beautiful; ^^

Very ^_^ Thanks!

welcome ^^

Eeeeeeeeee!

Hehe, glad you like :D

Very pretty

Indeed she is! Thank ya :D

I'm also going to watch you on DA to

Oh! Excellent, thanks again :) Always great to see more interest.

note me with you DA addy

Just as I'm trying to read Guardians of Light..... ;)

d.m.f.

Heh, perfect timing, no? :D

Very pretty!

Thanks! ^_^

Just beautiful and I see you included the scar across her throat, a nice touch to remember that. Such an adorable mouse rates much love yes indeed.

Good eye; I was hoping someone would notice that ^_^
Thanks a lot!

You're quite welcome and I can't imagine someone reading that scene and not having it stick in their mind (both for the slicing and the later evil monologue when she was saved afterwords).

No kidding; that was absolutely harrowing!

The follow-up and the nursing of her back to emotional health was quite riveting too. About the only problem a friend of mine had with the novel was the plural marriage at the end (too much Christian bias against plural marriages in spite of them being quite common in the bible). I just envied him getting two great wives that would only have been with him.

Yeah, I didn't mind that part, either, though it did take a tad bit of getting used to considering the modern view of that kinda thing. But these characters are so close to each other and love each other so much that I simply couldn't see it any other way. They all deserve each other, like bonded souls.

That they do, and they do compliment each other nicely (as is highlighted at the end with the wall story by Sandri). Although I did have someone wondering if Itbit would end up a third wife once she was old enough. She had to be one of the most amusing characters around, with her 'happy wriggles' talk.

It's funny you mention that...
Guardians of Light covers that topic ;)

Really? Yet another reason to find some way to purchase it to see how she's grown up.

Beautiful work Aelius.

Thanks, Train ^_^

You're welcome Aelius.

Aww! Such cute work as always! X3

Hehe, thank ya, Sketch!

You're welcome. ;3

She's a dancer that can melt hearts? Wow! She's the FoK version of Shadarii.

And in speaking of Shadarii, I'd love to see him draw fanart for "A Whisper of Wings." I can just imagine what any character would look like in his style, especially with those big eyes. Those big, Aeliusian eyes.

Heh, that's a good point; never thought of her that way :p

And also, I get the feeling that "A Whisper of Wings" takes place in Australia; a fantastic version of it at least. The glossary's definition of "treefern" uses the word "Australian" and there's a mention of the Southern Cross and the Milky Way in the book, too. I don't know what the Southern Cross would look like on another planet somewhere besides our own solar system.

Only Paul Kidd knows the answers.

Indeed, as well as the inclusion of wallabies and huntsman spiders. Sounds like a lot of Paul's home provided inspiration (he's from Australia)

Yeah. But the real question is: Does it take place in Australia?

I would say it's a whole new world; it's own universe...

Hmm... I'd like to think the same thing, otherwise if the book were to become a movie the score would have to call for a didgeridoo. XD Never mind. Using that instrument prominently would be too stereotypical.

Heh, yeah. Probably something more universal, maybe with a bit of tribal aspects or celtic aspects depending on the tribes shown

Yes. That's my idea, as shown in "The Silent Lady". I would not go without a general tribal flavor when writing music that would fit the Katakanii Kashra. Celtic I'm not so sure about because I have Richard Davis's "Complete Guide to Film Scoring" which tells me that the setting of the film, if it is exotic, would often be reflected in the score which the world of AWoW is most certainly. Well, the Vakidurii tribe seems to be of Celtic influence with their Scottish-esque accents even though they still wear loincloths and leggings; a few Celtic instruments would fit here and there.

The Ochitzlii tribe of the plains (Harish, Ingatil, Hupshu, et al.), I infer, is of African influence, unless there were some aborigine tribes living in the plains of Australia; those decorated Zebedii Kashra would be even wilder, although we don't see much of them in the book. I already would require kalimbas, marimbas, talking drums, djembes, kanteles, bouzoukis, and pan flutes for these tribes.

