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[Feathermoore]

I need to cut my nails... but I won't until the piece is done. Quite convenient for sharpening charcoal sticks

[Minami Kaori]

Feathermoore, on 14 December 2012 - 07:19 PM, said:

I need to cut my nails... but I won't until the piece is done. Quite convenient for sharpening charcoal sticks

Built in utility tool

[Feathermoore]

Minami Kaori, on 14 December 2012 - 07:23 PM, said:

Built in utility tool

I am a walking Swiss Army Knife.

[marshmalloww]

haha this nails convo is hilarious

frost , thas okay , the hat is meant to be used ;D!

awwh Koreena I can't wait for the little quaggans ; u; I have some sculpey sitting in my room... i should try and sculpt one just for kicks and to sit on my desk hehe

feather that shading is looking great, for snow... the way ive always done is just to draw alight line, then smudge it down o: then keep building on the line some more, but i dont do a whole lot of traditional anymore e_e so idk if that helps hehe

and im still thinking of an idea D:

[Tommy's]

Frost Valkyrie, on 13 December 2012 - 04:26 AM, said:

Whoopdiewhoo

I'm glad you post progress here, it saves me the hassle of checking all those galleries again
As for your lines, looking quite confident! Perhaps you could try a little more variation in thickness of the lines.
Oh and this is a video of ctrl+paint that has a perhaps a bit obvious but nevertheless useful approach toward doing lines.
http://www.ctrlpaint...fluid-linework/

For anything I can always recommend that website, it's great!

[Sarys]

Hi everyone,

I'll give it a try !

I'd like to submit my entry form, but I didn't understand what "idea for Entry" means. Does it must be like a title or something like this ?

Idea for Entry : The Winter's call
Art form : Music !!
Progress Gallery Link : My soundcloud (I'll add my progress on if you confirm that I've managed to fill the form right ! )


Have nice wintersdays !

[Frost Valkyrie]

Hmm interesting, ty Tommy for the tip. Guess I kinda do that layer thing already without thinking about it lol.

Edited by Frost Valkyrie, 16 December 2012 - 02:13 PM.

[Minami Kaori]

Too much awesome GW2 Wintersday stuff in game! D:
I need to start on my project!! >_<

[SpelignErrir]

Minami Kaori, on 15 December 2012 - 11:57 PM, said:

Too much awesome GW2 Wintersday stuff in game! D:
I need to start on my project!! >_<

Study for finals? Nah, play GW2!

[Feathermoore]

I did the skeleton sketch tonight but Deviantart isn't allowing me to upload right now so no true update.


Brickwork is annoying. That is all.

Edit: Got it to work.

http://feathermoore.deviantart.com/

Edited by Feathermoore, 16 December 2012 - 01:34 AM.

[Frost Valkyrie]

I feel a bit underwhelmed by it honestly. But still find playing more interesting than my drawing atm Looks good so far Feathermoore

[Morag D]

I love the snow in Lions Arch. But then I love snow everywhere :3
I have no idea what I'm going to do!!!!

[Frost Valkyrie]

Morag D, on 16 December 2012 - 08:47 AM, said:

I love the snow in Lions Arch. But then I love snow everywhere :3
I have no idea what I'm going to do!!!!

Our awesome Norn(Well, your Norn looking Human anyway hehe) in a snowball fight extraordinaire! I had a few really good ideas for this year, but they all leaned to the more...grentchy side of Wintersday I'm hoping I'll have time for a second entry, but I certainly don't want to rush. It'll come to you Morag! Just keep thinking about the snow!

Edited by Frost Valkyrie, 16 December 2012 - 02:03 PM.

[marshmalloww]

Awwh Morag I was in idea slump too D: But I think I finally settled on something

http://fc09.devianta...nce-d5oak66.png

Doesn't feel very wintersday-ish to me tho xD I jus miss my ele q_q lol and my tormy staff i was thinking of making the weapon a frog scepter but we have that in gw2, minus the cute floating flower

[Frost Valkyrie]

Cute as always Trish. I tried to play my ele the other day, and got so mad I couldn't cast and move, I quit after about 5 min lol. Are you going for more of a Wintersday past drawing then?

[marshmalloww]

Ty Frost 8D

XD rofl yea I logged into gw and kept pressing space ... only to run to whoever/whatever I had targeted ._.

I think soo, I do love gw, i did sink a lot of time into it haha xD thisll be a nice 'gd girl, just let it go already' kinda picture

[Morag D]

Idea for Entry : Dwayna reborn
Art form : digital art
Progress Gallery Link : here

I'm going back to painting Dwayna spreading the wintersday spirit, but I want to do something new and original with her
for now, a figure sketch is all there is

Edited by Morag D, 17 December 2012 - 02:49 PM.

