The NP member comic discussion thread!

[bluestarultor]

True, but it's absolutely necessary and is excellent guidance that a number of people should really take to heart. Last night, in fact, I was sitting here with a reply box for a number of minutes wishing to say something similar regarding one or two million of the comics posted by someone in the thread, but was told by Fenris that, while constructive criticism was welcome, that it had to be kept nice.

Now, I've since long ago lost track of where the line between "nice" and "what I normally do" falls, so eventually I had to give up and just let it go, so it really made me happy to see Krylo handle it for me.

Thanks, buddy!
Surely, you don't mean JAQ or Blue Psychic, as Rick and I put a lot of effort into making all his and my, respectively backgrounds the best that could be managed. On top of that, his and my custom sprites are, in my opinion, awesome.

Plus, I'm learning as I go, so while my earlier ones were somewhat crappy, I'd like to think I've improved.

[POS Industries]

Rick's good, Fenris is good, you've improved a bit visually, though your writing could use some polish, I think. The hand drawn comics are usually pretty nice, which I think is mainly Phil and Mauve's domain. Shyria has a lot of potential in that area, too. TDK is... not the worst, either.

[TDK]

Eh, I prefer straight sprites to actually making comics.

Although I do take minor offense to Thadius' claim of the king of paint title. Really, now. He uses the spraypaint tool of all things.

[bluestarultor]

It would help if I could think of a story. :gonk:

Don't get me wrong, I had a lot of ideas for my non-NPF series, but that's pretty much down the tubes since this is NPF and this thread requires focus on NPF members. And also because I have yet to recover all my sprites, but the way things are going, all I'd really be using them for is finishing the Comic Con arc, which was supposed to be an excuse to be able to post things here with what I had and was never supposed to even last for how long it did before the crash. :sweatdrop

At any rate, now that I know some of the members a bit better, at least I don't have to shy away from including people like I did originally.

[POS Industries]

Well, it doesn't necessarily have to go down the tubes. We have areas of the forums for the express purpose of posting non-community related comics. I know that this thread is typically considered the best way to kiss everyone's ass and make them notice you for putting them in drawings and comics, but if you actually have something that's really developed story- and character-wise, you'd probably have a greater and more positive impact on the community at large to work on that and post it, rather than using that time and energy to throw some NPF character sprites on a page and beg us to love you.

That goes for everyone, by the way.

[Fenris]

No, but really, what did I do, Thad?

[bluestarultor]

No, but really, what did I do, Thad?

I looked back. For including all the scum and crazies of NPF, I'm noticing a lack of a Lord of Assassin. XD

[RickZarber]

No, but really, what did I do, Thad?More importantly, what exactly is POS doing to you in panel 5 of your comic? O.o

[Fenris]

I looked back. For including all the scum and crazies of NPF, I'm noticing a lack of a Lord of Assassin. XD

Here's a spoiler: "scum" and "crazies" are actually lies.

More importantly, what exactly is POS doing to you in panel 5 of your comic? O.o
Looking at me, contemplating stealing my wallet while I foolishly sleep outdoors?

[POS Industries]

I thought I had begun looting your body after having bashed your head in from behind.

[Fenris]

I thought I had begun looting your body after having bashed your head in from behind.

Either way, really.

ACTUALLY BLUESTARULTOR:

Dear Fenris,

Please grow up.
I don't know what I did that could be possibly construed as immature by anybody.

[RickZarber]

Either way, really.Okay. All I'm sayin' is that you can't see if he has pants on or not.

[bluestarultor]

Okay. All I'm sayin' is that you can't see if he has pants on or not.

I thought the wallet joke was pretty obvious, myself. :sweatdrop

[RickZarber]

I thought the wallet joke was pretty obvious, myself. :sweatdropFine. Ruin all my fun. :P

[bluestarultor]

Fine. Ruin all my fun. :P

I'd worry more about TDK and whoever's black foot is sticking out of the bushes in the back. XD

[Fenris]

I'd worry more about TDK and whoever's black foot is sticking out of the bushes in the back. XD
You mean TDK and TDK's foot?

[bluestarultor]

You mean TDK and TDK's foot?

Well, he kind of does look like he's being dragged or otherwise attacked, looking back at it. >.>

[Shyria Dracnoir]

*pops outta bush* What!? 'sonofa*BLEEP* stole my cookies! >.=.<

(all in good fun, TDK)

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Sorry for the double post, but there's a nice filler comic awating new viewers in the comic thread

[POS Industries]

Shyria, aren't you actually able to draw? Why use sprites?

[bluestarultor]

Shirya: Interesting. Where did you get those zombie sprites?


POS: Because Loyal put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into making them for her? :sweatdrop


Also, as a general announcement, I've recently come across a LOT of Paint.Net plugins (still no air brush, but it's getting to the point where I might just write one myself) that are both awesome and useful. For reference, I've been experimenting around with them in these banners:

This one:
http://i36.tinypic.com/2jg46fd.png
contains a water reflection that's capable of using two formulae, for both still and moving water reflections and transparency detection to simulate shore. The background was done with some creative layer filtering over a "nebulous" rainbow texture set to zero for an hourglass shape.

This:
http://i37.tinypic.com/dxxt7a.png
was done using a global fire renderer for the background (which really works better for bigger areas) and a different fire renderer for the letters. The second one is also useful for lightning and "fire fill" like here because it puts weights on the placement and fierceness of the flame based on how close the area is to neutral gray. Values closer to black or white are used to determine wisps of the flame with a random generator. The only side effect is anything not rendered as fire turns black, so it's best used with layer filters.

The letters on this:
http://i38.tinypic.com/ezk510.png
were done with that same second fire generator and a "true blur" plugin I found, which only blurs the edges of shapes. The background is just an example of the cloud renderer that PDN comes with.


http://i37.tinypic.com/2gv2eq1.png
I'm not going to lie. I was stupid and did this manually with a normal gradient copy/pasted for both shines and the default emboss effect, plus some layer filtering. If I had been smart, I would have used my new multi-color gradient tool.


Other neato tools I've come across include a drop shadow tool (so y'all can't say PDN doesn't have one and Photoshop does anymore), stenography tools for revealing hidden images, paint splatter, a smudge tool, a plugin that turns your pic pastel, lens flare, sparkle/flare generator (from a brightness threshold), a "crystallize" (shatter effect) tool, light rays, polygon/star rendering tool, plugins to shape your image to a 3D shape and make seamless textures for 3D models, random effect tool, and plugins that now allow you to flip just the parts of the picture that you want to (which I missed from MS Paint).


So I guess you all can see how I've been spending my time. XD

Seriously, though, if anyone is interested, I can ZIP these back up and send them to you. There are a lot I didn't list here, so if there's anything in particular anyone needs, I can either give it out of my current stash or use my search-fu to see if anyone shared a plugin on the Paint.NET forums.



