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News & Updates

July 17, 2006


In the Art Section
• Skin Tones by Stephanie Shimerdla
In the Writing Section
• Creating an Original Character by Maisha Foster-O'Neal
• On the Creation of Languages by Kathleen McGowan
• Chapter 3 - Let There Be an Expanse: Weather

July 10, 2006


In the Art Section
• Drawing Hair Is Hard Work by Birthe Jabs
• Updated Metal and Reflective Surfaces by Willaim Li
In the Writing Section
• Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds - Chapter 2 by Michael Liljenberg
In the Business Section
• Work For Hire by Ellen Million

July 6, 2006


In the Art Section
• Painting Realistic Hair in Photoshop by Kelly L. Johnson
In the Writing Section
• Creating Effective Pantheons for Fantasy Stories By Sarah N. Snyder
• Creating Fantasy Worlds - Part 1 By Michael Liljenberg

October 1, 2005


In the Art Section
• Drawing Celtic Knots by Meike de Nooy. (This article was 'lost' and has been re-linked now!)

November 28, 2004


In the Art Section
• Coloring in PaintShop Pro by Assaf Shtilman
• Creating a Villian by Kelly 'Elfzilla' Lynch
• Coloring in PSP by V. E. 'Veltzeh' Lehkonen
In the Writing Section
• Narration on Narration by Amanda B. Melheim
• Writing Lycanthropy by j. Atlas Burke
• 10 Steps to Creating Realistic Fantasy Animals by Ashley Lange

July 8, 2004
Finally some updates to add to the list. Some of these have been uploaded for months, but were never linked to from the main pages.

In the Art Section
• Pencil Drawing by Adam Duncan
• Pencil Drawing Techniques by Jess Taylor
• Cleaning Scans by Alanna Elias
• Photoshop Color with 3D Effects by Ulises Rosas Garcia
• Tinfoil Magic: Making Sculptures from Tinfoil by Ellanora Bruk
• & finally Nedda Shishegar has updated her gallery of Fairy Poses with some color reference photos
In the Writing Section
• Developing a Strong Authorial Voice by Nicholas
• Writing in English as a Foreign Language by Inger Marie Hognestad
• On Teen Writing by Elizabeth Wilhelm

April 14, 2004
Sorry for not updating last month. It is not the fault of the contributors (who got most of these articles turned in last month.)

In the Art Section
• Painting in Photoshop by Elin Josefsson
• Drawing Dragons by Hannah Spute
In the Writing Section
• The Seed of Government-Part 2 by Crissy Gottberg
In the Business Section
• Sidestepping Scams and Spams by Ellen Million

