Visualizing Zalanthas..

Started by Delirium, September 20, 2004, 05:37:47 PM


March 21, 2023, 04:18:05 PM #1701 Last Edit: March 21, 2023, 04:24:58 PM by tiny rainbow
bahamet (Morla)

QuoteSomething huge breathes loud, wet breaths, hot blasts of fetid air whooshing through the thick undergrowth.

Method 1: MPC-HC player, copypasted to GIMP as layers and just used eraser

2: Marked the gap by hand for InPainting with Easy Diffusion

Credit: Friedrich Thaler, Scenery Painter of The Neverending Story production team - edited by me

easy diffusion doesn't have an option yet for custom numbers for width/height so the aspect ratio is changed making it look a bit bulkier than the original done with eraser

It also liked to draw newer-looking flowers in the gaps which was cute and seems poetic since the painting is being being brought back to life too, but yes definitely amateur restoration :D

"A time of ash shall mark the rise of the cities. Days of old shall be new once more."
"The paths diversify, bright strands bring victory, the wrong steps defeat."

March 24, 2023, 10:01:31 AM #1702 Last Edit: March 24, 2023, 12:04:18 PM by tiny rainbow
Very reminiscent of the Sun Runners, it's clever how the xylophone has no base so it can be portably carried and placed across anything that is around at the time. :)



QuoteAnnatto from the achiote plant is often used for flavouring or colouring food across the world. The Tsàchila tribe in Ecuador are highly recognisable thanks to their traditional bright orange hair, which is achieved by using the crushed seeds. It is believed they have been doing so for centuries.

This tradition is believed to have been a palliative measure from a time when the Tsachila were exposed to the ravages of smallpox from explorers. A Tsáchila shaman asked a spirit to guide them to a cure by ceremony and prayer. They were guided to an achiote bush. They covered themselves completely with the red juices of the seed-pods and after a few days the mortality in the group was drastically reduced. The Spaniards called them "Colorado" (meaning coloured red) because they thought it was their natural skin.

They are forever grateful to this plant for the protection that it offered to the entire community from smallpox. The shape of their hair style is fashioned to look like the seed pods.

Their native language is Tsafiki, a member of the Barbacoan linguistic family, and translates to mean "true word".

According to the 1997 census, their population had reached 2,640 inhabitants.
https://www.nanmagazine.com/en/in-the-pones-chamber-the-magic-and-charm-of-the-tsachila/
QuoteThe Tsachila are known for being skilled weavers .. Traditional skirts are worn; black and white for the men in honor of the highly venomous equis snake, and rainbow colored for women. With the spread of Catholicism, the women started to wear bright sequined tops instead of being naked from the waist up.

.. We asked about the floral bath. "We thought you wanted the rejuvenating option!" he said. His eyes twinkled.

.. My guide showed me a beautiful spot overlooking the river and explained to me that, as the city has encroached, the water has become so polluted that the Tsachila can no longer drink, bathe, fish, or wash clothes in it. This is especially tragic considering that fish constitutes their primary food.
https://awakeningsayahuasca.com/
"A time of ash shall mark the rise of the cities. Days of old shall be new once more."
"The paths diversify, bright strands bring victory, the wrong steps defeat."

March 25, 2023, 07:12:34 PM #1703 Last Edit: March 25, 2023, 07:18:55 PM by tiny rainbow
"A time of ash shall mark the rise of the cities. Days of old shall be new once more."
"The paths diversify, bright strands bring victory, the wrong steps defeat."

April 06, 2023, 12:56:02 AM #1704 Last Edit: April 06, 2023, 01:11:31 AM by tiny rainbow

Pride and Prejudice (PORTRAIT WITH PIGEON & POULTRY) by Miss Aniela


John Rackham (Calico Jack) by Liu Yan (sunsetagain)


Illustrations: The Stone Garden (by Mary Rosenblum) cover by Bruce Jensen


Illustrations: Star Fish (by Peter Watts) cover by Bruce Jensen


To The Abyss by Travis Lewis


Minoan Snake Goddess (based on artifacts found at the palace of Knossos on Crete) by Baraka Robin Berger
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Illustrations: On Company Time (by Kage Baker) cover by Bruce Jensen


Illustrations: Deus X (by Norman Spinrad) cover by Bruce Jensen
"A time of ash shall mark the rise of the cities. Days of old shall be new once more."
"The paths diversify, bright strands bring victory, the wrong steps defeat."



Olympus Mons (Mars).  That's one hella Shield Wall.
as IF you didn't just have them unconscious, naked, and helpless in the street 4 minutes ago

Zalanthas world level storms.Drovian Storm

August 21, 2023, 11:11:40 PM #1707 Last Edit: August 22, 2023, 03:33:32 AM by tiny rainbow
"A time of ash shall mark the rise of the cities. Days of old shall be new once more."
"The paths diversify, bright strands bring victory, the wrong steps defeat."