For those of you who haven’t seen it here’s one of the designs I’ve been working on
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Thanks! Let me know if you have any input on it or ideas for the other two bearings.
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I think you should ask @Sapphire for more about the Navimant and @Skylad and @Louisa for more about what they think about for the Ardeonaut! I don’t know what I’d associate with those two, so I’d ask them what their bearings remind them of!
Also, if you don’t mind me asking, what constellation is that, and why did you choose it? I don’t recognize it, so I’m just curious!
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I started working on an Ardeonaut one today that looks kinda like a ship’s wheel. That constellation isn’t one in particular but I could totally change it to one if you have any ideas @Remus
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Awesome! And the only reason I asked was because we’ve got the constellations from Phase 3 if you wanted to add one of those!
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@Corkus I think that design is spot on!! And I don’t know if it was intentional but that constellation kinda looks like an oar so it’s on theme!! The wheel concept for Ardeonaut sounds amazing as well!!! Can’t wait to see the final outcome 
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Yeah, that Celestant design is brilliant, @Corkus! I’m dying for a sticker or a pin or something.
I’ve been giving some thought as to what it means to be an Ardeonaut, and I think it’s something I’ll be mulling on for a while. It feels like a perfect fit, I was grinning ear to ear as I read it. 
For symbols, though, the ship’s wheel is perfect. “Ardeonaut” sounds a lot like “Ardent” (enthusiastic/passionate) and the greek suffix “-naut” (traveller/voyager). So maybe working a heart somewhere in there? Or a captain’s hat? I’ll definitely post other ideas as they come to me here! I can’t wait to see where these designs take you. ^-^ 
I have a question for anyone with an answer, one I’m not sure where to post. I’ve heard lots of folks see themselves as crosses between two guilds. Does that mean you can join more than one guild forum? The guide put me first and foremost in Weatherwatch, but Flinterforge comes up consistently, too. When I checked my bearing there, I found myself a Phantorist - moon bearing. Feels like the other half of me, the obsessive artist hermeting away all night on her projects before going back outside on another adventure… but I’m not sure of the forum etiquette, and hate to blindly barge into another guild thread.
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Hey Louisa!
Yeah, in the past, there definitely a lot of us who sort of identified as being part of multiple guilds. We called ourselves polyguilds, and we usually had some clever names for it (I was a combination of Weatherwatch and Gossmere, otherwise known as a Weathermere). However, since we’ve found the bearings, most of us have sort of “found our homes” in one guild again, if that makes sense? [spoiler]This thread is Out-of-World, so I didn’t want to link it outright, but this is CJ’s stance on it. I’d read until post 38 for the full picture 
[/spoiler] Now that everyone’s got their bearings (sorry, I just had to), it’s a bit easier for many of us to find ourselves in a single guild that we’ve chosen (not just one that the guide chose for us - remember, you always can choose a different guild). That weird part of me that seeks understanding and not just “discovery”? Well, understanding isn’t just a Gossmere trait (or a Thornmouth one, either) - it’s also one of Celestant-bearing Weatherwatch. However, if you’d still like to identify as both you can; what I’m stating is just the general opinion of the community now. If you’d still like to be added to the Flinterforge group, though, just let me know and I’ll make sure it happens 
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Thank you for the explaination, @Remus! That has me approaching this a little differently. 
I relate really intensely with the Phantorist creating alone and “working ceaselessly through the night…as if you were bewitched”. But ultimately, the reason I pursue my craft (visual storytelling and animation) is in order to express “what they (my audience) needs to see and hear from [me] in order to feel their bravest… [and] feel seen”. Plus, when I’m at my best in life and at work, it’s usually early in the morning - “first dawn, and it feels as though with each breath, [I am] inhaling all possibility”.
Ultimately, I think intent overrules method. So I’m very happy as an Ardeonaut bearing Weatherwatch. I appreciate the offer to let me polyguild anyway, though! I feel more satisfied with my sorting having considered all possibilities.
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Hi! I’m Frost.
I do love a good adventure and dislike being bored in equal measures, so my affinity for Weatherwatch isn’t that surprising. I’m also prone to being stubborn headstrong and like to think I’m fairly resourceful. I’m Celestant-bearing, with Navimant a close second. I’m catching up on the story and love the mix of world-building and interaction.
Off forum I’m a data analyst/IT administrator, gamer, gardening enthusiast, and custom and very niche ink maker. I probably say “What’s the worst that can happen?” too frequently for my own good.
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Hi! I’m Belladonna! Welcome to Weatherwatch. I’m Navimant-bearing so if you ever want to lean into solo exploration I’m your girl.
So what kind of custom inks do you make?
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Thanks for the offer to help with solo exploration! I’ll likely take you up on that once I get settled in.
I make ink by intent and purpose rather than by color. I start with what the ink represents. I research materials, looking at folklore, historical usage, how the material interacts with the world around it, etc. Then I look for connections between the intent and the materials.
Ink made from natural sources is very much a living thing. I can tweak the color but ultimately the ingredients themselves determine it. Sometimes the color changes with time and light exposure or does other weird things. So if you wanted a certain color of brown ink, you should buy one from a standard ink maker. If you wanted an ink that represented rich, fertile dirt to nurture creativity and ideas, like planting seeds, that’s what I do.
I linked a video as an example. This is Fire Ink, made with Medieval Dragon’s Blood resin, Australian Grass Tree resin, 23.5k gold flake, powdered ruby, and high proof grain alcohol. It’s red, like fire, but more importantly to me, each of these items has has its own unique relationship and interaction with fire.
[Fire Ink]
Edit: That’s auto downloading a .mp4 video when you click the link. Sorry! I’m trying to get it to embed.
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WOW, that ink is so beautiful looking! Do you have an example of what it looks like on paper?
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Yeah, that ink sounds awesome, please share pics! As an artist, I am very curious if you sell these inks at all online. I already love the symbolic significance of the ingredients being put above the ultimate appearance of the ink. That’s so cool!
And of course, welcome to Weatherwatch
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Pics!
Sometimes I sell them and sometimes I don’t. It depends on why it was made. I did a Justice ink that was strictly gift only; this one I sold via a friend’s business. If you’d like, send me a direct message and I can get a coupon code for you.
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Oh wow it’s so sparkly and pretty and interesting 
I’ll be taking you up on that
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Guuuuuuys, we gotta stop forgetting to lay anchor in Neithernor 
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I am obsessed with this ink wow
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