Coeur de Feu

I may have mentioned somewhere before that I originally played EQ2 on the PvP server Nagafen. At some point during my time there, I turned on the SOGA models for the various characters and then apparently forgot all about it. Soga are just optional character models that people will see only when they have the option selected, and anyone who doesn’t have it selected sees the default character models. And even better, you are given the option to set your appearance using both model styles, so people will see what you want them to no matter what.

As I said, I’d apparently forgotten I turned on the Soga models until I ran into a guildmate on Antonia Bayle in the bank. He said something along the lines of “I didn’t know you had green hair” to which I replied “I don’t, I have purple hair.” Lo and behold, I had selected my Soga appearance only, and he was seeing a randomly selected default model for my Half-Elf character. Turning off the Soga models revealed to me just what he was talking about, and it was ugly (to me that is). Now I remember why I turned the Soga models on in the first place – it was because I don’t care all that much for the default looks in the game.

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Trying to move from one CMS to another can be a trial.  I guess I should be grateful that there was a Joomla-to-WP migration script out there available, otherwise updating all these entries would be an even bigger PITA than it is.  Right now, everything that was migrated over shows as uncategorized, kind of.   The posts won’t pull up if you check the uncategorized link though, because they aren’t associated with any tag, which means going in and touching each post I made.

It sounds worse than what it probably is, except that the formatting occasionally gets a bit goofy.  I think part of that is the template settings, and part is just how I have my items entered.   Add this to the fact that I’m going to change my gallery structure once again and there’s a lot of work for me to do.  I just spent a good hour updating through the first entries and installing the gallery plug-in.  That’s how I found out the current structure I’m using (which I’d become less happy with over time) wasn’t going to work very well.  I want a gallery and I want a separate portfolio.  The gallery will be for anything I want to upload here and may or may not include everything I have on my DeviantArt site as well.  The portfolio will be a selection of what I feel are the best examples of my work.  So I need to sit down and PLAN this out so that I’m not trying to change things down the line again.

Still, so far I’m happier with editing things in WP than I was in Joomla.  And once I sit down and start working up a template of my own, I think I’ll be even more pleased.  This will allow for easier commenting and a more useful site overall.

I’m reposting (or cross-posting actually) this from my LiveJournal. It was originally posted there on 12/12/2007, but because of the commenting structure over there (you have to be a member or it’s anonymous), I wanted to put the article here as well. Plus, archiving and all that.

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The broker – an EQ2 player’s one-stop source for purchasing craftables, collectables and other fun items. I’ve only been back playing EQ2 for about a month or so now (started up yet again about a week before the Rise of Kunark (RoK) expansion was released) but utilizing the broker was one of the first things I did. When I played WoW, using the auction house was pretty integral to buying and selling items as well, so working the EQ2 broker was a natural step. The broker saves time, can make you money and actually provides me lots of enjoyment.

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Welcome to the updated and now WordPress powered version of Coeur de Feu. I switched from Joomla because adding updating the site was getting to be a hassle for me, which as a consequence meant I never updated. The site was just going to waste while I occasionally updated my LiveJournal instead. So by switching, I hope to be able to update here more often and cross-post to LJ instead.

Right now though, I have about a gazillion uncatagorized entries from the Joomla migration that I need to go through. Some will probably end up on the cutting room floor, many will be edited slightly. Mostly I plan to set up both gallery and portfolio links for my artwork, in addition to having more writings here as well.

So please bear with me as I clean things up and work on a template of my own in the meantime. Thanks!

This is an article I meant to write years ago, back when Grimwell Online was just getting started. It was going to be an ongoing debate about the merits of “good” versus “evil” in online PvP gaming. Obviously I never wrote the article, but as MMOs came and went, I never stopped thinking about player conflict and how it was driven.

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I’ve slowly been scanning in some sketches I’ve done, mostly doodles while playing D&D with friends. I’ve picked up the drawing pad again as well, brushing up on my skills and seeing how out of practice I am.

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Coeur de Feu is the personal website of Lori Hutton, a.k.a. Rhyssa Fireheart.  The site name is French for "Heart of Fire" and is based on the last name of my online persona.

Here you can find an archive of my artwork and writings.  This site is meant to be a portfolio site instead of a general art dump.  I have a DeviantArt site where most of my work is posted, including works-in-progress (WIPs).  Nor is this site intended to be a journal or blog, so if you are wondering about my not-so-daily thoughts, check out my LiveJournal instead.

The site's design is a moving target and liable to change at any moment depending on my whims, the weather and/or my mood at any given moment.  I do keep records of what the site has looked like over the past several years in the Web Design section, mostly so I can see some of the scary layouts I've come up with in the past.

Enjoy the site and thank you for visiting! 

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I decided to color one of the panels from chapter 296, page 10 showing Sakura after she was injured by Naruto in his four-tailed Kyuubi form. I planned to use the image for an avatar, but wanted it colored first. Once I got started, I felt coloring the whole panel instead of just parts was the way to go. I also ended up leaving the lineart as part of the image but reduced the opacity some so that it wasn’t too harsh appearing. I’m not too sure I like how her hair turned out, but that’s why they call this practice.

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For coloring practice using a tablet, I decided to use the cover of Naruto chapter 251 featuring the character Kankuro. It turned out rather well considering it’s really the first image I’ve completed using my tablet. I seriously wonder why I resisted using a tablet for so long considering all the benefits of working with one. I can see several areas I need improvement in, but as it is the image looks good. I did wuss out on making a real background though, so that definitely needs some work going forward.

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Wallpaper I made of a raid boss in Everquest II. I’ve never seen the guyup close and personal-like, but a friend graciously got some some excellent high-res images to play with. Friends are good. I was also playing around with the new brush sets I grabbed off the Obsidian Dawn website as well. Enjoy!

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