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I like them both, but if it's any help - the second option seems warmer than the cardboard texture.

I like the cardboard texture best, but it's too dark. The watercolor paper color looks better. Very cool drawing though. :3

FYI, this is better suited for the "I'm an Artist too, you know!" thread. If you're looking for C&C or just have questions about a piece you made, you should post there. 3nodding

thank! 3nodding heart

Yeah, Raesha really got the short end of the stick. xd ;; She was only the equivlent to a 12 year old when she was orphaned and left for dead so she really didn't have much for survival skills. xp ;;

I only have a couple images of her as a child, and Nafraeja appears in the background of an image or two, but I've never actually commissioned a piece of her.

The main elven races in my story are the Ouranos (sky elves (winged)), Helios (sun elves), Dendros (forest elves), and the Petros (stone elves (dark elves)). I have previously said Avariel and Drow just for simplicity's sake as they bear enough resemblemce. ^_^;; Other than elves, humans are the main attraction, though there is the typical slew of other races. :3


On an entirely different note, it's nice to have you in the guild Audley. smile You are stimulating conversation and I always wanted to guild to be more active. whee ;;

Shavrisjada is an unusual name - where did you get that/how did you come up with it? Actually - that's a good question for anyone with, really. Name origins - anyone care to share? (:



It's interesting now that I know a bit more about Raesha I can really see those details you mention - her appearance is really in keeping with her history and emotional background. A lot of my characters never were children, so I don't often have to think about how events as a young person shape one's life, but - if you'll excuse my colloquialisms - it's dead cool that you've worked all of that out for Raesha.

I'll have to keep an eye out for the pieces where she appears in the background. Does Raesha have any other surviving semi-immediate family? I'm sure she wouldn't be at all thrilled to meet a grandparent.

One more question and then I'll stop (; Are your elven races existing ones? Like ... in mythology or a game or something like that?



Thank you (: It's nice to be in the guild; I had been lurking around for quite some time before I finally requested membership - I don't know, I think I was just being a bit of a wimp prior to then, worrying about what people would think of my incessant ramblings etc. (;

Meanwhile, I'm always interested in how people construct their characters and the stories that go with them (and vice versa) - I imagine people will get bored of "ooh, so how did you decide on that?" eventually (;

I usually just take names as they come to me. My characters usually end up telling me their names themselves. Sometimes I do go for the whole "special meaning" thing when naming them. For instance, my fire elemental Eithne's name means "Little Fire" and her love, my water elemental's name, Nen, means "Ancient Waters" in Swahili. I like Swahili - even had a horse named Farasi (horse) in one of my old, old RPs. But past that, I just see what comes naturally. For places, I have Vionelle in the Petrovian Empire and Kanaea and Borria, neighboring nations in another story.

My character names usually are more on the common side since I don't write HIGH fantasy, but more realistic fantasy. But then, I have less common names or variations mixed in. So in my main novel, Vionelle, I have Evalie, Tani, Jacob, Ryan, Cayden, and Rosanna, for instance. Kind of a mix of common and uncommon, though the uncommon don't sound completely out of place. And I try to make names that people can actually pronounce. I don't know how many stories I've read with really odd names that I get distracted with.

My characters come from stories I write, generally. I've joined in on a few of those "Create a Character" things, but primarily the ones I really love and care about are from novels in progress and stuff. My first one was "The Key to the City," which I got inspired for after playing Vagrant Story, because I loved the premise of a city being so much more than just brick and stone. Basically, it told the story of an old prophecy about someone who would emerge after something devastating befell the city, and would unlock all that the city had to offer. So you had one power hungry guy, a group of people who had grown up underground, determined to protect the city, and the few people who unwittingly got involved in it all. It ended with the two love interests being forced to separate - the guy, John, was physically bound to the city and couldn't leave and yet the girl, Elle's life would certainly end if she stayed. Heh heh...I'm mean, but I love tragic stuff like that.

And so a year later, I decided to write a novel about the city, but set it many generations before, before that prophecy had even come about. I had alluded to the past several times in the original story, and decided to write about those events. And that story has really become a lot bigger than I even intended. I hope it'll have an end sometime.

My other big stories that are unwritten involve a love affair between a fire and water elemental who can never touch because they'll dissolve into steam, as well as another story involving a group of people with innate mental abilities and having to go up against someone bent on their destruction, not knowing that one of their own is a traitor. I actually have that one heavily detailed in my outline of it, so I just need to start writing!

I have no real goals to publish anything....I just love creating. It usually starts with an initial small idea, something general, and then I'll outline a chapter and then write it. And as I'm writing, I get ideas for the next. So I take it chapter by chapter, having a general direction in mind usually, but many times changing things because of my characters. It's so often that the supporting characters end up being much more important than the main ones in my stories. And there've been many times where I think one thing, but then as I'm writing, realize I'm completely off!

Would anyone mind giving pricing suggestions for my friend's art? I've already given her what I'd price things at, but I want to see how that compares. ^_^