Alright, I'm finally getting around to posting some of the photos I took during my camping trip near Banff, Alberta in mid June. I've started to enjoy taking a lot more portrait oriented photos for landscapes, especially when mountains are involved, to better get some foreground in the image. Also starting to enjoy using 50mm focal length instead of always opting for the wide angle approach.

Starting a couple pictures from our campsite. This campsite was probably the best I've been at in terms of views. Would go there again haha



Next we went to Lake Louise to do a hike. With the weather being kinda rainy in the forecast for the time we were there, the clouds were doing some interesting stuff, and fog was always around in the morning to make for some interesting views.


Couldn't finish the rest of our hike as the top part was covered in too much snow still, but the lake at this point was still neat.


Also, this view along the trail was pretty darn cool


Next day we went to Emerald Lake on the BC side of the border. This was actually taken at the end of the hike as no one was around on the return except for this lone kayaker on the lake.


This is probably one of my favourite landscape shots taken at 50mm now. It was cool how the creek lined up with the mountain in the background


The final day before heading out, we visited Peyto Lake as it is just a short 10 minute drive from our campsite. I was up on the boardwalk and saw people taking pictures down below and thought it would add to the photo.


Not as many were taken this trip as we only went camping for a couple nights instead of almost an entire week.

Hello everyone! As the year passes the halfway mark, a new prompt arrives. This one is for July/August and the topic is: Fight scene: Draw a scene of two (or more) characters getting into a scuffle. Was it an argument that got physical, is it defence from an enemy, or is someone being a bully?

What sort of fight will we end up seeing? Cera and Littlefoot? Cera and Shorty? Cera and Rhett? Actually...I don't think Rhett could ever be in a fight as it wouldn't end up being much of a fight 

Hey not bad for an any% fanart prompt speedrun 

That grin is done really well! Nice job with this given the time!

Been awhile since I've visited this topic

Have you ever heard of Jordan Peterson? Have you ever watched some of his videos?

I've heard of him and know that he seems to have some fairly extreme views on certain topics. From what I've heard I don't seem to agree with him and have no desire to get further tangled in such things.

How familiar are you with the Sonic games?

I know a bit about them. I've beaten the first two games as well as Sonic Mania. Haven't really touched the 3D games, though I know a lot of them aren't the best 

Do you hate those moments of silence and then an immediate jumps scare?

I suppose I do, though mainly because I feel it's a poor way to express suspense as the relief after the jumpscare makes things less scary in the long run. If you really want to scare people, have a spot where a jump scare seems evident, but don't have one. Gotta keep them guessing haha. It's the same way with monster reveals in scary shows, where once the monster is revealed, it instantly becomes less scary (Stranger Things season 1 for example). It's a reason why older scary films can be much scarier, as the limited technology made it so reveals weren't as much as a thing, so people fill in the void with their own imagination, which is generally always much more scary then the real thing.

In general I'm not even a fan of scary type shows though haha

Where has the time gone? A month has already passed which means the prompt is now half over! Any updates on who might participate in this one? I'm hoping to join in on this one and have already gotten a bit of a sketch done so far.

Happy starday LCP! Hope it's a good one! 

Boys - 1   

Hello and welcome to the GoF Vel! 

Oh hey I see a yellowbelly in the mix! For some reason people don't ever want to draw them 

These are pretty good! Do you use any type of drawing stylus for these or was it with a mouse (not sure how anyone could actually manage that haha)

Sounds good Jewel! Also thanks for the reminder. I've been busy these last few days with late nights dealing with school club activities. 

As Jewel has mentioned, the next prompt is upon us for May and June: Age up/age down: Draw any character as a different age to how they appear in the series. Will the gang be all grown up? Or will their folks be younger (or even older )?

How old can the Old One get? Maybe we'll find out in two months 

Hopefully I'll be able to join in on this one now that school is done and my summer break/work has (almost) arrived.