At 11/23/09 05:31 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 11/23/09 02:15 PM, ReNaeNae wrote:

At 11/23/09 12:34 AM, AwesomeSaurus wrote:

ended recipient... instead of someone's parent or housemate... but I'm looking into another option. I'll let you know!!

I think names are gonna be needed, so that the opening line in the card isn't a faceless:

To Newgrounds User,
...
Love AwesomeSaurus
-x-

Haha! Very true, also wouldn't you like having a turkey with a Santa hat drinking a pint with pico? I was also wondering about the problem of possibly sending someone an Xmas card who doesn't celebrate xmas :/ I'll definitely be keeping mine "generic holiday" or include references to a bunch of religions/holiday stuff so it works with whoever.

This is great, really cool idea ReNaeNae! I'm definitely down for this, I just have a quick question: When you give us the random address, do we know who the card we send is going out to? It's pretty cool if it's just a random address, but if we know the user we can make the card a bit more personalized. I think either way will be fun, just curious.

Flippin' sweet looking so far! This is really a great idea for a project Vero, and it showcases your cartoon-style in a way I haven't seen before. While it is still sketchy, it is done in a very clean fashion, which is very pleasing to the eye. A heaping pile of thanks to you for including me in there, I really like the design and never thought of my username looking like that! XD

Finished product is going to be so incredibly badass, I think it will make for a killer desktop wallpaper when it's done, so keep at it my friend!

Also: Holy hell! Betty Bouffant hits Newgrounds Frontpage!

Big thanks to our wonderful art forum/portal mods for handing out FP in the recent Doubles!

At 11/22/09 10:47 AM, J-qb wrote: Congrats!... how many points did Temarae/Renaeniix land?

Ooooh my bad! InTheBlue was right though, they had 18 points, sorry for the that. It was real close this time 'round!

Results are in!

In third place with 12 points - It's Manray and the Dirty Bubble by Nekow and idiot-monarch!

In second place with 15 points - It's Blam and Protect by J-qb and M-Vero!

And winner of Doubles Showdown 9: Superhero Duo, it's Betty Bouffant - The Rise of Madam Dread by ReNaeNae and Temariix!

The rest of the points were dispersed like this:

Mecha Boobs - 6 points
Pop Princess and the Soloist - 4 points
Perfect Storm - 3 points
I Think You're Ash, Man - 2 points

Hoo-rah to the participants, well done! Hope to see everyone in Doubles 10 in a few weeks!

Okay, throwing in my 2 cents before voting is over:

1 - To Blam and Protect - J-qb made some phenomenal line work, really creating a great atmosphere and setting, and M-Vero's coloring gave it an impressive super-hero feel to it. I love the glowing force field, the premise and idea behind it, and depth given to the piece by the close up bird. Well done guys!

2 - Betty Bouffant - The Rise of Madam Dread - ReNaeNae and Temariix really came together well with this one. The idea of hair-doo based characters is quirky and fun, I bet some other bad guys would have had some nasty beards or something! Nae's linework and character is just as clean as ever, and Tem's evil character really makes for a creepy baddy, and is also done very well. I really like how the Betty is done in red, and Madam dread is dark green, great complimentary colors to add to the difference between them! Sweet deal ladies!

3 - Manray and The Dirty Bubble idiot-monarch provided a great setup and goofily awesome characters, while Nekow's coloring is brilliant like always. They just look SO evil, I can almost hear the maniacal laughter going on. I really like the light source coming from Bikini Bottom too, makes it kinda spooky

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Zanroth and Knocturne - I like the perspective you were going for, but I think it could have focused on the characters a bit more. I also don't really know what is going on with the huge black side-bar. The coloring is good, I really like how the sky was done, and the decrepit feeling of the building.

Crypto-Deadcorpse - Pretty cool style how they are drawn out, I just think the coloring could have been a bit more dynamic than 2 shades of each color. The zombie-esque feel of it is nice, although I don't really know if it is "super-hero" like. The crazy eyes really freak me out too, creepy! :p

Mecha Boobs - Freakin' hilarious! I laughed pretty hard the first time I saw this, I really wish you and Flashy could have gotten together on this, I bet it would have been epic! The idea behind it is sheer genius, and I salute you for following through in light of your partner having potential rabies (you're in our thoughts Gregory)

Pop- Princess and the Soloist - The idea is cool, and I really enjoy the perspective of the characters, and how cleanly they were drawn out. Good colors and character designs as well. I really want one of those flaming guitars!

