Curse

Tzu · Oct 08, 2010, 01:41 PM // 13:41

phew, lots more people added to the list, and galleries updated!

I'm in a bit of a bad mood today because I finally got the time to buy the rest of the fabrics I need in town, only to find out that the last fabric shop here has been shut down. I don't have time to import, and I don't have much hope in finding lycra and leatherette in a small upholstery fabric shop. I will try though. -_-' It's my only chance, I don't have time time import fabrics. I will upload some progress of my down later today, I just need to finish banging my head against the wall in frustration.

That said, sure is a lot of beautiful progress in here.

Odinius · Oct 08, 2010, 02:49 PM // 14:49

you could try some local markets for fabric, hope you get the stuff before the deadline

Artemis Alexandrae · Oct 08, 2010, 06:55 PM // 18:55

Still haven't received my replacement digital camera charger so here are two work-in-progress photos courtesy of my not so great webcam. I've aged paper, made some of the labels, crafted contents for two of the bottles, made the squash serum face, aged cork stoppers and made 2 bags. I still have cooking to do, liquid making, art for the bags, a little light and smoke magic and then I'll take it all into a photo shoot somewhere in my house, probably front porch, and see if I can make it look magical.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Katharin...OQ&feat=email#

Edit: Well since two of my three kids went to a friend's house I got time to do the art on one bag and added that pic.

Artemis Alexandrae · Oct 08, 2010, 06:58 PM // 18:58

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Originally Posted by Tzu

phew, lots more people added to the list, and galleries updated!

I'm in a bit of a bad mood today because I finally got the time to buy the rest of the fabrics I need in town, only to find out that the last fabric shop here has been shut down. I don't have time to import, and I don't have much hope in finding lycra and leatherette in a small upholstery fabric shop. I will try though. -_-' It's my only chance, I don't have time time import fabrics. I will upload some progress of my down later today, I just need to finish banging my head against the wall in frustration.

That said, sure is a lot of beautiful progress in here.

eek! If you were stateside I would totally offer to go fabric shopping for you...as it is I doubt I could get anything there fast enough/it would cost a fortune.

KiyaKoreena · Oct 08, 2010, 07:35 PM // 19:35

@ Tzu. I hope you can find something to work with!

@ Charlie . The Gwen on the right looks like she has a big bubble of air in her shirt. The fabric doesn't seem to be settling correctly around the sides.

@ shady tradesman. Ooh... looking forward to seeing that completed.

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Gloves done, yay. Starting boots and belt after I get some chores done.

Lil Thing · Oct 08, 2010, 07:54 PM // 19:54

Guys, no art homework this week, Sunday is completed Devoted to my Workshop. I'll have my finished product up soon

(At least within 1 week)

Thistle Xandra · Oct 08, 2010, 08:07 PM // 20:07

Awesome progress everyone! Congrats, Raven for submitting your entry and thanks for adding those notes so we could see your reasoning! I'm totally digging the costumes and even the charr effigy... so creative!

As for myself, I've run out of time and decided to forget about the dog costume this year and just work on the story since I can write it during my commutes

. Although it's a stretch, I'm going to submit my story into the official contest and see if they'll accept it as literary art since this wonderful workshop is <3 <3 <3

Anyway, I've mostly been writing the ending since I'm a non-linear writer

, but I decided to share this snippet that I wrote this morning because I just really liked how it came out. It takes place in the middle of the story after the twins and Ki get called into Master Togo's office. Master Togo suspects something is wrong. Enjoy!

Arvida · Oct 08, 2010, 08:24 PM // 20:24

Did some base color to help define the picture .. making the head bigger sure did help, thanks for the feedback on that one

http://www.flickr.com/photos/arvida007/

Will sit and work more today so all comments are super welcome ^_^

Death By An Arrow · Oct 09, 2010, 01:36 AM // 01:36

@Arvida - is that the shatterer? :3 Its kind of hard to critique at this stage cause its only a rough sketch, however I would suggest making some of that purple swirl around Mad King Thorn go infront of him, so it looks as if he's using magic. Right now it's all behind him and it looks like a haunted purple flame, which seems kind of wierd since he's standing on top of a dragon. The swirl around his body would make it look like he's controlling the dragon. I believe that's what you're aiming for ^^

@Najade ohhh, i like the concept! Your sketch looks very accurate, I'm excited to see the result. My only critique is the moon doesn't look angry enough xD very minor critique, but he looks like he's trying to hold in a giggle. just a thought :P

@Charlie looking very eerie o.o I watch the shining for the first time a year or two ago and even though this scene is so iconic with the movie, I don't remember it being there ._. like, I watched it start to finish but dont remember any little girls, even though I KNOW they're in the movie.

