Aranée 23: Jobil City by NetWorthy
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Aranée had made a point of exploring at least one new area or town in the Aeritan or Disputed Lands every season. This knowledge was invaluable for a hunter and nomadic woodsman, and her knowledge of her own lands was extensive. But nothing in her experience could have prepared her for this. She had never seen so many people in one place.
People in her homelands were suspicious of strangers, but the people here were curious and friendly. The fear that permeated the Disputed Lands was almost unseen here. Here they were almost universally ... happy. Every person she saw seemed busy and moved with a purpose.
To Aranée's consternation - and Galen's amusement - she occasionally attracted a crowd. Elves were evidently nearly as rare here as in the Aeritan. People were also fascinated with her practical woodsman's outfit - she noted that none of the women here wore trousers or carried weapons. And then of course, there was Kuila - a Packran lion cub was definitely a curiosity, especially for the children.
The area just outside of town consisted of carefully tended farm fields, full of workers busily bringing in the final harvest before the winter season. A substantial wall and gate surrounded the city proper, but though they were in good repair, they looked as if they had not actually been used for defense in a very long time. Inside the outer walls, the town was a welter of stone buildings connected by narrow cobbled streets. Aranée and Galen rode to the very center of the town where a magnificent walled castle arose, also in good repair. Everything in the town looked to be freshly scrubbed or recently painted.
Galen rode up to the partially open portcullis, and was instantly recognized and waved through by the sentry. In the castle bailey, a curious mix of genteel people in courtly dress intermingled with heavily armed no-nonsense soldiers. Part of the area in the enormous keep was taken up with blacksmithing and other services of one kind or the other. The rest appeared to be training areas and bunkhouses for the soldiers.
By the time they tied up their horses, Aranée was anxious to meet Lord Jobil. It was abundantly clear that he was an effective leader - he clearly knew how to lead his people.
--- TO BE CONTINUED!
View the series in numbered sequence to get the entire story.
My apologies for Aranée fans for having to wait so long for another installment. I'm not really happy with this one, but it was all I could do for the moment and I did want to advance the story. I've been having hardware issues, Daz Studio (both 2 AND 3) would repeatedly crater trying to render this simple scene, my 11 year old broke his ankle, and the 19 year old - is being a 19 year old LOL. Anyway, I hope to get back on track in the next week or so...
PLEASE leave a comment, praise, advice or constructive criticism. Your words mean a great deal to me and give me the energy to keep going...
Image and story © 2009 by Larry Hodge
Comments (32)
Faemike55
Outstanding work! The city folk have a better sense of hygene than we did in the early years. Their streets are very clean! Wonderful story! I can imagine that she and the lion would attract some attention.
lyron
Excellent work!!
jandunne
Love the way this is turning out. My only quibble is that the horses' coats could be a little hairier.
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DS3A will be able to simulate the hair better than I've so far been able to do in DS2. The skin textures didn't come with bump or displacement maps, so I have to simulate with shaders. I'm still working on redoing my characters to use DS3 shaders...
gypsyflame
Beautiful image, very well done, love the story, I had to backtrack to read...I am so far behind on my comments...will be waiting on the next!
adrie
Excellent composition and work my friend, also a great story. Superb light and shadow work to......excellent done.
PhilW
A lovely scene - you have done a good job with everyone's poses. If anything, perhaps the scene could have been busier to match the text, but I know this is far easier to say than do! Wonderful as it is, and great to see the plot advancing in this story!
beatoangelico
superb scene and beautiful stoty...Bravissimo my Friend..!!!!
ragouc
Very good light and scene.
ascoli00
God picture
magnus073
Wonderful job on this scene here Larry and the story is very good
Rainastorm
Great story and image!! Well done, and lit!
Cimaira
So glad to see Aranee again :) I just love the way you tell a story and populate your images, great reading and viewing! I do hope your 11 year old is not hurting too badly! As far as the 19 yo, well, there's nothing to be done for that, except time, rofl. I have a 17 year old who is ALWAYS acting like a 17 yo, lol. My 23 year old is finally geting a little sense, so there is hope :)
gabrielle_bri
I love this character! and your detail is wonderful!!
ladyinblack
So glad to see you continuing with your story! She's such a wonderful character and love to hear about her adventures. Great scene and terrific story :)
elfguy
Nice scene!
Kyronimos
Great story and excellent illustration!
Autumn_Rains
Interesting story line, punctuated very well with the art... great work
leezace
You should really get into animation Larry !!!! your story telling is brilliant mate. Stunning scene 5++
restif
Beautiful scene and I'm really liking the story your telling!
mgtcs
Excellent scene my friend, lovely horses!
Minda
excellent scene and great story larry..
flaviok
Fascinante história, obra soberbamente realizada em todos os aspectos, aplausos (5)
mikeerson
cool looking scene, horses look great, well proportioned.
LBJ2
Great composition and writing, Larry. I like the lightsetting a lot, on this scene. Hope you get back control of the family #:o) Best wishes for the broken ankle.+5
JaneEden
Great storytelling here, well done Larry, and I love the scene very much the lighting gives it so much atmosphere, really great work! hugs Jane xxx
brewgirlca
Excellent work Larry and I am glad to see the story moving along. Sorry I am so late commenting.
Darkwish
Nice idea! Very well done!
2Loose2Trek
Most certainly Aranée and her retinue would constitute a curiosity to the townsfolk. Well done.
joaq
Superb scene,Larry and great scenario!The composition and the render are very beautiful!Thanks for your kindness!