In keeping with the traditions of Halqueme, the 15th is the day to reflect on a given topic. ~*~*~*~ After the playful eleventh month—the Mist-Month, the time of games and the lerale of Chaos—comes the twelfth month. It’s the last month of the year, the one which ends with the…
The opposite of play isn’t work. The opposite of play is depression. —Brian Sutton-Smith The focus of the Mist-month is the lerale of Chaos—and the virtue of humour/playfulness. Playfulness… is underrated. How many of us learned, growing up, that playfulness is silly and wrong and a waste of time? That…
I’m working on a new character for the webcomic. Her name is Olminita, and she’s not going to actually show up on page for a while yet, but I thought I’d document the process just for fun. If you’ve been wondering how I make the characters for At War’s Edge…
I did not make that word up. I feel compelled to point that out because I do make words up. Sometimes. Not that one. This here thing is really called a vihuela (pronounced bi’wela if you’re Spanish) and is basically a 15th century precursor of the guitar. Or a close…
And Chapter II begins! Today we get the cover and a map of the continent of Halqueme (aka the Land Uncharred). You can finally see where everything is 🙂 Next week, we’re plunging back into the story! In case you have trouble finding the three main locations so far (Shelisk,…
Colonel Breiden and Dr. Orgerd are having a… conversation while awaiting the return of Reg’s unsanctioned patrol. And I’m having heck of a time trying to pose Breiden 😀
Started a new location today. It’s a bit of a challenge because it’s one of those locations I hadn’t world-built at all beforehand, so the reference search was long and painful, albeit educational and eventually rewarding. I had no idea Dutch houses in 17th century had ceilings this high 🙂…
When a part of your brain wants to focus on finishing the location for the next scene and the other part of your brain goes “but we just learned compositing, gotta composite something!” So my (as yet unnamed) planet now has it’s own Blue Marble Image. Or at least a…
I heard it said that the opposite of play isn’t work – the opposite of play is depression. I think there’s a lot of truth to it, too. People seem to have been playing ever since they became people – and probably before that, too, seeing as many animals display…
