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Tutorials, experiments, opinions and progress logs. Some are long reads, some are quick sparks, and all of them are honest about what didn’t work.
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Field notes.
Build a playable world on a single page
You don't need a 300-page lore bible to start. You need one page, five questions and a...
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How I write character cards that survive 200 messages
Personality drift, forgotten details, the bot suddenly speaking for you. Here's the structure I use to stop...
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Treat Creative Income Like a Side Quest
Turning a hobby into income can sound like one big leap. I find it more useful to...
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Give Characters a Choice That Costs
A character can have pages of lore and still feel distant. The moment they must choose between...
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Let the Sketch Lead the Prompt
A rough shape, a color clash, or one oddly specific detail can be a better starting point...
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In the drafts.
Entries I’m still writing. Join the Dispatch to hear when they land.
What pausing anime fight scenes taught me about composition
Leading lines, negative space and restraint, learned one frame at a time.
Running a local LLM for roleplay: what actually matters
Context length, sampler settings and why the biggest model isn’t always the best storyteller.
My sketchbook-to-final pipeline (and where it breaks)
Thumbnails, value passes and the moment I usually ruin a piece.
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