Read Old News

• April 14, 2004
  In the Art Section
  • Painting in Photoshop by Elin Josefsson
  • Drawing Dragons by Hannah Spute
  In the Writing Section
  • The Seed of Government-Part 2 by Crissy Gottberg
  In the Business Section
  • Sidestepping Scams and Spams by Ellen Million
• February 7, 2004
  • All prospective writers, and especially writers currently working on articles for FARP (and also FARP editors), please be aware of the new FARP tags that go with the new Elfwood site layout as explained on the Writing for FARP page. The old FARPSTART and FARPEND tags will no longer work.
• January 08, 04:
  In the Business Section
  • Pricing Your Artwork by Ellen Million
  In the Art Section
  • Drawing Celtic Knots by Meike de Nooy
• December 30, 03 - A long overdue update:
  In the Art Section
  • Drawing Hair in Pencil by Maerianne V. Morrison
  • How to Draw Mermaids and Merfolk by Sarah B. Seiter
  In the Writing Section
  • Villans: "Bad" Bad Guys and "Good" Bad Guys by Alyssa R George
  • The Deception of Description by Erin M. Evans
• October 21, 03 - New Tutorial:
  • The Making of 'The Quest Fulfilled' By Anke Eissmann
• October 6, 03 - A big update in The Art section:
  • Prismacolor Pencils By Liz Chesterman
  • Mixed media, markers and pencils, take 1 By Liz Chesterman
  • Mixed media, markers and pencils, take 2 By Liz Chesterman
  • Cel-style digital coloring, take 1 By Liz Chesterman
  • Cel-style digital coloring, take 2 By Liz Chesterman
  • Layering in Photoshop By Liz Chesterman
  • Painter and Photoshop, a Quick Trip By Liz Chesterman
  • Photoshop Hard-edged Airbrush By Liz Chesterman
• August 15, 03 - A large update for The Writing section:
  • Poetic Forms By Brian Buckley
  • Aquiring Feedback By Rachel Sharon Edidin
  • Writing Longer Tales By Nikki Foster
  • Originality in Your Fiction By Alyssa R George
  • Proper Use of Thees and Thous By S. Kocurova
• July 25, 03 - Adding many new tutorials
  • Writing Action Scenes by Kinko Hulsey
  • Rhyming Your Poetry by Brian Buckley
  • Character Creation Form by Crissy Gottberg
  • Virtual Blueline by Rory O'Kelly
  • 3D Mixed Media Basics by Ulises Rosas Garcia
  • 3D Mixed Media Using Support Programs by Ulises Rosas Garcia
• Jun 15, 03 - Another new tutorial
  • Combining Watercolor and Colored Pencil.
• May 12, 03 - Added three new tutorials
  • Reference Photos for Clothing Folds, Male,
  • Overcoming Writer's Block, and
  • Coloring with Pastels
• Apr 14, 03 - Added Elfwood Survival Guides:
  • Managing your Elfwood Account part 1, part 2a, part2b, part3 and
  • Which Elfwood Community is Right for You?
    
  • also added Fairy Poses Photo Reference in The Art section
• Mar 25, 03 - Added excellent new tutorial
  • Doing a Project from Start to Finish
• Mar 17, 03 - One update and a new photo reference
  • Updated Drawing Anime Humans by Candace Seu (The Art)
  • Added Fabric Folds photo reference by Eliza M. Leahy(The Art)
• Mar 14, 03 - Tara Funk and Michael Liljenberg take over as FARP co-editors

