Comments on: Art bits http://kjbishop.net/2009/12/08/art-bits.html K.J. Bishop's home on the web Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:35:40 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kjbishop http://kjbishop.net/2009/12/08/art-bits.html/comment-page-1#comment-21261 kjbishop Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:35:56 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=2358#comment-21261 Alankria & Maggie -- You've reminded me that I mentioned mammoths in The Etched City, so I've got grounds for introducing an animal unavailable on present-day earth. And an excuse to go and research megafauna, because I have an odd compulsion towards either the completely impossible or the completely real. (Though the yak is still looking good, really.) Alankria -- I still think of my locations as stage sets, little worlds unto themselves. I can almost see the stage rotating, lights changing colour, and people in black stocking-suits pushing scenery around. Alankria & Maggie — You’ve reminded me that I mentioned mammoths in The Etched City, so I’ve got grounds for introducing an animal unavailable on present-day earth. And an excuse to go and research megafauna, because I have an odd compulsion towards either the completely impossible or the completely real. (Though the yak is still looking good, really.)

Alankria — I still think of my locations as stage sets, little worlds unto themselves. I can almost see the stage rotating, lights changing colour, and people in black stocking-suits pushing scenery around.

]]> By: Maggie http://kjbishop.net/2009/12/08/art-bits.html/comment-page-1#comment-21257 Maggie Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:48:33 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=2358#comment-21257 It seems like if you're in the kind of fantasy world where giant centipedes are a possibility, you could just invent an alpaca that's strong enough to ride, or a horse that eats lichen. It seems like if you’re in the kind of fantasy world where giant centipedes are a possibility, you could just invent an alpaca that’s strong enough to ride, or a horse that eats lichen.

]]> By: Alankria http://kjbishop.net/2009/12/08/art-bits.html/comment-page-1#comment-21255 Alankria Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:42:40 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=2358#comment-21255 You could have some kind of fantasy-horse that is a carnivore; gives you the ambience and the diet, all in a convenient package. <em>Some things I don’t worry about, like large-scale geography. My fantasy world, such as it is, is made of overlapping mythic territories, and geography and climate are subordinate to that, but I like each individual environment to work on its own terms.</em> I like this approach to worldbuilding; sometimes, I find it more appropriate than 100% precise scientific rigour. My own varies from trying to be careful, to this kind of thing. (Do not ask what is west of the Sand Country and Canyon Country in TBQ.) You could have some kind of fantasy-horse that is a carnivore; gives you the ambience and the diet, all in a convenient package.

Some things I don’t worry about, like large-scale geography. My fantasy world, such as it is, is made of overlapping mythic territories, and geography and climate are subordinate to that, but I like each individual environment to work on its own terms.

I like this approach to worldbuilding; sometimes, I find it more appropriate than 100% precise scientific rigour. My own varies from trying to be careful, to this kind of thing. (Do not ask what is west of the Sand Country and Canyon Country in TBQ.)

]]> By: kjbishop http://kjbishop.net/2009/12/08/art-bits.html/comment-page-1#comment-21254 kjbishop Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:36:03 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=2358#comment-21254 The sturdy armour plating would be a most convenient feature -- the centipede would actually work better than any quadruped in the scenario I'm thinking of. I'm building a yurt! Actually this is that new Gwynn story. Whether giant centipedes really belong in his world, I'm not sure... but it's a protean world, so maybe? The sturdy armour plating would be a most convenient feature — the centipede would actually work better than any quadruped in the scenario I’m thinking of.

I’m building a yurt! Actually this is that new Gwynn story. Whether giant centipedes really belong in his world, I’m not sure… but it’s a protean world, so maybe?

]]> By: Kirby Crow http://kjbishop.net/2009/12/08/art-bits.html/comment-page-1#comment-21253 Kirby Crow Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:15:42 +0000 http://kjbishop.net/?p=2358#comment-21253 Centipedes, for all the utter horror of their existence (shudder), have a sturdy flexible plating that you might incorporate into your mythical beast. Or how about a plain old <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo" rel="nofollow">armadillo</a>? :) *peers over your shoulder* Whatcha building there? Centipedes, for all the utter horror of their existence (shudder), have a sturdy flexible plating that you might incorporate into your mythical beast. Or how about a plain old armadillo? :)

*peers over your shoulder* Whatcha building there?

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