyone farewell, Gwen promised to be strong and lead in my absence and I believe her. 250 years went by and when I awoke I felt feeble and numb. I struggled to hold my ground in this new world. I traveled as far as my feet would take me until I found myself at the gates of Ebbonhawk, Gwen had spoken of it in passing, a city to stand vigilant against the charr menace.

It was here I found her yet again, a frail smile came to my face as I sat next to her, my words quivered as I spoke. “Hey Gwen, its me. It’s been a while, how have things been? I hear so many amazing stories of your adventures after I began the deep sleep.”

A faint melody shot through the air, rising and falling just as quickly as it appeared and I smiled once more. I return often, I tell tall tales of my current adventures, or or the new friends I met along the way. We laugh, or rather I laugh and sometimes cry, but the day goes on and so must I.

because I’m still drawing the current painting for this first set, I will post the stories that were submitted to me (that are not already posted here) so anyone can read them while you guys wait for the painting to be completed.

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Lale likes it here, in the desert. The hot, dry air of the desert calms her down. Ever since Godfrey and her have set foot into the tiny village of Prosperity, she’s felt home… in a way. In a far away from actual home way, which is good. It is exactly what she needs right now.

But today is different.

They were out exploring the area, trying to find a path over to the other side of a gigantic, red rock wall. Most days, exploring is enjoyable, the adventure is exciting, and they both come home with tired bones and being the good kind of sleepy. Not today – today it all went nowhere. An entire day lost.

Now they’re both standing by the llama corral, watching the gentle animals eat hay and enjoy the cooler evening shade.

Today should have been fun, Lale says to Godfrey. And look at it, it’s all terrible and useless. I’ve got sand in my gun… She shoots an angry look at the elixir gun leaning against the fence. … and this thing, it’s just useless now! She turns around to pick up her battered shield but stumbles on a small rock. kitten ation! My toe! she shouts.

Lale, he says with a smirk, You can’t kick sand all over the llamas’ dinner, just because you’re frustrated!

Lale tries to suppress a giggle. He always does that. Says something completely ridiculous at just the right moment. Sorry, Beano, she whispers, and briefly strokes her favorite llama’s dusty neck.

Hug? says Godfrey and smiles.

Yep, says Lale.

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Arcadian Knight.1079:

Kimehcol.8742:

Arcadian Knight.1079:

quick question. Does the story need to be a beautiful scene, or can it be a scene that just seems to happen more often then not to the character? Possibly somewhat humorous…

I would perfer the story to have a unique meaning, rather then be cliche (over used) :p

Hmmm, guess that rules out that story. Would have just been a story that showed (somehow through narrative) my character always being the target of monsters for no descernable reason. My friends and I always found it funny that all monsters targeted a tiny Asura with a pistol and shield over the 2 towering Norns wielding greatweapons. So I would have put something describing that somehow. But if that’s not the type of story you’d like to draw for I can come up with something else in the next selection process

Regards to the ones above..I enjoyed reading all of them. Love some of the creativity that comes from the Guild Wars world I am going to enjoy watching this thread grow with stories from here on.

actually. for the next set of stories, it’s going to be more focused on short stories rather than long ones. Although alot of stories that were posted to me were good, only a tiny part of it was selected. so It is more important that you convey a powerful image with a short story (a few sentence long) over something that spam over 2-3 pages. remember, I’m trying to illustrate a scene here, not the story! xD

I would much rather prefer something that happened to you in game, over something that is made up; unless it’s really good though. the story could be romanticize to make it seem almost dream-like, just as long as it portrays your characters. dont tell me about your character’s personality, instead, show me.

could even be a poem:

• First comes love, than obsession, but from the obsession a dream sprout root and blossoms into reality.

• a faint clap of thunder
  clouded skies
  perhaps rain comes
  if so
  will you stay here with me?
  - quote from garden of words

• Time have taken us apart, and age will even farther us from one another, but I will always keep you close to me… for you are a part of me

• Thunder and lightning were heard clashing in the distance as my legion approach; carnage awaits

ok It is midnight here. we have selected the story to work of, to keep things fair, all entries submitted beyond this point will no longer be taken until the 2nd set is open! thanks again for submitting your stories, we’ve really enjoyed reading them!

