Trying to think of the best way to show where the 'poem' starts and stops without adding too much, or, if I should leave it in at all for fun.
Here it is... until I make final changes...
Wintersday Workshop 2011!
Ferocious Thanatos
Having some fun with Gaki-Wintersday related prose with my entry. Thought I'd better update with my changes and additions.
Trying to think of the best way to show where the 'poem' starts and stops without adding too much, or, if I should leave it in at all for fun.
Here it is... until I make final changes...
Trying to think of the best way to show where the 'poem' starts and stops without adding too much, or, if I should leave it in at all for fun.
Here it is... until I make final changes...
Progress Album
Death By An Arrow
Tee Wrex, I'm still insanely jealous of just how good Yakkington came out. He is by far my favourite NPC, and is the only necessary minipet in my inventory q_q
The Yuletide Hat (santa hat) is certainly a welcome addition as well.
Kiya, perhaps you could add in some additional wintersday-related items to the grentch's stash? Could help fill in that 'something missing'.
Edit: My brain has given birth to my idea-child! And i'm quite pleased with the concept. Tomorrow I will make a more refined sketch,then transfer it on over to canvas. hopefully start painting tomorrow!
So it is Nicholas the Traveler, Wintersday's one and only last hope for salvation from the Grentch, holding up the last remaining Wintersday Gift in protection. All the grentch are clawing at his feet as they try to scramble to get it, but he stands there triumphant with his true prize. What does it contain? Probably one eggnog. Ohwell.
The Yuletide Hat (santa hat) is certainly a welcome addition as well.
Kiya, perhaps you could add in some additional wintersday-related items to the grentch's stash? Could help fill in that 'something missing'.
Edit: My brain has given birth to my idea-child! And i'm quite pleased with the concept. Tomorrow I will make a more refined sketch,then transfer it on over to canvas. hopefully start painting tomorrow!
So it is Nicholas the Traveler, Wintersday's one and only last hope for salvation from the Grentch, holding up the last remaining Wintersday Gift in protection. All the grentch are clawing at his feet as they try to scramble to get it, but he stands there triumphant with his true prize. What does it contain? Probably one eggnog. Ohwell.
Muzai
So, Gwen is shading, let's go doing the scenery 
KiyaKoreena
@Muzai. Her positioning and proportions seem very awkward to me. She looks stretched out. I think if her arms were fattened up a bit and torso moved up it would help bunches.
Example:
Example:
Death By An Arrow
I have to agree with Kiya on that one .Its especially noticeable where her right arm meets the torso. Its sort of like "arm OHHEYBOOBS", and nothing in between.
This also made me noticed that she has a very, very thin torso. This could be stylistic but I would suggest maybe widening her torso. It looks like she doesnt have a ribcage o.O
This also made me noticed that she has a very, very thin torso. This could be stylistic but I would suggest maybe widening her torso. It looks like she doesnt have a ribcage o.O
Qing Guang
Thanks for the advice, guys, especially the corrected drawing!
@Muzai: Yeah, her torso's pretty elongated and appears to lack a ribcage; it makes her look a little bit like she's made of elastic. I'd say widen up the torso a little and then nip it in at the waist (if you look, the human chest is sort of a triangle shape). I'd also note that her right breast needs to be set a little higher. Right now, since her arm is raised but not the breast (which would logically angle her entire chest), it looks like it's bigger than her left one.
@Muzai: Yeah, her torso's pretty elongated and appears to lack a ribcage; it makes her look a little bit like she's made of elastic. I'd say widen up the torso a little and then nip it in at the waist (if you look, the human chest is sort of a triangle shape). I'd also note that her right breast needs to be set a little higher. Right now, since her arm is raised but not the breast (which would logically angle her entire chest), it looks like it's bigger than her left one.
KiyaKoreena
Entry 1: Wintersday Quaggan Plushie
Higher res pics are available here http://fav.me/d4klz9z
Arghore
cool wintersday quaggan is cool
afrodita
cool stuffs i see from all
,good job guys.
,good job guys.
Thistle Xandra
Since we've been getting posts with final entries, please put your final entries in your progress gallery also (if possible)! If you can't, please make a note that you need me to link to that "final entry" post. But, by all means, to reduce the number of links, please add your final entries in your progress gallery if you can!