I Think You're Ash, Man - Props to Kreu-Zung for getting this done, and even ashman for making something in time. Cool concept with the fire starters, but It would have been nice to have some more differences between the characters. The coloring is pretty well done too, very smooth looking, almost like a clay figure, I would love to see more stuff colored and shaded like that!
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Well done, Teams! Voting closes in two hours, I'll post the winner on my userpage or something as well as in here, since i dont know if It warrants a whole new thread. Doubles 10 is delayed for a bit, so go participate in some cool stuff going on around the forum instead!

Voting is like this:

1- your top favorite - gets 3 points
2- your second fav - 2 points
3 third fav - 1 point

Critique if you feel inclined to do so, part of this is to practice and improve, so help out the other teams' skills with some insight!

Most points wins a bag full of self-pride and a big happy smile.

The Entries:

Big Robot Guy and Marion Fantoccini Knocturne character close-up - by Zanroth and Knocturne

Manray and The Dirty Bubble - by Nekow and idiot-monarch.

Crypto Deadcorpse - by fishboy121 and Homocidicle

Betty Bouffant-The Rise of Madam Dread - - DVD case - by Temariix and ReNaeNae

Mecha Boobs - by GrumpyTom

To Blam and Protect - by J-qb and M-Vero

Perfect Storm - by Henry-Nougat and AwesomeSaurus

Pop Princess and The Soloist - by de-cider and JustJoshy

I Think You're Ash, Man! - by Kreu-Zung - - Ashman Version

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Voting ends: Friday, November 20th at 11:59 PM US Eastern Time.

Great job, everyone!

At 11/16/09 09:34 PM, Kreu-Zung wrote: I'm very sorry about how this ended (the start wasn't that great either)

Whats another day eh? I'll throw up the voting post when I get back from work tomorrow around 6ish, we extended a week already so it's really no biggie. Do what you can, I hope ashman comes through.

At 11/16/09 09:27 PM, Henry-nougat wrote:

This made me giggle, AWESOME TITLE TEXT, perfect with the name man!

Was a pleasure working with you Mr. Nougat! I think our badass babes came out wonderfully! And of course it would have been better had we put more into it, BG and etc. but I still think it's nice :)

Good job by everyone, this was a great turnout so far. I will get into hard core critiquing mode of everyone's work (which everyone should try to do) when it's time to cast my vote.

At 11/16/09 07:57 PM, TheSnakeSkull wrote: Seriously?
Does anyone have anything to say about my art?

Please?

You've come a hell of a long way Snake, I must say I'm liking these new pieces, you are starting to grasp some really good techniques. Definitely keep working on human poses/faces, but also use your creativity as well. I really like that demon one you just posted, it reminds me of a sticker or something.

Basically just keep at it, you are only going to improve by leaps and bounds from now on the more and more you draw/paint. Everything doesn't have to be a finished piece either, try out just sketching whatever comes to mind and if its no good just start over until you get something you would like to work with more. The beauty of digital art is that nothing needs to be permanent, it's not like you need to re-gesso a canvas or start totally over, control-Z is your best friend as a digital artist.

I don't know why I'm giving you random tips, perhaps because you remind me of myself when I first started out, but anyways keep up the good work old friend!

Me and the Nougat give you. . ..

Perfect Storm

Two badass crazy energy powered ladies, with a taste for violence. They wield sharp weapons and even sharper ego's. These girls won't give you a second chance to re-think dumping them, trust me.

We didn't really give them individual names though did we? Meh. Mines on the left, Nouggie's is on the right, and I threw together the sloppy filter raped background and text.

Props to Nougat for a GREAT idea, color scheme, title, and artistry. I had a lot of fun with this round, and I hope you all did too!

