Cartoonist Needed, R U Good Enough?

[worMatty]

All right, listen up, ladies! When addressed you will always respond with "Sir, yes, sir!" got it?! Good.

Now, it seems my superiors at HQ have had a bit of a problem classifying enemy types for combat training, and because of the understanding that some of the men in my platoon have shown artistic talent during off-duty recreational acitivities in the mess hall, have employed me to find someone to help with the task, in particular the imaging side. One of you lucky ladies will be spending some time with the boys in technical, helping them to construct images of known enemy types. For all those interested, let me see a show of hands.

All right, Jackson, Johnson, Smith, Jones, report to the briefing hall and fall out, The rest of you, outside, now! Ten mile run to get your creative juices flowing! PLATOON, FALLLLLL OUT!

---- GENERAL NOTICE : IMAGE CONSTRUCTION, ENEMY ----

RealVG, an OD community-generated videogames site, is rapidly approaching its launch date of September 1st, and has so far had no success in finding a suitable candidate for its staff members' portrait cartoon construction. The organisation needs your help in converting real pictures of its staff in to cartoon versions for display around the site. It's looking for pictures of the staff sporting intelligent-looking sly smiles and over-serious expressions in cartoon form.

If you think you have the style and motivation to draw several of these cartoon portraits and believe that a little free work done may or may not go a long way in future, sign up below with a sample of your work, soldier!

Visit www.realvg.org for our stirring mission statement and /forum for our Top Secret forum!

[philby4000]

Wasn't I roped into doing those after someone confused me with Traxada?:p

I guess I'd best get on with it.:o

*looks for photos*

[Star Worms]

Me: http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2355/img029131uk.png

[worMatty]

LOL, you look a bit like Ben. Do you play Rugby?

[Vader]

Well, here's my effort...

[AndrewTaylor]

LOL, you look a bit like Ben.

That's why we need someone good - to tell them apart.

[Star Worms]

LOL, you look a bit like Ben. Do you play Rugby?Nah, school leaver's shirt.

And what's with the big nose, Vader?:mad::p

[worMatty]

Obviously you have an enhanced sense of smell 'cause you're blind! Either that or you're the son of a fish! Don't think I can't read DNA test results, mister.

[Vader]

And what's with the big nose, Vader?

Well it is a cartoon, after all is said and done.

I think the proportions are pretty good, personally.

[Paul.Power]

Bollocks, I still haven't got back into the RealVG loop. And I have a bunch of articles and reviews to write. Sorry about all this, chaps.

September 1st, you say? Hmm... well, if I split my time between revising for my driving theory test and this, I should be able to knock some stuff out.. let's face it, I need the practice for my upcoming course...

[worMatty]

Any more cartoonists? MFAH? Zeor? Slick? Splapp? Sounds like a Batman episode!

[philby4000]

I give you paul!

In all his poorly antialiased glory!

[Paul.Power]

I don't look like that, do I?

*checks photos*

Heh. I suppose I do :).

'Cept I don't like orange T-Shirts. And my hair's a little darker than that. And my glasses frames are thinner. But mostly the orange T-shirt: I can cope with the rest...

(Oh yeah, and I lack a cheesy grin)

[philby4000]

Heh, I intended the shirt to be a little redder than that.

I'll make the glasses a little thiner too.:p

[Paul.Power]

Heh, I intended the shirt to be a little redder than that.

I'll make the glasses a little thiner too.:pWell, I actually prefer purple or green or blue (I know I was wearing a red T-shirt in the photo, but yeah...), although I appreciate it might clash with the skin and hair colours in the drawing.

[AndrewTaylor]

I'll stick up a photo as and when I find or take one that isn't awful.

[Slick]

Well I had a quick go at this. I would color, but I hate coloring, and I'm quite hungry as hell.
Star Worms left, Paul.Power right.

[FutureWorm]

Well I had a quick go at this. I would color, but I hate coloring, and I'm quite hungry as hell.
Star Worms left, Paul.Power right.
You are very much the man.

[SupSuper]

Well I had a quick go at this. I would color, but I hate coloring, and I'm quite hungry as hell.
Star Worms left, Paul.Power right.That is wicked awesome.
I demand you do me! Well, as soon as I get an updated pic.

[Star Worms]

You are very much the man.Seconded .

[philby4000]

I fixed paul and did starworms and bonz too.

Bonz is the scary clown.:eek:

I apologize for the fourth attachment. :p

[Pigbuster]

Well I had a quick go at this. I would color, but I hate coloring, and I'm quite hungry as hell.
Star Worms left, Paul.Power right.
I haven't seen a human from you for a while. Those are very nice.

Star Worms has a rather lopsided chin, but that's all that I think is worth mentioning.