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@Thisle yes, that form is quite long, but I'm sure it's for a good reason. So we'll all do our best to give a lot of thought when filling out.
Right everyone? ROFL, thanks! Everything everyone needs to know about the raffle and how to vote for "The People's Award" is in that post since I'm always for giving as much info as possible to prevent confusion/questions. If you all think that form is long, feel bad for my fellow judges who got a waaaaaay longer one
(love you all, judges!)
Right everyone? ROFL, thanks! Everything everyone needs to know about the raffle and how to vote for "The People's Award" is in that post since I'm always for giving as much info as possible to prevent confusion/questions. If you all think that form is long, feel bad for my fellow judges who got a waaaaaay longer one
(love you all, judges!)
GeminiJuSa
@Qing Guang: I took the liberty of making yet another "redline" on your piece as I think it's really lovely, but the girl on the right has a very awkward position. My redline isn't perfect, but hopefully you'll see a bit better how I structured it:
As Koreena pointed pointed out, the shoulder was a bit too narrow on her left. Also, it's impossible to sit like that unless you have a very nimble spine. I drew a mid line on the "model" to let you see a flowline of the body. I repositioned the shoulders too. I hope you can make sense of it. I have little to comment on the girl to the left, she looked very pretty, but her feet were a bit too small, even for a girl with tiny feet.
I hope it was allright for me to do this *wants to help out*
As Koreena pointed pointed out, the shoulder was a bit too narrow on her left. Also, it's impossible to sit like that unless you have a very nimble spine. I drew a mid line on the "model" to let you see a flowline of the body. I repositioned the shoulders too. I hope you can make sense of it. I have little to comment on the girl to the left, she looked very pretty, but her feet were a bit too small, even for a girl with tiny feet.
I hope it was allright for me to do this *wants to help out*
Muzai
It's true that Gwen looks better in your version KiyaKoreena. I'll correct this.
Thank you for all your comments, I will consider in the final version, I hope you'll like it
Thank you for all your comments, I will consider in the final version, I hope you'll like it
Sura
@Arghore: Date and Time is good for me.
@KiyaKoreena: Quaggan is sooo cute! Quaggan happy....
@Death By An Arrow: That's a very cool idea and sketch! Looking forward to the finished pic!
@obstable: your new composition looks much better! The trail in the snow is cool
@TeeWrex: That Professor Yakkington is so so cool!! I love it!
My current process: I had to get rid of the background (forest) i had planned, because it wasn't working at all in colour
. Now the pic is somewhat empty. I will try to think of stuff to add, maybe the jingle bear or some presents or so. I am not satisfied with my rendering of Gwen, i wanted a kind of handdrawn feel to it, that's why i used a very, um whats the word.., coarse? brush. But now she kinda feels muddy and overpowered by the very strong highlights on the snow, what do you guys think?
@KiyaKoreena: Quaggan is sooo cute
! Quaggan happy....@Death By An Arrow: That's a very cool idea and sketch! Looking forward to the finished pic!
@obstable: your new composition looks much better! The trail in the snow is cool
@TeeWrex: That Professor Yakkington is so so cool!! I love it
! My current process: I had to get rid of the background (forest) i had planned, because it wasn't working at all in colour
. Now the pic is somewhat empty. I will try to think of stuff to add, maybe the jingle bear or some presents or so. I am not satisfied with my rendering of Gwen, i wanted a kind of handdrawn feel to it, that's why i used a very, um whats the word.., coarse? brush. But now she kinda feels muddy and overpowered by the very strong highlights on the snow, what do you guys think?Btw.: Since Wintersday ends on the second, the deadline for the workshop is the second as well, right?
Death By An Arrow
Really like the colours in that Sura! She looks very excited for wintersday ^^
obastable
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Originally Posted by Sura
My current process: I had to get rid of the background (forest) i had planned, because it wasn't working at all in colour
. Now the pic is somewhat empty. I will try to think of stuff to add, maybe the jingle bear or some presents or so. I am not satisfied with my rendering of Gwen, i wanted a kind of handdrawn feel to it, that's why i used a very, um whats the word.., coarse? brush. But now she kinda feels muddy and overpowered by the very strong highlights on the snow, what do you guys think?http://surassketchblog.files.wordpre...2/gwenwip1.png
In the upper right corner area'ish of your picture it looks like a blurred out tree - I dunno if you have to entirely get rid of your forest background idea, but rather than doing it in full color just go with what's there and do it subtly ... it is winter, afterall, so the trees could very well be giant pillars of snow as they are in my backyard right now
I love the expression on her face, and the colors are fantastic ... I don't think I'm seeing what you're seeing, but perhaps you still have a full color forest background stuck behind your eyes when you're viewing it.
