The True North Clan

ShadowFun · Post by **ShadowFun** » Sun May 12, 2024 5:25 am

Wow!!!

What an amazing show, and such lovely pic! The greens are beyond surreal. So jealous…

agent0013 · Post by **agent0013** » Wed May 15, 2024 11:51 pm

Well... I was going to share contest photos at the beginning of the month, but I didn't want to get in the way of the story! It's better late than never!

Candy Shop
Evey and Saffee in "The Only Thing Vanilla About Us is the Ice Cream"

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"When you said you had a treat for me this is not what I imagined," chuckled Saffee.

"Get over her and eat me," commanded Evey with a grin, waving the spoon in her hand.

Heh. I had a few ideas going into this contest but after I thought of this title I couldn't do anything else! And, cleanup was tasty. There is something erotic about eating the ice cream off of a little elf while she watches you do it... Would recommend!

Water
Glissa and Veyronna in "Glissa the Omnipotent"

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"BOO!"

"Aaah! Glissa! You almost made me lose my page!" complained the startled mage.

Glissa giggled. "Sorry Veyronna. I couldn't resist!"

I had fun figuring this one out. I didn't want to just go for a doll getting wet because that's exactly what I'd expect me to do. I fiddled with the concept of using the water to give me a nice warped image like I got. Once I knew I could do something with that I figured out the location and set up the 'library.' After that I started messing with the lighting. As I moved the light around and looked at the shadows I moved the light directly over the glass. It lit up like a light bulb! A total accident, but I love the results! It got me second place which I believe is the best I've ever done in the mini contest, so I was pretty pleased by that.

Little Helper
Saffee and Evey in "Grab My Hand!"

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“Saffeeeeeee!” shrieked Evey as she clung to the rebar for dear life. She didn’t dare look down.

“I’m right here Evey! Grab my hand!”

I always knew that volcano in my back yard would come in handy for something...

No photoshop, I promise!

ShadowFun · Post by **ShadowFun** » Fri May 17, 2024 4:30 pm

agent0013 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:42 pm
Worldbuilding
Part 2
Inside the box Evey found herself feeling disoriented. She could see what appeared to be a surface but when she walked over to touch it she never quite seemed to reach it. “Okay… this is weird. Really weird. Is there an edge?”

GASP!!!

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The Minxes have been watching the Worldbuilding going on at the True North Clan’s home… and pandemonium has just broken out. Sassy’s reveal of the pocket dimensional space has lit up the imagination of the Minxes…

“We want one!!!”

“OMG… just think of all the shoes we could put in there… EEK!!!

“Haha! Your left shoe rules Sassy!”

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“Thanks Minxes! I’m just happy to help… but you know, Lefty is having a lot of FUN and excitement! I’m a little jealous.”

“What can we do to help Sassy???

“Well… I was thinking, maybe when True North gets their portal built, instead of Lefty coming home, I’ll go join the fight!”

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“YES!!! Power Pumps unite!!!

agent0013 · Post by **agent0013** » Mon May 20, 2024 5:06 pm

Love it, ShadowFun! I hope you're going to be able to afford all the shoes to fill the new void your minxes have been inspired to make! :haha4:

agent0013 · Post by **agent0013** » Fri May 31, 2024 10:45 pm

May photo challenges!

Gif: Sci-fi
The True North Clan in "Through the Portal"

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This was a time consuming one to make! Not the gif, that was the easy part. The props! Luckily I was building the portal as a prop anyways and being able to use the contest as a reason to get it done probably sped up the process considerably. Yes, it was inspired by Stargate. Look forward to seeing it in a story piece soon-ish!

Animal
Rosebud in "Feeding the Birds"

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This photo was agonizing. I set up Rosebud with a seed in her hand and set up my phone on a tripod. Directly behind the camera is a patio door. Using the stylus as a remote I could trigger the camera when a bird came while I sat inside! I plugged the phone into a battery pack to keep it charged. Brilliant. The downside is that the camera app automatically closes after about 2 minutes of no interaction. To prevent that I needed to interact with it in some way every ~90 seconds. The only way to do that remotely is to take a photo. Every 90 seconds.

I sat there for 3 hours to get this shot...