A couple of pics...

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Fantastic. That's beyond cool.

But, the really cool thing (for me) is that Cale Black looks like me physically, AND has (what I want to be) my future job. SCORE!

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"What?"

p.s: Is a 'mercenary' a soldier gone AWOL?....I've never really known what it means.

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:
 

A mercenary is essentially a gun for hire. A soldier who fights in wars in an unofficial capacity primarily for private gain, and normally with no regard for ideologies, national, or political considerations.

However I should add that this dude is only a merc at the begining of the novel. He moves on to champion a much nobler cause than his back pocket. Goes through some nice character development.

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Oooh...so very cool. I love the design, however simple that is on his jacket and pants. It really works to show you that this dude means buisness. The hair is also simplistic and nide. It gives me the feeling that this fella is a truly down-and-dirty guy. And the guns..ooh, I want one of thise guns.
 *drools*
If you want more suggestions, how about drawing some animals? You've proved that you can drawn one hell of a human, but I've only seen you draw my Tox animal (and Nibbler) before. I'd like to see some wild creatures kicking ass too! 

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Ooop... you gave me an idea...
I'm gonna draw Fry and Leela fighting a giant space squid.

[Reply #524 on:]

The Kraken: In Space

[Reply #525 on:]

Yeah.
But tomorrow. I'll sleep soon.

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Oi, "no rest for the wicked", you wicked man.   

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:

A mercenary is essentially a gun for hire. A soldier who fights in wars in an unofficial capacity primarily for private gain, and normally with no regard for ideologies, national, or political considerations.

Back in 1980-81, when I wrestled in Georgia and Florida we had a merc on the circuit.  He was a former special forces army type guy, most of the guys hated to be in the ring with him because he worked too 'stiff'; a match with him would lead to at least a busted lip or knots on your head.  At least he didn't complain when he got roughed up in return.  (I know that this guy took a hell of a beating from Buzz Sawyer, Matt Borne and me during one match as payment for his transgressions against us.  He never complained about it...)

Anyway, this guy called himself an "Ardvark Exterminator", which was Soldier of Fortune slang for a merc back in the 80's.  He'd disappear from the circuit for a few weeks and come back - always flush with money (rumor was he was muscle for people transporting drugs from South America).  It was how he financed his habit... collecting valuable paintings.  Seriously - this guy who was as bloodthirsty and violent as any human I've ever met bred horses and collected fine art.  He also had the sweetest, most naive wife in the whole world.  My manager/girlfriend and future wife, Lisa went out with her several times and the gal didn't have any idea what her husband did on his "Missions of Mercy".

That's my only firsthand knowledge of a merc.  This guy died just a few weeks ago.  A little part of me died when I saw that - at least he knew how to live and enjoy life to the max.  Something that precious few people can do.

Now maybe a fanfic from you with something a little different - Fry, Leela and Bender being mercs.  Not too much out of character - Bender would fit in perfectly (especially if money, fame and hookerbots are involved), Leela will do anything if it's something that she strongly believes in and Fry will follow Leela because of his love, devotion and trust in her.

Leela loves all living creatures but I do believe that she will kill another person if she feels that they threaten her or somebody she cares about (Fry, Bender and her parents and mayber Nibbler).  Fry will kill instinctively if he feels that Leela's in any mortal danger.  Bender will do what he feels that he can get away with.

A more extreme tale than the one that had Bender's statue.

Anyway, your art rules.  You have Marcus and El-Man willing to take you under their wings and help you learn how to take a good picture and turn it into a piece of art (El-Man and Marcus are two of the finest blokes that I've met on the web.  I've even sent El-Man a Harley Davidson T-shirt from a concert from Colorado called 'Thunder In The Rockies'.  Marcus knows the klan that my wife came from in Ireland.)

And I do really enjoy your anime-style characters.  For some reason, your anime-style Leela's facial design works very well for her - and her body is humanly proportional and enjoyable to look at.

Forgive this rabling message - a tough 12 hour shift and my cooling down period before I go to bed is usually the time I type all kinds of rambling crap.

