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<blockquote data-quote="Mirth" data-source="post: 568057" data-attributes="member: 5242"><p>Wow. Thanks alsih2o. </p><p></p><p>I'm the Ceramic DM. That's so cool. (As an aside - my wife is a potter who has studied at Penland, has a BFA in Ceramics from East Carolina University and just finished in December a MA in Teaching Art from Western Carolina University. She's not a gamer, but is very supportive and it's kinda weird after all this time trying to get into and win the Iron DM that I actually end up winning the first Ceramic DM.)</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the great competition Milo. Your story was really well done and I enjoyed it tremendously. Yours was so stylistically different from mine - it's always interesting to me to see the varied ways that the elements provided end up being used. </p><p></p><p>Now for a little exposition. When I first saw the pics I immediately had a problem with #1 & #4. I couldn't tell WTF #1 was, and #4 just didn't fit thematically. I put those on the back burner. </p><p></p><p>#2 brought to mind Ingmar Bergman's <em>Seventh Seal</em> (actually Woody Allen's <em>Love & Death</em> that pays homage to Bergman was my first thought) and <em>The Dance of Lifey Death</em> is the title of a great comic by Eddie Campbell that I swiped. </p><p></p><p>That combined with #3 made me plan on using some elements of classical mythology, combining the stories of Perseus and the Medusa (brought on by the mirrored shield in <em>Clash Of The Titans</em>) with the story of the woman who is turned to salt as she looks back on her way to the Underworld. I'd make her be turned to stone by a medusa instead.</p><p></p><p>Once I had those elements in place, then #5 would be the entrance to the Underworld and #6 would be a guide who lead the heroes to the tree. Now what to do about #1 & #4. </p><p></p><p>I was so stumped by #1 that I skipped it again and decided to see if coud find out what the script (japanese?) on the woman's tattoo actually said. Jumped on the web and looked up the <a href="http://www.malutattoo.com/" target="_blank">Malu Tattoo</a> site that is credited in #4. Turns out that the woman who owns Malu Tattoo is named April Love. Tried to look up what the characters in the tattoo mean, but wasted alot of time and decided instead to change the medusa to the Angel of Love, inspired the artist's name. </p><p></p><p>With that decision, all of the backstory of Harun, Eustice and Robard came pouring out (partly inspired by two of the people in #2 as well). Switched around #3 & #6 to make them fit. Now back to #1. That was my weakest element. I just couldn't figure it out, which is why I made it a village in the Otherworld. That kind of crazy architecture would fit on another plane of existence, right? (What is that pic anyway, alsih20???)</p><p></p><p>If I'd given myself a little more time to work all of this out, I would have added more about the Angel of Love and how the party would have interacted with her. I probably would have given the party another out as well, although I'm not sure how. I think I would have played up a confusion about the Angel of Love possibly being a medusa instead, bringing back my original use of that element. But, as always, I pushed the deadline and had to let things fall where they may. Luckily for me, that worked out.</p><p></p><p>So thanks again everbody. You too, Mark and Maldur for the encouraging words. Now I'm off to change my sig line to something suitably obnoxious <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Jay</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mirth, post: 568057, member: 5242"] Wow. Thanks alsih2o. I'm the Ceramic DM. That's so cool. (As an aside - my wife is a potter who has studied at Penland, has a BFA in Ceramics from East Carolina University and just finished in December a MA in Teaching Art from Western Carolina University. She's not a gamer, but is very supportive and it's kinda weird after all this time trying to get into and win the Iron DM that I actually end up winning the first Ceramic DM.) Thanks for the great competition Milo. Your story was really well done and I enjoyed it tremendously. Yours was so stylistically different from mine - it's always interesting to me to see the varied ways that the elements provided end up being used. Now for a little exposition. When I first saw the pics I immediately had a problem with #1 & #4. I couldn't tell WTF #1 was, and #4 just didn't fit thematically. I put those on the back burner. #2 brought to mind Ingmar Bergman's [i]Seventh Seal[/i] (actually Woody Allen's [i]Love & Death[/i] that pays homage to Bergman was my first thought) and [i]The Dance of Lifey Death[/i] is the title of a great comic by Eddie Campbell that I swiped. That combined with #3 made me plan on using some elements of classical mythology, combining the stories of Perseus and the Medusa (brought on by the mirrored shield in [i]Clash Of The Titans[/i]) with the story of the woman who is turned to salt as she looks back on her way to the Underworld. I'd make her be turned to stone by a medusa instead. Once I had those elements in place, then #5 would be the entrance to the Underworld and #6 would be a guide who lead the heroes to the tree. Now what to do about #1 & #4. I was so stumped by #1 that I skipped it again and decided to see if coud find out what the script (japanese?) on the woman's tattoo actually said. Jumped on the web and looked up the [URL=http://www.malutattoo.com/]Malu Tattoo[/URL] site that is credited in #4. Turns out that the woman who owns Malu Tattoo is named April Love. Tried to look up what the characters in the tattoo mean, but wasted alot of time and decided instead to change the medusa to the Angel of Love, inspired the artist's name. With that decision, all of the backstory of Harun, Eustice and Robard came pouring out (partly inspired by two of the people in #2 as well). Switched around #3 & #6 to make them fit. Now back to #1. That was my weakest element. I just couldn't figure it out, which is why I made it a village in the Otherworld. That kind of crazy architecture would fit on another plane of existence, right? (What is that pic anyway, alsih20???) If I'd given myself a little more time to work all of this out, I would have added more about the Angel of Love and how the party would have interacted with her. I probably would have given the party another out as well, although I'm not sure how. I think I would have played up a confusion about the Angel of Love possibly being a medusa instead, bringing back my original use of that element. But, as always, I pushed the deadline and had to let things fall where they may. Luckily for me, that worked out. So thanks again everbody. You too, Mark and Maldur for the encouraging words. Now I'm off to change my sig line to something suitably obnoxious :D Jay [/QUOTE]
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