Also, perhaps it's because I have a dirty mind, but what I think is supposed to be her knees appears to look like a rather large something else thrusting from her pants that really shouldn't be there on a girl ... errrm If you get my drift .... Mayhap let the coat drape open from below the buttons in a more natural position, and show that those are legs/knees because omg all I can picture is a giant umm .. banana.
Edit: Ok, so maybe it is just my gutter mind. I showed my hubby the pic & said, "What do you see in this picture?" and he replied, "A Hitler kid." Didn't even notice the same thing I did ....
I love the expression on her face, and the colors are fantastic ... I don't think I'm seeing what you're seeing, but perhaps you still have a full color forest background stuck behind your eyes when you're viewing it.
Also, perhaps it's because I have a dirty mind, but what I think is supposed to be her knees appears to look like a rather large something else thrusting from her pants that really shouldn't be there on a girl ... errrm If you get my drift .... Mayhap let the coat drape open from below the buttons in a more natural position, and show that those are legs/knees because omg all I can picture is a giant umm .. banana.
Edit: Ok, so maybe it is just my gutter mind. I showed my hubby the pic & said, "What do you see in this picture?" and he replied, "A Hitler kid." Didn't even notice the same thing I did ....
Sura
@obstable:
OMG!! I so hadn't seen that! And now i can't see anything else... Poor Gwen... I will try to correct that IMMEDIATLY. But there is no tree in the bg, that's just texture that gives that impression, although that i can't see... Oh thanks so much for that comment, poor poor gwen, she is still too young ....
Edit: A hitler kid, that's even worse... I think i might have to scrap another pic
Edit2: I think i removed all nastiness now, at least i hope so... I gave her another snowball in the other hand, which was the plan all along, but i forgot about it sadly. I am so blind, i hadn't seen that all, the only problem i saw was that it reminded me of lion king..
OMG!! I so hadn't seen that! And now i can't see anything else... Poor Gwen... I will try to correct that IMMEDIATLY. But there is no tree in the bg, that's just texture that gives that impression, although that i can't see... Oh thanks so much for that comment, poor poor gwen, she is still too young ....
Edit: A hitler kid, that's even worse... I think i might have to scrap another pic
Edit2: I think i removed all nastiness now, at least i hope so... I gave her another snowball in the other hand, which was the plan all along, but i forgot about it sadly
. I am so blind, i hadn't seen that all, the only problem i saw was that it reminded me of lion king..Anyway i had so much fun doing that pic (not because of the banana...), that i did two more sketches, which i will paint if i have time.
Left: The Uber-Rare Drop
Right: Every Little Boys Dream
KiyaKoreena
@ Sura. What is that odd fold at the second button? I thought with the second to last picture it kind of looked like she had one knee higher like climbing up the snow mound. Guess my mind isnt in the gutter. ;-)
satomz
Updated my entry post to include progress album.
It only has one photo right now, of what I've been doing for the last few days:
On a hind thought, I probably shouldn't have made the fruit cake this shiny, but too late now
Currently working on the fabric pattern for jingle bear cub.
Update: finished the pattern. Sewing some fluffiness next!
It only has one photo right now, of what I've been doing for the last few days:
On a hind thought, I probably shouldn't have made the fruit cake this shiny, but too late now
Currently working on the fabric pattern for jingle bear cub.
Update: finished the pattern. Sewing some fluffiness next!
Sura
@KiyaKoreena: That really is just an odd fold, remnant from the old position (you got it right, one feet higher on the snow was my intention ). I will remove the odd fold at a later time.
). I will remove the odd fold at a later time.
Doctor Overlord
I'm back! Finally returned to town after my usual friends and family Xmas trip. And now the deadline is looming so it's last minute attempt to finish. Why does this always happen? qq
Anyway here's the start of the inking. I updated my progress gallery http://imageshack.us/g/705/wintersdaysketch01drove.jpg/.
And I realize that I hate wings.
