Category Archives: Period Fantasy

New First Empress Commission!

Posted on October 14, 2017 by dubiousbyhabit

Viarra and Zahnia, by Telênia Albuquerque Hi folks! Hey, painfully sorry for the unannounced hiatus, everyone. I’ve had a lot more to deal with at work these past months that generally left me too tired and unambitious to get any posts … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories, Period Fantasy | Tagged character art, commissions, digital art, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, hoplite armor, hoplites, linothorax, period fantasy, Queen Viarra, shields, Telênia Albuquerque, warrior queens, Zahnia the Chronicler | 2 Comments

Armelle, by Elésiane Huve

Posted on March 5, 2017 by dubiousbyhabit

Armelle, by Aliciane Art (Elésiane Huve) “If I don’t dress like this [adventuring parties] won’t look twice a me. It’s not just Amazon fighters. Those poor little sorceresses have to show a lot of thigh and tits, too, no matter if … Continue reading →

Posted in Medieval Fantasy, Period Fantasy | Tagged Aliciane Art, art, caster robes, casters, digital art, Elesiane Huve, enchantresses, mages, magic, medieval fantasy, noblewomen, period fantasy, sorceresses, wizardry, wizards | Leave a comment

Game Armor Analysis: Valkyria Chronicles

Posted on January 15, 2017 by dubiousbyhabit

Valkyria Chronicles, by Sega So I started playing Valkyria Chronicles again here recently and thought I’d do a writeup on the armor and uniforms the infantrywomen in the game. Valkyria is a period-fantasy Anime with World War II technology and aesthetics. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer/Video Games, Period Fantasy | Tagged assault weapons, battle armor, computer games, grenades, heavy infantry, infantrywomen, lady soldiers, light infantry, modern armor, officers, period fantasy, rifles, RPG launchers, Sega, Valkyria Chronicles, video games, World War II era | 1 Comment

First Empress Prologue (scene 6)

Posted on November 16, 2016 by dubiousbyhabit

So here’s the ending of the prologue to First Empress. Originally the prologue ended with Viarra confronting her uncle at the end of scene 5, but later I had an idea that I hope puts an unexpected twist on Viarra’s … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories, Period Fantasy | Tagged excerpts, First Empress, General Derron, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra | 1 Comment

First Empress Prologue, (scene 5)

Posted on November 15, 2016 by dubiousbyhabit

Scene Five of the prologue is where I first get to show readers how tough Queen Viarra is. I imply it in scene 2 when Lady Synnis tells Ronnius about how her majesty slew five armed hoplites by herself, but … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories, Period Fantasy | Tagged Elissa, excerpts, First Empress, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, Steward Ronnius | 1 Comment

First Empress Prologue (scene 4)

Posted on November 15, 2016 by dubiousbyhabit

Shoot. So I figured out yesterday that I completely forgot to post the remaining scenes from the First Empress prologue to SSH. Sorry about that. I’ll post the rest today and tomorrow. So I lied in my intro to scene 1, there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories, Period Fantasy | Tagged Elissa, excerpts, First Empress, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, Steward Ronnius | 1 Comment

First Empress Prologue (scenes 2 & 3)

Posted on October 28, 2016 by dubiousbyhabit

So I opted to put scenes 2 and 3 of the prologue together, since they’re both relatively short. Scene 2 introduces the physician/apothecary Esset who, like Ronnius and Lady Synnis, I’d intended larger roles for when originally planning the story … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories, Period Fantasy | Tagged Elissa, excerpts, First Empress, General Derron, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, Steward Ronnius | 1 Comment

First Empress Prologue (scene 1)

Posted on October 26, 2016 by dubiousbyhabit

Hi folks! So in preparation for NaNoWriMo, I’m going to go ahead and post excerpts to my blog and Tumblr. Partly I’m hoping for feedback, but I also just want people to be able to read and enjoy. The novel … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories, Period Fantasy | Tagged Elissa, excerpts, First Empress, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, Steward Ronnius, Zahnia the Chronicler | 1 Comment

More Korra Hoplite Art!

Posted on October 16, 2016 by dubiousbyhabit

Hi again, folks! So, since I honestly have no idea if I’ll have time to finish the writeup I’m working on today, I decided to post another Hoplite Korra sketch that I drew earlier this week, just in case. Previous … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies/Television, Period Fantasy | Tagged Avatar Korra, bronze armor, Greco/Roman armor, hoplite armor, my art, period fantasy, shields, spears, spearwomen, television, The Legend of Korra | Leave a comment

Princess of the Fire Nation, by Elésiane Huve

Posted on October 2, 2016 by dubiousbyhabit

Princess Azula, by Aliciane Art (Elésiane Huve) Long Feng: “You have beaten me at my own game.” Azula: “Don’t flatter yourself. You were never even a player.” Re-watching episodes of A:TLA while writing this. I’ll admit that I’m a relative latecomer … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies/Television, Period Fantasy, Villainesses | Tagged Aliciane Art, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Brian Konietzko, cartoons, caster robes, Elesiane Huve, firebenders, lightningbenders, martial artists, Michael Dante DiMartino, Nickelodeon, period fantasy, Princess Azula, princesses, sorceresses, television, villainesses | 1 Comment

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