And maybe I'll try drawing you guys, though it might end up weird.

[bonz]

Bonz is the scary clown.:eek:
Harr harr harr! :D

[Paul.Power]

I fixed paul and did starworms and bonz too.

Bonz is the scary clown.:eek:

I apologize for the fourth attachment. :pMuch better :D

Well I had a quick go at this. I would color, but I hate coloring, and I'm quite hungry as hell.
Star Worms left, Paul.Power right.Funky :)

[MrBunsy]

When you say "RealVG, an OD community-generated videogames site" do you mean OD in the sense of this forum or in the general sense of the word?

Am I unnessissarily comfused?

[AndrewTaylor]

You're just new. A bit back (well, a year or more) Ev decided -- Ev being FatWhitey -- that it'd be fun to start a games website. And a load of people said, hey, yeah, and then there was a flurry of activity followed by Nothing. Not so long ago (well, still quite a while ago. A few months, probably) Ben revived -- Ben being Squirminator2K -- the whole project, and changed its name, and the current plan is to launch on Friday. There's a thread about it kicking around somewhere in OD.


Impressive. We've gone from having none to having two sets and having to choose in about half an hour.

Oh, and Vader's obviously, but there's only one of those.

[Star Worms]

Personally I like Slick's best. Philby's is very nice but I just don't think it looks like me...

[MrBunsy]

You're just new. A bit back (well, a year or more) Ev decided -- Ev being FatWhitey -- that it'd be fun to start a games website. And a load of people said, hey, yeah, and then there was a flurry of activity followed by Nothing. Not so long ago (well, still quite a while ago. A few months, probably) Ben revived -- Ben being Squirminator2K -- the whole project, and changed its name, and the current plan is to launch on Friday. There's a thread about it kicking around somewhere in OD.Ohhh, right. Thanks, that clears things up.

[Paul.Power]

I like Philby's second version of me - mostly because he has the cheesy grin down pat :D

As a temporary measure, I'm using a slightly-crappily-resized version as my current RealVG avatar.

[SupSuper]

Lookout people, it's crappy webcam pics time!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Picture001.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Picture002.jpg
(no way you're getting me to use the IMG tags for my pics :p)

[Vader]

Pictures.

**** it then, I quit.

[Macobsession]

Alright I'm bored(first day back at college and i've got a huge break between classes on Mondays...), heres my first go at this. I dont really know what you guys look like but looking at the other samples and the pictures that are posted, i'll do my best.
Here's Paul:
http://gwfanatix.com/vg/paul.png

I'll do the others in a bit...

[MtlAngelus]

Lookout people, it's crappy webcam pics time!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Picture001.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/Picture002.jpg
(no way you're getting me to use the IMG tags for my pics :p)

http://www.satyrnet.it/yuyu/kuwabara.jpg
:p

[Macobsession]

SupSuper:
http://gwfanatix.com/vg/supsuper.png

Star Worms:
http://gwfanatix.com/vg/starworm.png


Thats it for now, I dont know what anyone else looks like, who else is actually in VG, etc...plus i should probably go do some semi-constructive.....


As a side note:
heres my self portrait-
http://gwfanatix.com/indabon/characters/dm2.png

[Paul.Power]

Alright I'm bored(first day back at college and i've got a huge break between classes on Mondays...), heres my first go at this. I dont really know what you guys look like but looking at the other samples and the pictures that are posted, i'll do my best.
Here's Paul:
http://gwfanatix.com/vg/paul.png

I'll do the others in a bit...Please don't take this the wrong way, but...

Aargh.

[Slick]

Quick pic-o-SupSuper asd;lfkjasd;lfjasdfasjdfl;sadjflkasfd
I gotta go to work. Woe is me and the economy. :(

[SupSuper]

@Slick: That's orgasmically awesome! :D
Well the hair looks like it's about to jump out and eat someone, but you did say it was quick.

@Macobsession: ...you really should use more curves in your drawings. People aren't pointy. :p

[Paul.Power]

While Slick's drawings are probably the best so far as drawings in general, they look less like representations we can stick next to reviews and columns (which should ideally look like we would were we posing for a photograph, but in cartoon form) and more like action shots from a comic strip, which doesn't quite mesh with what we want. In that respect, Philby is winning for me.

[Macobsession]

@Macobsession: ...you really should use more curves in your drawings. People aren't pointy. :p
Eh whatever, its my style of drawing. (I draw with straight lines, aka i use the straight line tool.)

Besides i'm not too good at drawing people that i dont know and have only seen a single picture of.

