WorldEmber 2023 Prep

WorldEmber is Coming...

Another year, another pledge! What in Luridity will we build? What in Luridity shall we shape? What in Luridity shall we discover? And when will we have time, between writing and revising all the fiction along the way? :D

Week One

For this year, I'm contemplating work on my two non-zoned worlds: Ferzona and Galvan.

Non-Zoned Star Systems

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Places off the familiar paths of star travel or spacerail access. But just because you can't buy a ticket, don't assume there's nothing to see...

Ferzona

I'm almost through with my reworking draft of Tiger's Catch through my serialized fiction on Ream, but when I move the full novel over to WorldAnvil I plan for it to be interactive, linking to deeper worldbuilding articles as needed. I had started work on Ferzona during WorldAnvil Summer Camp, with the Shifter and Forsaken and Oppression on Ferzona articles, but I still need to convert some paper character sheets, creatures, plants, and locations. I think the Hunters still need an article for their species as well.

Galvan

I'm almost ready to bounce back into my draft of Truth Spark, and there's oodles of character sheets to be set up so at least I can reference them, as well. I've already done plenty of worldbuilding for Galvan's other planes of existence, as well as the chonky military conflict backstory for the series, but only one character. There is certainly more on the to do list, from military roles to special abilities, to unique (and cheerily BlueAnvil-themed) rituals... Of course...I've been drafting up secrets to stick in to Centralvest's existing articles, so maybe I'll work on those too...but only after I've written up my first 10k words. :)

Week Two

Ferzona

Galvan

Articles created during this event will of course have the familiar disclaimer boxes attached:

Luridity contains mature content. This article includes the following content warnings: (with any content warnings needed stuck right heeeere)

This article is a WIP created during World Anvil's WorldEmber 2023 event and may contain incomplete sections. It probably also lacks pictures and proofreading. And it most certainly was written frantically by a caffeine-fueled, sleep-deprived author. No worries--edits are a future me problem!

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On Art for Luridity

_{While I VASTLY prefer hiring artists for commissions and frequently do (because there's simply nothing like seeing EXACTLY your characters, and neither stock art nor an AI will ever be able to capture the tiny sneaky details a human artist can), I am a long way from being able to fund my dream mission to blanket the entirety of Luridity in glorious custom art.

Since I can't art from scratch on my own, to have something in the meantime with which to flavor the galaxy, I use several paid tools to create images for Luridity. Canva is my go-to for mashups, collaging, and finalization. For base images, I often use HeroForge, Portrait Workshop, Artbreeder, and Midjourney, and modify from there. The iterations I go through with Midjourney AI have typically involved hours, if not days, of prompting and retuning and reprompting to reach a final image base, which I then edit and insert as part of a design. For maps, I use DungeonFog.

In other images, you will see sourced public domain as well as appropriately designated commercially licensed, CC-BY, or CC0 stock images from a variety of sites. (Pexels and Unsplash are my favorites for the latter.) Though typically not required by the creator in many CC0 cases, I reference image sources in the image details as often as possible so others can find the contributing portfolios.

Luridity's public site is non-commercial. Only images with open commercial-compatible licensing or that I've obtained commercial release for are used in my commercial work (i.e. novels, paywalled articles for subscribers, merch). In case of licensed images and commissioned pieces, these are also noted in the image details. If you require further information or license proof, please contact me.}

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