When designing a character's appearance, we want to come up with cool, original elements that make an impression and distinguish that character from all others. So it's tempting to give them a gazillion cool belts with buckles running up their legs and arms, chains hanging off them, high ...
Practical Things to Consider When Designing a Character's Look
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 30, 20222022 DD Awards: VOTE Tie-Breaker for Best Protagonist
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 25, 2022
VOTE VOTE VOTE
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13q_zpKpowTAg2N_dVXPLOEKugfOSRptpiKpPPRq4M0Q/
Niccea writes:
“After bouncing some ideas around in Discord. I decided to revamp how the character awards are awarded. In the case of Best Protagonist this year I got just under twenty characters submitted, but no character received more than ...
Wonder
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 19, 2022
Gonna take another pause from the fantastic bestiary on this Sunday’s article and instead talk about wonder in fiction. First off, what is wonder? If you put the word wonder into google translate it is described as ”a feeling of amazement and admiration, caused by something beutiful, remarkable or ...
Fantastic Bestiary 10: The Scandinavian Troll
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 12, 2022
So! Back to mythology. And we are going back to my place again, good ol’ Scandinavia. In the summertime no less when the color green is everywhere, the fields are high and trolls come sneaking down from their magically hidden caves and mountain kingdoms. To me the Scandinavian depiction of ...
The KAMics Voted Best Drawn Feature in the 2022 NFMS Bulletin Editor Awards; DD Awards Trophy Contest Extended One Week
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 6, 2022
Photo: 2022 NFMS Bulletin Editor Awards Winner of Best Drawn Feature, “Untitled Rockhounding 63”. The KAMics. 25 June 2021. Story and illustrations by KAM.
A round of applause goes out to Keith Alan Morgan, also known as KAM, whose submissions of The KAMics to the publication, The Tumbler, have not ...
Fantastic Bestiary 9: The Wookie
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 5, 2022
In this newspost I thought I’d start breaking away from myth a little bit. So far I’ve brought up species and entities from myth and legend, but this is not a series of articles that is just about mythical fiction, but also popular fiction. So! Wookies! Absolutely iconic ...
Fantastic Bestiary 8: The Mermaid
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, May 29, 2022
Recently it struck me. So far I’ve already brought up two water-based mythic beings in this series of articles, and non of them were mermaids. Which is why I’ve decided to talk about them here today. We’re pretty much all familiar with mermaids. Though maybe not as ...
MindTricks 1 - Memory
Banes at 12:00AM, May 26, 2022
I don't wanna be remembered; I wanna be forgotten
MEMORY and MEMORY LOSS in FICTION
Playing with memory and memory loss is a handy device for fiction writers, from soap opera-type melodrama to exciting-but-thought-provoking stories like The Matrix, and in all kinds of stories betwixt and beyond.
Like any ...