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When I first created my website on Neocities, it didn't yet have a clear purpose, hence the somewhat generic name. Since then, the name in question has become a personal brand used on several websites. Which in turn muddled things because my site was named one thing and showed another.

As my other sites developed their own personality, this one remained the odd one out. In the end, the fix was to add a landing page distinct from my profile. It will serve as an anchor point, plus it helps the site look better and navigate better. You might even recognize some of my art from last year. Have some more, by the way:

Blocky miniature depicting the corner of a room: a table with chair, floor lamp and bookshelf. Light comes in through a large window, casting shadows.

The site still isn't perfect, of course, but I'm a lot happier about it now. Enjoy, and tell me what you think.
claudeb: A white cat in purple wizard robe and hat, carrying a staff with a pawprint symbol. (Default)
Two months ago when I posted the previous entry in my concept art series, there were actually two planned scenes. The second one was meant for the cover of volume six (which is finally out) but as you can see plans have changed, and I'm now free to use it here:

Photorealistic render of three spaceships in a dieselpunk style, ominously coming towards the viewer, under a strange moon. One resembles a submarine, another an airship, and the largest one is reminiscent of a streamlined locomotive.

It's a space opera story of grand-scale conflict that ties together previous installments, and moves the setting to a new stage by the end. There are more stories coming, too, so hopefully that means more art to go with it. But not just yet.
claudeb: A white cat in purple wizard robe and hat, carrying a staff with a pawprint symbol. (Default)
It's been a busy spring, with all the work on the next two Dream books. (Volume five is out now!) Now that we're done with that, I was finally able to work more on my concept art series. This time with a piece that sends back to the tense encounter early on in [personal profile] kantuck's novel Shadowing the Dream:

3D render of two spaceships that resemble dieselpunk submarines. One is chasing the other, firing torpedoes. In the background, planets hang in a dark sky.

There's a new model and a refurbished model. You'll see the former again on the cover of upcoming volumes, too. But first to rest a bit and make another poster like these, because it's so satisfying.
claudeb: A white cat in purple wizard robe and hat, carrying a staff with a pawprint symbol. (midnight-cat)
Oh no, has it been three months again?! Right on time to post my latest work:

Voxel art depicting a tiny condominium with a corner balcony over the entrance and a tree around the back, in a fenced area.

It's made with a fun little tool called Goxel (picked because it's in the Debian repositories), and doesn't mean anything special. Just a thing I felt like making. A new medium always takes some figuring out. Hope you like it!

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claudeb: A white cat in purple wizard robe and hat, carrying a staff with a pawprint symbol. (Default)
It's been over a year since I last posted any concept art for the Dream. Things have been moving since: we have four books out, and two more novels are in the works. So it was time for more cover art concepts:

3D render of a golden spaceship chasing a swarm of dark spiky vessels towards the viewer and a cluster of silver spires in the foreground.

I made the 3D models in spring, then ran out of steam (ha ha) and took until now to do a POV-Ray conversion then put it all together. Ought to practice a lot more: I'm nowhere near as happy with this one. Good thing it's not intended as a finished work. Enjoy anyway, and thank you for reading.

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