Yes. We never meet the mysterious benefactor in 'Cloudgazer'. They wouldn't want to meet Vela anyway. But they meet Belle pre 'Cloudgazer' in another short story that's very much WIP. (I'm making one per char) Belle doesn't perform too well on that mission and gets demoted to a far away assignment 😆

Vela prefers dark half-boots. She is outside sometimes to tend to weather equipment etc. Belle wears military boots that she seems to collect over time with new equipment issued to her with most missions. And then she just wears them for her agricultural work. #dailyocs

Marketspire. A quaint marketscene in a far away starsystem. Aquarelle A5. #artsky #art #scifi #painting

No, neither the Alliance nor the Consortium does that. Societal differences arise more from cultural things like voting individuals into certain positions like Comittees, military posts and the like. This might differ in the Tradesworlds and certain spiritual societies, but not dramatically.

Marketspire. A quaint marketscene in a far away starsystem. Aquarelle A5. #artsky #art #scifi #painting

Nori's initial goal is to detect Void techology or leads as a deep cover agent for the Consortium. It is a big conflict for her that Vela happens to become that goal after she already developed feelings for her. Their goals align at first, to get away from the Alliance. Then it gets complicated.

Overgrown. Work in progress. Aquarelle with custom mixed colors by my partner. #wip #artsky

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Deuteragonist Day 2! Now that we have met your second most important character, let's talk about their goals! Do they have the same goal as the MC? One that is different but compatible? Or do they clash here? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

As I’m also an artist as well as a writer, I have countless sketches of my characters through all of my brainstorming and development. This is a collection of Rowan, Cat, and Tove, the protags from my novel BLOOD ON OUR NAMES. A glimpse at each of their personalities! #art #writesky #BluePitHype

#BluePitHype Characters and concepts for my GN about religious cults and being forced to pilot a killer mech. :3

I'm an author/illustrator pitching graphic novels, so I have a lot of art for my various stories! Here's just a couple, and if you other writers like my work, I do offer commissions 👀 #BluePitHype

I have a lot of character art because I'm also an artist, so I'll just share this graphic featuring the five POV characters of the Impavidus Cycle. Clockwise from the top: Albtraum, Brunhart, Adramellach, Ismaire and Mianna

Each chapter of my novel works through the major arcana of the #tarot. I started off with colorful pastel collages, but realized I'd need to do black & white for the chapter art. The cards embed elements from my story. #BluePitHype #BluePit #Tarotsky #witchsky #artsky #writingcommunity #MajorArcana

I'm happy to share that. Here's some art for 'Cloudgazer'. Ships, a 8k map I'm building in Blender. Characters and some scenery. #BluePitHype

Overgrown. Work in progress. Aquarelle with custom mixed colors by my partner. #wip #artsky

Vela would qualify as pretty integrated/middle class despite being a loner. She is a qualified meteorologist, takes part in an expedition even. Later she becomes a fugitive though and integrates into another society that is more acceptable or tolerant about the void-tech she harbors. (1/3) 🧵

Vela having an argument with the voidtech AI stuck in her. #WIPSnips #WriteSky

For everyone in 'Cloudgazer' it starts out ordinary. But Vela has an unfortunate run-in with an alien AI that subsequently takes residence in her body. The weirdest thing she sees is when it materializes itself in her view at night and they have an argument. Because thats the first thing to do then.

The Alliance is largely class-less. There are committes that get voted on to balance out the AIs, but it's a bit of a sham at the time of 'Cloudgazer'. Outside, especially in the Tradesworlds theres still Oligarchs etc. But aristocracy probably died off in the galaxy already.

Hello, I'm Kami and I have been doing art and little writing snippets for over a decade now. I only recently found the courage to write and share my worlds and stories. Mostly SciFi with a hint of fantasy and a Solarpunk mindset of showing alternative perspectives through sometimes ND characters.

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I'd say Vela is definetly a bit into the asexual spectrum. She feels no craving or need for it. There will be some intimacy with her girlfriend but more for the sake of closeness/intimacy/safety. I haven't thought much about yet, but now that the question is there and I reflect on the story so far..

Vela hasn't paid any thought to that so far. She also doesn't like children. Nori likes children, being the caring type. Belle also likes children, the commune has a bunch running around and every now and then she takes care of some for members. She can't physically have any due to being a cyborg.

Thats a hard question for me. Lets leave it at powerful imagination seeking an outlet. 🫠

I'd say for Vela it would be Nori. They get to know each other before the story sets in. They are together a lot after the incident. Nori has feelings for Vela, but it takes Vela a long time to reciprocate them properly, openly for herself and Nori. (1/2)

The alliance and consortium are Post money societies. So Vela has only a fleeting idea of money at best. If she gets a Credit card things will go wrong 😅. Thats why another char, Belle holds into the groups card later when they need one.

