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Published: 2010-09-20 03:53:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 53493; Favourites: 479; Downloads: 2833
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Description Fanart for the amazing, enigmatic Todd In The Shadows , who does critiques of current pop music. He's very, very funny and comments on all parts of the music, as well as giving pertinent background information on the singer(s).

(Also he would say much funnier stuff than I have here... but I tried.)

Song featured: "Like a G6" by Far East Movement

I have no idea what his thoughts on this song actually are. I don't think it's good, but I don't mind it. [hell I listened to it on repeat for the 6 hours it took me to do this]

Check out Todd In The Shadows at the link above or his twitter . He's great!

ETA: Forgot to mention... this is inspired by my synesthesia, which creates movements and colors for music. It's difficult to draw exactly what it looks like; this is my approximation. Whenever Todd talks about certain parts of music I sort of imagine him grabbing them out of the air ^_~

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ETA II: Todd posted about this pic in his twitter! The more I look at this (amazing) fanart of me, the more I wonder what the artist thinks of me. My world is bleak, muted, gray. I am bored. I turn on the radio. My world is suddenly filled with bright, vibrant colors. I am shocked and quickly begin criticizing the colors, harshly. Then, I run out of energy and return to my boredom and my bleak, dull room. What does this mean about me?

Aahh! It wasn't my intention to imply... whatever he's getting at there XD Quite the opposite, in fact. To me, the music is garish and invasive, and he's calling it as he sees it... and it ends this way (frustratingly) because it's sad that that's the kind of thing that's on the radio all the time. Erm anyway, thanks for all the comments and favs!

Twitter links:
[link] [link] [link] [link]

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Son of ETA II: [Krin] recently drew a fanart of me listening to a song called "Like a G6". ...I actually heard that song for the first time today and, as it turns out, the artist nailed my reaction exactly. ...I read where you said the music in your fanart was supposed to be garish. I like your art style too much to see it that way.

Well, hot damn!

Twitter links:
[link] [link] [link]

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*two months later, Nov 2010*

ETA IV:
He did a review of this song! Check it out.
He said: I considered taking your jokes, but I decided I'd better come up with my own.

...aaaand shortly thereafter asked me if I wanted to be a title card artist. ^_^

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*a couple months after that, early 2011*


ETA V: Todd did a commentary on his review of "Like A G6" (as well as "Whip My Hair"). He mentions this fanart. Go watch!

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ETA VI: COOL someone added this to tvtropes as an example of Defictionalization! Thank you, whoever did that!! (I feel special ^__^) Click "Web Original" [link]
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Comments: 87

rosesatastopsign [2016-08-01 15:57:26 +0000 UTC]

sadly, this is an accurate representation of every time I turn on the radio. props to you; and you captured synesthesia and "new music" far too well. I love it.

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Sheendough [2014-01-14 09:23:59 +0000 UTC]

I actually came here from ComplimentBackfire.

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Chatciel In reply to Sheendough [2014-02-22 21:28:13 +0000 UTC]

I came here fromΒ Compliment Backfire too!

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TheButterfly In reply to Sheendough [2014-01-14 11:08:00 +0000 UTC]

Heh, cool. Thanks for letting me know!

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ResiFan92 [2013-11-15 06:04:27 +0000 UTC]

So much attention to detail, you really nailed it.

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Acaciathorn [2013-09-22 16:07:26 +0000 UTC]

My favorite TGWTG reviewer!

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ResiFan92 In reply to Acaciathorn [2013-11-15 06:05:31 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, easily the best, I like that he isn't as predictable with his jokes as others on the site.

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MDcowboy15 [2013-05-27 08:45:47 +0000 UTC]

That is amazing!

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KitsuneLenali [2013-04-15 10:18:18 +0000 UTC]

LOL-Todd!

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BeardBrain43 [2013-04-06 23:18:16 +0000 UTC]

Zis is pure awesomeness!
Todd would be proud.
Ze Captain approves~

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Tuckerscreator [2013-02-10 02:37:43 +0000 UTC]

Added it to another Tv Tropes article: Compliment Backfire, under Real Life. [link] Though noting Todd was joking, of course!

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TheButterfly In reply to Tuckerscreator [2013-02-10 22:24:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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chromesthesia [2012-10-09 20:05:52 +0000 UTC]

Sweet. I have synesthesia too.

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psychicXpsychosirin [2012-08-13 16:15:11 +0000 UTC]

Love the art! And that's so cool that he noticed it!

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Art-loving-Fairybug [2012-07-25 04:08:37 +0000 UTC]

I was going to make a comment about synesthesia, but, then I read your artist's comments. I married into a family of synesthetics -- my second-eldest sister-in law has sound-to-color, like you. It's kind of neat, to better understand what she must 'see' every day. And this is so beautiful!

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TellMeWhatYouSee [2012-04-26 12:49:11 +0000 UTC]

I adore Todd and I LOVE this. It's so beautiful.

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LiteralNovice [2012-04-12 00:02:22 +0000 UTC]

This is exactly what he would say. That's what's so awesome about this as a whole.

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LiteralNovice In reply to LiteralNovice [2012-06-04 08:45:45 +0000 UTC]

Also: "The lyrics are a mixture of Ke$ha's diary pages and cocktail recipes. ....So Ke$ha's diary. Yeah."

