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UNSPRING

@unspring.bsky.social
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A movie you can read. A book you can watch. A novel set in a world where industry and folklore are at war. 🍂 unspring.world Slow cinematic fantasy told through illustrated frames, music, voice, and motion.

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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The color scarlet is not a simple mark of evil in UNSPRING. It's a signal that something in the scene has teeth. Visual motifs like this help the story speak for itself before the text does. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #Indie #OC #OCSky #OCart #Process #OriginalStory
A digital frame from UNSPRING prologue showing a church agent and a mercenary. Both have scarlet accents in their designs.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To keep characters consistent across many frames, several main cast members were developed with 3D head models. These sculpts help preserve likeness, lighting logic, and facial structure from shot to shot. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #Indie #Process #OC #OCArt #OCSky
3D head models for the three main characters of UNSPRING: Gem, Joelle and Char
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Liara came from an early tabletop-inspired storyline built around poison, improvisation, and a chain of increasingly reckless decisions. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #Indie #OC #OCSky #OCart #Process #Portrait #Concept
A concept portrait for one of Unspring's cut characters. The character is an older white woman with greying auburn hair slicked and braided back into a hairdo. She is wearing earrings, a medalion, and a black dress, a purse and some paperwork on her belt. She is looking at the viewer with a small smile of a person who will not miss an opportunity.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Char, one of Unspring's central characters, does not enter the story as the most powerful or mysterious figure in the room. His strength is different. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Process #OC #OCArt #OCSky #Concept #Sketch
Concept sketches for Char, one of Unspring's central characters
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Char is a storyteller, a performer, and one of the characters who reshaped Unspring simply by refusing to leave the narrative. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Process #OC #OCArt #OCSky
A digital portrait of one of Unspring's central characters, Char. Char is a person of fae blood. He has dark skin, pointy ears, fangs and dreadlocks. He's wearing a lot of jewelry. He's dressed in colorful clothes. The background is plain black.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The city-states of Arcadia are trying to survive in a world where resources are few and far between. They will survive, no matter the cost. Even if that means burning down the ancient forests and turning from the old ways. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #Lore
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Unspring is being developed through close creative collaboration: writing, visual development, music, motion tests. The many decisions that slowly turn a private idea into a shared world. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #Process #OC #OCArt #OCSky
A digital frame from the UNSPRING prologue featuring two characters: the protagonist, Joelle, and his nurse. Joelle is a young man with red hair. He is dressed in a shirt and a green vest. The nurse is an old woman with a long white braid, dressed in a maid attire. The two are in a room of Joelle's house. Joelle is sitting on the bed, while the nurse is standing above him with a hand on his shoulder. The text at the bottom of the frame reads: "NURSE: Your father wouldn't be going along with the treatment if he knew it wasn't the last resort."
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In Unspring, scarlet is a visual warning.It appears around danger, power, performance, and choices that may turn out costly. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Process #OC #OCArt #OCSky
A digital frame from the UNSPRING prologue showing two characters in a cluttered apartment. One of the two is the protagonist, Joelle. The other is standing in front of a memory board and is wearing a red coat. An unfinished part of a digital frame from the UNSPRING prologue. It shows two red moths by some kind of device.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The chosen approach (3D-based) allows the project to keep a consistent sense of place without requiring every background to be painted from scratch. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Process
3D part of the house A collage of four digital frames from UNSPRING prologue showing different views of the city, one of the project's central locations3D parts of the houses (towers)
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Noven, an eccentric traveler, was removed from the script, but his development remains part of Unspring’s archive — a reminder that a character can be interesting and still belong to an earlier version of the story. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #Indie #OC #OCSky #OCart #Process
A digital black and white sketch scrapped from the UNSPRING prologue. The sketch depicts two characters arguing with the caravaneer by the vagon in the middle of nowhere, while the third is preparing a camp. A digital black and white sketch scrapped from the UNSPRING prologue. The sketch depicts the dragonborn caravaneer and one of the protagonists sitting at the campsite.A digital black and white sketch scrapped from the UNSPRING prologue. The sketch depicts the caravaneer readying to break up a fight between the two horses. A digital black and white sketch scrapped from the UNSPRING prologue. The sketch depicts the two protagonists and the dragonborn caravaneer sitting on the front of their vagon in the middle of nowhere.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
There are things that Gem surely knows about herself. There are things she doesn't. Her design carries a small hint to one of the project’s key visual signals: scarlet, a color tied to danger, power, and choices with hidden cost. #Unspring #Art #SkyArt #ArtSky #ArtistOnBluesky #OC #OCSky #OCart
Concept art of one of the project's protagonists, Gem — a blonde woman with one red heart shaped earring. In this concept she is wearing a cape an mostly dark clothes with a blue sash and a rapier.Concept art of one of the project's protagonists, Gem — a blonde woman with one red heart shaped earring. On the left she is depicted as a black and white sketch, on the right — in flat colors. She is wearing mostly dark clothes with a rapier tied to her belt and a dagger in her right hand.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Those that seek to find Arcadia a lush valley full of magical mysteries will ultimately find themselves disappointed: the greenery has faded and the magic is growing thin and scarce. #Unspring #Art #SkyArt #ArtSky #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #Process #Industrial #Fae
A digital drawing made by the project's artist in search of visuals. The drawing depicts three violet thistles.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Unspring is a world in the making, and the making is part of the record. #Unspring #Art #SkyArt #ArtSky #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #Fae #OC #OCSky #OCart #Process
A digital frame from UNSPRING prologue featuring two characters: one of the protagonists, Joelle, a young redhead in a white coat, with his back turned to the viewer, and a young fae man in red looking at Joelle while holding a piece of paper. The two are conversing in a cluttered room. The text at the bottom of the frame reads: "I don't need a pampered aristocrat about to keel over on this trip!"
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our goal is not to illustrate every beat, but to create a sequence of charged moments — fragments of a movie the reader completes in their own imagination. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #OC #OCSky #OCart #Process
A digital frame from UNSPRING prologue featuring two characters: the protagonist, Joelle, and his nurse. Joelle is a young man with red hair. He is dressed in a shirt and a green vest. The nurse is an old woman with a long white braid, dressed in a maid attire. The two are in a room of Joelle's house. Joelle is sitting on the bed, while the nurse is standing above him with a hand on his shoulder. The text at the bottom of the frame reads: "NURSE: Your father wouldn't be going along with the treatment if he knew it wasn't the last resort."
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The city scenes use a practical 3D-based approach: architectural photo references are transformed into simple structures, arranged into streets, lit, rendered, and painted over. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Process
A collage of four digital frames from UNSPRING prologue showing different views of the city, one of the project's central locations A set of 3D houses meshed together and painted over
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Noven — a wandering merchant and collector of rarities. Across drafts, he shifted from a helpful eccentric to a stranger figure. Eventually, the plot changed enough, and his role no longer served the final structure. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #Indie #OC #OCSky #OCart #Process
A digital sketch depicting a dragonborn hunchback with many trinkets on his person and a pipe in his right paw. A digital sketch scrapped from the UNSPRING prologue. The sketch depicts a protective circle drawn by the wagon. From the top of the wagon a woman is observing as the caravaneer preparers for nighttime. A digital sketch scrapped from the UNSPRING prologue. The sketch depicts the two protagonists arguing with the caravaneer in the forest.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Gem is a performer, a survivor, and one of Unspring’s central characters. On paper, she is a young actress from the local theatre. In reality, she is far more difficult to classify. #Unspring #Art #SkyArt #ArtSky #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #OC #OCSky #OCart
A digital portrait of a young woman. She has petite features and long blond hair. Her most prominent accessory is a heavy earring ij her right earlobe, a golden ring with a scarlet heart attached. A digital full body drawing of the woman from the previous portrait. She is standing with her hand on hip, a rapier at her side and a long dagger in her hand. Behind her the background is all ink stains resembling creatures with eyes and teeth.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The setting of Unspring, Arcadia, was once a safe haven. To some, it still is. The last corner of the world where ancient magic dwells. But now the place is a pale reflection of itself. #Unspring #Art #SkyArt #ArtSky #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #Industrial #Fae #Lore
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This account shares finished images, but also the process behind them: sketches, old designs, cut scenes, production tests, and choices that shaped the story. #Unspring #Art #SkyArt #ArtSky #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #Fae #OC #OCSky #OCArt
A compilation of many of the concepts made for UNSPRING, some of them recent and up-to-date with the project, some unused and abandoned in development
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Our project is built around still cinematic moments: each image has to advance the story, carry the atmosphere and instill a sense that the world continues beyond the borders of the shot. #Unspring #Art #SkyArt #ArtSky #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #OC #OCSky #OCart
A digital frame from UNSPRING prologue depicting one of the protagonists, a young redhaired man in a white coat, traveling via a crowded tram. Sunlight is pouring through the windows as vehicles pass by. The text at the bottom of the frame reads: "Public transport it is. How... Uncomfortable. But how exciting! His first — if short, — adventure."