I hope the mistletoe is visible once it's colored.
Sorry I haven't had a chance to look at all the other cool entries. But I did catch KiyaKoreena's - That plushie was just too adorable LOL!
Anyway here's the start of the inking. I updated my progress gallery http://imageshack.us/g/705/wintersdaysketch01drove.jpg/.
And I realize that I hate wings.
I hope the mistletoe is visible once it's colored.
Sorry I haven't had a chance to look at all the other cool entries. But I did catch KiyaKoreena's - That plushie was just too adorable LOL!
` Marshmallow
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Originally Posted by obastable
KiyaKoreena
@ satomz . Those bottles and steins are so cute!
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Waiting for paint to dry is so annoying..... Guess I should catch up on chores while I am waiting. Or do a few more MPB runs.
EDIT: Playing around with the lighting and rearranging still.
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Waiting for paint to dry is so annoying..... Guess I should catch up on chores while I am waiting. Or do a few more MPB runs.
EDIT: Playing around with the lighting and rearranging still.
obastable
Rahtschini
Hi there
This is my WIP 5, I'm starting to coloring her clothes and the toys^^
This is my WIP 5, I'm starting to coloring her clothes and the toys^^
Andd I wish you all for tomorrow a happy new year^^
Arghore
Hello everybody,
Thistle has been so nice to give me a link (bottom of the 1st post in this thread (the OP)) to one of my posts in this thread: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...&postcount=564
So i can keep those interested in the Workshop Party informed, i have made some changes and updates and will continue to do so untill everything is finalized.
If you feel the need to donate items to either the Workshop and/or the Party, please PM both me and Thistle with details. The 'deadline' for donations to the workshop prizes is around 2jan; You can decide up untill the end of the party if you want to donate items to the party . If you feel the need to give out the items yourself, please contact me to discuss how best to do so, so we don't have to many things running at the same time or double activities.
Remains to be said: Good luck on those last hours everybody !!
Thistle has been so nice to give me a link (bottom of the 1st post in this thread (the OP)) to one of my posts in this thread: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...&postcount=564
So i can keep those interested in the Workshop Party informed, i have made some changes and updates and will continue to do so untill everything is finalized.
If you feel the need to donate items to either the Workshop and/or the Party, please PM both me and Thistle with details. The 'deadline' for donations to the workshop prizes is around 2jan; You can decide up untill the end of the party if you want to donate items to the party
. If you feel the need to give out the items yourself, please contact me to discuss how best to do so, so we don't have to many things running at the same time or double activities.Remains to be said: Good luck on those last hours everybody !!
Olrun The Blade
Well... I got Skyrim for Christmas and suddenly it was December 30th... woops! Anyway, I just sanded down the metal so it looked shinier, glued together the metal pieces with a special metal glue I found, and sanded down a flat edge onto some jewelry key rings I got. Tomorrow, one my "high-tech" glue is dried I will glue the rings onto the back and paint the darn thing. I'll post the pictures soon. Skyrim... calls...
@Satomz How did you make those?
P.S. I already have over 100 hours on Skyrim >.>
@Satomz How did you make those?
P.S. I already have over 100 hours on Skyrim >.>
Death By An Arrow
Got started a bit tonight.
I decided to switch up nick's outfit. Make it a wee bit more festive.
So heres the gameplan:
The gift is going to be emitting an orange/warm light. It'll hit mostly nick and his walking stick. The 'podium' he's on will be made of ice/covered in snow. So it'll be blue.
So it gets a nice contrast in complimentary colour to draw attention to the gift itself, and the fact that IT is the important part of the piece.
I don't know what to do for the background. I was thinking just a dark blue gradient, but thats very boring. I don't know, we'll see. I don't want it to be too noisy.
Also, I can just forsee the grentch being awful. Just awful. So sorry in advance ^^#
Olrun The Blade
Maybe you could try to make it look like an enormous cavern.
` Marshmallow
STILL TRYING D:!!!
KiyaKoreena
@ Marsh. SO CUTE!!!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ But the bear that Gwen is holding looks sad to me.
obastable
Started working on foreground stuff while hubby was shooting people in MW3
This is as far as I got before he tired of killing people.
This is as far as I got before he tired of killing people.
