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    Felixius

    @Felixius

    Aiming to become an indie publisher and author and make a living at it!

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    Website www.thelostrobot.com Location Melbourne Age 49

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    • Hi Hi!

      Hi everyone!

      My name is Felix and I am a graphic designer by training, but have been a website coder for... holy moley!!!! 17 years now... Specifically not what I want to do...

      I have published one book - it is really simple and am really excited!

      It doesn't have the illustrative depth of what I see here... My aim was to cross Mr Men style books with Sesame street and I think in those terms, I succeeded.

      I am still struggling to learn to be a better illustrator as I have many stories written down and in my head.

      It is easy to forget to draw or practice drawing because you are doing so many things...

      Especially inspiring is the Draw 50 Things lessons! I am part way through...

      Anyway, I am very excited to finally have joined the forum after being a subscriber for a few months now... I hope to be very active on this forum and hopefully helpful. HA!

      Here is a link to my book in Amazon (I self published through CreateSpace).

      https://www.amazon.com/dp/0648040100/

      Sincerely,

      Felix

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    • RE: June drawing challenge idea

      So it's settled(?)

      KaiJu(ne)!

      ^_^

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    • RE: Zine WIP-abandon or redo

      From what I see... I like it! In my untrained opinion, it may need tweaking with the text... but there is a certain charm to the strips of paper idea.

      Yes I think the front cover type needs to be a tiny bit finer, but what I see is that it is all there.

      Maybe you are having one of those bouts of self doubt that we all have? Morbid fairy tales would be awesome for kids... I mean minus torture, terrible wounds and violent death etc.. but morbidity in itself can teach kids as well as be funny! Just my crazy opinion...

      I mean... think of roald dahl. What strange and morbid stories about horrible twits and evil aunties and revenge of little ones on one's own parents...

      It seems that the bear receives his comeuppance and that is funny and deserving...

      Really like the artwork!

      Felix

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    • RE: Hi Hi!

      @Chip-Valecek

      That's great! The advantage of working for a company is stability... something I haven't had. I am working with WP mainly and have been learning php. It is so flexible but learning from books has had me always worried about security - SQL injection etc... part of the reason I decided to use WP (and let someone else do that bit!).

      I never got into Javascript... which is where the magic happens...

      Thanks for sharing your story.

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    • RE: "Fox in a Forest" Illustration Feedback

      @karine-beaumier no advice... really cute and nice!

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    • RE: Draw 50 Things - I "think" I did it...

      @Wendy-Plybon OMG Wendy...IF you are green... I can say that I am a seed... looking great!

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    • RE: how do I upload images to instagram?

      Hi Dottyp!

      Yes, you cannot upload from PC. Instagram is strange like that. Think of Instagram as a point of origin... You can't cross post or repost(easily) to or from other platforms using Instagram... however...

      You can use apps to get your posts ready FOR instagram.

      This is how I do it...

      I use another app to take my instagram photos so I can add a watermark. I use ezy watermark photo...

      Then I use LATER to schedule my posts. You CAN use your browser to get all this ready.

      As I said, Instagram is a point of origin.

      IF you have scheduled a post using something like LATER (which I use, you can use hootsuite or something else), then the APP will notify you, then copy and paste the image and all the writing you put in (including hashtags) into Instagram.

      Be sure if you have more than one instagram account to be in the right account.

      I hope I helped...

      Regards,

      Felix

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    • RE: Treehouse WIP - Stuck...

      Thanks guys! I guess I got a bit flustered... I will just have to give it a go and learn from the experience. Thanks for all the advice!

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    Latest posts made by Felixius

    • RE: Zine WIP-abandon or redo

      From what I see... I like it! In my untrained opinion, it may need tweaking with the text... but there is a certain charm to the strips of paper idea.

      Yes I think the front cover type needs to be a tiny bit finer, but what I see is that it is all there.

      Maybe you are having one of those bouts of self doubt that we all have? Morbid fairy tales would be awesome for kids... I mean minus torture, terrible wounds and violent death etc.. but morbidity in itself can teach kids as well as be funny! Just my crazy opinion...

      I mean... think of roald dahl. What strange and morbid stories about horrible twits and evil aunties and revenge of little ones on one's own parents...

      It seems that the bear receives his comeuppance and that is funny and deserving...

      Really like the artwork!

      Felix

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    • Purple Dragonfly award and similar award/review sites etc...

      Hey there,

      This topic might stray outside of the normal area of writing and illustration... if so, please delete it mr/ms moderator.

      In a general sense, I hear that indie publishers spend a lot of money on all sorts of things that they might or might not actually need...

      In anyone's experience here, is it worth entering these award contest thingies? They all do cost money...

      If we also look at the wider review systems out there as well. Has anyone done this and have it benefit them in sales?

      Felix

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    • RE: Treehouse WIP - Stuck...

      Thanks guys! I guess I got a bit flustered... I will just have to give it a go and learn from the experience. Thanks for all the advice!

      posted in General Discussion
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    • Treehouse WIP - Stuck...

      So...

      I am relatively happy with my image, but when it comes to coloring, I have no clue. I have lots of color pencils but I am stuck with how to color this. I want the tree trunk to be dark, the treehouse to be mid toned and the girl and outside to be bright.

      So I get the theory, can someone give me some guidance?

      0_1498288446186_b271317f-0e26-49fb-8231-1bf2627c05ec-image.png

      0_1498288912115_986be467-4b9f-489c-9b2a-8dcddbeb8c2f-image.png

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    • RE: "Fox in a Forest" Illustration Feedback

      @karine-beaumier no advice... really cute and nice!

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    • RE: how do I upload images to instagram?

      Hi Dottyp!

      Yes, you cannot upload from PC. Instagram is strange like that. Think of Instagram as a point of origin... You can't cross post or repost(easily) to or from other platforms using Instagram... however...

      You can use apps to get your posts ready FOR instagram.

      This is how I do it...

      I use another app to take my instagram photos so I can add a watermark. I use ezy watermark photo...

      Then I use LATER to schedule my posts. You CAN use your browser to get all this ready.

      As I said, Instagram is a point of origin.

      IF you have scheduled a post using something like LATER (which I use, you can use hootsuite or something else), then the APP will notify you, then copy and paste the image and all the writing you put in (including hashtags) into Instagram.

      Be sure if you have more than one instagram account to be in the right account.

      I hope I helped...

      Regards,

      Felix

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    • RE: Draw 50 Things - I "think" I did it...

      @Wendy-Plybon OMG Wendy...IF you are green... I can say that I am a seed... looking great!

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    • RE: Trying to redraw my book dummy. Please take a look. They're on here now if you looked before and didn't see them.

      @ambiirae I too like the 2nd one... Maybe try to make the cow bigger and the writing under the chin? Thumbnail time methinks!

      ^_^ Felix

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    • RE: June drawing challenge idea

      So it's settled(?)

      KaiJu(ne)!

      ^_^

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: June drawing challenge idea

      Juno and her mythological friends? Ok that feels like reaching... hehe

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