I've been thinking about doing a themed character set with a consistent look, and two ideas have struck me as good, so I plan to do both.

1: Religion set
All the major religious figures, sitting cross-legged on clouds, probably just one pose each, maybe two just to add a bit of versatility. I'm thinking a bearded-old-man style God, a non-crucified Jesus, Buddha, Zeus, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, plus any others that people think of. Also in this set would be a few "Hands of God" - pointing, giving a thumbs-up sign, maybe a couple of others, plus a lightning bolt prop, and (of course) the Flying Spaghetti Monster's Noodly Appendage.

To flesh it out, I would also draw a handful of new backgrounds: a general cloudy background in the same style as the characters, as well as the Peraly Gates, a radiant "god on his throne" type of pic, and maybe a full-width Flying Spaghetti Monster, radiant in the clouds.

Feedback? Suggestions? Rotten fruit?

2: Politics set
I'm not a real political cartoonist, but I'd be willing to have a crack at drawing reasonably recognisable international political figures, again in a consistent style so they all look good together. They would include the obvious ones, plus some lesser-knowns: Bush and co (Cheney, Rumsfeld, Condi), Bush main opponents, Blair (and maybe the current British opposition leader, whoever he is), and the Aussie PM and opposition leader (John Howard and Kim Beazley). In news that will please those looking for a more serious style, I will try to do serious-looking caricatures, rather than silly exaggerated ones.

Anyone else that should be included? I'm a lefty, but in the interests of fair play I'll draw up left-wing politicians as well for the SC community's obscene pleasures. If it's someone I am not likely to have heard of, though, please do your own homework and give me some good photos to work from.

Oh, as for matching background, I could only think of two: a blue curtain and presidential seal for press conferences, and some kind of UN background.

Can you do an elephanty-man for Ganesh? Or a multi-armed Shiva?

For the religion set, some kind of Confucius or Lao Tzu figure would be good (to represent either Confucianism, Taoism or both). I really like the idea!

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Can you do an elephanty-man for Ganesh? Or a multi-armed Shiva?

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For the religion set, don't forget the meatballs!

For the politics, we probably don't need the US Seal too urgently. The American Flag background, even if not exactly right, conveys the same things.

Oh, and famous past politicians. Churchill, Hitler, Gorbachev, Khruschev (wielding shoe), Mao. Lincoln, Genghis Khan, Victoria, maybe even Idi Amin.

You rule DexX, thanks for the political ones!

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For the religion set, don't forget the meatballs!

For the politics, we probably don't need the US Seal too urgently. The American Flag background, even if not exactly right, conveys the same things.

Oh, and famous past politicians. Churchill, Hitler, Gorbachev, Khruschev (wielding shoe), Mao. Lincoln, Genghis Khan, Victoria, maybe even Idi Amin.

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And Mister Bartlett.

Awesome. One thing, we already have a Jesus not on a cross.

Is Jesus supposed to look so... evil?

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Awesome. One thing, we already have a Jesus not on a cross.

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Awesome. One thing, we already have a Jesus not on a cross.

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I don't like the idea real people. There are plenty of other web sites you can use if you want specific people.

Actually, as long as I'm ranting, I love most of the new art that's been coming recently, but some of the stuff is just useless. If bandwidth is an issue, quality control would be a good idea. (If not, then just put whatever art you want up, I guess.)

Since religion and politics are my two favorite targets, I am a big fan of this idea. I have one slight concern with the idea of specific, current political figures, though. Probably not a big deal, but I`ll throw it out there anyway: How long can we expect certain people`s images to stay relevant? In a few years all the major world leaders will be out of office and a whole new group of people will be in power. Do we just keep adding more and more political characters?
Maybe it would be better to have less specific characters loosely based on particular public figures. In other words, Character X might be Dick Cheyney, but in a few years he could also be used to represent whichever other creepy old white guy will invariably be taking his place.
Then again, maybe I`m just misunderestimating the impact these people will have on history, and Dubya jokes will still be popular 20 years down the road when all our kids are on stripcreator making 3-D animated talking comics and bugging Brad Jr. about letting boinky33 come back to the site.

You mean Boinky33³ don't you?

And don't forget the rest of our bastard children. DragonYero, DeyY, Son_Of_Sycess, Tobor2.0, Drexette, triped, Chi_The_Nihilist and TheCoughingMan!

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You mean Boinky33³ don't you?

And don't forget the rest of our bastard children. DragonYero, DeyY, Son_Of_Sycess, Tobor2.0, Drexette, triped, Chi_The_Nihilist and TheCoughingMan!

