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Sketch of Cullen Rutherford from dragon age inquisition with two of his children, adalah and ateef. He is holding them in his arms and they’re both sleeping against his chest. Adalah and Ateef are both wearing pink dresses with a striped pattern and magenta colored vests with embroidery. They both have warm brown skin and brunette hair.
Sketches of Cullen Rutherford and Asma Lavellan from dragon age Inquisition. They are aged up with greying hair and wrinkles. Cullen has light skin with freckles and blond hair. Asma has warmer brown skin with black hair and a full unibrow. Asma is wearing an elaborate gold headpiece with a nose ring and earrings.
Tatreez pattern of a rose in a vase and two birds on either side.
Tatreez pattern of the Bethlehem star and Jerusalem cross in the colors of the Armenian flag
Study of Frédéric Soulacroix’s ‘Vanity’ as Vivienne from dragon age inquisition. She is sitting in a pastel blue satin dress posed with a glass of wine and a staff in the shape of a swan. She has warm rich brown skin and a shaved head. She is wearing a golden circlet and a matching gold necklace in the shape of the circle of magi.
Illustration of Cullen Rutherford from Dragon Age Inquisition and original character Asma Lavellan sitting in a boat together. Asma is an elf with brown skin and dark hair. She is smiling faintly at the distance while Cullen, sitting above her, is smiling down at her fondly. They are both dressed in white. The boat is situated in a lake with a small embroidered shawl lying over the side.
illustration of an aged woman with light brown skin and greying brown hair. She is wearing a grey dress with an embroidered corset and a scarf with tassels wrapped around her waist. She has a crochet garment hanging from her waist and a dark cloak in the second iteration. Her jewelry is golden and takes the form of numerous triangles.
Illustration and images of silver bracelets with spikes along the sides. Text Reads: Silver Bracelets Palestine (Gen) Silver bracelets were common throughout all of Palestine. Haydari bracelets were often worn in pairs, either one on each wrist, or two per wrist. Sometimes the wearing of a haydari bracelet signaled the woman wearing it was breastfeeding. End text.
Illustration and images of silver hair ornaments with dangling coins and crescent shapes. Text reads: karamil, Northern Palestine More commonly seen in northern Palestine, karamil were silver hair ornaments that dangled from a woman's hair. Sometimes they would be worn over the shoulders or hanging down the back or mixed in with false plaits. End text.
Illustration and images of Gaza & Isdud region thobes. Text reads: Gaza/Isdud Thobe, Gaza /Isdud region Made from Majdal woven cotton material with orange, purple, and green stripes of silk and cotton. This dress has cypress tree and arch patterns and the patterns between these arch patterns are called cushions (mehkeddah) and combs (mushut) - they are arranged in the typical manner of the region. End text.
Illustration and images of Palestinian Ghudfehs that are decorated with crisscrossing red patterns and tassels. Text reads: Ghudfeh, Gaza /Isdud region The ghudfeh (head-veil) was made on three pieces of linen, these pieces were embroidered in cross stitch with regional patterns and then sewn with cotton tassels. Many of these heavily embroidered ghudfehs were made commercially in Bethlehem and Hebron. Here, the main motif is the cypress tree, which is a common symbol throughout southern Palestine. End Text.
Illustration and images of a decorated Jillayeh with red, black, and yellow fabric and embroidery. Text reads: Hebron Jillayeh, Hebron The Jillayeh is a type of heavily ornamented dress that has a front opening that remains connected in the chest panel area. It also refers to a short-sleeved front-opening coat (this style was more common in the north around Nazareth and Galilee). Here, it is a wedding garment. End Text.
Illustration and images of heavy coin headdresses with various beads and pendants. Text reads: Wuqayat al-darahem Hebron Hills A Dowery headdress made of cotton, embroidered in silk and fully covered in Turkish coins. Sometimes these headdresses included cowry shells, tassels, and other adornments that would have been added as it was passed down from owner to owner. Triangular metal amulets (hijab) and Hands of Fatimah often adorned these pieces as spiritual protection from the evil eye. These headdresses were often made commercially by women from Bethlehem for brides in villages of the Hebron hills. End text.
Digital art Illustration of two women in a tender embrace in front of a arched window. Both women are Palestinian and wearing elaborately decorated traditional thobes. The woman to the left has a deeper skin tone and a tender smile. Her braided black hair is decorated with silver ornaments towards the bottom. The text next to the illustration reads: Palestinian Lesbians (detailed) Some terms: Thobe: Traditional dress of Palestinian women Managel: A joining stitch used decoratively or functionally to attach two pieces of fabric together. Hijab: A protective barrier. Used to describe both a Muslim woman's headscarf and an amulet, one of the most ancient protective symbols in the Levant. Tahriri: Couching stitch that uses gold, silver, or metallic threads. Tatreez: Arabic for embroidery and colloquially used to refer to Palestinian cross stitch. End text.
Sketch of cullen rutherford and asma lavellan from dragon age: inquisition. They are in a tender embrace with Cullen's arms at her waist and Asma reaching up to cradle his face with a tender expression. Asma is wearing golden jewelry and a translucent face veil that covers the bridge of her nose down.
