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Description The downside of the Change is that people often end up something they don't expect, and often, initially don't like, either. But the upside is that many needs have new and unusual solutions that weren't available before. So goes the U.S. Department of Transporation's Drider Bridge Corps, for example. Spider silk is significantly stronger than steel, and any bridge built by driders would likely outlast the mountains it was built on. Suddenly driders went from scary to highly valued, almost overnight.

Jacqueline here was a secretary before the Change, but after, the USDOT DBC offered her six figures a year, free food and water, and all the sunshine and fresh air she could ever want. How could anyone turn down an offer like that? And even when a bridge needs repairs, like this one does, it's not exactly terrible work.

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This was an old sketch that was too incomplete to ever quite make it into the Incompleted Projects Bin. I had... well, I had a lot of time to kill today, so I took it from a sketch to what you see here. Jacqueline's colors were chosen by my fiancΓ©e, right down to the freckles.

This probably needs more shading and detail work (where are the cars?), but it's done enough that it's worth posting. This is... I dunno, maybe ten hours of work total, and, as usual, all vector art in CorelDRAW.
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Grendelkin [2016-12-18 08:55:12 +0000 UTC]

This is great.

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WhiskeyFox [2016-03-31 23:37:23 +0000 UTC]

I think she is simply lovely!

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CaptainPrower [2015-10-14 09:07:20 +0000 UTC]

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phantom-inker In reply to CaptainPrower [2015-10-14 11:07:31 +0000 UTC]

Not intentionally. Β I drew this picture long before that show was even a glimmer in Lauren Faust's eye. Β The colors just work well together.

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Enron-II In reply to phantom-inker [2015-12-27 20:43:18 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I knew this was made in 2008, but gotta admit, when viewed in a 2015 lens, the coincidence of her color scheme, eye color, and hairstyle together matching a certain apple pone is quite funny.


Of course, it IS just coincidence. We don't have time travel just yet...Β 


Also, spider silk bridges would be friggin' awesome to have. Cheap to maintain, and as you said, ridiculously strong and durable.

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AwesomeAlex2001 [2015-03-27 21:31:58 +0000 UTC]

Hey uhh does she spin webs and Cocoon her victims?

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AwesomeAlex2001 [2015-03-13 03:26:16 +0000 UTC]

Uhhhhhh whats that area where theres a hole that the webs come out?

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phantom-inker In reply to AwesomeAlex2001 [2015-03-20 00:28:01 +0000 UTC]

It's not really a hole. Β There are organs there that produce silk, called spinnerets. Β en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinnere…

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AwesomeAlex2001 In reply to phantom-inker [2015-03-20 01:05:56 +0000 UTC]

Ahh it looks kinda cute
Like its very detailed
So does she cocoon stuff

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Moonbow69 In reply to AwesomeAlex2001 [2016-01-02 03:31:44 +0000 UTC]

Possibly. Also, if I had a stack of hundreds for every Bill Cipher I've seen, I'd be pretty damn rich.

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AwesomeAlex2001 In reply to Moonbow69 [2016-02-08 00:29:01 +0000 UTC]

Wym?

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PatricktheHenchman [2015-02-04 01:15:08 +0000 UTC]

I guess she gets assigned to repair the Golden Gate bridge a lot, seeing how many timesΒ weΒ that bridge getting destroyed.

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redbellcat [2014-11-24 18:23:41 +0000 UTC]

I love her! She's so cute and looks happy >A<

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GuesssWho9 [2014-11-22 22:05:25 +0000 UTC]

You should write a whole story.

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MrNiceGuy4 [2014-06-14 19:19:33 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of how biotechnologists are still trying to produce spider silk for applications such as this. Since spider silk is such a big protein, they're using goat mammary glands. They've created genetically engineered goats that produce it in their milk. (They're only 0.0000001% spider...but technically they ARE "spider-goats".) They got the protein isolated, but, unfortunately, it fell through for one major reason: producing the protein is only "half" of the equation. Apparently the "spinneret" organ is just as essential to properly assemble the proteins into strands that make high quality silk that has the desired properties. Attempts to "replicate" the spinneret so far have yielded product inferior to steel... We'll have to actually make a synthetic spinneret itself to get it to work, which is a problem because biologists don't really understand how the spinneret works yet.

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phantom-inker In reply to MrNiceGuy4 [2014-06-16 05:12:03 +0000 UTC]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=714-Io…

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Centaur71 [2014-01-31 06:07:14 +0000 UTC]

I think she needs to be an internet specialist; she's good working on the WEB *rimshot*

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Adam95F [2013-06-06 19:37:30 +0000 UTC]

Interesting universe. Also love the art.

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aintn0body [2013-04-06 07:01:21 +0000 UTC]

I've noticed you keep referring to "the change" in your descriptions. Is it some kind of widespread medical condition in this setting?

