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Terreflare In reply to Dark-Asin [2011-07-28 20:30:40 +0000 UTC]

Like painting on paper? I have never even used paint before... Well I am really glad you like how it turned out! I was trying to show how much more I have learned and improve upon my first coconut golf picture. It doeas not feel like long ago at all when I was drawing pictures that now I feel a little ashamed of how simple they were! All I did was spend tons of work shading every scale, blade of grass, and other details that no one would ever normally notice. Turns out there is always more detail that can be added to digital art, so only my patience determines how they look. I still think your pencil drawings and sketches look better then my digital drawings. I spend so much time that it completely hides how new and bad at art I am still. Maybe some day when I feel less like a squid in summer, I could try a colab where you make a sketch or lineart and I could try drawing tons of scales and details! We could have a group pic with Skye, Asin and me all doing something! No idea what though.
Wait, how did you find my picture! You are not randomly looking at my page are you?!

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Terreflare In reply to Cynder-and-spyro-fan [2011-07-12 22:48:34 +0000 UTC]

YayZ!!! I am so glad you finally came! After I posted this you took your DA break and while waiting my bever army all had heart attacks. Next time I will employ beavers with healthy BMI's so they will last longer.

This comment shall make my day! I spent weeks drawing all the details and for some reason after all of that I did not feel like drawing anymore untill you were able to see it. I have also been way to obsessed with playing Istaria online as a dragon character. That game is really fun, have you ever played it before?

Well, I thought the eyes did not turn out as well as the picture before, but the markings on Skye were on of my favorite parts to draw! (I actually forgot them untill all the scales were already drawn I ended up coloring it on each scale to make it look like that.) In fact, I tend to add a rediculus amount of tiny details that no one can see unless downloading the full picture. I even hand shaded each blade of that thin grass, but it is too small to even see. I just have to much fun to stop drawing when I start, and a hard time starting.

Well I am really glad you like it! We will soon have the world playing Coconutball!(At least everyone that does not get injured hitting a coconut) Well if you want you could look at some of my slightly older pictures since I believe it had been since last year that you have visited, but this is the most important one for you to see and I can now move on to thinking about my next picture! I hope we may have more time to talk on DA in the future!

You are only one year younger then me now?!? Either I completely lost track of time and forgot my age or it has always been like this, I had always thought you were a little further then my age for some reason. I hope you had lots of fun and will have fun at the fireworks on the 13th! I love fireworks and we usually have them a day early on July 3rd here.

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Terreflare In reply to 1Ace1000 [2011-06-05 05:41:23 +0000 UTC]

Cameo reminds me of the slang form of camouflage. It would be hard to get me blending in with nature here when my scales are so shiny. Well, this is unrelated though.
Is there a greek name for "C" If there is then your avatar would look like "Delta,(word for C),epsilon", but I am fairly sure the third greek letter was gamma so there is likely no greek "C"
Oh noes! I am on an off topic spree!

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1Ace1000 In reply to Terreflare [2011-06-05 05:44:23 +0000 UTC]

I see... So to stay on topic, I was thinking of using those two as a cameo for my comic.

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Terreflare In reply to 1Ace1000 [2011-06-05 08:31:14 +0000 UTC]

Good luck keeping me on topic! Well, if you do put me in a comic make sure my scales are nice and shiny! I won't attract many dragonesses with dull scales. Odd, my spellcheck say the proper form for a female dragon is "dragonet" and not dragoness. How interesting...
Anyway, if you do use me in a comic try not to make me look bad. It is hard enough to squeeze respect from some of the young humans as it is, if they thought I was as green as a hatchie they may never listen to me. Ah, but either way it may be hard to get Casf's permission to use Skye while she is on her break. Well, tell me if you do decide to cameo us. Isn't cameo also what they called them small ivory or tortoise shell carvings of heads they put on necklaces? I can't remember...

