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Dragon Age Annual

@dragonageannual.art

An unofficial charity calendar ft. fanworks by talented, volunteer Dragon Age artists, writers, & more. 2027 fundraising for MSF Sweden 👉 https://dragonageannual.art 👉 dragonageannual@gmail.com

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Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 28m ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🔎 El is a long-time #DragonAge fan and fic writer and incredibly happy to return to #DragonAgeAnnual as part of the production team! He writes about elves and assassins and elves that are assassins. #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3

A fanfic excerpt by inatrice, beta reader:
So these were the legendary Grey Wardens, then? Practically children with zero actual battle experience? Zevran knew the Wardens were meant to take in all kinds, but this? The small one, Surana, wasn't even twenty!

He should be ashamed that the two managed to overpower him and the team he had built.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 5h ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🔎 Dreadfutures is an artist & writer, but science is her day job. They love connecting w/characters as they interact imperfectly w/the world & each other, and seeing how different worldviews, upbringings, & beliefs shape them #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual 🔗 tumblr · ao3

A fanfiction excerpt by Blue, beta reader:
The leaves are like onion skin beneath her feet, thin and slippery in layers upon layers shed by boughs above. Sometimes she can glimpse a wolf statue, a guardian, through the trunks. She has never found the edge of this forest, no matter how far she walks, and there are no indications of where in the Waking World this might correspond to. Ixchel walks deep into the forest until she feels the silence thick against her skin, and she lowers herself to the ground. In a bed of delicate leaves, veined with gold and edged with the faintest hint of earth, she curls up as if to sleep, and she longs.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · yesterday

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🔎 Archon Bun has lost count of the number of times she's participated in #DragonAgeAnnual. She's a lore fiend, writer, editor, sometimes-artist, and can be found wherever there are queer people and fantasy Romans. Ideally both. #DragonAge #zine 🔗 instagram · ao3

A fanfic excerpt by Archon Bun, beta reader:
Later, Etienne de Chevin approaches him. "It will be fine," he mutters. "The Divine and Emperor Gaspard speak the same language."

"Which is?"

"I wouldn't know precisely, but it's all about being fluent in armour clinks and grunts of disgust."

Cyril lets his mask cover his smirking.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · yesterday

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @zimbaubwa.bsky.social is a comic artist and illustrator from Ukraine who struggles with presenting herself. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram

Square cropped fanart of Dagna from Dragon Age Origins in the Dragon Age Tarot art style by zimbaubwa, merch artist. Dagna is smiling and looking up and off to the left, with her left hand against her chest and her right hand trailing off to the side, as though dancing. The background is stylized architectural elements of Orzammar.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 2d ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @osteathus.bsky.social draws people and places for games and animation! She's a food and drink goblin, certified haver of the brainrot, and likes subjecting characters to terrible and wonderful things. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 instagram · artstation

Dragon Age Tarot-styled fanart of Skyhold from Dragon Age Inquisition by tea, merch artist. An oversized Inquisition emblem is glowing like a halo around Skyhold, which sits in the distance on a mountaintop. A line of refugees is walking from the foreground up the mountains to the fortress.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 2d ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @samzikei.bsky.social is a BG painter on cartoons, but these days they mainly run their online shop & draw their favorite blorbos! When not working on this & that, they daydream about picking all the elfroot in the world~ #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual 🔗 tumblr · instagram

a double-sided wooden charm designed by Samzikei, merch artist. One side features Leliana in her Inquisition armor, holding a scroll and raven, with a stylized sunburst halo behind her head. The other side features Andraste, crying a golden tear and holding the hilt of a downturned sword. She has the same stylized sunburst halo behind her head.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 3d ago

Our parent org, The Hanged Man Club, is becoming a non-profit! All current DAA contributors are eligible to attend the founding meeting, to be held on Sat, August 16th, at 12p Pacific, at a Discord link that will be shared next weekend. Click Here to read more about the change!

