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DexX
August 15, 2001 7:28 AM

Gabe Billings and NeoVid, drawn, inked and scanned. Can I get some input from you two about these please? Gabe, I know the likeness isn't the best, sorry. NeoVid, I have a good excuse if this looks nothing like you. :)

If you are happy enough, Gabe, got a prefence for colours? NeoVid, I know you want a black jacket and greay jeans, but what about the t-shirt?

Anyway... let me know if there is a thumb on backwards or anything like that.

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evil_d August 15, 2001 8:05 AM	I don't think they'll fit inside the panel.
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Spankling August 15, 2001 8:23 AM	Gabe needs more foam on his beard.
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DexX August 15, 2001 8:51 AM	quote: I don't think they'll fit inside the panel. They are giants among men. :)
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NastyPope August 15, 2001 8:53 AM	The way Gabe is smiling and the position of his right hand makes it look like he is wacking a huge donkey cock... his own ...maybe.
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wirthling August 15, 2001 10:22 AM	Does NeoVid really resemble a cross between Ichabod Crane and Granny from The Beverly Hillbillies?
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boorite August 15, 2001 10:30 AM	I thought it looked like a young Ben Franklin engaging himself in a game of "pocket billiards."
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boorite August 15, 2001 10:33 AM	Great, we get some sucker to draw free art for us, and we thank him with smartass remarks. Speaking of which, doesn't the Gabe character look like Mr. Clean in a polo shirt?
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wirthling August 15, 2001 10:37 AM	quote: Great, we get some sucker to draw free art for us, and we thank him with smartass remarks. Speaking of which, doesn't the Gabe character look like Mr. Clean in a polo shirt? I think he looks more like Goldberg's gay little brother. The character does, too.
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gabe_billings August 15, 2001 1:15 PM	Fuck you all. Dexx, it's sweet. Dark blue shirt would be good. Or whatever else you think might work. As long as it isn't pink, or something else equally faggy. Maybe you could add wirthling's head hanging from my belt, dripping blood. That'd be pretty cool.
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skagg August 15, 2001 1:19 PM	that would make a useful prop actually, wirthlings head on a pike
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wirthling August 15, 2001 1:31 PM	DexX, do you want me to e-mail you my head? Alternately, I could just send a gif depiction of it.
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Spankling August 15, 2001 1:40 PM	quote: DexX, do you want me to e-mail you my head? Alternately, I could just send a gif depiction of it. Could you email me some head?
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NeoVid
August 15, 2001 3:20 PM

My first impulse is always to be nice. I've found that going with my impulses is usually a bad idea.

Anyway, you got it about right (including the smirking arrogance) except the face is too skinny, and you forgot my stubble. I look rugged, not like a geezer. And the shirt is black, with an angry face on it... it's like a smiley face, except the smile is upside-down.

And since I forget which pictures of me I sent you before, here're the ones I can get to easily, including one I'm sure I left out before...

http://indiemadnesse.sandwich.net/ifroast/NeoVid.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/donottauntlsamaprod/artwork/neovid.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/donottauntlsamaprod/artwork/neovid1.JPG
http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/donottauntlsamaprod/artwork/nnyovid.gif

Yes, I know a lot of artists, and I'm an arrogant, self-promoting scumbag.

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DexX August 15, 2001 9:55 PM	Wirthling, if you really want to be just a disembodied head, by all means send away. Make it a clear pic, though, nice and big (but no bigger than 50KB or so) so I can get as much detail out of it as possible. You can be our resident Red Meat flaming skull... :)
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wirthling August 15, 2001 10:11 PM	What's your e-mail addy these days?
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DexX August 15, 2001 10:34 PM	Crap - I used to have it in my .sig, but then it was included in my forum details and I checked "show it", so I took it out. dexx@ihug.com.au
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DexX
August 15, 2001 10:45 PM

Anyway, you got it about right (including the smirking arrogance)

Thanks, I worked hard on the smirk. :)

except the face is too skinny

OK, I'll give you chipmunk cheeks...

and you forgot my stubble. I look rugged, not like a geezer.

Stubble is a colouring thing, not at inking thing. Just like the stubble on Gabe's head - I'll put it in later.

And the shirt is black, with an angry face on it... it's like a smiley face, except the smile is upside-down.

Black jacket and shirt? OK, I'll see what I can do. The frownie might get lost in the size reduction, but I will give it a go.

