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  • Adventures in Fantasy and Cyberspace

    Adventures in Fantasy and Cyberspace

    Hi Readers! Our newsletter host had some issues last week. We hope our adventure arrived safe and sound in your inbox, but if it didn’t, you can catch up here. We’ll wait. 😉 We can neither confirm nor deny whether our Newsletter-Dragon had anything to with those issues because we can’t find her. She was… Read more

  • Back in the 3D Habit

    Back in the 3D Habit

    Hi Readers! We’re back with another version. What’s new? < Softer lighting with shadows! We’re not floating, which is cool, and the light isn’t attacking us. Bonus points! 🙂 < Papa has a new face. We didn’t buy the plugin to do the faces ourselves. We did some research about that and uncovered many facts… Read more

  • We get Chiascuro’d!

    We get Chiascuro’d!

    Hi Readers! We have a new version of the cover! What’s new: – we have shadows! So we no longer look like we’re floating. – We have dramatic lighting! It might be too dramatic. We’ve tried to move the lights so the shadows it casts aren’t obscuring or otherwise cutting up our faces, but the… Read more

  • Are we epic, or are we EPIC?

    Are we epic, or are we EPIC?

    Here it is, Readers!   We bring you cover test # I’ve lost track. I think this is our strongest composition yet. Ignore our faces for now. We haven’t worked on them, same for our too clean clothes. We will rip them up in the final, but right now we want to know about: 1.… Read more

  • Battle for the Light

    Battle for the Light

    Hi readers! We took all of your advice and battled it out with our digital doubles. It was a long, drawn-out affair and after much fiddling and befuddlement and general frustration, we went back to the store where we bought them. We looked through hundreds of poses and my scribe finally gave up and surrendered… Read more

  • Free-Falling Fathers and Scribes

    Free-Falling Fathers and Scribes

    Hi Readers, We hope you had a great week, and you find our updates entertaining and maybe even a tiny bit inspiring. We’re proof of what you can do with just a few hours a week. (Well, our books do since they’re corporeal, and we’re not. We’re cuter though. At least I am. This is… Read more

  • Are we Sundered Yet?

    Are we Sundered Yet?

    Thank you all. While trying to fix the issues you raised, this image came together. What do you think? We did two versions–a close-up and a zoomed out.   What’s new? (Other than the pose and colors)   – rips in Sarn’s clothes and his face is dirty. My cloak is torn. We’re still considering… Read more

  • When scribes fall, stories collapse

    When scribes fall, stories collapse

    Hi Readers, We hope you enjoyed our special presentation last week. Before we return to Papa’s dramatic fall and what I hope will be an equally dramatic rescue by J.C. and myself, I want to give you a quick update. (Psst! If you missed an episode, all our back issues are conveniently listed in reverse… Read more

  • Sundered in 3d

    Sundered in 3d

    Hi Readers!   Your good thoughts, well-wishes, and crossed fingers helped! The first draft of a cover for Sundered using our 3d doubles is here! Ignore our faces. Our scribe has not been able to afford the plugin to fix our faces yet.   For Sundered, we wanted a more symbolic cover. Papa has no… Read more

  • Getting Clarity

    Hi Readers!   We were hoping to show you a draft of the cover for Sundered using our 3D doubles today, but the first render (mon night) was too dark, the second render (Tuesday night) was out of focus and the third render (Wednesday night) rendered from the wrong camera so it’s dark, fuzzy and… Read more