The Character Consultancy

Hi! My name's Hayley. I help with character psychological development, worldbuilding, and upload my art here.

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Tech Monday - Tech in Buildings

Buildings require various technologies to make. Perhaps that technology is rather simple. Or perhaps, you have some more demanding skyscrapers, arcologies, or floating cities in your story. Perhaps your people use tardis technology to give themselves more space than first appears. What technology is used to make the living spaces of your world?

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Woods in the Evening

One of my longer works, I wanted to draw something panoramic for this! 

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Woods in the Evening - Preview 3

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Woods in the Evening - Preview 2

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Woods in the Evening - Preview 1

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Creature Friday - Echolocation

This week we're interested in sonar: the echolocation ability used by bats, shrews, and some cave-dwelling birds, and of course, whales, dolphins, and porpoises. It's useful for everything from hunting to navigation. Do you have any species in your world that use sonar? What are they?

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Worldbuilding Wednesday - Introduce Your World!

Introduce your world today! Yep, that's it, nothing more, nothing less. It's simple one this week!

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Culture Tuesday - Broken Things

Broken things can carry connotations beyond the practicalities. People with scars or badly-healed bones may seem threatening - or they may be glorified as fearless warriors. A civilisation that favours throwaway or single use culture may develop a disdain for any signs of wear and tear. Perhaps a society demonstrates care to objects as well as for people. What happens regarding breakage in your world?

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Tech Monday - Tech in Policing

The police of your world have a job to do, and depending on the general level of technology used in your world - or perhaps, whatever's the most cutting-edge tech available to civilians - they have to remain effective. What technology do they use?

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Wonky Walnuts

A woodland of walnuts, and they've grown all wonky! I enjoy drawing uplifting scenes like this, and I took some extra time out to draw smaller plants in the foreground. I'm sure I can do better in future works, but for now - enjoy!

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Wonky Walnuts - Preview 3

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Wonky Walnuts - Preview 2

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Wonky Walnuts - Preview 1

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Creature Friday - Seasonal Plants and Animals

The seasons bring all sorts of gluts and short-term experiences: for example, more apples than we can hope to eat, and the joy of walking through the cherry blossoms. It's not all feel-good stuff though. Hot and dry weather can make grasshoppers change into locusts, and very few of us want that; in some parts of the world, ants grow wings and fly when they sense a storm coming. What seasonal events happen in the ecosystem of your world?

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Worldbuilding Wednesday - Oceans

Oceans are a fascinating part of any sci-fi or fantasy world. They're a fruitful void: at once a spookily dark and forbidding place, but also a place of great beauty and bounty. You can drown in an ocean, but you can also enjoy a delicious fish supper. What are your oceans like - did you make them simply as ways to keep two countries part, or do you really invest in making your oceans an area to explore in themselves? Do you have mythical oceanic monsters such as mermaids or kraken? Do you have whirlpools or subterranean oceans? Tell us about them!

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Culture Tuesday - Cutlery

Cutlery's great for getting food from your plate into your mouth. It seems a basic thing to say, but not everyone uses it. Some cultures use chopsticks or eat with their hands instead. Different forms of cutlery can have cultural quirks: upmarket dinner parties are notorious for dinner settings with several knives that are meant to be used with specific courses. Some etiquette rules around chopsticks are designed to avoid connotations with funerals. Autistic folks will sometimes share in-jokes about favourite spoons, or spoons they really, really don't like. What are the cutlery rules in your world, if any?

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Tech Monday - Pets and Working 'Animals'

Humans like to make their robots approachable, whether we make them into unthreatening-looking humanoids, or something else. A range of rather sweet robot dogs is available to those who want a robotic companion that still hit people in the feels. On the other side of the coin, Bigdog was developed for military use and acts in some ways as a robotic dog. Are there any robot animals in your world?