M-Lyon

Art by Nepeta Liu

June’s Theme: #DinoRacers

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Let’s say I actually did write some fiction set in the realms of RandomItemDrop and RandomEncounters, starting with that “Jortress of the Denimogorgon” I hinted at a while back in the “jobjects (jeans objects)” tag. Where should I publish it?

Tumblr is terrible for posts longer than a paragraph or two

AO3 seems to be a popular platform for derived works, but I feel like this is so far from canon D&D it doesn’t really count as fanfic any more than the original D&D modules were fanfic of the fantasy novels they stole from were inspired by. AO3′s “original works” section, then?

A dedicated Blogspot/Wordpress blog?

Apparently some people are publishing things via GoogleDocs?

???

I’ve actually been trying to write fics for a little while, but after a few false starts I realized the parody-fantasy vibe has been perfected by masters and done to death by hacks–and anyway, given the #technology tag, the blog seems to skew to a magical version of something a lot more modern–so to establish something a little more original, the Realms of Ridare are technologically and aesthetically up to somewhere between 1977-1992, a shattered planet lit by magic neon, its ruined dungeons overhauled into chrome-panelled malls by urban renewal plans with secret agendas. Until I get the first fics up, I’ve been locking down the vibe with an aesthetic sideblog at @realms-of-ridare​.

A short render test done to establish lighting approach for the Lackadaisy Animated short film.  Animation by Nick, clean-up/lighting by Ashley Nichols. (Mordecai’ll get his glasses back eventually - that’s a separate step) More about this and other things in the latest Dev Log Update!

And some Serafine WIPs just for fun, because I enjoy drawing her pointy expressions. These are for her character sheet. Lastly, we are still raising funds for our final stretch goal - an animated/live action music video with song by Sepiatonic.  We have just 13k to go to get there! PayPal backers will receive digital rewards at $10/$30/$60 tiers.

Art by William Chen

June’s Theme: #DinoRacers

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Last Light

Tom Nook animated with my left hand.

Tom Nook animated with my right hand.

Friendly reminder that I am still raising funds for the Black Lives Matter movement until the end of this month! Two of the drawings are exclusive to this fundraiser, so if you want a print, be sure to get one before July 31st. After that, they will no longer be available! Find the prints here: inprnt.com/gallery/loish

Art by Clément Haumont

May’s Theme: #FinalFantasy

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