2011 Halloween Workshop!

A GW2 category would be neat, since we usually have some art from that as well.

I was thinking of doing categories for digital, traditional, and crafts, since we have a separate one for literature.

Meh, I wish I could donate more, but I want to have some left for a wintersday workshop, and I'm saving up for an art contest of my own.

So nice to see everyone coming together again! I'm looking forward to seeing what people come up with this year, no doubt there will be more GW2 creations popping up so a separate award will most likely come in handy.

Man, I can't wait for progress to start popping up, definitely been looking forward to this year - feels like it's been ages. Penguin, you're entering this year, right?

Tzu, you donated more than enough And oooh, I'd like to see what you plan on running!

Added in the new categories and did my best to split up prizes amongst them

Speaking of Wintersday...I'm going to state right now that I will most likely not be able to host the Wintersday Workshop. By that time I'll be too busy with work, and I'm hopefully going to be out of town on vacation around when it would end.

OMG, the donations are amazing (Yay Nolani community generosity <3)!

I really, really love the idea of having so many categories and places, Verene! Awesome call!

I need to set up a progress gallery and then I'll post my entry form (BTW, thanks, Aero, for being so supportive of my writing <3) I'm thinking of doing a small, short story of a retcon of Razah's backstory during Halloween - mostly characterization-focused like the one I did for Salma and the MantleCon workshop and it'll be about the same length (short!) . For the actual GW contest, I'm going to try to attempt cosplay but since I've never tried making a costume before and I'm going to have to cleverly hide a baby bump, it should be interesting if I can get it done without looking horrible :O

Oh, and Konig, you're a stronger soul than me I'm *still* heartbroken about them not taking literature after spending all that time writing that novelette :O I really hope they'll reconsider this year for you

Quote: cleverly hide a baby bump OMG, how did I miss this the first time I read your post? Congratulations! <3

Quote: Originally Posted by Thistle Xandra

For the actual GW contest, I'm going to try to attempt cosplay but since I've never tried making a costume before and I'm going to have to cleverly hide a baby bump, it should be interesting if I can get it done without looking horrible :O awesome, I'd love to help out in any way I can, if you need/want it. Congratulations with the baby! How far along are you? GW offers a multitude of tummy-covering options, unlike most MMOs out there, so you should be fine. Any idea what kind of costume you want to go for yet? Hero, npc, PC armour, etc.? By now there are quite a few cosplayers in Nolani, I wonder if we'll see more costume entries this year.

Dunno if I'd do it for a contest, but I wouldn't mind doing a GW cosplay in the future. Would just have to figure out what would be cool. lol

@Thistle: Wow, congratulations on the little one! <3 <3 <3

guuuhhhhh back from vacation (well sort of... it was a funeral. But, it was in florida, and actually really nice), first thing I had to check was this workshop q______p

So glad it's open! Im gunna root around and see if I can donate somethings, and I want to digitize my sketches for that guys tattoo first.

I'm thinking something along the lines of Robot Unicorn Attack and hellhounds... trying to make it work in my head, I'm determined to find something that could work >

Quote: Originally Posted by Thistle Xandra

For the actual GW contest, I'm going to try to attempt cosplay but since I've never tried making a costume before and I'm going to have to cleverly hide a baby bump, ooooh Congratulations

How about Gwens Delrimor armour, It's almost empire-line and thats very bump friendly. I would just shorten the panel under the breast and gather the skirt into it - rather than shaped as in the armout art.

Name: Sura
Art Form: Digital Illustration
Idea: I wanted to do an illustration showing my Necromancer and the idea was to show her sitting on a creepy throne. I'll probably add some pumpkins and/or orange colours to give it a halloween feel.
Progress Gallery: http://surassketchblog.wordpress.com...mancer-sketch/
Official Contest: [X] (
Workshop Awards: [X]

@Sura - very nice, except the neck is too thin. Nice details.

Donations:
50k
Candysmith Marley

I'll check my bags to see what else I have.

Quote: Originally Posted by Darcy

@Sura - very nice, except the neck is too thin. Nice details. Oh thanks Darcy . The neck really is too thin, i hadn't noticed that! Thanks for pointing it out. Not only is it too thin, but badly positioning as well. I will try to adjust that.

@ Verene, Tzu, Minami, Aero: *hugs* thanks for the congrats for the little one *hugs* We're super excited I'm at 12 weeks right now, so I have no clue how big the baby bump will be around Halloween :O

@DBAA: What an idea! I'm so curious to see what you come up with the unicorns and hellhounds!

