This story is dedicated to the artists of the Endless Forest community. After you read, please look at the request beneath it for a fun event.
Return to Nature Index
"Inspiration"
I called your name, asking, "Let me be born today. Bring me to life." You answer as your pencil touches the paper. You have thought of me all day, and slowly you begin to draw my frame.
The lines connect and become my body, my skeleton. I feel myself start to take shape. You take a pen and ink in the pencil lines, giving me eyes, ears, a nose, a mouth, legs, and a tail. I can finally draw upon my senses as each are added. You finish the last details and return to your pencil, creating a scenic landscape for me to live. You provide sunlight, grass for me to eat, trees to protect me, and birds to keep me company. You finish the land with your pen, revealing the true beauty of your own imagination.
You then take a box of colored pencils and make my world come alive. Your strokes give beautiful definition to the world, and I feel the land I stand on pulse as if it had it's own heart. You then place the pencils on me, and I suddenly feel myself become one with the landscape, my body having warmth and a pulse of my own.
With the last bit of color, I live in the world you created for me.
No longer am I a part of your mind, but a living creature in a world of my very own. I now will do my share to honor
you, by inspiring those who see me and my land to dream of their own creatures to bring to life. I have become a living dream for all to see.
Thank you for creating me.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Were you inspired by this story? Did you see your own deer come to life in your mind as you read it? Would you like to share that experience with someone else?
If you have a few minutes, it would be wonderful for you to create an artwork for someone else. Choose anyone you'd like - a deer who inspires you; a deer you think needs more fanart; someone random who has a deer that catches your eye.
Then spend five or ten minutes making an artwork for them. It can be any media (does not have to be pencil and paper) and please feel free to put them in any environment (does not have to match the land in my story). When you finish it, please let us see it on here, so we can continue to be inspired by not only our own imaginations, but by the deer of the Endless Forest as well.
Thank you for your participation, I hope you enjoy this little event. (I also need an artwork done by someone to use as the picture link on my
Index page. I can use anyone's artwork with permission, and it can be any character. Thank you to anyone who helps with this.)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Giftart done by this event:
Vala by RedKora
Cloud by QuadRaptor
I'm really tempted to use my
... ♥ We just drove
We just drove into a lodge at the moment, but if I fetched my tablet... I was saving all fanart for a massive surprise blog, but... This feels like it needs something. I'll keep this tab open in case I can't get to this right away.
Bravo. c:
Quad, you are amazing. While
*nuzzles*
This was another one I came
Thanks for participating, guys! Also you don't have to be an artist to participate, anyone who can draw a deer can join! I'm planning on doing one myself, probably on iScribble though.
I wanted to contribute a
I wanted to contribute a picture but since I'm leaving on a trip today, I only have time to make a couple of small index banners (they're basically the same, just a slight color difference). You don't have to use them if you don't want to though. =)
(The original deer photo is not mine, I just found it on the internet.<3)
Oh those are awesome! Thank
Also there's no time limit on this event so please feel free to participate when you get back.
Of course! You can use them
And I'm glad to hear there isn't a time limit. I like the idea of this little event a lot.
Just my luck, it's too long
Thanks again, I totally wasn't expecting a surprise like that today! I guess I need to straighten up my updates page a little, too.
Also added our first giftart today - RedKora made a giftart for Vala.
I can't wait to see what
Again, Quad, may the Gods bless you.
I got one done for Haru last
This is an awesome idea :3
Sorry about that. xD How's
Sorry, meant to clarify
The code to use both pictures is too long, not the pictures themselves. It's alright, I've got it on my updates so no worries.
Thanks again, though!
OH haha sorry about that. xD
This is a wonderful idea (: