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✨Wayfarer Pin-Up Calendar 2023 is Here!

Happy New Year!

The Wayfarer Pin-Up Calendar has launched! This project has been in the works for several months, and is a celebration of the game, its characters, and the game’s wonderful community.

Including 18 gorgeous, full-colour pieces, the calendar runs from January 2023 to April 2024 and features Wayfarer characters, including companions, fan favourites, hot villains, and canonical pairings.

→ Get it here!

Details

Due to limitations, there will not be a printed version.

Availability 

All proceeds will be donated to the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

Astraea is a public foundation supporting LGBTQI communities and movements worldwide. By working in strategic partnership with foundations, individuals, and governments, they ensure that their resources reach the activists who need them the most and who are best positioned to make transformational impact over time. They support programs and initiatives led by and for diverse constituencies, prioritizing groups led by lesbians and queer women, trans and gender non-conforming people, intersex people, and people of colour. 

You can learn more about Astraea and the important work they do at astraeafoundation.org.

Artists & Organizers

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I’ve been waiting all year to post this.

A new year is upon us and I am very excited to announce the Wayfarer 2023 Pin-Up Calendar! This project has been in the works for several months, and is a celebration of the game, its characters, and the game’s wonderful community.

Artwork by @harumeau

The Calendar

The Wayfarer 2023 Pin-Up Calendar includes 18 gorgeous, full-colour pieces featuring Wayfarer characters, including companions, fan favourites, hot villains, and canonical pairings. The artwork ranges from romantic to tastefully spicy.

It is a 16-month calendar, running from January 2023 to April 2024, with a unique cover and end page. There will be three options to choose from:

The calendar is digital only. Each piece is a full-sized 3500px x 2500px, perfect for your computer monitor.

Due to limitations, there will not be a printed version.

Artwork by @quietsphere

Availability

Dates Available: January 2, 2023 to March 2, 2023 Platform: Idrelle Games’ Gumroad Price: Pay-what-you-want

All proceeds will be donated to the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.

Artwork by @srslyarts

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

Astraea is a public foundation supporting LGBTQI communities and movements worldwide. By working in strategic partnership with foundations, individuals, and governments, they ensure that their resources reach the activists who need them the most and who are best positioned to make transformational impact over time. They support programs and initiatives led by and for diverse constituencies, prioritizing groups led by lesbians and queer women, trans and gender non-conforming people, intersex people, and people of colour.

You can learn more about Astraea and the important work they do at astraeafoundation.org.

Artwork by @rickety-goose

Artists & Organizers

Without further ado, our artists!

And a huge thank you to our organizers:

The first of my Wayfarer MCs from @idrellegames, Dares “Reese” Seagraver. He’s a half-melusine child of the sea, mentored under Cenric, and has the sense of humor to name his ~~potentially cursed blade~~ Diplomacy. And obviously nothing bad will ever happen to him…

Been wanting to do an Art Giveaway this year and y’all ended up voting on a piece of character art as the prize, so here’s a quick n dirty Art Giveaway! 

+Winner will receive 1 flat colored full body character piece +Must reblog to qualify (no giveaway accounts and no spam reblogging!) +Must be following this account at the time of winner selection +Winner will be selected via Random dot Org +Giveaway ends on Friday, September 30th at 6pm EST Good luck and as always, thank you all for your support!

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LAST DAY!!!

On September 9, it will be one year since Wayfarer’s official launch. I can’t believe how quickly time has passed or how much the game has grown since then.

I am so thankful for everyone who has played the game, passed it along to their friends, and supported its development on Patreon. I never dreamed that this would become such an important part of my life and that creating Wayfarer to its fullest extent is an actual reality. 💗

To celebrate, I am hosting a few small events throughout the month!

The AMA will start at 1:00pm PST in the Discord server. It will be hosted in its own thread in the wfr-spoilers channel.

This is a text-only event, not a Stage event.

Wayfarer's official Discord server is 17+ only. You can join it here.

