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theancientofdays In reply to missbeautifool [2009-05-11 10:41:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ^^ I think the trick to sky is to keep it simple and quick. I wet my blue paint and then washed the sky with clean water and just slapped blue here and there. The paint did all the work. I always get rotten skies when I try to hard at them and try to "paint" them instead of just letting them flow.

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missbeautifool In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-13 14:11:53 +0000 UTC]

ah so you use blue paint?instead of watercolours?

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theancientofdays In reply to missbeautifool [2009-05-14 11:04:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh, no - I meant "blue watercolour", of course. I think I used cerulean for this sky.

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missbeautifool In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-17 13:23:12 +0000 UTC]

ah ok ok ... but maybe painting can be used with lots of water like a watercolours

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theancientofdays In reply to Razkall [2009-05-09 12:01:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! You know, the fact that it's a whopper of a painting helps give it that "photo-illusion". It's pretty obviously watercolour up close. Thanks again - you've been so supportive lately, and I hardly ever get online to see anything or talk to anyone.

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Razkall In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-09 20:59:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah it was about time I updated my account with my graduation project now that it's finished I managed to get through 600 dev's in one week, so I should be able to keep a normal track of things again. I know what it's like, being too busy, so don't worry about it

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theancientofdays In reply to Razkall [2009-05-10 11:32:16 +0000 UTC]

D: 600 in a week!?! Now that's dedication! I think I'd have deleted them and just started over!

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theancientofdays In reply to Jose-Garel-Alvoeiro [2009-05-07 10:07:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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theancientofdays In reply to anakalivas [2009-05-07 10:07:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I admit that the bricks took a while, but I had used a straight edge to draw in lines to mark their locations and keep the perspective right and it worked out okay.

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theancientofdays In reply to misschaudhry [2009-05-07 10:05:17 +0000 UTC]

^^ Thanks very much!

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theancientofdays In reply to klazien [2009-05-07 10:05:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much, Klazien!

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theancientofdays In reply to BaLiNa [2009-05-06 09:58:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much! The drawing doesn't take too long. I think I spent about 2 hours on the underlying sketch, but the actual painting took a lot longer.

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BaLiNa In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-06 11:14:38 +0000 UTC]

the same as me the drawing take me 1-2 hours but painting took me 2-3 days O.O

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theancientofdays In reply to Martywolf92 [2009-05-06 09:57:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much, Tiger! This commission was sent to me by a local florist, so after I got paid, I went straightaway to the florist's and bought a bunch of stuff.

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Martywolf92 In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-07 06:34:27 +0000 UTC]

Arrrr!! No problem, me matey! Ye treasure is always the key. You sailed the seven seas to get to the X and you bought some lovely treasure; well done! That was nice of you.

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theancientofdays In reply to Martywolf92 [2009-05-07 10:04:34 +0000 UTC]

Arrr!

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Martywolf92 In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-07 10:43:25 +0000 UTC]

It is hard to try to make sense of pirate lingo. I am obsessed with pirate talk atm. lol. and quotes from the potc movies. Oh i watch them too much.

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theancientofdays In reply to Martywolf92 [2009-05-09 12:05:04 +0000 UTC]

I was listening to the computer yesterday - I just set the media player on shuffle and this pirate song comes on. What a bunch of potty-mouths! Geez! I'm glad there weren't any kids there!

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Martywolf92 In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-10 02:10:46 +0000 UTC]

Spongebob squarepants is a good pirates song. hahahahaha. What song was it? hehe

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theancientofdays In reply to Martywolf92 [2009-05-10 11:23:11 +0000 UTC]

It was called "Fire Down Below", on the Rogue's Gallery CD. Absolutely filthy.

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Martywolf92 In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-10 22:45:27 +0000 UTC]

I shall listen to that more later.

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theancientofdays In reply to Martywolf92 [2009-05-11 10:43:02 +0000 UTC]

You're far too young. No point rotting your pristine mind with that filth.

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Martywolf92 In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-11 13:02:51 +0000 UTC]

Well i heard some of it. I actually didn't remember about it until now. Filth is everywhere.

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theancientofdays In reply to Martywolf92 [2009-05-16 09:21:16 +0000 UTC]

It sure is. Oooo...look. There's some on the floor right now! And just look at Carl! He's positively covered with it!

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Martywolf92 In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-17 06:42:19 +0000 UTC]

hahahahahaha.

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theancientofdays In reply to martoo1973 [2009-05-06 09:55:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Buildings are really pretty easy because they're all just straight lines, mostly. Just a matter of getting the perspective right in the drawing and then "colour it in".

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theancientofdays In reply to sevenwillow [2009-05-06 09:55:00 +0000 UTC]

^^ Thank you very much!

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sevenwillow In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-08 00:41:15 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome!

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theancientofdays In reply to milbisous [2009-05-06 09:54:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much! I always layer light over dark for foliage and it seems to work pretty well. ^^

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milbisous In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-09 18:17:25 +0000 UTC]

It seems to work well what you do

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theancientofdays In reply to milbisous [2009-05-10 11:40:06 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thanks!

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theancientofdays In reply to ultimatedogluva528 [2009-05-06 09:47:53 +0000 UTC]

Quite, thanks. It wouldn't have taken nearly so long if it was!

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theancientofdays In reply to j0rosa [2009-05-06 09:50:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much! Not a terribly difficult piece, but it took a long time because of the size and the bricks. I was surprised by how easy the windows were.

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j0rosa In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-06 15:06:41 +0000 UTC]

yeah, yeah

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theancientofdays In reply to Horseluver411 [2009-05-06 09:49:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much! The bricks weren't too hard this time - I used a pencil and a straight edge to mark the positions of the bricks in perspective and just kind of made each one a bit smaller as they got "farther away".

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Horseluver411 In reply to theancientofdays [2009-05-07 22:59:33 +0000 UTC]

nice ^^ i wouldn't have the patience to do that.

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