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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,099
    edited June 2013

    I love to visit my local bookstore, but I rarely read new fiction anymore. (choosing mostly 3D and digital art magazines instead).

    In today's literary world the old maxim is wrong. You can judge a book by its cover. Just reading the cover blurb will let me know what bestseller is being cloned.

    Normal girl falls in love with supernatural being.
    Brave and abused girl triumphs over misfortune and insurmountable odds.
    Young person with supernatural powers triumphs over evil.

    These are cool themes and sometimes something original comes through, but how about Something Completely Different™ for a change?

    I find what I read in these Forums much more interesting.

    And I can only read the Classics so many times. : )

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  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited December 1969

    Oh how I wish :P

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  • SkirikiSkiriki Posts: 4,975
    edited December 1969

    Woolyloach said:
    DanaTA said:
    Ah, but I feel a sequel coming! Olaf's Revenge

    Hmmmm.. you never know.. Olaf isnt one to take defeat lightly! (evil grin)

    "From the hell's heart I stab at thee..."

    thah reads swedish chef-ish tee hee

    Oh dear, Finnish and Swedish sound nothing alike, completely different language families. :)

    A sample of Swedish, a song about how the summer is short and most of it rains away.

    A sample of Finnish, a song about standing by grave of love.

  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Woolyloach said:
    This is entirely too damn true and I'M GONNA RANT! (angry face)

    I've been buying a fair number of books to see what my competition is doing, and I swear every single carping book has the SAME generic protagonist,t he SAME generic antagonist, and the WORST cast of stereotypical secondary characters! (angry face) If that's all I have to deal with I'll end up Stephen King famous! (angry face) Doesn't anyone study the CRAFT OF WRITING any more? (angry face) I spend about 10 hours a week studying the raft of writing because I DO NOT WANT TO SUCK!!!! (angry foaming ast the mouth rabid rant face)

    The amazing thing is that I poist non-PC stuff on my Red Room site and I don't get flack, in fact my hits went up to 200 a day for 4 days afterwards, when I posted about how I felt that I had enough experience with women to be able to write from a heroines perspective. Argh!

    Ok, rant over.... (Red red face)


    ...oh it's not going to stop me from my work. As Jack Nicholson (portraying the Joker) in the original Batman film said:

    "you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs"

    I guess I'm lucky. My day gig pays for everything, I don't need to be PC, or appeal to the lowest common denominator, or filter my experience trough someone ELSES censors.. I can write what I want, for those that like what I say, and not fear some Orwellian big brother coming down on me.

    I don't think I'm radical.. I don't think I'm any different than anyone else caught in this world, sucked down into the darkly shining jewel. I am, as ever, a man among men. I'm just me. As yu are all.. just you. There is nothing wrong with that.

    I had a long hard time explaining to someone on chat why I 'm celibate. Some things don't communicate well, analogically or not,m if the recipient doesn't have the same experience.

    I wish I could take my whole life and code it into cube, so that the next person that couldn't understand me could experience my entire life in 60 seconds. It'd save me a lot of useless effort.

    Sad, Empty. Smiles.

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Woolyloach said:
    Olaf And the Kilometer Long Pike - Part Three


    Into the water brave Olaf fell
    And he began to swim like Hell
    Though Olaf did have mighty thews
    A kilometer-long pike is real bad news
    It was quite a madcap race
    As the pike came rushing at Olafs face
    But Olaf knew a fancy trick
    And on pikes nose he gave a kick
    It was surprised by this attack
    Then Olaf jumped on to it's back.


    Ignoring Olaf the huge pike jumped
    On Olafs ship, the men all dumped
    Into the frothing water, wood
    And men, and gear, and pickled food
    Floated wave-tossed in the air
    The pike inhaled it without a care
    So Olafs men, and mead, and boat
    Slid right down the huge pikes throat
    The pike was happy, it did not squelch
    A hearty, fishy-smelling belch.


    Olaf maddened with berserker rage
    Decided to take center stage
    He beat the pike right in the head
    Attempting to knock the huge thing dead
    The pike it didn't seem to care
    Or even notice great Olaf there
    It started swimming far out to sea
    as calmly as it could ever be
    Completely ignoring Olafs fists
    As it swam off into the mists.


    (to be continued)

    Frabjous, likes the pikes. Is it an Iron Pike?

