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Post by anitangel on Nov 3, 2009 13:11:11 GMT -9
It will take years in the pace I've been working on this set the last week! So you will have enough time  I'm sure. Anita |
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Post by xtea on Nov 4, 2009 4:38:38 GMT -9
As I said before I love them! ;D My fav one is red grape fairy, the yellow poppy flower fairy and the red poppy fairy! It looks really awesome!  |
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Post by theauldgrump on Nov 5, 2009 8:23:00 GMT -9
The auld grump: I cannot see its face, it makes a good mummy, the person did a very good job making it look real. Anita Here's a picture of the poor thing's little face.   The artist did a very good job. Here is a link to the site.The Auld Grump, your fairies are much more lively. |
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Post by anitangel on Nov 6, 2009 7:51:35 GMT -9
Thanks for the link. I like those statues on there.
Anita
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Post by docryder on Nov 7, 2009 19:13:24 GMT -9
Mightn't the red Grape Faerie also be a Raisin Faerie? |
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Post by anitangel on Nov 8, 2009 17:07:23 GMT -9
Very appropriate! Thanks for the comment Docryder.
Anita
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Post by anitangel on Nov 13, 2009 12:17:12 GMT -9
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Post by old squirmydad on Nov 13, 2009 14:17:05 GMT -9
Lovely! ;D I'm at work now, but I'll show these to my resident fairy critic in the morning and see what she thinks. |
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Post by magpiestear on Nov 14, 2009 12:39:11 GMT -9
Well they get the thumbs up from my daughter 'tell me when they're finished and we'll print them out' were her parting words as she went off to play with her train set that has currently taken over the living room!!!! My favourirtes are the poppy fairies!! |
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Post by old squirmydad on Nov 14, 2009 12:52:35 GMT -9
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Post by anitangel on Nov 16, 2009 15:03:34 GMT -9
Sounds like the poppy fairies are popular! Jabbro doesn't like the poppy fairies too much. These girls are so cute! Thanks Magpiestear and Squirmydad for commenting! I am working on it for so long now, that I consider this my first pay-set. Just so you guys know what to expect. Anita |
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Post by squirmydad on Nov 17, 2009 13:41:42 GMT -9
The coloring looks fantastic! I like to color blends, very elfish.
JIM
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Post by xtea on Nov 22, 2009 11:17:24 GMT -9
These are really great! I like them. Especially the pansy and the apple fairies.  Really awesome job. And wonderful colorings. |
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Post by Floyd on Nov 23, 2009 7:59:22 GMT -9
Wow very evocative and complementary color palette selections.
Glad to see your still working on these lovelies...
~F
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Post by anitangel on Nov 23, 2009 11:24:49 GMT -9
Thanks Jim! I was hoping it would rather look fairyish but elfish is good too. I'm glad you like my coloring. Xtea: I thought you like the purple Dracena the best  or my memory is escaping me? Floyd: Yes, I'm working on them. I need a lot of these designs because I plan to shrink them down and put like 3 of them on one "model". Color wheel helps to choose these colors, without it I would probably do something totally different --like use only blues, or use only ones that have the tint of yellow. Well, you get the point. I'm no Van Gogh. And because I've typed up this text I suppose I could show you what got done the last weekend:         I kept them away from you guys because I don't like to see myself double posting  so I was planning to show a lot of them to you, but only a few for now. I hope you all like them. And if any of you are interested in sketches --and what is waiting for coloring check out these links: s977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/Anitangel/?action=view¤t=Untitled-5.jpgs977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/Anitangel/?action=view¤t=Untitled-3.jpgs977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/Anitangel/?action=view¤t=Untitled-1.jpgAnita |
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Post by theauldgrump on Nov 29, 2009 16:39:02 GMT -9
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Post by theauldgrump on Nov 30, 2009 14:06:10 GMT -9
And another, rather grim (Grimm?) bit of faerie art - the hornet is a normal sized insect, the faerie is about 1 cm tall....  The Auld Grump |
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Post by anitangel on Nov 30, 2009 17:02:00 GMT -9
The Auld Grump thanks for the pictures. If I get to the insect people I'm going to do it the way I started to design them. The full body is going to look like that the humanoid genes are mixed with insects, not just the legs and the back.