[Slick]

While Slick's drawings are probably the best so far as drawings in general, they look less like representations we can stick next to reviews and columns (which should ideally look like we would were we posing for a photograph, but in cartoon form) and more like action shots from a comic strip, which doesn't quite mesh with what we want. In that respect, Philby is winning for me.

:/

I was just showing my style. I'm not intending for these to be used. :p
If I would be picked, I would make new versions. You guys are just giving me pictures, not telling me how you want youre expressions to be. Im just working with what you give me.:p

[AndrewTaylor]

Besides i'm not too good at drawing people that i dont know and have only seen a single picture of.


Yes, when I had to do that at work I ended up just copying the photo as best I could (http://www.apathysketchpad.com/stuff/steve%20smye%20and%20bob%20price.jpg). Went down quite well, but it wasn't as cartoony as I'd have liked.

[bonz]

How about slapping a few Photoshop filters over the original photos?

[worMatty]

Nahh, that doesn't have the same effect.

Slick's done an amazing job, and I'm sure he's capable of supplying any of us with what we need. I'd be happy with whatever he'd do of me. Phil's representation of Paul is good but looks a little flat. I prefer his one of you not grinning.

Here are some choice pics of me myself:

http://www.wurmz.eclipse.co.uk/stuff/temp/matty1.jpg
http://www.wurmz.eclipse.co.uk/stuff/temp/matty2.jpg
http://www.wurmz.eclipse.co.uk/stuff/temp/matty3.jpg
That last two are of me messing about for my bro when he's trying to photograph his car.

Don't anyone feel disheartened, everyone can try their hand at drawing cartoon versions of us! The final versions would be best saved as some kind of vector-based image so we can apply them to different backgrounds and increase or decrease their size.

[Pigbuster]

You have incredible hair. :eek:

[EDIT]
Well, BOY HOWDY. Lookit that.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7760/mattysmallgc8.png

The resemblance is uncanny.

[Paul.Power]

:/

I was just showing my style. I'm not intending for these to be used. :p
If I would be picked, I would make new versions. You guys are just giving me pictures, not telling me how you want youre expressions to be. Im just working with what you give me.:pFair enough: I suspected as much.

Phil's representation of Paul is good but looks a little flat. I prefer his one of you not grinning.But I do actually grin like that...

[Splapp]

Hmm, I think i'll have a go at producing some "pictures" as I am incredibly bored at the moment.

[Splapp]

God, look who looks like a big old depressive. :(

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4562/starwormsic0.png

[Vader]

That looks a bit like Kilburn to me.

[Paul.Power]

God, look who looks like a big old depressive. :(

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4562/starwormsic0.pngAndrew: "I'm not sure about that smiley face"
Ben: "He's not sure about you either. Life's like that."

:D

BUMP-EDIT: We launch the day after tomorrow. Time to finalise, perhaps?

[worMatty]

There's no rush.

[Paul.Power]

Fair enough.

I think I may be panicking rather because, as my Theory test is tomorrow, I won't have much free time left before the opening day. I guess other people will have...

[AndrewTaylor]

I think this is the least awful picture of me I have. I don't really like my hair that way, but that's the way it usually ends up anyway.

Do your worst.

[worMatty]

It doesn't matter if the pics are awful, Andy, because the cartoon output likely won't be. What about the OD meet pics?

[Paul.Power]

Y'know, these might come in handy, seen as they each show five team members:

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=29716&page=2

Shall I post zoomed-in versions?

EDIT: Heck yeah, why not:

28550

LTR: Amlaur, Ben, "my" Amy (who isn't on the rVG team), me, Andrew, Pooka.

[Pigbuster]

I'm not part of the rVG team.
In fact, if I was, I would probably only do a review of Shadow of the Collosus, and that's it.
So why am I posting my picture?
Because everyone else is, and I don't wanna be left out anymore.

Plus, tiger. Rar.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8643/idhirh2.jpg

[Star Worms]

ZOMG 13th month!:eek: :p

[Paul.Power]

I'm not part of the rVG team.
In fact, if I was, I would probably only do a review of Shadow of the Collosus, and that's it.
So why am I posting my picture?
Because everyone else is, and I don't wanna be left out anymore.

Plus, tiger. Rar.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8643/idhirh2.jpgYou look remarkably young for a 17-year-old...

[Lex]

Agreed.***

[Slick]

You look remarkably young for a 17-year-old...

I always looked young for my age to. You eventually grow out of it or course...but you'll start to like looking young when you get into your 40+ years. WE WIN IN THE LONG RUN, HA!

Oh, and sooo whats going on with these pictures?

[Star Worms]

You look remarkably young for a 17-year-old...Well he was only around 16 in that photo if you look at the dates.

[Paul.Power]

Well he was only around 16 in that photo if you look at the dates.He looks remarkably young for a 16-year-old, then.