I'm looking forward towards your next piece of work.

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A mercenary is essentially a gun for hire. A soldier who fights in wars in an unofficial capacity primarily for private gain, and normally with no regard for ideologies, national, or political considerations.

I see. So, A mercenary is basically a bounty hunter.

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Ralph -
Hmmm... I was just the other day discussing a 'darker, grittier Futurama' in one of the other threads. They became smugglers in my last fic, so I guess upping the ante to hired guns isn't that big a leap.
Henchmen just don't hench like they used to.

Getting Leela's face right took a lot of trial and error. I never tried to draw her before a few months ago and I found the eyeball's a bastard of a thing to structure in without making the poor girl look dog-ugly. It's funny how ingrained the basic features of humanity become. I finally came across a combination of dimensions that worked though.
Got a lot of respect for the animators on the show who were able to make a cyclops sexy. It's actually a lot harder than one would think...

Next pic's coming up. It has tentacles in it.
Not *those* kind of tentacles...

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Originally posted by my man-wich!:
 I see. So, A mercenary is basically a bounty hunter.

No.
Bounty Hunters seek out rewards on fugitives to be captured (or in the old days, killed).
Mercenaries fight wars or similar.


Okay, you faceless masses. This new picture I named 'Squid Pro Quo'... though I'm probably the only idiot in the cosmos who'll find that pun even remotely funny.

Ewww... get your tentacles off her you damn dirty squid!



Many years of toil and sacrifice went into making that picture. The bones of scores of slave workers are buried beneath its garish colours.

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Brilliant, as always. Action shots are always fun.

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Fry contemplated waiting until the squid tore off Leela's clothes before he shot it, but common sense prevailed.

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Your art is amazing as are your skills on colouring.

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Thank you.
The colouring skills came free with my toilet brush.

[Reply #535 on:]

That's some toilet brush you got there

[Reply #536 on:]

Oh yes. Only the best will do.

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hi ther r u ther

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I'm sorry I only speak English and Russian. I can't understand you.

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I speak only English and Russian(and French) too but I think thats Omicronian.

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Omicronian is more organized

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Fuckin' dickheadese if you ask me. I can't bloody abide dumb shit kids using their stupid mobile phone text speak like it's actually a legitimate form of communication. The brainless litte fuckers are RAPING the English language, and I'm sick of it. I love this language, and I'm not going to acknowledge anyone who approaches me with shit like "hi ther r u ther". Bull-fucking-shit. You want to speak to me, do it properly. Language is a refinement of civilization, arguably the most important one - if you degrade it knowingly and willingly you become uncivilized by choice and are worth less than dirt.
That's my rant.
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THIS HERE is the first illustration I've done for my next fanfic. The fic itself is in a pre-alpha state so there's nothing much of it except what's jotted down on the back of my brain. So it'll be quite a while until you see any of the story. Nevertheless, I thought it'd be fun to tease you with this and not offer any explanation of what's going on.
Mwuhahaha.

Oh, and the fic is gonna be called 'A River with Currents'. That title is derived from a line spoken by Spock in the Star Trek Original Series episode ‘The City on the Edge of Forever’ - he says: "Time is fluid ... like a river with currents, eddies, backwash".
And that's the only hint I'm giving about what the fic will deal with.

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:

Okay, you faceless masses. This new picture I named 'Squid Pro Quo'... though I'm probably the only idiot in the cosmos who'll find that pun even remotely funny.

Ewww... get your tentacles off her you damn dirty squid!

Squid Pro Qou! Heh, chalk me up as idiot number two then because I found it funny.

mmmm...  tentacles... 

 

Originally posted by coldangel_1:
Fuckin' dickheadese if you ask me. I can't bloody abide dumb shit kids using their stupid mobile phone text speak like it's actually a legitimate form of communication. The brainless litte fuckers are RAPING the English language, and I'm sick of it. I love this language, and I'm not going to acknowledge anyone who approaches me with shit like "hi ther r u ther". Bull-fucking-shit. You want to speak to me, do it properly. Language is a refinement of civilization, arguably the most important one - if you degrade it knowingly and willingly you become uncivilized by choice and are worth less than dirt.
That's my rant.

