I feel like Insular Beauty is starting to go on a weird Magic Realist Sci-Fi direction. When I decided it should have a semblance of a plot, I decided that it takes place in a world where a singularity caused animals to evolve extremely rapidly, and now it’s on the cusp of a mysterious second singularity that’s unraveling reality and what everyone thought they knew about it.
The title’s message sounds straightforward, but things in Insular Beauty aren’t always what they appear, and not everything can be sorted into easily recognizable systems and themes. “It’s not that simple.“
The title’s message sounds straightforward, but things in Insular Beauty aren’t always what they appear, and not everything can be sorted into easily recognizable systems and themes. “It’s not that simple.“
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Nice pic, looks good in full view (especially as opposed to the FA thumbnail).
Thinking about the description has made me realize I really should look for more stories dealing with "AI"s and all that; despite an innate appeal to me, I seem to be scared away by an aversion to "the singularity" I think I have gained by mostly seeing it mentioned as part of wildly overconfident predictions of the future (and perhaps by too many humans in otherwise "good" cases). Not saying I think that's the primary focus of this comic(?), though.
Anyhow, that description (including the other part) sounds like it could be interesting. I could probably write a better comment if I wasn't so tired.
Thinking about the description has made me realize I really should look for more stories dealing with "AI"s and all that; despite an innate appeal to me, I seem to be scared away by an aversion to "the singularity" I think I have gained by mostly seeing it mentioned as part of wildly overconfident predictions of the future (and perhaps by too many humans in otherwise "good" cases). Not saying I think that's the primary focus of this comic(?), though.
Anyhow, that description (including the other part) sounds like it could be interesting. I could probably write a better comment if I wasn't so tired.
Yeah, it’s kind of a deep subject matter. I’m still brainstorming about what exactly is the direction I want to go for and how I’m gonna express it, because I don’t want to overcomplicate things. However, a major theme is the dangers of black-and-white thinking.
One of the conflicts I want to try and express in this “story” is that it’s a bad idea to try to rush “progress” when we don’t even know everything about our nature. People who are already struggling with identity are not going to find the idea of abandoning their physical selves appealing at best, or they will suffer unprecedented and unknown consequences at worst.
One of the conflicts I want to try and express in this “story” is that it’s a bad idea to try to rush “progress” when we don’t even know everything about our nature. People who are already struggling with identity are not going to find the idea of abandoning their physical selves appealing at best, or they will suffer unprecedented and unknown consequences at worst.
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