Oh, and sooo whats going on with these pictures?

Don't look at me, I don't have much to do with the admin side: I'm just one of the writing team's crack troops.

[Lex]

Well he was only around 16 in that photo if you look at the dates.Tbh, he looks to be about 11-to-12 years old in that picture.

[Vader]

Draw him with a cigarette in his mouth.

All the 10-year-olds around here look well old because they smoke. They're so cool AND mature.

[Paul.Power]

Well, I reckon we should let Slick have a go at drawing us in "posing for a photo" poses.

[Vader]

I gone done made me in cartoon form.

[Lex]

You should draw your wormy self eating your human self's brains. It would be very amusing. Haha!

[worMatty]

I'm waiting for anyone else to have a crack at giving us some samples if they want. Right now it looks to me like your stuff is the best, Slick.

[FutureWorm]

Right now it looks to me like your stuff is the best, Slick.

Basically yeah

[worMatty]

I couldn't make that more basic, Josh :)

[Paul.Power]

Aand we're up and running :)

[Squirminator2k]

[My Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benpaddon/)] for photos of me and Amy. And Teri, my sister. Apparently.

[Pigbuster]

Well he was only around 16 in that photo if you look at the dates.
Look at the WRONG date, though, and I'll look remarkably old for a 0-year old.
And yes, I look younger than I am. You should hear my voice, though. It's rather low. A lot of people are surprised when they hear me for the first time.
Aand we're up and running
Sweet sugar.

[MtlAngelus]

"MtlAngelus, you have done well."
Lol.

[Paul.Power]

Uh... Slick?

[Slick]

Sorry, sorry,sorrysorrysodfosdfsaodfsoajdfal;sdjf;laksjdf l.
Stuff isn't going very well for me at the moment. I have absolutly no time to draw, and If I do, it's 4 am and I'm pooped by then. I'm trying. :confused:

[worMatty]

As I said, there's no rush. You take this on if you want to, but we're not depending on you, and we're not really fussed about cartoony avatars, it's just a nice idea. If you want to do it, then go ahead but put your life first, that's more important.

[Slick]

Well every time I get a chance to have a go at this I can't get a clear picture out of any of the photos. So all I want is for you guys to just say what kind of expression you want, and what style you want.
Example of AT
Style A: Serious or in other words, BORING.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/VirusMan/untitled-2.jpg
Style B: Cartoonie to the max! This pic is about as wacked out as I would go. The picture wouldnt look like this unless you really wanted it too.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/VirusMan/untitled-3.jpg

For me to do style A, would take a lot longer. Because it's harder, and less interesting to do.
Besides I have to draw AND color them before i'm done.
If you guys want these alot sooner, maybe someone else would be a better pick than me. :p

[Lex]

I like style B. It's great for a gaming site. :D

[SupSuper]

AT'S GONE INSANE WITH SARCASM! :D

Draw me doing something silly. Picking my nose, scratching my ear, stroking my chin or something.

[AndrewTaylor]

I like style B. It's great for a gaming site. :D

I want the first one.




But I want it to suddenly change to the second one after about 45 seconds.

[Squirminator2k]

I'm happy so long as I don't end up looking like that smarmy git from Popworld.

[AndrewTaylor]

I want the first one.




But I want it to suddenly change to the second one after about 45 seconds.

http://realvg.org/forum/member.php?find=lastposter&f=71

Oh, my posts look freaky now...

[SupSuper]

http://realvg.org/forum/member.php?find=lastposter&f=71

Oh, my posts look freaky now...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :D

How'd you make the avatar go on top of the rest of the page?

[Lex]

Lex, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.:(********

[SupSuper]

http://www.realvg.org/forum/member.php?u=1

[AndrewTaylor]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :D

How'd you make the avatar go on top of the rest of the page?

It's not an avatar at all, strictly. It's part of my custom title. That means I get to put a style tag in it and put it wherever I want.

It does mean you can't get to the link on my username anymore, but I made it a link to my profile, so probably nobody would even notice that.

[Slick]

Thats fantastic!
You are browsing the forums and then THIS pops up randomly for a moment, and then goes to AT's normal avatar.

[MrBunsy]

I was expecting it to change, but I certainly wasn't expecting it to pop over the page! Very fancy, if a bit odd.

[worMatty]

That's amazing!

I like both of Slick's pics. The first looks animeish to me, and the second reminds me of the Gorillaz.

[Paul.Power]

It's not an avatar at all, strictly. It's part of my custom title. That means I get to put a style tag in it and put it wherever I want.

It does mean you can't get to the link on my username anymore, but I made it a link to my profile, so probably nobody would even notice that.*checks Member List* Oh, yes...