Yes hrrmm.. I do believe that the Unofficial FAQ states and I quote:

Chat Talk
Basically what I’m saying is don’t use numbers and horribly shortened lettering/wording in you posts. Just remember what fry said "There's no such thing as 2". PEEL operates with a "Use English" policy. Try to spell correctly and try to get your grammar right, however typos can make for some odd topics.
Along with chat speak, ALL CAPS or AlTeRnAtInG cApS are very annoying and should never be used, especially in a thread topic.

Original source

Make whatever you want from it but I believe Coldangel_1 have a point.
Oh and before you start to berate me for my poor English, I would like to point out that English isn't my first language. At least I try. Now on with our regular show! 

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You write very well. I wouldn't have guessed it was your second language, not at all.

And I am so glad you liked my Squid Pro Quo gag. It took me 72 hours of sitting and staring at my own hands with sweat beading on my furrowed brow before I was able to conjour it.

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Oh I get it!Fry starts to drink,loses hand after acsident with a hover car,drinks even more,Bender's personality changes after update,they three find table in a fog on a unknown planet and Amy lookes jealous coz she wants that sigarette.
Naw I'm just kidding that's one of the greatest peaces of fan art work I ever seen.

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Hahaha.
That's close, but not even remotely close. 
Thanks bud.

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Place your bets, place your bets!

Bender accidently rips off Fry's arm while showing off to hookerbots and cheap floozies Also, Leela goes off on the deep end, angrily waltzing out of PE crew's life, especially Fry's, after some sort of stupidisaster (see what I did there?).

Time travel solves the problems, but at a price.

Not wanting/expecting an answer, but look forward to seeing how desperately wrong I was... 

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Well you were right about the time-travel. But that was a gimme.

Ha, stupidisaster - I love it.

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Brilliant picture there Coldy. Shame the squid didn't try as hard to get Leelas clothes off. We need a more tougher squid. But great pic non the less. It's now my new wallpaper

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Thanks bro.

Wallpaper, eh?
That'll be $29.95

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Do you take visa?

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:
Well you were right about the time-travel. But that was a gimme.

Ha, stupidisaster - I love it.

My favourite one was a Sexually Transmitted Disease of the future, "Explosyphilis". The NNY State Health Dept. awareness campaign even coined a motto: Explosyphilis - wrap up, don't blow up.

edit: I'm addicted to vanity. Sorry.

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Just noticed that Amy looks cute in that pic that Coldy made a few posts up.

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:

At first glance, Fry made me think of Spike from Cowboy Bebop...Probably the cigarette.

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Originally posted by coldangel_1:
Fuckin' dickheadese if you ask me. I can't bloody abide dumb shit kids using their stupid mobile phone text speak like it's actually a legitimate form of communication. The brainless litte fuckers are RAPING the English language, and I'm sick of it. I love this language, and I'm not going to acknowledge anyone who approaches me with shit like "hi ther r u ther". Bull-fucking-shit. You want to speak to me, do it properly. Language is a refinement of civilization, arguably the most important one - if you degrade it knowingly and willingly you become uncivilized by choice and are worth less than dirt.
That's my rant.
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I agree, my parents tell me to only use my mobile for emergencys and thats all I would ever use it for anyway.

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those are some kick ass artworks, can't wait for the fanfic

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At first glance, Fry made me think of Spike from Cowboy Bebop...Probably the cigarette

Reminds me more of Jet

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Oh yeah...the arm...

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Marcus - hehe, I like that one.

BeanBeanBean! - she needs cuteness-reduction surgery.

Maz - Yeah, plus he's got Jet's arm. But Spike is definately being channelled there.

ZoidZoid - well now there is an emergency. Because I'm in your house, and I'm getting closer to where you are...

Tyraniak - thanks dude. But wait you shall, because she ain't done bub.

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Oooh. Pretty.
I like that new one up there. Fry's robotic arm thingie looks like it could slice a German Natzi clean in half.
Very, very cool.