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This is Whispers section, where you can learn all about this wonderful Bori and her lifestyle.

Simply Whisper:

Yes, this is me, Whisper the White Bori:

Description:

Coming soon.

Profile:

Name: Whisperofthegrass
Nickname: Whisper
Age: 75711 Hours
Breed: Tropical Bori
Owner: iloverodents100
Level: 27
HP: 27
Strength: 36
Defence: 21
Movement: 22
Intelligence: 58

Story:

I was born a Zafara. A red Zafara in fact. I was shy and quiet as a youngster, and I was nervous around other pets and Neopians, I preferred to stay hidden away in the dense forests and wooded areas of Neopia and not to mingle in the crowded central areas.
Iloverodents100 finally decided that I should have a new look, she felt it might boost my confidence. We went to the Rainbow pool and I was painted with a Rainbow paint brush. My bright new colours certainly made people take notice of me, but I was still withdrawn and self-conscious.
A few months later Iloverodents100 decided to try again, she took me back to the rainbow pool and painted me with a Fire paint brush. My new look gained me even more attention, but still I did not feel right. I did not feel myself, and I wasn't happy, the worst part was that I couldn't understand the reasons behind my unhappy thoughts.
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Around 8 months later things had reached a head, I was as unhappy has I had ever been and even iloverodents100 was finding it hard being around me, she hated to see me so depressed.
She took me to visit the Faeries of Faerie land. She spoke with them and told them of my problems while I stayed back and nervously watched them speaking. I couldn't hear that they were saying so I moved closer to try and hear better.
That's when it happened, I bumped into a cupboard. As the cupboard shook the door opened and a potion bottle fell out hit me on the head. It was a small delicate bottle (inscribed with beautiful Faerie writing that I could not read), so it didn't hurt, but it did break easily. I blinked and shook the droplets of potion off my head anxiously. But it was too late.
My whole body started to tingle and I felt myself be levitated up from the floor by a few feet. My long Zafara ears disappeared from my view as they shrunk back and changed shape, my large Zafara hind legs shrunk back too, my front paws grew wider and developed large claws fit for burrowing. After that it was all a blur. I fell back to the ground and lay motionless in shock of what had just happened.
Iloverodents100 rushed to my side, she picked me up in her arms and cradled me soothingly. I heard the Faeries chattering, I heard them mentioning something about the potion, and apparently the potion was a new discovery? Apparently I had been morphed into a new species—one that had awaked from hundreds of years of enchanted sleep. A new kind of Neopet? This was too much for me to handle, as I grew ever more panicked and distressed the ever kind and helpful earth Faerie stepped forward, she giggled sweetly and tapped me on the head with her finger gently before giving me a slip of a soothing Faerie drink. I slipped into a dreamland where my problems had faded away.
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I woke up a few hours later. My body felt strange, but not in a bad way, I almost felt... home. I sat up and was instantly attended to by iloverodents100. She explained to me what had happened. The morphing potion that had fallen on me had made me into a Bori.
She said she had a surprise for me. And as she mentioned it, a small Faellie fluttered out from behind her back. It fluttered in front of my face for a few seconds, then landed on the floor in front of me. She nuzzled up to me. Iloverodents100 told me that the faeries had gifted her with this Faellie, and that she should be a special companion. I named her Kimble.
I was shocked. But I didn't feel upset any more, I actually quite liked my new appearance. Iloverodents100 mentioned to me that it would be possible to change my colour, she suggested white. I considered, and I agreed. Hey, I'd had a species chance why not go the whole way and have a colour change too?
We went to the Rainbow pool yet again and I was painted white. But something extraordinary happened when I was painted. I didn't turn out like I expected, not like a normal white Bori. My back plates dazzled and rippled with magnificent, unique lustre looking green yellow and turquoise markings, my tail fluff grew 4 beautiful long green tropical feathers. I gained grey patches over my eyes and ears, and delicate looking Celtic markings appeared over my brow and nose.
Kimble flew back to me, also painted white. But like me, she had unique, shimmering markings all over her body, as I did on my shell. I took a minute to take in the beauty of Kimble's markings. I loved my new look. It felt so right. I felt so happy! I gleefully departed from the Rainbow pool, still in happy shock about how a seemingly normal white paint brush had caused such beautiful markings to appear on me and Kimble.
I heard something in the bushes on my right as I left the Rainbow pool, I could have sworn that it sounded like a Faerie giggling, but I can't be sure...

