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Counting Riders (21)
Worldbuilding Languages
Language, to me, presents one of the most interesting aspects of worldbuilding. Grandpa Tolkien set an incredibly high bar here, designing several realistic (and, according to many, beautiful) languages from scratch. I remember reading the Silmarillion as a child, devouring the language appendix, and trying to come up with my…
Meet and Greet (20)
Page 20 is up! Nothing ever happens around here, eh, Ditman? N.B. Gwelharian name + Velnish surname is a weird enough combination that the marshal is, indeed, highly unlikely to have any namesakes. A little behind-the scenes tidbit: in the thumbnail panel, the marshal was scripted to say “well flown,…
WIP – House Interior (Blocking & Lighting)
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 🙂…
Fight or Flight
The Blue Marble, Sort Of
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…
Best Defence (17)
Page 17 is up! The best defence might be a good offence, but sometimes dodging works just as well. Especially if there’s two of you and you can dodge in different directions. Or if your opponent is in no shape to aim and would hate to hit an ally.
The Flamenry Arrives (16)
Page 16 is up. The cavalry… that is, the flamenry is here! Yes, that military specialization is called flamenry in Halcia. Individual soldiers are riders, or wyrm riders (as opposed to horse riders, which also still exist). Bereghins, on the other hand, don’t have any flamenry, but they do have…
Of Games and Cosmology
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…
Counting Riders (21)
Worldbuilding Languages
Language, to me, presents one of the most interesting aspects of worldbuilding. Grandpa Tolkien set an incredibly high bar here, designing several realistic (and, according to many, beautiful) languages from scratch. I remember reading the Silmarillion as a child, devouring the language appendix, and trying to come up with my…
Meet and Greet (20)
Page 20 is up! Nothing ever happens around here, eh, Ditman? N.B. Gwelharian name + Velnish surname is a weird enough combination that the marshal is, indeed, highly unlikely to have any namesakes. A little behind-the scenes tidbit: in the thumbnail panel, the marshal was scripted to say “well flown,…
WIP – House Interior (Blocking & Lighting)
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 🙂…
Fight or Flight
The Blue Marble, Sort Of
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…
Best Defence (17)
Page 17 is up! The best defence might be a good offence, but sometimes dodging works just as well. Especially if there’s two of you and you can dodge in different directions. Or if your opponent is in no shape to aim and would hate to hit an ally.
The Flamenry Arrives (16)
Page 16 is up. The cavalry… that is, the flamenry is here! Yes, that military specialization is called flamenry in Halcia. Individual soldiers are riders, or wyrm riders (as opposed to horse riders, which also still exist). Bereghins, on the other hand, don’t have any flamenry, but they do have…
Of Games and Cosmology
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…