Also, thinking about it, maybe all that should just be a post in Creativity Convention, rather than cluttering things up here. I just figured I'd share the love with you guys, since you'd probably get the most use out of it, but a mod might think differently. :sweatdrop

[Shyria Dracnoir]

I just googled zombie sprites and clicked one of the first links; i think the game's "Zombies Ate My Neighbors"

[bluestarultor]

Wow, Thad. That's just not true on so many levels. I spend pretty much all day around here most days and can vouch that nobody is on most of the day. I'd say that if anything, it's my fault. XD

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Aw crap! That means i probably caught it from the zombies and passed it to you when you asked where i found the zombies in question!
(Again, im the one who suggested the comic, I'm just poking fun at myself)

[Flarecobra]

Need an Esuna? :)

[Loyal]

I assure you, Shyria ain't to blame.

I really need to finish that picture of mine... First thing tomorrow, aye.

Well, second thing. First thing shower.

[bluestarultor]

Loyal, the first thing that strikes me about that pic is the fact that her far eye is too high on her face. Otherwise, it's awesome. The eye in question is actually the perfect size, which is something I've seen messed up in even professional animation. You could click and drag that into perfection in less than 10 seconds. Kudos.

[Loyal]

Loyal, the first thing that strikes me about that pic is the fact that her far eye is too high on her face. Otherwise, it's awesome. The eye in question is actually the perfect size, which is something I've seen messed up in even professional animation. You could click and drag that into perfection in less than 10 seconds. Kudos.Done. Thanks for the advice.

[bluestarultor]

That's, like, 90% more awesome. Kudos! ;)

[RickZarber]

Honestly Loyal, I think that's some of the best work you've ever done.

*High five!*

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Oh...my...god...

It's the Pee Tar

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Well, I aint cleaning it up. Heck, considering I still have ze interwebs plague, I really shouldnt be bumming around here right now *looks up how to call in a sick day to the mods*

[Major Blood]

See, you appear to be laboring under the delusion that i secrete urine.

I piss excellence.

[Flarecobra]

*Uses Esuna on Shyria, so that she doesn't have the Plague*

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Yay! *pulls out cookies*

[bluestarultor]

If anyone hasn't noticed, I put a new comic up. I'll (hopefully) be starting a new arc featuring myself and CJ. Because we found out in Yaplet that there are a bunch of REALLY crazy coincidences between us, like being born only 12 hours apart on the same day, having similar physical traits, etc., so we figured I could do a comic arc about it. :D

[phil_]

I can't really say anything, 'cause there's nothing to comment on. Guess I just want to say thanks for not double posting.

[bluestarultor]

I dunno, I was hoping for a "MAN! That looks like it'll be AWESOME! (^.^)b " or "Sweet lens flare! 8D " or "Who else is going to be in it!? @w@ " or something. Maybe it's my ego, but spending half a day to put it together seems like a lot of effort to call "nothing." I mean, I made the thing myself, so feedback on what an awesome job I did on it (purely my own opinion (also completely true!)) doesn't really seem that far-fetched.

Or at least, like, a "Try not to put your crappy non-16-bit, true-black outlines on a true black background." Constructive criticism is welcome, too.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Well, it blows any of my digital stuff out of the water. With a preview like that, the actual comic will doubtless be most epic ^.=.^

[Loyal]

I dunno, I was hoping for a "MAN! That looks like it'll be AWESOME! (^.^)b " or "Sweet lens flare! 8D " or "Who else is going to be in it!? @w@ " or something. Maybe it's my ego, but spending half a day to put it together seems like a lot of effort to call "nothing." I mean, I made the thing myself, so feedback on what an awesome job I did on it (purely my own opinion (also completely true!)) doesn't really seem that far-fetched.

Or at least, like, a "Try not to put your crappy non-16-bit, true-black outlines on a true black background." Constructive criticism is welcome, too.To be quite honest it's not that special. I mean it's good, everything's where it needs to be and I can sorta make out what's going on (Blues and CJ... but I don't know what they're doing. Fighting each other? Fighting crime?) but it's not great.

I mean like Phil said, what's there to comment on? You got a cover image up for an upcoming story arc of some sort... congrats? It's technically good, there's not much I'd say to improve on, but it's nothing special and I'll be damned if I sing the praises of heaven for a title page.

It's also worth noting that "half a day" is hardly worth bragging about if you're going for "mind-blowingly awesome".

Also that putting additional effort into something is not alone merit for extra praise unless that was specifically what you are aiming for. You will get far greater responses from using old and used graphics to tell an engaging and exciting story, than you will by using original pictures done from scratch to promote a piece of merely "good" quality.

I just thought I'd add that last part in because it sounds as though you believe your completely custom sprites as the be-all-end-all checkpoint for excellence, and I question your artistic "priorities" in that regard.

[EDIT] Also, not even the old guard of the NPF artistic elite would prompt responses like the ones you've given... but I assume that was a joke on your part.

[phil_]

Ok, I'll be supportive when the actual comics start. It's just that so many folks are like, "I'm gonna make a comic, so I'll make a teaser image," and then they don't actually make anything. I'm included in this. It doesn't help that you say you have no ideas, even if it's a joke. It's hard to get excited.

Though, yeah, who else is gonna be in it? Is it just going to be like the Kickass Adventures of Demon and Rick? 'Cause that'd be awesome.

Also, I hope Fenry realizes that he falls into the group detailed in the first paragraph right now and gets to work.

[The Wizard Who Did It]

There are not enough comics with me in them.
I may or may not have actually viewed this thread within the past 5 months.

[bluestarultor]

Loyal: Yeah, pretty much. I mean, I know it's just a trailer, so no, nothing actually happened. I was just hoping it would do what a trailer is supposed to do and generate a bit of interest.


And frankly, I'm not letting my sprites write my stories for me, if that's what you mean. I didn't do them custom to carry the burden of my work's value. I did them that way because I'm anal and have very specific ideas that aren't served well by copying the work of others. XD You'll notice my sheets are both laden with tweaks and custom poses, and that Blue is a pixel shorter than other sprites. But that's to better augment their personalities in the story. I'm very much a writer before I am an artist, or else I'd be drawing these instead. :p


So, yeah, I wasn't really expecting people to rave about how nothing actually happened and it was AWESOME!!!1!1 so much as I just hoped it would generate a bit of interest in what's to come and maybe generate a few technical kibitzes.


P.S. Blue and CJ are just posing dramatically. Nothing special going on there other than to look cool. ;)




Edit:

Phil: No, I have every intention of filling out my trailer promises. It does sound a lot like that arc you mentioned by design. Basically, the Adventures of Blue and CJ, with other people added in for awesomeness.

I mean, heck, I made good on my last trailer. I think I did pretty good with it until I lost everything. Never did get back my backgrounds (school took all the pics off their site), but overall, I think it was a worthy effort.

