#caberworld

Here is a snippet of the Cabergame in motion! (a.k.a. “Happy Funtime Pop Balloon.” :D)

(edit - I see that the little films from Instagram don't cross-post so well - a pity!)

One of the highlights for me, from 2020, was being able to bring the Cabers to life in not only animated form and illustrated storytelling, but also in an interactive style as well!

One of the last weekly challenges of the year had the theme of “Collaboration.” I teamed up with caLLowCreation, (a delightful coder/programmer - and poet! - who streams on Twitch), who generously pitched in his Unity coding skills which we combined with my artwork/audio contributions, to make a little clicking game.

(The original inspiration for this, comes from the illustration “A Demise Most Imminent.” :) )

It is now available to play at https://callowcreation.itch.io/cabergame

Note - not quite phone-friendly just yet (although doable!), but fine on most computers and iPads. :)

🦆Also, thank you all for the support you have given me through this past year! I hope this little sandbox game provides a happy moment of distraction and balloon-popping joy. :) May you have a year of happiness from unexpected places! _ K.j. Wright, aka TheCaberworld. :)

❤️❤️❤️🦆🦆🦆🎈🎈🎈❤️❤️❤️

Night of the Glamorous Hats. (a.k.a. The Bobbing Occasion.)

The closest thing that Caber society has to a gala event, is this Grand Occasion of stately dancing, in which elaborately decorated hats are worn, to move in an appealing fashion with the gentle bob and weave of old ‘stepping’ dances.

Traditionally their headwear is festooned with feathers, plant life, beads and/or little bells.

Some prefer to wear a single elegant plume, others believe there is no such thing as too many. The main criteria is that the hat should offer some pleasing form of movement, without risking facial injury to others.

Much as some Smalls would dearly love to wear the longer plumed fancy hats, their diminutive stature and propensity for darting about in unpredictable fashion means they are usually bestowed headgear of a more appropriate scale. . . . . .

Caber Discotheque. a.k.a. Caber! At the Disco, a.k.a. Caber! Caber! High Voltage!

In the more urban places of the Caberworld, sometimes you may hear a faint pulsing beat, and see a little ramp leading down to an underground space where the floors are lit, and the mirror-balls BIG.

Cabers may not be known for their musical skills, or even their musical taste, but they certainly appreciate the efforts of others. It is probably music that is the greatest thing they appreciate from our own world.

Humans are welcome to partake in the dancing at such places, but it is advised to be mindful of one’s head clearance, especially near the giant mirror ball.

There are two main styles of dance among the Caber people - the vigorously head nodding & booty shaking type as illustrated above; and the elegant step-bob-&-weave numbers that are generally a slower and more classical form of dance, reserved for more stately occasions. (The latter may also be accompanied by the wearing of elaborately crafted headpieces!) . . (This piece was definitely heavy on the colouration overload, and also so.many.feet!!! I would love to revisit the dance styles in an animation, someday. :) ) . . .

The Assorted Ties of Dappy Squanks.

A small entrepreneurial caber, with a passion for brightly coloured silk ties, Dappy deals in the organisation of boxes of stuff, and occasional things. Buttons, scratch blocks, bathtubs, vinyl records, duck-feed - if it needs sourcing, Dappy is the tastefully attired Caber-of-Business for you! :)

The Mallard.

It walked into the Science Building one day, and never left. The unofficial mascot of the Caber Scientists, it is the bane of many experiments, especially the ones involving the Large Bathtub Collider, where it sometimes makes its home. None of them have been able to chase it out as it can be quite threatening.

So, I'd like to introduce you a little belatedly to one of my "OCs" (original characters, yes?)   This is Bu who is "nearly 8". That is to say, he is only just 7. 

(And tonight we are going to go and see Pacific Rim, and he's pretty excited about that. Being fond of wheels, and "going very fast", I suspect the giant robotic things will be of much interest to him! )