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Posted October 5, '08 6:28pm UTC

Zophia poked me to make a thread. I know this will die off quickly, but I guess I could just show off some work in progress, and what I have managed to do by combining MsPaint and GIMP.

The first one is the outline. It is done in MsPaint, since GIMP was acting up.

The next two is the coloured result, both coloured in GIMP (It was acting okay again)
The difference is the outline. The upper one is with the original outline:

With this one I copied the outline and blured it. So the original outline is on top, the next layer is blured, and then the colour come:

The last one here is what I will think of as the conclusion. A gradient layer from GIMP, smudged out and adjusted, again with the smudge tool. The lazy solution, I know.

Work in progress, right? I do not know if I am going to make it any better.

Zophia poked me to make a thread. I know this will die off quickly, but I guess I could just show off some work in progress, and what I have managed to do by combining MsPaint and GIMP.\r\n\r\nThe first one is the outline. It is done in MsPaint, since GIMP was acting up.\r\n[img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/Unavngivet.gif[/img]\r\n\r\nThe next two is the coloured result, both coloured in GIMP (It was acting okay again)\r\nThe difference is the outline. The upper one is with the original outline:\r\n[img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/li2.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nWith this one I copied the outline and blured it. So the original outline is on top, the next layer is blured, and then the colour come:\r\n[img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/li.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nThe last one here is what I will think of as the conclusion. A gradient layer from GIMP, smudged out and adjusted, again with the smudge tool. The lazy solution, I know.\r\n[img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/li2-1.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nWork in progress, right? I do not know if I am going to make it any better.

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Posted June 27, '09 3:48pm UTC

Tea and books are my way of life. Love the sketch.

Free floating stuff be good.

I think I've commented on those drawings off of AG? Still really like the tea-and-books sketch, really looking forward to see how all the versions will turn out.

Weeell...

Traditional:

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/img006.jpg

Digital:

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/img002-1.jpg

I like the digital best, but there is details in both I like.

--

Hmm, art-bomb!

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/my.jpg

Mythbusters, you know it will end up with an explosion.

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/highway.jpg

I... I get bored when driving... And therefor... I stare at people.. When driving past.

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/coolguys.jpg

Zophia's request.
Strop claims it is his job to look at explosions.

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/img014.jpg

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/img013.jpg

I have posted these before, but that time it was photos, this time it is... Well, scans.

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/nosmo.jpg

Guy to the right is Kai's secretary (yes...), and he is like a light-version of Cen, for some reason. And Zophia said he looked like another of my characters, which is probably correct.

[quote]Tea and books are my way of life.  Love the sketch.[/quote]\r\nFree floating stuff be good.\r\n\r\n[quote]I think I've commented on those drawings off of AG? Still really like the tea-and-books sketch, really looking forward to see how all the versions will turn out.[/quote]\r\nWeeell...\r\n\r\nTraditional:\r\n[img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/img006.jpg[/img]\r\nDigital:\r\n[img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/img002-1.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nI like the digital best, but there is details in both I like.\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nHmm, art-bomb!\r\n[url=http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/th_my.jpg][img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/my.jpg[/img][/url]\r\nMythbusters, you know it will end up with an explosion.\r\n\r\n[url=http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/th_highway.jpg][img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/highway.jpg[/img][/url]\r\nI... I get bored when driving... And therefor... I stare at people.. When driving past.\r\n\r\n[url=http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/th_coolguys.jpg][img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/coolguys.jpg[/img][/url]\r\nZophia's request. \r\nStrop claims it is his job to look at explosions.\r\n\r\n[url=http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/th_img014.jpg][img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/img014.jpg[/img][/url]\r\n\r\n[url=http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/th_img013.jpg][img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/img013.jpg[/img][/url]\r\n\r\nI have posted these before, but that time it was photos, this time it is... Well, scans.\r\n\r\n[url=http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/th_nosmo.jpg][img]http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/nosmo.jpg[/img][/url]\r\nGuy to the right is Kai's secretary (yes...), and he is like a light-version of Cen, for some reason. And Zophia said he looked like another of my characters, which is probably correct.

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Posted June 27, '09 3:50pm UTC

Oh, nice, I fail....
Messed up the links, so no reason to click them, as they will just lead to the thumbnail I was planning to use...
Good job, Cen - -*

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Posted June 27, '09 3:54pm UTC

Teh images all showed up for me. . . .

Cen no fail. He is trapped in reality-defying illusion of constant failure.

Hmmm. . . .

The 'cool guys don't look at explosions' pic made me laugh.

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Posted June 27, '09 4:02pm UTC

Well, if you click the images, the thumbnail will show instead of the big picture, which is showing on this page, which makes it .. fail.

Hmm, maybe...
According to the text:

Cool guys don't look at explosions
They blow things up and then walk away
Who's got time to watch an explosion?
Because cool guys have errands that they have to walk to..
Keep walkin', keep shinin'
Don't look back keep on walkin'
Keep struttin' slow motion
The more you ignore it, the cooler you look

http://s428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/th_blow.jpg

If Cen was Chaotic Good, instead of Lawful...
(Chaotic good, cause seeking the truth and blowing things up go hand in hand)

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Posted June 27, '09 4:07pm UTC

(Chaotic good, cause seeking the truth and blowing things up go hand in hand)

QFT.