[Lady Cygnet]

There are not enough comics with me in them.
I may or may not have actually viewed this thread within the past 5 months.

I'm not in any, so pbbt. :p

Technically, it's kind of my own fault, as I never got around to making sprite sheets of my own, and now I don't have time.

[RickZarber]

Just so ya know, the following isn't aimed exclusively at you, Blue, or this particular comic, but it has been a growing concern of mine and I feel this is as an appropriate time as any to bring it up.

I hope this doesn't come off as being too jack-assy but it really turns me off when someone tells me--and not in an ironic or joking way--how awesome their own work is. I guess I just prefer a sense of self-deprecation or modesty towards one's art.

Trust me, I appreciate putting half a day's work into something. That's a lot of time to dedicate towards anything. But part of posting comics is the possibility that no one will comment. Still, doesn't mean that no one saw it or no one liked it. I'm guilty of this myself; I don't comment nearly enough but that's mostly because sometimes I just don't have anything to say.

It's just that when a person obviously thinks highly of their own work and I have no constructive criticism, there's really not much I feel I can say that wouldn't just be "yes-ing" or ego stroking. Worse if it's something I don't particularly find engaging or amusing, as will inevitably be the case from time to time.

So I guess what I'm trying to say, in a generic advice sorta way, is concentrate on the story and or jokes you're telling first and worry about how people receive them a little later. And after a while if it's not getting the attention you think it deserves, maybe it's time to rethink the process. Find out what your audience does respond to and go with that.

In any case, I am looking forward to seeing more from you. And everybody else. Hint hint.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

In any case, I am looking forward to seeing more from you. And everybody else. Hint hint.

you must not rush my movies. Or else face the wrath of

*face change*

DANCE TIME.


you don't get my reference, then you need to watch more cartoons.

[bluestarultor]

Wow, I can't believe it got this far out of hand. I really was just joking about needing feedback on T3H C0M1C 0F AW30M3N3SS! and stuff. It's a trailer. My original post on the matter was just to say it was there, in case anyone was interested in looking. :sweatdrop

But that's a problem with me, I guess. Nobody really gets it when I'm trying to be funny. Verbal humor isn't one of my skills, but if I stop trying, I'll never get it, will I? XD


As I said, I put it up to generate interest. I didn't expect people to rave about a trailer, but apparently, I came off wrong joking around. So, for that, I'm sorry. AND! I'll try to get a real comic out as soon as humanly possible. It's just going to take me a bit with school rolling around the bend, but once it starts, I'll have all the free time in the world. XD

[Loyal]

In any case, I am looking forward to seeing more from you. And everybody else. Hint hint.Right back at you. *Fake glare*

Good news, I finally hit 70 for the first time on WoW. So I may just get around to doing something.

...yeah.

[RickZarber]

you don't get my reference, then you need to watch more cartoons.I do not get your reference, but that's really not that uncommon for me...Wow, I can't believe it got this far out of hand. I really was just joking about needing feedback on T3H C0M1C 0F AW30M3N3SS! and stuff.Well, like I said, that diatribe there wasn't necessarily in regards to this one thing. It's just something I've noticed here and there over the course of several months.Right back at you. *Fake glare*

Good news, I finally hit 70 for the first time on WoW. So I may just get around to doing something.

...yeah.Well that certainly explains a lot. :p

As for me... man, I need some more free time. I've got three NPF projects to work on, two non-NPF projects, a dozen movies I've bought and haven't watched, maybe two dozen books I've bought and haven't yet read... :stressed: *sigh* I blame work. And laziness. ...Laziness caused by work. I know, I know, excuses, excuses. Hopefully I'll have some JAQ time soon. Ish.

[bluestarultor]

First comic up. I know, I know, nothing actually happens yet, but at least this one has writing, and every adventure has to start somewhere. Just an FYI that it exists.




Edit: While I'm here, I may as well comment on technical stuff I did, for those who care/are always looking for tips. The tails on the speech bubbles were done differently this time. It didn't exactly streamline things, but here's the difference:

old way: do bubble with ellipse tool, draw a triangle in black one layer below, select transparent inside at 70%, flip down one to a dedicated layer, color fill selection with white, scribble in white on a dedicated layer above the bubble to erase the wall on the tail, tweak as necessary.

new way: do bubble with ellipse tool, draw triangle in white on a layer above OVER THE WALL of the bubble, select inside at 70% and color fill with white right there, flip one layer up and draw outlines around exposed white.


Basically, the new way allows for more control and less pointless scribbling. It takes just as long to get the outlines right, but whatever. I've been happily using this process on bridges and figured I'd try it out here.

Also, I've used a few new effects. The shaking was done with a "fragment" effect and a solid copy on top. The pulsing vein was done with a "lensing" effect. The sun flare was actually done totally custom, believe it or not. There was no picture of the sun I liked, so I drew a white circle, did a Gaussian blur, and put a glow over it for good measure. Then I used a lens flare plugin with a smaller area selected with a rectangle select to keep it under control.



Edit: Big Mac body cast FTW! XD

[Shyria Dracnoir]

*brings Bic Mac some orange juice and chicken noodle soup*

[Melfice]

Thadius, I hereby wish to inform you that a black lightsaber is an impossibility.
Black is the absence of light.

As such, assuming there is light involved with a lightsaber's beam, the beam would be harmless to your opponent as it would not be there.

Having said that, I now take my leave.

Funny comic though.

[phil_]

Naw, it's just really dark purple. Yeah.

[bluestarultor]

Actually, light sabers aren't made of lasers (aka actual light). Well, except in the newer movies, maybe, but those suck. XP

No, the real explanation is that they're a loop of plasma run through a colored crystal and held in shape by magnetism, so it's definitely possible if, say, the crystal goes off into the non-visible spectrum, either towards IR or UV.

[Melfice]

I ain't ever gonna comment anything beyond "cool" or "this sucks" anymore.
Every time I get proven wrong; it ain't funny anymore.Goddamn Star Wars nerds. ¬__¬

Still, source for your statement, blue? Send it over PM.
Creditable source, thank you. Wikipedia does not count.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Oh god...this can only end in tears.

Tears and blood.

And severed limbs.

Good job Thad.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

*on the intercom to the base storage room* Shall I send for the "Land War in Asia" size tank of morphine, love?

[TDK]

Actually, light sabers aren't made of lasers (aka actual light). Well, except in the newer movies, maybe, but those suck. XP

No, the real explanation is that they're a loop of plasma run through a colored crystal and held in shape by magnetism, so it's definitely possible if, say, the crystal goes off into the non-visible spectrum, either towards IR or UV.

Seems to me that would just make it invisible. Maybe the heat and magnetism and presence of plasma would make some distortion or scattering, but above that, yeah, not black.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Duh, he took a white one and added some food coloring

[Loyal]

...Thadius was right to bring you here. You fit wonderfully.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

^.=.^

[mauve]

Wheee, I can has a card of AWESOME MODESTY!!! Nice one.



