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Thanks! I came up with it while practising with lighting and shading (and lens flares :P). It became kinda boring so I added a little twist. I appreciate any participant and I'm curious with what ideas people come up.

Hey everybody,

I'm sure y'all remember those pics where you had to scrape out pre-printed images from a black surface to reveal a shiny or coloured background, don't you? Well the main idea of this thread is to revive your childhood memories and take em to the digital century.

All you need is a interesting background and an all black layer above it. Then you can start scraping an image with the eraser tool. There are no rules as this thread is just for fun, but here are some thoughts (especially for beginners like myself):

- Selection tools are helpful to keep your wild scraping under control
- Use a thin black brush for corrections (as reverse eraser so to speak)
- Opacity is your friend (you knew that already, didn't you?)
- Please don't use extra layers
- The eraser is actually not much different from the brush tool

You can use this template to get things started.

It looks plain black, but underneath is a colorful layer I prepared. You are welcome to use your own backgrounds of course. Keep in mind, if your background layer is dark you should adjust the top layer (black is not mandatory anyway).

So here's my starter pic as an *cough* inspiration.

Have fun!

P.S.: It took me some while to research the name "scraperfoil" does anyone know a more common english name? In Germany they are called "Kratzbilder" = scratch images

Good job again! PikaRobo is an interesting avatar anyway.

As you did so good on several Newgrounds characters already, I'd suggest you give Bitey a try. I would really love to see him done by you.

I already told you in the reviews, but I love your clay work! I'm wondering how you get the colours. Do you just mix em together? Anyways good work with that. Just keep em coming!

"Happy Robot Day!" = 0100100001100001011100000111000001111001 0010000001010010011011110110001001101111 0111010000100000010001000110000101111001 00100001

Check it!

It turned out brilliant! The poems, the voices, the music, the art, the book, the layout and everything else I may have forgotten is just great! Good job, you are amazing girls'n'guys!!!! Thanks!

Congrats to all the co-authors. For me it's a huge honour to be co-authored, too.

I think this collab will be great and I'm proud to be a part of it.

Thanks to ReNaeNae and SteakandKidneyPie for pulling it off in the first place and to everyone who contributed something.

At 7/9/10 07:43 PM, Ashman wrote: no offence but i thought we wanted to keep the quality of this collab good, yours gave me the idea though so thanks

No offence taken, that's what I said. It was just a sketch to bring in an idea. And so you're welcome :P

Good work with Mr. Schwarzenegger. Too bad that the collab is all blue. This one would look great with the glowing red eye.

At 7/9/10 10:54 AM, big-jonny-13 wrote:

At 7/8/10 08:37 PM, SteakandKidneyPie wrote: Will someone be able to do some art for this poem before saturday. Thanks

Someone better create some art for it. I just squeezed in a recording before I head off to work. I don't want it to go to waste.

If some inspiration helps, here's a sketch. Unfortunately my execution is lacking. Maybe someone can create something based on it. (Plus it bumps the thread ^^)

Yes, the basic shape is loosely traced, don't slap me for it.

Here's the psd, just in case.

At 7/8/10 06:24 PM, ThePuffyReptar wrote: I've heard people talking about scripts and I have a vague understanding of them.I mean,I've heard of story lines but never scripts.Someone please give me explanation!

Check this out....

At 7/8/10 06:24 PM, DemocracyFTW wrote: working on this, and i wanted some thoughts and tips! :)

Well, looks good so far, but it's hard to say something about a sketch. At least it's an interesting idea for a pic. The base of the building left to the statue of liberty doesn't seem straight.

At 7/7/10 10:24 PM, TheDude447 wrote: So about a year ago....I posted some, well, crappy drawings is a nice way to put it. The thread got deleted and I really didn't bother working on art until I took an art class. That's where I really felt determined to improve on detail, proportion, anatomy, and basically everything else. So, I'm going to try again at an art thread and see how it goes. Criticism is very much appreciated. Atleast, constructive criticism.

I like the first one. The expression on his face is fantastic and the whole idea of the dude with the little daisy is very funny.

