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[contest] make optimus an avatar
 

offline optimus prime on 2007-12-08 14:40 [#02152138]
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first prize: i use the avatar.
second prize: i look at the avatar for a little bit.
third prize: a haiku.

deadline is whenever a good one crops up. aaaand go.


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2007-12-08 14:43 [#02152140]
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i am not entering this competition out of laziness.


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-12-08 14:45 [#02152144]
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come on.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2007-12-08 14:47 [#02152148]
Points: 8833 Status: Regular



can i just compete for third place?


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2007-12-08 14:48 [#02152149]
Points: 11920 Status: Regular



the third place is the best


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-12-08 14:51 [#02152154]
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you can only submit and hope your avatar is third place
material.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2007-12-08 14:51 [#02152156]
Points: 8833 Status: Regular



well i guess i'll wait and see what are the two best
submitted avatars and make one worse than them.


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2007-12-08 14:57 [#02152159]
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but if i find a cool avatar i'll just use it myself...


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-12-08 14:58 [#02152161]
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i just received new info about the contest from phobiazero
himself: winners will be announced on the same day.


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2007-12-08 15:04 [#02152164]
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xlt slipmats: limited run


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-08 15:05 [#02152167]
Points: 21392 Status: Lurker | Followup to optimus prime: #02152161



Yep, that's really phobiazero- he always communicates in
bold. Do you have any preferences? I could make some sort of
complex geometric gif pattern but I'd have to use the gimp
instead of flash so I don't stab my computer.


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-12-08 15:07 [#02152169]
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maybe a complex geometric gif pattern but with the words
'nasty sausage' somewhere.


 

offline Sano on 2007-12-08 15:25 [#02152181]
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I made you one, it's a rocket from the future.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2007-12-08 15:26 [#02152182]
Points: 8833 Status: Regular



my entry

it doesnt say nasty sausage... but it certainly is
one.


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2007-12-08 15:30 [#02152184]
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the creative genius has been unleashed


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-08 15:49 [#02152188]
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Ha!


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-08 16:00 [#02152194]
Points: 21392 Status: Lurker



the creative juices have been unleashed


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-12-08 16:02 [#02152196]
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so far sano is winning.


 

offline Sano on 2007-12-08 16:20 [#02152200]
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Here's my actual entry, Dennis the fish


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2007-12-08 16:23 [#02152201]
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btw i realize its had to tell, but that has been
photoshopped to be a real sausage, so technically its sfw :P


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2007-12-08 16:26 [#02152202]
Points: 18042 Status: Lurker



ok


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-12-08 16:27 [#02152204]
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the winners will be announced tomorrow-ish.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2007-12-08 17:15 [#02152214]
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haha, nice, I like that. Too bad this isn't the 'make zephyr
an avatar' thread.


 

offline PS on 2007-12-08 17:39 [#02152216]
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< Here's my entry.


 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2007-12-08 18:16 [#02152221]
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you have a way around gfx


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2007-12-08 18:21 [#02152222]
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Take it and use it now. I am offended that he did not
immediately declare me best winner in universe.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2007-12-08 18:24 [#02152223]
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It is done.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2007-12-08 18:31 [#02152225]
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Excellent. The dash of red is seasonal too.



 

offline recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2007-12-09 08:25 [#02152491]
Points: 39931 Status: Addict



"recycle"


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-12-09 09:15 [#02152508]
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Here


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offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2007-12-09 10:27 [#02152524]
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I also choose to appropriate "recycle" 's identikit.


 

offline recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2007-12-09 12:43 [#02152542]
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"fleetmouse from Lincoln",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,really

*looks around, cant find fleetmouse

**looks over the pond
Oh there he is


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-09 13:54 [#02152572]
Points: 21392 Status: Lurker



aw fuck, they FUCKED up the gimp. Now the selection tool is
seperate from the move tool WTF. It took me a half hour of
google searching to even figure that out. Now you have to
select the move tool, and even then it moves the entire
LAYER. So you have to select to move the selection instead,
and go back to the select tool and try to select something
without bizarre rectangle scaling bullshit getting in your
way, go back and select the move tool, move the stupid crap,
and it still doesn't work. It just moves the selection box.
Man, really man, fuck this shit, FUCK IT STRAIGHT TO HELL.
FUCKING FUCK!!!!!Q


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2007-12-09 13:55 [#02152573]
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wow, that sucks. wtf were they thinking?


