Well I had this santa story that started out very simple and then got bigger and bigger with every probelem that I came up with...now I found a solution for the first story, but now there's two completely different versions:I came up with the concept of Santa's Reindeer having heard dogs that flew as well...and then I kept adding extra features like a competition amoung the animal kingdom as to which species/team got to drive Santa around the world...and then the Kringles becaume a charity foundation with international bases that were more popular than Disneyland! The issue comes to light when they decide on adopting a human child; who finds out they were just as unscroupluous as any megacoperation and were only doing the things they did for influence and popularity. However another secret they have is that they aren't even from earth! The realm wich they inhabited is compleately covered with magical beings such as they, but in that world they were the lowest class...virtually hobos in our language. So they came here to use what abilities they had to give power and other blessings to the kings of Europe from the Middle Ages to Even the 18th Centurary! They then decided that the benevolant route was the way to go for them and that's how they got so popular today (yes they don't move about in secret anymore they're they top of the top celebrities)! So angry Mark (their adopted human) is at this; he decides to take a few of the Kringles animals, a sleigh and other items to cause a ruckus in their world, to prove the worth of humanity to them, even though human beings do not have magical powers. Unfourtanately the only explination I had to Mark's reaction and is concurrent course of actions was that he's a teenager...The more basic story however still kept the controlling aspect of the Kringles (they sorta resemble Early English/Snobbish Nobility) with a somewhat meaner persona to them; but focused more on the hearding dogs, who were Samoyed specifically. One of them desperately wants to be the lead dog who escorts the Reinder with Santa around the world, but isn't allowed to do so and isn't even wanted due to her disability (three legs). So she runs away and raises her own sleigh team (teaches them to fly and everything) to prove to Santa that she still had what it took to do the job. What I did to make this story harder than it was was to add on this extra conflict of her running away attracted monsters from this realm I was talking about who were also wanting to take over the world and destroy the Santa family and legacy altogether...but I don't suppose that's needed is it?Anyway I still need the samoyed becuase I actually went to a rescue home for disabeled samoyeds...though they mostly had a cancer of some sort...and took hundereds of reference photos and did sketches of them for this project...and I don't want to let them and their owners down...
Truthfully I have the materials to learn facial anatomy and people (but not Hogarth's...our shool printed his face on our toilet paper), I'm just to lazy or scared to do it. This town's rough man! You can't be seen drawing people in public if you can't do it well!
There are specific formulas for drawing human faces, which can be found in general drawing books and in portrait drawing books. I found a website, portrait-artist.org, that covers some of this information. Understanding the skull structure is key to drawing realistic heads and faces.
Among the Burne Hogarth drawing books, there is one book called "Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery", which is specifically about drawing clothed figures. There's at least on copy on Amazon, but if you are in art school, check your library or ask if a teacher has a copy.
You can practice drawing faces, clothing and drapery simply by posing for yourself in a mirror. For example, try draping different thicknesses of fabric over your knees, and see how different types of wrinkles form. Also draw from plaster casts and mannequins, if they are available in your school studio.
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Aw, thanks guys! I've been keeping this one in the back burner because I still can't draw faces or costumes (or even reqular clothing) well at all! I also didn't know what type of costume to give them...despite the name Kringle originating from Germany...there's also the question of weither they should have a 'human' lifespan or not...if they did I Mark wouldn't have to be adopted because I certainly didn't want them inbreeding considering they've been in Earth for awhile!
LOL and just the other day you were saying , you couldn't write! LOL
I liked the first version best. You got some really cool ideas that add to the whole Santa Mythos. It has the makings of a real fun action adventure story with some potential for comedy relief as well.
The second version is more of a tear jerker kinda story. Your right, the monsters are not needed but can still break up the serious tone of the story.
Your empathy for the downtodden underdog ( pun not intended lol) is a theme that I've noticed in some of your other writings. It probably stems from your own need to have someone relate to you.
The first idea seems to be a departure from that, which can be have more of a positive influence on yourself as a writer. So I like the first mostly cuz a teenager will just be more interesting to draw and read about. And I find the ideas in the first story way more original, refreshing and with more possibiltities.
Anyways I'm saying it's a great idea! Go with it. Don't worry so much about trying to fit in a christian moral or anything, just have have with it. And if a christian theme or moral ends up coming out of it, than Praise God for it. But have fun. It sounds like a fun story. I want to see more.
If you need someone to bounce ideas off too, I'm willing to play.
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There are specific formulas for drawing human faces, which can be found in general drawing books and in portrait drawing books. I found a website, portrait-artist.org, that covers some of this information. Understanding the skull structure is key to drawing realistic heads and faces.
Among the Burne Hogarth drawing books, there is one book called "Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery", which is specifically about drawing clothed figures. There's at least on copy on Amazon, but if you are in art school, check your library or ask if a teacher has a copy.
You can practice drawing faces, clothing and drapery simply by posing for yourself in a mirror. For example, try draping different thicknesses of fabric over your knees, and see how different types of wrinkles form. Also draw from plaster casts and mannequins, if they are available in your school studio.
I liked the first version best. You got some really cool ideas that add to the whole Santa Mythos. It has the makings of a real fun action adventure story with some potential for comedy relief as well.
The second version is more of a tear jerker kinda story. Your right, the monsters are not needed but can still break up the serious tone of the story.
Your empathy for the downtodden underdog ( pun not intended lol) is a theme that I've noticed in some of your other writings. It probably stems from your own need to have someone relate to you.
The first idea seems to be a departure from that, which can be have more of a positive influence on yourself as a writer. So I like the first mostly cuz a teenager will just be more interesting to draw and read about. And I find the ideas in the first story way more original, refreshing and with more possibiltities.
Anyways I'm saying it's a great idea! Go with it. Don't worry so much about trying to fit in a christian moral or anything, just have have with it. And if a christian theme or moral ends up coming out of it, than Praise God for it. But have fun. It sounds like a fun story. I want to see more.
If you need someone to bounce ideas off too, I'm willing to play.
Levon