My only critique (if even that) is just something I noticed with a shadow. I don't know if I'm right or not, but if you look at their faces you can obviously tell the one on the right's head is tilted slightly more up as the face is recieving more highlights/more direct light, while the one on the left has their head tilted slightly more down so her face has more shadows/less direct light. With the head positions in mind, their shadows around the neck are equal. It would make sense in my head to make the one with the head tilted down to have a slightly longer shadow, as less direct light would reach below their head compared to the other gwen.

i don't know if that's actually how a person's shadow would work in the situation; i tried to check in a mirror but the light source wasnt the same so I couldn't tell, but it might be something to consider.

Personal Update:
yay for Canadian Thanksgiving weekend ^^ i get monday off school, so its a long weekend for me. I think I'm going to spend the rest of my night (so pretty much 2 or 3 hours) doing physics and functions so that I dont have to worry about work and can work on my piece all weekend long

obastable · Oct 09, 2010, 06:42 AM // 06:42

I don't really consider myself an artist ... it's not a talent that comes naturally or easily to me ... so I really can't critique anyone's artwork. To me it all looks bloody fantastic.

Progress update on my short story'ish thing: I think I have to scrap the idea as a contest entry. I've been working on it offline and the more I work on it the bigger it gets ... it's becoming a beast of a story and I don't think it'll be done in time for the contest. I will update the blog from time to time, and post the story in the Nolani forum when it's finished, but I won't be posting any further contest stuff there.

I'm going to switch it over to something smaller and easier to control. I've opted to do a poem (one that actually rhymes!) on Mad King Thorn, and will post "progress" here.

I want it to be sporadic, like a derailing train of thought, but to have him (Mad King Thorn) be speaking about himself. A bit of an autobiography, if you will.

I have four lines written so far!

I don't know how you guys do those "hide spoiler!" buttons, so I'ma just put it in quotes.

Quote:

A Generals life is overlooked
I live a Generals life from a Jesters book
With golden feathers and pretty quills
Ink splattered flesh and thoughtless kills

Alternately ... I thought about writing it:

Quote:

A Jesters life is overlooked
I live a Jesters life from a Jokers book

I'm not sure on that opening part ... I think the 2nd flows better, but I like the reference to Thorn as a General. Thoughts?

I have a few more lines jumbled up in my head yet. Will see if I can work them out and update later.

Minami · Oct 09, 2010, 06:54 AM // 06:54

Corrected a few things here and there, will work some more on it tomorrow.

Started linking from DeviantArt, so I can have the watermark on it for now.

YunSooJin · Oct 09, 2010, 07:53 AM // 07:53

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Originally Posted by Charlie Dayman

@Najade: Sketch looks good at the moment. Everyone seems to be fond of the Minion/Puppet master theme when drawing Necros.

Up late again. Finished both Gwens and added some nice warm red color overlays to bring out the colors and give off more of an eerie feeling. I also shrank down their heads. The proportions I was using worked perfectly for the original twins out of the movie. But the more I completed both Gwens, the more the flim's proportions didn't seem to fit in with my piece. I suppose it's because their dresses are more puffy, and give the girls a more rounded appearance. Where as Gwen has a dress that seems kind of flat and heavy with starch, and creates a more slim figure than round. The original proportions I used ended up making them look like a human lollipops.

shouldnt the lights look a little more dodgy/flickery, and the wallpaper be broken/peeling in places?

i giggled when i saw the gwens cause they looked so freaking creepy but the background just gives me a case of cognitive dissonance..haha

Konig Des Todes · Oct 09, 2010, 08:02 AM // 08:02

Uuuuugh. I've been drawing almost every day but everytime I do something, I just can't get it near decent so I end up erasing to draw something worse. Bleh. It has been way too long since I drew. I won't be able to finish (or get halfway done, I bet) for the contest. Will try, I guess... Meh. I'm definably not an artist.

On another side of news, I got a story to write planned out and began writing it.

