Hi Readers! Check out what we hope is pretty close to the final cover: We’re extra colorful now. It might need a few adjustments, but our scribe needs a break from it. Too much photoshopping gives her a headache. I might contribute to that by continually asking ‘what’s this,’ and ‘can you try that,’ and my all-time favorite, ‘what does that do?’ As soon as those words leave my mouth, I grab the mouse and start clicking on random things. Our poor scribe has to take the mouse away from me and undo what I did, but hey, it’s fun to … Continue reading Good Vibrations & Bad Dragons

Here’s a draft of the full cover with back, front and spine. I really like that back image…I might beg my scribe to work it into the front cover. hmmm… 😉 Okay, maybe not tonight. My scribe just walked away from the pc… Well, tomorrow’s another day.   –Ran, the glowing son of Sarn 🙂 Continue reading Spine out, this one’s a stunner

Hi Readers!   We’re bright and colorful! This looks like the one! The previous version was a little too dark. 🙂   -Ran, the “extra colorful” son of Sarn 😉 Continue reading We’re extra colorful now.

Hi epic readers!   Are you ready for what we hope is pretty close to the final cover?   Because we are.   This is a final draft that we hope just needs a few tweaks. Amazon took over our previous printer (Createspace) so we had to download a new template to build our cover. That’s why everything is a bit left shifted. We used their guides, but we didn’t know it was off a bit until we cropped out just the front cover.   (We don’t yet have a back cover, but I think we’ll just use the background … Continue reading Oh, how we glow

Hi Readers, We hope you’re having a great day, and that you’re safe. There’s a lot of dangerous weather out there, so be careful! We wanted to show off our new cover or at least a close-to-final draft, but there’s this thing called “rim lighting” that’s supposed to back-light Papa and me, so we stand out. All cover art has that. When done right it, it looks really cool. Without it, Papa and I merge with the background and don’t look right. Since we’re the stars, that’s not good. So we’re trying to achieve that effect in 3d and then … Continue reading Don’t Accept Gifts from Dragons (Even if They’re Yours)

Hi Readers! We don’t have a cover to show you this week, but we think we finally found the ONE. It’s a slightly different camera angle from last week’s version, but it really shows Papa’s protective streak. We also tweaked a few other things from the version you saw last week and put the architectural features back, but they’re from a different angle. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who wrote in and pointed out that my neck had issues, and a few other things we hadn’t seen. All week, our new pc has been rendering the highest … Continue reading The Book Whisperer

Hi Readers, Our new pc arrived, and we hit the ground rendering. 😉 Check out the latest cover image here. If you missed last week’s adventure, go read it here. We recommend reading our adventure from two weeks ago since we’re picking up right where that story left off (as promised). In the meantime, we’ll get back to where we left off two weeks ago. I know it’s irregular, but you’ll see why we had to do it this way in a minute. I promise it’ll be worth it. And this is Ran, by the way, the adorable son, and … Continue reading By My Claws and Fire

Hi Readers, It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for. We finally got our new pc set up, and we rendered what we think will be the final version of our cover. It’s pretty epic and we got Papa’s pendant in there. I wield that crystal with deadly efficacy in Sundered, and I try very hard not to choke Papa in the process since it won’t let us take it off. I do not always succeed. We’re still deciding how best to draw in the leather cord Papa wears that crystal on. It’s black, so it’s hard to see. What do … Continue reading We are Epic Fantasy

We’re men in green tights–manly men! Well, Papa is. I’m his exceptionally green sidekick, and this week, we’re crashing offices and beating up on some misbehaving PCs. Continue reading Meet the Little Green Men of Fantasy

We’re green! We’re still grainy, but I hatched a daring plan to fix that. Full details on that adventure will be in this week’s newsletter in lieu of our regular shenanigans. Said newsletter will go out Monday even if I have to beat the pc up to get it out.   We’re very sorry this version is six days late. We had almost insurmountable computer issues. We only managed to get this one to work through a fluke in the system.   So, we’re green. Probably too green, well I am anyway. Papa might be okay green-wise.   I’m supposed … Continue reading Green and Grainy, anyone?

Hi Readers, We hope our previous adventure landed in your inbox last week. If it didn’t, click here to catch up now. We’ll plot our next move while you do that. 😉 Why might our awesome adventure have gone astray? Well, because our newsletter host is continuing to have problems. We’ve sent messages asking our Newsletter-Dragon to kindly stop burning the servers, but she hasn’t replied. Please note: we don’t know if she’s causing the problem or clearing it out. The Newsletter-Dragon doesn’t tell us what she’s doing. That’s why we’re searching for an emissary who’s durable enough to withstand her … Continue reading Mystical Prisms and Button-Stealing Dragons

Hi Readers, We’re back with another cover test. This is test render # ???? What’s new in this one: < Brighter, warmer lights < Slightly different pose for me and Papa. That’s about it. Though, we must have nudged the camera because we’re not in focus. Our scribe is researching how to get us back into focus. We’re standing right where we should be, but the camera is not cooperating. What do you think? Are we close? Should we make any other changes? Does anything look off to you? As always, my inquiring mind wants to know. 😉   –Ran, … Continue reading Are we closer to a cover?