That's the default if nothing gets picked, so yes. :smalltongue:
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That's the default if nothing gets picked, so yes. :smalltongue:
Starting at post #147, dated 18 Dec, 3479 words.
Happy Holidays, people! Let's celebrate with a status :smallwink:
Glass Mouse passes with a minicomic and 1,339 words of scifi story.
C'nor didn't upload/send me anything. Edit: It's a pass with 1,632 words of stuff.
HeadlessMermaid passes with nine photos of things from train station to olive trees.
The Grimmace passes with five regular poems and one prose poem.
Neoriceisgood passes with four comic pages and seven different sprites and sprite-ish things.
Icewalker is out until January.
Mercenary Pen didn't upload/send me anything.
nersxe passes with 3,479 words of RPGing.
KerfuffleMach2 didn't upload/send me anything.
The Fiery Tower sent me 317 words of writings.
Thus, C'nor, Icewalker, Mercenary Pen, KerfuffleMach2 and The Fiery Tower FAIL this round!
Glass Mouse, HeadlessMermaid, the Grimmace, Neoriceisgood and nersxe PASS this round!
Current standing:SpoilerGlass Mouse
Current run: 113 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -
C'nor
Current run: 7 weeks
Longest run: 1 week
Themes: -
HeadlessMermaid
Current run: 4 weeks
Longest run: 11 weeks
Themes: -
The Grimmace
Current run: 2 weeks
Longest run: 18 weeks
Themes: -
Neoriceisgood
Current run: 17 weeks
Longest run: 8 weeks
Themes: -
Icewalker
Current run: -
Longest run: 13 weeks
Themes: -
Mercenary Pen
Current run: -
Longest run: 5 weeks
Themes: -
nersxe
Current run: 4 weeks
Longest run: 4 weeks
Themes: 1 week
KerfuffleMach2
Current run: -
Longest run: 1 week
Themes: -
The Fiery Tower
Current run: -
Longest run: -
Themes: -
It's The Fiery Tower's turn to choose a theme :smallsmile:
Also: What C'nor said about themes. I'm leaving the counters as is for this week.
Yea, I think picking to start this the same week as finals just finished maybe wasn't the smartest idea.
The theme I choose, barely relatedly, is Thought.
Sorry about that. I stayed up late enough discussing things with a friend that I forgot completely today was Monday.
I've used up all of my late-submission time still, yeah?
So, I'm working on a few texts for a friend's website, and I wonder if they would count for the Challenge or not.
This friend is making hand-made effects pedals for guitars and such, and the purpose of these texts is to show what each pedal does and how awesome it is, adding a bit of music history about the effect.
I felt very creative when writing the first one: it's only ~400 words (if it does count for the Challenge, I'll assume it counts for one piece), but it took a lot of thought and research. Then again, perhaps it's dangerously close to *twitch* advertising? [It's not a job, it's a favor. I haven't sold my soul to the devil yet. :smalltongue: ]
What do you think?
EDIT:
@Glass Mouse, I've sent you a pm with a sample text.
I fail this week due to lack of inspiration...
Stupid overtime at work. Haven't had time to do anything this week.
784 words of stuff:
Spoiler"That would probably be best," he agreed quietly, stepping forward with the elf as the doors silently slid open, into a plain white room, which, taking its form from his mind, quickly shifted, walls turning to open space, a small clearing deep within a forest, branches interlocking to form a natural ceiling high above their heads, with a bright bonfire at the heart of it. "Now, I believe that we were planning a dance, yes?"
Inaya sighed from the roof she sat on, twitching the threads on the man's mind, hauling his fear into herself, that she could redirect it if she needed to. As, since Lilith was here, she rather suspected she would...
However, she made no move to actually stop her from killing him, instead simply reaching out with one of her skeletal wings, and hooking the corpse next to her, surprisingly well-preserved for the heat, ready to reanimate it if she needed to, though she would prefer to simply talk to her... Rival.
"Good day to you, Lilith," Inaya says quietly, waving a human, though one with pure black skin, dotted with glowing sparks, slowly shifting, forward from their place behind her. "My latest pupil, Kyra," she explains, gesturing to the girl. "Her talents fall more towards your specialties in some ways, however. And while we may not like each other, no-one can deny that you're quite capable... As such, your readiness is admirable, but unnecessary. The ex-person with us is merely a precaution."
