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Category Archives: Art
Book 2 Cover Process #2
First off: apologies for being away so long. My computer monitor died, I ordered a new monitor and computer, then the monitor came but needs an adaptor, then my iPad died, and now I’m on a library computer still waiting … Continue reading
Book Spine and Backplate, Book 1
Hi there, everyone who just showed up because Pauline M Ross is awesome! Nice to see you. I wasn’t planning on posting tonight — it’s a work night and my feet are sore — but then I remembered I had … Continue reading
Book 2 Cover Process #1
Back to the fun thing I like to call ‘nitpicking my artist until she drives across state lines to stab me with a kitchen knife’! Previously, on The Cover of Book 2:
The Halion Calendar
I’m always tinkering with the details of my world, whether consciously or in the back of my mind, and I always knew that it did not have the same length of year/month/week/day as Earth. I just recently formalized that idea, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Maps, World Info, Worldbuilding
Tagged art, culture, fantasy, maps, worldbuilding
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Halion Critters 2
Since my artist friend sketched up a few more images of my creatures, I’m sharing them here with blurbs like last time.
Posted in Art, World Info, Worldbuilding
Tagged art, biology, d. d. phillips, fantasy, spirits, worldbuilding
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Akarriden and Spirit Blades
The world of Halci is home to a variety of magics, each of which lend themselves differently to the practice of crafting magical weapons. While the most unusual might be the akarriden blade, the others bear mentioning if only for … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Magic, World Info, Worldbuilding
Tagged art, d. d. phillips, fantasy, magic, spirits, worldbuilding, wraiths
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Influences: The Dragonlance Chronicles
My good friend Erica Dakin has been posting about some of her literary influences recently, so I decided to write a bit about my own, as I’m low on story-based content at the moment. Whereas she posts about inspirational authors, … Continue reading
Halion Critter Overview
Back to posting content. Not a ton, since I’ve started the final edit for book 2, but some details on the animals and monsters to be found on Halci.
Posted in Art, World Info, Worldbuilding
Tagged art, biology, d. d. phillips, fantasy, spirits, worldbuilding
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