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Post by the bandit on Jun 16, 2010 19:26:18 GMT
That doesn't look like a regulation haircuit.
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Post by Casey on Jun 16, 2010 21:05:18 GMT
Hey man, it's the Imperial Nations of Terra. What do we know about their regulations? Maybe EVERYONE is required to have asymmetrical bangs. Didja ever thinka that?
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Post by Amethyst on Jun 16, 2010 23:54:18 GMT
Generally, from what I've read from sci-fi, space navies' haircut regulations generally allow to the shoulder hair for women. And yes, since Imperial Nations of Terra is an invention of my own, hair regulations are virtually non-existent. I mean, really, will a guy with a ponytail really detract from his spaceship commanding abilities?
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Post by fjodor on Jun 17, 2010 18:00:37 GMT
Did this as a warmup some time this weekend. Wow. Respect!
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Post by Tobu Ishi on Jun 18, 2010 8:40:42 GMT
Ladies and gentlemen...a remix comic.
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Post by Ulysses on Jun 18, 2010 17:30:42 GMT
Nice work there Chrome, I like the glitter eyeshadow.
As for Tobu Ishi's remix - ahehehehehe. Ahahaha.
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Post by cheddarius on Jun 18, 2010 18:00:33 GMT
Hah! But is that a reference to something? I'm afraid I don't remember a "Reynardine will never" phrase in the comic...
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Post by alexscott on Jun 18, 2010 18:22:20 GMT
It's the dialogue between Lex and Lois from "Superman Returns." Took me a bit to get it, but it works.
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Post by Casey on Jun 18, 2010 18:25:41 GMT
It's from Superman Returns. The full scene isn't on Youtube, but here is the portion that was in the trailer for the movie. Edit: Sorry, double response, spent too much time trying to find the full clip on YT.
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Post by strobelight on Jun 18, 2010 23:08:55 GMT
In the light of recent events, methinks it's time to pull out the aviation gear again! that, and I just love goggles. Hey everyone. I'm quitting the day I spent lurking my way halfway up this thread to bring this picture to the top of the list. Also to say that it is my favourite picture ever; I really can't think of a picture I like more. So everyone else should see and appreciate it more. And I wanted to offer you all some praise. This thread is awesome! I'm only halfway up the thread so I'm probably missing a lot of good stuff but I'll finish it soon. I wanted to give a special mention to the artists I favour the most thus far too: Riess and Chrome. Your guys' art is class. Oh yeah: everyone, who can draw (not me...), should draw more Kat! Well, there's my first post. Thank you and good night.
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Post by coffeemugtime on Jun 19, 2010 4:39:21 GMT
Yo-yos are pretty cool.
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Post by Tobu Ishi on Jun 19, 2010 15:39:16 GMT
Drew this the other month, while Tom was having a jolly time teasing us about our tendency to ship anything that blinks. (Maybe he just likes her smile?) Posting it now, before it's completely (and inevitably) jossed.
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Post by basser on Jun 24, 2010 9:54:17 GMT
Quick and dirty scribble of Zimmy being pretty. Cause hey why not.
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whosit
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So totally a self-portrait.
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Post by whosit on Jun 24, 2010 22:07:18 GMT
That's quite nice, although there's something unsettling about it. Of course, this being a picture of Zimmy, I suppose it IS fitting.
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Chrome
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The Shiny One
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Post by Chrome on Jun 25, 2010 5:29:23 GMT
More Older GKC stuff. This time I decided to do one of Gamma and Zimmy in their teen years. I kept the recent chapter in mind - this Zimmy's got a little more control over her abilities. While she still collects some stress, nasty nightmarish images, and eye-gunk, they don't completely overwhelm her since the mind-link with Annie that day. In other words, a Zimmy who's a bit more confident, and in some cases too confident. Meanwhile, Gamma's grown up somewhat, but is still fast friends with her. All I did with Gamma was just mature her normal hairstyle up a bit. With Zimmy, I went with the more wild-child route, where she'd wear torn-up jeans, and keep growing her hair out with absolutely no reason to cut it, let alone groom it.