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Chaotic good. . . .

This guy is the epitome of that:

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4073/00rickroll.png

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Cenere

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Posted June 27, '09 4:19pm UTC

Yup. Thoad once said Cen looked 007-ish in his suit.

Is it called "Foal-eyes" if a horse makes puppy-eyes?
..
And...
Am I the only one who really wants to take a shaver and shave off Cen's hair? Or just cut off the ponytail?

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Posted June 27, '09 4:22pm UTC

Am I the only one who really wants to take a shaver and shave off Cen's hair? Or just cut off the ponytail?

That would be interesting to see.

Is it called "Foal-eyes" if a horse makes puppy-eyes?

ttly.

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Posted June 27, '09 4:50pm UTC

That would be interesting to see.

His hair is a wonderful mess of waves and curls, and they are less visible when either really short haired or long...

Hnm, what else..
Oh yes:
What I do in school instead of listening.

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq1/Cerene_Cerine/img017.jpg

Umbreon (C) Nintendo pplz.

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Posted June 28, '09 11:06pm UTC

Hmm, Zophia asked me to write about them... Not sure if I care to explain, there is not really anyone reading anyway.
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"Stop acting like you know everything, Ced!" The young man shouted angrily at the other, his tangled wavy hair falling into his eyes.
"Aw, come on, I know more than you." The other man, a tanned guy with fluffy fox like ears, laughted at him, seeming so much more carefree than his angered companion. "Besides, no reason to get so pissed at nothing, Eik." He laughed again.
"Better being pissed at nothing, than not caring about anything!" He stomped off, leaving the darkhaired at the wagon.
"He is right, you know..." A catlike woman looked up over the edge of the wagon, directing her piercing gaze at Ced. "He isn't in the right mood for mocking him either."
"Is he ever in a mood that can be bescribed as happy?" He turned his ears towards her, while still staring down the road.
"Well, he is, sometimes. Less lately..."
"I found him, what, three years, no, four years ago, and I can only remember seeing him smile twice." He leaned back, resting against the side of the wagon with a self conscious smile.
"He smiles, when with me." She stated, waving her silky tail behind her in an annoyed way. "It is just when you are around he gets nervous." She hissed, looking down the road. "He's not coming back..."
"Give him a minute or two more, he is probably just trying to get us worried. It's not like he can take care of himself anyway." He yawned.

Eik continued walking even though his leg was starting to hurt again. Some of him wanted to stop, take a break, or even go back, but the anger was still burning more than the pain. Besides, if he came back, they would be laughing at him... He silently decided it was not a choice, at least not right now. He limped on.

Hmm, Zophia asked me to write about them... Not sure if I care to explain, there is not really anyone reading anyway.\r\n-\r\n\r\n"Stop acting like you know everything, Ced!" The young man shouted angrily at the other, his tangled wavy hair falling into his eyes. \r\n"Aw, come on, I know more than you." The other man, a tanned guy with fluffy fox like ears, laughted at him, seeming so much more carefree than his angered companion. "Besides, no reason to get so pissed at nothing, Eik." He laughed again.\r\n"Better being pissed at nothing, than not caring about anything!" He stomped off, leaving the darkhaired at the wagon. \r\n"He is right, you know..." A catlike woman looked up over the edge of the wagon, directing her piercing gaze at Ced. "He isn't in the right mood for mocking him either."\r\n"Is he ever in a mood that can be bescribed as happy?" He turned his ears towards her, while still staring down the road. \r\n"Well, he is, sometimes. Less lately..."\r\n"I found him, what, three years, no, four years ago, and I can only remember seeing him smile twice." He leaned back, resting against the side of the wagon with a self conscious smile. \r\n"He smiles, when with me." She stated, waving her silky tail behind her in an annoyed way. "It is just when you are around he gets nervous." She hissed, looking down the road. "He's not coming back..."\r\n"Give him a minute or two more, he is probably just trying to get us worried. It's not like he can take care of himself anyway." He yawned.\r\n\r\nEik continued walking even though his leg was starting to hurt again. Some of him wanted to stop, take a break, or even go back, but the anger was still burning more than the pain. Besides, if he came back, they would be laughing at him... He silently decided it was not a choice, at least not right now. He limped on.

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Posted July 1, '09 7:59pm UTC

Yup. My plan is to complain about the weather, unless it is summer rain, or snow. Everything else: Not interested... Oh, wait... A bit sun is good too, I mean, for going to the beach, and... regular rain can be rather cozy... And storms are kinda nice...

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Posted July 9, '09 7:27pm UTC

Dragonthing started as sketch, then I wanted to make the line a little darker so it was easier to outline it, and it just evolved from there...
I hardly remember the process. Pretty much like exams or searching.

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Posted July 17, '09 4:45pm UTC

...
Revive!

My shoulders and neck hurts, and I really wonder why... Zophia suggested it might be from drawing, well, only used.. 7 or so hours with drawing, I think.... ... I have a hunch it might be the way I sit, but who knows...
And yes, this is the only way I can express my "I am bored" "I do not want to colour anything!!" "I want to draw..." and my "I don't wanna draw... TT TT" emotions at the same time... By drawing.