In November of 2018, I discovered I had a hidden talent. I could be really, really, really stressed out. Okay, so that's not a talent...but the stress did lead me to a new project: one that I hadn't considered before. It started like this:
I was having trouble with a coworker. This person was mean...almost all the time. Saying mean things to me. Making me feel like a loser. I know I am a loser, but I didn't want to feel like one, So, randomly, I decided to try my hand at drawing a "dark" plant. In fact, I started drawing it in the middle of an important meeting.
I was having trouble with a coworker. This person was mean...almost all the time. Saying mean things to me. Making me feel like a loser. I know I am a loser, but I didn't want to feel like one, So, randomly, I decided to try my hand at drawing a "dark" plant. In fact, I started drawing it in the middle of an important meeting.
Turns out, it was really fun. And, I realized that, although I can't keep a plant alive to save my soul...I'm pretty darn good at drawing them. Thus began my creation of the Mak dur s'lu-clu folku vulga.... or The Dark Flora and Fauna of the Fon S'ul.
In order to understand how to begin the book, I had to know where the plants I was creating were going to live. I also had to know what each one would be called. So, I had to do some background work before I could even begin the drawing in earnest. I had to revisit the Urluk language, the language of the Ul-hada in the Arqiyyon series, and I had to take a look at their grammar and usage. I had to redraw the map of the Fon S'ul in greater detail, and,, instead of using the Caladani at first, I framed the book and its writing in Urluk. This quickly branched out to Caladani again, as Ur-luck is highly unimaginative. I couldn't name every plant "pain stick" like the Ronya Malibarus, or "hide in dirt." So, there is a basis in the book for Urluk, but Caladani is just plain more fun! Once I had the book put in perspective, I was ready to draw.
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