Waaaaiiiiit. Were you even around during the time of Qeeko and Thaum?

[Loyal]

Don't believe so. They left shortly after I joined the community-like part of the forum... and I didn't introduce Thad to the forum till a fair bit later.

That said, I still take offense that you would lump me in the same thiefy category as you two brutes. I'm a man with finesse. Style. Charm!

[Khael!]

If I had a card, I would probably not be present for the picture. :shifty:

Heh, good old magic cards. They're great for every occasion!

[bluestarultor]

I need to find software like that. You have no idea how hard it is to effectively make cards from scratch. :gonk:

[Thadius]

Blues, if you PM'd me an e-mail account, I would send it there. This would only help if it were YOUR e-mail account, mind.

[bluestarultor]

Blues, if you PM'd me an e-mail account, I would send it there. This would only help if it were YOUR e-mail account, mind.

Heck, I'm pretty sure I have it listed in my profile. If not, it's just my username + "@yahoo.com" for it. I'm pretty straightforward. :J

[RickZarber]

Phil: Bwahahahah. Awesome. (And you even drew my jacket exactly right!)

[mauve]

Yay, stuff from Phil!! Nice work!

[phil_]

Way to be totally better than me, jerk.

[RickZarber]

What, for the ability to copy/paste everything from the sprites to the dialogue?

[Thadius]

Big Mac and I are gaining strength and willpower. We might very well make something to rival many of the awesome things found here. It's unlikely, in the sense that pigs flying is unlikely, but we're working on it. A catapult for the pigs, that is.

Show of hands, who does NOT want their sprite being used? We'll respect your wishes.

[mauve]

Hahhaha, way to immortalize our awesome conversation in glorious sprite comic form, Rick. NOW IT SHALL LIVE IN INFAMY!!!





And in regards to Thad and Big Mac; Flarecobra could totally kick my ass. I have no doubt about that.

[Flarecobra]

Yeah...bit of a mismatch there...

And isn't summoning Forumite's Phil's domain?

[Thadius]

...Note to self, 'borrow' Phil_ for this.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

-.=.- We're going to need a LOT more band-aids

[phil_]

New JAQ! I could strangle you with joy! Wait, no... I could throw you off a bus with happiness!

Wait, crap, uh... Whee! New JAQ! It's too bad there's no good punch line but I don't care since it means we're one closer to the end.

[RickZarber]

Pfft. Since when has JAQ ever used punchlines?

[Savage Thinking]

Oh snap! RZ had glasses for a split second but then again not really!!

No but seriously, that was awesome.

[Inbred Chocobo]

A ninja battle. Most excellent. I look forward to the next comic Rick. I look forward to it a lot.

[RickZarber]

Oh snap! RZ had glasses for a split second but then again not really!!Aw crap. :stressed:

[Thadius]

It's simple where the glasses went.

The ninja took them.

[RickZarber]

The problem is they weren't there before!

EDIT: And now they never were!

EDIT EDIT: Aw man, I just realized that I've only done eight JAQs since September 1st of last year. I'm sorry everyone! I promise I'll finish the series before another year goes by!

[mauve]

MORE JAQ YEAAAAHHH!!! Nice work, Rick!

Huzzah for ninja battles. XD

[Melfice]

EDIT EDIT: Aw man, I just realized that I've only done eight JAQs since September 1st of last year. I'm sorry everyone! I promise I'll finish the series before another year goes by!

Hah!
Sure you will.
JAQ and finished before the end of the year? It's only 4 months, y'know?

Nah, but seriously, awesome comic, RZ!

[RickZarber]

No no, I mean before next September. There's no way I'll get all 17 comics done by the end of this year.

[Melfice]

Oh, that's more like it.
That's the Rick Zarber we know.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

At least the ninja in the comic looks patient XP

[Loyal]

Nicely done Rick. Good to hear it'll be done in a year or so. :P

[Flarecobra]

Amusing comic there Phil...oh, and...*Life-2*

[RickZarber]

And so it begins.

...

....

Dun dun dunnnnn!

[batgirl]

Holy crap I have a cameo!

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Holy crap I have a cameo!

As an EMT driver apparently

[Hatake Kakashi]

Hmm. If they're not already dating, I might suspect BSU's comic as a method of asking CJ out.

Subtle.

[Loyal]

And with that comment, it absolutely is now.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Actually, this is a inside joke from a past Yaplet chat the three of us had

bluestarultor: Actually, CJ and I have been talking.
bluestarultor: That would work, too.
bluestarultor: You know CJ and I are 12 hours apart?
Daimo Mac: umm, how is that possible
bluestarultor: What would you use for the Troy dance, anyway?
Daimo Mac: CJ is in Indiana
bluestarultor: We were born the same day, me at 9PM and her at 9AM the same day.
Daimo Mac: OH
Daimo Mac: cool
Daimo Mac: yeah CJ is a real sweet heart
bluestarultor: It's funky, huh?
bluestarultor: ... Huh?
bluestarultor: Sweet heart? Whaddaya think we are, dating?
bluestarultor: o_0

[russianreversal]

I like how he's pointing to that pixel the entire strip. It thought something was wrong with my monitor at first.

[bluestarultor]

I like how he's pointing to that pixel the entire strip. It thought something was wrong with my monitor at first.

YES! Someone noticed! XD

[Loyal]

...ST, those expressions are absolutely glorious. Great job. XD

[phil_]

I read that, ST, and I said, "What the fuck?!" So, I called Mike over to look at it, and he read it, and he said, "What the fuck?!" And I was like, "That's what I said!"

Thumbs up, good job.

Edit: Actually, Mike seems to think the gorilla raped me. The gorilla didn't rape me, did it?

[Savage Thinking]

This would be the part where I'd say something like "Nah, I'm 100% sure that my dearest pal Phil did not get raped", but now that I go back and look at it again, I'm now 83% sure.

[Loyal]

This is... all very strange.

But amusing! Keep up the good work.

[Flarecobra]

What's with the tail?

[bluestarultor]

What's with the tail?

It a tail. Pretty simple, if you ask me. XD


No, I guess I have to explain further. Troy has always had a tail, even if you look at my 8-bit sprites for him. It's back from when I was new and poor on Gaia and was looking for cheap ways to spruce up my avatar. So I bought a tail for him and some cheap "newb clothes" that I happened to like in combination. After I got him out of the Peasant set, I saved up for an Angelic Guitar to try to get him some wings, since he was based on an angel RP character I'd created ages ago. And it sorta stuck. So Troy has both wings and a tail now, but his wings don't show up in the human world unless he's being angelic (because I'm too lazy to try to sprite them right now) and he wears his tail as a belt to try to hide it when he's in public. Makes it easier to pass himself off as human.