• I say “we” because my friend like to take part in the experience/process, so she’s reading them and helping me decide.

alright guys. first submission is due by the end of tonight. which is in 2 hours. 2nd submission will be after I finish this current one.

Arcadian Knight.1079:

quick question. Does the story need to be a beautiful scene, or can it be a scene that just seems to happen more often then not to the character? Possibly somewhat humorous…

I would perfer the story to have a unique meaning, rather then be cliche (over used) :p

ok I’ve read both your stories. great so far!

I’m waiting until the end of tomorrow to decide on the final entry I’ll be working on. I wont announce which story until the end, just gonna surprise you guys xD. I got 1 month and a half before school begins so I’ll be doing this all summer!

Chaos Archangel.5071:

Btw.. how long did it take for you to paint that? It’s excellent! I’m a pencil artist myself and just caaaan’t wrap my head around painting

I actually was reading your stories, they are amazing! xD also it took me 2 days. but can do this in 1 if I do nothing but paint all day.

Oh.. I almost forgot to mention. post reference of your characters if you can. otherwise I have nothing to work off!

HOW TO GET A FREE COMMISSION:
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[1st set:] closed 7/26
write a story for me, detailing a romanticized scene. this can be love related, or just an adventure in Tyria; can even be stumbling into something magical. the story can be long or short. as long as the story have some sort of beautiful image that I can envision

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[2nd set]: closed 7/31 midnight PST
this time I want a short story/poem consisting of a few sentence; dont even need to be a poem or story so long as the meaning is clear. also most importantly, why is the subject meaningful to you? (game related only)

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Have fun with your stories!

the current living story really touched me, so much so that I went and drew a picture of it! the lost of Belinda was surely devastating to Marjory on a personal level; and we get to see the softer side of Marjory. They’ve been together for a while now but only 2 living stories back that we actually see that their relationship was more than that of partners fighting for justice. This added to the build up of their relationships that we get to see develop.

on a side note, for my next piece I want to do a picture of a Tyrian couple. this piece will be free!! post as many as you want, I will pick 1 that I like and paint it for next week. include a story, I will incorporate it into the painting as well!

any artist can draw. it’s the ones with the “cool” ideas that usually get’s pick :p

AkioFallstar.5460:

Very impressive! The Golem is particularly dynamic.

Out of curiousity, what would you rates be for a commission?

character portraits are $30 single, or additional $10 for every other characters added. I’ll post a comission rate on my original post if t helps.

Here’s a painting I did of Golem mark 2. dimension is 1955×1152

Ele: Elehmental
Engi: Kimehcol
guard: Eleh mento
war: El temur
mesmer: clone stamp
theif: elemaine
ranger: Bear bow grylls

I wouldnt trade the name for gold or any legendaries as they are special since I’ve already gotten everything I wanted in the game :p

Odona.8402:

I always admire people who manage to finish their artworks. And those are very good ones. Looking forward to see some more in the future

you can expect lots more to come before the end of summer

sometimes when I see people requesting for commission, and even if their offers are below what I aim for, I will still take it, as long as they happen to envision/request something close to the vicinity of what I’m thinking during that moment; It’s killing 2 birds with 1 stone? For me, art is something I used to enjoy doing so long ago and only beginning to enjoy again, so I am always drawing now; the price tag is just there so I dont get flooded with requests :p

I’m not sure, but it all depends on the artist. This would be my estimation of what I would price each commission. I charge a lot because of the quality I’m doing, but others may do it for much less :p

guildie character pic: around $30-$150
- sketch $30
- inked (finished but not colored) $50
- full colored $100
- background $150

guild picture $100-$250. again ,this is a very big piece with multiple characters
- sketch $100
- inked (finished but not colored) $150
- full colored $200
- background $250

weekly themed picture $10-20
- b/w $10
- colored – $20

added my gallery on here the first one reaching back 2 months ago. I’ve only started drawing again after 3 years, but it seems art does not leave the artist. let’s see how much I progress after summer! I will try to post 1 picture per week on this thread as well as reddit. check back for updates!

http://cyang18.deviantart.com/

• I also do commissions so feel free to PM me if you want to commission, otherwise I’ll just work on my own things

commission rates:
character portraits: $30 (single) + $10 for any additional character(s). will be in neutral pose, not full body. background is noticeable (refer to painting #8).

