#emile friant

[psikonauti]

Émile Friant (French,1863-1932)

Voyage a l'infini, 1899

Oil on canvas  

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Notes: World-building Questions

How long has your world existed?

How many major cultures exist in your world? (You can answer the following questions for each of them!)

How did your world originate? Do the people who inhabit this world/culture have a creation myth, or a scientific explanation for how it came to be?

If your world/culture has religion, is there one main religion, or many religions? Are the main religions of your world monotheistic or pantheistic?

What resources are in your world/culture? What are the imports/exports? Which resources are rare and valuable, and which are necessary or common?

What are some important historic events in your world/culture? How did they contribute to the geographic or social structures that exist in your world’s present day?

What holidays does your world/culture celebrate?

What is considered a curse word in your world/culture? What is considered sacred, and what is considered profane?

What is the geography and climate of your world/culture?

What are the distances between important places in your world? Draw a map if you want to!

What is the structure of your world’s/culture’s government? Are they at peace or in conflict with neighboring worlds/cultures?

What language(s) do your characters speak? Is language ever a barrier to communication?

What are some of the main dishes the people in your world/culture eat? Where does the food come from, and how is it prepared?

What are the limitations of power, energy, or magic in your world/culture?

What kinds of objects or ideas are familiar to the people of your world/culture? What kind of objects or ideas are strange or outlandish to them? Note: the answers to this might vary depending on the culture your various characters (and readers) come from! What’s familiar to you or your main character might be wildly unfamiliar to someone else. 

What are some details you can use from real-world places that are similar to your story world to make it feel more believable? (Think concrete: Sights, sounds, tastes, smells, textures)

How does your main character feel about the world/culture they grew up in? 

What does your main character’s home look like? You can describe their room, their house, their neighborhood, their city.

Does your main character most often interact with people who share their experiences, worldview, and upbringing, or do they most often interact with people from very different cultures and life experiences from themselves? What are some of those similarities or differences?

Where does your main character fit into the class/social status of your world/culture? What are some specific things about their location or appearance that indicate wealth, status, profession, etc.?

Source

[lionofchaeronea]

Voyage to the Infinite, Émile Friant, 1899

[justineportraits]

Emile Friant Painter and Model 1901

[dwellsinparadise]

"The Familiar Birds"

Émile Friant (1921)

[literaryvein]

L. V., i found this poem on the headstone of a 9-year-old girl

[guy60660]

Emile Friant

[portraituresque]

Emile Friant - 1878 - Self portrait aged 15

[richwall101]

'Boys Wrestling' by Emile Friant (French) 1889 Original Title 'La Lutte' 180cm x 114cm Oil on canvas (Emile Friant 1863-1932)

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Émile Friant (French, 1863-1932) La Toussaint (All Saints' Day), 1888 Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, France

[mrdirtybear]

'Some Rest (detail)' by French Naturalist painter, illustrator, sculptor, and engraver, Emile Friant (1863-1932).

[psikonauti]

Émile Friant (French,1863-1932)

Self-portrait reading in the studio

Oil on canvas  

[ponctuel]

Emile Friant, La lutte (1889)

[quo-usque-tandem]

Memories by Emile Friant

[justineportraits]

Emile Friant Portrait de Madame Gustave Paul

[kafkaesquebibliomaniac]

_The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald_

(Artwork by Émile Friant.)