On that note, I don't think the kitchen one looks too bad.

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Dinosaurs had eggs bro, the chicken came way later.

Okay, I was wrong; the perspective works, now we just need to have a chat about your taste in furniture.

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Okay, I was wrong; the perspective works, now we just need to have a chat about your taste in furniture.

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In the meantime if anyone wants to use that for a sarcastic response of their own the direct URL is here:

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/5190/drumkitfinished3om.jpg

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Dinosaurs had eggs bro, the chicken came way later.

All right, I should warn in advance that I'm real picky about the graphics I add because a) each one I add uses more bandwidth and b) once they go up it's really annoying to take them down.

Some of these points have been covered by other people, some haven't:

- The drawings seem a little too MS Paint-style for my taste. I'm no artist, so I'm not sure if that's just the ultra loud colors or something. Maybe I've been spoiled by Rabid's backgrounds.

- There's a ton of JPG artifacting in a lot of them (check out the counter top on the kitchen background.)

- The kitchen background doesn't work with standing characters on the right side.

- Putting characters in the backgrounds (like the bartender) is a neat idea but would probably be confusing to users as they won't be able to give them dialog. And I'm not sure how much a mute character really adds to the setting.

- The paddock seems like it's covered by one of the many field backgrounds already on the site.

- Where are the photo backgrounds from, are they royalty free, etc.

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www.bradsucks.net

It could be the colours, or it could be that I'm using MS Paint...

Sadly I don't have the internet at home and I can't put photoshop on the computer I use at work. If that's a problem I can hold off until I get my computer upgraded and DSL hooked up (which should be mid to late june). After that I will be able to produce a much higher standard of work.

Also this monitor is very dark, so I'll have to check them out on one of the newer ones to work on the aesthetics.

Again, this is the result of Paint. I might be able to get around that by sending them in BMP format to someone and getting them to convert them using Photoshopm, or something along those lines.

I will re-do this one altogher if it'll be used, that's not a problem. I didn't think of perspective when I started making them. I also am not an artist...

Yeah, that's why I put in 2 versions. In retrospect what seemed like a fun novelty wasn't the best move.

Yeah, I think it sucks too. I took the photo a while back for something else, I thought I'd throw it in.

Everything is royalty free and my own work, with the exception of things I've borrowed from existing art on stripcreator. The paddock and carpark are photos I took. The castle was originally a photograph that I did over with Paint (Very poorly...). The grass was taken from another photo, and chopped up so much it is unrecognizable (I just took segments and muddled them up and then used the spraypaint feature to blend them a little).

How many backgrounds do you actually want/need? Also is there anything in particular that you want?

To be honest I'd like to do a lot, but I knew hosting restrictions would take precedence. If you give me an idea of how many you're prepared to use I'll see what people want made and work with that.

I'm also not at all concerned if you don't want to use anything I make, I'm also concerned with maintaining the quality of stripcreator, and since I've just started doing this I'm not expecting to turn out masterpieces.

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Dinosaurs had eggs bro, the chicken came way later.

Movie theater! Just a suggestion.

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Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.

I like them all, actually. I think they'd enhance the site greatly. My only comment would be that maybe the paddock one is a little redundant with all the outdoor/field backgrounds currently available. But, it IS photorealistic.

I think there's too much clutter in the armchair one and that they all need to be redrawn in Illustrator or something to clean up the jaggies.

I added three more kitchen backgrounds:

http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/jeanster/Artwork.html

Let me know what you think.

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

I added one more. It has the front view of the refrigerator.

http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/jeanster/Artwork.html

Image files have been emailed to Brad.

~Jean

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

Okay, I've added a laundry area. Picture of a washer and dryer.

http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/jeanster/Artwork.html

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

They're a bit amateurish, aren't they?

And now I've added a saloon.

http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/jeanster/Artwork.html

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

Could use some antialiasing, also the coloring looks a little too contrasting.

Hey Brad, I'm thinkin that the line art stuff could easily be in GIF format, or is that not compatable with your system?

Just an idea, since line art always looks better as GIF, especially simpler stuff.

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Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

The thing with my backgrounds is they're done in vectors. That's why they have the crisp lines and sharp colours. This effect is pretty impossible to get in MS Paint.

I'm also glad you think I spoil you, Brad.

I also apologise for not making any yet, I'm just really lazy and I often have a hard time just getting started especially since a lot of the backgrounds suggestion are somewhat complex.

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Poop.

Three storefronts added: a boutique, a comic book shop and a diner.

http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/jeanster/Artwork.html

Kaddar, thanks for mentioning "antialiasing". I did not know what that meant, so I did a Google search.

The jagged lines of the angles do frustrate me, but I could not figure out how to smooth them out. And due to time constraints, I never took the time to seek out how to remedy that problem. Since this is just a hobby for me, I have not given it top priority. But now I am curious about it.

I do not know if MS Paint has a feature that fixes the jagged lines, or if one has to acquire separate software to do that.

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

Four words: Jasc Paint Shop Pro.

You should be able to find a copy or crack somewhere online.

Good directory of tutorials here:

http://www.psplinks.com/

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Wow, I didn't realize Corel had bought them. Now it's Corel Paint Shop Pro.

That said, they are up to version 9, but even something as old as version 5 is waaaaaaay better than MS Paint.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Thank you for that information, fuzzyman. I'll be sure to look into that.

~Jean

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

I've added a fireplace, a toy store and a bakery.

http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/jeanster/Artwork.html

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

Wow, my colours suck. I'm sitting at a comp with a new monitor today. I'd need to darken them quite a lot...

I think I'll hold off making them for now, my girlfriend has just landed a new job, so I can afford to get my computer at home up and running a little sooner (I was going to have to wait until I get my bonus in June), so I'll get a better program to work with before continuing.

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Dinosaurs had eggs bro, the chicken came way later.

Recently added: a castle, a birthday party, a fireplace, library bookshelves, and I've redone the staircase.

http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/jeanster/Artwork.html

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

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Dinosaurs had eggs bro, the chicken came way later.