What do you think would be a good decorative tile for a lair, obsidian or a nice banded marble. Obsidian is smother, but scratches easy and is dark, while the marble would probably be tougher. Perhaps obsidian would make better walls. It would probably stick to them if I heated it. Oh well, there is only sedimentary rock where I live anyway, but I can always dream. Volcanic may be nice hard and smooth but would take forever to dig out the rooms. What is your favorite mineral? I think mine is Bismuth, forms the most elegant crystals really. It is too fragile for floors though even being a metal and far too rare on earth for large applications.

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1Ace1000 In reply to Terreflare [2011-06-05 14:42:31 +0000 UTC]

That was not exactly what I was talking about... This is what I was thinking of putting those two in.[link]

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Terreflare In reply to suppari [2011-05-29 14:57:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Suppy! I think your caps lock was on! I am very glad you like it. I was hoping Casf would see it, but maybe after her DA break she will have time to look at it.
Now I just need to make an avatar that says summer before fall starts.

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suppari In reply to Terreflare [2011-06-12 20:03:21 +0000 UTC]

Noo problem ;D
Caps lock makes it all better B3 and my capslock is always onn~ while commenting B3
hehe maybe :3
Yup, indeed XD since it's summer alredy *W*

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Terreflare In reply to suppari [2011-06-12 22:40:08 +0000 UTC]

Every time my caps lock is on I need to retype everything or it bugs me. I am weird like that. Well, I still have not thought of what I want to do for my summer avatar picture.

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Terreflare In reply to Deahara [2011-05-26 21:05:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh, thank you! I spent forever trying to get the poses right. I just kept starting over untill I liked how it looked. I am glad you like it!

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Deahara In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-27 08:49:36 +0000 UTC]

No problem C:
Well, hard work gives great effects ^^

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Terreflare In reply to Deahara [2011-05-27 09:40:22 +0000 UTC]

Yep!
I just realized I need to change my avatar for summer. Time flys so fast!

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Terreflare In reply to Juro-The-Dragon [2011-05-26 10:11:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I am glad you like it! It is a great game for any dragon beach parties!

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Juro-The-Dragon In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-26 14:14:28 +0000 UTC]

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Terreflare In reply to Squidub [2011-05-25 20:34:31 +0000 UTC]

Epic turtle! Yep, I like the details! I hope Casf likes it too!
Thankz!

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Squidub In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-25 20:36:29 +0000 UTC]

bwahhha!
Yes!
Your welcome!

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Terreflare In reply to legarsraide [2011-05-25 19:46:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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legarsraide In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-25 20:07:26 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome

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Terreflare In reply to Cyndergirlonly [2011-05-25 19:46:18 +0000 UTC]

Yays! I am so glad to hear from you. I see you noticed some of the little details in the picture! I wanted to find a way to put my mark on this picture without stamping it over my wing so I made it into a boat! I think the Casfish wants us to stop ruining his yard. We are probably making it into a mess. Oh, I am almost level 71 in Istaria now. I am still just a hatchie though even when some adults are less then half my level. (I think I am addicted!) Thanks for your nice comment!

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Cyndergirlonly In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-25 20:32:12 +0000 UTC]

Heheh glad to hear from you too. I always notice the small details in the pictures that's what I love, finding nice details that most others doesn't even notice Of course, it is easier to notice these details. I think you are addicted to No I'm just kidding I haven't had time to, and if you read my journal, you have seen that that I have been bussy, I mean, two exams at one week..MAN! Oh well It's over now!
And no problem, you are more than welcome!

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Terreflare In reply to Vrani [2011-05-25 20:00:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I have been working a lot on drawing good scales. I watched Casf to see how she draws them, but I think my style is still different somehow. It is one of my favorite parts to draw in my pictures for some reason. It is still challenging to make them flow in the right directions especially on me in this picture since my pose has me and my legs upside down at times. They really make the picture look nice and help hide my sloppy shading.

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Vrani In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-25 20:37:14 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^.=.^
I am sorry, cause I fail to see that "sloppy shading" of yours

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Terreflare In reply to Vrani [2011-05-25 21:13:50 +0000 UTC]

That is because of the scales! I can shade quickly on the body and the scales will hide the sloppy lines. I have to be much more carefull with the parts of the body that have no scales since they will show sloppy shading more. I wish I could learn the comic cell shading style others use, but I can't seem to do it. I suppose that is just not my style. I sometimes wonder how my pictures look without my artist's bias. I think they look good, but when I look back on pictures I made a long time ago they look rather sloppy when I had thought they were nice. Oh well, as long as I keep improving I will always get better.

