#scifi/fantasy

[loafy-loaf]

Myr's cold sands and thin atmosphere are inhospitable for the unprepared. Thankfully, Noct's home base goes with her, wherever she wanders off to. It's also useful for storing whatever random crap she finds and thinks might be of value.

#digital art #illustration #oc art #oc #cyberpunk #fantasy #loafy art #strange hours #scifi/fantasy #mars time babey

[zaney-hacknslash]

Devils Bite is a sci-fi/fantasy novel which follows Tokyo criminal investigator, Handa Hideki.

For the past five years, Handa’s major obsessions have included his high stress job as a detective and his partner Sugita Kenichiro. One rainy night, Handa and Sugita take a wrong turn down a back alley, where they encounter evil incarnate, and Handa’s life is changed forever.

Unravelling the mysteries of a curse more ancient than humankind itself stretches Handa’s humanity to its limit, but the true hardship lies in letting go of Ken before it’s too late.

Devils Bite is a story of love and obsession, loyalty and self-acceptance, and the realities of what it means to be human.

I did some editing on my book cover, since Tapas requires a title. I would say I’m still workshopping this, since I’m not 100% satisfied with the font and the colors.

Art by RoseMei

#original story #vampire #lgbt #scifi/fantasy #cop drama

[the-novel-approach-reviews]

Review: A Circle of Stars by Craig Montgomery

Title: A Circle of Stars Series: The Stardust Duology: Book One Author: Craig Montgomery Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 483 Pages Category: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, YA/Teen Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: A Circle of Stars is a political saga and comes with some content cautions, including homophobia and abuse. Craig Montgomery’s writing is straightforward without being overly…

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#3.5 stars #Amazon/Kindle Unlimited #Craig Montgomery #SciFi/Fantasy #Self-Published

[souldagger]

fun discovery from today's internet rabbit hole:

the first lesbian magazine published in the US, Vice Versa (1947-48), was entirely hand-typed by one Edythe Eyde (better known by her pen name Lisa Ben - yes, that IS an anagram for lesbian). she worked as a secretary with a ton of spare time on her hands, and her boss would tell her he didn't care what she was doing so long as she "looked busy"... so she decided to use her free time to type out copies of a home-made periodical for lesbians, writing most of the content - editorials, book/film reviews, poetry, short stories, and more - herself!

overall, the magazine ran for 9 issues, 16 hand-typed copies of which lisa would mail to friends (well, until one of them advised her she could be arrested for sending "obscene" materials) and distribute at lesbian bars :)

#she was also an avid science fiction/fantasy fan and frequent contributor to scifi fanzines! #and so was the co-founder of the first (US) gay periodical #completely unrelated i just thought that's neat :) #.txt #i'll be adding some links in a sec

[bixels]

Was encouraged by Tulli to post some of my original work here today for portfolio day. Besides GG20s, I'm also developing a cyberpunk story about a rookie cyborg boxer in an alternate 2001 Los Angeles in the style of late-90s anime.

I also have a side project, developing a video game idea on exploring the Pacific ocean and speculative marine sciences.

Also some posters I've done, including a piece I made for The Lovers.

#personal #my art #ocs #ko crisis #project pacifica #character design #illustration #i think most people know me for gg20s which is a soft historical fantasy #when my real passion is in futuristic scifi

[hellsgate-roadhouse]

📺 📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺

#urban decay #abandoned #urban exploration #urbex #urban nature #remnants #urban photography #ruins #urban landscape #landscape #landscape photography #apocalypse #apocalyptic #dystopia #dystopian #postapocalypse #postapo #postapocalyptic #postapoc #wasteland #wastelands #scifi #fallout #art #postnuclear #fantasy #doomsday #preppers #pandemic #tv

[j-tee]

The creature….

