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At 3/23/09 11:11 AM, idiot-monarch wrote:

At 3/23/09 11:08 AM, J-qb wrote: Isn't a symbiotic relationship where both organisms profit from it? A parasite is where the parasite profits from it, and the host suffers (not necessarily a lot, but still).
Cool theme though

That's what I thought, but Wikipedia calls that Mutualism :P

Actually: wikipedia says quote: "The symbiotic relationship may be categorized as being mutualistic, parasitic, or commensal in nature..... Others define it more narrowly, as only those relationships from which both organisms benefit, in which case it would be synonymous with mutualism"

I like that were responding at the same time here, really in sync

At 3/23/09 11:08 AM, J-qb wrote:

At 3/23/09 11:04 AM, idiot-monarch wrote: This weeks theme: Parasite

A parasite is a creature that takes from it's in a symbiotic relationship.

Isn't a symbiotic relationship where both organisms profit from it? A parasite is where the parasite profits from it, and the host suffers (not necessarily a lot, but still).
Cool theme though

Haha, you beat me to it.
Wikipedia says: a parasytic relationship is a type of symbiotic relationship.

At 3/23/09 11:04 AM, idiot-monarch wrote: This weeks theme: Parasite

A parasite is a creature that takes from it's in a symbiotic relationship.

Isn't a symbiotic relationship where both organisms profit from it? A parasite is where the parasite profits from it, and the host suffers (not necessarily a lot, but still).
Cool theme though

fried lunch (lungsfryd)

At 3/22/09 03:01 PM, J-qb wrote:

At 3/22/09 10:51 AM, J-qb wrote: I'm experimenting with a more minimalistic approach

And here is the second in that line.
His name is fred, which was the original name for fritz, America's first animated pornstar.
I'm really not a 'kitty'-person but I'm starting to like my own creation. I guess I imagine him a bit like stewie (family guy), smoking cigars, f.t.w, that kind of stuff.

I redid Fred, made him a little larger, and gave him a tail.
His facial expression is a little better on the first one, I think.

At 3/22/09 07:10 PM, gassyturtle wrote: a canadian taco lover its yell is so great its like music

crop it, and increase the contrast

At 3/23/09 04:16 AM, yahuwa wrote: ...I'm going to spend lots of time on it

Good for you, of you don't spend more time you won't really make anything good. Also asking for critique on a 2 minute drawing is kind of useless, since if you work on it for a bit longer you'll probably be able to get out lots of stuff yourself.

I agree with pretty much all folks above,
The text upside down/in circles/inverted/idk. isn't easy on the eyes, And the graphics aren't that much better. sorry.

Tip:
When stealing a bear's honey, make sure you don't get caught.

At 3/22/09 10:51 AM, J-qb wrote: I'm experimenting with a more minimalistic approach

And here is the second in that line.
His name is fred, which was the original name for fritz, America's first animated pornstar.
I'm really not a 'kitty'-person but I'm starting to like my own creation. I guess I imagine him a bit like stewie (family guy), smoking cigars, f.t.w, that kind of stuff.

Hmm, I actually think the first energy alien looks better.
seems everytime you think you have improved your own work, I disagree.
What I like about the first one, is that is a little more vague than the second, while at the same time it is very clear what he looks like. if you get what i mean...

At 3/22/09 11:12 AM, TheL1st wrote:

At 3/22/09 10:13 AM, J-qb wrote: about the Giraffey thing:
I understand that you would copy past your trees for inside the game, but for the menu Please make a few different trees.
this just looks silly.

great work otherwise, especially like the birds

theres 3 different trees in the menu, i only repeat trees in different scenes, never use the same one more than once in a landscape,

ps its a movie not a game

anyways thanks for the oppinon

Oh, hmm, gues you're right.
at first sight they appeared to be three instances of the same tree, My bad

At 3/22/09 01:09 PM, SirNightOwl wrote:

At 3/21/09 08:10 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 3/21/09 10:16 AM, SirNightOwl wrote: Many say he is the product of a incest orgy the monsters once had.

I see you're quoting your birth certificate.

I'm not gonna to lower myself to your level kind sir.
TURKEYONADICK LOLOLOLOLLIPOPS.
Seriously though. Your just jealous cos you trace all your pictures.
LOLOLOLOLIPOPPPS
</immaturity>

When do we find oout who's won and when does the next one start? I'm feeling creative and need direction.

Come monday (tomorrow) there will be two new threads; the Creature of the Week #53, in which you will be able to read what the new topic is. And the COW #52 vote thread, in which it will be posted who won week 51 (I assume), and where you can vote for any one of this weeks submissions.

read the rules before starting a thread.
I think this should go in the request thread.

At 3/22/09 01:27 PM, Crendor wrote:

At 3/22/09 01:22 PM, Fleshlight wrote:

I see flash movies as 20% story 25% audio 30% animation and 25% art
if it all adds up to at least 70%, then it's a good movie in my eyes.

