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At 9/24/13 09:34 AM, Havegum wrote:

At 9/23/13 10:43 PM, 24901miles wrote: This eagle is seriously lacking in the sunglasses department.

Balanced the glasses to match the eagle more.

I really need to stop filling this thread with my nitpicking ...

At 9/23/13 10:43 PM, 24901miles wrote: This eagle is seriously lacking in the sunglasses department.

At 9/23/13 08:30 PM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: you forget that if its completely transparent for us it is for other countries and enemies of our country. and having everything free flowing is pointless because some of it needs to be hushed or keep the people involved safe.

[corruption]

thats why we have congressional oversight committees and whistleblowers.

I think I said something among the lines of "free information, except where lives are at stake". I don't think much needs to be hushed down at all. In fact I believe it's important that as little as possible remains a secret. Given a governmental system is secretive enough, congressional oversight committees may be worthless, and whistleblowers few, far between, and persecuted for their heroism.

At 9/23/13 08:06 PM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: the government should only be transparent to a degree to where it can operate its international back deals and special operations and delegations. the public doesn't need to know the overly stuff that might get murky.

I think people should have the right to know just about everything save information that will put lives at stake. I believe a free flow of information is absolutely vital. The risk of corruption and foul play going undetected at any scale is a horrible thought, and I can't think of any more effective ways of combating that than a nearly completely transparent government.

Strawberry maybe? Or watermelon?

I'm not sure

At 9/23/13 06:33 PM, Ononymous wrote: but the main reason for the second amendment is that it's a check on the power of the Government, so that it fears the people and not the other way round.

Seems like a really brutal way to go about it. And perhaps a bit silly notion considering the amount of money the government pumps into arms.

I'd think investigative journalism, transparent government, and right of free speech would be much more effective ways to go about it?

Poop

At 9/23/13 03:19 PM, Rampager wrote: I was kind of hoping to, a bit later, but can't i just dump afew things on my profile first or no? thanks in advance.

Nothings stopping you from uploading it to the art portal. If you want to have an image on your profile, you can create a news post, and attach an image to it.

If you're looking for feedback on your stuff, creating a personal art thread over at the art forum might be a good idea.
The submit form for art can be found in the drop down menu when hovering over art in the navigation bar at the top of the site.

At 9/23/13 11:03 AM, RedBunnyBoy wrote: how do i introduce myself on that thread?

Do you really need help introducing yourself? Who did you ask for help when introducing yourself for this thread?

At 9/23/13 08:11 AM, RedBunnyBoy wrote: also i need an perfect tutorial about how to draw mlp ponies in anthro and i need best settings with drawing so i dont want to make fat lines

There is no such a thing as a "perfect tutorial", or guides that will have you make "perfect" art. If you want to get good at drawing, your best bet is to actually start drawing. There is no definitive way that is the absolute best, and it's entirely up to you to practice and hone your skills.

On the subject of the request, it seems no-one here is willing to spend their time on it. Looking for other places to ask is probably a good idea if you want it done.

QI, David Mitchell about the naming of WW2

I haven't really studied what mood I am in when I listen to what music, but I believe I generally tend to put on stuff that compliments whatever mood I am in at the time.

At 9/19/13 06:43 PM, 24901miles wrote: I need something really fucking 'Merica.

Actually, it might be more legible this way, my bad.

Sex between to similarly aged teens isn't illegal, dummy!

Right, I presumed the partners would be liable to persecution due to OP's story. If that's not true, then disregard that.

If that is true though, it sounds to me like the age of consent is really 16 with an asterisk, and then another one at 18; rather than just 18.

At 9/19/13 06:43 PM, 24901miles wrote: I need something really fucking 'Merica.

At 9/20/13 07:41 AM, NuScarab wrote: Thanks for reading if you did. :)

I did, very interesting read!

I hope you don't mind, but I messed a bit around with some of your pixels.

For the first one I just changed the colour palette to be a bit more uniform. The most obvious change is the dimmed down ground, but I also bumped up the contrast for the greys and reds.

On the third frame I moved the view towards the left to align the character with the rule of thirds to give more space to the scenery, and to strengthen the impression the character is looking towards the distant lights in the horizon.

For the last panel I went ahead and edited the cliff and took a go at cleaning the robot up. The idea was to give a clearer impression of the shape of the character. I simplified the background because I thought having too many pixel clusters there would take attention away from the rest. I also took away the brightest red and the colour of the background lights.

Some of the changes may not have been for better, this is just a rough idea of how I'd wanna change things around.

Why does one need guns so badly anyway?

At 9/19/13 04:06 PM, orangebomb wrote: Even then, I wouldn't trust that many 18 year olds with really big decisions in life, much less anyone with more than two brain cells.

If you disregard pregnancy, sex on its own isn't all that big of a life decision. Proper education and free prevention available should stop most unwanted pregnancies.

I don't think teenagers should be punished by court for having mutually consensual sex.

Sperm whale penis skin was used to make aprons

Here's what a pilsner might look like right before bottling.

More pixels

At 9/18/13 04:31 PM, Slint wrote: bonus points for blue eyes blonde hair.

can i stay pls

At 9/18/13 02:16 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: Stephen Fry

I absolutely agree

Robot from this post

At 9/17/13 06:12 PM, M-Vero wrote: Any chance of you sharing how you get this effect?

Sure, it's a combination of pen tool, scattering and spacing. Here's the settings I used:

At 9/17/13 11:54 AM, Decky wrote: Dam that looks dark. Any good?

Delicious!

It's a sort of light-bodied porter, with a fruity aftertaste. I'm very happy with the result!

At 9/3/13 06:32 PM, Havegum wrote: Something I'm working on

I think this is as done as it's going to get. I had more plans for this but I'm tired of looking at it.
6 colours

At 9/17/13 03:22 PM, turtleco wrote: goooood stuff. When'd you have time to get so good?

Hah, thanks!

About finding time, I don't know. Most of what I do I post in this thread, and judging by the long stretches of time between each post, I don't really draw often at all.

Anyway, I'm always glad to hear when people spot improvement, so thanks!

At 9/12/13 05:01 PM, Havegum wrote: More pixels

I'm calling done.

15 colours
10 tiles 16x16 px
1 tile 32x32 px

1:1 ratio to the left, 2:1 to the right. Reference / original at the bottom.