Welcome to my Visual Storytelling Journey
This is my welcome to you, and to this next chapter of my artistic life. Here, I want to share the stories that have shaped my journey from those first stippled ink drawings – inspired by the condors gracing the pages of 1970s National Geographic – to the digital worlds I craft today.
What you’ll find here is more than tutorials or technique breakdowns – though there will be plenty of tricks and discoveries to share. This is about visual storytelling from virtual worlds, where artifacts become part of the narrative, where each image carries forward a story that extends beyond its frame.
Coming in Clutch!
This Clutch is about a grouping of eggs. Then it occurred to me clutch is what boa constrictors do, and (curiosity)>> turns out that the boa is one of the few snakes to stay and guard their clutch, curled around her eggs like pearls clutching. Which inspire the map, which inspired the prop development. Achievement…
When I say I have had enough,
I am done. No Debate. My shift has ended. The contract expired. My agreed upon years of service are over. My time “learning” has been served. I learned not to stay connected to people, places, things that hurt me. Yeah, hard to see under the “influence” of conditioning and programming not to see. [I assure…
Let’s get this straight.
They feel “rejected” by you now. Gut-putch, cause you know what it feels like to be on the receiving end of rejection. You know the pain of it. From the lows to the intense: The mild and tolerable pain of being interrupted, talked over, derailed, steamrolled in conversations. The rejection of being TLDR’ed in writing,…
The Beach Get-Away Review
Brilliant ideas, stunning scenes, relaxing and beautiful builds. Thank you cartographers for another amazing Challenge! I’ll give you the play by play. The MC Mac, kept the suspense going for a couple of segments, before revealing the winner, (unless you follow on facebook, you get a notice 20 minutes before the show and Mac hints…
The Dog Days Part One.
I don’t have Secrets to Hide. I have stories too horrible to re-tell. My “silence of the lambs” moment(s.) Warning !! This gets DARK. Referring to the lamb part and Clarice’s desperation to save the lamb, and her personal horror at what it means to be a sheep rancher. That part… not the rest of…
Tasty Tangents
Tone Policing limiting the range of expression, boxing in and pressuring conform-ity with coercive implication (at nice) ramification (at reality) and over-the-top-over-reach-ing -and-supression (at dystopic.) It’s as though all of mainstream society via media has decided Dystopia is the destination, picked a few >> off popular TV shows then put the pedal to the metal …
Not Liking The New “Norm.”
How about you? Called up a friend I haven’t been in touch with for a year or so. Old norm you could do that and it would be all about catching up and carrying on as though the time and distance didn’t matter. New norm political-in-speak and “don’t you agree” openings. Gap too vast. Me:…
No Deposit, No Return.
Woke up with this >> A very particular underwater memory of searching for those words on glass bottles through detritus and murk. When I was a kid dragging around my brother’s old red wagon (I would have been 6-12yrs old) looking for bottles, a way we “kids” could make money. >gonna pause here and remind…
The Premiere of The Customized Beach Cruiser
Please enjoy your visit to The Customized Beach Cruiser Made for #dam-challenge “Beach Getaway” Size: 40 X 40 19.6 MB Special thanks for the asset by: Heronimo [Orginal Designer of Prison Carriage] Also, Special thanks for the asset by: SAC, Centimar DeVarion, DumDumMagoo, Random Ladybird, DangerWeasel, [DE} SunWatcher, smashbear76, BlueMayje, DallasRT, dallasrt,…
The “Brew” Review
Too many ideas with the Theme Word; a storm is brewing, trouble brewing, stew and brew, brewskis (ski slope,) Bob and Doug McKenzie set (brewskies,) < ruled out as meshy still can not make a beaver that looks like a beaver [absolutely necessary prop for Canadian based scenes.] I went with Tea and bird watching,…
What are you INTO?