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gabe_billings August 16, 2001 3:00 AM	quote: Stubble is a colouring thing, not at inking thing. Just like the stubble on Gabe's head - I'll put it in later. Leave out the stubble on my head. I just shaved.
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DexX
August 16, 2001 7:22 AM

Well, here they are...

...where exactly is Gabe's hand going?

Anyway, I'll be emailing these to JohnnyBrad in a sec, so if you don't like 'em... I'll cry... :(

Sorry I couldn't make the whole jacket black, NeoVid, but it just looked crappy. I had to add some features to it. How's the frownie? :)

Come to think of it, Gabe looks like he is feeling for his own pulse... "Hmmm, am I still alive? Can't be too careful about these things..." Oh, and I gave you a shiny spot on your head to match the one in the photo, but it doesn't show up really well. *shrug*

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Spankling August 16, 2001 7:51 AM	quote: Oh, and I gave you a shiny spot on your head to match the one in the photo, but it doesn't show up really well. shrug That's just jiz residue.
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DexX August 16, 2001 8:26 AM	...and here is Mr Floating Disembodied Head himself, wirthling! Obviously, he will be much smaller in the final, coloured version... Your thoughts, wirthling? There's a bit of strangeness in it that will be sorted in the colouring process.
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DexX August 16, 2001 8:26 AM	...and here is Mr Floating Disembodied Head himself, wirthling! Obviously, he will be much smaller in the final, coloured version... Your thoughts, wirthling? There's a bit of strangeness in it that will be sorted in the colouring process.
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DexX August 16, 2001 8:29 AM	Damn it!!! I pressed the Save button, and nothing happened, so I clicked Preview instead. The preview showed that it had not yet been posted, so I clicked Save again... and nothing happened. I figured it was safe to click Save again, so I did, and sure enough, it posted twice. Bastard!
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DexX August 16, 2001 9:36 AM	OK, wirthling's done already. I'm working wuickly tonight. Let's just hope he actually _liked_ the uncoloured image... Anyway, here he is, in between Gabe and NeoVid to give you a sense of how he is placed in the frame... I already have my first Red Meat ripoff planned... :)
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Graehe August 16, 2001 9:36 AM	quote: And since I forget which pictures of me I sent you before, here're the ones I can get to easily, including one I'm sure I left out before... http://indiemadnesse.sandwich.net/ifroast/NeoVid.jpg You look like Harry Potter on crack? By the way, you might want to consider that you should never admit to arrogance. It FORCES people like me take potshots.
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wirthling August 16, 2001 10:21 AM	quote: Nice job, DexX. I don't think I'm quite that ugly in the real world, but then again, the photo I sent you wasn't quite flattering. Actually, that pic makes me look like I'm the Planet of the Apes' version of Carrot Top. Go ahead and use it.
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DexX
August 16, 2001 10:38 AM

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Go ahead and use it.

Johnny said should have it up in a few hours, along with the other new art (Descolada, Gabe, NeoVid, the kangaroo, the fly, and the pile of ashes).

I haven't mentioned for a while that JohnnyBrad is a fucking legend, and we all owe him a huge debt of gratitude for making this great site and keeping it running, despite having the odds against him.

I'll get that PayPal account activated and send you some terribly undervalued Australian currency really soon, Brad, I promise. :)

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skagg August 16, 2001 10:46 AM	what does desc look like, posat a link or summat draw me, u wanna pic?
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Drexle
August 16, 2001 10:48 AM

You know, I already *have* a gif I drew of myself floating around online... I did it with the old Wolfenstein editor, so it looks like I came from a 16-bit console game.

I'd submit it, but it really doesn't fit in with any of the other graphics on the site. Arrrr...

I've already told Brad as much in an e-mail I sent a few days ago when I couldn't access the site. Now if only I had a credit card... :/

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Drexle August 16, 2001 11:09 AM	Here's just the first frame of the animation... http://drexle.freehosting.net/Drexle.gif Here's the whole thing... since I have no idea how the tags on this board work in regards to posting an image, I have to warn you that this gif is kind of microscopic unless you set the display size in the img src... too bad HTML doesn't seem to work. :/ http://drexle.freehosting.net/tonymage.gif
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Drexle August 16, 2001 11:17 AM	So Neo.... Is that Mr. Fuck in your lowermost pic, or have the doughboys recurited a third member?
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gabe_billings August 16, 2001 12:36 PM	I was trying to realize what I thought was wrong with DexX's version of me. And then it hit me. In his picture, I'm skinny. : )
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Spankling August 16, 2001 1:56 PM	DexX - your input please... This is a Spankling I whipped up using Johnny as a base (sorry Brad). The roman nose isn't quite right and I made myself even paler than real life. But it's more fun that way. Can you touch it up? And if you can make my left hand slip up the top (nipple pinch) that would be cool.
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Spankling August 16, 2001 2:47 PM	And don't anyone think they are the first to say I look like a gay Mr. Clean with aids.
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Spankling August 16, 2001 2:57 PM	And I think we could all make use of the graphic on the right.
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NeoVid
August 16, 2001 3:11 PM