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our aim is to create frames with enough consistency to support a long-form narrative, while keeping the production realistic for a small independent team. #Unspring #Art #ArtSky #SkyArt #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #OC #OCSky #OCart #Process
A black and white digital sketch for one of the frames from  UNSPRING prologue featuring two of the three protagonists in a heated discussion
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Many characters, scenes, and designs were transformed during development — not because they were failures, but because through them being changed the story found its shape. #Unspring #Art #SkyArt #ArtSky #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #Fairy
A collage depicting a digitally painted fantasy city on the left and an industrial one on the right. It shows how one of the central locations of Unspring (as well as the art style) transformed in development.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The characters of Unspring did not intend to go on an adventure. But they met each other anyway. #Unspring #Art #SkyArt #ArtSky #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #Fairy #OC #OCSky #OCart #Adventure
A digital frame from UNSPRING prologue featuring a trio of characters escaping through the gates of the city in a stolen car. The characters are: a dark-skinned man with dreadlocks and pointy ears, in colorful clothing, at the steering wheel, a short blond woman frightened behind him and a young redhead in a white coat peering out of the window in the back. The three are about to hit some guards, who are rushing out of their way to the sides of the frame. The text at the bottom of the frame reads: "Char: Hey! Outta the way, suckers!"
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The story of Unspring explores responsibility, violence, denial. What is the cost of trying to control what should have been understood? #Unspring #Sketch #Traditional #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Fairy #Fae
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Frame by frame, the project comes to life through writing, illustration, music, and production experimentation. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #OC #OCSky #OCart #Process
A digital frame from UNSPRING prologue showing a building on the outskirts of the city. The floor below the top one bears a mark, For Rent, and a graffiti saying Cursed in all caps, while the floor below that looks completely abandoned. The top floor has light on, as if waiting for someone. The text at the bottom of the frame reads, What did that calling card say, again? "Brystle Rue, 12. Top floor", in harsh, jagged letters.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This account shares glimpses of the finished story, visual development, worldbuilding, and behind-the-scenes process of UNSPRING. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #Fairy #OC #OCSkyl
A digital frame from UNSPRING prologue showing a character in front of a bulletin board with newspaper cutouts connected by a red string. The character — a man with pointy ears and dark hair, dressed in red — is holding a strange whistle in his left hand. The text at the bottom of the frame reads: "BYRNARD: None of you understand the importance of what I'm doing here!" A digital frame from UNSPRING prologue showing two characters in a cluttered room. One — a young man with red hair, dressed in a white coat, — is sitting at the table. The other, a man from the previous frame, is standing by a crate beside a bulletin board with a paper in his right hand, his left on his hip. The text at the bottom of the frame reads: "BYRNARD: It's a taxing mission to uncover an artifact, not a pleasure walk, for God's sake."