[Loyal]

Y'know, it's not like I couldn't easily rip those "unmasked" sprites and, furthermore, make them more in-line with the rest of the sprites I created of him.

It would be quite easy, were I so inclined. :p

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Y'know, it's not like I couldn't easily rip those "unmasked" sprites and, furthermore, make them more in-line with the rest of the sprites I created of him.

It would be quite easy, were I so inclined. :p

I have the roiginal, and those are resized, and covered by a dialogue arrow.

[bluestarultor]

I have the roiginal, and those are resized, and covered by a dialogue arrow.

Or, you could, y'know, just post them or something. XD

I've been really bad about updating my Troy and Blue sprite sheets with the new poses I've created, but those have been made as needed and there's stuff I still need to tweak.

Also, Blue's sheet has the beginnings of a 16-bit sheet for Toshi on it, and I don't think I really want to make available the slouched poses designed to give Toshi a moody teenager appearance for when I get around to modifying things to actually turn him into a cheetah. Frankly, their designs are similar enough that a lot of it can be recycled almost directly for certain poses, while other stuff must be carefully differentiated.

Actually, that's only true of the heads. Toshi still is going to have short sleeves and his spotted tail. Like I said, careful differentiation. Plus keeping the spots straight is going to be a bitch!



Edit: Wow. Actually started working on it and BOY was I wrong. Redoing the head to turn him into a cheetah is proving more challenging than I thought to make look good. The spots are actually surprisingly easy to keep track of.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Or, you could, y'know, just post them or something. XD

I've been really bad about updating my Troy and Blue sprite sheets with the new poses I've created, but those have been made as needed and there's stuff I still need to tweak.

Also, Blue's sheet has the beginnings of a 16-bit sheet for Toshi on it, and I don't think I really want to make available the slouched poses designed to give Toshi a moody teenager appearance for when I get around to modifying things to actually turn him into a cheetah. Frankly, their designs are similar enough that a lot of it can be recycled almost directly for certain poses, while other stuff must be carefully differentiated.

Actually, that's only true of the heads. Toshi still is going to have short sleeves and his spotted tail. Like I said, careful differentiation. Plus keeping the spots straight is going to be a bitch!

Or you can continue dreaming as I have stated before, the only two people with these sprites are Thadius and I.

[Loyal]

I have the roiginal, and those are resized, and covered by a dialogue arrow....only barely covered. Would be quite easy to fill in the blanks. Have you quite forgotten who made Thad's original sprites? *Smug finger wag* You underestimate my abilities!

...In fact, were I not currently preoccupied with a previous engagement of my neglected creative talents, I would go ahead and do it, just out of spite and to sate my own ego. Alas, it is not to be on this day!

[batgirl]

I haven't had my sprite character used this much in...well...ever! I'm ever so happy!

[phil_]

I haven't had my sprite character used this much in...well...ever! I'm ever so happy!Well, it helps that we have something to go on with you. You're an EMT, you would respond to a pizza emergency. I mean, if I knew that someone from NPF actually worked making pizzas, I might've made them the protagonist instead of Great Cartoonist.

Ok, no I wouldn't, I have too much of a need to draw him out of hiding. I'm not sure why.

In short, and completely unsupported by my earlier statements, blame Rick.

[bluestarultor]

Or you can continue dreaming as I have stated before, the only two people with these sprites are Thadius and I.

Actually, no. I have at least some of them from when you showed me his jig-dancing sprites. Maybe not the full set, but a few of him looking like a fish as well as standing. XD

[Flarecobra]

Wouldn't that be antagonist there Phil?

[phil_]

Oh, yes, it would. I was just very drunk when I made that post. And I was in a hurry and couldn't do my standard, "Look it over, edit, look it over again, edit, wait a while, look it over again, edit," thing.

[bluestarultor]

Pyros: I have no idea what would make a PNG come out as crappy as a JPEG, but I recommend Paint.NET (www.getpaint.net) for your woes. Seriously, even to just improve the readability of some of the text. Also, it's got a REALLY nice resizing feature. That honestly looks like it was resized in either Gale or MS Paint. Also, PDN has very little learning curve, so everything should be readily apparent.

Mac: I love it. All based on the simple addition of a ponytail. XD

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Yeah. I liked how it came out, and I am almost afraid on how to continue onward with that sprite. Oh well, off to finish that other sprite before I continue with Ed Elric Major Blood.

And I think this will be the last time I poke fun at CJ for a while.

[mauve]

.........heehehehehehheeeeeeee.

Nice, SSB. That one made me chuckle. Good work!

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Shit! Inevitable Ninja has a posse!....or....pussy!

[Intern Nin]

Of course the tactful thing to do in that type of situation is to ask if he has a will. He's not going to need all that stuff when he's a zombie.

Funny stuff, Mauve. I can't wait until the next part of the story.

[mauve]

Exactly!!! Why doesn't anyone else understand Mauve's reasoning there?!?!

[bluestarultor]

But all you need is Holy Water to fix him right up!

Just ask Troy for some. He drinks the stuff. (Not kidding. Old RP quirk. XD)

[Loyal]

And nobody thought to ask good ol' Loyal about the will? I mean, who better?

[Flarecobra]

...Why do I feel like I've seen the background image for the last two somewhere before...and given the decor...somehow I think it's either near a racetrack, or on one....

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Eh, we figured you'd frisked the body ahead of time, Loyal (thiefy bastard...) Leave some for the rest of us! *waits for next part*

[mauve]

And nobody thought to ask good ol' Loyal about the will? I mean, who better? I'd considered that, actually. XD

[Khael!]

More! Afterlife land looks terrifying and trippy.

[phil_]

Here, all the afterlife you could want. (http://parkercomics.com/NPF/calaphil.php?comicID=1)

[Khael!]

Yeahhh! Storytime!

[phil_]

Wow, that's pretty, Loyal. Nice coloring. It's a lot cleaner looking than your usual pencil drawings, too.

[mauve]

Ooh, nice work Loyal! I like her wings especially.

[Loyal]

Thank you. =)

[Thadius]

Right, Loyal, how would you prefer your doomsday? LHC-induced, or radioactive vampire kittens?

Seriously, awesome picture.

[Loyal]

I wanna get this LHC silliness over with, Thadius. Make it happen.

[Arhra]

Oh come on, Large Hard-ons never killed anyone.

All this scare mongering is just to try and stop us finding the precious Higgs Boson!

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Quick trip to the apocalypse (at least on the level of "your brain alone")? Consider that someone, somewhere, is looking at a picture of the LHC and either jacking off to it or actually trying to copulate with the picture

Though You Scrub And Bleach Again and Again
Rule 34 Strikes Again!

*insert something about awesome picness here*

[Loyal]

...Shyria, have you seen what I've been throwing into the Not Goddamn Youtoobs thread recently? Is that the best you can do?

