Production notes

Every story starts as a cast and a setting. Those are drawn once, then used as reference for every picture in the story, so the characters stay themselves from beginning to end.

The cast

Model sheet for Eira — **Eira** a wise city wizard

an elderly woman with silver hair in a long, dark blue cloak adorned with stars, holding a wooden staff topped with a glowing crystal

Sounds soft and calm.

Model sheet for Dafydd — **Dafydd** a young apprentice magician

a young man wearing a green tunic and round glasses, carrying a small leather satchel full of potions

Sounds bright and eager.

Model sheet for Celyn — **Celyn** a mysterious street sorcerer

a tall figure in a ragged brown cloak with a hood, face partly hidden, with a crow perched on their shoulder

Sounds quiet and raspy.

The setting

Background painting of A fog-shrouded gothic city where three wizards pursue hidden truths. — **A fog-shrouded gothic city where three wizards pursue hidden truths.**

A dense, labyrinthine city with narrow cobbled streets winding between towering gothic spires and dilapidated stone buildings. Thick fog curls through alleys, muting the glow of flickering lanterns and casting deep shadows that blur outlines. Occasional stained-glass windows in arcane shops throw fractured colours onto wet pavement, while the air carries a faint scent of ancient parchment and subtle brimstone. The city's scale feels both vast and claustrophobic, with hidden doorways and secret passages hinting at unseen realms beneath the surface.

charcoal grey deep violet amber moss green

The plan

Eira a Dafydd yn gweld Celyn yn trafod rhywbeth cudd yn y fyg yn y nos.

tense and curious medium shot Eira, Dafydd, Celyn
Celyn yn cysegru rhywbeth yn y fyg wrth i Eira a Dafydd symud yn agosach gyda disgwyl.

quiet and watchful close-up Eira, Dafydd, Celyn
Dafydd yn rhybuddio Eira wrth i Celyn symud yn sydyn i fynd â rhywbeth o'r fyg.

worried and urgent medium shot Eira, Dafydd, Celyn
Eira a Dafydd yn dilyn Celyn i fynd i ddrysfa o strydoedd yn y ddinas niwlog.

determined and tense long shot Eira, Dafydd, Celyn
Eira a Dafydd yn sefyll mewn cwrn tywyll gan edrych ar ol tro Celyn gyda ryfeddod a chwilfrydedd, heb wybod beth ddigwyddodd nesaf.

curious and unresolved wide establishing shot Eira, Dafydd

How it was made

Pictures drawn: 10
Words written: 1052
Generation steps: 18
Time to make: 5 min

Drawn in painterly. Written in Welsh at level , for adult readers.

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