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Creating a red beard since 1991
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Mon May 25, 2009, 11:08 PM
Up until recently I've been mainly working on old stuff. I still have plenty of old stuff to clean up and make good, and I'm going to continue working on it. However, a week or two ago I had a couple of ideas for new projects.

First, I'm working on two different images based on input from my two oldest boys. I made page of thumbnail sketches over a few days and then shared them with the boys. I asked each to pick a thumbnail that I would turn into a raytraced image with colors and textures that they help to choose. The oldest of the two picked an abstract similar to what's in my Works collection. So it's becoming Work XIV. The four-year-old picked a spaceship. So it's going to become a spaceship that I'm calling a Longboat right now.

I've done basic renderings of both, and presented them to the boys, who colored them using the GIMP. I'll probably post scraps for the initial renderings and the boys' initial markups sometime soon.

The other idea I had was to take some lesser seen item from something famous (relative to me, at least) and render it in detail. I've got a few reasons for this, but the most important is so that I can work on details, including things like greebles. Probably the first thing I'll do in this probably series is power plant from the AAT (Battle Tank) page from Star Wars: Episode I Incredible Cross-Sections, published by DK with art by Hans Jenssen and Richard Chasemore.

I haven't started on this yet, and probably won't until I'm done with the stuff from the boys. But I'm getting excited about it.

Of course, after I do some of the detail images, I'll probably start doing some more complex projects... such as :iconmalaveldt: *Malaveldt's Scavenger Arken (which he's given me permission to do... I just have't yet).

Sounds like fun to me!

  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: Mikael Fyrek
  • Reading: Various bits of Wikipedia
  • Watching: Stargate: Continuum
  • Eating: As healthy as I can (but cheating some)
  • Drinking: Water.

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  • Current Residence: Somewhere this side of Oz
  • Interests: Sci-Fi, Computers, RPGs (Rifts and Shadowrun esp)
  • Favourite movie: Dune (1984 version), Blade Runner, The Matrix
  • Favourite band or musician: Jethro Tull, Jean-Michel Jarre, Afro Celt Sound System, Yes
  • Favourite genre of music: Do I have to pick?
  • Favourite artist: H.R. Giger, M.C. Escher, Boris Vallejo
  • Favourite poet or writer: William Blake, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert
  • Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
  • MP3 player of choice: mpd/mpc
  • Shell of choice: Bash
  • Wallpaper of choice: Random selection from a bunch
  • Favourite game: Pysol, Atomic Tanks
  • Tools of the Trade: GIMP, Inkscape, POV-Ray, JED, Wacom Bamboo, scanner

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Many thanks for the fave, my red bearded friend!
:D

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Now you're all gone, got your makeup on, and you're not coming back.
You're quite welcome!

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[M]anufacturers of laser weapons...build in cool sound generators.... Marketing research...[has] shown that energy weapons that make sounds sell better by 20-33%. - Kevin Siembieda (Rifts GM Guide)
Not a problem. I couldn't believe I had been reading Maverick and Friends and still wasn't watching you on dA :)

BTW, how's the hand doing?

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[M]anufacturers of laser weapons...build in cool sound generators.... Marketing research...[has] shown that energy weapons that make sounds sell better by 20-33%. - Kevin Siembieda (Rifts GM Guide)
Hand's fine now, I just have a scar where I cut it. thanks for asking. :)
Hi,
Much love for adding me to your watch :blowkiss: :rose:


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Not a problem. I really like your stock.

And you've provided a shot that's perfect for a piece I've been wanting to do for a long time. If I ever finish it (or even start :) ) I'll let you know.

Thanks ;)

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[M]anufacturers of laser weapons...build in cool sound generators.... Marketing research...[has] shown that energy weapons that make sounds sell better by 20-33%. - Kevin Siembieda (Rifts GM Guide)
thanks for +fav :)

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No problem. You've got a very interesting gallery. And I was surprised when I realized I hadn't added you to my watch list. That's been fixed :)

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[M]anufacturers of laser weapons...build in cool sound generators.... Marketing research...[has] shown that energy weapons that make sounds sell better by 20-33%. - Kevin Siembieda (Rifts GM Guide)

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