Borderlander's Art

[Borderlander]

Figured it was time start up an art thread of my own. Maybe it'll give me motivation to do more. I used to draw all the time. Now I carve soapstone, and will soon begin trying my hand at woodcarving and woodturning. I haven't drawn much in the past few years, but maybe that will change.
I'll start off with a pic I did back in 1998. Kalle has always liked it and the next time I see her I'm going to give her the origional.
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[Kalle al'Tear]

I so LOVE that picture.. ~happy dances because she's going to get the original~

I love looking at your work.. so its about time you got yourself an art thread.. you have a ton of great stuff that you have done.. it will be nice to be able to look at them. and I look forward to seeing new things show up.

[Borderlander]

I don't have a lot of my own stuff on my computer, but I'll post most of what I have at some point.

[Borderlander]

Can't recall what year this one is from. Either from 1999 or 2000. It's a creature from the mind of my old friend Raist, called a Dragffon... a hybrid of dragon and griffon. The one I drew is an immature dragffon. I would draw, scan, send and he would tell me any changes to make. After several edits, this was the result. Never got around to trying a full body drawing.
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[Kalle al'Tear]

Its from 1999. I remember because Raist then presented him to me as a present in our RPs. ~nods and gives the Dragffon a treat~

[Eolyn]

Wow! Just WOW!

You are so cool.

[Borderlander]

Here's one from way back in 1993. I used to make up all sorts of fantasy creatures to draw when I was in high school. This one is of a race of creatures that thrive on magic, called Dragonkin. I used the full page... amazing I still had any ink left when I was done!
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[digeon83]

very nice pics man - you're very talented.

[Tidus]

Man those pics are something else, you did well to start your own gallery. Keep it up.:D

[Borderlander]

Thanks everyone. I've hardly done any drawing at all in the past five years, But I'll post some of my soapstone work soon.

[Borderlander]

Here's something a bit more recent. I enjoy carving soapstone and have made a small collection of stands for my crystal spheres. This is one I did about a year ago. It's carved from a Brazilian soapstone and I used beeswax to give it a nice polish.
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Here it is with my sugilite sphere.
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[digeon83]

that is really cool

[Alucard]

woah dude, you have some serious talent. Awesome, can't wait to see more.

[Tidus]

Dude you made those? I love making things with my hands, that seems really interesting, might try it sometime.:D

[Borderlander]

I only made the stand. The stone the sphere is made from is too hard for any of my tools.
Here's one of my earlier stands, carved about three years ago. It's also from a Brazilian soapstone very similiar to the previous one, although I never put a polish on it, deciding instead to leave it 'raw'. I deliberately made the spirals uneven, going for an organic look. Didn't quite get what I was after, but I'm still happy with how it turned out. The sphere is the same sugilite as in the last one.
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[cynewolfe]

three words, sirrah!

"Ball o' Taint!"

[Borderlander]

umm... ok, I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.

[cynewolfe]

It was something we came up with in our Wheel of Time d20 campaign. The gamemaster felt my Ashaman had good reason to filter out the Taint and I, being a devious shit, realized that Taint had to go somewhere...

Eventually, my Ashaman started flinging around Balls of Taint filtered out from Saidin and that globe is more or less what I've always pictured a Ball of Taint to look like.

[Tidus]

Ball of Taint, as in the big floating thing over Shadar Logoth, when rand clensed Saidin.......i think.:rolleyes:

[Kalle al'Tear]

thats cool Cyne

[cynewolfe]

Ball of Taint, as in the big floating thing over Shadar Logoth, when rand clensed Saidin.......i think.:rolleyes:

yeah, that too!

[Shintaro]

Great art Borderlander, you've definately got the talent for it, send us some more!

[Tidus]

Lol 4 posts almost on top of each other.:D

Edit-Shin just edited his post, quiet fast to.:D

[Shintaro]

Yeah i had to edit... :p

[digeon83]

We Want S'more!!!
We Want S'more!!!
We Want S'more!!!

[Borderlander]

LOL
Well ok, here a couple more ball stands.
The one on the left, holding the "ball o' taint", is another variety of Brazilian soapstone, polished with beeswax. It's currently used as a display piece at a local shop.
The one on the right, holding a hematite sphere, is of a Kenyan soapstone called 'kissi stone'. It's much harder than the Brazilian stone, but has a much finer texture. It can be brought to a very smooth polish if you spend the time to do it. I carved it with five seperate spirals, one for each Element: Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit.
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[digeon83]

very nice, very nice indeed :D

[Borderlander]

Another oldie. In the summer of '95, I had just graduated highschool, and was having a lazy day. I spent quite a while relaxing while sketching a tree in the yard. I've always been happy with how it turned out, and it was such a beautiful day. Sorry about how light it is. I had quite a soft touch with the pencil that day.
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[digeon83]

thats really cool, I love tree sketches, is that pointilism?