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Woolyloach said:
    Now I can spend the weekend NOT worrying about Olaf and that darned pike! I hope you all enjoyed it.. I'm going to post it on my Red Room authors page as a parody/comedy piece.


    Almost time to leave.. I need to clean up and pack up before heading for the bus. Catch you all later!

    Yes greatly :o)

  • SkirikiSkiriki Posts: 4,975
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Frabjous, likes the pikes. Is it an Iron Pike?

    This! :D

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Rezca said:
    Indigo Render purchased, downloading it now. Officially broke for the month ^_^;

    Managed to snatch a Dinoraul Velociraptor before I did though >:3
    Such a cutey~

    Good pictures tho :0)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...oh, speaking of pics. here's the Leela one I hinted at several nights ago.

    Turned out to be a real workout as there are several items behind the camera that are reflected in the car (don't have a lot of good HDR spheres to work with as I don't have a digital camera, and can't really afford to buy any ready made ones, fortunately the beast can handle the extra load).

    Characters

    Leela (saved character preset with Tindra Thompson Skin MAT)
    Andy Hair by SWAM/Zachrael2002
    Mall Girl Top (retextured using Fabricator w/freebie MAT) by Dogz
    Flower Power (jeans) by Sickle Yield/Marieah
    Daydream (necklace) by Mada

    Annika (saved character preset with Tommi Skin MAT)
    Bolina Hair by 3Dream/Mairy
    Casual Surf Wear (tank top)
    JeanZ forV4 by The 3D Wizard.

    Tracey (saved character preset with Tommi Skin MAT)
    Pure Hair Messy by Valea
    Breezy Wear by Bobbie25/Sarsa/Umblefugly with texture expansion by Sarsa


    Setting/Props:

    Dimension Theory's Cloud9
    First Bastion's Rolling Plains
    Noggin's Ultimate Butterfly Collection
    Predatron's Pred Pack - Real Grass
    Lisa's Botanicals Oak Trees, Tall Grass, and Dasies.
    Fir tree from Le Village Props
    Background trees from Dimension Theory's Ecomantics
    Fantasy House 4 by DryJack (freebie)
    Limousine Prince by Petipet (retextured using SuperShine Shaders with diffuse adjustment for the "BRG" colour and SuperShine Top Coat)
    Tree Trunk and Stones from Fober's The Lake
    Stone slabs from DM's Instances
    Picnic basket and food from Blondie9999's Picnic Basket
    Blueberry Pie from Mama Pook/MotherGoose by Thorne/Sarsa
    Table from Garden Furniture by The3dZone (rescaled).
    Soft Drinks: Dystopia Square Soda Can (freebie).
    Drive: Ground plane retetextured with Eva's Urban Environment Shaders (brick).
    Wall: Fairytale Furniture: Privy by Spencer. (most of wall sunk below ground plane).

    Off Camera (for reflection in Limousine Prince)
    First Bastion's Rolling Plains
    Blenworth by Predatron3D
    Background trees from Dimension Theory's Ecomantics

    Render time 1hr 48 min @ 1200 x 900.


    Title: Learning How to Fly. (yeah, I know there's a set in the store with this name but it fits).

    Het great, was worth waiting for :o)

  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Skiriki said:
    Woolyloach said:
    DanaTA said:
    Ah, but I feel a sequel coming! Olaf's Revenge

    Hmmmm.. you never know.. Olaf isnt one to take defeat lightly! (evil grin)

    "From the hell's heart I stab at thee..."

    thah reads swedish chef-ish tee hee

    Oh dear, Finnish and Swedish sound nothing alike, completely different language families. :)

    A sample of Swedish, a song about how the summer is short and most of it rains away.

    A sample of Finnish, a song about standing by grave of love.

