Cartoon me!

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yay im in a masterpeice (i look kinda sad though)

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Thanks.

BLB - I'm less good at drawing dogs than my agent might have let on.

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:
Heh heh heh... you already look like a cartoon character as it is...

Give me a break, it was 8am. I don't usually wake up before 10. 

 

*masterpiece*

I swear, if I ever meet you I'm gonna tear out your talent gland and consume like that! *Snaps fingers*

 

Truly, 'twas more hair than man.

And this was after I got my haircut!   

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Hahahaha. I envy people who can grow hair like that. Mine's so straight, as soon as I try to grow it out it turns into a dome and I end up looking like a blonde Beatle.

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i see miself something like this

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coldangel, I don't suppose I could commission* some pics for some (non-Futurama) fic I'm writing, could I? It's got teenagers, violence, swearing, violence, muggles, magic, romance and violence in it... Tempted?

*read "scrounge"

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BenderLicksButt; for what it's worth that's how I will always see you too.

TriggerHappyJim; See my email.

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Right back at you.

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:

Thanks! Luv my pic!

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No worries.

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:

Well, I drew something for you. I can't just sit and watch everyone else get drawn. You deserve it, bug guy. You've drawn a pic of just about everyone else, so...


Usually I don't color PEELer pics,  but I couldn't help myself on this one. You look so scary. 
Enjoy it, man. You deserve a break!

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Well, this looks promising. Nice work everyone! Any chance on getting a cartoon version of me?




Your choice. The first is from now, the second, a few months back. Perhaps May? It doesn't matter

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Nice drawing there kitkat

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@ Kitkat - heeeey, thanks bro. Heh heh, lookit me, I'm what I always aspired to be - a complete nutter... but OMG, not as much of a nutter as WOOTER! Hey, where's YOUR photo? 

@ Wooter - so much for me being the creepiest looking bastard on here.
Throw down your gun - don't be so reckless.
I love your T-Shirt though.

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Heh, awesome. Awesome to the max.

The gun was unloaded, the barrel wasn't pointed at anyone, and my finger was on the trigger guard, not the trigger. I am very safe with guns.

The most dangerous thing that could have happened is if I dropped it on my foot.

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Hehe, it's all good man. I know    . Just people who pose for photographs brandishing firearms tend to suffer one of two things - lampooning or framing for assassination of heads of state.
Where were you on the 22nd of November, 1963? *narrows eyes*

Heh heh, dinosaur hunting... I love it. Where can I get one of those shirts?

EDIT: You know... speaking of conspiracy theories, did you ever watch The X Files? Because you bear a strong resemblence to a character in that show named Langly - he's a computer hacker and part of an underground conspiracy publication called (coincidentally) 'The Lone Gunman'.

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Okay, Langly looks more like Garth from Wyane's world than he looks like me. But there is a similarity.

I got that t-shirt from here. Unfortunately they stopped selling them.

It sells various nerdy stuff. The design was from a tattoo of a character in a webcomic.

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Oh, that's a shame. I'd have worn one of those with pride.

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Being the self-indulgent egotistical knob that I am, I decided to try my hand at drawing myself. Look at that - it's me! Wow, what a wanker I am.
You see, the terrifying part about this is that's in no way stylized: those clothes are exactly what I'm wearing now, including the gloves, and I smoke cigars, AND I have that samurai sword up on my mantlepiece.
I guess the question you have to ask yourself is - 'who does this dickhead think he is?'...

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Crikey, which cartoon did you escape from! 

Exquisite drawings, as always!

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I don't know if my art imitates me or I imitate my art, but I have a feeling it's the latter.

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:
I don't know if my art imitates me or I imitate my art, but I have a feeling it's the latter.

Well, your ego isn't as big as it could be:

• No blood.
• No massively bulging muscles.
• No grenades.
• No pistol;
• No sawed-off 12-gauge;
• No Uzi in a DeSantis shoulder rig;

Nuthin'.
Just a tanto, and a 'tude.

There may be hope for you yet. 

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I just came back to my old thread and noticed I have been drawn by Coldy. You my friend are amazing. That's a damn good drawing. Thank you You did a good job of Wooter and Soylent too

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Hahaha. Well in real life I'm not particularly fond of firearms. I use them if I absolutely have to, but whenever possible I prefer the nobility and tradition of a blade. I have a large collection of swords and knives and machetes and bayonettes and... all sorts of blades. I find them to be quite exquisite works of functional art.
As for massive mulging muscles... well I keep those hidden for the sake of modesty 

BeanBeanBean - No worries, and thanks! 

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man,you look like sam fisher from splinter cell.

If you don't know who sam fisher is 'click here...IF YOU DARE'

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Haha, yeah. With another ten years under my belt perhaps.

Here's a question - in a fight between Mr Fisher and Solid Snake, who would win?
I'd put my money on Snake. They're both highly-trained operatives, but Snake has the advantage of being genetically-modified specifically for war.

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:
... I'm not particularly fond of firearms. I use them if I absolutely have to, but whenever possible I prefer the nobility and tradition of a blade.

Tradition? Okay; Ill concede that.

Nobility?

As I understand it, the goal of a soldier or mercenary is to overcome their adversary by any means at hand; be it bombs, bullets, blades, or blunt force.
I fail to see the nobility in this.
Don’t misunderstand: Anyone who stands in harms way for the sake of the citizenry has my respect!
But where’s the nobility in down-and-dirty combat?