Please view the Higher Res. version in the portal!
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4 Hours left, then voting begins! I'm thinking we should hold off on Doubles 10 as well, there are plenty of great threads going on to join up in, and if we take a break it will probably bring in a larger/newer crowd when its up again. Probably a month or so. If you are totally against this lemme know, because I have no problem hosting it for you guys/gals, I just think it might be time for a snooze.

At 11/13/09 09:11 PM, Temariix wrote: From the Producers of Curls Gone Wild, Bob & Weave, and Foiled Again....

Renaenae and Temariix present....

BETTY BOUFFANT - Rise of Madame Dread

Wow! Very well done ladies! That's some quality super-heroine justice right there, I'm gonna have to order a copy for sure! I really like how you put it on a DVD box as well, gives it a nice creative touch. Please tell me the first episode is titled "Bad Hair Day."

At 11/14/09 12:34 PM, JoeTheToucan wrote: I should say that gassy left me in the rain quite a while ago. Regardless, I hath not said until now because I'm still going to finish this on my own for laughs. Well I hope I can finish it, anyway. Gassy never actually did give me anything.

Arghh, well -10 cool points for Gassy, but it's cool that you are going to try and finish it on your own. If you are feeling like you need some vengeance, why not make Gassy the bad guy :p

So we've got about two and a half days left, I know me and Nougat are coming along nicely and I hope the other teams are as well, lets get this rolling!

Pertaining the Doubles 10 - I don't know if there will still be as much interest in it, with the game collab in the works and the XMAS thread up, so if not too many people seem to be wanting it I may just leave it for a bit. Otherwise I have no problem hosting and sorting and such, but I won't be participating so I can get some work into said events. Let me know what you guys want to do if you can!

At 11/8/09 02:36 PM, LaserKarl wrote: Maybe we should get to work towards the same sort of goal here.

I'm more into the cool slick and rather realistic look, rather than humoristic stuff. I'm not quite sure what pennies have to do with steampunk, if you know what i mean.

Definitely agree, I think going for a badass type of level rather than silly would be much better.

It's kinda hard to get a solid understanding of making the realistic looking machines, but that website that MC provided in the game thread is pretty helpful, I feel like I am getting it more the more I draw, so here's a few rough starts to grasping our topic, nothing special, just want to see if I am moving in the right direction.

At 11/7/09 07:10 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: oops... I thought we had another whole week too. If it can be next Sun/Mon ...that would be lovely.

Even though some people have finished, an extra week can't hurt, this is all for fun and practice anyways so I'm sure its fine! People who were close to done can now do touch-ups and the such with the extra time if they would like to.

New Deadline is November 16th, at 11:59 PM

So apparently using only 3 colors makes me draw the most messed up picture I ever have. . . expect another one!

At 11/7/09 05:37 PM, Temariix wrote: It's not due till next Sunday, right? If so, then I don't think an extension will be necessary (for us at least).

It's actually currently this coming Monday, the 9th. :/ I know you guys both need weekends so maybe extension is in order.

At 11/7/09 12:02 PM, Zanroth wrote: So, no deadline extension this time around?

So far I don't think so, but if there is a call for one it is always a possibility. What say you, doublers?

This is freakin' cool, nice find Wivernryder!

Sweet teams! I just got a read through BoM's game layout page, and it sounds like it's going to be very well done. Once you assign team-leaders, I think it might be a good idea to dedicate a part of their user-page for team communication.

Or maybe we can just get an "ArtForumShmup" account made, with different news posts for each level, that way it's basically like a mini-forum for everyone involved.

This really is very exciting though, it will definitely be the most elaborate and legendary thing to have come from the art forum!

This is gonna be great, I just can't decide whether I want it to be super-technological, or the opposite. Either way I think this will be a very interesting collab, I really like how it's not just "xmas collab" so it has a bit more flavor. Also, you guys are really incredibly organized, this should be seen as the prime example of how to start an art forum collab! (hope I didn't jinx it)

gettin' my crack on. . . . . . . wait what?

Probably thinking of iscribble.net

Pretty much fits your description, including the mess of people who come in and draw all over everything, but their actions can be un-done by the mods there.