To be constructive I must say, that the shadow seems to be off. It's in the upper left of the nose, in the upper right on the one arm and on the right on the other arm. Which direction is the light coming from?

I would love to see this piece colored. It may not be anatomically perfect, but I think it's good.

At 7/7/10 07:47 PM, Frakenbourrough wrote: I said I'd try to get one about Robocop and one about the Terminator in, hoping it's not too late.

Nice poem, but it's too late. It's closed for some days already.
I'm not the one in charge, but that's the info we got.
You should check out the corresponding thread in the art forum for more information.

Sorry for you. I really like your poem. :)

At 7/1/10 02:02 PM, agustana wrote:

At 7/1/10 12:15 AM, TreadVigorously wrote: Within the realm that the knight did dream,
things were just as they always did seem;

The repetition of the word 'did' here seems a bit redundant.

Actually, I think it sounds great. The double rhyme is a effective stylistic device in poems. I understand what agustana means, but I guess in this case it's no problem.

he fought
a beast
called boredom.

The ending is too abrupt. Hell, you could change the title and the ending and your poem would be about a knight instead of something as simple as boredom.

In my opinion, this was a very good first poem and I encourage you to write more.

Agreed, I mean ok, it's an interesting or funny ending, but it could be so much more. One could say, your poem is better than its ending. I guess you were bored when you started to write the poem so it was the first thing that came into your mind, wasn't it? But your poem shows your ability to do even better.

I have one idea about this line:

:the knight found what he had sought

How about another word repetition? "the knight had found what he had sought"
Just read it aloud and think about it, I feel that it suits the poems measure/rythm better. Just thinking....

Overall, I must say I really like your poem. The rythm is good, the words are well chosen and you have nice interesting rhymes. And it doesn't feel like you are rhyming, just to have rhymes in your poems, but with reason. You should definitely write more. ;)

At 7/2/10 07:22 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: Just a few words though. People, check your damn spelling and grammar, because it's damn hard :figuring out what the hell you're saying when the grammar and spelling looks like something from a :grade 5 level. I've had to re-record numerous times because I've fucked up while recording because :the sentences didn't make sense. But I worked it all out and it's done now, cause I'm awesome like :that.

Talking about proof reading, I did already point out a little typo about "The Fledgeling". In my first post it said "but wasn't that hairy" and in another post I corrected to "but it wasn't that hairy". I hope that got noticed. :O

But it would stil be ok if you managed to record it in a reasonable poetic measure (is that the correct english word?) even with the typo. That would make you even MOAR AWSUM!

From the short time I visit the art forum and portal daily, i got this impression:

Ashman
Kinsei01
Sabtastic

As mentioned before, I'm not around for too long here, but I quickly memorized the name Ashman who's always on guard and strikes swiftly when somebody breakes a rule. Who would be better for an RTS game? :D

Then Kinsei01, who gives stupid questions an honest answer and is very helpful in general.

Sabtastic because she is one of the best and best-known female artists around. And we don't want forum reg's and dudes only, do we?

I know there are many other good candidates (like M-Vero, J-qb etc.), but that's the impression I got, during the time I'm here.

At 7/1/10 03:21 PM, Luis wrote: i will only fund projects that have dogs involved in some way.

Yeah, Waterman needs a dog sidekick! I'd suggest "Bubble-Pup"

I received the message from 176032073359ab too.

It was pretty obvious, that it's spam.

Dickheads there days.... *sighs*

At 6/29/10 10:26 PM, Fifty-50 wrote:

Luwano - The Fledgeling

Done. What do you think. Here's the Psd.

That's really cute!! Good job on this one, thank you!

I just have one question, is it possible to let some kind of little wheels slightly peep out from beneath the feet? Just because it says he "rolls out" the gateway in the poem.

But I'd be fine if it stays the way it is, too. I just pretend he got foldout wheels. :P

At 6/29/10 05:47 PM, xTY3x wrote: what do you prefere?

The two-eyed version looks creepier and better to me. Dunno why, maybe because human-like traits make robots scarier.

