Wintersday Workshop 2010
Perynne
The aurora is looking much better! And yeah, frostkisses' suggestion is very good, it might be better to just have them floating in the sky instead of very low to the horizon. :3 But the technique you used for them works well, so no need to change that!
GeminiJuSa
@Marsh: Very cute! I can't wait to see the finished piece! 
frostkisses
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Frostkisses - O:! Thanks think I'm going to redo them (again xD <3) because that piccy does look more.. ierno..naturals @ u@ <3
^^ dont mean to be a pain in the tush. im sure your finished piece will be great 
actionjack
If you want to draw pretty girl.. you can always draw her.
Purrty
Purrty
frostkisses
I think you meant this for Tzu's "bad day/pretty girl" thread instead of the Wintersday one
But I agree, Tzu is very pretty ^^
But I agree, Tzu is very pretty ^^
Aeronwen
I have some spare medals so I can add an opressor weapon to the prizes. But you cannot trade medals so I can either swap fpr a random weapon to hand to Miami's safekeeping or swap for a weapon of the winner's choice after the results.
Any preference?
Any preference?
Minami
I think keeping the medals for now and exchanging them for the preferred weapon by the winner after the results are out is better
Thistle Xandra
Haven't written anything yet although I have some ideas running in my mind. I've got a starter sketch up of one of my new characters though.
Meet Bix's sister. I haven't officially decided on a name for her, but I've been leaning towards 'Nix'.
Meet Bix's sister. I haven't officially decided on a name for her, but I've been leaning towards 'Nix'.
I'm not sure how I'll weave the pictures in with the story, so I may just leave the pics out and just post them in a separate 'Meet the characters' post or put them in at the very end of the story.
I'll probably draw Bix next, and I'm thinking of re-drawing Rika and Akan. I never drew Ki, so guess that's another one I need to sketch out (he was the most vague description-wise in the Halloween story since I never did draw a pic of him).
Perynne
Oooh, she's looking interesting. I think having drawings along with a story is always great fun, because you can compare how the writer imagined the characters to how you imagined them. And I really like the idea of "storybook" type stories except for adults, with just a smattering of text and a lot of drawings (without it being completely a comic).
Can't wait to read your story.
I think having drawings along with a story is always great fun, because you can compare how the writer imagined the characters to how you imagined them. And I really like the idea of "storybook" type stories except for adults, with just a smattering of text and a lot of drawings (without it being completely a comic).Can't wait to read your story.
Tommy's
That looks very good Thistle! @@
If its a twin you should call her Twix xD
If its a twin you should call her Twix xD
Aeronwen
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Originally Posted by Minami
I think keeping the medals for now and exchanging them for the preferred weapon by the winner after the results are out is better
Ok lets do that. So maybe add 'Oppressor weapon of your choice' to the prize list.
Ok lets do that. So maybe add 'Oppressor weapon of your choice' to the prize list.
Minami
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Originally Posted by Aeronwen
Ok lets do that. So maybe add 'Oppressor weapon of your choice' to the prize list.
Done ^_^
Thistle, oooh I can't wait to read your story I love the fact that it continues from the Halloween one, I really got to like your characters ^_^
Thistle, oooh I can't wait to read your story
I love the fact that it continues from the Halloween one, I really got to like your characters ^_^
Death By An Arrow
Thistle; what if you put text beside your characters as you introduce them? it might not work if you do a few on a page, but you could put them lined up in the general area. or a group shot type thing
So i had a busy week (school, got to see cirque du soleil again :3) but im almost done all 3 polar bears. Im gunna take individual shots of each and then a bigger picture with all three. That should be up today as well. Also gunna make our own spring rolls and we got donkey kong country returns today (ITS SO MUCH FUN) so i might work on it sporatically through the day.
So i had a busy week (school, got to see cirque du soleil again :3) but im almost done all 3 polar bears. Im gunna take individual shots of each and then a bigger picture with all three. That should be up today as well. Also gunna make our own spring rolls and we got donkey kong country returns today (ITS SO MUCH FUN
) so i might work on it sporatically through the day.
Aeronwen
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So i had a busy week (school, got to see cirque du soleil again :3) wow thats some nice school u go to.
*waits for bears*
Death By An Arrow
Ok, lets give this a whirl.
So Ive got all three done.
All 3 Bears
Bear with Hat
Bear on Fruitcake
I did the fruitcake bear last, and I feel like the shading is a bit wonky. im thinking i might just need to add a shadow to the front of the arm and front leg because it's on the belly... what do you think?