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Vrani In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-25 21:26:01 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, well I'll agree with you on that one
I have finally been able to come up with an idea for a pic, so I guess I'll just have start painting now eih

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Terreflare In reply to Vrani [2011-05-25 23:50:41 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Painting! Good luck!

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Vrani In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-26 05:57:10 +0000 UTC]

Dankiveil^^
And about my own crash, I landed down on my rear,just about 3" from landing straight on my tailbone; slammed my left wrist into the floor to prevent my head from following suit. Technically the hand is working fine, ecxept that I cant either push or pull any weight with it :/

Hope your arm is up and running fully again soon

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Terreflare In reply to Vrani [2011-05-26 09:39:08 +0000 UTC]

I think I hurt my wrist and my arm like that. I really twisted my wrist and hurt my elbow so bad that it would not bend fully for days. It is really odd not being able to touch your head with one arm. My wrist feels better now, but even after two weeks my arm is very weak. I can not lift near as much and it is shaky when I try. I am getting pretty good at lifting with my left arm now. I think I bady bruised or tore up some of the muscle when I landed. I am still glad I did not break my arm, if I landed any other way I probably would have. I am sure in a few more weeks I will be perfectly healed up and lifting stuff again. Too bad I do not have a job, it would be fun to get paid disability and sit around all day. I hurt my rear once, I fell backwards and hit my tailbones on a big sharp rock. I could barely sit down for weeks. I hope your tail and wrist heal up fast!

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Vrani In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-26 09:45:09 +0000 UTC]

thx
Hehe, pt my butt i allright but I still cant push or lift with my wrist
Hope your arm will be soon okay, it really sucks not being able to use one of your arms :s.

Anyway, how is life over there in the US?

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Terreflare In reply to Vrani [2011-05-26 10:27:45 +0000 UTC]

Well life is quiet and dark since it is past five in the morning. I need to get to bed now. Hopefully you just twisted your wrist and the joint is just sore still. As long as it is not broken and all the muscles are attached it should heal up fine in time as the bruises fade and joint heals just like my arm is now. If I hurt my wrist too badly to play video games, make chainmaille, or draw I think I would go crazy. I seem to have the need to be using my hands at all times. Just not when I am sleeping I guess. Well good night or day where you are!

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Vrani In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-26 12:19:43 +0000 UTC]

Well g'night then cya later
PT here its half three in the afternoon.
What time zone do you live in?

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Terreflare In reply to Vrani [2011-05-26 21:02:05 +0000 UTC]

I live in the American central time zone. It is annoying because the TV only mentions eastern times for shows and I need to move the times up an hour or I miss the show. Right now we are having a tornado infestation in America. A town near my grandma's house was hit with an F5 and it killed well over a hundred people recently. I think there have been over 500 tornado deaths this year. I live near a lake on a mountain side so it is fairly safe here, but I feel sad when I here of others deaths. I think most people die of high speed debris and a good set of chainmaille like mine would be all they needed to live though one. This year is setting so many tornado records, have there ever been tornados where you live?

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Vrani In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-27 10:51:03 +0000 UTC]

I dont think there has ever been a tornado in Denmark, at least not in the last few eons.
Do you make chainmail?

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Terreflare In reply to Vrani [2011-05-27 18:15:44 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, I wonder why we seem to have all the crazy weather in America.
Yep, I make some chainmaille things when I have free time. There are pictures in my metal working gallery if you want to see some. I also want to learn how to forge metal, but I have not felt like it since hurting my arm. With college and such a buisy summer I may not have much time. I would also like to buy a bunch of blue metal scales to make a nice scale shirt, but scale prices went up and it costs a lot now. I will have to see how much my college class costs first.