The Hanged Man@thehangedmanpub.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Hanged Man is becoming a non-profit called The Hanged Man Club, whose purpose is to support, promote, & facilitate creative fan communities and collaborative projects!! Our focus is on #DragonAge projects like @arlathanxchange.bsky.social, @dapolyshipping.bsky.social, and @dragonageannual.art.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 3d ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @saint-rook.bsky.social is a Ukranian artist & big fan of video games. #DragonAge helped their creative journey, brought them inspiration, & helped form their art style. They're excited to contribute to #DragonAgeAnnual again, this time w/tarot cards 🔗 instagram · twitter

Square cropped fanart of Fenris from Dragon Age 2 in the Dragon Age Tarot style by Saint Rook, merch artist. Fenris is pictured from the chest up, with his arms above his head, caught in stylistic chains. A stylized element of Hawke's favor is around his left wrist and flows upward out of frame.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 3d ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @mosumocchi.bsky.social is an artist who's been in love with #DragonAge for a few years now. The games and characters have been a very important part of her art journey, and she's thrilled to be adding her little grain of sand for #DragonAgeAnnual! #zine 🔗 tumblr

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 4d ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @merimeik.bsky.social is an illustrator who loves dark & cozy fantasy, houseplants, & emotionally taxing stories that violently stomp all over your heart. Thank you, #DragonAge for defining her taste in fiction since 2010! #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram

Square cropped artwork by Merimeik, merch artist, that pictures a feminine young adult person, wearing a tank top, cut-off shorts, and a hoodie tied around her waist. She is listening to an ipod through over-ear headphones, and sitting on the floor of a plant nursery with her back to the door. There are several different types of plants in pots around her. The entire drawing is colored in a desaturated green and tan/orange color scheme.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 4d ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @meripoika.bsky.social is a hobbyist artist from Finland with a graphic design background. She's been a #DragonAge fan since Origins and is excited to work alongside other amazing artists. #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 instagram · cara

square cropped fanart of Lucanis Dellamorte from Dragon Age: The Veilguard by Meri, merch artist. He is wearing his starting armor and landing from a jump in a three-point stance. Spite's wings are extended behind him, and the background has black-purple crystals protruding from the ground.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 5d ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @lynaiss.bsky.social is a freelance illustrator and a long time #DragonAge fan. They are excited to be back for this year's #DragonAgeAnnual and do more tarot-styled art! #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram

Square cropped fanart of Duncan from Dragon Age: Origins by Lynaiss, merch artist. Duncan is depicted in the Dragon Age tarot art style, facing to the left, with his right palm pressed to his forehead and a grief-stricken look on his face. The joining chalice is in his left hand, tilted down and pouring out of frame. The background is tarot-artistic elements in warden blue, silver, and bronze, along with joining chalices.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 5d ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @loustica-lucia.bsky.social is a multidisciplinary artist from Switzerland! #DragonAge has lived rent free in their mind for the last few years, mixing canon lore to their OCs! They're excited to be back as a merch artist for #DragonAgeannual! #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram

Square cropped fanart by Loustica Lucia, merh artst. Two figures, one human and one elf depicted from the hips up, are dancing together in the middle of a grandiose room. The human has short, grayish white hair and is wearing purple Antivan Crow armor and a matching mask. The elf has shoulder-length blonde hair and is wearing a red and white formal shirt with gold and brown accents, and ruffles, as well as a white birdlike mask.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 6d ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @fernfables.bsky.social is a United States-based merch artist and very obsessed with the world of Thedas. They played #DragonAge Inquisition for the first time in 2024 and have been hooked on everything around Thedas since. #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 instagram · tumblr

Square cropped fanart of Dorian Pavus and Lavellan from Dragon Age Inquisition. They are asleep in the Inquisitor's quarters, Lavellan laying over Dorian's back. Lavellan has white skin and medium-short black hair.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 6d ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @krysiilys.bsky.social is a freelance illustrator who loves to dabble in all sorts of styles! #DragonAge holds a lot of nostalgia for her, and creating fanart for the series alongside so many other creatives is always such an honor! #DragonAgeAnnual #zine

A three-panel spread featuring Solas in the style of the murals from Dragon Age: Inquisition by Krys, merch artist. The left panel shows Solas under the Black City, with blood flowing from a red halo and his head in his hands. The middle panel shows Solas facing the camera, in a stylized combination of his wolf pelt armor and Inquisition outfit, reaching with his left hand up to a stylization of his orb. The right panel shows Solas in his Veilguard armor, standing over a dark silhouetted Skyhold, wearing Mythal's headpiece and his Dread Wolf form standing over him.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · last wk.