These prompts are inspired by Episode 2 and can be used for art, writing, edits, or however you’d like to interpret them! Prompt fills can also count towards one (1) additional entry in the giveaway.

One winner will win a permanent access key to Wayfarer’s alpha build. This will let you play all-new content early.

Rules:

Enter here. ✨

Thank you so much for all the love and support you’ve shown me over the past year! I can’t wait to show you where Wayfarer is going next. 💗

~ Anna / Idrelle Games

Blue’s Feathers and Wings Compendium: Standard Wing Shapes

Wings Part 1 [Standard ]| Wings Part 2 [Atypical] | Feather Markings | Tail Feathers [Part 1] | Tail Feathers [Part2]

I have expanded the traditional 4 types; Highspeed, Elliptical, Low Aspect and High Aspect ratio, because they were very narrow and vague categories for the most part, adding High Energy, Thermal Soaring, Night Glider, and Passerine wings. I feel that these extra types make it easier to understand and visualize the differences and similarities between wing shapes.

I’ve renamed Low Aspect to Powered Soaring, and High Aspect to Dynamic Soaring for the purposes of the fact that names made it hard to understand purpose and were easily confusable. 

A lot of these wing types are also affected by tailfeather shape and size, and that will change their agility and energy expenditure as the tail also generates lift.

Disclaimer: This is in no way intended to be an academic dissertation or proposal, do not treat it as such. It is purely for art and writing references for others, to aid description and inspiration.

🎨 it's nearly time for #mARTch again 🎨

mARTch is a little art challenge i host in march! it's full of quick daily prompts u can use to warm up :) you prob already heard me talk abt this if we're friends or if u picked it up at fotp last weekend .. but heres whats up:

every time i host an art event i get messages on here and on twitter and on insta from people who 'would love to join in but don't feel like they can draw every day' so i just want to specify again ...

this is NOT an event where u gotta draw daily!!!! go at your own pace unless you love endurance - the NORMAL way to do mARTch is to only draw on the days marked with a star (2 days per week) seriously seriously seriously don't push yourself unless you like pushing yourself!!!

Back at it again! contact me @ martygee.art@gmail.com Limited slots, they’ll run out once this post is deleted so if you’re still seeing this, go ahead! I will answer all emails next week. Thanks for lookin! 💖

I had to remake the post cause there was a typo in my mail, if you’ve sent a request please make sure the mail was spelled right! thank u :^)

Step right up, try your luck & get a free art! Just comment/rb this post. Ends on 8 Nov, good luck :•)

❤️ APPS NOW OPEN! 💜

Achtung, baby! Unfolding Melody is now accepting applications. Please read our info doc, and then apply with the forms below! Applications will close August 14 at 11:59 pm PST. Artists: https://forms.gle/cj2m2gXrZ4oqgbBz6 Writers: https://forms.gle/HQhFR5ZmSDJhY96Y7 Have a question not answered in our FAQ? Hit up our askbox, send us a Curious Cat, or email us at unfoldingmelodyzine@gmail.com.

There are 2 WEEKS LEFT to apply for Unfolding Melody! If you’re interested in being a contributor, make sure you get those portfolios in before August 14th. Don’t miss your chance to join us in celebrating Klapollo’s relationship!

10K ART GIVEAWAY

Y'ALL! IT'S HAPPENING! Ya girl is approaching the big 10k, so I wanted to do something SPECIAL!

THE PRIZE: -THREE people will receive a full character sheet! (This includes a base, an outfit, and 3 expressions!) -It can be any kind of character (humanoid, fantasy, sci fi, furry, robotic, monstrous, etc.) Nothing hateful or cruel will be accepted.

THE RULES: -Likes are awesome, but only Reblogs will be counted. Multiple reblogs will count multiple times! Do NOT spam reblog, however. It is annoying to everyone involved. -You must be following this blog at the time of winner selection! -You MUST have asks or messages open so I can alert you if you win! -No giveaway blogs! I will be checking! - Three winners will be selected via Random.Org on Sunday, August 15th, 2021 at 6pm EST!