@ Sura: ooh, lovely sketch so far! Are you going to add in minions, too?

Thanks, Tzu, for the offer! I definitely appreciate any advice you can give when I start posting costume shots!

Awesome idea, Aero! She was definitely one of the ones I had thought about! I've actually scoured through Wiki and finally found an NPC that I think I can do and fit my arbitrary requirements:
1) Be somewhat easy to make,
2) Be from Cantha or black-haired so I don't have to wear a wig, XD
3) Make sense to non-GW players since I'm actually making it my Halloween costume,
4) Simple prints that are easy to find in fabric,
5) Have some kind of way to hide the baby bump.

And the winner is: Danika!

Her costume seems like a simple top and pants with an easy to make flowy skirt around her, and I think will be totally doable! I already made a collage of her so I can see her costume from different angles (which totally makes me feel like a creeper XD ).

I also noticed that her bodice and skirt seem sparkly in game that you can't really see from the wiki so I'm going to be sparkly! I also found a fabric store online that I'm going to pick out some fabric and order from

Soooo… here's my official entry form!

Name: Thistle Xandra
Art Form: cosplay
Idea: A day in the life of Danika!
Progress Gallery: http://s731.photobucket.com/albums/w...en%20Workshop/
Art Form: literature
Idea: Razah: Finding a Purpose
Progress Gallery: http://thistlexandra.wordpress.com/g...workshop-2011/
Real Life Prizes: [_]
Official Contest: [X]
Workshop Awards: [X]

And here's my first Blog WiP Post about my lit entry:

"It’s that time again for the Guild Wars Halloween Contest and the guildwarsguru.com Halloween Workshop! The official contest doesn’t accept literature (as I painfully learned last year), but happily, GWG does I’ve made my spaceholder page and will probably start updating at the start of October. Unlike in the past, I want to get the story finished early and then released over time in sections.

The story is going to focus on the background of the entity Razah and how he struggles to find meaning and a purpose to his existence. I had originally planned on writing this a while back but never did, so I’m changing it slightly so that there’s a Halloween component to it. It’s going to be fairly short compared to my other GWG submissions and focus more on a complex characterization rather than a multiple-character and action-packed storyline."

I have written the first of a suspected 8-10 chapters for this story. I don't have a place to upload it yet so I'll do so another time.

Today I've been researching for the book and when looking at info on the Scarab Plague, I just couldn't help but become giddy. ^.^ Bugs bending bones as they grow within living people? Then bursting out of boils? Survivors burning huts in hopes of cleansing it, with the plague spreading rapidly quickly putting the city of Fahranur into chaos? I can't think of anything more horror than that!

<3

@Thistle: I cannot WAIT for your story about Razah! Razah is just too awesome ^_^

Your choice of costume is very good, I don't think I've seen a Danika costume before.
This way you won't run into the same problem with the official contest like I did last Wintersday (been there, seen that, thought the judges most likely).

@Thistle - Oooh yes Danika’s dress is a sumptuous colour and should work well with a baby bump, you won’t be very big by then anyhow. As usual, I can’t wait for the next story.

DBAA – Robot Unicorn attack? I do not know how that idea gets into anyone’s head. Are you trying to traumatise us all?

@Sura – I really like how you have started with that, while her neck is a bit thin she has that ‘slightly too skinny/anorexic look that is perfect for a necromancer, Like Thistle I am wondering whether there will be minions.

@Konig – Sounds horrific, I am terribly squeamish, will you be giving it a rating (U/PG/12….) before posting? I am not sure I am strong enough……
:P

I detest ratings or making things designed for a particular group (you'll never find me writing "family-friendly" stories on purpose). So no.

Besides, what I read was just from the quests in Istan talking about the Scarab Plague. What I have in store will just be based off of those.

Congrats Thistle! I am looking forward to what everyone is gonna come up with. So sad that a few familiar people are not gonna join this year's though.

I am interested. I learned a TON from last year's workshop and I am forever grateful for that (didn't expect to win anything either and that literally blew me away)

I got an idea but it's a pain to execute. I still need to figure out the composition in my head so give me a few days ^^

Oooh, Danika costume, that should be awesome Though Thistle, it says that the photobucket is passworded :P

Konig - how about making a wordpress and posting on there?