Flurry 2007 -- & the pending demise of free Geocities

TyGryph · Post by **TyGryph** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:56 pm

Ok; flight story. Hopefully this will inspire folk.

Start your reading here
and then come back so you can
go read this one too.

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:39 pm

Yaays

Definitely looking forward to seeing what comes of these pairs!

Cacopheny · Post by **Cacopheny** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:44 pm

... must ... resurrect... writing muse! D= Because yes, I want lots of Flurry babies. Lots and lots. :: coughs ::

Post by **Dray** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:25 pm

*does a jig* :D :D :D

Unyko · Post by **Unyko** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:33 pm

OMGYAY!!! *SO MUCH GLEE* *bursting with excitement for -both- of these Flurries*

!!!!!

Myrror · Post by **Myrror** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:20 pm

I am definitely going to have to send Dark..can I send Dark?

TyGryph · Post by **TyGryph** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:03 am

Dark as a bonder/sponsor? Or just as a visiting troublemaker?

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:52 am

*knows how most of us would answer that one* *snicker*

Any candidate number limits? I know you don't want more than a couple in one group, but per separate for full total? I am enjoying writing teh elves.

TyGryph · Post by **TyGryph** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:17 am

I don't see any reason to impose limits on total number, considering how most of the writing muses seem to have gone on strike with the Writers...

Just be aware that (depending on how things go) people who sent a -lot- of bonders might have some left standing.

I've got an idea how many eggs there will be from the '07 flight, but not sure if I know how many from '06. I'm still drawing anyway, so... yeah.

No total number limit; just keep the groups to three or less.

Myrror · Post by **Myrror** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:36 am

TyGryph wrote:Dark as a bonder/sponsor? Or just as a visiting troublemaker?

Yes.

Or at least as a sponser/troublemaker.

Post by **Dray** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:50 am

I need to redraw. XD Found that the tablet + inking = too difficult, so I need to redo the images so that their entire bodies are, you know, not chopped off at the edge of the page!

Weee flurry.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:24 am

Love the flight stories!! Grand... and I have at least 2 candidates headed your way. If you remember the dancemaster Cezaris, his feline-shifter girlfriend Aureliane is headed towards you, as is possibly a vampire, though I'm not sure yet as to how that's going to work. There may be a few more, depending on how inspired I get, lol.

TyGryph · Post by **TyGryph** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:55 pm

Myr -- I'm all for it.

Dray -- "bodies chopped off" is bad. I suspect my friend is going to have a fit if he watches me 'ink' the dragons the way I do... >.> (And I haven't found anybody else who does what I do either... just saying.)

Feline -- Yay!! And if you send a vampire, it'll work out somehow. Always seems to.

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:21 pm

So now I'm curious about how you ink

(removed double post, there

)

TyGryph · Post by **TyGryph** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:53 pm

With MS Paint.
It's a tedious process, and I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, but it's how I got a clean outline when I drew the first Ryslen dragons years ago, and that's how I'm still doing it. (God. <i>Years</i>!)

Someone asked me about this one time before -- I'm thinking Sherra -- so I've got examples! haha.

1- 'raw' pencil art.

2- I use the curvy-line tool to re-draw all the lines. Also the pencil.

3- Then I use photoshop to erase everything but the red "inked" outline, and turn that black.

4- Finished

Fanei bond of Lucia. You probably recognize her as the mother of Star City Clutch #31.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:01 pm

Wow!

That's great that you can have patience with doing that on Paint. I don't think I have enough patience to even try it myself.

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:30 pm

I know I don't. I've got a total of ONE picture that I've been working on (continuously for a while and then not at all for a while) which is drawing lines over pencils and then removing. It's... gah, hellish, I'll leave it to the folks who can, and stick with inking on paper and scanning

I prefer cleanup to that.

Honestly it seems like the only things I use the line tools for are weapons on figures that need em added.

Great job, Ty, so.... yah. Expect some elves and stuff.

Post by **Dray** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:22 am

I think that was me you were showing, too. XD I was trying to ink like that and doing all of the little details was killin' mah brainz!

Shadow · Post by **Shadow** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:46 pm

**hates inking like that* It really kills the hand

TyGryph · Post by **TyGryph** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:36 pm

I need to talk to Dray re: NightMourners...
I should be on AIM/Y!/GChat, please ping me when you can.

TyGryph · Post by **TyGryph** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:39 pm

Kudos to Shard for sending the first Flurry Candidates.

(I only got them today, because Y! put them in the spam folder. wtf.)

I should note that you can specify 06 or 07 as clutch preferences, in case I didn't already.

Also; I have 7/10 of the 07 dragons drawn.

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:03 am

Wow, small Flurry?

And yeah I *always* check my spam folders for just that reason. Sometimes, people that you've always gotten normal mail from just suddenly up and show in there?! I've seen it, so I always check now.

TyGryph · Post by **TyGryph** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:41 am

Seven of ten templates. Should've said that to start with. I'm looking at 20-30 eggs (minimum of two per mating).

I don't know what the numbers for the 06 clutches will be, since those are still in Dray's capable hands.

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:51 am

Lol that's what I was thinking when I hit post hehehe it couldn't be THAT tiny!

Come on peeps! FluRRY! FluRRY!

Asha Wermyst · Post by **Asha Wermyst** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:10 pm

I sent one in earlier today..I may do another if the urge hits.
(figured I should mention it, in case it ended up in the spam too.)

Kiara · Post by **Kiara** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:26 pm

Okay. Firstly, you will have a bonder from me. If Amy decides to be difficult and take her story away from the Flurry, no worries, you *will* get another instead. I love the flurry, and as I believe Sherra mentioned, it's one thing I always try to unhiatis for...

Question though, 06 and 07...? Can Kiara get an explination, she's confused...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:42 pm

Okay, I've got a couple of candidates for you! Is it okay if I post them here instead of using the traditional form? I don't trust my email right now...

Stats:
http://www.geocities.com/asuwakan/farrakin_egg.html

Search:
http://www.geocities.com/asuwakan/flurry_search.html

Myrror · Post by **Myrror** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:21 pm

Is the topic for both the '06 and '07 Flurries, or just for the '07?

Not that I've gotten anything to go with that topic, unfortuneately..

TyGryph · Post by **TyGryph** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:52 pm

Topic -- Yes, for both Flurries. "Then and Now" seems all the more appropriate, don't you think?

06 and 07 -- last year's Flurry (Winter 2006-7) got stalled out, and when I was getting ready to do this year's Flurry (Winter 2007-08) I talked to Dray and we decided to run the clutches from the 06 Flurry with the new ones, so that there could be even more awesome dragons.

Asha -- I haven't gotten your candidate yet. Did you send to ryslen_flurry @ yahoo.com?

panserbjorn -- if you could send the whole form to me in a PM, that would be most helpful.

Asha Wermyst · Post by **Asha Wermyst** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:21 pm

Yeah, thats the address I sent it to. It might actually be my email, which has all sorts of internet security crap on it. Sometimes emails don't get through the checkpoints.
You mind if I PM the candidate to you? That'll make it easier, I'm sure.