My Futurama Cartoon(s)

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Godfellas reference.

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Thanks for the positive feedback:)
Truth be bold, I was a bit reluctant to post this one...I considered the joke a bit too cheap, and the drawing didn't take too long, either.

Anyway...here is a quick preview regarding a future cartoon.
This will be the first of 5 pages, so this thing might take a while.
Will be a Bender centered cartoon..

Brilliant, you're so talented at drawing so many hard to draw things! On average how much time do you spend drawing a day/week? It would appear to be a lot...

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Good grief, not at all;)
I did hardly do any drawings since the last two years (when I stopped ridiculing the tabletop game Warmachine). The futurama cartoons are the only ones I've done lately...

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Love those pirate ships. Any chance of seeing a high-res large coloured version of one of those pirate ships? I'd make it my wallpaper. I'd make it my wallpaper and look at it every time I turned my computer on, thinking "awesome, Space Pirates".

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@nerduk>About Hi-Res images: I usually draw my pictures by hand in rather large scale, and reduce size when scanning. That way, the whole drawing looks more precise and accurate. Should someone be interested, I could send out the original seized image, but -I have to warn you- it will rather be a disappointment.
About a coloured version: So far, I did only Black/White cartoons (but I might try some colouring this year).
But the pirate ships will appear in another image, and this one will be REALLY detailled.


@Everyonwhosinterested:
Finished another one this evening:

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It's very nicely done, but it gave me a shudder of fear. Imagine if it happened.

* tnuk shudders again.

@nerduk>About Hi-Res images:

I'd be interested in a high-res as-scanned version of the detailled pirate ship you've got in the works in that case. I can add colour to it myself, I suppose, and then stick it over a shot of a nebula or something for a background.

I just can't draw very well (and I have tried), so I'd never be able to produce the initial image for myself.

This is the sort of thing I end up drawing. It's one of a series of doodles I did whilst working at a call centre, scanned, coloured and gave a background to.

None of them ever ended up looking as good as the ships in my head. The fantasy ones turned out a little better, but overall what I learned is that it's best to leave drawing to the people who actually have a talent for it.

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Awesome Family Guy crossover, but same here:

it gave me a shudder of fear.

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Please don't quote me, ever.

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Why not?

Please don't quote me, ever.

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but it gave me a shudder of fear. Imagine if it happened.

I'm German...and VE CAN'T DO NIZE!!!

Anyway...finished a quick one this evening.



Right now, I have another one in the making. (As this one features a couple wise interpretation of Fry and Leela, I would appreciate Overclockwise not rendering that cartoon anti-canon... )

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Haha that's pretty smart, they should use that joke in the show.

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I am blown away by these. BTW, HUGE Lovecraft fan here. Excellent mention.

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I am pretty much obsessed with the Family Guy crossover. Really nice job there. The Bender-as-Brian is especially hilarious.

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BTW, HUGE Lovecraft fan here.

Lovecraft didn't write the Headless Horseman. That was Washington Irving. Or was it Irving Washington?

Regardless. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow (the tale of the headless horseman) was done by Washington Irving/Irving Washington and not by H.P. Lovecraft.

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Um, totalnerduk, I wasn't talkin about that illustration. He has one earlier about licking Lovecrafts head.


Wait!  I know I saw that. I just scrolled back to find it, and it is gone. WTF, am I stuck in a Lovecraft story? The color out of space? WTF?

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Well that explains that. You're clearly being possessed and driven slowly insane by Hastur.

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Just two quick previews:

Pirate Image Completed (but the complete cartoon will take quite a while)



Preview for another cartoon.



(Nope...not the last picture, but the second last. The question that remains "Can Fry still mess it up?" You'll find out....also much later, for this is also an 8 picture cartoon. Truth be bold, that image told me I shouldn't draw Fry with dishevelled hair any more..my style is just too far away from Groenings that I could afford a change in hairstyle. Anyway...that cartoon will contain 8 pics, you'll see from the previous pics that this is Fry, so I went for the "GEFY*" drawing technique...(really...that thing will be a long time to draw, and the last picture will be character wise a real horror for me to draw...)

*(good enogh for you...)

Shorter cartoons to follow will involve:
- A distress call from planet Amazonia
- A visit to the movies
- Leela's catchphrase

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Wow, the Space Pirate Ships one is really good. These are great, keep up the good work!

(Also, just a side note, this guy appeared on a barrel of beer in Möbius Dick, I never saw anyone mention it:)

Show spoiler

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Wow, the Space Pirate Ships one is really good.

