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7 years ago
Again, I have no idea how people do this every day.
So, browsing through the art work around here (most of which is stunning) I couldn't help but think that I feel a bit out of place. Yes, there are a lot of people writing and submitting those writings, but I've always loved visual arts. In a single image you can accomplish what takes writers at least 200 words or more. It inspires a bit of melancholy, to be perfectly honest.
Still, the world would be a rather boring place if we were all skilled at the same things, right? And, honestly, it is no shame to be a writer. I just often find myself frustrated that I have such a boring medium at my disposal. There is little color to words. They are black and white, binary creatures. Though, to be fair, it is not the words that bring color. The mind of the reader does that. Words are just symbols, whether spoken or written, and only bear the power given them by those who read them. Cold comfort, really, when you're the one writing but there isn't anything I can do to change that all now.
Speaking of writing, one of my massive writing projects is plodding along and nearing something of an end. For almost 3 years now I've been busy building an RPG engine. Now, before confusion erupts, let me be clear: This is not a module for an existing engine! I suppose you could try to plug it into D&D or Pathfinder, but it would break big parts of both of those. If I'm honest, it is this project that has pushed me here. Within this engine, one of the cannon races are the yorn, which are humanoid animals of all kinds (though typically they are mammals). Other than needing to find those who are willing to try this engine out, I have to start finding those with visual arts skills to take this project to the next level. I can describe the yorn, the jahlnarth (reptilian humanoids that can graft metal to their bodies) or the aquatiana (colorful and arrogant amphibious humanoids) but it would be so much more grand to be able to show people what I can see.
And again we come to my "language barrier." Yes, art is a language, I have always believed that. Like any language it has its rules and structure but so much of it can easily be reinterpreted or misinterpreted. But when these two languages come together, the visual and the written, there is almost nothing more powerful. Such a combination is how we are taught as children to understand the many languages we have mastered. So, in the spirit of breathing a powerful life into the Emeria RPG engine, I have come here. I feel a bit scummy, like I'm fishing for artists or something, but this project is my real passion. Yes, yes, I work two jobs but I don't truly enjoy either. I love writing, telling stories, creating worlds where others can explore. So, if I have to go fishing for someone willing to take a gamble with me and see if we can fight our way to glory riding on the back of an RPG engine...then I guess I'll have to bring my best lures and heaviest lines!
So, browsing through the art work around here (most of which is stunning) I couldn't help but think that I feel a bit out of place. Yes, there are a lot of people writing and submitting those writings, but I've always loved visual arts. In a single image you can accomplish what takes writers at least 200 words or more. It inspires a bit of melancholy, to be perfectly honest.
Still, the world would be a rather boring place if we were all skilled at the same things, right? And, honestly, it is no shame to be a writer. I just often find myself frustrated that I have such a boring medium at my disposal. There is little color to words. They are black and white, binary creatures. Though, to be fair, it is not the words that bring color. The mind of the reader does that. Words are just symbols, whether spoken or written, and only bear the power given them by those who read them. Cold comfort, really, when you're the one writing but there isn't anything I can do to change that all now.
Speaking of writing, one of my massive writing projects is plodding along and nearing something of an end. For almost 3 years now I've been busy building an RPG engine. Now, before confusion erupts, let me be clear: This is not a module for an existing engine! I suppose you could try to plug it into D&D or Pathfinder, but it would break big parts of both of those. If I'm honest, it is this project that has pushed me here. Within this engine, one of the cannon races are the yorn, which are humanoid animals of all kinds (though typically they are mammals). Other than needing to find those who are willing to try this engine out, I have to start finding those with visual arts skills to take this project to the next level. I can describe the yorn, the jahlnarth (reptilian humanoids that can graft metal to their bodies) or the aquatiana (colorful and arrogant amphibious humanoids) but it would be so much more grand to be able to show people what I can see.
And again we come to my "language barrier." Yes, art is a language, I have always believed that. Like any language it has its rules and structure but so much of it can easily be reinterpreted or misinterpreted. But when these two languages come together, the visual and the written, there is almost nothing more powerful. Such a combination is how we are taught as children to understand the many languages we have mastered. So, in the spirit of breathing a powerful life into the Emeria RPG engine, I have come here. I feel a bit scummy, like I'm fishing for artists or something, but this project is my real passion. Yes, yes, I work two jobs but I don't truly enjoy either. I love writing, telling stories, creating worlds where others can explore. So, if I have to go fishing for someone willing to take a gamble with me and see if we can fight our way to glory riding on the back of an RPG engine...then I guess I'll have to bring my best lures and heaviest lines!
