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General Discussion / Fishing
« on: July 27, 2008, 09:02:08 am »
Just off on a completely un-chrono-related topic, does anyone here go fishing. Since late last year this past time has overtaken all others. I no longer consider myself a gamer like I once did, I do enjoy programming and drawing but would trade them any day for an afternoon down at a dam sneaking around looking for trout.
Just wondered if anyone fishes around here
if so what sort, fly, spin, boat etc.
Just wondered if anyone fishes around here
if so what sort, fly, spin, boat etc.
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Kajar Laboratories / 7 day challenge
« on: July 24, 2008, 08:55:18 pm »
It seems as though every fan project I start except for short term stuff invariably fails when my interest moves elsewhere. Once this happens, the project generally makes it's way onto the to-do pile never to see the light of day again.
I've decided that in an effort to actually get something done for once, I should place a short time limit on a project and have something releasable by the end of it.
So as of today, I have 7 days to release a stable build of a chrono-related game of some kind. I will start a basic outline for the game immediately and hopefully show some progress by tonight.
If anyone else is keen to see what they can come up with in 7 days feel free to join in
I'll post later with more project details.
I've decided that in an effort to actually get something done for once, I should place a short time limit on a project and have something releasable by the end of it.
So as of today, I have 7 days to release a stable build of a chrono-related game of some kind. I will start a basic outline for the game immediately and hopefully show some progress by tonight.
If anyone else is keen to see what they can come up with in 7 days feel free to join in
I'll post later with more project details.
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Submissions / [CC Fanart] New Kidd sketch colored
« on: June 03, 2008, 10:27:48 am »
Well heres the color of that sketch I put up the other day for those who are interested. There's two different versions, one based on the sketch and one based on line art derived from the sketch.
I even learned how to thumbnail just for this post.
Hope you guys like them!
I even learned how to thumbnail just for this post.
Hope you guys like them!
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Submissions / [CC Fanart] New Kidd Sketch
« on: May 31, 2008, 08:14:12 am »
I think I'll start drawing/coloring some other characters before people start thinking I'm obsessed with her.
Hope you guys like it.
Hope you guys like it.
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Submissions / [CC Fanart] Kidd sketch colored.
« on: May 27, 2008, 03:00:02 am »
Well i got round to coloring that old sketch, a bit rushed but I'm glad I got it finished because I seem to be running low on time to do anything at the moment (as usual). Hope you guys like it.
Any comments or criticism welcome
Oh and it looks smoother when at it's correct resolution, but the line art was a little dodgy.
EDIT: Just realised I forgot the paint on her face, updated.
EDIT 2: Thumbnailed.
Any comments or criticism welcome
Oh and it looks smoother when at it's correct resolution, but the line art was a little dodgy.
EDIT: Just realised I forgot the paint on her face, updated.
EDIT 2: Thumbnailed.
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Submissions / [CC Fanart] Kidd sketch
« on: May 20, 2008, 09:20:08 pm »
Much like x_XTactX_x (I hope I got that right), I recently stumbled accross a sketch that some might like.
I drew it when I was going through a bit of a fad with evangelion which is why her proportions are the way they are. Hopefully I get a chance to color it because I like the pose.
I drew it when I was going through a bit of a fad with evangelion which is why her proportions are the way they are. Hopefully I get a chance to color it because I like the pose.
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Magic, Elements, and Technology / The technological rise of Porre
« on: September 25, 2007, 11:26:31 pm »
Well this is s theory I was thinking about the other day, just wondering what people think before building on it to create a real scenario that could have occoured. If people poke holes through this idea then I wont worry about it
Reasoning behind my Theory
Recently I had a thought about the rise of Porre as a major military force and the consequent fall of the kingdom of Gardia. In the compendium's encyclopedia I stumbled on the following statement which is in regards to Porre's sudden technological advancement.
