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How about a Victorian Steam inspired chess set? Really?

Yes.

Something a little off the beaten path lately. I've been researching, engineering and brainstorming some ways to bring some old and new together, and I found myself saying some of this is reminding me of playing chess.

Then a little bit of whimsy struck me- “How cool would it be to put some of this stuff I've been working on together and pull off what I think, would be a really damn cool chess set.”

Yes, a chess set. My way though. A chess set inspired by Victorian era and  industrial steam concepts, with a dash of punk.

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Onward:
 
I'll give you a little bit of a peek into how my mind works here. I'm working on other projects that involve various forms of lighting. You can see that in the mushrooms post I made recently and introduced a visual gallery for, the steampunk stuff, etc. I'm physically able to put all of this stuff together in my head from design to completion and just tuck it away for when I need it later and an angle to work on it. That's why I have dark circles under my eyes. (laughs)

I'll write stuff down and while I'm able to refocus my internal visualization, when I try to explain these ideas or projects to other people I'm often met with a deer in the headlights look and I understand that. If I've learned anything over the course of my life not everybody can see the big picture if you don't give them something to really paint with.

So, I'm already reasonably accomplished with the graphic arts, Photoshop, modeling software, etc and have been for some time. I can put a lot of energy into bringing a project concept to life visually, but that takes a lot of time.

Valuable time.

I started supplementing my own written sketches and drawings with AI and it's greatly reduced the time I need to devote towards doing that. Meaning, I can get right to work on the physical side and from time to time come across additional inspirational bits that I usually wake up in the middle of the night having a dream about. It's a win-win all the way around.

People have asked me before if each of the pieces needs a battery and, the great answer to that is no. We now have wireless technology that if you start thinking outside the box a little bit, like the concept images I have here, you can do wonderful things.

Wireless LEDs that operate using induction leverage the principle of electromagnetic induction to transmit power without the need for wires. This method involves a primary coil, or transmitter, and a secondary coil, or receiver, each attached to an LED.

I'll break this down at a little more length and another article here shortly,  but for the moment you get what I'm working at and driving at here. It's simply awesome. 

So here you go, I pulled up a number of concept images after refining some prompting to come up with things closer to what I have in mind. Let me know what you think. Enjoy.

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