Unegen's role as a shaman stemmed from our interest in characters that learn and grow in a story.

When Sam and I were in our early world-building and concepting phase, I'd often bring up examples from one of my favourite book series, The Wheel Of Time written by Robert Jordan.

Bob Iger is the ex-Disney CEO who led the acquisitions of Pixar, Lucas Film, Marvel and part of 21st Century Fox, his book provides lessons on business leadership and human relationships.

During the Christmas break, I was gifted Hayao Miyazaki's "Starting Point", a series of his lectures and essays outlining his philosophy and practical approach to animation.

"The Poppy War" (2018), written by R.F. Kuang, explores the brutal impact of warfare on the everyday person, something that many fantasy novels have overlooked in their attempts to romanticise and glorify battle.

Off the back of our last post, I thought I'd discuss our latest obsession - "Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress" (2016).

I realised we haven't posted an update on where the series is currently at, so here it goes!

Damien and I were having a laugh at how many characters never made it to the current stage of our series, Unegen: The Burning Tree.

Identifying which style of animation we want to go with for Unegen: The Burning Tree has been one of the more elusive challenges we've had in its creation.

This is a continuation of the Unegen Origins blog post if you would like a little more context read this post.

A discussion of our series, Unegen: The Burning Tree, isn't complete without mentioning our trip to Mongolia in 2016.

We've taken a lot of time to develop the storyline for our series; Unegen: The Burning Tree and it is arguably still evolving.

I recently finished reading Frank Herbert's Dune, book one. After unsuccessfully avoiding Denis Villeneuve's Dune trailer for fear of spoilers, I picked up the 1965 novel, mimicking thousands of others looking to equip themselves before the film comes out.

There are various strategies to writing screenplays. All of which are valuable depending on what phase in the process you are in.

This series has changed massively throughout its development. Not only its story and characters but the format itself.

We're aiming for a post a day to get into the habit of writing each morning.