    Olaf shamed went deep inside
    The Oracle, with dreams so snide
    Olaf promised her his soul
    If she would fill her endless hole
    Olaf brave bed his deep hearts blood
    That kind of looked like bright red mud
    He'd sel his soul to have this wish
    He wanted to kill the giant fish
    with thanes so brave and mead so strong
    What the hell could go so wrong?
    The Oracle he brought much pleasure
    Worth far more than Earthy treasure
    Olaf would give her a stike
    At the KILOMETER LONG FISH PIKEY SNAKE (omg omg omg)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Woolyloach said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Woolyloach said:
    This is entirely too damn true and I'M GONNA RANT! (angry face)

    I've been buying a fair number of books to see what my competition is doing, and I swear every single carping book has the SAME generic protagonist,t he SAME generic antagonist, and the WORST cast of stereotypical secondary characters! (angry face) If that's all I have to deal with I'll end up Stephen King famous! (angry face) Doesn't anyone study the CRAFT OF WRITING any more? (angry face) I spend about 10 hours a week studying the raft of writing because I DO NOT WANT TO SUCK!!!! (angry foaming ast the mouth rabid rant face)

    The amazing thing is that I poist non-PC stuff on my Red Room site and I don't get flack, in fact my hits went up to 200 a day for 4 days afterwards, when I posted about how I felt that I had enough experience with women to be able to write from a heroines perspective. Argh!

    Ok, rant over.... (Red red face)


    ...oh it's not going to stop me from my work. As Jack Nicholson (portraying the Joker) in the original Batman film said:

    "you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs"

    I guess I'm lucky. My day gig pays for everything, I don't need to be PC, or appeal to the lowest common denominator, or filter my experience trough someone ELSES censors.. I can write what I want, for those that like what I say, and not fear some Orwellian big brother coming down on me.

    I don't think I'm radical.. I don't think I'm any different than anyone else caught in this world, sucked down into the darkly shining jewel. I am, as ever, a man among men. I'm just me. As yu are all.. just you. There is nothing wrong with that.

    I had a long hard time explaining to someone on chat why I 'm celibate. Some things don't communicate well, analogically or not,m if the recipient doesn't have the same experience.

    I wish I could take my whole life and code it into cube, so that the next person that couldn't understand me could experience my entire life in 60 seconds. It'd save me a lot of useless effort.

    Sad, Empty. Smiles.

    *big squeezy hugs* :o)

  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Woolyloach said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Woolyloach said:
    This is entirely too damn true and I'M GONNA RANT! (angry face)

    I've been buying a fair number of books to see what my competition is doing, and I swear every single carping book has the SAME generic protagonist,t he SAME generic antagonist, and the WORST cast of stereotypical secondary characters! (angry face) If that's all I have to deal with I'll end up Stephen King famous! (angry face) Doesn't anyone study the CRAFT OF WRITING any more? (angry face) I spend about 10 hours a week studying the raft of writing because I DO NOT WANT TO SUCK!!!! (angry foaming ast the mouth rabid rant face)

    The amazing thing is that I poist non-PC stuff on my Red Room site and I don't get flack, in fact my hits went up to 200 a day for 4 days afterwards, when I posted about how I felt that I had enough experience with women to be able to write from a heroines perspective. Argh!

    Ok, rant over.... (Red red face)


    ...oh it's not going to stop me from my work. As Jack Nicholson (portraying the Joker) in the original Batman film said:

    "you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs"

    I guess I'm lucky. My day gig pays for everything, I don't need to be PC, or appeal to the lowest common denominator, or filter my experience trough someone ELSES censors.. I can write what I want, for those that like what I say, and not fear some Orwellian big brother coming down on me.

    I don't think I'm radical.. I don't think I'm any different than anyone else caught in this world, sucked down into the darkly shining jewel. I am, as ever, a man among men. I'm just me. As yu are all.. just you. There is nothing wrong with that.

    I had a long hard time explaining to someone on chat why I 'm celibate. Some things don't communicate well, analogically or not,m if the recipient doesn't have the same experience.

    I wish I could take my whole life and code it into cube, so that the next person that couldn't understand me could experience my entire life in 60 seconds. It'd save me a lot of useless effort.

    Sad, Empty. Smiles.

    *big squeezy hugs* :o)

    Kissy face :p :p :p :p

  • SkirikiSkiriki Posts: 4,975
    edited December 1969

    Woolyloach said:
    Olaf shamed went deep inside
    The Oracle, with dreams so snide
    Olaf promised her his soul
    If she would fill her endless hole
    Olaf brave bed his deep hearts blood
    That kind of looked like bright red mud
    He'd sel his soul to have this wish
    He wanted to kill the giant fish
    with thanes so brave and mead so strong
    What the hell could go so wrong?
    The Oracle he brought much pleasure
    Worth far more than Earthy treasure
    Olaf would give her a stike
    At the KILOMETER LONG FISH PIKEY SNAKE (omg omg omg)

    :D :D :D

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited June 2013

    Skiriki said:
    ps1borg said:
    Frabjous, likes the pikes. Is it an Iron Pike?