And Aeronwen, they were seperate things. But i can see how you would think that :P My step mom got tickets cause they were really cheap (they came to a relatively small town. i mean, small for cirque. it wasnt even toronto :P) (and cheap as in 25$CDN). We got upgraded to box seats too, for free, which was a pretty sweet bonus. we had a great view the whole show ^^
So Ive got all three done.
All 3 Bears
Bear with Hat
Bear on Fruitcake
I did the fruitcake bear last, and I feel like the shading is a bit wonky. im thinking i might just need to add a shadow to the front of the arm and front leg because it's on the belly... what do you think?
And Aeronwen, they were seperate things. But i can see how you would think that :P My step mom got tickets cause they were really cheap (they came to a relatively small town. i mean, small for cirque. it wasnt even toronto :P) (and cheap as in 25$CDN). We got upgraded to box seats too, for free, which was a pretty sweet bonus. we had a great view the whole show ^^
Thistle Xandra
rofl, Tommy! I'd probably have to give a nickel to Mars Inc. every time someone read my story if I went with Twix XD I knew I definitely wanted an *ix name, and it's amazing how with 26 letters in the alphabet, there really aren't many practical options D:
Awww, Death, that is sooo cute so far!!! I think they look really great
Lol, Pery, I was originally thinking I'd do a bunch of pics as the story went along, but after how long it took to do just a sketch of Nix, I'm just like... ok, maybe not.
Thanks Minami Although, I guess it's kinda misleading when I said it's a continuation of the Halloween story. It takes place the following Wintersday after the Halloween story, but the focus is really going to be more on Bix and Nix with the Halloween characters being more of secondary background characters. As of now, I'm planning on...
<Non-Minami people, don't read this if you haven't read the Halloween story>
<seriously, don't read this if you haven't read the Halloween story since it'll spoil it!>
...Bix and Akan to be dating (he finally gets his girl) and Rika and Ki to be dating. Akan's main goal is to get Bix the perfect Wintersday gift since every other gift he's given her has ended up being a disaster (e.g., the spider incident). Rika's main goal is to be a better Ritualist, and she's doing it under Headmaster Quin's guidance (since she finally found a female role model and Quin has finally forgiven her for 'the incident'). So those two plot lines are really tiny while the big plot is about Bix dealing with her past including the very troublesome Nix (and from the sketch I drew, I'm sure you can kinda guess what Nix will try to do when she finds out about Akan).
Awww, Death, that is sooo cute so far!!! I think they look really great
Lol, Pery, I was originally thinking I'd do a bunch of pics as the story went along, but after how long it took to do just a sketch of Nix, I'm just like... ok, maybe not.
Thanks Minami
Although, I guess it's kinda misleading when I said it's a continuation of the Halloween story. It takes place the following Wintersday after the Halloween story, but the focus is really going to be more on Bix and Nix with the Halloween characters being more of secondary background characters. As of now, I'm planning on... <Non-Minami people, don't read this if you haven't read the Halloween story>
<seriously, don't read this if you haven't read the Halloween story since it'll spoil it!>
...Bix and Akan to be dating (he finally gets his girl) and Rika and Ki to be dating. Akan's main goal is to get Bix the perfect Wintersday gift since every other gift he's given her has ended up being a disaster (e.g., the spider incident). Rika's main goal is to be a better Ritualist, and she's doing it under Headmaster Quin's guidance (since she finally found a female role model and Quin has finally forgiven her for 'the incident'). So those two plot lines are really tiny while the big plot is about Bix dealing with her past including the very troublesome Nix (and from the sketch I drew, I'm sure you can kinda guess what Nix will try to do when she finds out about Akan).
Perynne
@Death By An Arrow: Eee, they're looking very cute so far! I think the fruitcake bear doesn't need that shadow on his back, since none of the other bears have shading on that side. Also, having stronger shading for the lower leg that's behind the bear could help it pop out more. Right now, the other two bears have stronger shadows, so adding some stronger shading to the leg would make him fit in better.
I love the hat on the jingle bear.
@Thistle Xandra: You could make longer *ix names? Like Sareenix, Feyix, etc. Kind of reminds me of Asterix and Obelix-comics, where they had a bunch of really funny *ix names (just because apparently that made them very gaul).
Good luck with doing the drawings for it.
I think the fruitcake bear doesn't need that shadow on his back, since none of the other bears have shading on that side. Also, having stronger shading for the lower leg that's behind the bear could help it pop out more. Right now, the other two bears have stronger shadows, so adding some stronger shading to the leg would make him fit in better.I love the hat on the jingle bear.
@Thistle Xandra: You could make longer *ix names? Like Sareenix, Feyix, etc. Kind of reminds me of Asterix and Obelix-comics, where they had a bunch of really funny *ix names (just because apparently that made them very gaul).
