Ellette Giselle

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Thanks! I will start posting things on here probably on Monday, Febuary 3. My goal is to get through all of this in a month so I can start writing the first draft in March.

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Oh my goodnessssss. I just typed out a super long response to your post, and then Wyoh ate it because I wasn’t signed in. 😭😭

I love these ideas. Thank you so much for all the time you’re putting into this (I love bouncing ideas off of someone! There’s a lot of stuff I haven’t figured out with this.) And I’m glad you like the…[Read more]

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This is the manikin I mention. He is helpful for posing, but not as flexible as I would prefer him to be:

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I’m not sure what you mean by outline. I do young sketches, see if I like the drawing, and then move from there.

Basically a simple form of the drawing I use to decide where things will all go and to help me get the proportions right. It’s useful because if I make a mistake here, for example, make the arms to long, or draw the h…[Read more]

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Your request has been granted. (You inspired me.)

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Hopefully that’s a good thing….. 😅

There’s a bunch of E’s and double letters. That’s all I meant lol

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No worries! Haha, I like Alec a lot too. He’s super fun to write. Thank you! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it so far.

Oh 😅 Whoops, that is something I missed in editing. Josiah is their father, yep, but he’s not supposed to be in that scene anymore… originally, I had it where he was, but now I changed it to he and Elena are divor…[Read more]

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Story #7
Jenna
Jenna Handel pulled her fur-lined cloak closer about her as a cold wind blew. The country of Rand was well-known for its chilling winters, along with her sister country, Albandra.

“Are you alright, Miss?” Ken, her body guard, asked.

“Yes, only slightly chilled, thank you.”…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle that’s…..exactly what I have an issue with. They’re all so good!!

I’d say if you have repeats, two that are supposed to depict the same scene, pick your favorite and leave the other one.

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Um…. it’s called “Joseph was being stubborn and wouldn’t let me draw his hand and I was ripping a hole in the paper I erased it so many times, so then Amelia offered me a random piece of fabric, because she insisted I couldn’t make her skirt cover Joseph’s hand because it wouldn’t lay right. Which I agreed with)

LOLLLLL this…[Read more]

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Do y’all have strong thoughts on either of the chapters?

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I just didn’t do them yet because I decided it was a hugging day.

Can I just say, that is a hilarious quote. 🤣

I don’t know if the one with Joseph hugging the girl is a major part of the story, so I would maybe hesitate on moving it onto the next stage. Not that every illustration needs to be an important scene, but I don’t k…[Read more]

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I do not like full body illustrations. They are so difficult! Legs are awful! At least I can normally hide them on girls because of skirts and dresses. But Guys….. ugh. So hard to do.

Fair point. I struggle with legs often as well. I’ve been getting better recently.

Do you outline your drawings first? This has helped me improve m…[Read more]

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Also, what’s on Joseph’s hand in the one of him with Amelia in prison?

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I really like the imprisoned ones. And the orphaned kiddos. XD

I noticed you don’t seem to keep to specific face structures for characters, especially Amelia’s nose? It made her a little difficult to pick out without looking at subtitles.

As for other scenes I might have liked to see…maybe right before their interrupted…[Read more]

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FOR LTBL

Hmm… I don’t think there was any scenes I wanted to see that you didn’t get. Do you have illustrations for anywhere near the end? You probably wouldn’t want to show Aaron’s execution, but maybe him standing arrested by the soldiers or something.

My favorites–probably the one of Sabina hugging Turin, the two little…[Read more]

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Yeah, unfortunately it’s really messy. Usually stems from insecurities, I think.

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Chapters 3 and 4 are out! I think I’m going to post these on a separate doc for now, and we’ll see how it goes. As of now, I’m also planning to post two chapters every week, maybe on Tuesdays. That way I’m not glued to my screen all the time waiting to hear y’all’s feedback, and it gives me some time to catch up on my…[Read more]

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Yayyyy!!! Illustrations!!

(Even tho I already saw most of these haha. Great job!!)

Also, you can delete a forum???