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
3D blockouts, photogrammetry and asset references, paintover, illustration, and subtle motion design — everything used to create cinematic atmospheric frames of UNSPRING. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #OC #OCSky #OCart #Process
A set of three images that shows the process of creating an UNSPRING frame from the prologue, from a mock-up in Blender to the final version
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Not every idea enters into the final version of UNSPRING. But all of them leave traces. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #Fairy #OC #OCSky #OCart #Process #Ideas
A digital painted frame fired from UNSPRING. The frame depicts four characters: a wolf, a little girl with a mess of curls, a tall man with dark skin and dreadlocks, and a blonde with a bow. In the distance, a vagon is driving away, leaving the group on the road. The day is bright. A compilation of everything fired from UNSPRING. The white text over the collage reads, "YES We tried everything (and that's not even all of them)"
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
UNSPRING begins with a runaway actress, a dying noble who refuses the diagnosis, and a professional adventurer who was literally shipped into the plot inside a crate. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #Fairy #OC #OCSky
A cropped part of a frame from UNSPRING prologue showing three of the protagonists: a blonde woman in the foreground, her expression pleading, and two others behind her, a serious looking dark-skinned man in colorful clothing and a redhead in a white coat.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
At the center of the world stands a city built on progress and control. A city surrounded by forests and forces that do not accept human ownership of the world. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #WorldBuilding #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #Fairy
A digital frame from UNSPRING prologue that shows part of the city, a crowded street and a tram station. In the foreground on the right stands one of the UNSPRING protagonists, Joelle, a young redhead in a white coat. The text at the bottom of the frame reads, "A foray into the world that doesn't know of him yet — and blissfully doesn't care."
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This project is built slowly, not by a studio-scale machine. It is a personal work shaped by craft, persistence, and the desire to make a story with its own pulse. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #WorldBuilding #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity
A frame from UNSPRING prologue showing a table littered with papers. A note, a request, a letter, a map, over which lies a bloody dagger. Beside the mess lies an open purse with a few coins. The text at the bottom of the frame is italicized and it reads, "He knows he can't mess this up. Too much is at stake, too much left to loose. He has to hurry."
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
UNSPRING follows three characters through a world where magic, technology, old fairy power, and human ambition have grown dangerously entangled. This account shows the process, a world built frame by frame. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity
A digital frame from UNSPRING prologue showing a tram moving through the less populated, more industrial part of the city. The person standing in the team door is one of the UNSPRING protagonists, Joelle, a young redhead in a white coat. The text at the bottom of the frame reads, "The buzz of the City is replaced by the metallic rhythm of factories, the clanking that ever seeks to spread."
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Unspring is built through a hybrid pipeline designed for cinematic storytelling on an indie scale. The goal is to make the world feel tangible. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #WorldBuilding #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Process
A screenshot that shows the scale of work that goes into one scene of UNSPRING
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Some things were cut from the script, not from the history of the project. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #WorldBuilding #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Process
A retired frame from UNSPRING prologue, showing a deserted street on the outskirts of the city. The text at the bottom of the image reads: "FADE IN: EXT. A moderately safe neighborhood — the bells have just tolled sunrise."
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Stories usually begin with characters choosing adventure. But the protagonists of Unspring had no choice. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #Fairy #OC #OCSky
A digital frame from UNSPRING featuring a trio of characters standing on the city outskirts in front of a large box. The characters are: a young redhead in a white coat, a dark-skinned man with dreads and pointy ears, in colorful clothing, and a short blond woman attaching a sword to her belt.
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A world of industry, fairy power, and consequences long deferred. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #WorldBuilding #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity #Industrial #Fairy #Magic
A digital drawing depicting two versions of the same redhead character, male and female, surrounded by white moths. The male version has his hair in a ponytail and is dressed in a while coat. The female version has her hair loose. She's dressed in a blouse, a vest and a skirt. Her eyes are glowing as she's summoning fire
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Original worlds still matter. #Unspring #Art #ArtistOnBluesky #OriginalWorld #WorldBuilding #OriginalStory #Indie #WritingCommunity
A digital drawing depicting a fey figure with purple wings and four arms. Their face resembles a mask, but it is their true face
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UNSPRING @unspring.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
UNSPRING is a cinematic novel. "A movie you can read, a book you can watch." Widescreen frames, prose, sound. Two-person team. Story set in Arcadia, where spring just can't seem to come. This is the project's home.
A digital frame from UNSPRING showing a young redhead in a beige coat exiting into the city, foggy and unwelcoming. The text at the bottom of the frame reads: "A gloomy morning. This doesn't bode well."
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