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Vrani In reply to Terreflare [2011-05-28 14:12:14 +0000 UTC]

Just took a look on your gallery, and I'll just say "H.O.L.Y C.R.A.P" just for using an old cliche these are epic! I cant imagine how long it have taken you to make these.
Hmm scales, how does that looks like compared to chainmale

(also now my very first picture is finished^^ I'll upload as soon as I can find a way to get it onto the computer)

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Terreflare In reply to Vrani [2011-05-28 19:26:06 +0000 UTC]

I am glad you like them. Here is a picture of what the scale vests look like. [link]
I want one of these using shiny blue scales that they sell. It should definately help attract the dragonesses! My famly thinks I am crazy, but I think it looks good. Anyway, it is build the same as chainmaille, but using scales instead of some of the rings. The inside looks like chainmaille, and the outside has all these shiny scales! I want to order them and start building this summer if my college class does not cost too much.

Tell me when you post your picture and I will have a look!

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Vrani In reply to Terreflare [2011-06-02 12:04:16 +0000 UTC]

The picture is in there now

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Terreflare In reply to Vrani [2011-06-02 20:06:12 +0000 UTC]

Well, I did see those two pictures you posted, but they also look like they were made with a character generator. I don't really have anything against using those, but DA policy says,
"Since these creations involve no true artistic effort and are entirely prepackaged the only location they may be placed is in your Scrapbook. Any generated, pre-packaged content found in any other gallery location will be relocated to scraps without warning."

I have seen other deviants posting pictures from that same generator and not being caught, but if one angry or grumpy person feels like reporting it then the DA staff would probably move them to your scrapbook and when submitting art there nobody usually watches scrapbook entries so it is hardly worth putting them there in the first place. Chances are people would not report it, but you would be better off trying to draw all of your own art. When you draw your own art you can still use other peoples pictures as templates, but instead of tracing every detail just use the parts you like and add your own ideas. After only a couple of pictures you should be able to start drawing with less need for references and be able to post pictures that do not need to give credit to any other artists. I know it is a whole lot of work and you may not like how the first pictures look, but there is no feeling better then knowing the dragon looks just right and unique. I know you can do it if you really try hard. Try looking through the free line art and dragon drawing guides and try copying the lines by sight without tracing as practise. It will help you memorize the shapes of the body and when you feel creative try changing things to make the pose different. Character generators are useful when you need ideas or you want to plan the colors for a dragon an quickly see what it may look like, but the best way to get fans is to draw all your pictures.
I don't like how pushy I am sounding here. I know that you have put lots of thought and work into how your characters look, but when you use a generator I can not really leave as much of a positive comment since there is no way for me to tell how much work you put into it or see if your art is improving like most other types of art. I am also a little confused about why they banned one of my favorite colorful plz accounts so it may make me a little grumpy. It followed all rules and guidlines as I intrerpreted them and yet it must have just bugged some admin or something to get banned for being too colorful... I am just worried that they made some new rules that could have my main account banned for making those when I have always thought they were harmless fun little icons. I don't know what I would do if I lost contact with all my friends here.

Well, if you need any help with art or advice I always love to help. You might want to avoid using my plz accounts untill I find what new policy puts DA against those things. Have you been doing good lately? I can see you have been working on your story. I would like to write a story some time about me, but I am too lazy to type a lot.

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Vrani In reply to Terreflare [2011-06-02 20:53:53 +0000 UTC]

And about the story thing, well I could give it a try if you'd like

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Terreflare In reply to Vrani [2011-06-02 22:02:03 +0000 UTC]

Well, it would be hard for you to write the story without haveing seen my world. If you wrote it it would be your story and if I told you I would have to write it first to tell you. I just need to find the time to start. My story has not enede yet, so there may be much more to write about when I am older. I am still not very good at finding the right words for my feelings. I'll do better on my story when I am older and hopefully a little less crazy.

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Vrani In reply to Terreflare [2011-06-02 22:06:59 +0000 UTC]

Yes, ofcause. You're right
Hehe, all it takes is a "EURIKA"(a flash of inspiration) and you've allready begun writting
And I know just how it is not to be good at putting your feelings into words

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