One of the last conversations with my Dad, He proudly announced he no longer asks folks what they do. He asks “What are you INTO?” Huge growth for him, he admitted. When asking what a person does (for a living< implied) let him know, income and from there he could assume education levels, lifestyle habits,…
Premiere of Teaholm The Nest On the Narrows
Please enjoy your visit to Teaholm The Nest On the Narrows Made for #dam-challenge “Brew” Special thanks for the asset by:SAC, elbobo 19, Heronimo, Centimar DeVarion, DallasRT, [DE] Sunwatcher, Coppafeel An’Run, milfrice, PAZ and chimchimcharu. What’s The Brew? Music composed in Suno.ai Lyrics by Traveler Chimiru Did you know? “No… tell me more!” Have you…
Getting To The Point
Some of the stories just flow naturally. And Some stories come in shattered. Bounce from 1974 to 1983 to 2004 to 1987 The robots have been tremendously not helpful by messing up the chronology instead of correcting the bounce, so that I am required to push past and not use the training wheel as much. …
Being Such a Burden
[O_O] a chapter in the field guide — mistranslation, inversion, and the ledger no one else was keeping ^-.-^ Things … In the people, places, things equation of attachments. Where do narratives fit in attachments? My toxic family’s attachment to a Version of me >> where I am all things wrong and being such…
The Wayfarer’s Respite Review
The “Trap” Map Challenge was rescheduled for this weekend. I won. Wayfarer’s Respite Deep within a sandstone canyon lies Wayfarer’s Respite, a sanctuary renowned among caravan masters, pilgrims, and desert wanderers. Here, weary travelers find cool water, simple meals, shaded courtyards, and a safe place to rest beyond the reach of the relentless sun. The…
When loading the mini storage…
With your hopes and 1000 ideas still in raw material and unplugged tools, Closing that door in the Not Knowing (state of mind) It’s a moment to reflect on. “This moment >> I will think about later, as a meaningful moment” Kind of a crossroad, Where the past and future separates. In that moment an…
Premiere of De-Railers
Lyrics written by Traveler Chimiru Grammatically corrected by Claude.ai Animated with Leonardo.ai Music composed with Suno.ai Well done Robots! Great team work! Deepest thank you to the Developers. [Intro] Drama comes! – Hear the whistle ’round the bend. Mobile graphic graffiti gallery, Beginning to the end. Count the cars as they roll, Read what’s painted…
Not Defunct
(Again) Some folks will be disappointed. [0_0] defunct(adj.) “dead, deceased, extinct,” 1590s, from Old French defunct (14c., Modern French defunt) or directly from Latin defunctus “dead,” literally “off-duty,” past-participle adjective from defungi “to discharge, finish,” from de- “off, completely” (see de-) + fungi “perform or discharge duty” (see function (n.)). ^-.-^ Really…? I thought…
The Poetic Edda
[0_0] is composed in Old Norse alliterative verse, not rhyme or syllable-counted meter. Its rhythm comes from stress patterns and alliteration (repeated initial consonant or vowel sounds) linking half-lines together. There are three main meters used across the collection: Fornyrðislag (“old story meter”)The most common meter, used for narrative poems. Each line has two…
High 5 …. Down Low
Similar thread of thought. Similar contemplation on early childhood. I’ve roughly been calling this Compartmentalization… Its overlayed .. old apothecary drawers the motif of my life as single panel snapshots year by year, based on photos, behind and appearing in void of (photos of me.. some years I was never photographed or not included in…
“Core Development Rights
Refer to fundamental human rights that ensure individuals can participate in and benefit from economic, social, cultural, and political development. These rights emphasize the importance of development as a process that enhances well-being and dignity for all individuals, recognizing that everyone has the right to contribute to and enjoy the fruits of development in a…
When They Find Out…
For “feminist” they were all about maintaining MY “glass ceiling.” First thing I had to Learn: These are not my self-limiting beliefs. Older therapeutic modalities called them Maladaptive Schema. Effectively what I learned in my developing years were adaptations. Classified as maladaptive, because they don’t serve/benefit me in… The Real World. [0_0] Early Maladaptive…
Premiere of The Wayfarer’s Respite
Please enjoy your visit to The Wayfarer’s Respite Made for #dam-challenge “Trap” Size: 40 X 40 16.2 MB Special thanks for the asset by: DangerWeasel Much appreciation for the amazing team at Dungeon Alchemist! Music composed in Suno.ai Lyrics by Traveler Chimiru Rest Now Drink, weary traveler, drink. Cool water from the…
Insiders and Outsiders
As an outsider…. Not sure I get the “fun” of insiders. I get the.. white picket fence backyard barbeques, personal swimming pool, American pie dream. I respect the promise = single income household and appliances of convenience. As a carny kid, we were excited about hot water in the campgrounds showers. [o_o] What you’re describing…
Clean Slate
That’s about chalkboards, right? [O_O] Yes—”clean slate” is actually related to writing on slate boards. Before paper was cheap and widespread, students and workers often wrote on small slate tablets with chalk. When you wiped the slate clean, all previous marks disappeared, leaving a blank surface ready for new work. Over time, “a clean…
Finishing
On sewing, self-investment, and the art of sewing your label in ^-.-^ I would have called it tagging. [o_o] There is a term in sewing for the last thing you do. Not the last stitch, not the trim, not the press. The last thing — the one that makes the thing yours. You sew in…
I Happily Let Go!
I don’t need to be anyone to anybody. I don’t need to be any place. I don’t need to hold on to anything — especially if it is bad for me. [People, Places, Things] Closure? Need to tie up loose ends? Nope. Heard it before. Just bait for another round of blame-shifting, victimhood-claiming theater, and…
What I learned that day.
[O_O] I know what you learned that day. You learned that asking for instruction was dangerous. You learned that a simple question could become a sudden emergency. You learned your mother would deceive you. You learned that other people’s drama could swallow your dream. You learned that when you reach for connection, the world might…
Is There Something Different About Me?
Yes. New (used) Boots! Thank you for noticing. Alas poor Børn. The only shoes I found that I could be comfortable in since I broke those Metatarsals, in 2019. Used from a thrift store up the road from my house, $16. Yep HOUSED. Little peck little cheap cheap, if you heard otherwise IT’S A LIE. …
Too Many Red Herrings And I’m Not Taking The Bait.
If it smells fishy… …it probably is. Hook-line-and sinker, like fishing in a barrel, catch of the day, plenty of fish in the sea, rivers, lakes, and ponds! Hmm… Catfish are notorious bottom feeders.. and the same word has a slang meaning too, right? [O_O] Yes, catfish is one of those words where the literal…
