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Published: 2013-01-12 20:27:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 7765; Favourites: 306; Downloads: 114
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Nyreen was created as a foil for Aria T'Loak, a past lover of the crime lord with a very paragon outlook on the world. One of the main reasons I adore the dynamic between Aria and Nyreen is that the turian can see good in everything. Even on Omega, one of the most crime filled stations in the galaxy, she can see the good in people that live there and the good Aria does in keeping them safe and giving them a place to call home if they want it.It an unfortunate end that she meets, but helps develop another side of Aria that we don't get to see until that point.
original 9 1/2" x 12" ink on bristol paper
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I don't believe they were romanticly involved and I won't listen to people who think they were
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I did like Nyreen and would have loved to keep her on my crew... but ot was never ment to be... beatiful piece
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Just freaking awesome piece. I know people who can't do half of that with computer editing, myself being one of them, and you did it with paper and pen. Just freaking awesome. Great job!
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Thanks! I'm really proud of the set of these and how well they've been admired within the Artistic community here and on Tumblr.Β
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They deserve more. Believe me: that set is just awesome.
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Awesome job. I think you nailed the design more than perfectly, better than Bioware. The neck placement and size doesn't feel awkward (as opposed to Bioware's design), and I love the way you hid the "baldness", even giving her what looks to be some semblance of an actual fringe.
And very much agreed on the ending. It was the most stupid and contrived way to eliminate a character they had no idea what to do with once the DLC ended.
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Thank you! I know that not everyone was happy with BioWare's design of Nyreen, but I think that was because they used an existing rig and modified it to create her (Creating an entirely new character rig is time consuming and stupidly expensive.) I know there was a lot of debate around how her neck looked and whether or not female turians had fringes or not (as Garrus suggested in ME2) so I left it as ambiguous.
Sadly, I can understand why they killed Nyreen off after reading Ann Lemay's ideas on the entire DLC. It was to show Aria's raw power and the fact that she did have more of an emotional side to her than just playing the 'Ice queen' trope. I still wish they would've kept her as a constant irritation to Aria, that could've played out interestingly in their other media. I'll forever love Nyreen as a character, as sad as I am that they killed off the only female turian we've seen in the entire series.
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I have a set that I'm working on right now but Miranda will be included soon!
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it's too bad she didn't get to stick around longer that would have been great.
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I know, it's sad but I understand why they did it. I just wanted more badass turian ladies around.
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I'm with ya there.
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It is great, I mean, amazing! I do like Nyreen and the shades of blue and black in your work. C:
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Thanks! The colour tones were achieved through mixing different colours of inks.
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this is more than amazing. its balls to your mouth awsome
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Ahh, what a beautiful rendition of Nyreen. *-* She only lasted one DLC storyline but she somehow became a favourite of mine so quickly. I love this! <3
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She's the perfect character foil for Aria (and I already loved Aria) so she quickly became one of my favourite characters too. Too bad they killed her off, she would've been great to have around Omega in the future.
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Amazing artwork of her! 
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Thanks, I can't say I've seen any of the Metal Gear Solid art, I'll have to go look that up now.
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"...she can see the good in people that live there and the good Aria does in keeping them safe and giving them a place to call home if they want it.
It an unfortunate end that she meets, but helps develop another side of Aria that we don't get to see until that point. "
You nailed it. ^_^ Great art.
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Thanks! Aria and Nyreen are an interesting dynamic, certainly two of my favourite characters in the series.
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