As for the Heshetanii, the sea Kashra, well, I don't know. They are a peaceful tribe. I don't know if a piano softly playing arpeggios would be a good fit; it is a more modern instrument, a piano, even though a celesta and harp, which are just as modern, have been used already. If a piano has no place in a far-from-industrialized world, I'd stick with regular orchestral and have some tribal instruments playing softly and sweetly.

This would make a rather eclectic score. I hope someone will produce the book for film. I'm positive there would be someone out there who could do it and I'm positive that some of the graphic material could be cut down and still leave the story what it is supposed to be. It may be years before the movie is pitched again, and still more until production is done, but that's enough time for me to get set (purchase sound libraries, practice, learn, et al.).

I also wonder when the best time to send in a demo CD would be. I've always thought it would be during pre-production or right after the pitch is accepted. That way if the director likes it, his/her idea for the music will revolve around what I composed for the project.

Wow, you sure take everything into consideration here (a good thing :p ). I'd actually assumed that the Ochitzlii tribe was Celtic in nature, given that the males occasionally wear kilts and many of them herd sheep. The Zebedii would certainly seem like the tribes of Australia and Africa, though. For the sea peoples, you'd probably have a good point there, maybe with a tad bit of Caribbean flare or perhaps something akin to the music of the Ecco series with vocals (come to think of it, Tim Follin's soundtrack to Ecco: Defender of the Future heavily resounded through my mind while I read the book years ago).
Eclectic indeed.... XD I do recall how some composers managed to make subtle adjustments to a central theme to give "mini-themes" to different characters or setting in movies, occasionally even giving certain characters their own mini-themes. I imagine it would be quite a challenge, though.

Ohh, so they do. Hmm... Kilts? Well, I didn't see kilts in Terrie Smith's depiction of them.

I wouldn't make the Sea Peoples' music too exciting (with steel drums, et al.). Remember there is one scene where they are most prominent and remember whose child almost died but was brought back to life. Well, I really don't remember if it gets any more happy but I do remember Mrimmimei turning on Shadarii for not helping her own baby back to life. I think I may remember after reading it again, which I am doing; I actually hear my own music in my mind while reading it this time.

Ecco: Defender of the Future? You mentioned the music of that game to me once and that it did the same thing. I'll have to listen to it again if I can find it, could be useful music to study. I do remember an ambient orchestral song (sounded a lot like the opening music for the new version of "Flipper") I heard from the game when it was actually being played at a friend-of-my-father's house about four years ago.

And by "the music of the Ecco series" I assume you mean not only Tim Follin's score but Spenser Nilsen's for the first two games as well. I would compose something like that, sans the prominent electronic instrumentation. I'd make such sounds more subtle if they were fit for inclusion; James Horner did it with Apocalypto (I'm listening to this soundtrack as a start) and Troy (someone in school played music from this movie on YouTube and I could recognize the synthesizers Horner snuck in there. The guy playing the music thought it was the orchestra).

I can't believe people can put synthesized sounds in scores for movies with antique settings, like Horner did. I already can hear a detuned bass drone in Zhukora's leimotif and also, an electric cello playing atonally (think the beginning of the "The Stone Table" song from the score for the first Narnia movie). My ambient side can come out to play if it sounds cool; mom says that's what matters in composing a film score.

The mention of kilts can be easy to miss, they were only briefly mentioned after Keketal's integration into the tribe.

Ah yes, Spencer had some brilliant pieces for the series, as well. Speaking of music, I recently came across Clint Mansell's Lux Aeterna, which would fit the battles near the end quite well.

Ahahaha. Keketal. I find his way of speech to be very cute. "Hupshu eat meat at Harish's jug-wobble dance." Eh-HAAHAAHAHAHAHAAHA! I'll never forget that line. As a matter of fact, I have part of a song started for the jug dance scene, but it's a little "silly". Well, that's what Keketal called the dance. lol

Lux Aeterna! Clint Mansell! I've heard that song! I've heard Paul Oakenfold's version of it ("Zoo York"), too.

The end of the Ecco game or AWoW? Personally, I think the Bowser battle theme from Super Mario Galaxy would match the plains battle in the climax of "A Whisper of Wings."

Ahh, still gotta get that game XD 'tis on my list!

It's been out for over a year. Go get it if you can.

Smexy! :D

Definitely ^_^