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Actually, as long as I'm ranting, I love most of the new art that's been coming recently, but some of the stuff is just useless.

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If I catch CKRoyall on here, she's going to be soooo grounded.

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If I catch CKRoyall on here, she's going to be soooo grounded.

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no, she said she was hanging out with finndingo34 tonight.

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If I catch CKRoyall on here, she's going to be soooo grounded.

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no, she said she was hanging out with finndingo34 tonight.

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That little whore!

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Well, I agree with Externalization about making generic looking politicians. Like he said, there's no telling how long specific characters will stay topical, but Pasty Old White Guy #1 can be used over and over for a variety of characters. We already use the cowboy for GW, and the Host image from Kaddar looks enough like Slick Willy that he can be used the same way. We need multi-use characters, not so much specific politicians.

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Pasty Old White Guy #1 can be used over and over for a variety of characters.

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Pasty Old White Guy #1 can be used over and over for a variety of characters.

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It's Churchill!

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It's Churney!

The religion set sounds really useful. Make sure to include some Cherubs that can also double as cupid. And the Virgin Mary would be nice too. And some Egyptian gods with animal heads (they could also be used in Stargate parodies). And for Buddha, you should have both a Siddhartha and a jolly fat Chinese man, like the statues at Chinese resturants. Maybe some sort of Goddess too.

I agree with the other people who said that the politics one might not be timeless enough to be worth doing.

What I would like to see:

A car background complete w/steering wheel and characters already embedded in the bg, we can use the height1 & height2 for speech (this idea has been brought forth many times before)

Since Texas Hold 'Em has now become the national sport here in America, I'd like to see some kind of poker table split in half w/one person sitting at it, kind of like the blue, blonde, etc characters in the Kaddar sitting at a computer. Combine both sides and you have a table, granted there would only be 2 people sitting at said table, but still...

You know how we have the guitar player, right? I'd like to see a drummer, and a keyboard player. Maybe a bass player too.

A stereo prop.

Oh, and more characters talking on cell phones.

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Oh, and more characters talking on cell phones.

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Dildos

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Oh, and more characters talking on cell phones.

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*ahem*
1)Jesus ain't real
2)Jesus was Korean
3)Brad IS Boinky33
4)Internet will be outlawed by jews in 2054
5)I am GOD
6)I like to say Shank
7)Shank
8)Shank shank shanky my wanky
9)Brad is still boinky and I have proof
10)Is Gnomz the mexican stripcreator?
11)I'm still GOD
12)I'm horny
13)Shank
Thank you.

-Chaplin,Your lord & Savior-

I would like a Rotor Turbine graphic, please.

That's the first TOBOR erection I ever saw.

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I would like a Rotor Turbine graphic, please.

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I am against that idea, because it would just encourage people to make more "Cowboy Physics" variations to make me vomit.

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Pasty Old White Guy #1 can be used over and over for a variety of characters.

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It's Churchill!

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It's Cheney!

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I`ve got a suggestion for a new religious character: The prophet Mohammed (all praise be unto him) with a bomb on his head.

I know there are cloud backgrounds, but what about having some of the religious characters be in clouds? Like the lower half of them is a cloud.

And as always, I propose Wonderland characters (i.e. Card Soldiers, Mad Hatter, Jabberwocky) because I roll like that.

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And as always, I propose Wonderland characters (i.e. Card Soldiers, Mad Hatter, Jabberwocky) because I roll like that.

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And as always, I propose Wonderland characters (i.e. Card Soldiers, Mad Hatter, Jabberwocky) because I roll like that.

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I thought about that, but it's a pretty big set to make and I still have to finish off my elementals and matrix characters...

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NO! YOU MUST DO THEM NOW! QUIT YOUR JOB IF YOU MUST! I DEMAND CARD SOLDIERS!

Hehe. No worries, it's only a suggestion. If you do get around to it, though, that'd be awesome.

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i bet a hitler character would be as frequently used as the jesus character

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I'm planning to propose on valentines day

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Hitler is a must have. Is he there yet?

most of them have me on ignore so they never heard the suggestion. it's kind of sad but kind of liberating too cause i feel like i can say anything. watch

i'm so lonely.

What this site needs is a Naked Guy character. Well, the upper half of one anyway. You artistic types get busy...

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What this site needs is a Naked BigFrank character.

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Excellent! Sorry the black box isn't going the other way, BF. Wha, wha, wha...

That box needs to be MUCH smaller.

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That box needs to be MUCH smaller.

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