RaeMarie

@perfectfifths Yes, I figured. But hey, everything about art doesn’t have to be realistic. Not that I’m saying it’s bad to learn to draw more realistically but don’t give up your ‘little people’ completely. They are adorable. 😀 And I love the wolf too! So does Tor; he loves his wolf.

@perfectfifths *squeals* That is adorable! I’m not sure how old he is supposed to be… it reminds me of him as a lad, playing at wolf-riders and hoping to join one day. *grin* It’s so cute!

@GracieGirl *grins broadly* Seamus… He makes me laugh. That expression though and the way he is holding his side… XD He is probably laughing at a trick Jagger tried and fail at.

Two more characters. 😀

Seamus: A twelve-year-old lad, full of life and mischief who has a way of making everyone fall in love with him. He has red hair that falls about his face. It’s not curled, but it’s not straight either… slightly wavy, I guess. He has a few freckles on his cheeks and nose and sparkling blue eyes. He’s normally grinning at…[Read more]

Ok, so these three scenes are from Fidelyon, the fantasy novel with the theme of identity (and subthemes of faith and responsibility)

1. The MC, Ethaniel has fled with a jester’s apprentice into a haunted forest to escape a general who has already killed the original bearer of the riddle to find the shield. They’ve figured out the current riddle…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy Hmmm, it vanished… 😉

@PerfectFifths Ha, I shan’t expect a wolf. XD And he is a fantasy character: short jerkin, trousers, a long cloak with a clasp of crossed spears…

@i-j-anderson Wow! That is… That is actually really close. You’ve caught him in a very rare reflective mood, but still, I can see him there. I LOVE IT!!!

@perfectfifths Yes. Or when he’s sitting on them, staring out over the mountains. When he is riding, he generally carries it lengthwise so it doesn’t get caught in branches. 😀

@perfectfifths Yes. Or when he’s sitting on them, staring out over the mountains. When he is riding, he generally carries it lengthwise so it doesn’t get caught in branches. 😀

@Ethryndal Dallan, yes! I’m looking forward to seeing him. 😀

Alright, so I’m going to list a few characters if anyone wants to try to draw them. *grins* *rubs hands*

Ethaniel: A 19-year-old messenger. Blue eyes, dusky hair, a resolute expression. Doesn’t smile much, just because he is serious, not because he is unhappy. He has a guarded air and…[Read more]

@daeus Ah, good. *eats huge bites of ice cream* *gets a brain freeze* *runs away holding head*

YES! *takes bite* This… is chocolate, right?

@Daeus ICEEEEEEEEEE CREAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Hi guys! I’m here for a little bit. As long as there is chocolate ice cream.

@Aratrea Well… Hmm. I wouldn’t say the lessons have been focusing on physical conflicts rather than mental conflicts. It’s just the matter of tying the theme to the conflict. Something like your example of fear and courage is pretty easy to show through conflict. You can show a character running and hiding at the beginning, then standing up and…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy He deserves to be a favorite, the poor guy.

And… I’m not going to use my trilogy for this lesson. It needs major thematic work and I’m not worrying about it right yet. Well, I am, but not here… Anyway, this is for the other novel I’ve mentioned. The one with the positive character arc where the MC’s experiment in living is…[Read more]

This is for my trilogy again. I’m only plotting the points of the disillusionment arc part of it this time because I’m not quite sure of all the details of how I’m matching the plot with the positive character arc yet. (Do you have a lesson about how to weave themes into a story that involve mental and emotional conflict more than physical…[Read more]

Reposting this… cause I thought I posted it but it isn’t showing up. So of there end up being two of these posts, that is why.

@aratrea Hmm, yes. I think I remember that now. The last video I watched was on matching the character arc with the plot arc so that might have had something to do with it. Anyway, I reworked it. I’m pretty happy with…[Read more]

@aratrea Hmm, yes. I think I remember that now. The last video I watched was on matching the character arc with the plot arc so that might have had something to do with it. Anyway, I reworked it. I’m pretty happy with the disillusionment now, though I’m not quite sure how well the postive arc flows.

Round 1: The Disillusionment Arc

Starting…[Read more]