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InfestedHydralisk · Dec 22, 2010, 01:08 PM // 13:08

Oh, why no tell!

Happy Birthday!

Aeronwen · Dec 22, 2010, 11:06 PM // 23:06

pen blwydd hapus Minami

Love the new mouse and hat Zidane

its going well Death, keep at it

Odinius · Dec 23, 2010, 08:08 AM // 08:08

***officially resigns from the contest***

Srry people, I had some nice concepts in my head and had all the stuff I needed too.
Unfortunately real life issues (non serious but time consuming) prevented me from even starting.
I'll start working on it when I can find the time and keep it for next year I guess.
I wish all of you the best off luck and happy holidays!!!!

Minami · Dec 23, 2010, 10:02 AM // 10:02

Next one, as promised

I like this pic a lot, I worked a lot on the manipulation, especially the snow on the tree. The tree is really there, it's in our front yard

Also, it's on purpose, that I didn't photoshop out the green leaves

Hope you like this one too ^_^

I'll upload the single pic on my dA account later today.

Morag D · Dec 23, 2010, 10:50 AM // 10:50

oooh very nice! that's very well photoshopped

(also, belated happy bday

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I gotta throw in something OT for a sec, cuz although there are probably other places I should go with this, but I don't know anyone outside of Nolani so bear with me for a minute.

I've been inactive for over a year now, and somehow Eryn wants to get back into the swing of things. My old guild has long since died of neglect. I'm therefore looking for a new home!

Experienced (but rusty) full-time Paragon looking for a friendly, european pve-oriented guild, where doing hard-mode stuffs is possible so I can polish up my EotN titles. Can't guarantee I'll be a super active member, or might even find that I'm well and truly over GuildWars and can't be bothered anymore. But what I do know is that I'll never go back unless there's people to meet and have fun with. So yeah, if anyone will have me...?

Perynne · Dec 23, 2010, 03:31 PM // 15:31

I'm back! Updated the first post with the new people joining in. Welcome!

@Minami: Wow, your photos are just stunning. I love how the background looks with the ritualist, it's just beautiful. Very nice, seamless photoshopping. Can't wait to see more.

@Death By An Arrow: Yay, more progress pictures from you. The polar bears are looking adorable, and the background is coming along nicely too. I'll be able to comment more, once you have more detail put in.

@MoragD: I hope you find a good guild. I was in the same situation a while ago too, but luckily there still seems to be good, somewhat active guilds in the game. I'm not that active anymore either, but eh, when I do play it's nice to have people around.
If you're interested, I could ask our guild leader if you're welcome to join. Our specific guild is a bit quieter, but we're a part of a very active alliance.

Tommy's · Dec 23, 2010, 08:05 PM // 20:05

Ok, some more progress here. Had my last exam of this period yesterday so the holidays now started for me :) Had some time again to draw. added Ursula, a dervish (was planned to be a male, but I just found that males in norn just look like transexuals, so just made it a female :p), some grentches in the back, and gave the ele feel.

To do list:
More grentches >:D
add another human getting hit my a snowball
Fix those extremely ugly feet of the ele :p
Fix monks hands
Touch up the ground
Touch up the clouds
optional: fill spaces near the snowball with a tree with snow on it
suggestions ;)

Stopped posting in my progress galery since images need to be viewed at larger size then photobucket allows me. You'll just have to deal with it :p

KiyaKoreena · Dec 23, 2010, 08:21 PM // 20:21

That looks really good Tommy! I think a tree added would look nice.

Dyeane · Dec 23, 2010, 10:16 PM // 22:16

Hi all! I had been working on an entry last year, but never quite finished it up due to work, so I figured I'd give it a try again this year. Here's how far I got last time:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c4.../elemental.jpg

Unfortunately, it got destroyed, so I will be starting from scratch, but I have a better notion than last time on how I'd like to present it. (He will be a snowman in the end.)

Free Hairnet · Dec 23, 2010, 10:55 PM // 22:55

Lemme just dust off my reply box ok 'ere we go

Now, erm, do you guys think text of any message on my entry piece should be in silly Ascalonianeseish or English?
I want to be merciful to judges. :>
http://img192.imageshack.us/i/dorkyfont.png/
Translates to: And to all an incredible Wintersday

Death By An Arrow · Dec 24, 2010, 01:31 AM // 01:31

@dyeane is that a hot ice sculpture? we were gunna make those this holiday but never got around to it :x

@tommy thats looking pretty good ^^ i agree about the trees.

@ hairnet I think english might be a little better xD

Dyeane · Dec 24, 2010, 02:16 AM // 02:16

Similar. I basically grew borax crystals on pipe cleaners I had shaped into the form of an ice elemental.

Death By An Arrow · Dec 24, 2010, 02:56 AM // 02:56

hooray for science.

Dyeane · Dec 24, 2010, 03:13 AM // 03:13

Here's the new frame I made. Probably won't start with the crystals until tomorrow.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c41/dyeane/photo.jpg

Death By An Arrow · Dec 24, 2010, 03:47 AM // 03:47

:3
the scientist in me and the artist in me are excited

i wanted to work on my piece all day but I sort of woke up really sick and spent 17 hours of my day asleep >.> my goal now is to get unsick for christmas q.q

Perynne · Dec 24, 2010, 07:30 AM // 07:30

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone here!

@Dyeane: Wow, that looks really interesting. What are those crystals? I don't think I've ever seen a method like this before.

@Free Hairnet: Hm, I think english would be more viewer-friendly.

Most people probably wouldn't even recognize the ascalonianese, even though it is more of an original idea.

@Tommy's: Awww! The jingle bear chasing the dervish in the background just cracks me up. XD It's adorable! I think adding a tree or two in the drawing somewhere would be a good idea, it would give it a bit more depth and give it more of a nature-y feeling (instead of just being an empty field of snow in the middle of what goes for North Pole in Tyria, or something like that).

Verene · Dec 24, 2010, 08:51 PM // 20:51

Happy belated birthday Minami! And that costume is awesome!

I have been ridiculously busy lately (among other things - work, baking about 20 dozen cookies, and far too many hours spent hurriedly knitting Christmas presents). On top of that, I'm not sure about the idea I had anymore :\ So I might be scrapping it and starting over.

Thistle Xandra · Dec 24, 2010, 08:59 PM // 20:59

Sorry I've been so quiet, but I've decided to stay away from this thread so I'll be pleasantly surprised with all the art for judging time

Anyway, pery, please put me down for an additional 3 stacks of eggnog donation

Tommy's · Dec 24, 2010, 10:18 PM // 22:18

Today I filled my HoM with 15 weapons, so that part is done. Yet, I have 19 medals of honor left. Shouldn't be too much trouble to get me together another 1, making 2 oppressor weapons. So to get people some extra HoM points, I'd like to donate:

2 Oppressor Weapons of choice!

I also have a lot of booze left, but I will stick to them to hand out as prizes for the Trivia on the party

Along with some other things.

To prevent double posting; an edit :3

Minami · Dec 24, 2010, 10:42 PM // 22:42

Thank you everyone for the nice comments here and on my deviant art page too! ^_^

Wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!