How is story / gameplay worth the least? That doesn't make sense to me. That is pretty much the foundation of any flash / game that has meaning to it.

I don't think it's as simple as fleshlight states it; If you have a really great story, it doesn't matter as much if you're graphics aren't top notch, it can still be a good movie. Likewise, If you have great graphics, you might not even need a story!. To make a truly epic flash, you'll need to have both.

HOWEVER: if your graphics are really bad (as, frankly, yours seem to be) people won't care about what story you tell, because they will only be paying attention to those terrible graphics.

I had this lying around, but it's old, and bad

I'm experimenting with a more minimalistic approach

This is what happens when I try to draw angry when I'm not angry..

At 3/21/09 01:12 AM, Wivernryder wrote: Planets, stars, spacecraft, galaxies! I want to see it all.

does that include spacemen? had this lying around:

Had this lying around, was just a quicky from the 'finish this' thread, I had to start with the two booblike circles (which are now his wheels). Just felt like doing something unexpected

refrain from using the paintbucket in photoshop, it gives those nasty edges. You can use the brush tool with paint UNDER to retouch them.

about the Giraffey thing:
I understand that you would copy past your trees for inside the game, but for the menu Please make a few different trees.
this just looks silly.

great work otherwise, especially like the birds

sorry, but it doesn't really seem angry to me... it just seems like the guy drawing it didn't really know what he was doing, and this is how it turned out. No offence intended.

My angry drawing?
I'm not angry

Do you want comments/critiques/are you going to post more previews? Or are you just guerilla marketing your comic?

At 3/21/09 03:17 PM, moose3642 wrote: haha i dont care. but idk what you mean by lucky okay, like, okay just by chance?

well I freehanded the drawing onto a 3x3 inch piece of paper, then scanned it at 600 dpi
then i imported it to gimp and performed a Gaussian Differences.
then I used the color select tool and the colorize tool to color each square individually.
the eye is done using gradients, which I found much easier to use than gradients in photoshop.

Yeah that was kind of vague I guess (just got home from my job). What I meant is: It looks kind of cool, However: It could be either:
You spent some time thinking about what you were going to make, then you thought, I'll make it a eye in a mosaic, and then you carefully selected the colors you wanted to put in. ORRR
A five year old could basically draw those lines, and give them all a different color, and it just happens to look cool. (overstatement I know) ORRR
Anything in between.

See what I mean; it looks kind of cool but I can not tell from it If you were maybe trying really hard, and had a great idea, but it didn't work out amazingly well, or if you just drew some lines, threw in some colors, couple of filters, and uploaded it.

p.s. I know what GIMP is, I've just never used it. I've always used photoshop (flash in early periods), so I could go and tell you Photoshop is better, but really I don't know.

At 3/21/09 03:29 PM, TheGoldenMonk wrote: I call it a Hornidode Creeper. It is a lizard like creature that has large air sacks on its sides and tail region which it uses to expel large amounts of air through the funnel like objects on its back, which then emit a very loud, low pitched, blasts. This sounds is used mostly to deter large predators.

What do you think?

That's cool, Although next time try to put maybe more detail in the creature. After all it is all about creature creating right? It now looks kind of like you just drew it and uploaded it (no offense intended), which is cool, put it doesn't really give good drawings. Now maybe this is just because you are not as experienced, all fine then. It can be cartoony (see my entry for COW 51). But still try to put a little more detail in it, you might learn something from it.

At 3/19/09 09:39 PM, Captain-Ben wrote: Sorry for not posting in here as often as i should, I've been ridiculously busy with school, so i haven't had much time for my personal art, kind of stuck in a rut in the moment.

But for your viewing pleasure here's my notes from my last history class, I've decided that i love ballpoint pens

ballpoints are great, so is this piece. What I love about ballpoints is that every line matters, you can't really afford to make any mistakes, or you'll have to be very creative in solving it. I don't know if you sketched this first maybe, but if you haven't it really is an outstanding feat. If you have it's still cool.

At 3/21/09 02:58 PM, moose3642 wrote: I love gimp! i got it a week ago and this is my first picture...well, most of my first picture. I had to cut some of it out in order to meet the maximum requirement, but I hope you get the idea.

This program is SO powerful, and I plan to use it for a very long time. Surprisingly easy to use. I was pleased with the shortcut keys, too, they really made my editing faster.

I don't know gimp, so I can't respond to that, but the image is kinda okay. However: it could be just lucky okay (if you know what I mean), please make some more, so we can critique, (if that's what you're after)

just noticed: on the gimp-brush-boredday fox head (if you know what I mean). What's with the strange marks on his cheeck? apart from that it is definately your best work in this thread imo.

Did I say thighs? I meant hips

sorry for double post