Sketch of inquisitor Asma Lavellan from Dragon Age: Inquisition. She is wearing a golden crown with spikes at the top, an eye at her forehead, and dangly embellishments at her shoulders. Asma has warm brown skin, white tattoos at her cheeks and chin, and an unibrow. Her dress has embroidered patterns in yellow, green, orange, and red - all these patterns are from traditional Palestinian tatreez styles.
Information post about a tarot card raffle for gaza. The image features two tarot cards, a date (July 27th to August 3rd), and a five-dollar entry.
Digital art Illustration of two women in a tender embrace in front of a arched window. Both women are Palestinian and wearing elaborately decorated traditional thobes. The woman to the left has a deeper skin tone and a tender smile. Her braided black hair is decorated with silver ornaments towards the bottom. The woman to the right is wearing a heavy coin headdress that has chains leading down to her waist. Her face has subtle tattoos that match those on her hand. In the arched window behind them there are palm trees in the distance and foliage that coveres the bottom of the window.
Illustration of Annie from sinners holding her baby in a embroidered white dress. She is standing in a lake near plants and tree branches. She is looking down at her baby happily with her mouth open, as if humming or singing a song to her.
Continued from the first post - Asma here is wearing light whites and dark patterned fabrics. In her last outfits she is holding a baby in a chest harness and lastly in armor with Cullen Rutherford’s mantle tied around her waist and shoulder.
Outfit progression of Asma Lavellan, a dragon age inquisition original character. Asma is an Arab woman with warm brown skin and dark black hair. She has white vallaslin and a gold lip piercing. Her outfits range from greens to blacks to reds and are embroidered with designs from Palestine and KSA.
Sketch of Asma Lavellan holding her first child, Safi Rutherford Lavellan, in her lap. She has warm brown skin and greying black hair. She is staring hatefully off to her side as if something were annoying her. Safi has a lighter skin tone with a single curl of blond hair peaking from his pointed hat. Safi is looking up at her questioningly, as if he doesn’t understand what she’s talking about. Asma is wearing a dress and a black headscarf embroider with traditional tatreez patterns.
Illustration of Cullen Rutherford from Dragon Age Inquisition and Asma Lavellan against a flowery background. Cullen has his head laying in Asma’s lap with an expression of contentment, his right hand clasping Asma’s. Asma is seated with a sage green dress with gold filigree and wide slit white sleeves. She is wearing the gold inquisitor crown on her head and her neck is adorned with gold and jewels. Her free hand is open and has magic growing from it. She is looking down at Cullen with the same easy contentment.
Illustration of Wyll Ravengard from Baldur’s gate 3
Illustration of wyll ravengard from baldur’s gate 3. His portrait is positioned in the middle of a black and grey green frame. The frame details vines, a rapier engulfed in flame with a snake at the top, a stone eye in the top corner, and orange colored spots. Wyll has a white earring and ear cuffs.
Sketches of Asma Lavellan against a white background wearing a traditional red and black Palestinian thobe. The thobe has elaborate tatreez patterns with blue, yellow, and white highlights and held in place with a corset. She has silver bracelets matching the belts along her waist that are in the silhouette of the land of historic palestine. She has warm brown skin and dark hair and a full unibrow.
Illustration of Haidar Rutherford Lavellan and Minthara against a brown background. Haidar has light brown skin, freckles, dark brown hair, and a small traditional tattoo with dots on her chin. Her jewelry is silver and elaborate, running down her chest with chains and shells and coins, matching the circular earring in her hair. She is looking away wistfully and mournfully. Minthara from baldur’s gate 3 is superimposed to her side in shades of yellow and orange and holding the blood of lathander. She is looking down at the weapon sadly.
Work in progress of Haidar Rutherford Lavellan. She has light brown skin and dark brown hair with a pointed nose. She is wearing very elaborate silver jewelry against a brown background.
Drawing of Asma Lavellan, an original Dragon Age character, with a hart and her baby, Safi Rutherford Lavellan - first child of her and Cullen Rutherford
Sketch of Asma Lavellan in a traditional Bethlehem style wedding dress (thobe). She is in a sitting profile position and has her hands clasped on her lap. The thobe has an embroidered chest panel and long colored strips of fabric that reach the bottom of the gown. She is wearing traditional silver jewelry and a embroidered cap on her head. She has long dark braided hair and warm brown skin. On her face is vallaslin, the traditional tattooing of dalish people from dragon age.
Haidar and Minthara from baldur’s gate three next to each other against a white background. There is a small cartoon drawing of them kissing beside it
Character design baldur’s gate illustration of Haidar Rutherford Lavellan, child of Asma Lavellan and Cullen Rutherford from dragon age. Haidar is a tall half elf with light brown skin and dark black brown hair that is braided down to her waist. She has bangs and sharp dark brows. She is wearing a dark brown cropped half coat with fur and a dark black crop top with metallic finishing, matching the cloth at her waist. She has various belts, coins, and chains wrapped around her waist in silver. Her bracelets and cuffs are also silver. She has leg warmers and a Persian setar strapped to her back. She has a traditional arab tattoo on her chin. Next to her is a closer view of her setar and her staff which has a silver chain attached to the top.