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Story & Artwork: Late-Night Bath (Fanfiction)

A new story has been added. The cover art can be found in the Artwork section.

Late-Night Bath

Late-Night Bath - Cover

Story & Artwork: The Castle Job (Fanfiction)

A new story has been added. The cover art can be found in the Artwork section.

The Castle Job

The Castle Job - Cover

Artwork: Winsome Falls

There is a new image in the "Artwork" section. Created with Blender 4.2 and GIMP 2.10.

Winsome Falls

Story & Artwork: Shadow of Sunset (Fanfiction)

A new story has been added. The cover art can be found in the Artwork section.

Shadow of Sunset

Shadow of Sunset - Cover

Artwork: Secrets of the Stars - 7: Pumping Station

There is a new image in the "Artwork" section. Created with Blender 4.2.

Secrets of the Stars – 7: Pumping Station

Anniversary: 6 years of Galcedion

Hello dear reader! I’ve been around for six years now. As usual I’ll take a look back at the past year and say some things about future works.

In the past year I begun to extend my knowledge both in realms of IT as well as deep space. Unfortunately quite a few obstacles were put in my path, making the whole thing rather unpleasant. However, I found a solution and have taken appropriate measures. So I hope it will get better in the future and I have the necessary space for my development.

In the past year I published nine 3D artworks, which is an improvement at least by numbers. The “Secrets of the Stars” series made a lot of progress and will be completed soon.
I also published four short stories (or additional parts of existing stories). And I finished some programming projects. All in all a quite productive year, despite all the difficulties.

For the coming year I plan to finish “Secrets of the Stars”. I know I’ve been promising that for a while, but the final scene is in progress and should be finished next month. Afterwards there will be a short comic as a conclusion.
Then I’m tackling some programming projects as well as some short stories. I want to write in themes and genres that are not in my usual focus. The first of these was published today.

Thank you to all who are still passing by or are here for the first time! ヽ(͡◕ ͜ʖ ͡◕)ﾉ

Galcedion

Story & Artwork: Substitute Mail Gryphon (Fanfiction)

A new story has been added. The cover art can be found in the Artwork section.

Substitute Mail Gryphon

Substitute Mail Gryphon - Cover

Artwork: Secrets of the Stars - 6: Portal

There is a new image in the "Artwork" section. Created with Blender 4.2.

Secrets of the Stars – 6: Portal

Story & Artwork: The Quiet City

A new story has been added. The cover art can be found in the Artwork section.

The Quiet City

The Quiet City - Cover

Artwork: Secrets of the Stars - 5: Beacon

There is a new image in the "Artwork" section. Created with Blender 4.2.

Secrets of the Stars – 5: Beacon

Sum up: 2025

Hello everyone! And another year has passed. This year I published six new artworks and two short stories. Also some coding projects like the overhaul of my website.
In the background I began reworking my writing project “The Day of the Daemon”. Since the first version has more than 50,000 words, I decided to turn it into a novel. I’m aiming for 70 to 80,000 words. This will be a long-term work that won’t be finished next year.

What are my plans for the coming year?
The artworks of the “Secrets of the Stars” series will be finished (this time for real). There will be another three or four artworks for the series. The next part should be ready next week.
I want to increase the horror elements for “The Day of the Daemon”. Since I don’t have much experience in that area, I’m going to exercise with some short stories. The first of these exercises is almost done and will be released soon. Also there are still some older short stories that I have to translate.
In regards of coding I want to get familiar with some fields that are new (for me). In the future I want to work on some more complex projects, too. Let's see how far I come next year.
I began preparations for a new game to speedrun, but unfortunately I had no time to do more.

I wish you all a Happy New Year 2026!
Galcedion

Story & Artwork: The Eternal Cathedral

A new story has been added. The cover art can be found in the Artwork section.

The Eternal Cathedral

The Eternal Cathedral - Cover

Artwork: 24 hour challenge: Strange Facility

There is a new image in the "Artwork" section. Created with Blender 4.2.

24 hour challenge: Strange Facility

Artwork: Secrets of the Stars - 4: Sky Islands

There is a new image in the "Artwork" section. Created with Blender 4.2.

Secrets of the Stars – 4: Sky Islands

Artwork: Summer Store

There is a new image in the "Artwork" section. Created with Blender 4.2.

Summer Store

Code: MediaWiki Category

A new browser AddOn for Firefox has been released! Read more about it here: MediaWiki Category

You can install the AddOn here: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/mediawiki-category/

Story: A Strange Night #2

There is a second part of "A Strange Night". I wonder what happens this time to Frank.