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 hotdog likes vibrant colors and making people laugh with silly drawings. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3

Square cropped fanart of Lucanis Dellamorte and Rook de Riva by hotdog, merch artist. Rook is wearing Antivan Crow armor, has green eyes, light skin, and long black hair with bangs and two braids in front. Lucanis is wearing his starting armor, and looking at Rook out of the corner of his eye. They are in Arlathan Forest and Rook is gesturing and speaking emphatically at someone off-camera.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · last wk.

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @oxygenforthewicked.bsky.social has been part of #DragonAge fandom for over 10 years, and being here has pushed them as a writer & artist. They're so excited to be both a writer & artist alongside such wonderful community members! #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3

Square cropped fanart of Lavellan from Dragon Age: Inquisition by Gin, merch artist & zine writer. Lavellan has brown freckled skin and brown hair, Dirthamen's vallaslin, and is depicted in an art noveau style from the waist-up. He is standing with his back, which bears numerous cross-hatched scars, to the camera, his face looking down, and is wearing a toga over his right shoulder. The background is pale yellow, with a golden circle bordered by the tree statues from the Crossroads, centered on Lavellan's frame. Golden leaves hang down from the upper corners of the frame.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · last wk.

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 It is FiadoesArt's second year in #DragonAgeAnnual and she's so happy to be able to bring some awesome art to you all, alongside all the other amazing people here! She's been a looong time #DragonAge fan now, and it basically shaped her art. #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram

square cropped fanart of Illario Dellamorte and Rook from Dragon Age: The Veilguard by FiadoesArt, merch artist. Illario is laying on a pile of pillows with his arms around Rook, who is laying on his chest. Rook has brown skin, blonde hair, and June's vallaslin in a bright blue-purple color.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · last wk.

🎨 @exalted-dawn.bsky.social is an artist, writer, and avid lover of all #DragonAge OCs. She loves to explore the far corners of Dragon Age lore and breathe life into them, and is super excited for the chance to do so with this #zine! #DragonAgeAnnual 🔗 tumblr · ao3

Square cropped fanart of an elf in the Dragon Age Tarot style by Exalted Dawn, merch artist & zine writer. The elf has brown skin and long, dark brown hair, and has Mythal's purple branching vallaslin on her cheeks, collar, and upper thigh. She is wearing a sleeveless white shirt that exposes her sternum and breasts, and a red skirt that flows to the right out of frame. She is holding a staff in her right hand, and raising her left hand over the head of a black and gold wolf dog.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · last wk.

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @evelasco.bsky.social is a book cover illustrator focused on fantasy, sci-fi, & horror. They have a soft spot for symbolism, as well as themes of identity & connection. Thedas has been their second home since 2010. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram

A square cropped painting by Elsa, merch artist. A masculine person with dark, curly hair from the shoulders-up is facing right and looking at the camera from the corner of their eye. Flames cover the frame from the bottom left, up over the person's face; butterflies and dragonflies the same color as the fire are flying in front of the flames.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · last wk.

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @dzanabananas.bsky.social is a painter and digital artist. Her favourite things to paint are animals and creatures, and she is particularly inspired by fantasy settings. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 instagram

A landscape painting by Dzana, merch artist. There are snowy mountains in the background, separated from the foreground by a layer of fog. In the foreground, a corgi is curled up against the belly of a whiteish tiger, both sleeping in a field of grass.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · last wk.

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @chenkingart.bsky.social is a non-binary & queer artist with a love for detailed lineart, bright colours, nature, and anything medieval inspired! #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 instagram · tumblr

fanart by Chên King, merch artist, of a three card tarot spread featuring Zevran Arainai from Dragon Age Origins. The left card is Zevran in his Crow armor against an Antivan cityscape. The middle card is Zevran in casual clothes with sunflowers and a sun in the background. The right card is Zevran in his Crow armor without the mask, the silhouette of the Warden behind him, and daggers pointed at them both from the bottom. The cards are laid out on a table with scrolls, books, and gold coins.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · last wk.

