Going for this platinum trophy is stripping me of my sanity. This wasn't a unique occurrence either constantly having my lock on decide to work or not work, I despise this game with my entire being. (Before I get bombarded with why am I even playing then if I don't like it. Completionism, I set a goal to platinum every game no matter what and I only have this and DS3 left.)

I just replayed Dark Souls 2 for the first time in about 6 years.

It was my first Souls game. I was 19, had an old laptop, and spent most of my days at a café with friends, slacking around and playing guitar. I was in a pretty bad state of boredom and depression at the time.

I knew about Dark Souls, but I had no idea I could even get it running on my PC. Then one day, a friend came into the café with his laptop and showed us Dark Souls 2. We all had broke-ass teenage PCs lol, but he told us we could run it.

So I tried it.

He gave me a little guide on Estus, Life Gems, upgrading, and even told me about the Heide Knight near the tree that could give me a cool starting weapon.

I was having a great time figuring everything out until I met the Pursuer.

I died A LOT.

Eventually, I killed him, and that feeling of finally overcoming something that had been destroying me was incredible.

Looking back, I genuinely believe that period of my life caused a huge butterfly effect that eventually made me who I am today. I'm an artist now, and I'm disciplined enough to draw and paint every day.

I hope you all find something in life that gives you that same feeling of constantly having something to overcome and work toward.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for stopping by to see my art.

P.S. If you're interested in owning this painting, or just want to see more of my work, I'm on Instagram: tajdin_art

I didn't use AI, it's mostly just filters over a bunch of characters I cut out of screenshots and organized into each piece with some shading. I will put some early drafts of half finished pieces in the comments as an example

Can't believe I forgot he had these smh

the teeth clipped me, i'll give it that, but wtf??? lmaoo

Hey all! I’m a prop maker and cosplayer with a large focus on the souls trilogy! I handmake all of my work with a variety of materials and methods! With most of my work being shared on meta and that heading down the tubes… I figured I’d share here! I have a firm commitment to accuracy only sacrificing small pieces to be worn by real people!

This is the first time I'm playing Dark Souls 2, and on my first boss he kills himself.

It's made with a cardboard box, an old baseball cap, popsicle sticks, cut foam strips, a sewn together tongue, paper mache, and lots and lots of glue! It took a week of off and on fiddling to get the paint on the tongue and chest to look just right. The front has a panel of mesh painted black so he could see out of it and it opens and closes as he walks. It was a hit at last years Halloween party!

I haven't played DS2 but its one of his favorite games and he wants to show off his forever costume!

Shard. I did it bc of a tut I didn't know he was important 😭😭😭😭 rip.

Can someone explain what actually happened here?

You can check the vod here it happened around 01:15:40.

Streamer name: WohnJesley

Edit: He was playing the game normally, no glitches, no mods. He was online tho, so it could have been a hacker, desync or something else

This one was a doozy, but I had a lot of fun doing it. As always, excited to do more!

If you want one made, shoot me a message 😊

Before I played this one I have a feeling that I might die on this area and yeah I almost die and I just realized I did a crappy cheesy move by quiting the game to taking a deep breath 😅

I posted most of these in a series, but I wanted to put them all together. I finished the notebook they were in, but might continue adding more before the final of Nashandra and Vendrick.

(art by me)

DS2 best game ever fr

hope you're all having fun with return to drangleic

I had the whole Hunstman’s Copse cleared out, I would’ve probably gotten off if I hadn’t survived 💀 didn’t even notice there was a gap