Enchanted Shadows ~ Chapter 2.1

The Other Side 2.1

The cloaked man who calls himself Tarn, the bringer of death, looked down from Xander smiling at his accomplishment. The people were terrified and fleeing from neighbouring villages as his army of immortals crashed their way through the forests. Tarn didn’t need to be there to see it, he could hear the screams of terror, that was enough for him. Continue reading

RPG Maker VX Ace

The new RPG maker was finally released on the 14th, I did preorder but unfortunately didn’t get the chance to test it out as I’m still recovering. Hopefully I’ll be able to create a short demo on Ace but first i need to finish the vx one.

Creating games using these makers is proving to be quite a fun hobby :)

Delayed Updates :(

Hi everyone, I apologize for the lack of updates and new work etc, unfortunately i have been quite unwell for the past 6 weeks and haven’t had the energy to do much and it seems it’ll be a while longer before I’m back on my feet and able to create some great work. I have, however, created a little more of the story of Cyla which is also being made into an old style RPG (role playing game) if any of you like that sort of thing, also there are a few updates i missed that I’ll share with you all now. Enjoy :) Continue reading

February updates

I find myself procrastinating a lot lately and defining higher priority things seems to be much harder to do. It’s a few days late but there is still plenty of the month left to work on things.

Channing Tantum WIP 2As promised i did do a bit more on my Channing Tantum piece last month and The Star Keeper is almost done i’m just having trouble with dragon scales and the best way to paint them.

I actually finished the mock of the new site design and hated it but still i’m going to use it as a portfolio piece when i have finished coding it-almost done that :D . The sketch commission is coming along slowly, doesn’t help that the images i was given are blurry, but still i’m getting there.

For this month i’ll be concentrating mostly on last months work and trying not to get too distracted by what is going on around me.

January updates

Sticky note with to do list, January updates.

It’s a bit late but i thought i’d start updating month by month so i can keep track of what i’m doing as one of my goals was ‘be more organised’ well this is my first idea for it :) anyway here is a list of what i have up and coming in January

  • The star keeper; a digital painting i’m working on. Hopefully will be finished with this soon.
  • More of Channing Tantum, i started this ages ago and haven’t done much more to it and it just sits there all sad wondering when i might finish it.
  • I’m working on a sketch commission and i have only just realised how much i despise sketching…
  • Finish a mock-up of the new site. Everything is so hectic i haven’t had the time.

That’s it for the rest of January so far, i have other commissions but they wish to stay anonymous so those will not be posted on my site or DeviantArt account.

Much love, white shadow xx

Passion

Ring of light surrounding the sun, a sense of passion.

I recently found my passion again in all things art not just web design and the odd digital painted image. I’d forgotten the true sense of the word passion too, it’s this incredible feeling of enthusiasm in this instance.

I have a set emoticon in my mind that took a while to practice, I remind myself everyday of the feelings i got from art and why exactly i like it so much. If you have something you feel so passionate about you could almost cry about it here is an idea you might find useful to maintain your focus. I ask myself why it is i like creative things and my answer is always them same, i enjoy colours, motions, details, blending in to mix new colours, light, shadow, the way an image comes together from beginning to end. Try it, you may just remember the good feelings again.

A bit of a cheesy post i know but i suddenly thought of it :P

white shadow xx

New Year Resolutions

It’s a bit late I know but coming up with resolutions to take on for the year is not an easy task for me. There is so much I would like to accomplish this year but its best not to overwhelm myself with too much.

  1. Practice more digital painting and traditional arts.
  2. Tidy up more-I’m a very messy person sometimes and can get a bit lazy :P
  3. Eat healthier-this is an easier task in the summer perhaps I should learn some veggie recipes.
  4. Exercise-at one point I got up in the morning and actually exercised but it seems design has taken over I must find some balance I think.
  5. Look after myself better-I’m so mean to myself.
  6. Be more organised.
  7. Read more-I’ve always liked getting stuck into a good book but never make the time to actually read. I’ve only actually read 2 or 3 books in my adult life and own 10 or so books not including history books and animal encyclopaedias.
  8. Finish at least one animation or game-I’ve been working on games and animations but never finishing them for lack of motivation and skill at the time.

So I think that is enough for this year, some quite big points and life changing practices there. Took me 3 days to go through things I would like to achieve in the future and pick out ones to get done this year.

What are your new year’s choices? Do you think you can stick with them?

Much love, white shadow x

Enchanted Shadows ~ Chapter 1.1

Life in Cyla ~ part 1

My name is Chyra, I’m named after the town we live in. I live in the tower  Cyla east of the great monument of Destiny. A dragon you understand not the term destiny, it’s from some history about a world that once floated above us. I, my sister and two brothers have lived in Cyla since we were born and as far as I can tell our family has lived here for generations maybe even thousands of years.

I have a friend in a distant  Xander, our rivals but still she is a close friend, her name is Sharne. Our families have been enemies since the war of Masgoro, the planet we live on. Some random shady characters decided to invade and I believe they still live in the darkest parts of our planet, places like mountain caves. I certainly wouldn’t go out at night unless I really have to with them roaming around, the worst thing about them is they shape-shift but the best thing is we have a power they can’t cross, shadows of enchantment. I remember a few years ago they tried to imitate the people of Earth with a Trojan horse I think it’s called. They didn’t seem to take into account how flammable Earth wood is, you see not only do they take the shape of things but they also take the traits of the object and if it breaks, well let’s just say they go to sleep in case of certain audiences. Continue reading

Finding Christmas on DeviantArt

I created a short story today for a task on DeviantArt which i wanted to share on here too. It’s a little Christmas story that could be read to children. Here it is the link to the DA tasks.

Finding Christmas.

A little blue Mexican dog that goes by the name of Hufflepuff had heard many rumors from his friend about something called Christmas.

‘What is Christmas?’ Hufflepuff asked his friend Strawberry who was dancing to her favourite song, she was a rather small pink crab and had a bright red bow stuck to her head.

‘I’m not sure Hufflepuff. Have you asked Jellyted?’ she replied. Jellyted seemed to know everything about everything and if anyone ever had a question they would always go to him. Continue reading