    This! :D

    wow is like a small Groper

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  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Skiriki said:
    ps1borg said:
    Frabjous, likes the pikes. Is it an Iron Pike?

    This! :D

    Skiricky has inspired me, a Skald, now I sing of Olad and his adventures :D::D:D

  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Skiriki said:
    Woolyloach said:
    Olaf shamed went deep inside
    The Oracle, with dreams so snide
    Olaf promised her his soul
    If she would fill her endless hole
    Olaf brave bed his deep hearts blood
    That kind of looked like bright red mud
    He'd sel his soul to have this wish
    He wanted to kill the giant fish
    with thanes so brave and mead so strong
    What the hell could go so wrong?
    The Oracle he brought much pleasure
    Worth far more than Earthy treasure
    Olaf would give her a stike
    At the KILOMETER LONG FISH PIKEY SNAKE (omg omg omg)

    :D :D :D

    Sikriki,you inspire :$:$

  • SkirikiSkiriki Posts: 4,975
    edited December 1969

    Gosh, thanks! :D

  • M F MM F M Posts: 1,388
    edited June 2013

    ... Skiricky has inspired me, a Skald, now I sing of Olad and his adventures :D::D:D
    ... Sikriki,you inspire :$:$

    Heheh... managed to typo her name twice in a row, Skald Loachy ;-)... are you hitting the Bard's Ale already? :P

    Post edited by M F M on
  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,099
    edited December 1969

    I keep trying to rename her "Skirinki". I don't know why. : )

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,099
    edited December 1969

    Emoticons, emoticons! My kingdom for emoticons! (an easy offer to make as I have no kingdom)

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited June 2013

    Blah... I picked the wrong day to be run over by the Arthur truck when it was loaded to the GILLS with Arthur bricks.

    Missed (but read) the Wooly Olf ballad, KK got that bothersome render off the ground (it flies), Rezca wanders off to mesh world, where it ends I can only guess. Some stuff about Ski and Bushy tales up the nose and so much more I can not try to cover it all.

    So that's my complaint. I hurt more than I remember ever hurting before in my life. Nothing has helped not even doctor allowed over amping of my meds, the suggested physical therapy to loosen the joints (pick one any one in the human body) earned my live in helper a special place in heck if my wishes have any weight at the time it matters. 24 plus hours of fully broken and darn near not able to enjoy much at all just is not right if you ask me. OKAY that's the full complaint.

    I thank you all for making parts of my day better. Now about that writing thing Wooly, I'm a hack I know I'm a hack but nobody here read my BWC stuff anyway so I'll just shut up now while I'm ahead.

    Post edited by Jaderail on
  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited June 2013

    ote class="UserQuote">

    ...Rezca wanders off to mesh world

    Mesh world? :3

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  • M F MM F M Posts: 1,388
    edited June 2013

    Rezca said:
    ote class="UserQuote">
    ...Rezca wanders off to mesh world
    Mesh world? :3

    I think he might've been referring to the line-rendering of your stairs model... (^_^).
    Post edited by M F M on
  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    M F M said:
    Rezca said:
    ote class="UserQuote">
    ...Rezca wanders off to mesh world
    Mesh world? :3

    I think he might've been referring to the line-rendering of your stairs model... (^_^).Yes, I assumed it was a 3D mesh. I know that thing about assuming so sorry if I was off on my guess.

    Am I dead yet? No? You sure? Okay, I'll check again later...
  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,207
    edited December 1969

    Skiriki said:
    Woolyloach said:
    DanaTA said:
    Ah, but I feel a sequel coming! Olaf's Revenge

    Hmmmm.. you never know.. Olaf isnt one to take defeat lightly! (evil grin)

    "From the hell's heart I stab at thee..."

    thah reads swedish chef-ish tee hee

    Oh dear, Finnish and Swedish sound nothing alike, completely different language families. :)

    A sample of Swedish, a song about how the summer is short and most of it rains away.

    A sample of Finnish, a song about standing by grave of love.

