Fin J J Cattanach
@finjjcattanach.bsky.social
Writer and creative with a passion for storytelling and worldbuilding. Here you'll find stories, illustrations, updates for ongoing projects, and more. Welcome.
Been working on a TTRPG campaign recently, based on @rtalsoriangames.bsky.social's Cyberpunk RED system. It's been a lot of fun (and also part of the reason I haven't gotten around to posting in a while lol). This is one of the recent posters I put together. More artwork coming soon hopefully.
September 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Been working on a TTRPG campaign recently, based on @rtalsoriangames.bsky.social's Cyberpunk RED system. It's been a lot of fun (and also part of the reason I haven't gotten around to posting in a while lol). This is one of the recent posters I put together. More artwork coming soon hopefully.
Worldbuilding for the cool ass dragon in the previous post
July 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Worldbuilding for the cool ass dragon in the previous post
This one was a lot of fun to draw, even if it took a while. Lore post to follow.
July 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This one was a lot of fun to draw, even if it took a while. Lore post to follow.
New (short) short story. Can't quite remember what inspired this one? I do remember writing it's first draft in a haze before falling asleep though - which is always a sign of quality in my mind. #writing #mywords #shortstory
July 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
New (short) short story. Can't quite remember what inspired this one? I do remember writing it's first draft in a haze before falling asleep though - which is always a sign of quality in my mind. #writing #mywords #shortstory
Went back and forth on posting this one. As much as grief hurts though, I want to celebrate her life, too.
Taz was a special cat, with an abnormally melodic purr, and a gentle love that held me steady through both hard and happy times. Though the pain will fade, her memory will endure forever.
Taz was a special cat, with an abnormally melodic purr, and a gentle love that held me steady through both hard and happy times. Though the pain will fade, her memory will endure forever.
June 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Went back and forth on posting this one. As much as grief hurts though, I want to celebrate her life, too.
Taz was a special cat, with an abnormally melodic purr, and a gentle love that held me steady through both hard and happy times. Though the pain will fade, her memory will endure forever.
Taz was a special cat, with an abnormally melodic purr, and a gentle love that held me steady through both hard and happy times. Though the pain will fade, her memory will endure forever.
I've been working on a slightly more esoteric section of the novel recently, and it's led me back to thinking about how Aigia interacts with the past that it does not know. Seemed like a good opportunity to play around with some light horror themes again. #writing #shortstory #horror
June 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I've been working on a slightly more esoteric section of the novel recently, and it's led me back to thinking about how Aigia interacts with the past that it does not know. Seemed like a good opportunity to play around with some light horror themes again. #writing #shortstory #horror
(2/2) Drawing them again after so long, and revisiting their history felt a little like printing words onto a mirror that still held a lingering impression of the past, overlaid onto present. It was an enjoyable week of work. #writng #worldbuilding #mountains
June 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
(2/2) Drawing them again after so long, and revisiting their history felt a little like printing words onto a mirror that still held a lingering impression of the past, overlaid onto present. It was an enjoyable week of work. #writng #worldbuilding #mountains
(1/2) Might be a new favourite piece of mine. The Crystal Mountains are one of the earliest pieces of worldbuilding I created, and fittingly, one of the few features to change little in a sea of rewrites and redesigns. #writing #worldbuilding #mountains
June 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
(1/2) Might be a new favourite piece of mine. The Crystal Mountains are one of the earliest pieces of worldbuilding I created, and fittingly, one of the few features to change little in a sea of rewrites and redesigns. #writing #worldbuilding #mountains
Work in progress for Monday's next worldbuilding post! I feel like I've worked on quite a few different faces behind the scenes recently so it seemed about time to return to some landscapes.
#workinprogress #art #digitalart #drawing #worldbuilding
#workinprogress #art #digitalart #drawing #worldbuilding
June 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Work in progress for Monday's next worldbuilding post! I feel like I've worked on quite a few different faces behind the scenes recently so it seemed about time to return to some landscapes.