At 6/29/10 05:12 PM, munio wrote: so which poems are gonna be in?

There's a list in the art thread.

At 6/29/10 02:21 PM, ReNaeNae wrote:
***Zombie-Eskimo - Unnamed (No Room, pic below)

***- Zombie-Eskimo's poem (see below) needs a name. Any Suggestions?

How about "Menial Life"? I think it could mean the life of the robot as a servant or the "unworthy"/"menial" life his master lives.

Or "Last delivery" if that's not to cheesy. :P

Here's another entry for the collab:

The Fledgeling

Once there was a young robot
fresh from the plant
who rolled out the gateway
to explore the land

He saw grasses and meadows
and birdies and bees
sunlight and shadows
and flowers and trees

His database told him
the names for all things
And by the weather conditions
he could tell it was spring

But then there was something
that flipped and that flapped
so he searched through his memory
and thought "What is that?"

It was colorful, beautiful
and winged like a fairy
it looked like a moth
but it wasn't that hairy

He followed the creature
and got lost, you know why?
'Cause his database lacked
a file that says "butterfly"
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If it meets the requirements for the collab, then below there is an idea of what the art could look like.
Of course this is just a sketch and looks much better if it's done by a real artist.
I would also love to see a more "cute" robot for this piece. And in my sketch it doesn't look as if he's actually following the butterfly, but more like he's standing still.

Anyway if you think you can create something based on this, here's the psd.

Thanks in advance!

At 6/28/10 11:58 AM, Luwano wrote:
It was colorful, beautiful
and winged like a fairy
it looked like a moth
but wasn't that hairy

Sorry there's a typo in the poem. It says "but wasn't that hairy" instead it should say "but it wasn't that hairy"

At 6/28/10 08:43 AM, J-qb wrote:
also: I think luwanos poem doesnt need a piece of art; Its a nice poem, but not every poem needs to have a drawing with it I think...

Thanks, I share your opinion ;)

Plus I have another one, please tell me what you think:

The Fledgeling

Once there was a young robot
fresh from the plant
who rolled out the gateway
to explore the land

He saw grasses and meadows
and birdies and bees
sunlight and shadows
and flowers and trees

His database told him
the names for all things
And by the weather conditions
he could tell it was spring

But then there was something
that flipped and that flapped
so he searched through his memory
and thought "What is that?"

It was colorful, beautiful
and winged like a fairy
it looked like a moth
but wasn't that hairy

He followed the creature
and got lost, you know why?
'Cause his database lacked
a file that says "butterfly"

At 6/28/10 07:31 AM, ReNaeNae wrote:

At 6/28/10 07:09 AM, Luwano wrote: Whaddaya think?

I think it barely fits the way it is... you'd have to cut out at least a quarter of it to give enough room for anything.

Oh thanks for the preview. I think it looks good and you're right of course. I have another poem in the works so maybe this will receive some fancy drawing if it meets the requirements for the collab.

At 6/28/10 12:01 AM, SteakandKidneyPie wrote:

At 6/27/10 11:43 PM, ReNaeNae wrote:

At 6/27/10 10:44 PM, Luwano wrote: The Alarm King

A piece that long won't have room for any art, sorry :(
But we can still include it in the collab :)

He could cut it down a bit though couldn't he

Eitherway I would be happy if it's included in the collab. I would prefer not cutting it down, because right now it matches the original "Erl King" in length. But that doesn't mean I completely refuse to. Whaddaya think?

Maybe some "Sergio Aragones"-like margin-art?

Hey everyone, I was told to ask for some art for my poem posted in the Robot Day Poetry thread. As I don't know how to link to my post directly and to save you from searching, here's my contribution based on the "Erl King":

The Alarm King

Who drives there so late through the night dark and drear?
A robot it is, with nozzles on his rear;
He holdeth a gun tightly clasp'd in his arm,
He's in charge of safety and heard an alarm.

"Come out, there's no place for thy left to hide?
Look at my gun - defense means suicide!
A taste of my laser will cause so much pain!"
"I'll never give up, because I'm not insane!"