First, this illustrates the point that the 'influence from outside of the normal flow of time' does not necessarily have to be an individual or group of people, but could be an item, technology or other powerful knowledge (magic?).
However the statement makes the point that because the influence is from outside the normal flow of time, it may involve time travel from the future (because time travel was technologically not possible before 1000AD).
This is where my thought differed, my idea is that perhaps Porre comes into some ancient past knowledge that allows it to become a major military force. This ancient knowledge would have remained hidden if not for others who had accidentally changed history which satisfies the help from outside the normal flow of time.
Kato: "Porre had some kind of intervention or help originating outside of the original flow of history." {1}
This statement seems to me deliberately worded to exclude a major independent event occouring specifically to enhance Porre's power. The words "original flow of history" to me refer to the history before Crono and party went on their quest. With this in mind the statement could then mean that the 'intervention from outside' may have been a side effect of Crono's adventure that affected 'the original flow of history'.
So what I am getting at is that perhaps the cause of the fall of Gardia was a side effect of the actions of Crono and his party in a past era.
My theory
As explained above, my theory is based on the idea that Crono and party (or Magus) may have accidentally taken actions that effected history so that something of great importance survived and helped Porre to become a military power.
The obvious place to start is a place in the past where more powerful technology and knowledge (than in 1000AD) existed, my choice being Zeal. It can be seen that the inhabitants of Zeal placed great importance on writing and recording information, all the cities have many book shelves full of articles. There are also libraries and what seem like scholars reading and cataloging within these libraries (this point is reliant on my memory but I'm sure that there is at least one library in Zeal).
I believe that either Magus or Crono's party in some way caused some of the inhabitants of Zeal to hide/protect/store their treasured knowledge in such a way that this ancient library/archive of information could survive that Fall of Zeal and the 13,000 years afterwards.
As some parts of Zeal are seen in 1000AD (forest ruins/sealed pyramid), I believe that the place or containers that the ancient technology/information is stored in may also have survived and may be accessible to the people of Porre. This is pure speculation but perhaps the building on the inaccessible isle in the lower right of the Zeal islands could have been a library which may have fallen in the area of 1000AD Porre, if protected in some way some of the books may have survived.
I am unsure of what of exactly what the technology could be, where/how Porre may have stumbled on it, what Crono or Magus did to cause the survival of the information. But maybe there is some grain of information in the Chrono Trigger universe that could be interpreted to allow more details to be explored.
Final Words
Well unfortunately I'm not going to get time to go through and find instances that could help back up this theory so I'm just putting it forward as is, maybe someone will notice some detail that may credit it or completely discount it.
I haven't really presented this as well as I'd hoped. Please note that I'm not putting forward something that I believe should be taken as the absolute truth. This is a theory, maybe possible but really just speculation.
Thanks for reading, criticism and comments welcome.
Sources.
1. Article- The rise of Porre: http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/The_Rise_of_Porre.html
Reasoning behind my Theory
Recently I had a thought about the rise of Porre as a major military force and the consequent fall of the kingdom of Gardia. In the compendium's encyclopedia I stumbled on the following statement which is in regards to Porre's sudden technological advancement.
Quote
These technological wonders might have been introduced from the future by an intervening force, which would satisfy the requirement that the help originated from outside the flow of history.{1}
First, this illustrates the point that the 'influence from outside of the normal flow of time' does not necessarily have to be an individual or group of people, but could be an item, technology or other powerful knowledge (magic?).
However the statement makes the point that because the influence is from outside the normal flow of time, it may involve time travel from the future (because time travel was technologically not possible before 1000AD).
This is where my thought differed, my idea is that perhaps Porre comes into some ancient past knowledge that allows it to become a major military force. This ancient knowledge would have remained hidden if not for others who had accidentally changed history which satisfies the help from outside the normal flow of time.