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-09 14:06 [#02152575]
Points: 21392 Status: Lurker



FIRST they charge me nothing for it, and now THIS. I hope
they go straight to hell. Well here is my submission which
is not even to avatar scale for bonus points.


Attached picture

 

offline PS on 2007-12-09 14:07 [#02152577]
Points: 1876 Status: Lurker



Which is the good one? I found v2.2. I guess I'll give
that a try.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-09 14:17 [#02152578]
Points: 21392 Status: Lurker



i liked 2.2.13, which initially pissed me off because some
tool area dedocked from the rest and was not redockable.
However it ended up good because I just dragged the tool
window really wide horizontally andn put it on the very
bottom, then made the bottom of the drawing window right
above it (so selecting from one to the other doesn't put any
window behind the other.
But for the love of god, ALWAYS create a new transparent
layer right over the top of the white background
immediately. Not doing that has wasted lots and lots of my
time before, as if you don't, selecting stuff will also
select the white of the background (so its rather
unmovable/alterable) and you pretty much have to start all
over. I have photoshop but still downloaded the gimp, just
to show how shit that other can of worms is.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-09 14:28 [#02152579]
Points: 21392 Status: Lurker



photoshop is like, lets have a million and a half options
where all the defaults are the wrong ones. And right there
in the main drop down boxes we'll put all the useless little
crap options that slow you down by constantly distracting
you from what you're searching for. And to edit something
there are like 5 different sneaky backdoor ways to do it,
enough to make you forget how you even did it last time, but
no front door. As for the main options you care about (such
as, hmm, when you draw a single black line it doesn't affect
random neighboring pixels by making them random shades of
grey... even googling how to solve this is tricky. Is it
'anti aliasing' (wtf), is it some sort of 'crispyness ratio'
of the line option or opacity.. or maybe I'm in special
fucked up locked layer practice 8 bit mode. Oh oh, I solved
a problem. The solution was to hold down alt PLUS control
PLUS 'z' PLUS 'y' then drag, why didn't I think of that??
Oops they forgot to mention that particular shotcut anywhere
(shortcut assumes there is a normal non short cut) Its a
program you know, where supposedly annoying details should
be locked away in code objects you don't have to worry
about, let the program deal with all the bullshnizit on a
lower level instead of ass-ifying it right in my face.


 

offline Sano on 2007-12-09 14:58 [#02152582]
Points: 2502 Status: Lurker | Followup to w M w: #02152579



Pen tool, make path, stroke from path set paintbrush or
pencil size and press OK. You've just made an line.

If you want to make a square just use rectangular marquee
tool, set constrained aspect ratio or hold shift while still
holding the lmb, press rmb and stroke option from the menu,
set width and color and OK.


 

offline linus from Norway on 2007-12-09 15:05 [#02152584]
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a festive avatar!


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-09 17:07 [#02152605]
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Meh


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offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2007-12-09 17:38 [#02152612]
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I like it.


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-12-09 19:40 [#02152656]
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and the winners are . . .





































































first place: w M w with his complex geometric gif pattern.
second place: Sano with his rocket.
third place: fleetmouse with his sore foot.

electronic lies
love is less than fleeting now
but the mouse remains


 

offline optimus prime on 2007-12-09 19:43 [#02152657]
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honourable mention: linus with his optimus santa simpson.

thank you everybody for entering the contest. it is now
closed forever.


 

offline recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2007-12-09 22:42 [#02152676]
Points: 39931 Status: Addict



@ xlt everyone is a winner/wiener


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-10 04:22 [#02152708]
Points: 21392 Status: Lurker | Followup to optimus prime: #02152656



ZOMG OMG OMG$$$$$444


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-10 05:57 [#02152719]
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hearty congratulations to you and your kin.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-10 12:27 [#02152867]
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*Holds my little w's close together in joy*


 


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