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Post by wombat on Jun 30, 2010 5:14:17 GMT
I was cleaning up my flash drive and found this on it, figured I'd post it here:
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sgr
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Post by sgr on Jul 1, 2010 1:02:05 GMT
Also, the reason why you guys seem to be able to recognize so much ... might be because I altered the colour repartition in the pic so that the (originally blue-haired) girl had pale fuschia hair ... I couldn't resist the element of mystery here: just how similar is the original to something recognizably related to GC? I have some colleagues who work just outside Paris, and one of them was kind enough to detour on his homebound commute long enough to hunt down the art in question. Actually, he was quite generous with his time, because Montparnasse is a huge métro station, where 4 lines converge. Eventually he found it, and here are some unretouched photos of the original artwork. First, here's a shot of approximately the same area as what was previously posted, showing that the original hair was quite a different color indeed: The wolf and the blue-haired girl occur in another part, as well: It also appears the image was cropped in just such a fashion as to include the GC-suggestive elements. A wider view suggests no GC connection. Here, enduring the fate to which most public art is eventually subjected, is a broader shot of the painting being ignored by the locals: And here are a couple more shots giving even more of an idea of the content; they're apparently taken at a funny angle because you can't back away from it far enough without stepping onto train tracks, which seemed like a bad idea at the time. There's a lot to the piece beyond the wolf and the girl: checkerboard sun and clouds, a wild-eyed horse, a car, a couple poems... and so on. Quite a nice piece, really, but thoroughly unrelated to GC. Summary: A little bit of wishful-photoshoppery has occurred here, in that - the colors have been very significantly altered to suggest Antimony's hair, and
- the cropping carefully foregrounded a few GC-suggestive elements and suppressed a great deal that was not.
Think of it as "found art", in which a bit of Gunnerkrigg Court could be suggested by a careful re-framing of another artwork. And with that, my colleagues and I now retire from our brief careers as International Art Detectives!
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Post by wombat on Jul 1, 2010 4:54:46 GMT
Wow, that's really interesting! Thanks to you and your colleague!
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Post by elthenstorm on Jul 1, 2010 18:27:52 GMT
Excellent timing! These paintings went into nonexistence just yesterday, replaced by a whole corridor of Blackberry advertising.
Every single time I passed there I wondered how long these paintings --with no other purpose than to look pretty-- could continue to occupy all this space on the wall of an extremely busy subway passage. The answer was, in the end: about two years.
Also; no train tracks there. ج _ ج
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polifrog
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Mesmerising ain't it?
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Post by polifrog on Jul 1, 2010 18:34:35 GMT
CURSE YOU BLACKBERRY!
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Post by Dvandaemon on Jul 7, 2010 3:55:20 GMT
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Post by Mishmash on Jul 7, 2010 15:26:46 GMT
Wow that is really beautiful!
Nice flowers.
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Post by unholyfury on Jul 11, 2010 0:25:44 GMT
Made this a few days ago, and decided to make an account to share it with you guys :) Made it with pencil and paper, and I scanned it to my pc. I also had to shrink it by 50% because it was so large. It looks a little more smoother on the paper, but whatever. Hope you like it
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Melly
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*sigh*
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Post by Melly on Jul 11, 2010 1:03:17 GMT
Awww, Antimony looks so little and cute! You might not have meant it that way but I blame the baggy clothing.
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Post by cheddarius on Jul 20, 2010 17:17:38 GMT
I like the hair, I think it's very accurate - it looks very much like the actual comic. Also when I first read your name I thought it was "unholyfurry".
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Necropaxx
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The natural choice for a shoulder to cry on.
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Post by Necropaxx on Jul 22, 2010 7:45:43 GMT
My first fan art! Well, not mine completely: I had my sister draw it for me, since she's the artist in our family. Anyway, I present to you GC Poker! Heck of a poker face indeed. ;D
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Post by Vratislav on Jul 22, 2010 13:37:06 GMT
Yeah, it's nice. Muut winning, Coyote cheating and betting everything he has, angry Ysengrin and Jones apparently without loses. :-)
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Post by Ulysses on Jul 22, 2010 19:31:15 GMT
Shadow 2 sees what Coyote is doing and is having none of it.
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Post by King Mir on Jul 27, 2010 1:27:54 GMT
There are two shadow men in that picture. Either could be Shadow 2.
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