A list of "delivered" statuses from the Pirate Ship platform.
A middle-aged woman opening her copy of Belle of the Bog
Some very satisfying photos. Sending books to people is an incredibly rewarding feeling, it turns out!
Check my pins if you want your very own copy (possibly with some bonus art from my 2 year old)
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Well I missed the boat getting Belle of the Bog in Drivethru's Black Friday sale, but I'll put it on discount for the same term regardless. If you want a digital copy, it's half off!
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Final two decks DONE! I need to label these beauts and make some minimaps, a few small edits to the manuscript, and we’re ready for launch. Fingers crossed for next weekend!!!
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Two images side by side making up the back and front cover of the Belle of the Bog book. The back cover is styled like an old playbill and says: Proud Steam Boat "Belle of the Bog" welcomes you this Fête Debenet. Captail billy invites you to join him for refreshments & libations (hearthnip, puckerwine, gritlick & more), games of chance & skill (fabulous prizes for the shrewd & fortunate), hot jazz ("Jumpin" Jimmy & the Goosenecks). Below that is a brief description of the module - "A whimsical adventure site for Dragonbane and old-school roleplaying systems that will take you and your players on an unforgettable journey" The right image shows the front cover, a moonlit steamboat on murky green water next to a tree, with a cloud of smoke overhead and the words "Belle of the Bog" inside in yellow letters. The name "Tom Lagier" is marked on the hull, and in the lower right corner is the "A Supplement for Dragonbane" logo.
Honing in on front and back covers. The to-do list for PDF release is getting shorter and shorter 😅
Next major task is a thorough, final edit, and then incorporating the new map and it's #shipit time!
October is gonna be an exciting month....
#ttrpg #osr #art #BelleOfTheBog #Dragonbane
Screenshot of A5 spread showing room 20, the high roller's room, with NPC stats for Cecille Kind, a gambler and con-woman, and a line drawing of a hand of cards.
The vast bulk of my layout is done! Final page count is 74, right on the money.
Let me know if you'd like a copy of the draft PDF to read, I'm still very hungry for feedback.
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Done laying out all the locations! Just a few appendixes & procedures to go and I'm done with this step (for now). Home stretch, baby!
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Also got some wonderful valuable feedback from the NSR Cauldron Discord (link here: discord.com/channels/689...), thanks very much to the readers there.
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Maps of four levels of the fantasy steamboat the Belle of the Bog, including Main Deck, Boiler Deck, Lower Deck, and Hurricane Deck.
Got my main map laid out. This will be the first thing you see when you open the book. It's not totally polished but I think it's good enough to move on. Maybe I'll hire a cartographer for the second printing... @dysonlogos.bsky.social would be life goals.
#ttrpg #osr #BelleOfTheBog #maps
Good news: I'm about halfway done with layout for #BelleOfTheBog 😍
Bad news: The only copy of my map design file was on a dead computer so I'm going to need to redo them by hand 🤦♂️
Good news: I had a fair bit of work on the maps anyway and I'm a much better artist now than when I first drew them...
High level layout of a TTRPG product showing three spreads with text and images.
Oh man, we're starting to look like an actual book! This is my first time digging in to Affinity Publisher and I'm having an absolute blast.
Huge shoutout to @alderdoodle.bsky.social for having a ton of absolutely bangin' page decorations. You seriously rock!
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Final editing pass is done, moving into layout!
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Drip and Drop, resident snitches of the Belle, taking a peek at a perfectly licit transaction.
#learntodraw #ttrpg #osr #art #BelleOfTheBog
A few critical things are managed by this control panel in the engine room of the Belle. It’s seen better days. If only things were labeled!
Second to last illustration for the book. I’m getting a bit misty!
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You’ll find the hooked dice on a few different things in the Belle. There might even be a way to turn the symbol to your advantage…
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A bottle of “bluet”, one of the many drinks Crusty Craig serves on the Belle. Sweet and mournful, it tastes like forgotten love on a crisp fall day. Dreadful hangover afterwards.
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Finished shading it out, wish I’d gone a little easier on the lines but overall pretty happy with it. Careful what you pick!
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Line drawing of a decrepit planter box filled with an overgrown bush, a bunch of mushrooms, and some plants that have a buried-head lookin root
The Belle has quite the rooftop gardens. A fair few surprises for the canny forager. Excited to share this one, haven’t decided how I’m going to do it.
#art #ttrpg #learntodraw #osr #BelleOfTheBog
The Vineheart Engine needs to push power to all corners of the Belle. This is where the ghost lanterns come in. They might not shed the most light, but it's very important that they don't get broken.
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Spirit bottle I did at the hospital. These power the Belle, but it’s tricky to get them filled. Ol’ Billy has his ways…
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Meet the Leviathan Lunkhead and Ernest.
Still workshopping this one but I think I like the general composition. Going to try the watercolors again, but I think I'm going to do colors first, then lines over afterwards.
#learntodraw #art #ttrpg #osr #BelleOfTheBog #Dragonbane.
I'd normally ink this guy but I honestly really like how it turned out as just a sketch, and for some pretty low-stakes spot art I think I'm going to call it good as-is.
I'm particularly chuffed by how the cards turned out.
#art #learntodraw #ttrpg #osr #BelleOfTheBog #Dragonbane
My big project over the last six months has been working on the #BelleOfTheBog - a full-length (80-ish pages) module for Dragonbane taking players on an enchanted steamboat for drinks, dancing, and a chance at fabulous magical prizes - if they can escape with their lives.
All done with the bogmangler! Had fun learning a bit about the different charcoal and watercolor tools here. Will be glad to switch back from spooky boys to a few lighter scenes.
#learntodraw #osr #ttrpg #Dragonbane #BelleOfTheBog
Can't forget #ttrpg #osr #Dragonbane #BelleOfTheBog #learntodraw #creepycritters
Pencil sketch of suave man wearing suit beckoning you aboard, holding some sort of cane and pointing in the distance. His face is droopy and doesn't seem quite right.
Ol' Billy's here to welcome you aboard the Belle. The drinks are cold and the dice are hot, come play a few hands and relax!
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Here's Alice, spent a few days doodling but really got her all down in 1 day which I'm pretty proud about.
Making some real progress here, it's satisfying blitzing through these easier illustrations and havingf them actually feel easier.
#learntodraw #BelleOfTheBog #ttrpg #osr #Dragonbane
Decrepit person with stringy hair wearing a stained suit with finters in the pocket coughs while the tray of drinks they're holding spills. Ink and crosshatching with some subtle shading
Decrepit person with stringy hair wearing a stained suit with finters in the pocket coughs while the tray of drinks they're holding spills. Ink only
Wrapped up the breathless thrall! I dig it, my first shot at crosshatching in a while. Not sure it totally came out but I think it's a solid start.
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Various sketches of a disheveled old man coughing and holding a tray of drinks
Some sketches for a breathless thrall. Haven't sketched on paper in a while, feels nice! I should do more of this.
#learntodraw #osr #sketches #ttrpg #belleofthebog #dragonbane
The Queen waving a feather-wand over a boat under construction by a bunch of magic animals. A host of flying things surround her.
That's a wrap on the Queen and her engineers! I love the characters in this one, especially drummer frog. It was fun figuring out some magic effects.
All done with the major illustrations for the book, on to the spot art!
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