New pic wip. Lines and blues. Aquarell and ink. #wip #artsky

In 'Cloudgazer' interstellar travel is enabled by hyperdrives. Thats fast, but on established hyperlanes it's even faster. They are traffic controlled however. They use this to get around quickly and to shake off pursuers by luring them onto one and leaving immedietly again. #JanuaryWorldbuilders

In 'Cloudgazer' the evil is "the system" being represented by a spaceship avatar making it's dramatic entrance by awaiting the group in the hangar. It can't reveal its ill intentions directly though so theres some underhanded play for a while. #AwesomeCharacters

The fact that most accessible space is governed by the AI driven Alliance. And thats theres a cold war for control of technology between them and other factions, and internally. Vela gets ahold of some powerful tech by accident, leading her to be pursued aggressively.

(1/2) Vela wishes for solitude. This wish sometimes infers a certain indifference to things that most people would consider urgent. From skipping meals here and there to missing out emotionally or hiding physically even. And bearing the consequences of that behavior. #AwesomeCharacter

Vela would try again, but after some long thinking and strategizing/agonizing over it. Belle is a stubborn hotshot about this, sometimes to her detriment.

Sketch of the main spaceship in 'Cloudgazer'. The Consortium Research Cruiser (CRC) Cataclysmic Variable. Short CRC Cat. A quad-spine hyperdrive 4 deck half-organic nimble research/express craft. Inks and Quarell on A5 cold-pressed paper. #artsky #scifi

The void off the galaxies edge is scary, but also rich in opportunity. Contemporary hyperdrives don't work there so ships could get stranded. There is stuff out there that cant be seen with telescopes etc, and every now and then something enigmatic/techy comes out of it.

Yea. Solandri, my MC in a WIP spaceship-salvage fanfic is. She fancies beautiful distractions after hard days of looting. A narrow escape with some particularily valuable goods leads her to far away parts of space and a new unexpected lover.

I suppose the first side character Vela meets would be Sera. The others are MCs or Antags. Sera is a timid zoologist who reluctantly helps the group to flee from the Antag's ship. He has a crush on Vela and this might be exploited by the Antag. 👀 #AwesomeCharacters

Preview of my galaxy map for 'Cloudgazer'. It's going overboard. Filling this is so much harder than I anticipated. 😅 Having my lore doc open on the other screen so I don't place far away things ext to each other. #WIP Gotta love Blender though. I can make zoom ins etc at leisure.

Finished the Tutorial. Now setting up nodes and shaders to be able to wildly drag everything around the map. Had to put the galaxy as image in the back so my PC won't melt. I've found some planets and little ships I made in the past to scatter around... #WIP

It's going !

Something imposing and beautiful in 'Cloudgazer' is the blue abyss. An anomaly that spans the voidwards radius of the galaxy from core to edge. It's being created by the jet of a close neighboring spiral galaxy and is visible as faint blue glow at night. It stops any known hyperdrives, thus abyss.

Thats a doozy of a question 😂 The main factions seen in 'Cloudgazer' are the Alliance, the Consortium and the Enclave of Techmagic. Vela is an Alliance citizen. After her run-in with unknown technology she quickly gets declared sort of a wanted asset. She clearly doesn't want that and flees. 🧵

So, 'Cloudgazer' needs a map. But since I most likely need to juggle and add laces I decided to do it in Blender insted of Krita or painting acrylic... Bless YT tutorials.

I try to stick to my MC's perspective. Vela is a meteorologist and no engineer or military strategist. So we learn very little about the greater world in 'Cloudgazer' initially. We never learn how the Alliance (the biggest faction things revolve around) came to be. Or the AIs. Or whats in the void.

Vela would vow to find some quiet spot to study exotic stormsystems. The edge of the galaxy has much to offer. ⛅ Belle would want to learn some new agriculture thing, a new sort of plant to cultivate maybe. 🥬

Finishing edits on my solarpunk shortstory 'Sunrivers' and submitting it. 🌤️✨

I'm Kami. I write SciFi. My world where my stories take place revolves around a small spiral galaxy at the edge of a great cosmic void. Different factions compete for safety from a hellish enemy gaining control and technological catastrophes looming. And the void contains more than anyone knows.

"I'll just write some transitional scenes... maybe flesh out the characters more." Well, 'Clougazer' gained 3 pages overall. But its almost 4 am 🫠 #WriteSky

Vela is torn. She had a troubled upbringing for Alliance standards, her trust in the AIs was shaken in a young age. So she feels catharsis to be leaving their space. But the way of life in the Consortium is very different and that frightens her. So she can only plan for the next few days.

A big inspiration for me in SciFi writing. Kaiba. One of these rather short, niche series with a very unique style. Digitalized personalities, memories, existential dread and love-triangle-ish sort of hard to say. Don't be eluded by the cute-picture book style. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmXq...

For Vela it is important to always wear red. And a hat. More for herself than for others. She has done this for a decade at the point where the story of'Cloudgazer' sets in. She looks quite flamboyant to other characters that way, and later she needs to disguise a bit too, to her chargrin. #dailyocs