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Sorry I couldn't make the whole jacket black, NeoVid, but it just looked crappy. I had to add some features to it. How's the frownie? :)

Excellent, that's how it is. And don't worry about the color too much, you came closer to getting it right than anyone else has.

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So Neo.... Is that Mr. Fuck in your lowermost pic, or have the doughboys recurited a third member?

Ah, you got the reference.

No, that's a stuffed toy of me that was made as merchandise when I was in a fighting tournament. They gave me a free one, but since I'm made of pure twisted energy, it ended up mutating into a little sadistic monstrosity.

My online persona has a disturbing amount of backstory by now...

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Spankling August 16, 2001 4:06 PM	quote: And I think we could all make use of the graphic on the right. I meant stage right... yeah...
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gabe_billings August 16, 2001 5:06 PM	All of Spankling's girlfriends have to ask why he has L's and R's on his socks.
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Spankling August 16, 2001 6:28 PM	quote: All of Spankling's girlfriends have to ask why he has L's and R's on his socks. I imagine their are minds full of questions, like "what the hell am I doing here?" Not many come up with a suitable answer.
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DexX
August 17, 2001 7:21 AM

Shit mate, a couple of open wounds and you could be a cenobite... :)

Well, you have two options. If you quite like this pic you have done, I could grab it and tidy it up somewhat, do a nice clean transparency, make your skin some colour other than white, etc.

OR... I could use the one you have done as a model and draw a new one from scratch based upon it.

Your choice. :)

Oh, and how were you going with those pics of yours, trying to lift them out and make them nicely transparent? The offer is still open if you want to send them to me or send me a URL for them. I have done a bit of GIF transparency with painted images and photos, so I should be able to manage a decent look.

...and what the hell happened to Gabe's pirate and policeman? I liked them... even the purple dog...

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DexX
August 17, 2001 7:34 AM

News update, Spanks...

Currently scribbling you up, based loosely on your own adaptation of my art (if that makes any sense) with some slightly different shit going on. Still at the rough pencil stage right now, but you have one hand creeping under the waistband of your leather undies, and the other hand is bent up, with a finger hooked through a nipple ring.

I want you to know that I feel quite dirty and ashamed drawing this. *laugh*

I'll post a scan of the pencil once it is finalised.

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Spankling August 17, 2001 7:58 AM	quote: I want you to know that I feel quite dirty and ashamed drawing this. laugh So happy to help. I better send you those pics. I'm not getting it done right. I'll get that done eventually.
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DexX August 17, 2001 7:58 AM	Okies, here's the first pencil draft, processed somewhat to bring out the detail... I realised that I put the nipples in the wrong place after I scanned it, then I worked out a better way to "build" the harness, so it goes down the middle rather than both side, leaving the nipples free. Aaanyway, let me know what you think, and if you are happy enough, I'll ink you up. :)
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Spankling August 17, 2001 8:39 AM	quote: Aaanyway, let me know what you think, and if you are happy enough, I'll ink you up. :) Love the collar! Can you put a brass ring on the front to hook a leash on? All gear would be black leather with brass studs. And I have a gold hoop in my right ear that didn't show up well from my pic.
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DexX
August 17, 2001 9:20 AM

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Love the collar! Can you put a brass ring on the front to hook a leash on? All gear would be black leather with brass studs.
And I have a gold hoop in my right ear that didn't show up well from my pic.

[count_rugen] I swear it shall be done. [/count_rugen]

If you look closely, you will notice there is no ring in the nipple for you to hook your finger through, either. Since it will be so small, I decided to add it during colouring, and avoid a black outline. I'll do the same with the ear-ring.

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DexX August 17, 2001 10:51 AM	OK, here are two Spanklings putting their heads together... Be afraid... How's that? The collar looks a bit like a necklace, now, sorry...
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Spankling August 17, 2001 1:47 PM	Fab job! Thanks!
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