#Hunters Unlucky

[ikrutt]

Counting Sheep, 2024

Mousara the sheep herder dreams of joining the wooly cuddle pile. Artfight attack on @peculiurperennial of their lowland curb character.

[gallusgalluss]

been reading Hunters Unlucky n I've been loving it so far. Here's a Storm.

[vveedwacker]

CURB for artfight!!

Curbs are from the series Hunters Unlucky!!

[skulldog]

#artfight attack on @ibenkrutt

featuring an imagining of the curb species from Abigail Hilton's Hunters Unlucky series.

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[alhilton]

Legacy Hardbacks are now in my signed bookstore

Cover art by @ikrutt Design, maps, logos and interior silhouettes by Jeff McDowall Size chart, species illos, and some other interior elements by Sarah Cloutier Available in ebook, audiobook, paperback, and hardback :) The hardbacks are so pretty with some extra silhouette art. Iben's covers are spectacular. There's another novella sitting on my Patreon in draft.

[snippit-crickit]

Some of the last artfight stuff before i leave for vacation again Crazy stunt rabbit for AniMio

Buncha smart cookie thylacines for IbenKrutt

An undercover fashion police officer for Falconidays

Lackadaisy oc for E1GHTHWONDER

[peculiurperennial]

A real scene that actually happened in Arcove's Bright Side.

Trust me.

[elliejaybird]

Arcove Again

[nineslugs]

Currently re-reading Hunters Unlucky to refresh my memory before reading Legacy and wanted to draw a ferryshaft. I tried to draw one the first time I read the book, but it never quite turned out how I like.

With their omnivorous lifestyle, sharp teeth and hooves I imagine them as having evolved from something like Indohyus that re-evolved a land dwelling lifestyle instead of becoming fully aquatic. Since I can never help myself when it comes to thinking about this sort of thing while reading.

I really like these books! They are well paced, well thought out examples of xenofiction and I heavily recommend them to both newcomers and fans of the genre.

The Hunters universe belongs to @alhilton !

[ashanimus]

Xenofiction Fans: Read Hunters Unlucky

Xenofiction fandom is really stagnant--I think that as impressive as some of the like, warrior cats and wings of fire animations I've seen out there are really impressive I really wish there were other titles that came to the attention of so many talented and energetic people! There's so much creative xeno out there, from the older titles that inspired modern ones, to the modern ones geared more towards adults like Abigail Hilton's "Hunters Unlucky" universe.

i especially like the latter because of how fannish they are, in the BEST way possible. It's one of the coolest combinations of technical skill, lush creativity and the fannish self indulgence that make me really really happy. Its a xenofictional epic with fantasy species and dense with complicated feelings, relationships and emotional processes that are IN the text rather than extrapolated from.

I also have found these books in particular challenging because things aren't drawn in terms of heavy black and white, and the conflict of old generation vs younger ones and the million little well meaning steps that it takes to get to a miserable status quo is REALLY fascinating.

I will add that while the title novel and the follow up are friendly for all that these books are significantly more adult in terms of the themes and content discussed usually described in the genre, especially lately. They're also quite a bit more explicitly LGBT, but perhaps not in the way one might think reading that sentence.

This is a bit of a crap review tbh and I'd like to do something a bit more thought out but I have a lot of feelings and really want people to experience something new, challenging and ultimately really inspiring. I've been turning these stories over in my head like rotisserie chickens.

[swordsandspectacles]

A late-night self indulgent bit of doodling-!

I’ve wanted to do Hunters Unlucky fanart since like… god I think I read the books first in May?

So here we have the start of something I’m hoping to finish.

This was meant to be Storm and Halvery but I think it’s more Charder and Roup, proportions wise. Of course, digital art, easily fixed etc etc…

I discovered that I should have checked the height chart sooner, also. Ferryshaft are taller than I thought, and creasia hold their heads far more upright. So there’s a lot of anatomical fussing to be donw because I destroyed that poor creasia’s chest fixing the head position.

Id assumed the creasia were very heavy around. The shoulders and sort of ‘downhill’ with slightly shorter hind legs (which I will draw some time), it was pretty interesting to see how my interpretation had veered off into a funny direction.

Happy with my Ferryshaft though, and with the relative paces they’re both at. Two steps for the Ferryshaft for every single creasia step- initially I was going to try and make it like… ⅔ of the creasia walk cycle to the two Ferryshaft steps but… I’m not going to think that hard about it this late at night.