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AndytheB-Artist [2012-03-07 03:27:22 +0000 UTC]

Did you draw this before or after Todd reviewed "Like a G6"?

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TheButterfly In reply to AndytheB-Artist [2012-03-07 03:38:18 +0000 UTC]

I drew this months before he reviewed it. I drew it before he ever heard the song. Details in the artist's notes.

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Sapphire-Petal [2011-09-25 13:16:57 +0000 UTC]

This is so great, I have no other words except... it's awesome DD

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TheButterfly In reply to Sapphire-Petal [2011-09-25 14:25:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! ^_^

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PepperJAQ [2011-09-19 02:59:21 +0000 UTC]

Ah, so this is the beginning of it all. yeah, that's todd alright.

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Dantesparda90 [2011-09-14 15:03:21 +0000 UTC]

Todd in the shadows is my hero

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stevethepocket [2011-09-11 00:51:17 +0000 UTC]

I like your twist on his Fergie joke in the sixth panel.

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Goldindragon [2011-06-25 05:10:19 +0000 UTC]

This is a very good representation of the show, but the story that this lead to is the best part.

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TheButterfly In reply to Goldindragon [2011-06-25 14:28:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! =3

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mbaker [2011-05-12 10:36:15 +0000 UTC]

Todd's doing the music world A big favor by fending off Ke$ha's influence from the masses.

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TheButterfly In reply to mbaker [2011-05-12 19:49:41 +0000 UTC]

Heh. I like Kesha's music ^_~

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mbaker In reply to TheButterfly [2011-05-13 11:12:25 +0000 UTC]

That's ironic since Todd criticizes her in most of his reviews. Good piece, though.

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TheButterfly In reply to mbaker [2011-05-13 23:37:08 +0000 UTC]

It is ironic. We have nearly opposite taste in pop music. And thanks. ^^

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AmethystStar [2011-04-24 06:10:06 +0000 UTC]

Love it. Glad you could inspire Todd and get a title card gig out of it, too. this is a really great comic.

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Semudara [2011-04-20 20:54:00 +0000 UTC]

This is excellent! I think it really captures Todd's persona and reviewing style. As he says, it's an amazing piece of fanart!

It's really no wonder you became his title-card artist after this. ^_^

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TheButterfly In reply to Semudara [2011-04-21 01:39:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ^__^

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tkitcs [2011-04-02 17:24:19 +0000 UTC]

Awesome pic.

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LadyBolet [2011-03-31 01:09:09 +0000 UTC]

Todd is my favorite reviewer, even more so than Doug.

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cherrytiger [2011-03-17 02:59:21 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha! This is genius and portrays him perfectly. Great job!

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RaincloudProductions [2011-03-07 06:44:49 +0000 UTC]

I actually heard his voice when I was reading this. O_o

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TheButterfly In reply to RaincloudProductions [2011-03-07 23:40:32 +0000 UTC]

Yay! ^_^

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RaincloudProductions In reply to TheButterfly [2011-03-08 03:36:24 +0000 UTC]

Yeah! His stuff is pretty funny... so it was enjoyable. C:

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CostumesbyCourtney [2011-01-12 10:58:11 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic use of colour.

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BestUsernameEVAR [2010-12-18 23:46:02 +0000 UTC]

HAHAHA I love this! I could totally picture Todd saying this! <3

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canadiankazz [2010-12-01 02:48:39 +0000 UTC]

I love how you use the colours and shapes, because visually, Todd's reviews are quite dark, the most colourful thing is the music and I love how you've shown that. Congrats on the title card gig. XD

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TheButterfly In reply to canadiankazz [2010-12-01 20:59:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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SuperAshBro [2010-11-30 10:55:01 +0000 UTC]

Panel five sounds exactly like something Todd would say, but I think the final panel sums up what makes him such a great reviewer for TGWTG. You've got him down to a tee

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That-Asian-Guy-777 [2010-11-27 16:10:15 +0000 UTC]

Oh man, I LOVE this piece, this is too awesome. What did you use to create this? Illustrator? Corel?

Also, no worries about the dialogue; I thought it was well written, as well as hilarious!

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TheButterfly In reply to That-Asian-Guy-777 [2010-11-27 21:47:24 +0000 UTC]

I used Photoshop07 with a mouse (scanned a pencil sketch and made it pretty with digicolor!). That's why I was wondering how you did your pic- it looks mad better than what I can do with a mouse XD

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That-Asian-Guy-777 In reply to TheButterfly [2010-11-29 08:33:15 +0000 UTC]

Nonsense! I think your work is really great!

If you're interested, I'd be happy to link up on Skype sometime and run you through a few tutorials!

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DuskNinjaKenji [2010-11-14 10:22:18 +0000 UTC]

You know what the funny thing is, he actually did a review of this song recently! This picture must have inspired him to review it, you must be so proud!

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TheButterfly In reply to DuskNinjaKenji [2010-11-14 13:18:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It was very cool to see his review!

(I'd like to think the art inspired him somehow, but I'm sure he would have done the song anyway, because it's so terrible and it hit #1)

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