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Feh, blame the fact that Thadius hasnt been over long enough for me to siphon off his excess sanity; I'm always nuttier after that

[phil_]

Aww, daggum it. I thought I had dragged GC out of his slumber, but it's just his annual comic. I need to work harder or I'll never be able to summon the end times.

A sprite sheet like the first two panels would be easier to work with than what I have currently, if you're listening, GC.

[Loyal]

Jeez, GC, you sure know how to make it depressing. :(

[mauve]

Mike that..... that....


Can something be terrifying and hilarious and awesome all at once? Cuz I think that's what Mike just created.

[RickZarber]

Mike: That's... just... wow. I'm not sure which part of it disturbs me the most: Phil as Lilah or Mike without a beard. XP Seriously though, well done.

Phil: Awesomesauce and well worth the wait. In fact, I think panel seven was worth doing the whole series just so we could see that.

[Thadius]

Hey, Loyal, I'm sorry, but I can't destroy the earth. This is why:


It is our duty to inform you that as of 7:35:05am UTC on September 10, 2008, the Earth has been destroyed.

The destruction of Earth was first reported by Mr Jonathan Barber of Wisconsin, United States, who spotted that his home-made seismic Earth Detector had ceased to give readings at around 8:00am (2am local time). Several other amateur geocide spotters noticed this at the same time but Mr. Barber was the first to place a telephone call to the IEDAB's Geocide Hotline (+44 115 09Ω 4127, ask for Other Dave) at which point IEDAB officials performed an emergency check of their own instrumentation and verified Mr. Barber's report, as well as fixing the exact time of geocide.

Evidence is still being collated, but preliminary results suggest that the Earth was destroyed pre-emptively by scientists at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, before the commencement of their experiments to locate the Higgs Boson, as a precautionary measure to ensure that the experiment itself could not result in the destruction of the Earth.

FAQ

THE EARTH HAS BEEN DESTROYED! WHAT DO I DO?!!

Don't panic.

If you took the advice in our leaflet, "Preparing For Geocide", you will have made arrangements for this eventuality by preparing a Geocide Refuge either on a space station, ark ship, or other Earth-like planet. If you have done this, now is the time to make your way to your refuge. Do not stop to collect belongings, pets, or sentimental souvenirs of Earth, such as rocks.

If you have not prepared a Geocide Refuge and your local governing body has not created one for you, your best bet is to signal for help using a walkie-talkie or cellular telephone. Possibly a passing extraterrestrial will rescue you.

My baby's in there!

Your baby has most likely been destroyed.

The Earth hasn't been destroyed! What are you talking about?

Some of you will find it tougher to let go than others. There will be counselling sessions running on Pluto starting in mid-April. The first is at 7:15pm on Thursday 18th. BYOO2.

[TDK]

Thad, that was glorious. Rep'd.

[Loyal]

Well, Thad, just because it's been made a little more difficult doesn't mean you're off the hook.

Get to it.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

*suddenly understands why she's been plopped back to the great go-fish game in the void*

[Loyal]

...Might I ask just what I'm supposed to be stealing here, Mac?

...I'm good.

[Arhra]

I'm sure it's just the power supply for those tacky neon signs.

It's hard to sleep with those things shining in your face!

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

...Might I ask just what I'm supposed to be stealing here, Mac?

...I'm good.

If I told you now it wouldn;t be a surprise.

You'll have to wait till Friday night.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Hey now, those signs are practical! They keep the bugs down...

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

On Wednsday night, I Mac will attempt to do a 24 hour comic a thon and see how many comics I can do in that amount of time.

[RickZarber]

Mac: You have my approval and full support in this endeavor.

[mauve]

Me too, even though I'm dead. Or... y'know... "lost."

[phil_]

Hey, something for Halloween! Why am I not doing something for Halloween? I should do something for Halloween.

Nah, I'll let Mac take care of it.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Hey, something for Halloween! Why am I not doing something for Halloween? I should do something for Halloween.

Nah, I'll let Mac take care of it.

You are asking for trouble ya know.

*goes to sprite costumes*

[bluestarultor]

Oh, wow. Have I really been here for going on two years? It feels funny to think I did a Halloween comic a year ago. :sweatdrop


Unfortunately, since I moved up to 16-bit, I haven't had much time for comic-ing. Need to get some of my current arc ideas made. (Yes! I actually have ideas now! 'Bout time! XD)

I doubt I'll be making a comic in time for Halloween. Or at least I really shouldn't, considering how backed up I am on school work. :gonk:

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Part 3 is up now and because I have been editing my post, I may have to just showcase links. Already 5 images up in that post.

[Major Blood]

I'd just like to point out that the thing mac is doing right now? It's totally my fault. I claim responsibility for it.

[Loyal]

Oh jeez, Halloween! I completely forgot about that!

[RickZarber]

Nice work Mac, I'm diggin' it.

I'm not gonna bother with a Halloween comic this year, but I've got three other comics on the way, all in various stages of completion: the next Awesome Misadventure of Phil, Rick and Mauve, the next JAQ, and a one-shot.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Thanks man that means alot coming from you.

I will have the rest done tommorrow. This is freaking insane XD

[phil_]

You will? 'Cause theres a lot of The Raven left to do. I read it in my scary voice today; I know.

And you're doing a terrific job for doing a comic every day. Keep it up.

And I guess I should say that I look forward to your next dealie, Rick.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

^

Actually Phil I am attemtping to go thru the entire poem by tonight.

I have 4 stanza's left which means two comics which means I am close to my goal.

/edit for the victorious

It is done.

3 days it took me to bring the Raven to comic form. Enjoy it guys.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Very cultured, Mac, very cultured. I liked

[Thadius]

BUT I TOTALLY MADE AN EFFORT SO THAT COUNTS. Plus the third panel looks badass because it has Thadius in it. :P


Fixed that for you Mauve. :P

[Loyal]

Plus the third panel looks badass. Even though it has Thadius in it. :PHah-ha!

[Shyria Dracnoir]

I'd say it'd look badass either way, thats some amazing drawing skills there
But mostly because its Thad, yes ^.=.^

[_mike]

It's just like Phil, Rick and Mauve to set up camp right at the end of a paved road. No walking through the woods for them.

[RickZarber]

Silly Mike, why would we do that? There are bears in the woods!

Seriously though, the location is based off where we camped during a trip I took to the Shenandoah Valley a few years ago. It's one'a those ready-made camping grounds. The road is supposed to be gravel and not paved, but I couldn't get the texture to look right.

[Fenris]

I haven't been in this neck of the woods for a long time, but...

Mauve, you do good drawings. You started off good and you've gotten better.

Now you're... fantastic. =o

[mauve]

It's just like Phil, Rick and Mauve to set up camp right at the end of a paved road. No walking through the woods for them. That's cuz hiking is for OTHER people. We're too cool to make an actual effort to find a different campsite.

