Kanda is befriending a mouse in the forest

Vibrant pink cyberpunk cityscape from a birds eye view.

A Sylvaneth Branchwych from Warhammer Age of Sigmar

Two original characters in front of white background with teal hexes dotted around. On the left stands Meg in pink, arms spread out, conjuring up holographic hacking interfaces. On the right is Kanda in her orange puffy jacket, in a firm stance.

Hey, thanks for hosting!
I'm Csaba/Kobold. I work as a concept artist for video games, but I have a worldbuilding passion project that makes me do all kinds of various sized projects :)

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A sinister mermaid witch holding a pale-green orb of magic to illuminate the scene. Title at the bottom reads: The Sea Witch. "created by Csaba Csővári"

I uploaded The Sea Witch short story as well, which only been published in print until now.

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I decided I'll put some of my short comics up on tumblr for the time being, until I figure out something else.

I started with the set of 2021 inktober shorts.
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Made in 2014 Kanda standing in a snowstorm while calmly holding a blue orb of light with her hands.

Made in 2016 Kanda is walking in the dark forest during a snowstorm. She's holding an orange orb of light with one hand while trying to keep her cloak flapping around in the wind with her other hand.

Made in 2017 Kanda in a dark forest, in the middle of a snowstorm, looking back towards the viewer, absolutely spooked. She's holding a warm orb of light she was meant to place on the shrine in front of her.

Made in 2018 Peaceful winter night. Kanda is approaching a shrine holding a large, orange orb of light with both hands. She's focusing on the orb. She looks glad.

This was a multi-year winter tradition of mine.

The lore was that Kanda's people celebrate the winter solstice by leaving sacrificial food and magical lights at shrines to satisfy the spirit of the winter's hunger, so it goes back to sleep and spring can come.

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Comic page. Night time during a blizzard. Two characters, Kanda and Ajna having a discussion inside their safe and warm hut. Dialogue: Ajna: UUUGH!!! Kanda: What's the matter? Ajna: I'm bored. I hate storms Kanda: I like these times. Perfect to just snuggle up under a blanket with a hot pine tea. A very warm and fuzzy feeling Ajna: Mmgh

Comic page: The next day, the storm is gone, the sky is clear. Kanda and Ajna having a walk outside in the deep snow. Ajna: Finally! The blizzard is gone. Kanda: Everything is covered in snow Ajna: And the air is so crispy fresh Suddenly Ajna slips and tumbles down the river bank into the icy water

Comic page: Ajna laying in bed, sick. Kanda is bringing her a bowl of hot soup. Ajna: I think I'm dying... Kanda: Don't be silly! You just have the cold. Here drink this! You'll feel better. Ajna starts drinking the soup but after tasting it her face freezez into a painful grin. Ajna: What is that?! Kanda smiling with amusement: Just some medicine Ajna: So sour...

A little story I made up during the 2021 inktober challenge about Kanda and Ajna.

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Kanda is gently showing a flower to a duck from the shore of a lake. The morning mist hasn't lifted yet.

Flower picking on spring morning.

Originally I made this piece for a Clip Studio art contest.

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Ajna and Kanda sitting under a tree. Ajna is showing Kanda the string instrument she got. It's used, but still in good shape.

This is not a new piece either, but I loved working on it. The story it tells.
For Ajna to become a lorekeeper she needs to learn their people's legends and songs. This is her first instrument. It's a secondhand one, but sounds just fine. Perfect for learning.

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Next step is to work out the biomes, climates.
I'm not too precious about the rest of the world. I have a vision for the old territory. Made some early tests to see if it can work. Some parts will have to change, but thankfully most of my initial idea can stay.

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Bonus:

A mercator projection of the shattered world with oceans and land masses layed out on the shells.

I had a lot ... and I mean A LOT of space to fill out.
First I just went in and drew up some continents randomly, but then thought: "yeah, but the shells may move and bump into each other, which would form mountains at the edges of the shells."
So today I reached this state:

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A mercator projection of the shattered globe with the original map placed in about the top middle. The old map feels tiny.

Finally I had a planet... but what now?
I had to place the old map on this somehow. I had a general idea how big the old map was supposed to be and how close it would be to the pole, but it still surprised me so see it in context...

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Two 3D rendered views of the same shattered orb

The idea was there for many years, but I again struggled to visualize, grasp how this shattered world look like. Eventually I turned to 3D to help create something that I like. Ended up with something like this.

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Sketch of a cracked planet with two bands of energy going from pole to pole

Ink drawing of a shattered planetoid with a glowing, blue orb in its core

As I started figuring out what I wanted with the rest of the world and worked on how this place came to be to begine with I had the idea to have it a broken, shattered planet.
I had my reasons, but also, I just found it to be a cool concept :)

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Map of a fantasy world trying to mimic a old style of map art

From time to time I take an attempt to visualize the world of Spirit Howl and Spiritpunk as maps or planets.

For the longest time this was the map for the "known world", but I already knew I wanted this to be only a fraction of what is out there.

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dangit! forgot the hashtags!!
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Sailing into the weekend!! Get some rest! :)

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Two, full-body concept art of rat folk, also known as trogs, from the slave hunters clan. They are dressed in mismatched clothing. In the uppre right corner three portraits of other clan members, to male and one female.

Two full-body concept art of trogs from Clan Zhok. This clan operates the gladiator pits. The character on the left, a male, being a guard holds a zapping stick. The character on the right is a female in regal clothing, she's the head of the clan. In the upper right corner three portraits of other members of the clan.

Three bigger concepts for trog characters. Mostly rags and mismatched clothing. In the top third five smaller sketches for more clothing and helmet design ideas.

In the lower half five major body type variants for trogs. Average, short, fat, muscular and tall. In the upper right six face examples for different head and face shapes.

Rat folk, aka trogs are one of the antagonist groups of the main Spirit Howl story.
They are a young species but resilient and reproduce very fast. Sneaky, opportunistic little buggers.

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Kanda, lit by blue and red lights, visibly in trance. In the foggy background two, giant ghostly blue eyes.

Kanda in trance

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Summer is upon us! Ajna and Kanda like to spend some time on the beach
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