Good luck with doing the drawings for it.
Aeronwen
Death, those are looking really sweet 
I agree with Pery about the shading (she said it far better than I could). I have never seen Cirque I am really envious 
Pery, lol, yeah Getafix always made me smile.
Thistle I forgot to say how much I liked the drawing. I do very much like simple b and w sketches with stories. I am a bit of an Alice fan and have many different editions but by far the best is are the ones with original illustrations.
Immortal Alice black and white
has made your charm perennial
Nought save Choas and old night
can part you now from Tenniel
I agree with Pery about the shading (she said it far better than I could). I have never seen Cirque I am really envious Pery, lol, yeah Getafix always made me smile.
Thistle I forgot to say how much I liked the drawing. I do very much like simple b and w sketches with stories. I am a bit of an Alice fan and have many different editions but by far the best is are the ones with original illustrations.
Immortal Alice black and white
has made your charm perennial
Nought save Choas and old night
can part you now from Tenniel
Death By An Arrow
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snipsnipsnip
Yeah, i didnt know where the shadows should go for that bear. i was also thinking of adding a light line of darker blue to the whole side closest to the chest but I wasn't sure if it would be too much. Ive got some stuff on the belly but its very light, just sort of to show the idea.
Thistle Xandra
Aero, you're a genious <hug>! I think I'll do the B&W scenes introducing each chapter and then have the full colored pics as part of the meet the characters at the end That way, if I run out of time, i'll still be able to have those sketches as part of the story!
Oh, and the name Nix has finally grown on me so I'm using it The reason I'm going for *ix and not -ix is because Bix isn't Bix's real name and actually comes from her wanting to be like her big sister when she was little
That way, if I run out of time, i'll still be able to have those sketches as part of the story!Oh, and the name Nix has finally grown on me so I'm using it
The reason I'm going for *ix and not -ix is because Bix isn't Bix's real name and actually comes from her wanting to be like her big sister when she was little
Shewmake
Well...I'd like to enter the contest/participate in this workshop, but I think I've run out of Shiverpeaks music to arrange, lol. "Whitman's Folly" and maybe a few GW:EN themes are left. Hmm...I'll have to think about it; I think I'll do it...I've just gotta think of something.
Name: Shew
Idea for entry: piano arrangement
genre of art: music
Name: Shew
Idea for entry: piano arrangement
genre of art: music
satomz
@Shewmake: Yay, another music entry
Verene
Yay, I remember your entry from last year, Shew, it was awesome
Sorry I haven't been around and commenting the past few days - hectic crazy weekend
Sorry I haven't been around and commenting the past few days - hectic crazy weekend
Charlie Dayman
I need to jump into the critiques on this sometime soon - been a bit busy with finals week approaching. Good thing I didn't enter, otherwise I would have been boned :P
Death By An Arrow
does that mean you can join us charlie q.q
your portrait is pretty sweet, hopefully its finished soon :3
quickentrysays ohaicharlie? D:
your portrait is pretty sweet, hopefully its finished soon :3
quickentrysays ohaicharlie? D:
Charlie Dayman
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does that mean you can join us charlie q.q
your portrait is pretty sweet, hopefully its finished soon :3
quickentrysays ohaicharlie? D: Haha, I would love to make an entry for Wintersday. But unfortunately, I'll be re-working my self portrait after my class critique. I also need to start on Hail's picture, who has been waiting for lord knows how long.
But I'll be showing up to the party! Hell, I would have shown up to the party even if I wasn't invited because I'm awesome like that
your portrait is pretty sweet, hopefully its finished soon :3
quickentrysays ohaicharlie? D: Haha, I would love to make an entry for Wintersday. But unfortunately, I'll be re-working my self portrait after my class critique. I also need to start on Hail's picture, who has been waiting for lord knows how long.
But I'll be showing up to the party! Hell, I would have shown up to the party even if I wasn't invited because I'm awesome like that
Death By An Arrow
flip my DP upside down and you get a sad panda Dx
i will eagerly await these new pieces, even if they aren't wintery. or related to days.
i will eagerly await these new pieces, even if they aren't wintery. or related to days.
Charlie Dayman
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flip my DP upside down and you get a sad panda Dx
i will eagerly await these new pieces, even if they aren't wintery. or related to days. Word.
12charspfffft
i will eagerly await these new pieces, even if they aren't wintery. or related to days. Word.
12charspfffft
Thistle Xandra
Update time for me: I can't draw on my commute, but at least I can still write
Here's my tentative and very short prologue... 
Just my luck to do it on my drawing hand, can't even hold a pencil properly without pain. Bleh.
Your progress is looking lovely so far, I really like the idea. Can't wait to see more 
