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Aeronwen · Feb 23, 2011, 09:57 PM // 21:57

nice hair...

I vote for.... finish the story

Thistle Xandra · Feb 24, 2011, 05:14 AM // 05:14

lol, thanks, aero XD I wish we had a hug icon on here! I'm way over my deadline for finishing the story, but I'll definitely get it done in March! With thesis writing and after the last GuildMag issue editing phase, I'm just so not in the mood to write or fix what I've already written XD 1.5 more chapters to go though... I'm actually strongly considering turning one of my older short stories into a short comic, but I'll wait until after I finish up the story

Oh, for your gif, I was thinking of having your ranger with a bow aiming to take a shot, but never actually shooting since she's just concentrating and trying to get the perfect shot (actually, just being lazy since it's on a loop and don't want to draw the frames with bringing the bow back and forth :P). Since you mentioned in a previous thread she's a terrible shot, the bow's going to be moving a lot and she'll do the whole eyebrow movement and tongue sticking out in concentration thing going on.

Or, I can do a snuggling with a baby animal gif

(eskimo kisses!)

Ravenhawk · Feb 24, 2011, 05:30 AM // 05:30

yay more animated gif from Thistle. I've still yet to read your awesome fiction but I have been meaning to do it for awhile. Too many stuff that I need to do >_< But I know where to find them so it's all good.

Thistle Xandra · Feb 24, 2011, 05:36 AM // 05:36

lol thanks! I was also thinking of Pery's Dervish being all sassy beckoning the viewer to come and get her and an assassin (model TBD) snapping in and out of shadow form. Plus dear, dear Yoda

If you do want to read something short, 'The meaning of Freedom' and 'against the dark' in my lit folder are pretty short

You'll need more time for the 'The Making of Heroes' D: I probably should have broken that one into more deviations so it's not so much text all at once...

Charlie Dayman · Feb 24, 2011, 06:32 AM // 06:32

I also say moar story. Also, you work as one of the editors for GuildMag?

Perynne · Feb 24, 2011, 06:56 AM // 06:56

More story yes please! Also, good luck with all the writing - having so many projects going on at once can be tiring, so please don't burn yourself out.

The idea of my dervish looking all sassy is wonderful.

I can't wait to see what you come up with her, you've totally managed to capture her personality so far in your ideas.

Ravenhawk · Feb 24, 2011, 12:28 PM // 12:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thistle Xandra

If you do want to read something short, 'The meaning of Freedom' and 'against the dark' in my lit folder are pretty short

You'll need more time for the 'The Making of Heroes' D: I probably should have broken that one into more deviations so it's not so much text all at once...

Oooh noted! I'll look those two up!

Verene · Feb 24, 2011, 05:25 PM // 17:25

I also vote "more story", but don't stress yourself out or burn yourself out on it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlie Dayman

I also say moar story. Also, you work as one of the editors for GuildMag?

Thistle's one of the editors and I'm one of the designers for it ^^

Aeronwen · Feb 24, 2011, 05:31 PM // 17:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thistle Xandra

Oh, for your gif, I was thinking of having your ranger with a bow aiming to take a shot, but never actually shooting since she's just concentrating and trying to get the perfect shot (actually, just being lazy since it's on a loop and don't want to draw the frames with bringing the bow back and forth :P). Since you mentioned in a previous thread she's a terrible shot, the bow's going to be moving a lot and she'll do the whole eyebrow movement and tongue sticking out in concentration thing going on.
(eskimo kisses!)

Hahaha, if you have time, that would be awesome

Thistle Xandra · Feb 25, 2011, 05:02 PM // 17:02

aww, thanks all! Don't worry, I won't burn myself out

One of the many things I love about Nolani is that everyone is so patient so it feels like projects I mention here really are for fun and not something to stress over

I'll also probably go back to posting chapters snippets as I write instead of waiting for the whole thing to be finished if people like reading those

Oh, and like Verene mentioned, we're both GuildMag buddies (although I'm one of five editors and not as active as most of the amazing GuildMag team - really, the amount of time and effort some of the team puts in to the fansite/mag/blog is just commendable!)

and I guess I'll give a plug that we're always looking for articles, fanart, and fanfiction, and in next issue, one of our very own special Nolani artists gets interviewed

EDIT: Here's Aero's animated GIF

Ravenhawk · Feb 28, 2011, 07:28 PM // 19:28

That looks great! Love the bunny, it's so cute! I also like the purple in her armor. You're really getting good at this

And looking forward to seeing which Nolani artists you guys interviewed for GuildMag

Thistle Xandra · Mar 01, 2011, 06:29 AM // 06:29

haha, thanks!

Aeronwen · Mar 03, 2011, 01:45 PM // 13:45

Due to half term I haven't been around much, so I nearly missed this. Thats totally awesome Thistle.

I love the bunny twitches

lol and the concentration on her face

The armour colour is spot on

*big hugs*

Thistle Xandra · Mar 04, 2011, 05:47 AM // 05:47

hehe, glad you like it, Aero *hugs back*

Drelias Melaku · Mar 15, 2011, 10:27 PM // 22:27

We JUST got internet over here, so I haven't been able to post in awhile.

Yeah, it took about 4 months to FINALLY get the house. They kept pushing the closing date back because our first lender kept screwing up with the appraisers. We could hardly believe we're finally moving, but now that it's all done, we love having our own place.

Bit stressful and we're short a few things (like a refrigerator), but it's still great to be here.

We did move last year, but it was to live with my sister for awhile. That didn't last too long once Haitou was approved for a loan so we could get our own place.

A comic sounds great! If you ever decide to do that, I'd love to see it.

Love Aero's animation, by the way - that bunny, especially, is adorable.

Thistle Xandra · Mar 16, 2011, 10:21 PM // 22:21

Oh! Congratulations x 4 on the new house then <hugs>! Getting our house was so incredibly stressful, but it was so completely worth every headache and pulled out hair! I hope you have so much fun setting it all up! On the plus side, missing a fridge isn't too bad... one of my friend's sister-in-law moved into a house that didn't have a finished bathroom and had to take baths using water from the washer hook-up for a while until her parents finally helped her make it useable O_O

I don't know how you could deal with no internet though D:

And thanks

I've got some stress-relief plans this weekend to start turning my Wintersday story into an actual (non-professional!!) comic book adaptation for fun

If it looks too terrible, I'll rethink the plan XD

Thistle Xandra · Mar 18, 2011, 12:10 AM // 00:10

Lol, started early and here's my first page attempt at turning my story into a comic book

I'm trying out a different drawing style, so I can develop it faster. I'll probably end up having different styles for each page XD

Ravenhawk · Mar 18, 2011, 12:38 PM // 12:38

Yay for comics!

I can really relate to this one because I am doing something similar...it's a ton of work though working on something that took 6 years in the making..imagine putting all that into comic >_<"

So yeah seeing you're working on yours would probably help in motivating me to get my butt moving.

Keep it up!

Eastern Magik · Mar 18, 2011, 03:31 PM // 15:31

yaaay! comics, moar please

Thistle Xandra · Mar 19, 2011, 12:06 AM // 00:06

Awesome, Raven

We can be each other's comic buddy and motivate each other :P Lol, I know what you mean though! It's like, wow, I just condensed that chapter that took an hour to write and took tons of words into one thought bubble...

Here's page 1 and page 2! (There you go Magik! <hug>)