character portraits: $50 (single) + $20 for any additional characters(s). in a more interesting pose, full body. background is visible, but not in focus. (refer to painting # 6, 7, 9).
large painting of your character(s)/event: This would constitute something similar to a guild picture. a single character will be $100; any additional ones will be $20. background is well defined. characters are detailed, and each one will have it’s unique posture instead of a neutral pose. (refer to #12, 15)

payment can be real money or gold equivalent I take gold to gems ratio based off http://gw2spidy.com/ from the time of agreement.

enjoy!

attached is a drawing of my asura another one of someone else’s asura.

for anyone seeking to make a legendary weapon. sell all your stuff and buy now. 2000G is a very cheap price to consider because in another month or so, they may end up being 5000G. about 2 months ago my friend was complaining about how much dusk was (720G) and then I told him how cheap it was compared to 1kG if he delay it another month. now he really cant buy it because he cant farm fast enough. I give it another month or 2 before it reach 3kG+ (at least).

This spike may have been caused by the new Eternity change. the price of Eternity has also went up drastically. (at time of post: 4600G) but then again the price of every other precursors also went up.

Woljnir.7810:

Prices are definitely down. I’ve seen them around 21s, but they were predicted to be down to like 5. What do you economists make of this? It seems to me that they are going to steadily go up, probably after a few months once the influx begins to dwindle. Invest a chunk of gold and pick some up now? Now that they are 1 for 5 laurels, it’s definitely no longer attractive to use laurels to get dyes so it seems like demand will begin to increase. I’m not getting my hopes up, but some people were talking on my server chat about them reaching close to a gold each some time down the line.

The way I see it, look at what you can make of the Dyes; what recipes required Unidentified dyes. Right now there is just Gift of Color and another recipe to make a tonic. you have to consider the vase amounts of players that already owned many of the common dyes. I don’t see anyone opening the dyes since most will just be ones that they’ve already obtained and cant use. it’s very tedious to list each and every single dye on the trade post thereafter. for the moment, precursors are sky-high, so I’m not sure if many people will be investing in legendaries anytime soon.

I took a look at the trade post and there are currently 9 “The Legend” on the trade post. this is effectively 900 dyes that are actually in demands. I’m not saying there are only 9 in the entirety of Tyria, perhaps there are a few 10-20 more out there that people are just holding out, but you get the picture; not much in demands.

they prolly very experienced Chinese gold farmer to be able to make 2k gold in taht short of an amount of time.

how much gold do they get from drops? maybe for us, it’s 1G but maybe 10G for them? them chinese gold farmers!

“If you already have the same dyes unlocked on multiple characters, when you log in on additional characters, you will receive one unidentified dye for each duplicate dye already unlocked on your account.”

Does this mean that… say I have celestial on 1 character, and Abyss on another… I need to purchase both of them again? Or does this mean that all dyes currently owned throughout all characters will be mingled into 1 and for every dyes you have in common with another character, you are given another unidentified dye?

ok so since the new wallet came out, out tokens are no longer “holdable” in the case that you cannot actually use it for anything other then to buy items from the vender. I’m trying to downgrade some crystalized shards into globs so i can upgrade some ascended gears. sadly the one ingredient, which is the fractal token, is no longer there to be able to use in this recipe.

after we get the rings, these pristine fractal relics become useless. only reason I still come farm everyday is for a chance to get my fractal weapons. So I ask myself, would it not be cool if we can spend these pristine fractal relics for fractal weapons as well? the RGN is just horrible. I’ve got 3 daggers and 1 pistol; of which i cannot use any on my guardian… this is the same as you obtaining a ascended ring but the stas are not what yo uwanted (i.e: healing stats).

I dont know if another post already existed but I will just post this here.

Why not make them able to be traded for 50-75 fractal relics through the merchant? after you obtain all your rings, pristine fractal relics no longer have any uses. I know the original purpose was so players who did not recieve any rings during the daily chests may be able to purchase them off the vender, but as of now, once you get above lvl 3)+, pristine fractal relics really have no more uses because you will at least have finished your set; along with collecting a few through the daily chests.

fractal relics will continue to have a use be of obsidian shards and fractal back pieces. daily bonus of fractal relics from the chests is generally around 50. Allowing players the option to trade in their daily 1 pristine fractal for another 50 would not be such a bad idea here.