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 Luma — **Luma** a wise city wizard

a tall humanoid with silvery-white hair in a long braid, deep blue robes decorated with stars, and a slender staff topped with a glowing crystal

Sounds soft and calm.

Model sheet for Vero — **Vero** a young eager apprentice

a short humanoid with curly red hair, green tunic with simple leather belt, carrying a small book of spells

Sounds quick and bright.

Model sheet for Nix — **Nix** a mysterious shadow mage

a lean figure cloaked in dark, tattered robes with glowing violet eyes visible beneath a hood, holding a curved black dagger

Sounds low and whispery.

The setting

Background painting of A mystical city where secrets and rivalries brew under shadowed streets. — **A mystical city where secrets and rivalries brew under shadowed streets.**

A sprawling cityscape under a twilight sky, with narrow cobblestone streets winding between tall, ancient stone buildings adorned with glowing runes. Street lamps cast a faint, ethereal light, mingling with the neon hues from magical signs above bustling market stalls. Towering spires loom in the distance, partially shrouded in mist, and the air is thick with a mix of incense and damp stone. Shadows gather in alleys where secrets linger, while vibrant market squares hint at hidden power struggles.

deep indigo emerald green glowing amber misty grey

The plan

Luma et Vero videbant Nix sub umbris viarum secretorum furtim ambulantem.

curious and tense medium shot Luma, Vero, Nix
Vero quaerit a Luma quidnam Nix faciat sub terra, sed Luma monet ne nimis festinent.

worried and cautious close-up Luma, Vero
Luma accipit sigillum ex Nix manu, et inspiciunt inscripcionem quae videtur vetus et periculosum.

serious and uneasy medium shot Luma, Vero, Nix
Nix minatur ut necetur qui eum sequitur, et Luma et Vero audiunt vocem tenebrosam quae admonet eos discedere.

frightened and dramatic long shot Luma, Vero, Nix
Vero vult interrogare Nix plurimum, sed Nix evanescit sine respondeo, relinquentque Luma et Vero inter dubitationem magnam.

enigmatic and unresolved wide establishing shot Luma, Vero, Nix

How it was made

Pictures drawn: 10
Words written: 825
Generation steps: 18
Time to make: 5 min

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

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