[Aero]

Nice lines Morag ^^

Kittens are cute Trish but rabbits are lethal, surely even the queen of cute can't make them less than scary!

[KiyaKoreena]

I found my second project.  I NEED to make that big quaggan plush that is in the game.

[Frost Valkyrie]

@ Trish- I hear that! 7+ years into a game, it was hard to let go. I think that day may have sealed the deal for me though.
@Aero- Ahahah! Glad I'm not the only one that think bunnies are demons lol.
@Morag- Ooooo! I like the pose! I -really- cant wait to see your idea

[Demon0023]

Idea for Entry: The Last Champion of Orr
Art form: Digital Art
Progress Gallery Link: http://theeasydigita...allery/41150840

So, if I understand this correctly, the entry idea doesn't have to be connected with wintersday
I have this idea of "The Last Champion of Orr" stuck in my mind for some longer time now, so I guess this is a good opportunity to bring it up to life. Each painting will contain a short text. All put up together will create a story of "The Last Champion of Orr".

Well anyways, if I got something wrongly, just let me know

[Morag D]

small update
costume shape considerations and a basic colour scheme

I'm using my old art thread on GW1 guru as a progress gallery because it allows me to link separate posts and not only entire threads
http://www.guildwars...1&postcount=142

Edited by Morag D, 17 December 2012 - 02:48 PM.

[Aero]

Interesting start Demon.

Lovely colours Morag

[Frost Valkyrie]

Demon0023, on 17 December 2012 - 12:09 PM, said:

So, if I understand this correctly, the entry idea doesn't have to be connected with wintersday

Well according to Tzu's opening post it should be Wintersday related, and it is the Wintersday workshop But I'm not official word on it i suppose. Otherwise, nice progress.


Ooo are those gonna be feathery Morag?!

[Minami Kaori]

@Morag: I really like the base colors and the swooping lines, they lead the eyes nice! Looking forward to see more

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I finished my mini clay Quaggan, but I might re-do it, because I don't like how thick one of the arms got (only noticed it after I baked it... It probably got squished when I dropped the figure on its way to the oven... You have no idea how easy it is to drop a half inch tall mini figure LOL).

Also started on the feet of my golem. It's gonna be made in sections, because I want it to be able to get taken apart (like when they fall apart), then put together.

What do you guys think.... should I try and color it silver base color (with a sharpie on white clay), or keep it white with some red or green lines for festive xmas colors? I don't have enough red or green clay for a full model.

[Frost Valkyrie]

Hard to say without something to look at to compare. I kinda like the idea of keeping the silver base color. I kind of think of silver as a holiday color more than red and green.

[Minami Kaori]

I wish I had some clay with silver mica in it, maybe I could have done some mica shift technique... But alas, I don't.
Having the golem silver would mean inking it in with a silver sharpie

I'll try and make a couple of clay sheets, one white, one silver, with red and green lines on the white and light yellow on the silver. Bake them, take a pic, and post it for comparison

I forgot to say that I'm also sick as a mule, so it's all going very slow

[CKABEH 3BEPOB]

calendar is filling in, and it really looks great

[Doctor Overlord]

I want to try something bizarre.   My finished entry for Perynne's Wintersday calendar has been posted but I was thinking I would like to try to experiment with the color and maybe add a background.   I stink at backgrounds.

So I've posted the inked version and I'll be working on that when I get back from the holidays which won't be until the end of the month    I'll had a few days to work on it at least.

-Any- advice on digital coloring techniques and backgrounds will be greatly appreciated.   Esp. pointing issues with the original colored version which I also posted.   I know it lacks any shading but any hints for that or doing more would be helpful.

Idea for Entry: Lyssa finds a replacement
Art form: Digital Art
Progress Gallery Link: http://imageshack.us/g/1/9924500/

Edited by Doctor Overlord, 18 December 2012 - 04:42 AM.

[Frost Valkyrie]

@Minami: Aww -hugs- I've been pretty sick this week too. Would love to see a sample, but no rush darlin

@Doctor: I loved your entry for the calendar! made me laugh. Would love to see you do something in the way of a background. I stink at em too, still not sure what I want to do for mine xD As for coloring, I'm no expert, still learning myself! So I can really only say what I do. I make every main person/thing/animal its own layer until its finished.
You have some good base colors, can really pick any for colors for shading and adding value to your drawing. Complimenting colors are always nice to go with. If you're not entirely comfortable with that just pick a darker shade of your base color and lower the opacity. Play around with it til you get the look your going for.
I find it useful to make a myself a color swatch so you're not hunting around for your colors.
For a background, maybe something playing on the idea that she might see other trees around? Perhaps a simple outdoor scene.

Edited by Frost Valkyrie, 18 December 2012 - 05:32 AM.