Soon I get my forever home. It's a mere few months away. I can barely contain my excitement.

I'm finally farming up mount grinds I've been putting off for well over a decade. I love these old mounts so much. I just wish draenei didn't always have a chronic case of Tiny Mounts. It's more than a little painful for 99% of mounts. I'm so happy to finally have these two after so long.

The new lean emote's great. I get to hang out with Brann in delves while I wait for CDs to come back before a last boss.

The new lean emotes are SO fun. I've been going through my raid farm alts just to look at them all. I love that they have idle loops as well. What a fun addition.

After fighting this wall of a boss all week I am free and ready for Season 3

Vaard's 7th legion set is finally being retired as he himself retires to buy that coffee shop and pick up some for-hire work on the side. There's still placeholder pieces and the belt eludes me, but this is the vibe of his new 'affordable average guy adventurer' set. Art of this will be next.

This bountiful event is a lot of fun. Rivendare's Charger in particular has elude me for well over a decade after seeing it drop once in my noob days but I didn't roll on it, not knowing both factions could use it. That cursed memory has been erased. I can rest easy and no longer be haunted by it.

If I don't get my belt drop by tuesday I'll probably go ahead and post the new mog even if it still has some placeholder pieces. Vault RNG for mythic tints has not been kind to me the last month of trying to get what I'm after. I might not have sketches yet, but I can at least post the new mog!

Happy fathers day to all of the dads out there!

After 7 years in the same mog, I'm finally retiring Vaard from the 7th Legion set and retiring him from the Stormwind army as a whole. He's getting that coffee shop and moving to a more basic adventuring armor set that I can show off later once I get the last pieces for it. I'll get a reveal soon!

One hope for WoW housing is the ability to add decoration permissions to friends. One thing a friend and I loved to do is hide a cursed little doll in each other's houses in XIV for the other to find occasionally, and it turned into a multi-year long tradition. I'd love to be able to do that in WoW

I am so excited for player housing. The recent player previews look great and I can't wait to get my hands on it. It's gone above and beyond what I dared to hope for out of WoW. Regardless of how limited/bountiful the furniture themes are at launch, I can't wait to start fabricating stuff.

Guess who's slowly starting to draw again. I have so much rust to knock off.

Suspenders are not a bad idea for draenei when it comes to their tails and clothing fit.

Playing Ark Survival Evolved with @pridemother.bsky.social When setting up just off a beach in the first hour, we had the misfortune of a giganot that wandered onto said-beach. We had to pack up and leave asap. Not even endgame tames are safe against a roaming giga.

Vaard's name is surprisingly punnable and I've gotten some really hilarious ones from people over the years. 'It's a Vaard knock life' still lives rent free in my head.

12 years and hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds attempts across most characters on my account and I am finally free. Invincible is mine after all this time.

Oh I don't think I ever posted these here. My submissions for the FFXIV hairstyle contest a few years ago. The curly bob wound up winning!

Speaking of Vaard originally being a monk during Mists before his class reboot, his original design was a bit different as well. I don't have his original art from 2012, but I have a 2018 redraw that was redrawn again as he is now. He's come a long way and hundreds upon hundreds of drawings since.

Vaard originally used to be a monk back in MoP before I re rolled him to paladin which he's been ever since. Some of the monk origin remains, however. Have a roundhouse kick motion practice.

Vaard's personal mount, Duruun. I need to do proper art of this talbuk one of these days instead of just sketches.

Level 1 Vaard shortly after arriving on Azeroth, little self-made language dictionary in his pocket, which may or many not be accurate as he tried to figure out the language. I never finished it but I still like this WIP from a few years ago.

Reading the article again, it far exceeded even my unrealistic expectations and left nothing wanting. There is nothing I could think of to add to what they showed. This housing system has even more than I could have ever asked for. My slice of life art will be a reality and I couldn't be happier.

I'm so excited after seeing the new WoW housing preview and showcase videos. It's so much more than I ever dared hope with WoW's old engine. Well done, Blizz, I haven't been this excited about a new feature in so long.

Bringing this back with all of the player housing news I'm excited for. Vaard will finally have his tiny, human-sized home he lives out of. Every doorway has some wear and tear on the top of the beams where he's smacked is head over the years when not paying attention.

