A pleasure to be back. Getting settled in the new house continues, figuring out new routines, dropping off children, and so forth. Fortunately, some work has also been ongoing.
I got feedback from the editor and some noble typohunters on Pananthropy, so that's closer to done. Soon as I have all the art inside, it's ready. Then: Biomantica.
The Alphas or 'Lephines or 'Fines are a tribute to the work of Beardsley
I've decided to play with a bit of a conceit, as mentioned, making visual tributes to some pieces of 20th century (or thereabouts) Human art that capture some of the essence of these far-lost branches of Humanity.
The faceless banality and surreality of the Betas seems well served by Magritte.
For the Gammas, I went with a piece that's a tribute to Rivera.
Some of the pieces were a bit more involved than I'd initially planned. I hope you will tolerate having slightly more involved and colorful art in the Pananthropy than was initially perhaps planned by yours truly.
You can download the latest PDF down below the fold.
The other thing that I did was ... almost finish the Silent City map. Haven't finished describing it yet, but this is kind of a bonus, since it's not strictly speaking a part of Our Golden Age, rather it is ... mmm ... an expansion or elaboration of a place described therein.
Being the Silent City, WIP version P.
Next week I have a call scheduled with Exalted Funeral (I missed the last one due to moving-days-exhaustion + my calendar notifications didn't work because I don't have any notifications enabled on my "phone") to nail down the production outline. Once I have that, I'll be able to let you know more clearly on when we'll have the printed proofs in hand, and from there, the books and boxes!
Now that the books are done (well, apart from the cover, which I need to finish-finish-final version coloring), I can start getting the other pieces print ready. In production the books, as a rule, have the longest lead time, so once that's locked, all the other stuff is - comparatively - easy.
Hope to have more details on that soon.
And if not: it'll just be more pictures, more layouts, and closer to 100% done on the dig-ital front.
Wishing everyone a pleasant and not-too-hot or wildfire-infested end of summer.
—Luka, The Best of All Possible Worlds*, Seoul
*La-la-la I keep my head in the sand and do not** see the news la-la-la
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