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Duranin · Apr 23, 2011, 10:53 PM // 22:53

Ooh very nice, I love the flowy hair in the last two. The pic of your ele has an interesting 'soft' look to the shading, did you run it through a blur filter?

Ravenhawk · Apr 25, 2011, 04:37 AM // 04:37

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Originally Posted by Thistle Xandra

*HUGS* Thank you!

I also like how the Dervish came out. Especially her hair

Verene · Apr 25, 2011, 04:58 AM // 04:58

Oh wow, Moonstalker's monk looks amazing. You really did a great job with that one

Thistle Xandra · May 02, 2011, 11:06 PM // 23:06

Thanks, Araiia! I did use a Gaussian blur filter

Thanks Raven and Verene *hug* and I'm glad you like it Raven!

Aeronwen · May 03, 2011, 07:45 PM // 19:45

ooooh I havent been on for a while and looked what i missed.

The monk picture is especially nice, I love her expession and the way she is sitting. The expression on Ravens is perfect too

and oooh my derv looks lovely - I really like her hair.

I have been looking for you to give you a little prezzie, but I don't seem to be on when you are - or are you not playing lately? I am a bit busy with work and have the bad habit of leaving myself logged in while afk.

Thistle Xandra · May 09, 2011, 05:22 AM // 05:22

thanks aero <3 glad you like her! and stop trying to give me a prezzie :P I like drawing your characters for fun and practice (one of these days I'm going to do a detailed B/W of your dervish, because she's so cute) so you don't have to do that! Oh, and you haven't seen me, because I haven't been on in a while

I burned myself out on GW during Sweet Treats weekend XD Now I seem to be burning myself out on LotRO :O

Aeronwen · May 09, 2011, 03:02 PM // 15:02

Haha, well this was a different prezzie

I will donate it to the goodies at the Masquerade Ball instead ^^

Thistle Xandra · May 26, 2011, 03:59 AM // 03:59

oh mai! it's been a while since I've posted anything D: I tried finishing up the rest of my Wintersday story, but didn't get too far... just 1/4 of a chapter D:

Anyway, here's my latest drawing attempt

This one is of Hailfall's Shala from the artist database thread

I wanted to give colored digital painting another try. I used a shampoo magazine ad as my reference pose, which is why she's showing off her 'naturally beautiful and worry-free' hair XD

Aeronwen · May 26, 2011, 08:39 AM // 08:39

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Originally Posted by Thistle Xandra

oh mai! it's been a while since I've posted anything D: I tried finishing up the rest of my Wintersday story, but didn't get too far... just 1/4 of a chapter D:

*sigh, still waiting....*

I love the hair on the Shala picture and the smile. I am finding it a little dark, maybe its my pc.

Hailfall · May 26, 2011, 10:47 AM // 10:47

That is very cool

Thanks so much ^^

BlackXI · May 26, 2011, 04:37 PM // 16:37

Thistle I really adore your work. I really admire the jolliness in your face expressions. I really wish many people could have those faces in real life :P

Thistle Xandra · May 26, 2011, 06:12 PM // 18:12

Thanks BlackXI

So do I! Maybe that's why I draw so many like that XD

You're very welcome, Hailfall

Aero! I have a surprise for you then! I posted chapter 7 in the first thread

Oh, and it's not your comp, it's mine

My windows machine is just really bright and I can't figure out how to change it. It looks much brighter on that machine, but when I look at it on my mac and phone, it's way, way darker

I tried playing around with settings on my machine, but I can't figure out how to change the settings

Aeronwen · May 26, 2011, 09:03 PM // 21:03

But its so saaaaad

I never expected that at all

*weeps*

Thistle Xandra · May 26, 2011, 11:02 PM // 23:02

Soooooorry! Now you know why I had said a long time ago that I started crying when playing the story out in my mind and got to the ending AND why I put that first warning that if you care about my characters, part 2 was going to take you on a rough ride D:

On the plus side, now that this hard part is over, the final chapter should be easier to write and should be up kinda soonish (assuming I didn't scare you away with chapter 7 D: )!

Aeronwen · May 27, 2011, 11:30 AM // 11:30

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(assuming I didn't scare you away with chapter 7 D: )!

I can't wait

Ravenhawk · Jun 01, 2011, 01:17 PM // 13:17

Shala's painting is lovely. lol, love the shampoo commercial pitch.

Thistle Xandra · Jun 02, 2011, 07:25 PM // 19:25

Chapter 8 is *almost* done. Unfortunately, it's super long, and although I broke it up into a Chapter 8 and 9 - it's still super long >_<

Thanks Raven

Here's my second digital coloring portrait using a hair product ad :P This one is for L'oreal Paris hair dye :O No hair pitches from me for this one :P

When I was done drawing it, I realized I didn't use that many different colors so I tested to see what the quality would be like as an animated GIF. There wasn't too much of a quality loss

I used Frost's characters from the artist database thread, and I decided to go with glowing eyes since she mentioned somewhere she wanted that and it was super easy to use as a test animation

and for comparison against the original

frostkisses · Jun 04, 2011, 03:19 AM // 03:19

*tackles thistle and hugs her!*
thats awesome <33

Thistle Xandra · Jun 13, 2011, 10:44 PM // 22:44

*hugs Frost back*

I have finally added super long chapter 8 (which is still super long even after I decided to break it up into a chapter 8 and 9) to the first post. Chapter 9 will be the last one and will be short and for tying up any remaining loose ends

This chapter is dedicated and written for the few of you still following the story even though it's way overdue :P

Enjoy!

Charlie Dayman · Jun 14, 2011, 06:12 AM // 06:12

Nicely done with the animation and drawing, Thistle.