#art #illustration #drawing #doodle #digital art #fantasy #fantasy art #concept art #traditional art #painting #scifi #scifiart #creature design #monster design #speculative biology #dragon

[pencilbrony]

Fingers crossed

#not pony #concept #fantasy #design #scifi #helldivers 2 #pan mag #pan magazine #mre

[vetyr]

HEAVENBREAKER

Commissioned illustration for Sara Wolf's (Insta: @ authorsarawolf; Twitter: @ Sara_Wolf1) upcoming book, Heavenbreaker! Thanks so much for being an awesome client <3

If you'd like to reach out with questions about a commission, email [email protected] 🫵

#artists on tumblr #commission #illustration #digital art #scifi #constellation #fantasy #science fiction #space opera

[barblaz-arts]

This new AU was inspired by a number of things, one them being, well, Lilo and Stitch. Very, very loosely inspired. With a fantasy twist! Also inspired by all the theories from my lovely followers thinking that Vega was made through witchcraft. It isn't necessarily canon in Vega's main storyline, but it is here.

Lookit me, putting Wenclair in another AU where they're in a custody battle. Mostly because I've also been in a Once Upon a Time mood lately, which is the kinda vibe I'm going for when it comes to the fantasy aspect(i.e. a lil bit lazy and lore 90% pulled out of my ass)

#my art #wednesday netflix #wenclair #wednesday addams #enid sinclair #vega addams #this au is ridiculous on paper btw #so like. get this. im making wednesday jumba and enid's pleakly #and there's custody tiff shenanigans #and it's a fantasy instead of a scifi #also an isekai but we'll get to that #witchcraft baby AU

[olliemnjones]

Dungeon

#painting #artists on tumblr #illustration #digital art #drawing #art #fantasy #scifi #computers #fanart #wow #wow art #world of warcraft #gaming #game art

[shardanic]

Mech crew!

#original #fantasy #scifi #mecha #oc

[rhubarbes]

Synthetic Studio (Ai)

#conceptart #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi #art #digitalart #3Dart #3D #entertainement

[prompts-in-a-barrel]

"You've been weird. New levels of weird. Spooky kinds of weird. Are you possessed or something?"

"You know, I wish it was that simple."

#writing prompt #writing prompts #dialogue prompt #dialogue prompts #writblr #writeblr #writerblr #fantasy prompts #scifi prompts #horror prompts

[hellsgate-roadhouse]

#urban decay #abandoned #urban exploration #urbex #urban photography #ruins #apocalypse #apocalyptic #dystopia #dystopian #postapocalypse #postapo #postapocalyptic #postapoc #wasteland #wastelands #scifi #fantasy #art #fallout #biohazard #postnuclear #pandemic #doomsday #preppers #outbreak #bugoutbag #bugout #edc #carry

[physalian]

What No One Tells You About Writing Fantasy

Every author has their preferred genres. I love fantasy and sci-fi, but began with historical fiction. I hated all the research that historical fiction demands and thought, if I build my own world, no research required.

Boy, was I wrong.

So to anyone dipping their toe into fantasy/sci-fi, here’s seven things I wish I knew about the genres before I committed to writing for them.

1. You still have to research. Everything.

If you want any of your fantasy battle sequences, or your space ships, or your droids and robots, or your fictional government and fictional politics to read at all believable.

In sci-fi, you research astronomy, robotics, politics, political science, history, engineering, anthropology. In fantasy, you have to research historical battle tactics, geography, real-world mythology, folklore, and fairytales, and much of it overlaps with science fiction.

I say you *have to* assuming you want your work to be original and unique and stand out from the crowd. Fanfic writers put in the research for a 30k word smut fic, you can and will have to research for your original work.

2. Naming everything gets exhausting

I hate coming up with new names, especially when I write worlds and places divorced from Earthly customs and can’t rely on Earthly naming conventions. You have to name all your characters, all your towns, villages, cities, realms, kingdoms, planets, galaxies, star systems.

You have to name your rebel faction, your imperial government, significant battles. Your spaceships, your fantasy companies and organizations, your magic system, made-up MacGuffins, androids, computer programs. The list goes on and on and on.

