April Show Off Thread 2022

[Llola Lane]

Happy Bday Llola! 

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Well below, it's probably my latest render for this month, perhaps even until in June. I have still a lot to do behind in FA, and to work on a next product on FRM. And daily life is to have a full time job starting Wednesday, until almost mid June.

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"Welcoming Fehn"
Fehn arrived this week in Runtime Town, by the same way than Sadie made. Now, Diamond and Sadie welcome her and her baby, and are talking about what Fehn can find around.

Thank you for the birthday wishes Aelin... I love your artwork.  It is a shame that it will have to hold us over til maybe June... But a job is more important.  It's what keeps our hobby alive ;)  Please do stay well.  Hope you can visit now and then. 

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[Agent0013]

Happy Easter, everybody! I think I may have shown you the photo last Easter (or thereabout) of the wrinkled egg I found in a carton of eggs.


I wrote a story about it.


'The Wrinkled Egg'
Poor egg was ostracized by the smooth shelled eggs in the carton, as it had been laid around the same time of year as they were, but they thought the wrinkled egg would never be an Easter Egg. Almost every smooth shelled egg in the carton at the time were in line to become Easter Eggs.
The Egg Farmer had gathered the eggs in this carton just 3 days prior to today, and they were packed in the carton the same day. Along with thousands of other cartons, this one was shipped that night to the Walmart in Forsythe Georgia. In shipping the eggs that were next to the wrinkled egg felt unfortunate, but it was an egg at the other end of the carton that got broke. The wrinkled egg was second from the end of the carton, between two smooth shelled eggs, and next to another on the other side of the carton. Because it was wrinkled, none of the smooth shelled eggs near it collided with other eggs, so they survived. The one at the other end had collided with an adjacent egg that happened to have a significantly thicker shell.
The shipping truck arrived at the Walmart around 10 PM, and was immediately unloaded. The jostling of the eggs in that process broke two more eggs, one near the middle of the other side of the carton, and the other next to the first broken egg at the other end.
In the store, a replacement carton was brought out and the surviving eggs were place in it. Three eggs from other cartons that had eggs broken were added to complete the carton. If the one that got placed next to the wrinkled egg had a voice, it would have screamed with fright. Next was the stocking on the store shelves. All this happened during the early morning hours, when shoppers were scarce, as this Walmart stays open all night.
The next day, a man and his brother came to the store to shop for groceries. The man came to the egg shelves and opened the first carton he picked up. It had twelve unbroken eggs in it, one of them was the wrinkled egg. This man, being an artist and musician saw potential in the wrinkled egg, so he took the carton to his brother whom he showed the egg to.
"Should I buy this carton?" he asked his brother.
"Wow! That egg is wrinkled!" his brother exclaimed. "I've never seen an egg like that!"
"Me neither!" the man said. "Should I buy this carton?!" he repeated more forcefully.
"Uh..." said his brother.
"I'm buying it!" the man decided. "Poor egg was likely picked on by the other eggs, because it is wrinkled, so to punish them and reward the wrinkled egg, I'll cook them in a big omelet, and I'll make the wrinkled egg an Easter Egg!" he told his brother.
"A great idea!" his brother agreed.


Moral of the story: "Just because someone does not have the societally established beauty that you do, does not mean they are worthless."


This story is fictional for the most part, but actually could have happened the way I wrote it. The man in the story is myself, as the latter part of the story, in which I am speaking with my brother happened exactly that way. I did make an Easter Egg out of the wrinkled egg, and the colors looked quite interesting concentrating in the grooves of the wrinkles. I also did make a big omelet of the rest of the eggs, minus two, which I used to make my awesome buttermilk cornbread. (Two eggs rather than one makes the cornbread retain moistness better.)
Sorry I don't have the photo of the wrinkle egg available to post here. It is buried in a mountain of files under an unknown name. Won't make that mistake again!

[Agent0013]

Gotta share the wrinkled egg.

[Llola Lane]

I don't remember you sharing that story last year Agent... But I do love it (and the wrinkled egg)... There's gotta be a scientific explanation for it. 

[Llola Lane]

Well this month has been a little lax with artwork... I guess we were all busy with Easter.  I will be posting mine from the previous weeks of the Daz+ challenges.  ENJOY!

[Llola Lane]

Artwork from Daz+ Inspiration Contest - March 30, 2022 - April 12, 2022

I used https://www.daz3d.com/stand-with-ukraine-bundle along with the weekly item.  I think it's a great package... and a great cause!

ENJOY!

[Llola Lane]

Created this a while back... Just because... I love the HDRI! 

ENJOY!

[Agent0013]

Got one done, but it does not have an animal in it. That said, this one is definitely about a particularly scary animal. My brother Victor K. Major came up with the idea for the picture, and he gave me the story to tell about it.



Miss Muffet What Happened-A SPIDER


Dad is in the basement when he hears a ruckus upstairs in the living room. A series of screams and a lot of damage is what it sounds like.


He runs upstairs and opens the door to the living room and sees it looks like a warzone, and his daughter is standing near the door holding a broom. She looks angry and scared at the same time.


"Miss Muffet, what happened?" He asks.


"A SPIDER!"

[Llola Lane]

Ha... That'll teach that spider to enter a room with Miss Muffet in it!  LOL.  Well done Agent. 

Sorry our thread has been a little lax this month... Not sure where everyone is.  I'll work on some more art to post shortly.  2 pages is pretty pitiful... Maybe we DO need to move to FA???