Now we come to my favorite part of this Summer of Narnia: AI depictions of Jadis.
Tag: Charn
Jadis 2022: Artificial Intelligence
This post is dedicated to Janelle Shane, who sparked my interest in AI learning. Now we’ll move out of the realm of the human artist and look at what art-creating AI engines can come up with. These engines work with a text prompt like “Fox in a field of flowers” or “Volcano erupting over …
A Child of Charn, Part 2 [Narnia Fanfic]
Part 1 is here ———————————————————————————————————- A Child of Charn (cont.) “Come,” Anthen said, taking her arm and leading her out of the crowd. “The rest is just more of the same. It’s best if you don’t witness it.” There is more, Saffla thought numbly. More slaves, more creatures, more chariots and drummers and …
A Child of Charn, Part 1 [Narnia Fanfic]
How bad was the Empire of Charn? Very, very, very bad. ———————————————————————————————————- A Child of Charn Her mother had told her not to go, but she wanted to see it. Saffla, a common farmers’ daughter of House Tricklewater, Goodworks Farming District Precinct VII of Sadelnon Province — which once, eons ago, had …
Jadis Redux
The second Summer of Narnia is drawing to a close, so I’d like to share some more images of my fave magic-using evil Queen, Jadis. First is a B&W rendition by comic artist Sebastian Ericson. Long black hair, grasping, claw-like hands, evil sneer, spiky crown… yum. A section of a video art project about The …
Worldbuilding Wednesday 9/1/21: Charnian Names (Narnia XXIX)
What was the language of Charn like? We know it wasn’t English, because when Digory scans the description on the bell in the Hall of Images, the letters re-arrange themselves into something he can read. (Somehow, Jadis has no trouble speaking English!) So, I made up a language for Charn, a little Assyrian, a …
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