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Published: 2011-07-19 20:11:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 6561; Favourites: 114; Downloads: 0
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Poster for "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" on Facebook.I got to design Carmen as well as the poster... this is the only place she's actually visible, we always had to obscure her face in the game >_<
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Blue Fang Games LLC
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Really cool looking. I wanted to play this game, but unfortunately didn't know about it till it was taken down. I wish I could learn about all the interesting looking characters. Really cool that you got to design this. Good work
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She does have the tendency to hang around with weird people, doesn't she?
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x33 uhh my childhood idol <333
sadly I couldn't see a lot episodes -.-
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Wow. You have some very odd critiques on this piece considering how amazing it is.
I was always a big Carmen Sandiego fan growing up and your style totally breathed new life into the franchise. I was unfortunately never able to catch Carmen in the game before it was removed from Facebook. One of the main reasons I played it was to eventually see what Carmen looked like in the new style, so thank you for making that finally come true. Geography rocks, and so do you!
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Why thank you! 
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It seemed pretty popular when I was playing it so I was pretty surprised when I found out they were taking it off Facebook. I have to ask though, was the design for your Carmen influenced by Jennifer Lopez being involved with the possible Carmen Sandiego movie? I only ask because I see a kind of resemblance and I remember that when Sandra Bullock was supposed to be playing her a few years ago she suddenly started to resemble Sandra. If not, that's cool. I was just curious.
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haha actually.. she kind of looks like my older sister (also wasn't intentional)
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*cue themes by Rockapella, Engine Crew, & someone from Warner, respectively [ [link] ]*
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Wait you worked on the design for the learning company toys?
That is so cool MAN!! And your design looks radical!!
i always loved the games as a kid
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It makes sense that you have to obscure her, it makes her more interesting. Though why does everyone insist on using the brown hair, brown eyes and yellow dress or the black catsuit? Did everyone forget about the black hair blue eyes and orange dress? I notice that your logo hints at the where on earth version even though the actual Carmen still wears the yellow and black with the brown hair.
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That was the description of her that The Learning Company gave us to use... her red and yellow combo has become iconic
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It has it was always in the games prior to 1998, I actually hate the Learning Company's design of her, black is not her color, they should have kept her in yellow or orange.
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I don't believe they were the ones who redesigned her... they later bought the rights after the show went off the air, I think Warner Brothers was the one to change her design. I'm by no means an expert on all things Carmen so don't quote me on any of this
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well I'm not an expert either but I heard the people who originally designed carmen left disney
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Ohmygosh, this just brought back so many memories! I used to play this game all the time on the computer as a kid!!! I love it!
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I used to play her games and watch the cartoon! Now i know how she looks!
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Classic! I remember back when Carmen Sandiego games were 3 color marvels on the Apple II. Great take on an old school character Katie. Very nice to see you're keeping busy!
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I love those games, they are so fun! you gave her a cool look!
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carmen is a good name, not so sure about the sandiego name, especially since it's a 'where in the world' thing and San Diego is a place
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hahah Sandiego is her last name and it's been used since the early 90's... not San Diego the place (^_-)
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What does it mean then?
Cause surnames do often derive from place names. Like Hastings, or DuBois.
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I don't think it means anything... she's meant to be hispanic so I think they chose it because it's a hispanic name
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All true names have a meaning.
The only possible meaning I can see for Sandiego is the place name literally meaning saint diego (diego itself being possibly derived from Santiago among other things).
It just seems like it's a bit at odds with the whole place/name thing.
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