((I was actually just reading something that dealt with her, amusingly enough. Gave me a bit of a surprise when I saw your form...))
"Or pieces. One of those. Though I suppose that the end result is still the same, yes," she admits, laughing a bit, both at Lilith's joke and her own. "Though seeing as she agreed to this before I killed her, I don't think she's that upset about being disturbed.
Besides, it's not as though I loathe you on principle or anything. You always try to be aesthetic, which is more than most can say, and it's always been conflicts of interest, not ideology, between us, at least on my part," she goes on, shrugging, and letting the body slide off her wing, falling to dangle over the edge of the roof. "I would hardly be asking if you'll help oversee Kyra's training if I thought 'such horrid things' about you, would I?"
"I was not requesting you work for me," Inaya explains softly, folding her wings, and stepping back slightly. "I had something more along the lines of us each having complete autonomy within our respective spheres, in fact... And the reason I asked you was that, as I said, her abilities run more toward your areas of especial expertise than they do my own, so I hoped you would be able to train her in them more effectively than I can. But I'm hardly fool enough to press the matter..."
With that, unless something stops her, she hooks the corpse on her wing again, and walks off, slipping an arm around her apprentice as they go, apparently content to leave things relatively peaceful between them.
Connor glanced over at the girl next to him, looking almost worried, in some ways, for she was plainly nervous. But she also, given the fact that she was playing her music loud enough that he could hear it, to some extent, and was focusing on her book hard enough that he half-expected it to catch fire, clearly didn't wish to speak to anyone.
And, as she was the only one on the the plane near enough to talk to, this had been the only empty seat when he got on - and, as nothing had been said about any of the other passengers jumping out, presumably still would be were he to look for another -, besides looking like the only one who would be remotely interesting, he simply pulled a pair of headphones from his pocket, turned up his own music until he could no longer hear hers, and pulled a pad of graph paper out of his bag, then, a moment later, began to draw various odd designs on it.
What he's drawing appears to be odd symbols, though why, and what purpose they might be for, is unclear. Especially as they don't seem to bear that much resemblance to anything else...
In any case, when she looks over at him, he smiles at her, though he quickly returns to what he's doing as well, albeit perhaps not as intensely; if she's paying attention, Deme might notice that he's keeping one eye on her as he works, probably because of how nervous she seems.
Three different symbols, if these count:
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Status, and a happy new year!
Glass Mouse passes with 760 words of horror writings, five RPG portraits and a drawing.
C'nor uploaded 784 words of fantasy writings and two symbols. Edit: Three symbols makes a pass.
HeadlessMermaid passes with nine pieces worth of photos, plus 398 words of PR text.
The Grimmace passes with eight different poems.
Neoriceisgood passes with two comics and ~43 sprites.
Icewalker is out until January.
Mercenary Pen didn't upload/send me anything.
nersxe didn't upload/send me anything
KerfuffleMach2 didn't do anything due to work overtime.
The Fiery Tower didn't upload/send me anything. Still interested?
Thus, C'nor, Icewalker, Mercenary Pen, nersxe, KerfuffleMach2 and The Fiery Tower FAIL this round!
Glass Mouse, HeadlessMermaid, the Grimmace and Neoriceisgood PASS this round!
Current standing:SpoilerGlass Mouse
Current run: 114 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -
C'nor
Current run: 8 weeks
Longest run: 1 week
Themes: -
HeadlessMermaid
Current run: 5 weeks
Longest run: 11 weeks
Themes: -
The Grimmace
Current run: 3 weeks
Longest run: 18 weeks
Themes: -
Neoriceisgood
Current run: 18 weeks
Longest run: 8 weeks
Themes: -
Icewalker
Current run: -
Longest run: 13 weeks
Themes: -
Mercenary Pen
Current run: -
Longest run: 5 weeks
Themes: -
nersxe
Current run: -
Longest run: 4 weeks
Themes: -
KerfuffleMach2
Current run: -
Longest run: 1 week
Themes: -
The Fiery Tower
Current run: -
Longest run: -
Themes: -
It's my turn to choose a theme, and for several reasons (one being obvious) I choose rebirth. :smallsmile:
@C'nor: The symbols are fine by me, but I only count two? If it got lost along the way, send it to me, and I'll account for it :smallsmile:
@HeadlessMermaid: I'm sorry about the late reply, but sure, I'd say stuff like that counts as long as it's not part of an actual job :smallsmile:
@Grimmace: Congrats on the blog surge! It's so nice when luck works in one's favor :smallbiggrin:
As for my pieces this week, I don't have acces to a scanner, so I just took a photo of the drawings and chugged that in the Google Doc I use for proof. Just if someone was wondering why my DA is quiet.