[Borderlander]

nope, just a lot of little pencil strokes. If I'm doing a pointilism picture, I'd use pen.

[digeon83]

right I knew that.....:blush:

[Kalle al'Tear]

I really love the Tree! its so beautiful. it looks so peaceful.

[Borderlander]

just a little mountian scene sketch. I've done this one a number of times to fill a boring five or ten minutes.
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[digeon83]

nice sketch

*loves scenery art* :D

[Tidus]

You did that in 10 minutes, damn thats good.:eek5:

[Kalle al'Tear]

oh I love that BL. it reminds me of a couple of my favorite locations at Glacier National Park.. (worked there for 2 summers) very pretty

[Borderlander]

You did that in 10 minutes, damn thats good.:eek5:
This one recieved a little more attention than I usually put into that sketch, but the mountians and trees are done in a very simple way... so yeah, about 10 minutes would be close.

[Tamuril]

Love your work BL. Do you do anything on the computer? I'd love to do a collaboration with you.

[Borderlander]

I haven't done much on the computer besides a few sigs. They're basically just taking pieces of pics I found on google and sticking them together. The graphic program I have is psp7.
Here's a sig I made for myself to use over at WB's site. I faded the background too much, but it's supposed to be a WoT map
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[Tamuril]

I love the sketches you do, I thought maybe we could collaborate with my pictures and then you could sketch over them to create some cool effects. What you say we give it a shot?

[Borderlander]

hmm... sounds interesting. Maybe it would help me get back into drawing. I haven't really drawn much at all in the past five years. How would you propose accomplishing it, as I have no printer or scanner.
hmm... I need a new set of pens...

[Heartsbane]

You can A) spend $50 bucks for a basic scanner

OR

B) go to the local library and use there scanner and email those pictures to yourself

[Tamuril]

Ah libraries! What a good idea. Idealy it would be nice if you had a Wacom tablet. :p Maybe I'll sell you my scanner for $20. Maybe less. How did you scan those pictures onto your computer? If you could scan some things like that I could always clean it up and make it transparent to put onto my photos and we could make a compilation that way.

[Borderlander]

I used to have a scanner, but through the mistreatment of others through many moves, it became a big paperweight. I plan on getting a three in one printer/scanner/copier once I can afford to. I have NO extra money for the time being. It's too bad, because there's a few other things I'd also like to get... like a new computer! This one is 7 years old, and getting really full.

[Borderlander]

Here's another sig I've done... for Kalle, obviously

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[Kalle al'Tear]

I still really like that Sig.

[digeon83]

understandably so :)

[Borderlander]

hmmm... let's see what else I've got kicking around in my computer. I'll be running out of stuff to post soon!
Drew this unicorn back in 1999 for a little girl that Kalle taught. I was never really happy with it. The front legs are completely wrong and the head is way too small. Sometimes I have trouble with proportions.
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[Shintaro]

Yeh, its all wrong.. (sarcasm level to the max)


it looks great BL! Be happy with yourself! and Happy birthday!

[digeon83]

I love the little horsie goatie :D

[Kalle al'Tear]

thought you would like to know Stephanie still has that picture hanging up in her bedroom. and I like it alot.

[Borderlander]

really?? wow!!!
That was about seven years ago! How old is she now??

[Kalle al'Tear]

14 about to be 15.. god lord that makes me feel old or something. can't belive she's already going to be 15.

[Borderlander]

~shakes his head in disbelief~
the years have been going by way too fast!

[Borderlander]

A little sketch I did years ago in high school. Goes to show you how much I paid attention in class.
I was going through a stage of making up and drawing new creatures for possible use in D&D. I was thinking something along the lines of a wizard's familiar when I drew this one.
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[Kalle al'Tear]

its so cute!! and it reminds me of the tiny dragon in that book you gave me.

[digeon83]

cool sketch BL, I want one of those :D

[Borderlander]

looking at it now I see a few changes I'd make to the creature. I might try a new drawing of it later.
I haven't sat down and seriously tried to draw something for myself in years.

[digeon83]

do it!! do it!! do it!!!

[Kalle al'Tear]

~joins Dige~ do it do it do it!!!

[Borderlander]

:wah: IT'S...TOO...MUCH...PRESSURE!!!!

:tard:

~cracks~
:eek5:



:lol:

[Kalle al'Tear]

~watches his breakdown~ umm done yet?

[Borderlander]

~brushes himself off~
huh?
Oh, yeah... I'm good now.

[digeon83]

well then, GET BACK TO VORK!!!! :p

[Borderlander]

~waves digeon off~
it's not drawing time... it's popcorn time! ~munches~

[digeon83]

ooooo popcorn!!!! :)

[Borderlander]

Here's a conceptual sketch of a banner I made for a friends website many years ago...
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and this is the finished product. I hadn't had much experience using graphics programs at the time so I was kinda proud of it.
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[Kalle al'Tear]

I always liked how that looked on Raist's site.