Anita
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Post by theauldgrump on Nov 30, 2009 17:51:39 GMT -9
Well, it was an alternative - you did not sound all that happy with the straight up humanoid/insect look. If my centauroid ramblings have done nothing but make you happier with your original choice then all to the good. Both the flower fairies and the insectile fairies were largely Victorian affectations - earlier periods did not view the fey in quite that romantic a light. (Heck, up until Elizabethan times fairies were generally considered bad news, giving us such wonderful medical terms as 'stroke' - originally 'elf stroke'.) If the set(s) is out in time for Christmas then I will be bundling it with Faery's Tale, for a gaming couple that I know who have a little girl. (One of the first toys they got for her, on her first Christmas, was a complete set of stuffed polyhedral dice....  ) I think that her parents will be well pleased. (Faery's Tale is aimed at players around six years old. ) The Auld Grump *EDIT* For some reason the Dracena Fairy makes me think of Carmen Miranda.... |
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Post by anitangel on Dec 1, 2009 8:55:42 GMT -9
I am not happy with my designs still, they need some tweaking. The only reason that I do not concentrate on the bug creatures because I don't find them fairy like. As for the dracena fairy... I'm surprised that is the one that pulled the image of Carmen Miranda into your mind, I mean the apple fairy has a well packed hat on her head --a lot closer to the ones Carmen was wearing. That is interesting though, I wonder why the dracena had this effect on you. I have gotten involved playing Dragon Age Origins, which means that I'm taking a break from drawing. I am not sure when are they going to hit the market. My apologies -the game is way too interesting. Anita |
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Post by Dryw the Harper on Dec 1, 2009 10:00:44 GMT -9
Bummer. I too was watching this faerie project with great interest.  Dryw the Harper |
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Post by theauldgrump on Dec 1, 2009 13:49:07 GMT -9
As for the dracena fairy... I'm surprised that is the one that pulled the image of Carmen Miranda into your mind, I mean the apple fairy has a well packed hat on her head --a lot closer to the ones Carmen was wearing. That is interesting though, I wonder why the dracena had this effect on you. Anita That's easy - the skirt. For me Carmen Miranda is always associated with both the involved head gear (not always a fruit basket) and long skirts. Boom chicka chic! The Auld Grump |
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Post by anitangel on Dec 2, 2009 8:05:39 GMT -9
I'm sorry if I am messing up someone's schedules. I was giving you guys heads up so things like that won't happen. I wasn't sure anybody is really that interested in this set aside from 3 cute daughters And people who want insect-like fairies. I really cannot help myself, I play into the night not even realizing that it is over bedtime I'm so involved with this game! And that says something. Whohoo! Ah, the skirt, okay. Anita |
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Post by old squirmydad on Dec 2, 2009 11:37:46 GMT -9
Game playing distracting you from creating? I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago with this game I found called "HALO", maybe you've heard of it? I work on a Mac and there aren't many games for it that interest me, so I get more work done. Recently I upgraded my Paralells program (which allows me to run Windows on my Mac) and found that the HALO universe is now playable on my Mac....is it December already?  One useful thing about video games (good ones) is that I get to see some good examples of texturing and model detailing techniques that I fully intend to incorporate into my own model and texture work...just as soon as I defeat the Covenant troops on the ship. |
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Post by squirmydad on Dec 2, 2009 14:18:00 GMT -9
Have fun doing what your doing. This is a hobby after all.
I know for my part, if I ever got back into video gaming, you would never see me here again. I have also been busing myself with painting and other craft projects.
The fairies will awesome when their finished!
JIM
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Post by anitangel on Dec 4, 2009 8:38:31 GMT -9
Jim: Thanks for the trust. I think we all should keep it fun or you'll burn out.
Eric: Who haven't heard about Halo... I haven't played it though, I'm not that interested in war games... just fantasy ;D But yeah everyone say it is really good.
Anita
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Post by Dave on Dec 6, 2009 11:06:07 GMT -9
Anita, your fairies are delightful and extraordinary. They look great at this size, and I'm sure they'll look amazing at tabletop scales.
Halo is overrated, but then again, I can't stay hooked on any video game. (I am, however, itching to play some Blood Bowl.)
Those mummified fairies are super cool. If you really want to make fairies seem real, produce a corpse, ha!
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Post by theauldgrump on Dec 6, 2009 14:35:06 GMT -9
Passing along a request from Caitlin Schmelling (Age 6) - Mice! Mice to go with the fairies, both for them to ride on and to play with. (She has fallen in love with her dad's copy of Mouseguard.)
The Auld Grump
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Post by theauldgrump on Dec 6, 2009 15:52:49 GMT -9
Sorry about the brevity above - my laptop gave me a six minute shutdown warning as I opened it. Thinking about it, I can see where Caitlin is coming from - mice would be rather nice, and if the fairies shown so far end up being about 1 inch or so in height then the mice can be done near life size. I can also see such things as riding pigeons, but then I am a Pratchett fan. (Feegle wa hai!) Chipmunks might also be cute. Following with some-not-really-requests-but-maybe-some-ideas - I can think of some less pleasant flower fairies to add to the mix - Nightshade(or Belladonna - really common around where I live), Monkshood (or Wolfsbane, or Devil's Helmet), Bloodroot, Jack-In-the-Pulpit, Foxglove, Lily of the Valley, Yew, and Hemlock. Given the season, perhaps Mistletoe, Ash, and Holly for the nicer fey. Mushroom fey might include Puffball and Amanita (ever notice that the Smurfs live in poisonous mushrooms? ). The Auld Grump, from too terse to too verbose.... |
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Post by anitangel on Dec 7, 2009 7:26:27 GMT -9
Dave: Thanks for the comment! I am not going to start playing Halo then if it is really that overrated. It must be good for some who likes the genre though because of how many parts have been made.
The Auld Grump: Thank you for forwarding the messages. As for the moment there were no plans for rider fairies. Later on I might change my mind and make a whole army of them if I ever get back to drawing. This game is just way too cool. Oh, and Xmas is coming up so there are other reasons to be extra busy.
Anita
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I'm sure.
or my memory is escaping me? 
so I was planning to show a lot of them to you, but only a few for now.
)
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Spent two 'fun' hours last night unclogging a heat break tube (the nozzle was a lost cause and replaced). Stupid bowden tube slipped and molten plastic spilled up into the heat break tube and congealed.
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