Ogre Efforts Compilation

I thought it would be interesting to gather together all our scattered efforts of trying to picture Ogres, from the inspirational drawing first made in Mrs. Rector's class to a sort of apotheosis with John's production of Kwee. Ferus of course is a mutation, but there are various other efforts at Ogre posture. AI in particular didn't like their U-bend necks and high shoulders (almost humpbacks) or their prominent blue veins. But at least it was pretty good with their purple eyes. John has some pretty good transistional efforts, but I can't quite put my finger on them at the moment.

PRS

A fancy Palace. A forest Path. Frodo carries the Phial of Galadriel.  The Porch is a set design for a play I never wrote. Rat and Mole enjoy a cup of tea (the AI seems reluctant to make Mole black). There is a Rescue on Deacon's Peak (AI seems to insist that some subjects 'look at the camera'). Dragonflies flit around a Riverbank. The Tin Woodsman is Rusted and Busted. Salty tells his tale of a giant ape. The Six Signs gleam with power. Suwissie runs through the corridors of the ship on an errand. We seem to have failed to capture the numinous quality of Theodor Kittelson's Swamp Troll.

You can probably tell from the static nature of some of these scenes why I didn't animate them on the first pass. I had to add moving features (falling leaves, dragonflies, swinging doors) to jazz them up a little bit.

OOOOO!

Oaken Smials, a vision of my perfect house (there's a poem here on NOT about it); Old Castle, from a sketch of a painting I did in middle school art; an Old Grange; an Old Tree (both pretty old drawings in their own right); and an Orc Guard.

Short, and Not Just for the Numbers

A Morg Wanders, Morgon of Hed from The Riddlemaster Trilogy, a Mountain Castle, and Nimrod, the mighty hunter. This is the 2,800th post here on NOT; if I time it just right, the 3,000th should fall exatly on my birthday.

Daniv

Several views of Daniv, a character I will soon be introducing in Episode Six of The Wizard, The Prince, The Warrior and his Son. Right now, over the weekend, I'm just mulling things over.

More 3D Models

M is for Many Things

Includes one L, Legend of a Wolf Boy. Mage Elf, Manor House, Melichus from The Face in the Frost, Merlin, Metatoras from Thaddeus Jones and the Dragon, Miss Price from Bedknob and Broomstick (the book), a Monastery on a dark and stormy night, and a rather primitive Morg City, which I drew in ink in (I think) Mrs. Hardcastle's class. I have now so developed Morg City that I feel I could almost walk its streets.