At 11/1/09 06:06 PM, Kinsei01 wrote: the Cintiq 21UX

Sadly that's not what sucho is talking about. While Cintiq's are freaking awesome (I got to use one for my junior and senior years of college) they are not portable in the sense that they still need a computer and operating system to function. You can't just take the tablet around with you and be able to draw, it needs power.

I definitely believe that wacom or some big company like microsoft or apple will come out with an on-screen tablet PC that is specifically geared for digital artists in the future though. If you could just pack up one of those Cintiq's and pop on the power and draw away in photoshop outside, or on the plane or a car ride that would be sweet. I know there are tablet PC's out there, but none that I know of with the functionality and preciseness of a wacom.

Holy crap, way too much bitching in here.

Look, if you and your partner are being fussy, PLEASE do it through PMs, the rest of us don't need to be involved in your quarrel. It is without a doubt possible that teammates won't get along, but try and work through it; learn to look past the stupid things and just get progress towards your goal.

I also understand that lack of communication can be frustrating, especially when you really want to participate, but not everyone's schedules are perfect so, just give them a chance.

I hope the rest of the teams are coming up with some slick ideas for this!

If anyone has not had a response back from their partner by now, you are eligible for entering the re-pool. As of now, if KsmittleZ is the only one, he will be able to activate "plan LegolaSS" if he is available.

Send me a PM if you are having contact troubles!

At 10/28/09 09:22 AM, Zanroth wrote: Here's a somewhat late question:
Original characters or fan-art only?

Original characters is highly preferred. I guess it is up to you since I didn't really clarify, but it will be a lot more fun to see what sort of heroes and villains we can come up with, instead of just drawing what has already been created.

At 10/26/09 04:31 PM, JoeTheToucan wrote: Just a point here- I see that Ashman112 and intheblue have about 5-7 days each of which they cannot do any drawing- doesn't this kind of fuck Kreu-Zung and angryglacier over? Or have they said that it's fine?

This is true, if their partners have a real problem with it maybe Ashman and IntheBlue would be willing to work with each other since their schedules match up better. Kreu-Zung and angryglacier just let me know if it is an issue for you!

Alright, Teams time! But first:

THE NEW DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 9th 11:59 PM! This is so people who can only work on the weekends get a full 2 weekends. If an extension is needed, let me know and maybe there will be!

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1
-idiot-monarch
-Nekow

2
-DooDooMeat
-TurkeyOnAStick

3
-J-qb
-M-Vero

4
-ashman112 (vacation for the week)
-Kreu-Zung

5
-gassyturtle
-JoeTheToucan

6
-GrumpyTom
-FlashyGregory

7
-AwesomeSaurus
-Henry-Nougat

boo yahhhh!

8
-KsmittleZ
-Daniel123451345135123412341235134

9
-angryglacier
-InTheBlue (can't work on it til' saturday)

10
-Knocturne
-Zanroth

11
-ReNaeNae
-Temariix

whattt! another girl team pairing?!!?

12
- Homocidicle
- fishboy121

13
-de-cider
-JustJoshy
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Hope I didn't forget anyone! So get to PMing your partner with some contact details, and start brainstorming some hilarious/badass ideas!

Remember, if your partner doesn't contact you within 3 days of your PM, you may enter a re-pool for a new one. (this excludes those who have said they will be away)

Once again, sorry for the delay, but without further delay,
DOUBLES SHOWDOWN 9 BEGINS!

LegolaSS is the backup again, thanks dude! :p

At 10/26/09 03:23 PM, Rhunyc wrote: FIGHT TIME, LETS GO.

quick quick Rhunyc! Does that mean you want in or not? Im cutting out the paper now, if you let me know real soon I can throw you in.

Also, Nekow you made it in time!

OK, I'm sending out the PMs for the secondary pool now, and will have the teams done immediately after that. Sorry for the delay, I just got home!

At 10/22/09 10:21 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: Yeah... I usually only have the weekends to work on stuff, so that kinda sucks for me too :(

Well, I'm gonna be away this weekend, but it would be totally cool if someone responsible wanted to take over my duties of screening entrants and the such and picking the names out of a hat! I can go over it in PM's with how I usually do things if you are interested!

I'm leaving tomorrow around 2 board time, so hit me up before then!