Blogs are once again in vogue, and that works for me. I started this blog before I created a hobby Instagram account, and I'm happy to return here. I've had a love-hate relationship with Instagram, and often, I don't actually care if anyone is reading what I write or seeing what I work on. Most of the time, it's just the act of creation that means something to me. At this current moment in time I'm in between houses and don't have all of my hobby stuff, so a place to write and post ideas is a great cathartic exercise. I'm also coming to the end of the 2nd annual One Page Game Jam, which has been getting a great response just like last year - but once that's done, I think it will be time to delete IG off my phone again. Having a place where I can potentially reach some of my friends (even in this belaboured form) helps me feel like I'm still connected to the zeitgeist. So, this is just a little post to kick things off. I've got a few ideas for p...
Finally, we return to Nightside – this setting has been a fun playground for me, and it’s been fun to share it with other community members. This blog post will capture all of the submissions I got for the Nightside collaborative project – and I will update this post with new art, pictures, submissions as they come in. Feel free to jump into this setting and contribute! Let’s set the stage with the original prompt: Miller's World // Nightside Miller's World, more commonly known as Nightside, is a tidally locked planet on the fringes of the galactic cluster. One side bakes under the relentless bombardment of solar radiation, and the other side stares endlessly into the void. The powerful heat creates air currents that force all moisture over the dark side of the planet where it falls as heavy rain, creating a massive bioluminescent rainforest. The warm air currents also keep the dark side of the planet from freezing - as the majority of the dark side is quite temperate....