Kato: "Porre had some kind of intervention or help originating outside of the original flow of history." {1}
This statement seems to me deliberately worded to exclude a major independent event occouring specifically to enhance Porre's power. The words "original flow of history" to me refer to the history before Crono and party went on their quest. With this in mind the statement could then mean that the 'intervention from outside' may have been a side effect of Crono's adventure that affected 'the original flow of history'.
So what I am getting at is that perhaps the cause of the fall of Gardia was a side effect of the actions of Crono and his party in a past era.
My theory
As explained above, my theory is based on the idea that Crono and party (or Magus) may have accidentally taken actions that effected history so that something of great importance survived and helped Porre to become a military power.
The obvious place to start is a place in the past where more powerful technology and knowledge (than in 1000AD) existed, my choice being Zeal. It can be seen that the inhabitants of Zeal placed great importance on writing and recording information, all the cities have many book shelves full of articles. There are also libraries and what seem like scholars reading and cataloging within these libraries (this point is reliant on my memory but I'm sure that there is at least one library in Zeal).
I believe that either Magus or Crono's party in some way caused some of the inhabitants of Zeal to hide/protect/store their treasured knowledge in such a way that this ancient library/archive of information could survive that Fall of Zeal and the 13,000 years afterwards.
As some parts of Zeal are seen in 1000AD (forest ruins/sealed pyramid), I believe that the place or containers that the ancient technology/information is stored in may also have survived and may be accessible to the people of Porre. This is pure speculation but perhaps the building on the inaccessible isle in the lower right of the Zeal islands could have been a library which may have fallen in the area of 1000AD Porre, if protected in some way some of the books may have survived.
I am unsure of what of exactly what the technology could be, where/how Porre may have stumbled on it, what Crono or Magus did to cause the survival of the information. But maybe there is some grain of information in the Chrono Trigger universe that could be interpreted to allow more details to be explored.
Final Words
Well unfortunately I'm not going to get time to go through and find instances that could help back up this theory so I'm just putting it forward as is, maybe someone will notice some detail that may credit it or completely discount it.
I haven't really presented this as well as I'd hoped. Please note that I'm not putting forward something that I believe should be taken as the absolute truth. This is a theory, maybe possible but really just speculation.
Thanks for reading, criticism and comments welcome
.Sources.
1. Article- The rise of Porre: http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/The_Rise_of_Porre.html
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Submissions / [CT Fanart] Schala
« on: September 24, 2007, 11:47:44 pm »
I've made some changes to the picture of Schala I used in my dream splash image (which I might update aswell) and placed it on a transparent background.
Here it is.
Here it is
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Submissions / [CC Fanart] Kid again
« on: September 24, 2007, 03:46:57 am »
Well heres another sketch I did, I'm currently teaching my self how to color properly with internet tutorials but I think this came out pretty good. I might go back and apply some of the techniques I learned here to the schala pic I made for the dream splash.
I'll add a background later, hope you guys like.
EDIT: Just noticed those horrible white bits around the shirt shadows, I'm not sure what causes those but I'll fix that aswell for later today.
UPDATE: Fixed a couple of small details and saved with transparent background.
If for some reason the old version was prefered heres a URL:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t63/psp_jono/kidwhitebackground.png
I'll add a background later, hope you guys like.
EDIT: Just noticed those horrible white bits around the shirt shadows, I'm not sure what causes those but I'll fix that aswell for later today.
UPDATE: Fixed a couple of small details and saved with transparent background.
If for some reason the old version was prefered heres a URL:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t63/psp_jono/kidwhitebackground.png
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Dream Splash I - Zeal [2007] / [CT Fanart] Schala Zeal
« on: September 18, 2007, 07:07:37 am »
I hope you guys like, I don't have a whole lot of experience with coloring my sketches on computer so critism or advice will be very welcome.
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Submissions / [CC Fanart] Kid
« on: September 13, 2007, 11:09:59 pm »
Just a drawing I did in a software development lecture today, I don't really plan on finishing (coloring) it but I thought it turned out pretty good.
Hope you guys like it.
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Hope you guys like it.
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