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 Buzzbeez is a 3D & 2D artist who's been busy with nursing school these last 2 years, but always finds time for #DragonAge; Thedas is her escape place. She loves painting backgrounds most, especially anything with lots of green #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram

square cropped fanart of a landscape by Buzzbeez, merch artist. The painting is a landscape with rolling mountainous hills in the background and evergreen trees in the foreground. The closest mountain is a statue of Korth the Mountain-Father from Dragon Age, holding up a hill. There is a small herd of druffalo in Korth's shadow, and two dragons flying in the distance.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 2w ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 @lorethinker.bsky.social has loved #DragonAge for over a decade, w/DAI holding a special place in her heart. A lore nerd at heart, she enjoys writing, creating gifs & screenshots as mediums for storytelling, & is a devout Solavellan #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3

An excerpt of fanfiction by Vhen'Harel, zine writer:
Lavellan's hands trembled. “Thank you,” was all she could manage.

“Tarasyl'an Te'las thanks you,” Valour said. “You helped it remember itself. That is why the Din’anshiral cannot touch you here. So long as you remain within these walls, you are beyond its reach. Tarasyl'an Te'las was beloved of Fen’Harel, and so it has named you beloved as well - its lethallan."

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 2w ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 took is a writer and dog lover with a passion for game design. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3

An excerpt of fanfiction by took, zine writer:
Standing in the only section of the floor not soaked in blood, Dirthamen studied the heart in his hand. It still beat, throbbed, in his hand, encouraged by the threads of crimson magic that originated in a slash of his wrist staining white robes red. “He failed me,” he said with a tilt of his head. “They all failed me. I cannot accept failure.”

One remained alive. One whose heartbeat remained steady, slow despite her skin painted in blood. Dirthamen turned and looked at her with ice-cold eyes. “Go,” he intoned, “or join your brethren.”

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 2w ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 SoA is a traveling stitcher, writer, singer, and international affairs researcher who currently lives in Japan. She is also probably an elf. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram · ao3

An excerpt of fanfiction by Song of Amazon, zine writer:
“We can't yet prove for certain that what Gallus witnessed was in fact the spirit of a cat, a spirit manifesting in the shape of a cat, or an enchantment cast by one of those spirits because they thought they ought to have cats like we of the material world—but this is going to reopen that whole metaphysical and theological debate on whether or not animals have souls again. Please don't go telling your children that the spirit of their beloved deceased kitten is living in the Crossroads just yet. We don't need that kind of chaos!”

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 2w ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 Periwin is a writer, artist, & plant nerd. She started with Inquisition and took years to get around to playing DAO & DA2, but she's so glad she finally did! She's excited to bring some of her favorite locations to life for the #zine. #DragonAgeAnnual #DragonAge 🔗 ao3

An excerpt of fanfiction by Periwin, zine writer:
Flame erupts before his feet and forces him to stagger back. The blaze is towering, scorching hot even through his armor, consuming the land in an instant. When it dissipates, the enemies are nothing more than charred husks upon the blackened ground. And in the center of the smoking battlefield, there's Dorian: back straight and staff raised, glaring at him in challenge.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 2w ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 @handsignals.bsky.social is a writer, despite the dangers, and has found so much inspiration in #DragonAge. They hold a particular passion for language and worldbuilding, and collect the little glimmers of lore that enrich Thedas. #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3

An excerpt of fanfiction by Mouse, zine writer:
The voice, both present and distant, made a promise in turn. The Necropolis rumbled, not a groan nor a roar, but a chorus. Goosebumps rushed over Nona's body as she found herself leaning closer still to the flames, wanting to see more clearly. It did not seem, at first, that one spirit in particular spoke, but that the words came from something older, something deeper still, something unknowable—but it spoke to her and another, somewhere, in the crowd of those watching.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 2w ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 A lover of storytelling and haunted landscapes, moss is endlessly infatuated with the world of #DragonAge and its characters. She is so excited that this project is the perfect intersection of those things. #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3

An fanfiction excerpt by moss, zine writer:
Fire polishing might be another alternative. Let the worst parts of herself melt down to nothing, and whatever is left behind be smoothed, hardened, cleared, purified. Maybe that’s what they tried to do to Andraste, but they had the temperature wrong, and she burned down to ash with nothing to show for their efforts.

Dragon Age Annual @dragonageannual.art · 2w ago

📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 laufehson has been a #DragonAge fan for almost fifteen years (her longest fandom). It's her second year with #DragonAgeAnnual and she's so excited to be back— she can't wait to see how everyone interprets this year's theme :) #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3

A fanfic excerpt by laufehson, zine writer:
She wondered if his attention was dependent on a misunderstanding of her character; that eventually, he would see her for what she really was: something forged of stone, hardened and sharp and impossible to bend.