One of my favorite Highlander!Vaard pieces from FFXIV. Still have yet to settle on a pale skin tone for this version of him. It's either too yellow or too ashy but eventually I'll figure it out. Drawing that chest piece was a lot of fun though, a lot of fun.

12 years of Vaard Art means running out of ideas a lot without doing repeats, but sometimes you just have to draw them for the sake of drawing them for fun.

Vaard's pauldrons shall forever and always be a danger to himself and others. Technically he keeps his snacks stored in there to the point sometimes loot pops out when hit, like a pinata.

Some Dwarf sketches from across the years. Draenei are my favorite, but my second favorite to play are dwarves. They're so effortless to mog and I like how oversized the mounts are for them, coming from undersized mounts when playing Draenei.

I wish I could remember who gave me this possibly 8-10 years ago, but if you’re still around, know that it’s been safely tucked away in my bank all these years, greatly appreciated. I remember it fondly every time I see it I never delete any gifts, no matter what they are. They're safe in my bank.

A lil newborn Rue from 2019.

With great sadness I realized on the Hidden Stars set, male Draenei is the only race I can find that is missing the 3D drape on the chest. I was lamenting the lack of drape to a friend and wishing it had one, only to realize on other races it, in fact, has one.. My poor drape-loving heart is broken

It took far too long but I've finally, finally completed the plate version of the Hidden Stars set that I've wanted since TWW launched. So many keys, so many bountiful delves, no luck in the vault. I'm finally free.

One of these days I'll finish this MCH armor piece from XIV, but for now I really like how the details are starting to come out.

Still one of the best faces I've sketched to date. I haven't been able to recreate it yet but I'm still chasing this accomplishment. Highlander!Vaard from FFXIV

I see but I cannot have. It's so unfortunate that these hairstyles exist from a few years ago but they're on the wrong subrace.... There they sit, locked to Lightforged, barred from me ever using a proper horn and side bang or side braid for Vaard. I've been drawing him with this hair for 12 years.

Crop from a larger slice of life piece I don't know if I'll ever finish, but I really like how Vaard's face is starting to turn out.

Some loose Monster Hunter Vaard scribbles. I've been trying to beat perfectionism holding me back by doing loose sketches occasionally. They're slowly becoming something relaxing and fun. They don't have to be perfect, they're just something enjoyable and productive even if they'll never be finished

The Darkmoon Faire is back and Rue has a quest for anyone skilled enough to win a specific Elekk plush from one of the Faire games. The reward is an acorn and a half (the second is a just a cap), a half eaten cookie, and a cool jewel beetle named Pippy.

What a pristine, unmarred Vaard would look like vs as he is now.

An older art from the Stranglethorn Bonfire Bash back in 2021. I still quite like this one. Draenei legs are hard to draw so I often avoid them, but this one didn't turn out too bad.

Some Draenei ladies from a few years ago. Some alts as well as Yrel and Captain Fareeya from Legion.

More Highlander!Vaard scribbles from XIV

Disconnect While Vaard is a Paladin by title, it doesn’t mean he’s adept or talented in wielding Light. His fading connection has all but left him with only a few good bursts of use. He’s a paladin by the barest minimum. He can bubble very well, though

Ever since Legion, Vaard is most commonly mistaken as Lightforged despite his blue eyes, so I did what he would look like as a LF on the right vs classic Vaard. No Forging for him, he can barely sneeze out a spurt of Light now despite still being classified as a Paladin. He's just good at hiding it.

Seto from Final Fantasy:XIV. I've been sketching random things while learning a new art program and really liked how this particular one turned out.

A redraw from 2021 that I need to redraw again now that we're almost into 2025. Every few years I redo this particular piece since 2015 or so and line them up to see how much I've improved. I need to go find all of the versions of this through the years.

If your character were in the pokemon universe, where would they be? Vaard could happily be a middle tier rock/ground gym leader. The chikorita's more of a pet or companion than a battle partner.

Two colorations of a sketch. Sketchy colors and an attempted marble bust from a few years ago. The majority of the time I like the sketchy one the best over rendered works, but it was still challenging and fun.

Something Vaard always keeps tucked away in his pocket. It may have been the worst in the set of old family pictures, but he secretly kept it, and now it's one of the few things he has left since arriving alone on Azeroth.