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Post by cheddarius on May 1, 2010 5:04:10 GMT
If possible, do it by hand. It will look better. I would, but I tried it on paper already - my thinnest brush is too thick and I'm very bad at actual painting, so I just ended up with very bold normal-looking text.
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Post by Refugee on May 1, 2010 17:03:52 GMT
Love it! And I am jealous of Jack's left hand!
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Post by realmfighter on May 3, 2010 11:49:40 GMT
I AM SO SORRY. (On Dwarf Fortress forums, someone commented on how awesome it would be if Anne got Kamina glass's. Poor bastards head a-sploaded.)
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Post by cheddarius on May 4, 2010 0:19:16 GMT
Oops wrong thread
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Post by elthenstorm on May 6, 2010 19:52:07 GMT
This is a painting that is on a wall of the Paris subway. Montparnasse station. It made me think of GC from the first time I saw it (that was maybe a year ago or so). Crappy photo courtesy of the useless camera on my cellphone (read that, Steve? You better improve the camera in the next version >.<)
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Post by judgedeadd on May 6, 2010 20:35:43 GMT
It probably is GKC fanart...
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Post by warrl on May 7, 2010 1:30:06 GMT
It probably is GKC fanart... Based on the clothing, I think that's somewhat improbable. Quite a few notches shy of impossible, though.
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Post by Snes on May 7, 2010 7:06:40 GMT
Based on the clothing, I think that's somewhat improbable. Quite a few notches shy of impossible, though. If this is based on GC, then I think it's the most fitting and acceptable of all the fan art that includes Annie naked. It's really hard to peg it, but the number of parallels are a bit too much to be coincidence. Girl with long, red hair and distant face? Check. Close relationship with large white wolf with an emblem on its forehead? Check. Imposing man-made facility on one side contrasted with wild nature on the other? Checkaroony. I really can't say for sure, but it's sure looking like Gunnerkrigg Court from where I'm standing.
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Post by Casey on May 7, 2010 7:07:45 GMT
Could also be Surma, of course.
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Post by warrl on May 7, 2010 8:31:30 GMT
Imposing man-made facility on one side contrasted with wild nature on the other? Checkaroony. On the viewer's right, there is a hill in the distance. On the viewer's left, there is a closer hill with trees growing on its top. This hill apparently has a rock face (fitting because it's pretty steep) with an inscription on it. (I couldn't make out the inscription; I suspect it may be in Italian but have very little confidence in that notion.) There is no imposing man-made facility.
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Post by eightyfour on May 7, 2010 9:23:04 GMT
In any case, we'll never know for sure whether it is a GC reference or not, unless the original artist speaks up. I for my part am happy to assume it is, though.
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Post by elthenstorm on May 9, 2010 15:53:13 GMT
Knowing the context of this picture, I'm absolutely positive it was painted by someone who had never heard of GC.
Also, the reason why you guys seem to be able to recognize so much fancy stuff in a background that is just made of colour masses and textures organized according solely to some vague balance principle, might be because I altered the colour repartition in the pic so that the (originally blue-haired) girl had pale fuschia hair --it did induce some artefacts in the background, revealing random shapes that were previously hardly noticeable. I hope this insight helps somewhat.
The writing is probably just some random poem that is there to look artsy. I'll try to read what it says next time I come across the painting. Or at least part of it, as it doesn't seem very much readable at all.
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Post by Snes on May 10, 2010 6:55:20 GMT
Knowing the context of this picture, I'm absolutely positive it was painted by someone who had never heard of GC. Also, the reason why you guys seem to be able to recognize so much fancy stuff in a background that is just made of colour masses and textures organized according solely to some vague balance principle, might be because I altered the colour repartition in the pic so that the (originally blue-haired) girl had pale fuschia hair --it did induce some artefacts in the background, revealing random shapes that were previously hardly noticeable. I hope this insight helps somewhat. The writing is probably just some random poem that is there to look artsy. I'll try to read what it says next time I come across the painting. Or at least part of it, as it doesn't seem very much readable at all. Wait, so you altered the image specifically to make it look like fan art, knowing that it wasn't? Jerk move, Elthen. Jerk move.
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Post by elthenstorm on May 10, 2010 12:56:00 GMT
Wait, so you altered the image specifically to make it look like fan art, knowing that it wasn't? Jerk move, Elthen. Jerk move. Call me Storm. I never tried to trick anyone into thinking this was GC fanart ; I explicitly said it wasn't GC fanart. Besides, I always colour-correct my photos to make them convey what I intend them to. Did you really want to see the out-of-the-flash-memory version, in all the glory of its yellow and green tints? Let me remind you, this was taken in a neon-lit subway station, by the crappiest of digital cameras.
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Post by Casey on May 10, 2010 13:18:42 GMT
To take a picture of a girl with blue hair, and give her red hair, and then say that it reminds you of GC?
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Post by Tobu Ishi on May 10, 2010 13:45:03 GMT
Ladies and gentlemen...sentimental bosh.
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Post by Aris Katsaris on May 10, 2010 14:07:41 GMT
I never tried to trick anyone into thinking this was GC fanart ; I explicitly said it wasn't GC fanart. You may not have meant to mislead, but you did mislead, mate. You said "This is a painting that is on a wall of the Paris subway" -- when instead it was your modification of one - a modification going beyond mere artifact correction to deliberate coloring changes, so that we were mislead as to *why* it reminded you of Gunnerkrigg Court. Just be a bit clearer next time and all's well.
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Post by Aris Katsaris on May 10, 2010 14:08:44 GMT
That's very lovely, Tobu!
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Post by Tobu Ishi on May 10, 2010 14:30:29 GMT
Well, she is fond of Shakespeare. It seemed appropriate. (Also, I wanted an excuse to go nuts with the Impressionist brush.) XD;
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Post by idonotlikepeas on May 10, 2010 20:07:30 GMT
Awwwww!
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Nat
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Pffff, hell if I know
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Post by Nat on May 25, 2010 11:37:50 GMT
Not so much fanart as a remix comic, set to Over at the Frankenstein Place from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. which i actually haven't seen yetPage 1234It's not very good--I threw it together just for fun--but I'm missing the final page because I have no idea who should "play" Riff-Raff. Any suggestions?
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Post by Mr Pitchfork on May 25, 2010 23:22:19 GMT
Blue looks very distressed about the light. Jack may make a good Riff-Raff, or perhaps Dr Disaster
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Post by judgedeadd on May 26, 2010 4:45:11 GMT
ah, I love this!
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Post by kafine on May 29, 2010 21:23:27 GMT
Couldn't focus on my work at all yesterday so did this instead.
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Post by legion on May 29, 2010 21:50:43 GMT
:O
Wow.
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Post by Yin on May 30, 2010 4:52:35 GMT
*flails* That's a physical painting? As in, not digitally made? Wow! It's so sweet and sad.
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Post by eightyfour on May 31, 2010 7:31:08 GMT
I don't know whether it's physical or digital. I do know it is beautiful! (*secretly hopes kafine gets a lot more unproductive days at work* )
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Post by rivenpanic on Jun 1, 2010 2:44:47 GMT
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Post by basser on Jun 2, 2010 20:57:01 GMT
Yep. (Yes I know I'm rubbish with a mouse.)
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Post by damilo on Jun 2, 2010 20:59:50 GMT
Fantastic job, basser.
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