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Kimble is my Faellie petpet, but i'm sure you had already figured that out, guest, you look clever.
I've had many petpets in my life, i remember my first ever petpet was a Babaa, next after that was a Floud, then i had an Ona, then a Fire Ona, and then last but by no means least i got Kimble the White Faellie. I've bonded amazingly well with Kimble, and i have no plans on finding a new petpet any time soon, Kimble is a dear and loved companion of mine now and i would hate to be without her.
She's quiet like me, but she has a heart of gold and is easily concerned by the sight of a creature in distress. You could almost say that she's a little naive, unfortunately it would be very easy to trick her and her selfless acts could lead her into falling for pranks or tricks.
I adore her soft little chattering noises, she can't speak as such but she sure knows how to communicate to me in other ways, i've grown to understand what her little barks, chatters and sniffles mean.
Kimble has a petpetpet Moach whom she loves dearly, she takes great care over that little bug.

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Unfortunately guest i must be going now. If you are curious to find out about more Boris then please do pay a visit to Alusive, she's a good friend of mine. Or of course you could read the drawing tutorial on the other side of this page :)

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The drawing used for example in this tutorial is of my Island Uni Tiberi who lives on another account of mine, so please, if you see this image entered in the Beauty Contest any time soon don't report it! I don't want to be reported for "stealing" my own art.

This my drawing tutorial, where i have a few descriptions and diagrams describing the process of how i complete a picture. This is aimed at people who hand draw and colour their images with colouring pencils (crayon pencils), hopefully i have a few tips and suggestions to offer that you might find useful :)

The tools i use
- Sketch book
- B and HB pencils
- Eraser (preferably kneadable putty)
- Colouring pencils (selection of 36)
- Imagination ;)

There are more details regarding what tools i use and what tools i recommend at the bottom of the page (including photos)

Stage 1

This is the basic sketch stage. Everybody sketches in different ways, some use shapes to base their subject matter around, some use angle points and straight lines, some are very messy, and some are very neat. There is no right or wrong way to sketch, go with the flow and let your pencil be your guide, don't think to much about it. Afterall, it's only a basic sketch at the moment, there will be plenty of time to adjust and correct things later. Don't be frightened to try things.
Don't try and do too much too soon, don't add too much detail at this stage or you will get lost in lines. Keep it simple, concentrate on getting the general anatomy and pose correct.

As you can see from my example i am a fairly neat sketcher, i tend to start by drawing the head first and adding the body onto it. You can also see in the above sketch that i have tried experamenting with wings. I've not gone into heavy detail, i've only added a few muscles, and a little detail around the face and head area.

Tips:

• Don't press too hard with your pencil at this stage, we'll be rubbing it out in a later stage so you don't want to make it hard for yourself.
• Often using shapes as bases really can help. I often start with a free hand (that means i drew it myself and didn't draw around something, it's not a perfect circle just a guide) circle for the head and another for the torso.
• I find that a soft B pencil is best for this, but that's really personal preference.

Stage 2

Now, this is yet another sketching stage, but a more advanced one. Generally i try and get the anatomy correct in stage one before i move onto this stage (stage 2). The anatomy is the most important thing, once you have that as good as you can get it then you can safely move onto adding details and markings knowing that you won't need to erase them out again if you spot a fault in the anatomy. If you struggle with anatomy then i suggest looking at some photos of animals for a bit of help, don't be frightened to look at photos for help, this is a great way of building up your understanding of how different body structures have different shapes and traits. I do discourage using other artists pictures as references unless you have their permission to do so, as most people will understand it's not nice having somebody copying and making a replica of a picture that you loving spent hours drawing.

As you can see in my example i have removed the wings totally for now and decided to concentrait on the rest of the picture first. I've added all my chosen markings for my Uni, i've added a necklace detail, and i've decided to make her legs feathered (fluffy).

Tips:

• Everbody has one paticular area that they cringe thinging of drawing, one paticular area that they feel they really lack any drawing ability in and try to avoid drawing it. In my case this would almost always be wings, and occasionally hind legs. If you have an area like this that you struggle with then leave it until last when you are sketching, then you can give it your full attention and draw it to the best of your ability knowing and you don't have more appealing areas of your picture to distract you.
• Continuing from the last tip, if there is a specific area that you feel you need to brush up on then try and find good photos of it to help you along. I rooted out some pictures of eagles when i got stuck on the wings and tried to take traits from the birds wings and apply them to my Unis wings.
• Try and be imaginative in all that you do. Remember, if you're drawing neopets, they are fantasy creatures, they can look however you want and they can be in whatever kind of pose that you choose - even if you want to draw your pet floating, or walking on clouds, then go for it and be different! It's much more fun to have a fantasy pose than than a typical "standing-and-looking-forward" pose isn't it?

Stage 3

This stage isn't always needed, it's basically the stage where you spend a bit on time on your one "tough spot", the area that you find most difficult. As i have mentioned before the area that i find most difficult is the wings. This is the point where you should also make sure that you haven't forgotten anything that you want in your picture. If you were planning on adding more markings or accessories then add them now, since next up we will be outlining the picture.