And you have to do it all without it sounding and reading ridiculous and unpronounceable, or racist. Your fantasy realms have to have believable naming patterns. It. Gets. Exhausting.

3. It will never read like you’re watching a movie

Do you know how fast movies can cut between scenes? Movies can balance five plotlines at once all converging with rapid edits, without losing their audience. Sometimes single lines of dialogue, or single wordless shots are all a scene gets before it cuts. If you try to replicate that by head-hopping around, you will make a mess.

It’s perfectly fine to write like you’re watching a movie, but you can’t rely on visual tricks to get your point across when all you have is text on a page – like slow mo, lens flares, epically lit cinematic shots, or the aforementioned rapid edits.

It doesn’t have to, nor should it, look like a movie. Books existed long before film, so don’t let yourself get caught up in how ~cinematic~ it may or may not look.

4. Your space opera will be compared to Star Wars and Star Trek

And your fairy epic will be compared to Tinkerbell, your vampires to Twilight, your zombies to The Walking Dead, Shaun of the Dead, World War Z. Your wizards and witches and any whisper of a fantasy school for fantasy children will be compared to Harry Potter. Your high fantasy adventure will be compared to Lord of the Rings.

You can’t avoid it, but you can avoid doing it to yourself. When people ask about your book, let them say “oh, you mean like Star Wars” to which you then can say, kind of, except XYZ happens in my book. These IPs will never fade from the public consciousness, not while you exist to read this post, at least, but Harry Potter isn’t the only urban fantasy out there. Lord of the Rings isn’t the only high fantasy. Star Wars isn’t the only space opera.

Yours will be on the shelves right next to them, soon enough, and who knows? You might dethrone them.

5. Your world-building is an iceberg, and your book is the tip

I don’t pay for any of those programs that help you organize your book and mythos. I write exclusively on Apple Notes, MS Word, and Google Suite (and all are free to me). I have folders on Apple Notes with more words inside them than the books they’re written for.

If you try to cram an entire college textbook’s worth of content into your novel, you will have left zero room for actual story. The same goes for all the research you did, all the hours slaving away for just a few details and strings of dialogue.

There’s a balance, no matter how dense your story is. If you really want to include all those extra details, slap some appendices at the end. Commission some maps.

6. The gatekeeping for fantasy and sci-fi is still very real

Pen names and pseudonyms exist for a reason. A female author writing fantasy that isn’t just a backdrop for romance? You have a harder battle ahead of you than your male counterparts, at least in the US. And even then, your female protagonist will be scrutinized and torn apart.

She’ll either be too girly or not girly enough, too sexy, or not sexy enough. She’ll be called a Mary Sue, a radical feminist mouthpiece, some woke propaganda. Every action she takes will be criticized as unrealistic and if she has fans who are girls, they will be mocked, too.

If you have queer characters, characters of color, they won’t be good enough, they won’t please everyone, and someone will still call you a bigot. A lot of someones will still call you a bigot.

Do your due diligence and hire your army of sensitivity readers and listen to them, but you cannot please everyone, so might as well write to please yourself. You’re the one who will have to read it a thousand times until it’s published.

7. Your “original” idea has been done before, and that’s okay

Stories have been told since before language evolved. The sum of the parts of your novel may be original, but even then, it’s colored by the media you’ve consumed. And that’s okay!

How many Cinderella stories are there? How many high fantasies? How many books about werewolves and witches and vampires? Gods and goddesses and celestial beings? Fairies and dragons and trolls? Aliens, robots, alien robots? Romeo and Juliette? Superheroes and mutants?

Zombies may be the avenue through which you tell your story, but it’s not *just* about zombies, is it? It’s about the characters who battle them, the endurance of the human spirit, or the end of an era, the death of a nation. So don’t get discouraged, everyone before you and everyone after will have written someone on the backs of what came before and it still feels new.

#writing advice #writing resources #writing tips #writing tools #writing a book #fantasy #scifi #writeblr