"Oh, come, thou weak meatbag! Give up and come out!
And maybe alive I will leave thee for now;
In the cell, behind steelbars where thou will be hold,
With mold in the corners and a stonefloor so cold."

"Oh stupid alarmbot, say dost thou not hear
Thou never will find me, that's why I feel no fear!"
"Shut up, common crook, thou nasty ol' thief;
find I will thee and thy head I will cleave."

"Just go and forget me, I'll win anyway.
My hideout's so good I can stay here all day.
My hideout's so close and yet it's so far,
I can speak and can hear thee, and see where thou are."

"That sure was a mistake, thou shall try to flee,
Thy hauteur will unveil thy hideout to me?"
"Blah blah and pish-posh, thou are trying to bluff,
thou are an aged toybot with engines that chuff."

"I found thee! For I scanned the surface around!
Thy conceit bewrayed thee, now I'm taking thee out."
"Forgive me show mercy, I give in to thee!
For surely, thou are a lot smarter than me."

The robot starts shooting and straight hits the head,
and then rips out his guts to make sure he is dead.
He cleanes up the mess, the blood and remains.
He's Alarm King 3000 - Criminals will be slain!
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Thanks in advance to the one that is going to create the art!

Hi everyone, I came up with the idea to create a robot poem based on the measures of "The Erl King" by J. W. von Goethe. There are just 2 problems. The "small" problem is that, the original german and the adapted english measure/rythm are a bit different, but I hope it is still recognizable. The "BIG" problem is, that just like the original, including title and blank lines, it is exactly 41 lines long. :(
So what should I edit? Remove the blank lines? Wouldn't it make it look kinda confusing? And taking one verse out would kinda ruin the main idea behind it, or not?

Anyway here it comes, so you can make up your mind:

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The Alarm King

Who drives there so late through the night dark and drear?
A robot it is, with nozzles on his rear;
He holdeth a gun tightly clasp'd in his arm,
He's in charge of safety and heard an alarm.

"Come out, there's no place for thy left to hide?
Look at my gun - defense means suicide!
A taste of my laser will cause so much pain!"
"I'll never give up, because I'm not insane!"

"Oh, come, thou weak meatbag! Give up and come out!
And maybe alive I will leave thee for now;
In the cell, behind steelbars where thou will be hold,
With mold in the corners and a stonefloor so cold."

"Oh stupid alarmbot, say dost thou not hear
Thou never will find me, that's why I feel no fear!"
"Shut up, common crook, thou nasty ol' thief;
find I will thee and thy head I will cleave."

"Just go and forget me, I'll win anyway.
My hideout's so good I can stay here all day.
My hideout's so close and yet it's so far,
I can speak and can hear thee, and see where thou are."

"That sure was a mistake, thou shall try to flee,
Thy hauteur will unveil thy hideout to me?"
"Blah blah and pish-posh, thou are trying to bluff,
thou are an aged toybot with engines that chuff."

"I found thee! For I scanned the surface around!
Thy conceit bewrayed thee, now I'm taking thee out."
"Forgive me show mercy, I give in to thee!
For surely, thou are a lot smarter than me."

The robot starts shooting and straight hits the head,
and then rips out his guts to make sure he is dead.
He cleanes up the mess, the blood and remains.
He's Alarm King 3000 - Criminals will be slain!

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So whatcha say?

At 6/25/10 01:45 AM, pickletoez wrote:

At 6/24/10 07:17 PM, Luwano wrote: I meant the lines you draw music notes on. Is "stave" wrong? Damn you google!

Oh okay. Yeah I'm not really well-practiced in the musical areas, especially if you get into specific names. I know treble and bass clef, but that's about it.

I was listening to this when I made it.

The picture looks great and the music suits it well.

Really nice job, but actually the notes could use some stems/tails and optimally a clef. Anyway, it's beautiful. :)

I L-O-V-E the background, it looks great! Kinda like stained glass, what goes great with the bell/xylophone part in the song.

Thank you again!