A Strange Night #2

Artwork: Secrets of the Stars - 3: Spaceport

There is a new image in the "Artwork" section. Created with Blender 4.2.

Secrets of the Stars – 3: Spaceport

Code: CategoryTagSearch & Custom Progress Bars

Two more Joomla extensions are now available. A Module to search articles in a category and a Module to display your own progress bars.
CategoryTagSearch: https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/search-a-indexing/tags-a-clouds/categorytagsearch/
Custom Progress Bars: https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/style-a-design/custom-progress-bars/

Anniversary: 5 years of Galcedion

Hello dear reader! It’s already five years that I’m around, a pretty long time. So I want to look back a bit further than usual.

At the end of last year I finished my training as a certified IT Systems Manager. After my training as an IT specialist (which I finished in the beginning of Galcedion) this is my second big step in regards of IT. Of course there were many smaller steps in different directions between and after, some of which can be seen here. As of now I don’t plan any further mayor IT qualifications, but I want to get educated in other fields. And of course I’ll continue programming, but more on that later.

Last year I only managed to publish four new 3D artworks, especially the current part of “Secrets of the Stars” cost me a lot of time. I will say more about that when I (hopefully) finish it next month.
All in all I’m at more than 40. Even though the frequency dropped there is a higher quality that I hope to increase further. Just these days I realized once again that I need to improve in regards of “organic” models, especially characters. I pushed this topic back time and again and focused more on environments and structures. After “Secrets of the Stars”, which I plan to finish this year, I will take care of it, if not earlier. Aside from that I have no plans in regards of 3D artworks.

In the past year finished two programming projects (four actually, but two are still waiting for release), my first browser extension and my first extension for Joomla. Recently my workload in this area has increased and I intend to keep it that way. I will improve the existing extensions and develop new ones. I also plan some experimental stuff. In the field of programming I actually plan something bigger, my own web service, but currently I’m missing some of the required knowledge, meaning this is still some years away.

Also last year I published two stories (one short story and a multi-part story), making a total of seven with different lengths. I have some short stories finished and many more ideas waiting to be written. I still have to make a plan on how to proceed in this area. However it is likely that, after publishing a new chapter of an existing short story, I will completely remake another existing story. My novel “Land of Wonders” that I published in the early days of Galcedion, should not be my only one. I wrote down ideas and made preparations while creating “Land of Wonders” and I still do that on some days. But as of now the whole thing is on hold.

Some things unfortunately came too short in the past year. I want to name Speedrunning as an example. It was fun and I hope to set some new times in the not so distant future.
The topic of video game analysis is another one I would like to repeat and I unfortunately had no time for.

To celebrate the occasion I improved the design of my website. Also there is a new, fitting artwork: 5 Years in Space
Thanks to everyone passing by over the years. You are awesome! ヽ(͡◕ ͜ʖ ͡◕)ﾉ

Galcedion

Code: MenuWalk

My first Joomla extension is now available. A Module to navigate a menu from within the page content. You can find the module here: https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/structure-a-navigation/site-navigation/menuwalk/

Sum up: 2024

Hello everyone! Again it is time to look back onto the past year. Five new artworks and a short story. Also I finally published “The Vacation of Others” (working title “crows”) and thanks to a new process on my end I fixed some missing sentences in the translation of “Land of Wonders”. Additionally there was some code, including my first browser extension.
Also this year I finished my 18-month training to become a certified IT Systems Manager, something I’m very proud of.
A side note regarding “The Vacation of Others”: Initially I wanted to create several newspaper pages (as graphic) per chapter, to show the events resonating in the normal world. Unfortunately this fell apart during chapter three. I tried reducing it to an intro and outro page, but this failed as well due to the break in style in chapter three. As compensation I published “The Artifact”.

What about the coming year?
In regards of artworks I’ll continue the “Secrets of the Stars” series and finish it in the coming year.
Then I will implement some of my short story ideas and also extend an existing story.
Currently I’m working on another browser extension with the option on two more after that.
And I should be more active in speedrunning again.

I wish you all a Happy New Year and a great year 2025!
Galcedion

Story & Artwork: The Artifact

A new story has been added. The cover art can be found in the Artwork section.

The Artifact

The Artifact - Cover

Story & Artwork: The Vacation of Others

A new story has been added. The cover art can be found in the Artwork section.

The Vacation of Others

The Vacation of Others - Cover

Code: TableWizard

I released my first browser AddOn for Firefox! Read more about it here: TableWizard

You can install the AddOn here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tablewizard/

Artwork: Life's a beach

There is a new summer themed image in the "Artwork" section. Created with Blender 2.92.

Life's a beach - Cover

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