    Well, then, they are alike...depressing.

    Dana

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    Jaderail said:
    Blah... I picked the wrong day to be run over by the Arthur truck when it was loaded to the GILLS with Arthur bricks.

    Missed (but read) the Wooly Olf ballad, KK got that bothersome render off the ground (it flies), Rezca wanders off to mesh world, where it ends I can only guess. Some stuff about Ski and Bushy tales up the nose and so much more I can not try to cover it all.

    So that's my complaint. I hurt more than I remember ever hurting before in my life. Nothing has helped not even doctor allowed over amping of my meds, the suggested physical therapy to loosen the joints (pick one any one in the human body) earned my live in helper a special place in heck if my wishes have any weight at the time it matters. 24 plus hours of fully broken and darn near not able to enjoy much at all just is not right if you ask me. OKAY that's the full complaint.

    I thank you all for making parts of my day better. Now about that writing thing Wooly, I'm a hack I know I'm a hack but nobody here read my BWC stuff anyway so I'll just shut up now while I'm ahead.

    ...been pretty much a bundle of aches and pains myself this week due to damp cool and occasionally rainy weather which moved in.
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    I love to visit my local bookstore, but I rarely read new fiction anymore. (choosing mostly 3D and digital art magazines instead).

    In today's literary world the old maxim is wrong. You can judge a book by its cover. Just reading the cover blurb will let me know what bestseller is being cloned.

    Normal girl falls in love with supernatural being.
    Brave and abused girl triumphs over misfortune and insurmountable odds.
    Young person with supernatural powers triumphs over evil.

    These are cool themes and sometimes something original comes through, but how about Something Completely Different™ for a change?

    I find what I read in these Forums much more interesting.

    And I can only read the Classics so many times. : )


    ...well I will admit my story has some elements of the last two (after all it was spawned during an RPG campaign). Hopefully being a dystopic fairy tale written as a political thriller will give it that "difference" factor.
  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited December 1969

    I got distracted again, and started working on something else XD Putting my stairs model on hold.

    I'm really loving the Light Layers feature - being able to change the intensity, temperature (And thus color), and even disable lights in the scene WHILE it is rendering... Is an awesome thing to play with ^_^

    Teh WIP...

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,099
    edited December 1969

    Jaderail said:
    Blah... I picked the wrong day to be run over by the Arthur truck when it was loaded to the GILLS with Arthur bricks.

    Missed (but read) the Wooly Olf ballad, KK got that bothersome render off the ground (it flies), Rezca wanders off to mesh world, where it ends I can only guess. Some stuff about Ski and Bushy tales up the nose and so much more I can not try to cover it all.

    So that's my complaint. I hurt more than I remember ever hurting before in my life. Nothing has helped not even doctor allowed over amping of my meds, the suggested physical therapy to loosen the joints (pick one any one in the human body) earned my live in helper a special place in heck if my wishes have any weight at the time it matters. 24 plus hours of fully broken and darn near not able to enjoy much at all just is not right if you ask me. OKAY that's the full complaint.

    I thank you all for making parts of my day better. Now about that writing thing Wooly, I'm a hack I know I'm a hack but nobody here read my BWC stuff anyway so I'll just shut up now while I'm ahead.

    Most complaint-worthy. Hoping for a better day for you tomorrow, Jade.
  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,099
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    tjohn said:
    I love to visit my local bookstore, but I rarely read new fiction anymore. (choosing mostly 3D and digital art magazines instead).

    In today's literary world the old maxim is wrong. You can judge a book by its cover. Just reading the cover blurb will let me know what bestseller is being cloned.

    Normal girl falls in love with supernatural being.
    Brave and abused girl triumphs over misfortune and insurmountable odds.
    Young person with supernatural powers triumphs over evil.

    These are cool themes and sometimes something original comes through, but how about Something Completely Different™ for a change?

    I find what I read in these Forums much more interesting.

    And I can only read the Classics so many times. : )


    ...well I will admit my story has some elements of the last two (after all it was spawned during an RPG campaign). Hopefully being a dystopic fairy tale written as a political thriller will give it that "difference" factor.
    I'm sure that you aren't planning to "clone" an existing novel (or series of novels) because it's the kind of thing that sells at the moment. It is that type of behavior on the part of hacks and publishing houses that I was decrying, KK.
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