While I would like to have personal content for every post, some days my brain just isn’t working well enough to assemble such a thing. Fortunately, I can fall back on my recent reading and give some short reviews!
So here we go.
Culture Composites: Trivestes
This week, we take a look at one of my favorite cultures, Trivestes — which probably says something bad about me, since they’re some of the meanest people on the continent.
Posted in History, Legends, World Info, Worldbuilding
Tagged culture, fantasy, worldbuilding
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Non-Imperial and Clan Flags
I previously posted my attempt at making flags for my Imperial protectorates, some of which worked, some of which didn’t. I can’t say that my skills with the GIMP2 program have particularly improved, but I do have a few more maps for today — most of which are rather more complex than the protectorates’.
Titles, Book 2
With book 2 out (now in physical version!), I feel like talking about titles again. I did so when I put out book 1, and people seemed interested in the ideas behind creating them, even if they didn’t click through to listen to any of the songs I referenced. Heathens!
Culture Composites: Haaraka
I hesitate a bit with this post because I’m not sure if it would constitute spoilers for book 2, so I think I’ll just show the images with a little bit of commentary, not the usual chunks of history and legend and such.
The pink patch in the lower right is the Accursed Thornland of Haaraka:
Best Reads 2013
I’d planned to do this post properly, but what with my second book coming out and the frustration it’s taking to hammer the cover into shape, I’ve been distracted, so this will be a rather scruffy retrospective.
Also, this is not a list of my favorite books released this year, just the ones read this year. Yes, I’m probably way late on some of them. No, I don’t care.
Some Cover Tweaks
Since we’ve been hacking at the book 2 physical cover, trying to make it fit and look right, a few tweaks have come up — including ones that I decided should be passed on to the ebook. So my apologies to those who have the old one or anyone who tries to get the ebook of 2 right now, because it takes it offline while it updates anything, even just the cover image.
Anyway, the main issue is just that it was coming out too dark, and at the size the picture is in the card, a lot of the detail is lost. So this is the new version:
I was trying to convince myself for a while that it didn’t need to be lightened, but getting the physical proof and barely being able to make out his features convinced me. Sigh… But he still looks right. It’s more like he’s had a light-source moved in front of him than that he’s been paled.
The other problem with the physical cover is the spine was too large so got chopped off unevenly. We’ve been trying to figure out how to size it right, but it may take a little longer to be sure. Meh. Still, there are worse problems to have.
Stay tuned.
Culture Composites: Amandon
Book 2 features the protectorate of Amandon as one of its settings, though since Cob is constitutionally incapable of actually going into a city, it spends more time as backdrop. Nevertheless, it has its details like all of the other lands.
Posted in History, World Info, Worldbuilding
Tagged art, culture, fantasy, worldbuilding
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Book Spine and Backplate, Book 2
This is the last post for the book 2 cover, starting with the completed ebook cover:
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Tagged art, cover art, d. d. phillips
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Book 2 — Published
Posted in Art, Stories, Worldbuilding, Writing
Tagged fantasy, magic, mythology, publishing
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The War of Memory Project 