Mauve, you do good drawings. You started off good and you've gotten better.

Now you're... fantastic. =o
____________

thats some amazing drawing skills there You have boosted my ego.

You shall survive the Mauvepocalypse.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Not if he dies in the Thadpocalypse first

[Loyal]

Shyria, you and I both know that Thad won't learn anything about destroying the world through flattery.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Bah *is already making her plans for you in her next comic*

[Flarecobra]

More JAQ nao! *Cracks whip*

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Thanks for the comic Happy McJoyKill I mean Rick.

Now I can finally post a new comic without having to edit anything.

[Savage Thinking]

Wow, RZ. Just wow...

Someone still has my sprites? You sir have left me speechless.

[Loyal]

I was actually wanting to do just that, yeah.

Just couldn't get around to figuring out which mod I was supposed to PM for it.

So, ST, what happened to your conversational friend THIS time?

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I was actually wanting to do just that, yeah.

Just couldn't get around to figuring out which mod I was supposed to PM for it.



Just ask Meister or Fifth

[RickZarber]

More JAQ nao! *Cracks whip*Um. Next week, maybe?Someone still has my sprites? You sir have left me speechless.Eh, I have everyone's sprites.I was actually wanting to do just that, yeah.AIIIIEEE!

[Loyal]

AIIIIEEE!What's wrong, dude?

[RickZarber]

What's wrong, dude?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...

...Rick fears change...

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...

...Rick fears change...

It could be worse.

Fenriswolf Could drop wolf and be Fenris

or

Mauve Mage Could drop the -auve and -age and be MM

[mauve]

Or I could just go as Mauve. Or The Artist Formerly Known As Mauve Mage.

[Kim]

I got mentioned in a comic. I feel so cool now!

[phil_]

No! No more name changes! I can't take no more, I can't!

And it's been too long since I pestered you about this, so do more JAQ, Rick.

[Savage Thinking]

Or The Artist Formerly Known As Mauve Mage.
*Looks at signature*

But.. but.. :(

[bluestarultor]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...

...Rick fears change...

Don't worry. My handle will always be bluestarultor, or my custom title isn't Blue Psychic. :p

I'm kidding, of course, but man was that ever getting stale.

[phil_]

I can't quite accept Thad as Magus. Magus was cool sometimes.

[Loyal]

I can't quite accept Mac as Flea. Nobody should have to endure that.

[Kim]

I can't quite accept Mac in Chrono Trigger without fangasming all over himself.

[TDK]

This is probably much too late, seeing as I missed the latest philmauverick comic when it was posted, but:

BEAR!

[Flarecobra]

I can't quite accept Thad as Magus. Magus was cool.

Fixed.

And now I wonder what Loyal ended up as....And for some reason, that little teaser poster kinda reminded me of the dancer from SD3.

[Inbred Chocobo]

That my friends, is how you kick some ass.

[mauve]

YAY MORE JAQ!!!!

HAPPINESS!!!



That is all.

[Mirai Gen]

Let the record show that I tried going for just "Mirai," but some other fucker took my name. Regardless, I'm still the same Transformers nut, you can just call me Dante or DMD.

I especially like the "Transformed into." It was like equal parts Digimon/Pokemon or whatever and obvious Transformers reference. That was nice.

And yes, more JAQ = happiness.

[phil_]

I think I remember coming back and reading JAQ after my adventures last night. It's pretty much all I remember.

Yay JAQ!

[mauve]

Wow, nice work Flare! I really like the pose and the forced perspective!

[bluestarultor]

Liking the distortion on the glaive. Gives it a sense of extreme motion.

Just to get it out of the way, the head needs work as a whole, the character's right leg is clearly not on the ground and frankly doesn't fit with anything physically conceivable to me at the moment with the rest of the pose, and the fingers on the character's right hand have a big space in between that really shouldn't be there.

With a bit of polish, it could be really great.

[Loyal]

the character's right leg is clearly not on the ground If I remember right, she was aiming for a death-from-above angle and dragoon-jump thingie, not just posing with a weapon.

*Shrug*

[Flarecobra]

Exactly. There IS no ground.

And it's still in the sketch phase. I'm still kinda working on it.

[Kim]

And once again, I have to wonder about the mental stability of our good friend Mac.

[Loyal]

So who is Slash?

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

So who is Slash?

No one is Slash. If I had made Slash as an NPFer, he'd have had their colours.

[Loyal]

Oh, is that what you did? I thought it was just some silly shading thing because the place is dark. Seriously.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Oh, is that what you did? I thought it was just some silly shading thing because the place is dark. Seriously.

That's not how I do shading.

[Flarecobra]

Loyal, I'd be more worried about what you'd end up as.

And I get the feeling it won't be Chrono.

[Loyal]

Oh, concerned for my well-being, are we? Fear not! For I am Loyal, and if I had to guess, he'd probably make me one of these. (http://www.spriters-resource.com/squenix/chrono/ctrigger/display.php?file=freelancer.png)

[Kim]

If only you knew what horrors awaited you...

[Loyal]

If only you knew what horrors awaited you...Do I really need to remind you of this? (http://loyal2nes.deviantart.com/art/Skyshot-Meets-Freaky-Fred-88513002) Well, okay, I guess so.

I'll be honest, I'm not terribly convinced of Mac and Thad's definition of "horrors" when it comes down to it. Gay threesomes between Chrono Trigger characters just doesn't cut it these days, y'know?

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Do I really need to remind you of this? (http://loyal2nes.deviantart.com/art/Skyshot-Meets-Freaky-Fred-88513002) Well, okay, I guess so.

I'll be honest, I'm not terribly convinced of Mac and Thad's definition of "horrors" when it comes down to it. Gay threesomes between Chrono Trigger characters just doesn't cut it these days, y'know?

Bear in mind, what I have in store is worse then that.

Also I do not claim responsibility for the comics as this was Thad's idea [/passing blame]

[Shyria Dracnoir]

*reminds self to swipe Thad's chrono trigger game for a while*

[bluestarultor]

*knows spoilers*

Loyal, there is a 50% chance you will be scarred for life. XD




Nice groceries, Shyria. Actually, pretty darn good overall for the liberal use of the airbrush tool. I need to see if I can write one of those for Paint.NET. Nobody's done it yet, and I know C#.

[mauve]

NonCon, that last panel is an absolute masterpiece. The bold lines, the striking minimalism.... Lovely. XD

[Kim]

Thanks, I spent the most time on that panel. Took me like, three hours just for that panel, but I'm happy with the finished product.

[RickZarber]

Hooray, NonCon comic! (Say that five times fast!)

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Eh, pixel art doesnt usually work for me. Glad it turned out alright at least
NonCon comic NonCon comicNonconkomiNonnom-DARNIT!

[Thadius]

I would like to point out that the upcoming comic, while done by Big Mac, was written by me.