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phantom-inker In reply to aintn0body [2013-04-06 11:28:24 +0000 UTC]

Go read "Caity's World" [link]

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aintn0body In reply to phantom-inker [2013-04-06 18:52:25 +0000 UTC]

...Hoo boy, this could take a while.

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Moonship223 [2013-03-31 00:29:00 +0000 UTC]

Interesting work here. Good to see that a 'monster' has been allowed to do something useful for society, instead of eating derelects in some dark alley. Good job, decent taste.

As for the lack of cars, maybe they closed the bridge for repairs?

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laughingvulcan [2012-05-27 03:04:18 +0000 UTC]

SUCH a cool use of a Drider! Very much a fave!
For some reason, I want to toss her a bottled Ice Tea and then talk to her on her break...

*Adds 'Drider' to list of beings he wants to sketch*

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DS45 [2011-07-20 13:34:48 +0000 UTC]

a asewome edie to yous spider silk and it will by easy for her two clim hi playsis asewome job

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Keeshaba [2010-05-28 21:11:50 +0000 UTC]

Ingenious idea! Bravo!

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ttobserve [2010-05-28 19:27:48 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant idea!

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Baz-T-Yat [2010-05-28 00:23:28 +0000 UTC]

That's actually pretty cool

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TriffRaff [2009-07-04 13:25:14 +0000 UTC]

Clever. Very clever!

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centaurlink1121 [2009-06-26 21:40:04 +0000 UTC]

Is this the same Change as in Caity's World(hope I spelled it right)?

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phantom-inker In reply to centaurlink1121 [2009-06-27 12:39:33 +0000 UTC]

I thought so when I drew this. I'm not so sure now. Consider that an interesting side possibility.

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appletreeyaoi [2008-11-30 15:57:53 +0000 UTC]

WOAH! awesome. i love it!

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phantom-inker In reply to appletreeyaoi [2008-11-30 16:35:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I bet you don't see that every day, now, do you?

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appletreeyaoi In reply to phantom-inker [2008-11-30 17:08:29 +0000 UTC]

if it weren't for my stubborn arachnophopia, i'd love to see it every day xD

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MitchellTF [2008-07-04 18:25:58 +0000 UTC]

W00T!

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KazaraYume [2008-06-18 17:14:33 +0000 UTC]

An excellent way for driders to be useful and practical in a modern setting. Though, I do hope all driders eat enough protein, because making that quantity of silk would be very draining, I'd think.

Keep up the good work, you just earned another watcher.

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amethystamy [2008-06-17 17:24:33 +0000 UTC]

Nice!

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Tora044 [2008-06-17 06:04:18 +0000 UTC]

Whoa awesome, very unique concept about Driders

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Manjaro-Wolf [2008-06-15 03:06:19 +0000 UTC]

great job the story makes the picture more interesting

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centaurlink1121 In reply to Manjaro-Wolf [2009-06-26 21:38:11 +0000 UTC]

Thats LAZOR to you.

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Manjaro-Wolf In reply to centaurlink1121 [2009-07-18 05:19:41 +0000 UTC]

???O.O??

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Artificer-Urza [2008-06-14 16:39:06 +0000 UTC]

Strong as steel; works by feel; for one gives room; for others brings doom. What am I?

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phantom-inker In reply to Artificer-Urza [2008-06-17 13:42:46 +0000 UTC]

Poetic?

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Artificer-Urza In reply to phantom-inker [2008-06-17 13:53:34 +0000 UTC]

Ha ha, funny. I'm sure you know, but I'll say it anyways: it's a riddle, the answer to which is 'spider thread'

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QwertyChris [2008-06-14 10:26:10 +0000 UTC]

Now that is a cute and clever picture. And another good thing is that spiders are extreamly fast web-spinners. No doubt the same would incline to dridders also. Excellent work

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ericnthered123 [2008-06-14 06:44:10 +0000 UTC]

Great pic, nice detail and info.

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MiraKHall [2008-06-14 05:29:27 +0000 UTC]

Oh, god, I wish it would be that easy!

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phantom-inker In reply to MiraKHall [2008-06-14 06:31:55 +0000 UTC]

Yah, cheap and easy money, although I suppose your spinnarets might be sore and tired at the end of every day:
"Honey, can you make me a hammock?"
"I'm tired, dear; just use the rope one in the garage."

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jkrolak In reply to phantom-inker [2008-06-14 07:06:40 +0000 UTC]

To say nothing of their large protein needs to generate new thread. In the wild, spiders will often consume old web to conserve that particular resource.

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phantom-inker In reply to jkrolak [2008-06-17 13:42:20 +0000 UTC]

My guess is she wouldn't want to eat thread that's been up on the bridge for a few years, so I'm thinking cheeseburgers, and lots of 'em.

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jkrolak In reply to phantom-inker [2008-06-18 03:27:36 +0000 UTC]

But could you imagine her ordering them at the local In & Out Burger... I'll take 2 dozen, big, fresh, juicy, a side of flies and a large beetle to go....

And did you know that some silks can be made more weather and water resistant for building egg sacks and draglines?

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