#workinprogress #art #digitalart #drawing #worldbuilding
#workinprogress #art #digitalart #drawing #worldbuilding
It's a nice feeling when inspiration strikes out of nowhere - for this piece, it was trying to steal a glance at a field from behind a dense treeline that triggered thoughts about some of the denser and darker forests that inhabit the quiet corners of Aigia. #shortstory #writing
May 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It's a nice feeling when inspiration strikes out of nowhere - for this piece, it was trying to steal a glance at a field from behind a dense treeline that triggered thoughts about some of the denser and darker forests that inhabit the quiet corners of Aigia. #shortstory #writing
(2/2) Anyway, these couple posts are for a new character, definitely one I'm gonna have to come back to with some short stories at some point. #writing #worldbuilding
May 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
(2/2) Anyway, these couple posts are for a new character, definitely one I'm gonna have to come back to with some short stories at some point. #writing #worldbuilding
(1/2) Trying out a slightly new art style - feel it came out pretty well for a first attempt? #writing #worldbuilding
May 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
(1/2) Trying out a slightly new art style - feel it came out pretty well for a first attempt? #writing #worldbuilding
Been running a bit behind this week, but anyway here's a new monologue piece. #writing #worldbuilding #magic
May 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Been running a bit behind this week, but anyway here's a new monologue piece. #writing #worldbuilding #magic
(2/2) Last couple pages on Royal Crested Drakeflies. Definitely need to bring together some more worldbuilding pieces on the unique species in Aigia. #writing #worldbuilding #insects
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
(2/2) Last couple pages on Royal Crested Drakeflies. Definitely need to bring together some more worldbuilding pieces on the unique species in Aigia. #writing #worldbuilding #insects
(1/2) New creature for this post. Inspired, fairly apparently by dragonflies! #writing #worldbuilding #insects
April 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
(1/2) New creature for this post. Inspired, fairly apparently by dragonflies! #writing #worldbuilding #insects
New short piece with some horror vibes. I'd love to try my hand at making a few more pieces with this kind of atmosphere to them. #writing #shortsotry #horror
April 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New short piece with some horror vibes. I'd love to try my hand at making a few more pieces with this kind of atmosphere to them. #writing #shortsotry #horror
(2/2) Final worldbuilding page for Gildranost. Thinking I might take a look at some ecology and wildlife next week?
April 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
(2/2) Final worldbuilding page for Gildranost. Thinking I might take a look at some ecology and wildlife next week?
(1/2) Took a week off due to being sick, but I'm back with another new post - this time taking a look at another city, Gildranost. #writing #worldbuilding #cities
April 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
(1/2) Took a week off due to being sick, but I'm back with another new post - this time taking a look at another city, Gildranost. #writing #worldbuilding #cities
(2/2) And here's the other half of today's Havenbourn post! It's one of my favourite locations I've developed to date, and I look forward to putting together some more short stories on it, among other things, in the near future #writing #worldbuilding #cities
April 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
(2/2) And here's the other half of today's Havenbourn post! It's one of my favourite locations I've developed to date, and I look forward to putting together some more short stories on it, among other things, in the near future #writing #worldbuilding #cities
(1/2) Time for some citybuilding lore! Havenbourn is among the most important locations in Aigia to date, and a cornerstone of my storytelling, so it seemed like a good place to start. #writing #worldbuilding #cities
April 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
(1/2) Time for some citybuilding lore! Havenbourn is among the most important locations in Aigia to date, and a cornerstone of my storytelling, so it seemed like a good place to start. #writing #worldbuilding #cities
Seem to be on a role with short but poignant pieces recently. Today's follows a character's final journey as they attempt to recapture the magic of a truly peaceful moment. #writing #mywords #shortstory
April 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Seem to be on a role with short but poignant pieces recently. Today's follows a character's final journey as they attempt to recapture the magic of a truly peaceful moment. #writing #mywords #shortstory
A slightly older short scene for today, following the evening of two archaeologists as they prepare to strike out in search of a lost monument of their world's history. #writing #worldbuilding #archaeology
April 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A slightly older short scene for today, following the evening of two archaeologists as they prepare to strike out in search of a lost monument of their world's history. #writing #worldbuilding #archaeology
(2/2) aaand the final slide. I'll have to go back and update some older pieces a little later on with the slides that they're missing! But for now this wraps up the basics of robots in Aigia. #writing #worldbuilding #robotics
March 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
(2/2) aaand the final slide. I'll have to go back and update some older pieces a little later on with the slides that they're missing! But for now this wraps up the basics of robots in Aigia. #writing #worldbuilding #robotics
(1/2) Time for a kinda follow-up to the other week's piece on cybernetics, split across two since it took me this long to realise I can only fit four images at a time onto a post 😅. #writing #worldbuilding #robotics
March 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
(1/2) Time for a kinda follow-up to the other week's piece on cybernetics, split across two since it took me this long to realise I can only fit four images at a time onto a post 😅. #writing #worldbuilding #robotics