Welcome to the online panel “Cyberpunk World Building.” Natsukoarts: This is Natsukoarts Design Studio and we are talking with Natsuya Uesugi to discuss his new upcoming self-published novella “grydscaen: dark,” the next volume in the grydscaen series called “grydscaen: desecration,” and getting started on work for episode 3 of the grydscaen “A Storm’s Coming” anime series. Welcome Natsuya. Natsuya Uesugi: Thanks for having me. I look forward to speaking with you today on a topic that is central to the…..
On Valentines Day (14 February 2018) at 3PM MST the www.grydscaen.com blog will be hosting the online panel sponsored by Natsukoarts Design Studio featuring Natsuya Uesugi and talking about 一の初恋 or Ichiban Hatsukoi/Puppy Love in Yaoi. The discussion will focus on the relationship between Shiro and Noiz in the graphic noiz story and discuss the hidden dynamics for creating a realistic gay relationship between characters in yaoi manga. The panel will focus on relationships and writing a soft yaoi story,…..
The original grydscaen concept grydscaen was originally a concept that I came up with in the 8th grade writing science fiction stories about the main character Ameliano Dejarre who went to an all boy’s boarding school. This character and the Rom character who was a Packrat and a hacker in a separate story written in the seventh grade were merged into a single storyline that because the precursor to the grydscaen novel series in the serial short stories under the grydscaen…..
So I wanted to give an update on the #grydscaenRPG Trading Card game. Work has been moving along quickly. We started this researching 4 months ago and we already have game rules, strategy, artwork and some cards. And now for the update: Work is completed on the Major Arcana All the Major Arcana cards are completed at this time. That is 22 cards with an image and the character name, affiliation/organization with the Roman numeral and designations for the Tarot on…..
Figure: Sati Ima, the Mobile Frame pilot from the battleship Escalon So just off the publication of the fantasy novella The Alchemist’s Ranger, we are back to editing the next book in the cyberpunk scifi grydscaen series called grydscaen: desecration. desecration is volume 5 and closes out the story arc aboard the battleship Escalon. The Psi Faction team is ready to take on the opposition as the Escalon travels closer to Londes, the homeland of the Atlantea Federation. Since I have recently…..
So work continues on The Seer of Grace and Fire book 1. We are currently in beta and almost half way through the chapters. The book has twenty chapters in book 1 and we just got through the beta edits for the high court session in chapter 7 that occurs in the Jahnae Faerie kingdom at the capital in Kannon. I have been enjoying the beta reader process so far. This is the first time that I have had a…..
Excerpt from Chapter 1: The Alchemist’s Ranger, the prequel novella to The Seer of Grace and Fire The rain poured down in sheets pounding the ground, leaving the streets near empty as the dark of night drew close. Timorn held the hood of his tunic close to his face, clutching the green tanned hide in his fingers as he darted down the road covering his head and keeping the rain out of his eyes. He had been running for twenty…..
The Alchemist’s Ranger Book Summary: Timorn is a Ranger traveling the human cities hiring out his services from town to town. Arriving in Fallow in a rainstorm twenty days before DarkFall, he happens upon the Singing Harp pub making the rounds trying to find work for hire. Timorn happens upon a man in fancy dress in the pub looking for a sacred alchemy tool that turns raw metal into gold, an impossible magic. Hired for the task, which offers more…..
Figure: “Timorn Ethesian Brotherly Love” by Natsuya Uesugi So I have been doing concept art for The Seer of Grace and Fire and wanted to share the final image from Book 2, The Seer of Ice and Sky (novel and manga). This drawing I think has a certain feel of kindness and compassion between two twins who have been through a traumatic experience. The drawing features Ethesian, the Dream Seer with the long hair comforting a wounded Timorn, her twin…..
The Seer of Grace and Fire book 1 manuscript is completed and currently in beta. This book like grydscaen: tribute will feature illustrations for each chapter. The second book in the series, The Seer of Ice and Sky will also include chapter art. We have currently done 32 pieces of concept art for The Seer of Grace and Fire series. The banner above features characters from Book 2. The center character is Dalannin, the dark elf mage and he was…..