As many of you seem to like the space ships:
I have to admit that I do have some experience when it comes to designing starships:

(Two of my creations)

http://www.phoxim.de/michael_heitz_jedicruiser/michael_heitz_jedicruiser.html

http://www.phoxim.de/michael_heitz_smuggler/michael_heitz_smuggler.html

The Pirate Ships in the cartoons where basically a "rush job": i went for the "Naval Vessel"-like appearance seen in godfellas (and Disneys "Treasure Planet), did add some Dark Eldar design aspects from "Warhammer 40K", and gave the overall design some Star Wars characteristics.

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Oh wow, you are even more talented than previously suggested!

Love the new preview... pretty excited for the full comic.

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Oh wow, you are even more talented than previously suggested!

Hehe, thanks...but I have to admit that rather the Lucasfilm designers deserve that praise. After all, they came up with this kind of starship look...I just did follow their design line.

Well...here is another Preview (I cancelled the short cartoons, and will try to finish this longer cartoon (7 or 8 pictures) over the weekend.



After that one, newer cartoons will probably take a little longer. My Kung Fu School's Summer Holiday is over, which means I will attend training 2-3 times a week (got an office job..so I desperately need that exercise )

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My Kung Fu School's Summer Holiday is over, which means I will attend training 2-3 times a week

Why are you so awesome?

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^That, also.

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Thirded. Aah, I can't wait for the full strips.

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Wow..I announce that Future Cartoons will be delayed, and I am called "awesome" for that...now that's the kind of fans I like Thanks

Anyway..finally finished one long cartoon:
 
A post in this forum gave me that idea

But the thing is, Fry and Leela can have their relationship only mentioned when the plot demands it, similar to Kif and Amy.  We don't need to see them constantly having quickies in the broom closet, or having candlelit brunches in the middle of the work day, or dry humping against the wall.   They share a work place, but they can stay fairly professional about it

Can stay fairly professional? Hm..did sound to me rather like a lesson to be learned the hard (means embarrasing) way )
(The lesson that had to be learned by me regarding that cartoon is that the characters look too realistic when drawn large, but...after all the work I put into that one, I am too lazy right now to draw the first image again...)

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NAKED LEELA. Also, love the last panel.

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NAKED LEELA. Also, love the last panel.

Well...everything that needs to be covered IS covered. I am all Austin Powers regarding that matter...

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 Everything in your drawings are very different and I love how your taking new designs to the characters we all know and love.

I dislike how we only get a side boob shot from leela (more please!) 

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Classic.   Can you imagine those shocked looks going on for four hours? At some time they'd have to go get some popcorn.

My only comment is that the dialogue balloons are kind of uneven. Not a major, as it's also part of the charm, but something you might want to consider.

I dislike how we only get a side boob shot from leela (more please!)

Not really show-able on PEEL. If Inquisitor Hein has done art like that, you won't see it here. But I'm sure he knows the right place to send it...

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Hah - reset button on the floor. Not to be stepped-on. Classic.

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Ahaha oh man, that did not disappoint. Love the last panel. Also, the reset button is hilarious, I love how you work it into the strips.

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Something tells me you are a male Inquisitor Hein..... But, that doesn't mean you can't show a little more of the redheaded Adonis of Futurama they call Fry.....God, I need to get out more. Nice job though, you pretty much captured exactly what the characters might say. Love the reset button gag. Also, are those broken handcuffs on Leela?

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Great job again! When I first glanced at Fry in the second to last panel, though, I could have sworn he was Frankenstein's monster.

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Thanks for the positive feedback

Not really show-able on PEEL. If Inquisitor Hein has done art like that, you won't see it here. But I'm sure he knows the right place to send it...

If I've done art like that?
Let my friend Dr. Cox answer that question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isnbx7leSKc

Also, the reset button is hilarious, I love how you work it into the strips.

Thanks I like to add some little background gimmicks as running gags...
(In fact, I wanted to add an portrait of McZongo trying to look angrily out of the (now blank) little picture towards the bed....just found out this morning I forgot that detail...)

Also, are those broken handcuffs on Leela?

More like "opened", for Leela cannot break handcuffs (as seen in BBA, TMAR).
Had a pair added as background gimmick in the "Leela's Nightmare" cartoon, and just wanted to pick them up again as continuous background running gag in this one.

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Not really show-able on PEEL. If Inquisitor Hein has done art like that, you won't see it here. But I'm sure he knows the right place to send it...

If I've done art like that?
Let my friend Dr. Cox answer that question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isnbx7leSKc

Perry Cox is just plain awesome!

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Awesome, awesome comic. These are great.

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Agreed! I loved it! Can't wait to see what you do with the pirate cartoon.