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Published: 2007-07-28 14:28:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1889; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 29
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Description I tend to always be too slow/late for popular art trends and in this case I think I'm a little late, since it has now exploded in popularity and I'm just another drop in the ocean BUT HAY it's something for you guys to look at right?

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So okay, the sprite ended up turning out better than it looked while I was working on it, though I feel there was a little discrepancy in the rules, which state that the character should be yourself and not one of your characters, and another said it should be your screen name. My screen name IS one of my characters so I attempted to get around it thus.

Originally I was going to have myself with Crumbs and the girl since I had struck a plea bargain with `delya for permission to use more than one character*, then decided to include Drizzle, then thought I'd use all of the 2nd cast and put the rest in the background in heavy shadow. Eventually I went back to my first idea when I remembered how much work it woud be. But I did make the outlines of the 'toons thicker so as to differentiate. Ain't I thoughtful?

So like a number of cartoonists I had already conceptualised a fighting game with my own characters (details of which are only known to my scrap watchers so far) so I already have movesets for myself but while my primary weapon is usually the mallet, I felt that for the outlandish theme of these IDs I would exhibit the "2nd Special Ability," which is totally relevant, I swear: [link]


*lie.
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Comments: 25

ChemicalAlia [2007-08-07 18:50:12 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I'll never understand how you people do these things.

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poinko [2007-08-02 12:48:38 +0000 UTC]

"DASH IT ALL. I better throw mine away right now, I suck so hard at pixels."

Your exact words, I believe. I see now that you're not only a devillishly handsome man, but also the world's worst liar.

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professorfandango In reply to poinko [2007-08-02 15:53:18 +0000 UTC]

Worst liar!? You mean you didn't believe me!?

It did look pretty bad to begin with, I think I hit a plateau of decency halfway through.

NOW WE BATTLE.

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poinko In reply to professorfandango [2007-08-04 16:29:48 +0000 UTC]

HAVE AT YOU, GOOD SIR

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JimboJaymez [2007-07-29 18:00:31 +0000 UTC]

This looks like a Lucasarts game. Man, now I wanna go play Sam and Max.

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professorfandango In reply to JimboJaymez [2007-07-29 21:05:40 +0000 UTC]

I don't recall giving you a cute little choice.

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JimboJaymez In reply to JimboJaymez [2007-07-29 18:01:33 +0000 UTC]

Also, it looks awsome. You pixelate quite nicely.

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ThisIsMetal [2007-07-29 02:19:15 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE IT.

I'll probably do one tomorrow. How long did this take you?

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professorfandango In reply to ThisIsMetal [2007-07-29 10:30:29 +0000 UTC]

Bearing in mind that I didn't work non stop, the sprite took abut two days - 'cause it was damn hard - and the rest took about the equivalent of another day.

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FractiousLemon [2007-07-28 19:56:19 +0000 UTC]

Comment #3 because I love you. And because I'm too scatterbrained to think of all these things in one comment. I like that you gave the 'toons a thicker outline than Replay. That might make a good distinction between the real world humans and the cartoon characters in 2nd!

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professorfandango In reply to FractiousLemon [2007-07-28 20:23:25 +0000 UTC]

It might just! It was also my first proper attempt at that "thick and thin line weight" thing that everybody loves so much.

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FractiousLemon In reply to professorfandango [2007-07-28 20:34:51 +0000 UTC]

... What?

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FractiousLemon [2007-07-28 19:55:10 +0000 UTC]

By the way, is there a particular layout or set of rules concerning these IDs? And, if so, where can they be found? If I do one of these, I'd want it to be "official."

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professorfandango In reply to FractiousLemon [2007-07-28 20:22:26 +0000 UTC]

DIDN'T YOU VISIT THE POPULAR SOURCES!?

[link] Second entry down. It also link to a handy pixel tutorial.

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FractiousLemon In reply to professorfandango [2007-07-28 20:34:34 +0000 UTC]

I'd seen all the submissions, but never the tutorials or explanations. I'm definitely going to play around with these when I get home.

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FractiousLemon [2007-07-28 19:51:46 +0000 UTC]

I really want to do one of these, but my pixel art skills are sadly lacking. Maybe I'll cheat and just run a drawing through the pixelate filter in PhotoShop...

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EricMiles [2007-07-28 16:10:44 +0000 UTC]

I like it! Is there anything more to say?

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professorfandango In reply to EricMiles [2007-07-28 16:29:44 +0000 UTC]

You could say "Maybe I'll make one of these" then I can say "Hey you should! I bet it would be excellent!" but that would infer a responsibility you might not want.

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EricMiles In reply to professorfandango [2007-07-28 17:46:32 +0000 UTC]

Awww... but if I was going to... I'd really want to do Vorpal.... not some nameless "EricMiles"

.... also... I wouldn't be able to work on it till Monday....

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JonathonDobbs In reply to professorfandango [2007-07-28 16:33:29 +0000 UTC]

The burden of shoulders to bear such a burden is a shoulder one too many one may wish to bear.

Shoulder.

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professorfandango In reply to JonathonDobbs [2007-07-28 16:36:07 +0000 UTC]

HAVE IT ON MY DESK BY FIVE: [link]

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JonathonDobbs In reply to professorfandango [2007-07-28 16:45:50 +0000 UTC]

But it's already 6:30! D=

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JonathonDobbs [2007-07-28 15:20:19 +0000 UTC]

You are a very special person.

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professorfandango In reply to JonathonDobbs [2007-07-28 16:30:16 +0000 UTC]

An entire short bus to myself!

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JonathonDobbs In reply to professorfandango [2007-07-28 16:31:16 +0000 UTC]

Everyones on about the short bus today...

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