[digeon83]

thats really cool BL :)

[Borderlander]

:) Thanks you two!

hmm... what else do I have...
Ah, here we go. I carved out this little Goddess figure out of soapstone. surprisingly it only took me about two hours to carve it. I left the stone unfinished, because the gritty texture of that stone gave it an aged look that I liked. It's suspended in the center of a braid of sweetgrass to make a wall hanging.
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[Shintaro]

All very cool. Keep up the good work. :D :D

[Borderlander]

Ok, I'm pretty much out of stuff now.
Here's my latest soapstone piece. It's my attempt at the ancient "Venus of Willendorf" figure. Something to 'google' if you're bored.
I apologize for the poor quality of the pic. All I had to take it with was my webcam, and I tried to clean it up the best I could in psp.
btw, the legs are not broken off. Where they end is the natural edge of the stone.
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[Heartsbane]

Reminds me of a shelless turtle with a beer belly:cheers: :dance:

[Borderlander]

The goddess figures I carve hold spiritual signifigance to me, Heartsbane. Constructive criticism is welcome, but please do not mock.

[Shintaro]

Ok, I'm pretty much out of stuff now.

Then you better start working hadn't you?! :whip:


Keep up the great stuff BL!! :D

[Borderlander]

Thanks Shintaro!
I have some much needed vacation time coming up in june, so hopefully I'll find some inspiration to get some carving done. I have a decent amount of several different soapstones, but it can be hard to come by, so I don't like to start filing away at a piece unless I have a good idea of what I'm trying to accomplish.
I do have one idea right now, but it would be a gift for Kalle, so it's a secret!
... and that is going to drive her nuts! ~grins~

[Kalle al'Tear]

DANG IT BL!!! You just HAD to say you had a secret for me. SO not fair. UGH!! are you sure you can't tell me?? pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaase


oh and I like the new goddess. very well done.


maybe a hint.. could you give me a hint??

[Heartsbane]

The goddess figures I carve hold spiritual signifigance to me, Heartsbane. Constructive criticism is welcome, but please do not mock.
Not mocking I'm just stating what it looks like. I didn't mean any offense BL.

[Kalle al'Tear]

~looks smug~ I got BL to tell me what the surprise is.. and its going to be sooooooo cool.. I can't wait for it to be done.. and it will be very nice to see posted on here. tell him to get busy people

[Tamuril]

Haha! Now he's learned his lesson to not even hint at anything if he doesn't want you to find out! :p

Get busy BL!! :D

[Borderlander]

:2eyes: Oh sure! Gang up on me!:whip:

[Kalle al'Tear]

LMAO you know it.. so ummm get busy.

[digeon83]

yeah BL lets go get a move on.....

and you cant give a woman even a hint of an idea that maybe your planning something, they will always find out what it is. :D

[Borderlander]

yeah, but I actually wanted her to find out... I just like playing with her curiosity :D

[Kalle al'Tear]

your so mean.. LOL

[Borderlander]

~sighs~ I just haven't been able to get into the mood to start a carving :(
But I did find this! It's one of the first sig pics I did for someone else.
The Earth and Moon are actual photos I found on some astronomy websites. It took me a while to find a dragon that I felt was right. It's the same style I like draw dragons, but I can't draw worth sh*t with a mouse!
Google... what a wonderful thing!

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[Kalle al'Tear]

~hugs and kotc~ I love it!

[Tamuril]

Oh very nice. I love the way you have the light coming out from behind the earth. Very nice.

[digeon83]

very cool BL, very cool indeed

[Borderlander]

I finally started up my wood lathe and am very excited about this new toy! I should begin posting new creations before long as I learn this new hobby. I'm probably going to try and get in touch with a local woodturning club and see if I can get some proper lessons.

[Borderlander]

I've been playing around with my lathe. Discovered some tricks today for getting cleaner cuts that will be a big help. I really should find someone to teach me these things.
I wasn't trying to create anything... a 'doodle', I guess. I decided to try what's called a captive ring, and it actually worked on my first try... granted it's quite rough. I'll probably need to make a tool for doing those better.
Anyway, here's my first captive ring!
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[PrinCesS FeNiX]

I love youre artwork, the tree is expertly done, as is the unicorn. Your drawings are fantastically realistic, with excellent shading.

[rebelashaman]

hey dude you should soooo draw a raken or a to'raken.. like that sketch of a gryffon or whatever it was

[rebelashaman]

yeah the rocks are nice and all.. .dude, you should do a sketch of the OP being used e.g. With the Choedan Kal

[Kalle al'Tear]

BL hasn't been on this site in a long long time.. He's been so busy with his RL. so I don't know if he will come back and see your requests..

:( I miss him.