Okay, so I’ve been diving deep into this “Thom Wheel of Time” thing, and let me tell you, it’s been a wild ride. I wanted to make something cool, a visual, you know? So, I decided to give it a shot myself.
First, I had to, like, really understand what the Wheel of Time even is. I spent a good chunk of time reading up on it, getting all the symbolism down. You got the seven spokes, each one representing an Age, and then there’s the whole Dragon Reborn thing… it’s a lot!
Once I felt like I had a decent grasp of the concept (no expert, mind you!), I started sketching. Just rough ideas on paper, trying to figure out how to represent all this visually. I knew I wanted it to be circular, obviously, but then came the tricky part: how to show the different Ages, the flow of time, the whole shebang.
My First Attempts (Ugh)
- Attempt 1: Total disaster. I tried to draw it all fancy, with intricate details, and it ended up looking like a tangled mess of yarn.
- Attempt 2: Slightly better, but still…meh. I simplified the design, but it felt kinda…boring. Like a pie chart, but less delicious.
- Attempt 3: Okay, starting to see something! I focused on making each spoke distinct, using different colors and simple symbols to represent each Age.
I went back and forth with the colors like a maniac. I must have changed them a dozen times before settling on something.
And that’s where I’m at now! It’s not perfect, by any means, but it’s mine. And it actually looks like the Wheel of Time, more or less. It’s been a fun, and, frankly, a pretty frustrating process, and I wanted to record what I did.