Death By An Arrow
Nother update
@Olrun A cave background could work, the only problem I see with that is all the reflective lighting that will be caused by the gift bouncing off the cave walls. I fear that might become too complex.
@Marsh Thats looking great! Just keep working at it and I'm sure you'll get done! Heck, I didn't have a sketch until this morning at 2am. If I can do it, you can do it too
@Obastable I really like the snowball rolling in the snow ^^ It fills that space very nicely. Also, my cat does that with our ornaments on our tree. We have ornaments scattered in different rooms simply because our cat will roll it around our house.
Tee Wrex
LOVE the Kitteh! The ornaments look fantastic!
WOW! Everyones projects are amazing - I really enjoy the variety among entries - from animation, to realism, etc.. and the cuddlies too - I sew as well - and REALLY enjoyed the plushie!
WOW! Everyones projects are amazing - I really enjoy the variety among entries - from animation, to realism, etc.. and the cuddlies too - I sew as well - and REALLY enjoyed the plushie!
` Marshmallow
@___@ -slaving away- XD Gotta get as much done before I go to bed~!
Kiya - Awwwh ,ty ;O; !!! -hug- n jus for you , i'll make him smile ;D! and I absolutley love your plush -steals- XDD
Obastable - Awwwh such a cute kitty -petpet- I used to destry our tree ornaments when I was little
Arrow - wow ! You're fast O_O awgh, seeing your work makes me want to pick up the paintbrushes once more ;_; ~
I seriously cant wait to see everyones finished works.. I may post a wip in a bit, i dont feel like ive done much since my last wip D| -has been afking a lot-
Kiya - Awwwh ,ty ;O; !!! -hug- n jus for you , i'll make him smile ;D! and I absolutley love your plush -steals- XDD
Obastable - Awwwh such a cute kitty -petpet- I used to destry our tree ornaments when I was little
Arrow - wow ! You're fast O_O awgh, seeing your work makes me want to pick up the paintbrushes once more ;_; ~
I seriously cant wait to see everyones finished works.. I may post a wip in a bit, i dont feel like ive done much since my last wip D| -has been afking a lot-
` Marshmallow
D':
Dalili Ojo
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Originally Posted by Rahtschini
This is my WIP 5, I'm starting to coloring her clothes and the toys^^
Rahtschini
@Dalili: Is that good or bad for me xD
Edit: I don't know what Dora the explorer is, but now I know it^^ I don't think the asura look like her oO Why do you think that?^^
Background will other like Rata Sum in Wintersday^^
Edit: I don't know what Dora the explorer is, but now I know it^^ I don't think the asura look like her oO Why do you think that?^^
Background will other like Rata Sum in Wintersday^^
Aeronwen
Satomz, the fruit cake looks like it had a sugar glaze, I do mine like that sometimes.
Muzai, I love the concept but I agree with the others that Gwen looks ‘stretched’ Also there is something odd about the angle of her legs.
DBAA, It’s looking good, such a fun pic.
Valdis, I just meant a little less blood on the hand so Dwayna’s crown was more obvious, I am no artist though – I could be very wrong about that.
Muzai, I love the concept but I agree with the others that Gwen looks ‘stretched’ Also there is something odd about the angle of her legs.
DBAA, It’s looking good, such a fun pic.
Valdis, I just meant a little less blood on the hand so Dwayna’s crown was more obvious, I am no artist though – I could be very wrong about that.
Muzai
So, this will be the final version.
I've up and expanded his chest, and tried to enlarge her arms. I hope you find her prettier.
I do not know if the text is easy to read, otherwise I'll change it.
I've up and expanded his chest, and tried to enlarge her arms. I hope you find her prettier.
I do not know if the text is easy to read, otherwise I'll change it.
Dalili Ojo
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Originally Posted by Rahtschini
Edit: I don't know what Dora the explorer is, but now I know it^^ I don't think the asura look like her oO Why do you think that?^^
Background will other like Rata Sum in Wintersday^^
@DarkOverlord welcome back! wings are tough. If you can, try to get your hands on some actual bird feathers. At the very least visit a pet shop and take some pics of birds. Reference helps alot. reference helps a lot. reference Helps a-lot.
It's worth repeating.
Barring any post completion inspiration I believe I can call this piece done. Of course if you guys have any helpful tips I'm all ears like an Asura. You can see it in the last two blog posts (the movie file isn't as high res as the still art).