// Realm 01
Digital Art.
Character designs, illustration, fan art and visual experiments, with the whole messy process left in.
// What lives here
Inside this world.
Character design
Original characters from rough silhouettes to final renders, often born from a roleplay or a world I'm building.
Process & technique
Value passes, lighting, color scripts. The tricks that worked and the ones that didn't.
Fan art
Love letters to the anime and games I can't stop thinking about.
Resources
Brushes, palettes and wallpapers from the studio, some free and some in the Vault.
// Featured
Selected work.
// From the journal
Related 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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Take it with you.
Art · Brush pack
Ember Brush Pack
Glow, spark and smoke brushes used across the gallery. For Krita and Procreate.
$8planned
Art · Wallpapers
Ember Wallpaper Set
Desktop and phone wallpapers from the gallery. Pay what you want, subscribers first.
PWYWplanned
Roleplay · Template
Character Card Starter
The skeleton I start every chatbot character from. Fill in the blanks, paste, play.
// Toolbox
What I actually use
Tools I use myself. If any of these become affiliate links, they’ll be clearly marked, and they never change what I recommend. Read the disclosure.
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