Wintersday Workshop

am gonna be busybusybusy this Wintersday (well, these last few months too ..), not sure how involved I can be ~

so here's some Art of Wintersdays Past, to herald the season :}


Ala and friend, first by Roguish Seraph, second by Piglou:

that's so cute! X3
Thanks for sharing, Ala!

Ah, the awards are up.

First - I believe you mean Wintersday Artist Extraordinaire, not Halloween?

Second - I am unsure of whether the "Wintersday Spirit" prize is my concept or not. My original idea (which was going to be the "Spirit of Wintersday" or some such) was this:

Show us the spirit of Wintersday! Whether it was Luxons and Kurzicks exchanging gifts, a Shining Blade sneaking up to leave a White Mantle a gift, or just Kournans and Sunspears sharing some hot cocoa, this artist's picture was full of the joy and warmth of heart that Wintersday represents.

As I said I'm not sure whether or not those two are the same thing, so I'll leave it up to you, Tzu, to decide whether that should be 2 awards or one.

Can I place my vote for the party being after Wintersday? I'll definitely be needing a pick me up fun thing around that time.

Trying to start planning out my stuff. There was a bit of a mini moa massacre next to my desk this week.

Very cool idea about the archiving, I registered

WOOOT! more workshop action - perfect! When I read about the screenshot category, I remembered something I did last year:



this is meant not as an entry (because it has been shown elsewhere etc...) but as inspiration I'm not the best screenshot-taker in the world, but I think that one's pretty neat

HAPPY WINTERSDAY SPIRIT!!

Sounds cool. I think I will try my luck with a screenshot. And I will donate some stuff soon.

I think I will join too.... just need an idea lol

i have an idea... just need to learn how to blow glass now rofl

Well, here's my very first WIP Picture. I spent the last six months or so visualizing what I want my entry to look like, though I finally concentrated it down to one idea that I really like this past week. The neighbors across the street were having a party (not a good kind) so I thought 'what the heck, I'm not going to be sleeping, and playing a game seems like too much at 2:00 am.' So I grabbed my tablet, loaded up photoshop, and went to work creating my entry.

At the moment I'm concentrating on making everything from scratch this time; no character renders, no premade trees or backgrounds or anything of that nature.

This is an extremely early WIP, only started *squints at clock* 2 hours ago.

Eventually that blank Wintersday tree will be a bight beacon of cheery glow. My other characters will be around it decorating, as has turned out to be their usual traditional depiction. My Dervish and my Ele are there in the foreground and they'll be drinking their cocoa, as is their usual depiction as well. The scene will be a snow covered darkened forest, huge trees abounding in all directions, fading off into that special bluish haze you get on quiet snowy nights. The multi-hued glow of the Wintersday tree will light the scene, and a moon filtering through the trees will give a nice ambient light.



Got a ways to go though.

Sort of seems like a rehash of my entry last year, sans Sifhalla and closer in.