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Nations and shape language

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Cal

been working on this for a while now. Since there are a variety of people groups and nations in the story, I am doing my best to work on making each nation have shapes (roughly) specific to them. not last
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mens suits are a proven cure for insomnia

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Cal

i understand that this blog is becoming a fashion one more with each passing day but what are you gonna do I suppose. mens suits suck. they are the same thing over and over again with nearly no variety. in
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Posted in BLOGTagged art, boring, character, clothes, color, concept, concept art, design, history, men, outfit, suit, suits
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Flags 3

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Cal

got pretty hung up on stylized comets and planets with rings on this one. when doing comic concept I always try to do most of it in B&W. I didn’t used to but I learned my lesson. things always manage
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Flag content

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Cal

like the last post about flags, a lot of these are ripoffs of real-life flags. also like last time, it helps to weed out generic ideas in favor of something that hopefully will have more legs. just playing around as
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a need to DANCE!!!

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Cal

i dance about as well as a large tree but i do find it pretty interesting. body language is of course important to me and dancing obviously opens up a lot of fun opportunities. it’s also just how some people
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The true foreigner

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Cal

Who is the true foreigner among you? Is it the one who looks or talks or acts differently from you? Or is it the one to whom you relate or do not relate? Or perhaps still, is it your enemy?
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Posted in BLOGTagged history, justice, love, past, tolerance, tolerate
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Get em outta here!

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Cal

there are times when I need to think about mechanisms that may exist in the background of the comic, but are not focused on heavily. I admit that prisons and legal systems are not a topic that I know a
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Posted in BLOGTagged art, concept, design, dungeon, history, prison, roman, rome
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At a glance

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Cal

I find silhouettes and shapes just as important as detail. Silhouettes can be tough for me to integrate into the background and still make it look good. always learning. I find a lot of these have interesting shapes which can
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It’s always a time for pizzazz

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Cal

i always thought it was odd that in fantasy or scifi it is a lot more common to see “ancient clothes + modern setting” than “modern clothes + ancient setting”. i get that they wouldn’t necessarily have modern materials, but
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Posted in BLOGTagged alec, anachronistic, ancient, art, clothes, clothing, concept, design, history, iteration, logo, outfit, pattern
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The Burn of Her Javelin

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Cal

Farning hymn of war, -0y. Translated by Adtne of Kwawha. Black sky! They cry.Black moon! They cry.For we are the ones who wrestled the ringsAnd we are the ones who tackle the beast. Gaze upon the walls of Farning and
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Posted in Culture, HistoryTagged allano, history, poem, song
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