Thank you all SO so much for making this happen! Obviously, the number itself isn't THAT important, but I have met so many awesome people through this hellsite and you all have helped me be able to leave an awful job so that I could do commission work full time. I'm so so grateful to all of your support!

Of all the ways to travel in fantasy and historical novels, there are two favoured ones: horses and ships. But I covered the horses already so here we have some ship terminology and kinds of ships.

Common Boat Terms

Compartments of the ship

Most ships would have compartments inside the hull and underneath the deck.

Crew and Positions aboard the Ship

Captain

When we think of captains we imagine them as blackhearted slave drivers (something akin to managers in the customer service industry) but on further research you will find that is not true. There are two kinds of Captains you find in history. Pirate captains and Legitimate Captains. Pirate captains were elected by their merit in battle and dedication to the crew. They were considered equal to the crew, only taking full charge during raids and battles. In the Navy or any legal-bound ship, captains were selected by rank and wealth. There was no equality between captain and crew as in pirate ships. Legal ships were Capitalists and the Pirates were Democratic.

First Mate

First Mate is the captain's deputy. They act as captain when the captain cannot. This was mainly seen in Navies and merchant ships as Pirates usually placed their quartermaster as their deputies.

Quartermaster

The Quartermaster was in charge of ensuring that the ship ran smoothly, rather like the ship's HR manager. The Quartermaster was in charge of supplies and had certain powers such as being able to punish the crew for minor infractions.

Sailing Master

These were officers in charge of piloting the ship. They would have to be educated enough to read a map and was a much desired position because it was a fair paying job. Pirates usually kidnapped sailing masters from ships they attacked to use aboard their own ships.

Gunner

Gunners were the overseers of any many qualified to load and fire guns. They were in charge of aiming cannons and making sure the crew were safely using guns. Most the guns were loaded by young boys called powder monkeys.

Boatswain

Boatswains or junior officers would act as supervisors, watching over the crew as they did their duties. If things were not going well they reported to the captain or quartermaster to punish the crew.

Surgeons

Surgeons handled any diseases and wounds. Since being at sea limited the amount of medicine available. Most ship's surgeons were forced to cut off limbs to avoid infection pike gangrene. Surgeons may not always be found on ships. Cooks or carpenters were often pressed to do amputations: meat was meat and cutting was cutting.

Cooks

All ships needed somebody to cook. Navies and merchant ships would often have trained cooks while on pirate ships it was just a crewmember who was handy in the kitchen.

Kinds of Ship

(Not a complete list, may post more later.)

Brig- A brig is the ship that one most thinks of when you think of a ship. The brig is a large vessel, set with a pair of square-rigged masts. Brigs were fast ships and highly maneuverable. They were used as merchant ships and warships.

Galley- The galley is propelled via oars. The hull is long and slender and most of them featured larger sails. Galleys often were rowed by slaves and used in war.

Galleon- Galleons were large ships, built with multiple decks, carrying three or more masts with square raised stern. The Galleon was usually rigged with square sails on the fore-mast and main-masts.

Caravel- The caravel was a small ship with triangular sails, famed for its manoeuvrability and speed.

Longship- The longships were the ships of the Vikings. They were slender ships, narrow. They were able to keep afloat in shallow waters as well as the deep sea. Longships were able to reverse quickly, a very important skill. The longship was a warship, a raider's ship propelled by oars.

Carrack- the carrack was a large ship, often built with mass cargo holds making the most popular ship to go on long voyages on. The carrack had three or four masts.

Cog- This ship was a large vessel, the hull wide and large. The ship is propelled by a great single sail flown from a tall mast.

Junk- The junk or Chinese junk was a kind of coastal or river ship used as merchant ships, pleasure ships and sometimes houseboats. They are small ships and made with battened sails rather resembling wings.

Trireme- the trireme was a slender ship set with three banks of oars pulled by one man each. The trireme had a concave hull and usually had an underwater ram at the prow of the ship.

For @viola-cola

🖌️ Just made my first custom Clip Studio brushes! 🖌️