Something had always annoyed me in the 3D world, in particular the world of female characters and in a way there is a strange irony to it for me, the thing that annoys me so, is the lack of diversity of shape and size in female characters, of course the irony being that Evelyn and Fae were both originally designed because of my frustration with exactly that scenario in the world of miniature figures for painting. Of course that frustration lead to me learning to 3D model characters and then through a strange series of events would lead me to discover that I am an author. That situation still frustrates me, the thing is that I understand why the vast majority of female characters are generally perfect pin-up, sleek and slender kind of girls, after all I guess they are more saleable and if your business is to sell characters on mass, then it makes sense to sell a more desired or saleable iteration. But that doesn't make it right? Last year I decided to start attempting to do something about that situation, modelling new characters designed to be different, with curves, blemishes and flaws etc, I guess to be more lifelike? Of course at the time I didn't know that in January of 2024 I would go on a 3 month rampage designing two new worlds, filled with new characters and stories to tell, so these characters got sidelined to focus on bringing those new worlds into being. Every year since starting this 3D and written adventure in 2020 I have put out a story of some kind, last year of course I published the entirety of The Promise, my first attempt at a much shorter format book. This year of course I have yet to do so, mainly because Life Downside Up finally was released and in the background I am now writing a further four books, all at the same time. So mentally I don't have much mental space to start writing a story or at least not a story with the kind of depth that I tend to write. Yet I still would like to do something? I have been working on some new characters in the background and most of them have been sidelined to allow me to actively weave tales of my four books, but that gave me an idea. They always say that "An image speaks a thousand words" So why don't we see if that is true? This situation gave me an idea for a different kind of story, a silent story, a story told purely with images and no direct narrative, the hope being that people can follow along and hopefully make sense of the story and maybe it makes this story a little more directly relevant to them. The story will feature Carrie, a new character and will be told under the heading Carrie and the Tropical Shield. If you are interested in seeing that, by all means let me know.