In the example you can see that i have added the wings and finished off adding all the markings and details that i want.

Tips:

• If you're superhuman and are perfect at drawing every single area of your neopet then you won't need this stage, just skip it ;)
• Check over your picture for mistakes, and make sure you fix them before you move onto stage 4.
• You could even scan your picture as it is and ask some people online if they can spot any obvious flaws. It's always good to get a second opinion from somebody else.

Stage 4

This is when we do the outlines. Everybody had different methods of outlining, i personally choose to outline in graphite pencil. Some people outline with pen, colouring pencil or whatever else they choose, but if you're looking for instructions on how to outline using those methods then i suggest that you go elsewhere ;) My guide only covers outlining in graphite. Make sure your pencil is very sharp and has a good crisp point. Start on the opposite side of whichever way you draw, for example: i am right handed so i start on the left side of the paper when i am outlining, that way i am not leaning on the areas that i have outlined and smudging them. It's not all that important if you get smudges on the paper (as you will find out why in the next step) but it's not nice having to go and wash the graphite of your hands mid-picture ;)

Take a look at my example above, you'll see that i have outlined on top of my sketch. That's fine, don't worry, that's how i always do it. Very carefully outline your picture with your pencil, pressing quite hard onto the paper. Don't press so hard that you rip the paper or damage it, but press hard enough so that the outline will be hard to erase off completely. As you can see in my example there are plently of smudges ;)

Tips:

• It takes a lot of practice to figure out how much pressure you need to apply when you are outlining, you can always try a few simple practice pictures first, it's best not using this techinique on a picture that you are really proud of if you are trying it for the first time.
• I find that an HB, or a H pencil works best for this, but you may find different, chose whichever pencil you feel works best (although i would try and avoid soft pencils like B, B2, B3 etc)
• Don't colour anything with the pencil, even the eyes or other dark areas, just outline.

Stage 5

Now is the fun part. Get out your erasers and rub all over the picture. If you pressed hard enough with the pencil in stage 4 then you should be left with a similer outline to the one that i have above. It's very faint on the paper, and that's what you want. You are aiming for it to be dark enough that you can still see it, but try and get it as light as possible if you can, then when you colour it the graphite will be less likely to show through the coloured pencil. I use a kneadable putty eraser for this, and i have never tired it with a normal eraser, but i'm sure that it would produce very similer results, you might just have to be a little more careful on how hard you rub out because i would think that a normal eraser would be a bit more powerful than a putty one.

One you have rubbed all over the picture rub over it again but only tracing the outlines with your eraser, just to make sure that you have picked up all the extra graphite.

Tips:

• Double and triple check your picture to make sure that you have outlined everything before you start rubbing out. There is nothing worse than rubbing over your whole picture and then discovering that your creature is missing a leg because you forgot to outline it ;)
• Try to make the silhouette of your picture darker than the markings and designs on your creature, hopefully this shows in my above example.
• Don't just rub over the creature, rub over the whole of the paper around it as well, this will remove all of those nasty smudges that appear in earlier stages.

Stage 6

Now we add all the base colours of the picture. Think of every single colour that is in your picture and pick the lightest shade of it that you can find, then very carefully and smoothly sweep it over the area that you want to be that colour. Do this very lightly, and try and keep your pencil strokes going in the same direction and try to be as neat as you can. Think of this as applying a base coat of paint to a wall, once you've done it the next layers of colour will glide on a lot smoother and blend a lot easier. Don't shade at all! All you're suppost to be concertraiting on at the moment is a light layer of colour covering your whole picture, obviously using the appropriate colours in the appropriate places.

Once you have done this you can procede to outline areas of you picture with the same pencils that you used to colour. Make sure your pencils are have a very sharp point for this so that you have nice crisp lines that are not blurry. If you look at my example you will see that i have outlined some areas. I did not outline the mane or tail because they are best left until the colouring, if you outline fur or hair it often looks stiff. This can be worth remembering if you are drawing an all over furry creature too, best not to outline it with the coloured pencils at all.

Tips:

• If your creature has any white areas then leave them white, don't put any colour on them.
• I must stress, it's so important to have sharp pencils when you are doing outlines, it really does make the world of different and make the whole picture look generally better quality.
• When you are doing the coloured pencil outlines you can press harder then when you are colouring, that is shown in my example, as you can see the areas that i have outlined are very dark compaired to the areas that i have coloured.

Stage 7

This is the exciting part, this is when your picture really starts to take shape and come alive. Start colouring as you normally do, making sure to remember to shade and highlight. Generally i start darker at the edges of the picture and get lighter as i go in, this gives the apperance of a more 3D animal that could jump out of the page. Think of the light source, and think of where the shadows would be. I prefer not to use black to shade, i just pick a darker colour of whichever colour i am using. For example, if i am colouring using brown i enhance it by continuing to shade it with a darker shade of brown. Eventually you can work your way right up and maybe even use a slight touch of black if you need to, but don't press so hard that it's solid back, just press hard enough that it darkens the colour underneith it.

