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Thank you

Forty two OCs started the training in June, thirty six take part till the end and seventeen completed all tasks. During three months most of us did eight art-works depicting own character, which makes a decent collection. We commended on team fellows' submissions and some of us went beyond that being chatty toward almost everyone.

Amount Flood of program inquiries surprised me. Each time I was going to comment on submissions, I ended up answering them. Really without our four devoted admins: Ulario, Ithilloth, Zakuro-Kona and MaddieJK, this round would not maintain its high standards, if not completely collapsed.

I hope you all are satisfied with the round outcome. There are a lot of opportunities to have fun with your developed trainees: Halloween theme contest at anime-manga-creation group or writing a novel during NaNoWriMo. Have fun!

My holiday

It would be great to meet you all in sixth, winter OC-Training round that starts on 10th December 2016. Its agenda has been already published. Meanwhile I am taking my well-earned off-line holiday. Do not expect me back before second week of November.

The composition

The photo was planned ahead. We knew it would be outdoor auditorium, so everyone would have equal space and the composition would be made of rows. However I faced some challenges like in real group photo sessions: different moods (smiling vs serious etc.), some OCs seem to look in a different direction. Plus typical for a photo-manipulation issue about setting figures in a background, when not all OCs fitted in seats I obtained in two (!) different stock sessions. No one made over-creative pose, but when details added up, simple rows turned out to be no solution this time.

In my seek for a composition that will match dynamic and energy of the OCs and be at the same time aesthetically pleasing, I put all eggs in one basket going for S-curve arrangement. Placement of the OCs depends on their bodies lean and direction that their knees point. However I wanted also mimic in this photo-manip a group dynamic, so a twist in arrangement is grouping according to commenting teams. So here they are: thirty exactly and all good looking.

Utilized tutorials

"The Secret to Composition" tutorial by Lulie : lulie.deviantart.com/art/The-S…

"16 does and don't to photograph large groups" by Jennifer Bacher: clickitupanotch.com/2012/05/ph…

Elements

OC from bottom to top, left to right:

Isugoro Jintez: Gelus Soldier by MaddieJK , Nir, prehistoric hunter by Sauroctonus ,

Riku Fujioka, captain of soccer club by KamiNoDarkWolf , Gyongyi, traveler with magic wand by cpmcpm13 , Travis, clone created with magic by AvocadoAfro , Sebastian, prince of Esout by Moonlit-Creator , Augustine II, the prince of Wesnorh by Sunlit-Creator , Naika Haunter, retired assassin by InkPawStudio777 , Puck, second in command on a spaceship by ProbablyImpossible , Nadasa, apothecary and herbalist by Drayah , Cora Saris, Jedi knight by DaiseyMae , Holly Shepherd, secretive schoolgirl by Zakuro-Kona ,

Jalal, a stable boy by Akaszik , Rin, half-yokai writer and artist by isis2433 , Kahi, magic researcher by Naefa , Hakon the Bold, Viking warrior by HelevornArt ,

Aurora Nightingale, spirit traveler by CelestialWolf66 , Jana Andersen, special force soldier by pheeph , Danika, kindred courtesan by Raqonteur , Levi, immortal sociopath by PsychosPsychosis , Tehuti Naeem, exorcist and time bender by constantinejohny , Devlin Fenix, vampire inventor by dargon899 , Zhad, Shadow Corraler by Iven-Furrpaw , Isillien, ranger in training by Ithilloth ,

Até, aristocrat pyrokineticist by DrinkTeaOrDie , Margo, accountant married to a superhero by Birdhousebirdy , Auctus, a spacecraft pilot by Ulario , Marietta, steampunk maid by Petrotasia , Emily Templeman, military officer by MissSleeper , Ire, magical pet by Angry-Kitsune .

Background

Arena at Suncity, a photo taken by Confussed-Stock : confussed-stock.deviantart.com…

Description

Thank you

Forty two OCs started the training in June, thirty six take part till the end and seventeen completed all tasks. During three months most of us did eight art-works depicting own character, which makes a decent collection. We commended on team fellows' submissions and some of us went beyond that being chatty toward almost everyone.

Amount Flood of program inquiries surprised me. Each time I was going to comment on submissions, I ended up answering them. Really without our four devoted admins: Ulario, Ithilloth, Zakuro-Kona and MaddieJK, this round would not maintain its high standards, if not completely collapsed.

I hope you all are satisfied with the round outcome. There are a lot of opportunities to have fun with your developed trainees: Halloween theme contest at anime-manga-creation group or writing a novel during NaNoWriMo. Have fun!

My holiday

It would be great to meet you all in sixth, winter OC-Training round that starts on 10th December 2016. Its agenda has been already published. Meanwhile I am taking my well-earned off-line holiday. Do not expect me back before second week of November.

The composition

The photo was planned ahead. We knew it would be outdoor auditorium, so everyone would have equal space and the composition would be made of rows. However I faced some challenges like in real group photo sessions: different moods (smiling vs serious etc.), some OCs seem to look in a different direction. Plus typical for a photo-manipulation issue about setting figures in a background, when not all OCs fitted in seats I obtained in two (!) different stock sessions. No one made over-creative pose, but when details added up, simple rows turned out to be no solution this time.

In my seek for a composition that will match dynamic and energy of the OCs and be at the same time aesthetically pleasing, I put all eggs in one basket going for S-curve arrangement. Placement of the OCs depends on their bodies lean and direction that their knees point. However I wanted also mimic in this photo-manip a group dynamic, so a twist in arrangement is grouping according to commenting teams. So here they are: thirty exactly and all good looking.

Utilized tutorials

"The Secret to Composition" tutorial by Lulie : lulie.deviantart.com/art/The-S…

"16 does and don't to photograph large groups" by Jennifer Bacher: clickitupanotch.com/2012/05/ph…

Elements

OC from bottom to top, left to right:

Isugoro Jintez: Gelus Soldier by MaddieJK , Nir, prehistoric hunter by Sauroctonus ,

Riku Fujioka, captain of soccer club by KamiNoDarkWolf , Gyongyi, traveler with magic wand by cpmcpm13 , Travis, clone created with magic by AvocadoAfro , Sebastian, prince of Esout by Moonlit-Creator , Augustine II, the prince of Wesnorh by Sunlit-Creator , Naika Haunter, retired assassin by InkPawStudio777 , Puck, second in command on a spaceship by ProbablyImpossible , Nadasa, apothecary and herbalist by Drayah , Cora Saris, Jedi knight by DaiseyMae , Holly Shepherd, secretive schoolgirl by Zakuro-Kona ,

Jalal, a stable boy by Akaszik , Rin, half-yokai writer and artist by isis2433 , Kahi, magic researcher by Naefa , Hakon the Bold, Viking warrior by HelevornArt ,

Aurora Nightingale, spirit traveler by CelestialWolf66 , Jana Andersen, special force soldier by pheeph , Danika, kindred courtesan by Raqonteur , Levi, immortal sociopath by PsychosPsychosis , Tehuti Naeem, exorcist and time bender by constantinejohny , Devlin Fenix, vampire inventor by dargon899 , Zhad, Shadow Corraler by Iven-Furrpaw , Isillien, ranger in training by Ithilloth ,

Até, aristocrat pyrokineticist by DrinkTeaOrDie , Margo, accountant married to a superhero by Birdhousebirdy , Auctus, a spacecraft pilot by Ulario , Marietta, steampunk maid by Petrotasia , Emily Templeman, military officer by MissSleeper , Ire, magical pet by Angry-Kitsune .

Background

Arena at Suncity, a photo taken by Confussed-Stock : confussed-stock.deviantart.com…