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Thu, 16 May 2013 19:07:41 -0400

HAM

Woman in WWII London. From film “The True Glory;” I...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:53:16 -0400

Woman in WWII London. From film “The True Glory;” I watch WWII newsreels/footage on my breaks for Symbiosis inspiration. I liked her look.

What’s also interesting (to me) was the sense of unified purpose that seemed to be around during that war. Or at least the image of it that was sold via old movies like this. I know that there were black markets, and anti-war protesters, and all that. But it does make me wish that there could be something other than total war that could unify a nation or the “free world.”

Tirhaelian sniper gun and ghillie suit. Biological...

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:26:05 -0400

Tirhaelian sniper gun and ghillie suit. Biological components/link with user allows gun to act as its own spotter. Rifle is a gravity manipulation/compression gun. Creates ultra-high gravity beam that compresses all matter within a ~1’ diameter circle around it. Sort of like a black hole gun, only it leaves behind compressed rods of matter; the matter is not destroyed as in a black hole.

Playing with genderfluid fashion for the Apocralite culture. (As...

Sun, 05 May 2013 22:49:52 -0400

Playing with genderfluid fashion for the Apocralite culture. (As the society itself is genderfluid/non-cisnormative/whatever you want to call it.)

At suggestion of @David_Wolkin, the quickly illustrated version...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:42:16 -0400

At suggestion of @David_Wolkin, the quickly illustrated version of my adventure wherein I am peed upon by a foster rabbit.

Standard Friday night - partying hard IE: working.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:33:51 -0400

Standard Friday night - partying hard IE: working.

Symbiosis spoilers, kind of: From last week’s Symbiosis...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:30:08 -0400

Symbiosis spoilers, kind of:

From last week’s Symbiosis progress newsletter. The Apocralites are never allowed to see the outside world without tech that lets them see the world via the world’s interaction with the bio-ether. They can only see and hear normally when indoors. I had a problem making “causal” and “formal” headgear so people didn’t have to wear these big clunky ’40s mil-spec looking things all of the time. I tried hats, and had results I wasn’t very happy with. (try making headgear that covers the eyes and ears without it looking like a superhero outfit. It’s hard.) Alex De Campi suggested gold contacts, and I looked up the history of contacts, and they did exist in a usable form back in the 1940s, so that’s what I went with, along with miniaturized earpieces integrated into accessories/jewelry. The electronics are in the hat. Making a male version now.

Trying out @DaveMarquez’s amazing brushes for PS 6 using...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:56:37 -0400

Trying out @DaveMarquez’s amazing brushes for PS 6 using my favorite Runaways character. I’m assuming she has the same taste in anime that I do. I don’t know if it’s his brushes, or PS6, but I can suddenly draw in Photoshop now. It’s like night and day. No awkward shaking, smooth control of lines. Amazing. I may drop Sketchbook now.

Approx 45min drawing.

A bit of new Symbiosis art. I’m currently roughing out...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:52:21 -0400

A bit of new Symbiosis art. I’m currently roughing out pages and making little geeky things like this with more detail. Just enjoying the process of world building here, not going for something with BAM POW impact. (“Where does the ground hatch go? Oh, they need wood for that stove. A root cellar would be nice there.” etc. )

is this free to use

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:28:05 -0400

Let me know what you mean by “this” and I’ll be happy to let you know. Most likely yes, as long as you mention somewhere where you got it from and let others use it if you make any changes to it.

The Ingredients

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:21:03 -0400

Check out Will Hindmarch’s excellent Symbiosis related short story. The mundane in the fantastic has always interested me.

wordstudio:

Curious what people eat, and how they eat it, in a world based on Steven Sanders’s #Symbiosis project, I wrote this little bit as a warm-up exercise.

The air smelled like hot oil and peppers as we got into line. Anavelle smiled over her shoulder at me, then exchanged a quick nod and smile with the guy in front of us. We were five people back from the food cart, which was built up on the back of a ballast worm so big it was almost overweight. Vinyl rope held the cart in place while the worm dozed.

I glanced at the chalkboard menu, all written in Sendish, but listed with numerals I recognized. I craned my head to look inside the cart for a glimpse of the cooks at work and saw the pile of grannua on the grill, heads still on, legs like stems wafting in the heat of the coals.

Anavelle was watching me, trying not to laugh. The guy in front of us was doing the same.

“It’s his first,” she said to him, nodding toward me. A breeze blew her hair across her face.

The guy nodded. “I thought maybe,” he said and adjusted his scarf.

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Symbiosis final week contest! Symbiosis is in its final week, we...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:38:54 -0400

Symbiosis final week contest!

Symbiosis is in its final week, we want to hit that goal ASAP, and I’m giving backers a chance to increase the value of their pledge!

So, every day from 1am CST this morning, (3-13) until the drive ends, we’re having a contest.

Every day we go over $1,000, I’ll pick one person at random (using a random number generator) from the day’s backers, and boost their pledge to the next level up, while including their previous level. Or they will win a set of all four 11x17 prints, whichever is their choice.

Every day we go over $2,000, the reward will change. One person will be chosen at random and upgraded to the “BIBLIOPHILE LEVEL-CAPTAIN” reward, which is the hardcover, the ebook, and four prints. If they have already picked that, they will get everything from Captain plus the resonance tooth prop-artifact from the “Commodore” pledge level.

Every day we go over $3,000, the reward will change again to one person getting the “BIBLIOPHILE LEVEL-ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET” reward level, where you get the hardcover, the ebook, all four prints, and both props.

If you have already pledged, you can still get in on this; just increase your pledge by a minimum of $10!