Hoping to at minimum clean this up, might even assign it proper characters and colour it, hopefully soon!

[ikrutt]

Animal Shapes, 2024

Monbreir hunting for birds in the moonlight. Artfight attack on @vveedwacker of their ferryshaft character.

[mumbleberry]

Started reading Hunters Unlucky today and I am HOOKED!! I'd chew through this whole series in one sitting if I could

[alatoartsalot]

This little curb puppy was drawn for artfight!

[bookshelfpassageway]

In an ideal world I would have posted this with much more heads-up, but today I was suddenly seized with the vision of making an October art challenge for the indie xenofiction book series Hunters Unlucky, and I'd been looking for a good prompt set for myself anyway.

As with all October art challenges, all mediums and interpretations of the prompts are valid, and the outline is really more of a suggestion than anything. Do as much or as little as you please, and rearrange to your heart's content.

Credit to user ibenkrutt for giving me some of the prompts here.

[alhilton]

My position on Fan Fiction/ Fan-Make

I've been goaded into actually formulating a policy about this, due to actually finding fan fiction of my work. This is a good problem to have! My policy, here goes -

I firmly believe that fan-creations are a sign of health for any artistic property. I am always flattered when people want to spend extra time in my world and with my characters. There are a few pitfalls here, however, and authors have different ways of addressing them. Here are mine:

Visual Fan Artwork

I am generally delighted by visual fan art (images, dolls, cross-stitch, sculpture, etc) as long as you state clearly in the description where the world and/or characters came from and you’re not trying to sell it without a license. I enthusiastically share fan art when I find it. You do not need a license from me to make non-commercial, appropriately-attributed visual fan art.

Fan Fiction

Text-based fan fiction is a stickier subject. I am not interested in writing in a shared world. My canon is off-limits until I am dead. When my work is in the public domain, knock yourselves out!

Legally, best-practice is for me to pretend not to see fan fiction. I admit that I don’t always do this. However, I am nervous about interacting with fan fiction or linking to it because it is a legal mine-field. I do not want to lose control of my copyrights. (That is my main fear – not that you’ll make money on my work, but that I will lose control of my copyrights.)

Bottom line: if you want me to feel really free to interact with your fan fic and share it with my audience, you need to get a license from me. That license will give you legal permission to create “derivative works.” The license will also say that anything I create that is influenced by your fan fiction is mine alone and I do not owe you money or credit for any ideals that may pop up in my own canon creations due to reading your fan fiction.

If you obtain such a license from me, you are street-legal. This said, I do not promise to read fan fiction, even if you license it. I do not promise to critique it or give writing advice. Fan fiction is a gift to other fans, not to me.

Monetized Fan Creations (here’s where I really differ from other authors)

I am quite tolerant of fans making money in my world as long as you get a license from me first. I’m probably not going to give you a license for text-based stories to be published on retailers. Those have potential to confuse my readers. However, I will happily give you a license for many other kinds of monetized fan creations, including text-based stories in some forms. Unless you are a company, I’m probably not going to ask you for royalties. You can keep whatever you make, and I will happily link your work to my audience.

Examples:

You can sell commissioned artwork of my characters to other fans.

You can sell artwork of my characters printed on merch in places like Red Bubble (t-shirts, mugs, calendars, mousepads, etc).

You can make monetized pod-fic as long as it’s not on retailers and it’s clearly labeled as a non-canon fan-creation.

You can share your stories or art of my world and characters behind a paywall or on a site with advertising as long as it’s properly labeled and my own content is linked.

You can make a game based on my world. (If you are a company or a large kick-starter-backed endeavor, I will ask for royalties, but I’ll be reasonable).

You can make a D&D manual (OMG, please make a D&D manual. I get so many requests for this. I have no interested in making a D&D manual, but I will share yours and you can keep all the money…unless you are a gaming company or a large endeavor with backers, in which case I will want royalties, but I will be reasonable.)

The things you can do are practically limitless. I don’t have time to pursue all the good ideas myself! I just ask that you get a license from me first and link your source material (my books). Email me: abigail.hilton@pavoninebooks.com

If you would like to listen to me talk about this topic at length, you can listen to this podcast episode, recorded 8/31/2024.