Hello! We are back with more Anidril System art! Several years ago, I met James M Geary on Twitter over some sort of WritingQ. I can't remember exactly what it was, but he said something about wanting to see more non-earthlike planets, and I mentioned that I had an ocean planet - Alaer. Several things …
Continue reading Saturday Art: Arxeal, the Small Blue Gas Giant (The Anidril System)
Hello! This is the last Art Saturday in the Anidril System series for now, but I will have something new next week! New and exciting 😀 Haha, I do too much stuff. But for now, feast your eyes on this concept art I did (a while back now) of Aldexae: Aldexae is the farther of …
This is the second to last post in the Anidril System series, and today we have Anidril's thinner and out asteroid belt with us. As with all the other Anidril System art pieces, this one is my original art. Anidril's second - and more diffuse - asteroid belt lies in a wide bade between the …
Continue reading Saturday Art: The Outer Belt (Anidril System, #6)
Continuing the Anidril System series, today we have with us Arxeal, first of the gas giants. (Original art by Raina Nightingale). Arxeal is the first, and smaller, of Anidril's two gas giants. In fact, Arxeal is a very small gas giant, with only six major moons, though some of those moons are quite large. Being …
This Saturday, we've traveled through the Inner Anidril System (and if you missed that, you can visit Anjea, Areaer, and Alaer here). So now we venture away from the earthy, rocky worlds for a time, with another bit of concept art by none other than your own Raina Nightingale .... Between the orbits of Alaer …
Continue reading Saturday Art: The Inner Ring (Anidril System, #4)
Hey! Heart of Fire came out last Sunday (you can check out that post here) and so we'll be back to the Anidril System series for a bit. This is Alaer, the third planet of the sun-like star, Anidril. Alaer is Areaer's sister planet, being very near in size and rotation and composition to the …
Hello! This series is likely to be interspersed with the "Art for HEART OF FIRE" series for a little while. I recently completed a bunch of pictures of the planets of my fantasy solar system, so I'm starting that series, while I wait on some character for Heart of Fire. This is Anjea, the first …
This one is likely to be a little short, since I have been busy lately preparing some books to be published (or re-published), and have not kept ahead of things. So, today I'm just going to talk a little about something that has been on my mind: how writing stories has broadened my appreciation of …
Continue reading Raina’s Fantastic Ramblings: Discovering Beauty Through World-building
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