I'm calling it "The Death of Thorn" (bet you can guess what it is of).

Here's the beginning:

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Originally Posted by Thistle Xandra

Although it's a stretch, I'm going to submit my story into the official contest and see if they'll accept it as literary art since this wonderful workshop is <3 <3 <3

Not a bad idea, I think I will too. After all, they let a video win in the past, and a video of someone playing the piano another time. Who's to say no one's sent in a good piece of literature to them for a contest before?

In the spoiler below is my edits of your work. It's mostly just capitalization. Keep what changes you want:

Sounds good, can't wait to read the rest. But one question: How is this related to the holiday of halloween?

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Originally Posted by obastable

I'm not sure on that opening part ... I think the 2nd flows better, but I like the reference to Thorn as a General. Thoughts?

I have a few more lines jumbled up in my head yet. Will see if I can work them out and update later.

Hmmm, perhaps something to go with King? Make it more apparent who's speaking and what about in the opening, then go off into a tangent. Honestly, I read the lines before your explanation, and I thought it was Morgahn (or some other general) gone insane (the "golden feathers" said to me Morgahn since there's "wings" on his armor).

Which is an interesting thought to go up on, now that I think of it...

Charlie Dayman · Oct 09, 2010, 08:54 AM // 08:54

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Originally Posted by YunSooJin

shouldnt the lights look a little more dodgy/flickery, and the wallpaper be broken/peeling in places?

i giggled when i saw the gwens cause they looked so freaking creepy but the background just gives me a case of cognitive dissonance..haha

I continually add lighting here and there, and usually push the lighting for all related objects when everything has been incorporated. I'm still adding stuff, so I haven't quite taken the final steps towards the last steps in rendering.

As for the wallpaper, I'm keeping it in pristine condition because I think that's what sort of added to the original scenes bowel-loosening atmosphere. It just seems to go well with the two cleanly dressed girls with dead-expressions. That, and I'm also leaving it untouched for other reasons which I can't say

And I have no idea what C-dissonance is. I tried to wikipedia it, but got bored and stopped reading at the first sentence.

Progress for tonight: fixed Righty's shirt as Kiya mentioned, and also shifted the shadows around her neck as pointed out by Death. The shadows around the neck on both girls are practically the same, but I went ahead and moved them around a bit to indicate more of a posture difference between the two.

Also added some folds into the carpet and the rear window. Got distracted by the new HOM info, so I didn't get to adding the shadows around it.

Konig Des Todes · Oct 09, 2010, 09:05 AM // 09:05

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Originally Posted by Charlie Dayman

As for the wallpaper, I'm keeping it in pristine condition because I think that's what sort of added to the original scenes bowel-loosening atmosphere. It just seems to go well with the two cleanly dressed girls with dead-expressions. That, and I'm also leaving it untouched for other reasons which I can't say

-snip-

You should turn it into a .gif with a subliminal flash of something horrific, imo. Maybe the same place on fire with a burning corpse or two, to go with the Gwen theme.

Just saying. Feel free to ignore though, since that looks mighty good on its own.

Dutch Sunshine · Oct 09, 2010, 01:11 PM // 13:11

And I've listen to your comments, which brought me to the following, added with some of my other ideas I'm working on:

Just so you know, the image won't be as crisp as it's currently when I'm done with it, I'm now just trying to get the content on there, after which I'll start tearing them to pieces and adding some overall spooky ambiance.

Minami · Oct 09, 2010, 01:21 PM // 13:21

DS: It might be a better idea to scrap that brick background. Your poster seems to be about 20 centimeters (~8 inches) tall.

Unless that's your intention.

Dutch Sunshine · Oct 09, 2010, 01:24 PM // 13:24

Hmm, so I should make them smaller if I were to keep them, right? I'll see what I can do.

Death By An Arrow · Oct 09, 2010, 01:28 PM // 13:28

@ Charlie ohhh that shadow adjustment really helped! (and im not just saying that cause i suggested it :P) It really makes the one on the left look like she's plotting you're death and it makes the one on the right make her look like she's enjoying herself a little too much. >

Minami · Oct 09, 2010, 01:31 PM // 13:31

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Originally Posted by Dutch Sunshine

Hmm, so I should make them smaller if I were to keep them, right? I'll see what I can do.

Yupp, that should work too. Try and imagine how big a brick is, and adjust the size accordingly.