• 020910 - Added Myth Influences on Fantasy Art by Crissy Gottberg
• 020910 - Added Trees & Foliage by Alisa Tatiana Simonoff
• 020910 - Added Oil Pastel by May-Lin Iversen Demetriou
• 010612 - Removed Fantasy Constructor Kit(TM) by wish from Mikhail Shvyryev
• 010611 - Added Figure Drawing: Basic Pose and Construction by William Li
• 010510 - Updated Figures and Costumes via References by Janet J.E. Chui
• 010510 - Added Fantasy Constructor Kit(TM) - Create a best-selling Fantasy Novel In 15 Minutes! translated by Mikhail Shvyryev
• 010510 - Added Don't Be Afraid to Shade! Dramatic use of Darks and Lights by Danielle Williams
• 010417 - Added Landscape elements: Trees article by Eliza M Leahy
• 010414 - Added Egg tempera painting article by Grace Palmer
• 010412 - I -Mirar- am now editor of FARP, since Thomas is too busy
• 010128 - Added Drawing Manga - Page Layout by Jean Tsai.
  1. Medieval Castles by Aleksi Stenberg.
  2. Getting started with colored pencil by Tiffanie L. Gray .
  3. Chroma-Cell coloring effect in Photoshop by Aaron Bieber.
• 001230 - New article by Peter Keres posted, Coloring Pencil Drawings With Photoshop - Very interesting!
• 001029 - A wonderful dragon article; 'Dragon Anatomy and Muscular Structure' was posted today!
• 001028 - Posted 'Anime Humans, An analysis of style' by Candace Seu.
• 001025 - Our first writing article published, done by Jessica Ng Ying ying!
• 001023 - New article! Comic-Style coloring by Georgette Tan.
• 001011 - Posted a Skeletal Structure article done by Alexis Schmitt.
• 001010 - I decided to include writing into FARP too...
• 001002 - Added a new impressive article, "Flesh Tone Coloring with Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro", from Ice Maidens to Drow" by Maggie Wang!
• 001001 - Updated Bens Marker/Anime Howto (Pencils to CG).
• 000924 - Added two excellent articles. One about Drawing Dwarves by Dmitry Terner, and one about Painting with Paint Shop Pro by Cassandra A. McDaniel.
• 000919 - Mailed out a call for new articles to all Elfwood members.
• 000820 - New article: About Fair Use Doctrine by R. Bail.
• 000604 - New article added: 'What sort of paint should I start with?'
• 000519 - Sorry for the unacceptable delay in updating FARP. I will work on it now...
• 991020 - Three new, exciting, articles!
• 991004 - First photo reference article is now published, which documents the hand.
• 990919 - Added an article about Paint Shop pro lens flares by Risto-Matti J.Kääriäinen.
• 990820 - Two mailing lists for FARP created!
• 000111 - A new, great article by Ursula: Using computer programs for fantasy realism.
• 000106 - Two new articles, several new articles assigned!
  1. Sharp Inking and Effects by Alejandro Perez Muqoz.
  2. Colored pencil techniques by Tiffanie L. Gray.
• 991110 - One new article, and one update...
  1. Added new article about 3D and the computer as a fantasy artist's tool", by Ken Young, which in four chapters will focus on using 3D computer programs, paint and photo programs, and specific computer applications to create art, namely in a fantasy style.
  2. updated the article 'Getting started with colored pencil' by Tiffanie L. Gray
• 990813 - Yep! Summer sure did produced some really neat stuff:
  1. Watercolor is a medium that scares and discourages many people, because it is unpredictable, difficult or impossible to correct or change, it leaks, it streaks, and makes the paper buckle - in this Watercolor Technique article by Dmitry Terner, you will hopefully find a way of approaching watercolor that will hopefully eliminate many of the problems encountered and allow for an enjoyable creative experience. (Well worth the long download time)
  2. Susanne Jessup finally finished the newer and better version of the how to draw horses article. Well worth reading!
  3. A nice article on muscles and proportions by B.Zapf@t-online.de (Bastiaan Zapf).
  4. In the section of not-so-serious stuff, an email from the chat-list accidently ended up in my FARP inbox. What arrives there is published, ;-), so enjoy Sylvers list of FARP Oaths.
• 990715 - Summer is here. Hopefully, people will find some spare time to do articles - It was quite a while ago we got something new here :-) I have several skilled writers who have just signed up for various topics, so stay tuned :-)
• 990209 - New article by Jennifer (Bidlingmeyer) Osterman. Learn how to draw the sexes; differences between man and women.
• 990111 - Added the fourth entry (colours) of Gayle Birds drawing diary! Check it out!
• 990107 - New! Learn how to draw horses, by Suzanne.
• 990103 - Added A Diminutive Survival Guide to Oil Painting by Jade.
• 990103 - Added a new article in Williams' series on reflective materials, this one is about transparency and reflection
• 981008 - The first three sessions of Gayle Birds' drawing lessons diary is now published!
• 981008 - New "Inspirational Anime" article by Sylver
• 981005 - Added an article about artists blockage by Sylver
• 980925 - New article added: Figures and Costumes via References by Janet Chui.
• 980901 - A great Perspectives article added!
• 980830 - An essay about "the art" was added.
• 980827 - New: Introduction to acrylics by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
• 980822 - The Face and head article has been updated!
• 980812 - Added information about how to color images using Photoshop.
• 980812 - Added a Guide to FARP article writers.
• 980812 - Added an article about Metal and reflective objects.
• 980807 - Added 'the principles and use of color' article today!
• 980806 - Another great article from Max, this time about Inking!
• 980730 - Added Bens anime/Marker how-to article.
• 980730 - Added an Article about dynamic composition!
• 980730 - The article about file formats (GIF vs JPG) is heavily updated.
• 981122 - New article by Andrea Baldwin - Selections in Photoshop using Channels.
• 981113 - The "Inspirational Anime" article was slightly updated.
• 981022 - A very interesting tutorial on Reflective materials and metal written by William Li was added today!

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