One thing: If you definitely want a hardcover and can afford it, go ahead and pledge for it. If you are picked, you’ll get your pledge for free.

Go here to pledge and good luck!

A lot of people out there are really excited about this project. I can’t wait to get to work, and to see what everyone makes with it! GO GO GO!

Symbiosis: THE END STRETCH!

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:32:00 -0400

Hello! We’re at 42K, should hit 43 shortly. Eight days left! If you are supporting Symbiosis, or want to support it, please help get the word out. As soon as we hit our goal, I can unleash stretch goals like adding another 50 pages to the book! Please share however you can, and let’s blow past that funding goal!

If you need an easy-peasy way of sharing on Facebook and Twitter, click here.

The Workbook: The Dancer at the Gates of Night: Part Three

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:48:46 -0500

The Workbook: The Dancer at the Gates of Night: Part Three:

alexdecampi:

A Symbiosisverse short story. For more on the creative commons world of Symbiosis, see Steven Sanders. And contribute.

Previously: Part One; Part Two.

Kit’anqa heard the scream from behind her and then the horrible sound of metal scraping on metal. When you first learn to…

The Workbook: The Dancer at the Gates of Night: Part Two

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:12:48 -0500

The Workbook: The Dancer at the Gates of Night: Part Two:

alexdecampi:

A short story based upon Steven Sanders’ creative-commons Symbiosis world. Please contribute to his Kickstarter so I can get a gorgeous deluxe Symbiosis artbook.

Part One, previously. Tune in for the climactic finale tomorrow.

A snap of static electricity, a falling sensation in the…

The Workbook: The Dancer at the Gates of Night: Part One

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:12:05 -0500

The Workbook: The Dancer at the Gates of Night: Part One:

alexdecampi:

A brief word of explanation. M’learned friend Steven Sanders of this parish is running a Kickstarter for his concept art project, Symbiosis. You should check it out because it’s gorgeous. I was inspired by a sketch he did and, as it’s a creative commons world he built, rather rashly offered…

First part of Alex’s take on the world of Symbiosis. I think she’s the first one to do anything with the world so far! If you have anything, feel free to send it my way. My name ran together at gmail.com

Symbiosis halfway mark/75% funded tumblr edition! If...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:00:00 -0500

Requested sketch for "World's fastest pilot and their ship." Alex de Campi has written the first Symbiosis prose about this pic. http://alexdecampi.tumblr.com/post/44717878796/the-dancer-at-the-gates-

Symbiosis tech-driven food truck, at request of Will Hindmarch. Some kind of roasted sweet root! Fried things! Drink!

The Cer-Fiara cities of Bezrodnym. Each city holding thousands, the Cer-Fiara cities are the floating core of the nomadic Bezrodnym Empire.

The resonance tooth. Growing up through the sinus & into the frontal lobe, a resonance tooth allows control and communication with various bio-engines. Bio-engines have a decentralized nervous system.

Bezrodnym jump packs. Bezrodnym was one of the first cultures to perfect bio-etheric gravity control. The Lovelock Scale was established to measure bio-etheric density levels.

Expedition to industrial complex of the Nestäch Republic.

Gauntlets used in the Nestäch Republic for manipulation of the Prima Mercurius and other direct manipulations of bio-etheric phenomena.

Katherine Aeneas with The Heart of Agrippa.

Expedition to industrial complex of the Nestäch Republic.

Symbiosis halfway mark/75% funded tumblr edition!

If you’re behind on art, here’s as much as I can cram in, along with more information about the project.

We are about a week away from where I can start rolling out stretch goals!

There’s a proper Kickstarter update with a video showing off my elite video skills here.

Thank you all so much, go here to see the Symbiosis project, and please keep sharing!

-Steven

So hey peoples I’m crazy busy at the moment, but...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:56:06 -0500

So hey peoples I’m crazy busy at the moment, but here’s some Symbiosis art that I haven’t been able to finish yet. It’s a Prorolite salvage trawler. The Prorolite people view the bio-ether as sacred. They do not allow themselves to experience the outside world without eye and ear apparatus that let them view the world as interaction of bio-ether with matter. More on them later!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/570044257/symbiosis-a-creative-commons-art-book

Spread the word if you like Symbiosis!

Have more art for you later in the day, but someone had...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:24:11 -0500

Have more art for you later in the day, but someone had requested “The world’s fastest pilot and their ship” or something like that. So here’s that, and more to come later.

Pledges are surging, everyone’s doing a great job! I suspect I’ll have stretch goals for you soon!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/570044257/symbiosis-a-creative-commons-art-book

stevensanders: Symbiosis: Tumblr edition! More art and...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:38:36 -0500

Power engineer from the Nestäch Republic.

I'm just going to let you guess at who these people are.

Expedition to industrial complex of the Nestäch Republic.

Bezrodnym jump packs. Bezrodnym was one of the first cultures to perfect bio-etheric gravity control. The Lovelock Scale was established to measure bio-etheric density levels.

The resonance tooth. Growing up through the sinus & into the frontal lobe, a resonance tooth allows control and communication with various bio-engines. Bio-engines have a decentralized nervous system.

Resonance tooth ritual garb of the Order Hermetisk.

The Cer-Fiara cities of Bezrodnym. Each city holding thousands, the Cer-Fiara cities are the floating core of the nomadic Bezrodnym Empire.

stevensanders:

Symbiosis: Tumblr edition! More art and information here than anywhere else! Go here to spread the word! (Make with the clicky on the pictures to see more detail and get more information.)

I’m getting more art geared up for you to look at, but in the meantime, here’s a repeat for those who missed the first round.