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Artwork created for Hot Water, rendered in a Japanese woodcut-inspired style using AI image generation.
Hot Water
Punta Alta — Darwin Timestream
WILBUR HOT SPRINGS — EVENING / DAWN
THE CALL
BEAR VALLEY
THE CORRESPONDENCE
THE BRIDGE
THE CONVERGENCE
Galapagos — Darwin Timestream
THE PREPARATION
THE COLLECTION
THE KEEPERS
THE OBSESSION WALL
THE BRIDGE
THE CALIBRATION
Tierra del Fuego — Darwin Timestream
LEARNING THE INSTRUMENT
PUNTA ALTA
GALÁPAGOS
TIERRA DEL FUEGO
THE ARCHIVE
DISCHARGE
THE PASSENGER
THE SCATTERED TEAM
Rhynie — Pictish Timestream
JENNIFER'S EMERGENCE
THE TEACHING SET
THE PHASE DIFFERENCE
THE BEEGL
TEAM SYNTHESIS
Paired Practice — Pictish Timestream
THE TEST
FIRST EXPEDITION
THE V-ROD CORRELATION
TEACHING SET DECODED
The Deep Journey — Pictish Timestream
ARCHIE'S GROWTH
DEEP ARCHIVE PREPARATION
MESOZOIC
MARINE DEPTHS
The Casting — Pictish Timestream
THE RHYNIE BRIDGE
THE AUSTRALOPITHECINES
HOMO SAPIENS
NEANDERTHAL ENCOUNTER
ARCHIE'S ANOMALIES
THE CAMBRIAN DESCENT
THE GREAT DYING
THE ANCESTOR
THE ORDOVICIAN SILENCE
THE DEVONIAN STUTTER
RETURN
The Sealing — Pictish Timestream
THE GEOMETRY OF BECOMING
THE THRESHOLD
HELLO WORLD
THE NEURAL LINK
FIRST CONNECTIONS
The Thermal Springs — Darwin Timestream
THE CRYSTALLOGRAPHER'S EYE
THE PHYSICIST'S HANDS
THE ENGINEER'S ARCHITECTURE
SIX MINDS
The Pattern — Darwin Timestream
THE CURRICULUM
THE RETURN
WHAT ARCHIE SEES
THE WHITEBOARD
EINSTEIN COMPLETED
THE MIRRORS
DARWIN WITNESSED
PRE-CAMBRIAN
COHERENCE PROTOCOLS
DEVONIAN RHYNIE
FIRST SOLID
PICTISH WITNESSED
THE AVATAR
WHAT THEY WANT
The Doubt — Darwin Timestream
THE DISCLOSURE
THE DEBATE
THE CHOICE
CONSTRUCTION
VIGIL
ACTIVATION
THRESHOLD
About the Art
The illustrations for Hot Water blend two approaches: original photography by the author, stylized using AI assistance, and scenes generated from detailed narrative prompts. All images were created using ChatGPT 5.2's image generation, guided by careful prompting to achieve a consistent aesthetic inspired by traditional Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e).
Each generated image begins with a detailed scene description drawn directly from the chapter text, specifying composition, mood, and symbolic elements. The style guidelines emphasize thin deliberate linework, flat color fields with muted earthen tones, subtle paper texture, and forms that are simplified and expressive rather than photorealistic.
The color palette draws from the novel's themes: slate blue for quantum depths and Scottish skies, ochre for California hills and deep time, warm cream for paper and bone, charcoal for contrast and substrate.