Also: I'm sorry about lateness and general non-responsiveness lately. I'm going through some personal stuff (nothing serious or bad(tm), so no worries) that's leaving me really drained. It's not that I don't care about answering or checking out submissions, it's just that I don't have the energy or memory to get to everything right away*.
Yeah. Just thought I'd let you know what's up :smallsmile:
*yes, I know I've always been bad at this... let me keep my illusions that this is a noticable differnce, 'kay? :smalltongue:
Considering how reliably you've kept the Challenge running for such a long time, minor administrative hiccups are entirely understandable.
Congratulations to Neorice for passing the 18 week mark. Once you decide what you want for the prize figurine PM me the details so we can get started :smallsmile:.
Ohh I won something? Great! :smallbiggrin:
I'll have to think about this carefully!
Hm, I think about joining the challenge. I wrote so much this week, that I would have passed trice. :smallbiggrin: But school starts again on Monday and I have no idea if I'll have enough time to write... but I can at least try, can't I? Oh, and my writings would all be in German, is that okay? If yes, please sign me up for next week. :smallsmile:
Yay, welcome to the Challenge! :smallbiggrin: It's definitely worth a try to live up to the minimum though school has started! It's 100% possible if you plan for it - I can attest to that.
There's no problem with writing in German. Just make it accesible in some way (PM to me, post in the thread, a Google Doc, etc.). If you can make it during the next ~18 hours, you can have this week too :smallsmile:
C'nor, your PM box is full, so I'm leaving my answer here:SpoilerHey C'norQuote:
Originally Posted by C'nor
I've been thinking a lot about whether I'd count that, considering I couldn't see the distinction the first time, but let's make a deal. They count if you learn to work a resize so I can get an overview without tab shenanigans in the future. Okay? :smallwink:
That also means you earn your first drawing prize! Let me know what you want (probably after assessing my drawing level) :smallsmile:
Cheers!
Alrighty. Back on track this week.
And please, don't ask me to explain the thoughts behind some of my drawings this time around because, in all honesty, I have no idea what was going through my head when I drew them.
Thanks!
As for the prize... How are you at power armor?
Also, *Waves to Lycunadari*.
I am still uncertain how to do a resize in this coding format... But it should be large enough to see everything, hopefully.
There should be five symbols in this, not counting the various snippets of stuff around the edges:
1,236 words of stuff:
SpoilerQuote:
Originally Posted by C'nor
Hello! How have you been?
So, it has come to this... status, that is!
Glass Mouse passes with ~2,100 words of sci-fi story.
C'nor passes with five symbols and 1,236 words of RPGing.
HeadlessMermaid passes with nine photographs of things from old cameras to pug butts.
The Grimmace passes with seven regular poems and two prose poems.
Neoriceisgood goes for the moon with ~51 mange sprites.
Icewalker should be back soon?
Mercenary Pen didn't upload/send me anything. Still in?
nersxe didn't upload/send me anything. Still in?
KerfuffleMach2 passes with six drawings, from portraits to demonic toilets.
The Fiery Tower is out due to disapperance.
Lycunadari triple-passes with 4883 words of writings.
Thus, Icewalker, Mercenary Pen and nersxe FAIL this round!
Glass Mouse, C'nor, HeadlessMermaid, the Grimmace, Neoriceisgood, KerfuffleMach2 and Lycunadari PASS this round!