As you can see i have now started colouring the mane and tail, i'm not so careful as to hide the pencil lines with these, as long as you colour in the direction that the hair would be flowing then it doesn't matter because your lines enhance the look and make the hair look more life like. I've also left part of the legs blank, this was for no reason other than the fact that i wasn't decided on what colour they were going to be. Don't rush into the colours that you use, think them through and try and imagine how they look look in your picture, try and choose colours that will compliment each other.

Tips:

• White is a very difficult colour to shade, but don't feel that you have to shade it using only boring colours like shades of grey. I chose grey for my picture because i thought it would compliment the browns nicely, but white often looks lovely shaded with hues of blues, pinks and purples.
• I try to leave all solid black areas until last, such as the eye. I do this because black is such a strong colour and if i applied it any sooner then i would worry about it smudging and leaving traces on other areas of my picture. Plus it's always nice adding the eye to your creature last of all, it really finishes a picture off nicely.
• If you make a mistake and put a colour on too darkly you can often remove some of the colour by dabbing it with your eraser, again this is something that i do with my putty eraser, but i'm sure it would work with a normal eraser too.

Stage 8

This is the completed image, minus any computer editing or adjustments. As you can see the paper is a bit tarnished looking, i shall clean this up in Paint Shop Pro 7 by creating a new layer and painting white over it, that's a good trick if your images don't scan 100% white and you want them to look cleaner.

You can see that i have built up the colours and added all the deails and shading. All this picture lacks now is a background.

Tips:

• Try and put your signature on your finished picture, this can reduce art theft.
• Don't be afraid of fiddling with you picture on the computer, even if it's just to fix a smudge or blemish on the paper, it can be very useful to learn some tools commands in a digital art program, i use Paint Shop Pro 7.

Stage 9

And i present to you - a completed picture :) I made the boarder and finished the picture off in Paint Shop Pro 7. I won't go into details about what i done since it's nice when people have their owns styles of finishing pictures.
I certainly hope you have enjoyed following the process of me completing a picture, and i hope i have give you a few handy tips that you find useful.

The tools of the trade

I shall now introdue you to the tools that i use, and offer advice on what sorts of tools that i think work well.

Sketching pencils
There are all kinds of pencils that you can use for sketching, here's a little guide issued by the brand of pencils that i use (Derwent) for you to have a look at to see the differences in them:

As you can see they vary a lot. I like to use a B pencil for sketching and an HB pencil for outlining. B stands for "Black" and H stands for "Hard". So a 6B = "6 Black", a HB = "Hard Black" and a 4H = "4 Hard".
The higher the number then the more extreme the pencil is, a 6B is a very soft pencil that is easily broken, and a 4H is a very gritty hard pencil that is favoured in technical drawing.
B and HB are standard and medium, but i find that they work best.

Erasers
I very much prefer using a putty eraser, these are most easily found in specialist art shops, most good art shops will stock them.
Here is a photo of my good old putty eraser if you are keen to see what it looks like:

If you don't use a putty eraser then try to use an otherwise good quality normal eraser, cheap eraser often smudge pictures and can run the risk of ruining them.

Sketch Books and Paper
Try to avoid using cheap paper if you can, often cheap paper isn't as good quality and will not hold has much colour as better quality paper does. Try not to use printer paper unless you have nothing else.
I would photograph my sketch book for you to see but everyone knows that sketch books are very personal ;) I don't show my sketch book to many people so i centainly won't be posting it on the internet for all to see.
It's nothing special anyway ^^ It costs me £4 ($8-$10 or so) for a sketch book with 50 sheets of paper.

Colouring pencils
Good quality colouring pencils really do make a difference to the overall quality of a picture, or so i've been told. But personally i don't think it matters, you can keep your prisma colours and leave me with my cheap store brand pencils ;) Here's a photo of my pencils:

As you can see, they are well used ^^ I really need to buy some new ones. They cost me £6 ($12-$16 or so) for a set of 36. If anybody tells you that you need to spend hundreds of dollars/pounds on pencils to get good quality then don't listen to them.

Questions

If you have any questions that i have not covered here then please do send me a neomail at iloverodents100 and ask me. But i must request that you don't neomail me and ask me to look at your pictures or offer advice on them (i'll ignore any neomails that i get regarding this), i'm sorry but i just don't have time to provice that service. I'm sure there are plently other people out there who will offer advice on your pictures if you desire, you could always ask on the Neoboards ^^

The End

That's it, you've reached the end of my little guide ^^ I really hope that i've helped you out.
So, what are you waiting for? Get outta here and go produce all your works of art :)

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