Therefor the blame can be shoved in my direction. Or the praise. I accept both.

[Loyal]

Y'know what? I'm gonna blame Blues.*knows spoilers*

Loyal, there is a 50% chance you will be scarred for life. XDBecause he went and set me up for disappointment. Whar be the horror?

[bluestarultor]

Y'know what? I'm gonna blame Blues.Because he went and set me up for disappointment. Whar be the horror?

Technically, I wasn't wrong. Statistically speaking, there were two possible outcomes, being either a) you would be scarred for life, or b) you would not be scarred for life. There is therefore a 50% chance that you would find being turned into Ayla scarring, and a 50% chance you would not.

[phil_]

You're supposed to be gone, Thad. Go away.

Also, it would take a very long time to paint the country blue, so it's perfectly reasonable that it took Troy a couple weeks.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I have the perfect title for this comic

The World Ends in Blue =D

*crickets*

[bluestarultor]

I have the perfect title for this comic

The World Ends in Blue =D

*crickets*

Believe it or not, I do title all of my comics. I just haven't ever put them at the top. I could, I guess, but most of them would probably ruin the punchline. Also, I'm lazy and not into making sure it's centered at the top and frankly don't like the idea of the title taking up space, anyway. Having it at the bottom in a corner would work, but my bottom corners are both taken up by the logo and copyright info.

In essence, not putting them on is just a design choice I made when I started and it really hasn't hurt anything, so I haven't changed it.

This one is simply titled America Blue. That's actually pretty representative of how I name them.

[Khael!]

Oh man, the Blue! For a second I tripped out and thought I'd gone colourblind. S'what I get for not sleeping enough I guess. Hehe, figures of speech are always better when taken literally!

And Mac? Tengen toppa? I fear what the future holds, for it is orange and pointy.

[Kim]

And Mac? Tengen toppa? I fear what the future holds, for it is orange and pointy.

Yeah, and if anyone wants to be a certain TTGL character, just let me know and send me your sprite sheet or something. I'm still working out some of my ideas right now so yeah...

[Khael!]

I have no idea who any of the characters are in that series, but if someone needs to die in horrible hilarious ways, I'm your man.

[Kim]

If possible, I'm going to use legos to build very crude copies of the gunmen from Gurren Laggan. Set them on some white paper and take pics from different angles.

If I can do it right it should be pretty nifty.

[Flarecobra]

I remember Dig-Dug quite well.

And for someone who has not seen said anime, would the jokes be understandable at least?

[ShadowScar Knight]

Dig Dug ruuuules. Love it.

[Kim]

I'm going to try and do the comic in such a way that if you haven't seen the anime, you can still enjoy it, but, of course, you'll enjoy it more if you've seen the anime. This is where I'd normally tell you to go watch it, but I'm not in a force my viewpoint on other people mood right now.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I know this comic seems like a copy of my transformers animated one, but I couldn;t resist another Mac jumps off roof and injures self comic.

And since I am currently hooked on TTGL right now (blaming you NonCon) I figured, why not.

[bluestarultor]

I know this comic seems like a copy of my transformers animated one, but I couldn;t resist another Mac jumps off roof and injures self comic.

And since I am currently hooked on TTGL right now (blaming you NonCon) I figured, why not.

That rooftop is getting a lot of mileage, isn't it? XD

Actually...

If it's the "same" rooftop as I was using, that's REALLY high up. I know you did yours first, but a jumping-off-a-roof comic becomes that much funnier when the roof happens to be attached to a skyscraper or otherwise really tall building. XD

[Kerensky287]

I think Mac needs to learn how to fall properly if he's gonna keep going onto rooftops.

[bluestarultor]

Nice!

Wow, I must have really gotten desensitized to you falling, Mac. I'm laughing? XD

Edit: Also, really liking the edit of my drunken punch pose. It's really appropriate.

[Kim]

Haha! Mac, you silly goose.

Another TTNL comic up. Wherein I resort to swearing in place of actual comedy.

Haha! Swears.

[RickZarber]

Congratulations. You win the Most Swearing in a NPF Comic (So Far) award.

[Kim]

I hope I didn't offend anyone. I can take it and censor it if you guys want.

[bluestarultor]

I hope I didn't offend anyone. I can take it and censor it if you guys want.

I'd leave it. It was funny. Better reflects the desperation. XD

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

lemme be the first to say.

Dun dun dun.

[bluestarultor]

lemme be the first to say.

Dun dun dun.

You have absolutely no idea how long it took me to get a decent pic of my own hand with our digital camera. I used my brother's wall as a green screen (it's even the right color), then tried to fix up the cuff of the shirt to bring out the blue. Manually went in on some of the pixels with blue in an overlay layer, but didn't do a very good job, looking back at it. I still have the layers in a .PDN file, so I can fix it.

I also spent a lot of time with an effect that I'll be using in the next comic, but I'm not going to spoil the surprise.



EDIT: That's pretty good, Ahra. So true. XD

[TDK]

Here's a hint about why Loyal has so many rivals:

He's a douche!

(Just kidding, bro. :p)

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Nice Comic Arha.

[RickZarber]

Hurray! Arhra joins the wonderful world of comic making!

[Fenris]

Hurray! Arhra joins the wonderful world of comic making!

And performs admirably!

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

I was reading Arhra's comic and thinking to myself, "Who is this guy? Never heard of ... join date 2004?! What the f-?!"

Anyways, good jaerb on the comics everyone.

Except for you, Zarber. You do an excellent jaerb. Keep it up.

And, as far as rival's go, I'm no one's rival but I'm more than willing to be your nemesis, Arhra. Feel free to use my sprites.

[phil_]

I could be your rival, Arhra, except I'm more of a disciple. So, I guess I'll be your disciple if no one else would be, or something like that, I dunno.

Also, Mauve needs to hurry up on tAMoPRM, and Rick needs to get down on some JAQ.

[mauve]

I know, I know, I'm waaaaay behind on my part in the comic. I'm trying to find something or someone to lay blame on. I'll get back to you on that.

Also-- I'm enjoying this storyline so far, NonCon!! XD Keep it up!

Also also-- YEAH! Ahrha comics! I demand that you continue! Because... y'know.. my opinion means so much.

[Loyal]

Keep it up Arhra.

I honestly don't know how I attracted so many prospective rivals.

[phil_]

I honestly don't know how I attracted so many prospective rivals.Being a good guy and semi-competent, sometimes at the same time, I think.

[bluestarultor]

Being a good guy and semi-competent, sometimes at the same time, I think.

Also because you started out with Nexus, I'm betting. It's easier to gain rivals if you have rivals, because people know you're a rival-able person. The closest I came so far was with that DWAGH thing in my 8-bit arc and the thing with Thad and the animation. Even those were one-shot jokes, though. Nothing came of them.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

The closest I came so far was with that DWAGH ...

Wait. What?