Current standing:SpoilerGlass Mouse
Current run: 115 weeks
Longest run: -
Themes: -
C'nor
Current run: 9 weeks
Longest run: 1 week
Themes: -
HeadlessMermaid
Current run: 6 weeks
Longest run: 11 weeks
Themes: -
The Grimmace
Current run: 4 weeks
Longest run: 18 weeks
Themes: -
Neoriceisgood
Current run: 19 weeks
Longest run: 8 weeks
Themes: -
Icewalker
Current run: -
Longest run: 13 weeks
Themes: -
Mercenary Pen
Current run: -
Longest run: 5 weeks
Themes: -
nersxe
Current run: -
Longest run: 4 weeks
Themes: -
KerfuffleMach2
Current run: 1 week
Longest run: 1 week
Themes: -
Lycunadari
Current run: 1 week
Longest run: -
Themes: -
It's C'nor's turn to choose a theme :smallsmile:
C'nor:
SpoilerUm. Never drawn it. Sounds like it could be fun. Not sure if my style would mesh well with it. Definitely worth a try if you think it's workable :smallsmile:
Haha, I meant make them smaller, less screen-stretching. Often I do this on my netbook which doesn't take kindly to screen-stretching shenanigans.
Plus, few things ever need to be that size anyway :smallsmile:
You can download a ton of image editing programs that lets you resize a picture in three-four clicks (heck, even Paint has it). Not sure if you can do it directly on this forum.
My name's in both lists... I think you left out TheFieryTower. :smalltongue:
Also, the theme is Pain and Frost.
Glass Mouse:
SpoilerThat, I can do. Except that the problem is they're tiny in Paint (I used to have better stuff, but that computer is dead, and this one is too full to run them), and get resized by the forum. And yeah, I can see why that might be good... I have the same problem on my netbook.
As for the power armor, it should be. It's not bulky Space Marine stuff or anything.
Basically, it's an exoskeleton patterned after a wolf, made for a humanoid, complete with claws and a set of functional jaws in the helmet. (I'll go dig up Alia's form, so you can have a better description.)
FieryTower is on purpose, since he kinda disappeared. But I have no idea how your name made it in, considering I triple-checked those lists :smallconfused:
Ooh, inspiration flash from an old fantasy story of mine! Basically psychopomps meets X-Men meets CSI. I really should finish that one of these years :smallwink:Quote:
Also, the theme is Pain and Frost.
Huh. That's weird.Quote:
That, I can do. Except that the problem is they're tiny in Paint (I used to have better stuff, but that computer is dead, and this one is too full to run them), and get resized by the forum. And yeah, I can see why that might be good... I have the same problem on my netbook.
Sounds cool! I'll lump it in after Neorice's pic :smallsmile:Quote:
As for the power armor, it should be. It's not bulky Space Marine stuff or anything.
Basically, it's an exoskeleton patterned after a wolf, made for a humanoid, complete with claws and a set of functional jaws in the helmet. (I'll go dig up Alia's form, so you can have a better description.)
Eh, it happens. It's fixed now, which is what matters. :smallsmile:
I want to see that now... :smallbiggrin:Quote:
Ooh, inspiration flash from an old fantasy story of mine! Basically psychopomps meets X-Men meets CSI. I really should finish that one of these years :smallwink:
Very much so, yes.Quote:
Huh. That's weird.
Thanks! Extended description is in the second post here, and some of what she's done can be found here, if you want to get more of a feel for Alia.Quote:
Sounds cool! I'll lump it in after Neorice's pic :smallsmile:
Hrmkay. So I am back from New York and returning to the regular swing of things. Although, unfortunately, my major writing project is in an editing, additions, and polishing stage, so it will produce minimal wordcount. This means either I do extreme quantities of that and keep track of it, or I go back to one of my other projects (like teaching myself to draw, or another writing project).
Or writing music. That one is also a good option. In fact, actually while I was still out East I finished up a song, though it wasn't this week I don't think.
We'll see. Hopefully I'll have a full set this Sunday, though figuring out my classes and schedule is taking some time. If not, I'll be back up and running by next week, one way or another, probably between Another Turn of the Wheel, as well as either Wildlands, drawing, or songwriting.
Man I still haven't thought of a sculpt I want hahah. :smallsigh:
Probably won't get one in this week. May start plans for songwriting though for next week.
Edit: Actually, I did a fair amount of Another Turn of the Wheel writing in the last few days, about 1000 words. Maybe I'll turn out another two entries and actually make this week after all.
I can't brain this week. My think has died.
Nothing from me.
1,000 words of character forms and weaponry description:
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Originally Posted by C'nor