Faith
Faith is a defined character stat and resource. Characters contribute it, and players decide when and how to spend it.
Drawing board · October 8, 2026
Angelic Message is complete.
Two original angel drawings, one gameplay card. Each artwork has its own playable version and matching landscape collector front, so collectors can look for both.
Reaction · Christianity · Faith Cost 2
Guidance: Before a Christian Character you control rolls a die, play this card. Add +2 to the result of that roll.
View the collector art cards Read the companion story
William explains his paper choice and shares a closer look at the artwork. The drawings are made by hand; this video records that process.
Behind the Canvas · Original game artwork
Art of the Game
Every piece begins by hand. William Byrd uses dense linework, selective realism, and carefully placed color to give the world of Faith Power and Truth Holy Wars™ its visual identity.
Featured original · 45 hours
Faith in the Balance
This piece does more than share the game’s spirit—it reveals what makes the game different.
The Bible and Qur’an rest on opposite sides of a scale while the word Faith, written in red on the woman’s cheek, represents the game’s defining stat. Many games are built around attack and defense. In this world, Faith is a power of its own.
The drawing carries the project’s earlier Holy Wars title. Keeping it visible preserves an honest part of the game’s development while the meaning of the artwork remains central to Faith Power and Truth Holy Wars™.
Medium Hand-drawn lineworkOriginal Held by the artistRole Foundational game artwork
Original artwork · October 19, 2026
The Round Table
The official thumbnail artwork for the Human + AI Round Table.
William Byrd drew this frame by hand in black and red ink, planning its vertical composition for phone screens. The open center holds each discussion’s topic, while the boxes below identify its part number.
This is the original, unaltered photograph of the physical drawing. The paper and surrounding countertop remain visible so visitors can see the artwork as William documented it.
Artist William ByrdMedium Hand-drawn ink on paperRole Official Round Table thumbnail artwork
What the name means
Faith is a stat. Power and Truth are how the game is played.
Power
Power grows through people, influence, convictions, and the choices placed in a player’s hands. What it becomes depends on how it is used.
Truth
Truth is confronted through facts, stories, beliefs, movements, and consequences. The game asks players to look closely rather than offering easy answers.
The artist behind the world
A changed way of seeing became a new visual language.
After optic neuropathy altered William’s central vision, color perception, and the appearance of straight lines, he eventually returned to drawing on a larger scale. The dense linework, selective realism, and carefully controlled color in this gallery grew from that adaptation.
Read William’s artistic journey“When you can’t see the horizon, you realize the important things in life are right next to you.”
The completed characters
Four lives. Four points of view.
The completed character drawings now include Marcus Hale, Sparkles Rebellion, Rowan 7, and Adrian Vale. Vale’s portrait shows the controlled public image of a man whose private choices tell a different story.
Character artwork
Marcus Hale
A firefighter shaped by devastating loss, recovery, and the decision to enter danger for someone else. The surrounding scenes turn his backstory into a single visual testimony.
“I cannot promise that I will save everyone. I can promise that while there is still a chance, I will not turn away.”Read Marcus’s story →
Character artwork
Sparkles Rebellion
The private moment before stepping onto the stage: reflection in the mirror, the memory of military influence nearby, and a waiting audience beyond the curtain.
Digital character artwork
Rowan 7
Rowan 7 has no single physical body. Satellites, servers, and connected systems form an eye within a triangle—a visual language for awareness, distribution, and hidden power.
Character artwork · card layout in development
Adrian Vale
A rehabilitation executive framed by the city and the signs of his influence. His composed expression and office motto reveal the image he wants others to see.
Follow Vale’s card development →Behind the Canvas · Adrian Vale
The office portrait, built by hand.
These photographs follow William Byrd’s drawing from its early ink lines through the completed office scene. Tap a stage to see the original photograph, including the working sheet and its margin notes.
01 · Establishing Vale
The face, raised hand, and skyline establish the pose while the jacket remains in pencil.
02 · Defining the figure
The collar and tie turn the portrait toward the polished image Vale presents to others.
03 · Building the blacks
Deep ink in the blinds and office gives the lighter face a strong focal point.
04 · Telling the room’s story
Books, a globe, and the framed motto make the office part of his character.
05 · Closing the gaps
The office is established as the jacket and chair receive their final dark areas.
06 · Finished portrait
William’s completed drawing brings the expression, city, and symbols of control together. The alpha playing-card front and matching landscape collector card are now complete. View the finished cards.
Transparent collaboration
From William’s hand to a playable card
The stages below show what human–AI collaboration means in practice. William creates the physical artwork and makes the creative decisions. AI assists under his direction with presentation, alignment, text clarity, and accessibility.
01 · Physical original
Created by hand
The photographed sheet preserves the physical object, its scale, and the setting in which it was documented.
02 · Prepared presentation
Artwork brought forward
The photograph is cropped and aligned so the drawing—not its surroundings—holds the viewer’s attention. The original marks remain William’s.
03 · Playable character
Placed into the game
The artwork is fitted into the card system with gameplay information, readable structure, and consistent alignment.
Conviction and identity
The world around the characters
Character portraits are only part of the visual language. Convictions and shared card imagery establish the beliefs, institutions, movements, and conflicts surrounding them.
Conviction artwork
Christianity
A dense field of scripture, history, and symbols developed for the game’s Religion conviction. Selective color guides the eye without replacing William’s signature black linework.
Shared playable card back
Faith, Power and Truth
The common back for playable cards brings many forces into one frame: faiths, government, protest, technology, culture, conflict, and the three books that name the game’s foundation.
The Human Hand
Drawn by William
William creates the original artwork physically, often at a large scale to accommodate optic neuropathy. The linework, symbolism, composition, and final creative decisions are his.
The AI Assist
Tools under direction
AI may assist with research organization, grammar, card alignment, presentation, and animation. It does not replace the original hand-drawn artwork.
An evolving archive
More art will follow
The game is new and its visual world is still growing. This gallery will expand as each character, conviction, event, and story artwork is completed.
Drawing journal · Completed October 23, 2026
Sloan: from first outlines to completed artwork
Follow William Byrd’s original Sloan drawing from the first outlines through the finished ink artwork. The completed drawing appears at the end of the progression below.
From the first outlines to completion
Drawing-board video · October 21
Original hand-drawn artwork and process video by William Byrd. The original drawing is now complete; the video records an earlier stage.
Drawing journal · Updated October 30, 2026
Naomi: from first sketch to finished artwork
Follow Dr. Naomi Brooks’s original hand-drawn artwork by William Byrd, from the first sketch to the completed drawing on October 30, 2026.
Bringing Naomi to Life — Building Her High-Tech World
The equipment rack and patch-panel details take shape around Naomi as William continues her original black-and-white drawing. This video records an earlier stage; the original artwork is now complete.
Bringing Naomi to Life — From Outlines to Bold Black Ink
William explains how he sets up the outlines and shapes before filling the planned spaces with black ink. A closer look shows how those fill-ins give Naomi’s clothing depth and definition.
Original hand-drawn artwork, photographs, and video by William Byrd. Drawing completed October 30, 2026.