Thornster

Something did come up and I doubt I will make it back in time ... have a great time!

Sign me up as an Alt (Thorny Fu, 22 Spines/Ninj) as I will only be able to confirm my presence Friday night or Saturday morning. Oh and don't wait for me if I am not there but I will try to confirm.

3 very nice sketches ... I especially like the "in your face" look of the last one.

I've got this Bayani ...

3 very nice pieces but that Totmoartsstudio2 piece is very shiny, dynamic and colorful. Really cool.

Gratz for all of those!

Well apparently artists don't like my taste for his skin tone and tend to pick other colors ... even for his hair ... I just don't argue much about it. But, if you do look at his reference shots (or here) you will see that his skin is "red". I may have gone a tad too "burgondee" and less "red" ... I probably should have highlighted my base color instead of adding shadows to it ... but hey ... like I said not all perfect but it's still closer to what it should be than most of my art of him

Another example of my coloring his face in those tones can be seen on my colors of Reiq's piece

This sounds fun. Put me down as an Alt, I will only be able to confirm I can make it on Saturday.
I will be bringing Flaming Core, a lvl 41 Fire Control/Thermal Radiation Controler
(I also have a 42 Fire/DA Brute if we would prefer a meat shield)

Love seeing these concepts Bayani. I like the changes you made from piece 1 to piece 2 ... though I love Bayani's pose in piece 2, I do find it a little "foolish" that he isn't even looking at his attackers while having no protection from their shots. But he is a hero ... so it all works.

I think the smoke and stuff will really help with the impression of "falling" because even with the very "a propos" changes to the building that did help the perspective and the action ... it still seems like it could look a little static. I would just be afraid for them to look as if they were on the ground. But, I am sure that will all work itself out when the details are worked into the piece.

Looking forward to seeing another one of your great pieces come together.

Great imagination as always.

I took a stab at coloring Sanchez's headshot piece of Thornster myself.

There are a few things that bother me but I am tired so that is how it ends tonight ... I may go back to fix a few things later.

Click on the image for a larger view

Three very cool piece. I really like the first one (Mr-Author's) but mostly because there seems to be a story attached to it (as you have mentionned) and one gets undoubtly intriged at what might be happening there. Very nice stuff!

Happy birthday Talia Hope you had a good time and maybe even took a little advantage of the opportunities offred by the day

I will sign up with Bloodheart SD/SS 47 tank (but I have a 47 def and 47 scrap if we have too many tanks)

Here is the "trinket" I bought to upgrade my olympus 2.3 MPix compact.
I have only had it for a month or so (bought it for my trip to the Vancouver Olympics) but I have been enjoying it quite a bit.

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EOS 50D with Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS




camera type
dSLR (digital Single Lens Reflex)

resolution
15.1 effective megapixels

image sensor type
22.3mm x 14.9mm single plate APS-C CMOS

image processor type
Canon DIGIC IV: Developed to maximize performance between capturing and recording stages of digital photography, Canon's DIGIC 4 chips use advanced signal processing technologies to enhance captures from Canon's CMOS sensors. Sophisticated processing algorithms help to speed up all operations, including write times to UDMA cards.

image stabilization technology
Canon IS (for supported lenses)

startup time
0.1s

Lens and focus
lens type
Canon EF-S Zoom

lens construction
15 elements in 12 groups (including 1 UD element) : 18-200mm lens

optical zoom
11.1 x zoom

maximum aperture
F3.5 (W) - F5.6 (T) : with 18-200mm lens

focal length
18mm - 200mm

focusing area mode(s)
One-Shot AF, Predictive AI servo AF, AI Focus AF, auto (AF), manual focus, 9-cross-type AF points

focusing distance
0.38m (minimum focusing distance): with 18-200mm lens

Exposure and imaging

shooting (drive) modes
continuous (3 fps up to 7 shots in RAW, unlimited in JPEG depending on memory, battery & compression), self-timer (2 and 10 sec delay), single frame, high speed continuous (6.5 fps for 60 frames JPEG, 16 frames RAW)

exposure (capture) modes
aperture priority, auto, depth of field AE, manual, program AE (shiftable), shutter priority

scene modes
close-up, flash off, landscape, night portrait, portrait, sport

Evaluative metering (linkable to any AF point)
Partial metering (approx. 9% of viewfinder at center)
Spot metering (approx 3.8% of viewfinder at center)
Center-weighted average metering

exposure compensation
±3 EV (1/2 EV steps or 1/3 steps)

sensitivity

Automatically set, ISO 100-6400 (in 1/3 stop or 1/stop increments)
Basic Zone modes: ISO 100-3200 set automatically
Extension settable (with C. Fn I-3-1): ISO 12800
High tone Priority Settable: ISO 200-1600

shutter type
vertical-travel, mechanical, focal-plane shutter

shutter speed
1/8000 sec to 30 sec, bulb

white balance mode
auto, cloudy, color temperature, custom, daylight, flash, shade, tungsten, white fluorescent light

Flash and lighting

flash type
built-in retractable: guide number 13m/43' at ISO 100

flash effective range
up to 13m (43 ft) at ISO 100

maximum flash synchronization speed
1/250 sec

flash compensation
±2EV in 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV increments

Physical characteristics

dimensions (W x H x D)
145.5mm x 107.8mm x 73.5mm

weight
730 grams

Viewing features

LCD monitor type
3.0 inch, 930,000 pixels LIVEVIEW TFT LCD

approximate battery life
640 shots (Liveview Off)
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Here are my two slideshows of the games if you feel like seeing a few pics

Olympics Part 1
Olympics Part 2
(the comments are in French ... sorry about that)

But as mentionned by others ... the camera is one thing ... the other is just like drawing ... you have to practice, practice, practice ... to get a good handle on the tool and to see things in a different way. So yeah ... I'm still working on that part ... I need to take more pictures and try stuff.

This one I should be free for! Yay!

I'll bring my Fu!
Thorny Fu Spines/Ninjutsu Stalker (19)

I wanted to see what he could do with Maiden ... I figured for a head shot she might be more interesting ... yeah I have 3 or 4 toons I pick from when I get art done ... and no ... poor ol'Blackthorn didn't win that draw ... but he has some cool stuff coming

Two new pieces by Sanchez. I took part of his head shot promotion. Here are the two pieces that came from that.

Click for larger pictures

Thornster


Maiden of the Pit

Great stuff TA ... happy to see LJ too!

Very very nice poster ... I like seeing familiar faces in group pieces.

Edit: Oups ... RL struck ... might actually have to skip ... will come back to sign up if I can make it after all.

I got Jacob too ... not so ... well I would have prefered ... oh wait ... yeah ... most anythign I think ... I guess Gaga would probably have been my best pick but hey ... it's still funny when you look at your watcher icons or your friends icon to see all the icons moving ... it's funny.