Okay, so, a certain subject was brought up in a certain clan and later it led to a doodle, which then became a sketch, and so on and so forth. Well, I'm trying to decide if I should keep working on it, perhaps finding a means of coloring. Crayons, markers, maybe fingerpaints... Anyway.

Here it is, presented for your viewing pleasure: the White Shell of Alabellalum.

Or at least one artist's depiction of it.

I would add a bit of color into it, but probably make it very subtle. Maybe some shading.

Not to be rude, but what exactly is it?

Um... well.. it's my take on the Edifice of Power that Dionamus was raised from during the Vernal Wars. History is fun.

Wooo! After an hour of coloring and upwards of five hours of additional postwork on the computer, I hath finished it! Done with crappy markers and junk. Rawr.

Submitted to Artisanal with 20 hours to go before the deadline... I hope.

Meh I prefer the original untouched outline

That is a real nice drawing

I like the second one better, but I think something like... what were they, those oil based crayon things, would have worked better than the markers. Nice drawing though.

I like that picture, but the contests tend to like more copmlicated images, with foregrounds and backgrounds and movment and the like.

For example, if you look at Jadryga's "Merian steak" its not just the steak, but an entire throne room with runes and mood and everything.

Pastels. That's what you're thinking of. If I knew where the massive set of them I have was (might even be in bloody storage), they might after factored in. Thanks for the compliments, though.

And I agree, markers weren't a good idea. At least not the kind I used. They kept trying to run out of ink on me.



Thanks! I'd like to say in my defense that it was four in the morning when I finished and the idea of a background didn't cross my mind. It's a wonder I even completed the foreground to begin with, being the procrastinator I am. I've never been that good at integrating backgrounds or foregrounds, either. You're right, though, adding a flowing background would've been a good idea. Oh well. The die is cast, as they say.

I think you trying out for it is good. Then you'll get the results and if you win then more credits, if not you get to think on where/what you can improve on. This month i dont like my entry so much honestly (well I never do hah) maybe thats why this is only my second. I like jads more... but ill say she should stop being lazy and should have worked on it more.

I mean not to be rude, and the picture is lovely in it's sense, but the main colour here is white. White is all right if it is a contrast to your picture, but if everything is white....

The picture IS lovely although.

It is lovely. It's simple, very pure-looking, idealistic. It follows what I would imagine it being. A background would have been best - even if it was just a shallow pool of crystal-blue water, or something along those lines.