Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 18 – Invite
This is part six of a twelve-part story, whose introduction is here. Images with blue lines around them are links to story background. The last image in a post is a link to the next post in the story.
Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 18 – Dryad
This is part five of a twelve-part story, whose introduction is here. Images with blue lines around them are links to story background. The last image in a post is a link to the next post in the story.
Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 18 – Variations
This is part four of a twelve-part story, whose introduction is here. Images with blue lines around them are links to story background. The last image in a post is a link to the next post in the story. Varanna Sunblossom Brinna Brightsong Sina'zith Afterwards
Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 18 – Campfire
This is part three of a twelve-part story, whose introduction is here. Images with blue lines around them are links to story background. The last image in a post is a link to the next post in the story.
Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 18 – Plan
This is part two of a twelve-part story, whose introduction is here. Images with blue lines around them are links to story background. The last image in a post is a link to the next post in the story.
Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 18 – Plea
This is part one of a twelve-part story, whose introduction is here. Images with blue lines around them are links to story background. The last image in a post is a link to the next post in the story.
Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 18 – Introduction
TL;DR: Go straight to part one. As Tolkien put it, "This tale grew in the telling." This is an introduction to my pictorial fanfic in general, and to the story I've prepared based on my eighteenth playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. It consists of about 830 images, selected out of a pool of over 7500, with captions…
BG3 – Virtual Photography – 4 of 4
This is part four of a four-part article that begins here. Observations In preparing this essay, I became aware of how much my process resembles that of making a movie: composing each shot; understanding the properties of the camera; consider what's in-frame; location scouting for the background in the images; organizing the cast (not all characters are…
BG3 – Virtual Photography – 3 of 4
This is part three of a four-part article that begins here. Poses Let's deal with the obvious: Those four pictures are the same image with different captions. There's no operative difference between that and something like this: Ah, that's better. I picked the name "Tav" because I was trying to hide. The name "Tav" was so common,…
BG3 – Virtual Photography – 2 of 4
This is part two of a four-part article that begins here. Position Remember when you learned about co-ordinate systems back in high school? BG3's Photo Mode lets you put that knowledge to good use. There are two coordinate systems to keep track of. Warning for the math-adverse: If your head starts spinning, just scroll to the Composition…