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Post by Quaddy on Oct 19, 2012 20:50:56 GMT -6
It's dark by 6 here, so not much better. I admit, Florida winters are the greatest thing on earth. A few beach days, a few sweater days, the best time to go to Disney (because no one else goes, except around Christmas), and bright blue skies.
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Post by Aldersmaine on Oct 19, 2012 21:58:53 GMT -6
Sounds almost Alaskan.
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Post by Quaddy on Oct 19, 2012 23:14:30 GMT -6
Florida winters sound like Alaska? Or...Scotland? Scotland, right?
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Post by Aldersmaine on Oct 20, 2012 1:15:38 GMT -6
yes i was referring to Scotland....
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Post by Quaddy on Oct 20, 2012 10:13:41 GMT -6
Oh good. I was worried for a second that global climate change had gone all Def Con 1 on me...
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Post by Aldersmaine on Oct 20, 2012 12:16:23 GMT -6
That should be funny... I'm just too tired to laugh right now... oi...
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Post by Aldersmaine on Oct 22, 2012 19:29:20 GMT -6
Hey everyone! I'm somewhat interested in Drawing the characters, perhaps portraits, give me links to refs of people you think they look like so I can use those refs and the descriptions in the CF to make good portraits.
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Post by Quaddy on Oct 22, 2012 22:47:05 GMT -6
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Post by Aldersmaine on Oct 22, 2012 23:07:58 GMT -6
slain69 that's not you is it?
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Post by Matt on Oct 23, 2012 6:39:45 GMT -6
Bloody hell, real people as parts of fictional character... so tricky! I've been scrambling for images that sort of go with how I see Kenaz... So I've got this one: benmillerphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/xavier-tournaud-male-model-500x750.jpg for the sort of facial structure as a man. I admittedly found it off Ben Miller but it's hard to find photos of a similar looking thing. The hair is about like that and the stubbling, unkempt thing too, slightly curlier for the hair actually (more Simon Baker curls I guess... god me and Simon Baker...) And then it's this sort of colour: As a girl - Kenaz is more of an Amy Pond (http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1343355.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Karen+Gillan+ ) - longer, redder hair, albeit with a pointier bone structure. Mix her with Miss Havisham a la Bonamcarter (https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ7cADGxdJPWtc9gVL9EXXqtaEDXAGTbbbQ7lxYAB9dD_JS_luOKA). Not sure if the girl version will feature much though. But then you have to account for the dragon eyes... the scales of his spine and shoulders. I tend to think of eyes as deeper than your average human shape - you know more third eyelid like a cat type of eye. With the slit pupil. And then the colours. Ah. if you wanted to draw him you'd have a tricky time... I'm finding it hard to think of how to convey it in a mix of already there pictures. |
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Post by Quaddy on Oct 23, 2012 11:15:53 GMT -6
Slaine69 is definitely not me. I can't draw at all. But he draws my favorite fan art of the Malazan Book of the Fallen and Rei was heavily influenced (appearance-wise, at least, and with concept) by a character named Apsalar, who gets possessed by the God of Assassins and then an assassin herself when he leaves her body.
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Post by Mynt on Oct 23, 2012 11:45:40 GMT -6
I don't usually use real people as references for my characters. @_@ I'll try and find something.
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Post by Quaddy on Oct 23, 2012 18:52:48 GMT -6
Good luck, Mynt. It took me hours to find pictures that worked. And even then, those aren't perfect. The girl I ended up choosing is a lot softer looking, a lot prettier. Rei is a little sharper, a little more angular. With a deadlier look. Especially in her eyes. She definitely has a Kate Beckinsale-in-Underworld vibe.
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Post by Mynt on Oct 23, 2012 21:26:13 GMT -6
Well, I imagined Sera with a fairly thin, ballet dancer like body. Flexible and whatever. Face wise, psh, I have no idea.
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Post by Aldersmaine on Oct 23, 2012 22:05:09 GMT -6
Bloody hell, real people as parts of fictional character... so tricky! I've been scrambling for images that sort of go with how I see Kenaz... So I've got this one: benmillerphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/xavier-tournaud-male-model-500x750.jpg for the sort of facial structure as a man. I admittedly found it off Ben Miller but it's hard to find photos of a similar looking thing. The hair is about like that and the stubbling, unkempt thing too, slightly curlier for the hair actually (more Simon Baker curls I guess... god me and Simon Baker...) And then it's this sort of colour: As a girl - Kenaz is more of an Amy Pond (http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1343355.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Karen+Gillan+ ) - longer, redder hair, albeit with a pointier bone structure. Mix her with Miss Havisham a la Bonamcarter (https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ7cADGxdJPWtc9gVL9EXXqtaEDXAGTbbbQ7lxYAB9dD_JS_luOKA). Not sure if the girl version will feature much though. But then you have to account for the dragon eyes... the scales of his spine and shoulders. I tend to think of eyes as deeper than your average human shape - you know more third eyelid like a cat type of eye. With the slit pupil. And then the colours. Ah. if you wanted to draw him you'd have a tricky time... I'm finding it hard to think of how to convey it in a mix of already there pictures. I think i'll stick with the guy version and wing it wiuth your ref and bio. we'll see if the result is acceptable, these portraits will be of a particular style, we'll see how it goes. |
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Post by Aldersmaine on Oct 23, 2012 22:07:09 GMT -6
Well it's obvious that i won't be able to truly capture what each of you envision, but don't you think it'd be fun to see what I see when I read your posts and see the closes living person you can find to your character? lol
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Post by Quaddy on Oct 23, 2012 22:23:02 GMT -6
I'm not exactly waving a pitchfork over here. Artistic license, I always say...
But you'd better get it right.
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Post by Aldersmaine on Oct 24, 2012 2:18:08 GMT -6
o.0" /stares at the pitchfork sticking out of your back pocket/
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Post by Mynt on Oct 24, 2012 8:34:40 GMT -6
I'm pretty protective of my characters so I try to avoid having people draw them, but on the other hand if someone is offering to do s o I won't say no. xD That doesn't mean I can help you at all. I can give you some references on his facial structure but not what his face looks like. lol.
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Post by Quaddy on Oct 24, 2012 12:15:13 GMT -6
If this is what working with writers is with, I feel awful for comic book artists...
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Post by Aldersmaine on Oct 24, 2012 15:00:11 GMT -6
Lol, most times I'll draw characters in the stories i'm involved with randomly, and might or might not share them, lol ask Zeph, he knows. but I figured I'd let you guys pic some pictures to help keep thing more accurate.
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Post by Mynt on Oct 24, 2012 23:46:00 GMT -6
I'm not sure I can help you. lol. Just draw him. xD
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Post by Quaddy on Oct 25, 2012 0:16:23 GMT -6
One wonders how many secret sketches he has...
Do you have a cache somewhere of everyone's beloved character, stealth sketcher?!?!?! Are you hiding them from us? HUNH?!
(OK, I'm going insane. I need NaNo to come so I can channel it. I am so not prepared for this...I should probably go look at my outline a few more times to figure out where I'm going with it.)
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Post by Mynt on Oct 25, 2012 1:37:56 GMT -6
So far my Nano is looking like a giant character study. I guess that's not too bad...
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Post by Aldersmaine on Oct 25, 2012 2:11:32 GMT -6
i have not outline i'm just going to wing it lol
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