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General Discussion => Creative Corner => Topic started by: Yertle the Turtle on December 11, 2017, 05:06:41 pm

Title: Yertle's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 11, 2017, 05:06:41 pm
This will be my photographic diary, just to keep me taking photos. Hopefully I can get some good ones in there, but be warned: I take a lot of photos of roses, moss, birds and water droplets. We'll start with this one.
(https://i.imgur.com/0NEhtzm.jpg)
Enjoy!
Title: Re: Marv's Photo Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 11, 2017, 05:12:35 pm
When I took this photo, I was very impressed, since I was using a 6-year-old Nikon Coolpix L25 that cost $64 new, so the quality of this picture surprised me.
(https://i.imgur.com/iLbOxzw.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Photo Gallery
Post by: snowisawesome on December 11, 2017, 05:13:47 pm
Looks good 8)
Title: Re: Marv's Photo Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 13, 2017, 05:07:25 pm
For some reason I love this picture of a meerkat!
(https://i.imgur.com/GphTK50.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Photo Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 13, 2017, 05:35:19 pm
My garden has 150+ rose plants in it. Here is just one of many:
(https://i.imgur.com/GdwR9V9.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 14, 2017, 09:37:52 am
On second thoughts, this will be my general creativity diary. I will add to it poetry, maybe some short stories, some scanned sketches mayhap, as well as the photos. But for now, here is another photo:

But those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.
(https://i.imgur.com/wZU9Mwp.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 18, 2017, 12:13:27 pm
One of my recent sketching attempts, of a Mallard Duck.
(https://i.imgur.com/yhazy31.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: sweetiepi on December 18, 2017, 12:21:56 pm
Quote from: Marvin K. Mooney on December 18, 2017, 12:13:27 pm
One of my recent sketching attempts, of a Mallard Duck.
(https://i.imgur.com/yhazy31.jpg)
As a lover of ducks, I rate this a 11/10 ;D
(Seriously, that's pretty good! :) )
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 18, 2017, 12:22:36 pm
Anyone here know the famous poem Footprints?
Footprints
One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.

After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.

This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."

He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."
Well, that was what I was thinking of when I took these photos down at the beach in Mornington:
Mornington Beach photos
(https://i.imgur.com/TM5hFr7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LHpS9Yy.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Pcwq5u8.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 18, 2017, 12:25:33 pm
Quote from: insanipi on December 18, 2017, 12:21:56 pm
As a lover of ducks, I rate this a 11/10 ;D
(Seriously, that's pretty good! :) )
Thanks. I love ducks too, they are awesome!
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 18, 2017, 12:40:52 pm
A couple of other sketches, not as good as the duck, and still unfinished.
Australian Hobby sketch
(https://i.imgur.com/fVOTILh.jpg)

Cockatiel sketch
(https://i.imgur.com/mRCRIeS.jpg)

Rockhopper Penguin sketch
(https://i.imgur.com/9YZXJr4.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 18, 2017, 12:44:57 pm
Just came over this piece of computer image manipulation that I did for a CD cover for Year 9 VisComm.
(https://i.imgur.com/hPVJPmx.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 23, 2017, 08:31:00 am
These are a couple of my all-time favourite photos, of my old rabbit, who sadly disappeared one night  :'(
Rabbit
(https://i.imgur.com/i2m0wQW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/u0h6GRB.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 24, 2017, 04:59:58 pm
I'm so so happy with this drawing. I felt like it was going to be nice as soon as I had the sketch completed, but now I would have to say that this is definitely the best drawing of my life!  ;D ;D ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/Xojwhq7.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 24, 2017, 09:38:22 pm
This one's not as good a picture, but I still like it. It's the first bird I've ever drawn in flight, so I'm actually quite happy with it! :)
(https://i.imgur.com/kLwmpdK.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on January 22, 2018, 05:53:41 pm
A photo of a rose from my garden which I like.
(https://i.imgur.com/SbazPlP.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on January 25, 2018, 08:54:17 am
Some more moss. I don't even know why I take so many photos in my garden, but it's still pretty fun. Sometime I'll get round to putting stuff other than photos on here I think.
(https://i.imgur.com/M5yRze3.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on February 01, 2018, 05:34:50 pm
And now a couple of photos of my adorable 6 week old new rabbit, picked up today: The name (unconfirmed) is Munchkin ;P

(https://i.imgur.com/ng0ZDsd.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rG0YvQ8.jpg)
Title: Re: Marv's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on October 08, 2018, 09:20:57 pm
It has been a really long time since I posted in here, but I thought I should do so now that I'm getting back to drawing. Attached are a couple of pictures (apologies for the terrible quality) of a hyacinth macaw that I just finished drawing. Hopefully he brings some colour into your life :D

Drawing
(https://i.imgur.com/yM5Zy3d.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/H7X8Qpn.jpg)

btw, the rabbit's confirmed name is Munchkin after all.
Title: Re: Yertle's Creativity Gallery
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 24, 2018, 05:32:35 am
And yet again, it's been quite a while, but for me the drawing that I am about to post was ground-breaking, so I really wanted to post it. It was the first drawing of any animal other than a bird that I have made for about 6 years, and for it to turn out as well as it did was amazing! I'm really over the moon about this, it really made my day. In fact, it made up for past disappointments (I'm looking at you, ATAR). This is what happens when listening to a strange combo of Dimash Kudiabergen and Pytor Ilych Tchaikovsky at 1am while drawing. I think I should do this more often... :D

This is a flowchart of start to finish:
Stag
(https://i.imgur.com/dISvxmB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pxTavt4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oRBtBY4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CUDsNVp.jpg)
This really is, in my opinion, the best sketch I have ever done, the last few (including the above macaw) have really been a massive improvement on the average quality I was achieving before.