As for massive mulging muscles... well I keep those hidden for the sake of modesty   

Ah… what I said about hope? Nevermind… 

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Wow....coldangel_1, bro. That's so good it isn't even funny.   
*smacks head*
Sword. Sword...Why didn't I think of a sword? All I managed to come up with when I drew you was a fist. Hehe, absolutely superb, as usual. You know what, I think maybe I'm gonna give this a shot...this pic is of a little bit younger e, with bad lighting, so my identity is still essentially safe:

There, now draw a kick-ass picture of me. 

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Originally posted by SpaceCase:
I fail to see the nobility in this.
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Perhaps the wrong word to use. Perhaps honour is more fitting. When you respect an adversary you face him openly, one-on-one, as opposed to popping him from a concealed sniper's roost half a klick away. At least, that's how I've always felt. The true warrior would want to be bested in open combat, not be taken out by something he never even saw. That's what I've always liked about medievil warfare and weapons - they are truer to the essence of the combatant. Modern warfare is more like a chore - sweeping up a troublesome mess, as you say 'through whatever means necessary'.
War used to be a gentleman's pursuit, as paradoxical as that may sound... but paradox or not, it never used to suffer the massive civilian casualties it does today... not usually, and never by accident.

Blowing up a platoon of men by a long-range air-to-surface missile just isn't..... *sporting*. I laugh at myself for using that word, but I don't know how else to put it. There's just something elemental about pitting steel with steel and skill against skill. It's probably not nobility, no... but it's fair.

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Yeeeeeees! Excellant again, coldangel! I know they're kinda hard to see, so just as a heads up, I have braids on that side of my head.  No prob though, it's still fantastic.

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:
Blowing up a platoon of men by a long-range air-to-surface missile just isn't... *sporting*... There's just something elemental about pitting steel with steel and skill against skill. It's probably not nobility, no... but it's fair.

The sportsman's ethic, and the soldier's ethic would seem to conflict.

Your pictures - especially of KKBF - are very good; you're a gifted artist. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Please, do keep it up. 

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This is where I get off. The difference between a soldier and a warrior - the soldier is a tool of tyrants; a mechanism that serves a function without question or preamble. The warrior is a different creature altogether; he fights because he believes in something, and he does it in a way that he sees as right - he's not a mindless grunt having his strings pulled by a government.
I think of myself as a warrior, or rather I used to... now I'm just a guy with some interesting scars.

Cheers for your compliments and it's a great pleasure to share my talent. I do this stuff all the time for no reason; having other people enjoy it makes it infinitely more fun.

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Man! You all look so young!
One of moi? *puppyeyes*

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Young? Me? I'm 23!
Okay, I admit that's still young...
But I'm an old soul.
Or something...
Here's a pic...

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:That's what I've always liked about medievil warfare and weapons - they are truer to the essence of the combatant. Modern warfare is more like a chore - sweeping up a troublesome mess, as you say 'through whatever means necessary'.
War used to be a gentleman's pursuit, as paradoxical as that may sound... but paradox or not, it never used to suffer the massive civilian casualties it does today... not usually, and never by accident.

I think this is probably the wrong thread for me to weigh in on, but historically, massive and intentional civilian casualties were usually the whole point of much of medieval 'warfare'. Damage was done to an opponent by the depopulation and destruction of his agricultural lands. Armies clashing were a very small part of an overall campaign, despite the best efforts of chroniclers of the time to romanticise it.

War was indeed a gentleman's pursuit, where gentlemen are defined as the rich and powerful elite, and armies and fighting were a gentleman's plaything.

On topic, great set of pics here and elsewhere!

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I guess it has been a while since I was in the middle ages. But I still like swordfighting more than carpet-bombing.

NB: Depopulation and destruction of agricultural lands, or the equivalent, is now done by sanctions. They have the same result, it's just that the modern 'civilized' way is agonizingly slow.
I suppose nothing really changes.

Cheers for that. I'm currently playing around with Paint Shop Pro 7. I think I'm getting the hang of it.

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Originally posted by Tastes Like Fry:
Man! You all look so young!

Excuse me? I'm only a few years younger than you, missy. Not by much, mind you! 

@coldangel_1: Another superb rendition of someone's face. They keep getting better everytime! Oh, and by the way, I really think that Tastes Like Fry's is spot-on excellant!

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Cheers for the compliment, but please to be staying on topic - this thread is about relative barbarity of medievil warfare VS modern warfare.

...no, wait... ahh... that's not right.

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:
I guess it has been a while since I was in the middle ages. But I still like swordfighting more than carpet-bombing.

If you're going to be unflappably and dourly realistic, then you'd have to say that both are just ways of fighting, methods of killing. Dead is dead, homeless, starved, and traumatised is the same regardless of the technology level of your killers/ raiders.

But I think that fantasy has a role to play too - you've got to be allowed to fantasise, roleplay, be creative (look at the site we're on...  ), it's unrealistic to pretend we don't need our fantasies. Just have to remember where the boundaries are, to ensure fantasy and reality don't get confused. As you say:

 

Originally posted by coldangel_1:NB: Depopulation and destruction of agricultural lands, or the equivalent, is now done by sanctions. They have the same result, it's just that the modern 'civilized' way is agonizingly slow.
I suppose nothing really changes.

...and it's well put 

 

Originally posted by coldangel_1:Cheers for that. I'm currently playing around with Paint Shop Pro 7. I think I'm getting the hang of it.

'Rah! It's a fairly simple process, really, and you're obviously experienced enough in other art media to get to grips with it quickly. It can take a bit of time at first, but it gets easier - that example pic I sent took about an hour, hour and a half to line, including the background.