> --- Master BondoFox <cyost_at_c...> wrote:
> > --- Scrapper Black Dragon wrote:
> > > > One by one, I'm going to get 'em all :)
> > > Save the skunks - collect the set...
> > And what a set! :)
> Though I think Natasha has the best set. ;-) (How to
> start a debate in one simple sentence!) :-P
What can I say? I'm a good writer :)
> > Thanks :) I'll admit I'm fairly proud of her. I need
> > to fix some
> > things on the original and start coloring, this week if
> > I'm lucky.
> Looking forward to the finished pic. I'll see if I can get
> mine posted before you. :-)
Healthy competition, nothing like it :)
Makes me wonder, if the sisters were locked in a room with 200 feet of
rope, who would win? :)
> > seems I'm doing more drawing than writing ...
> > I need to shift gears, the fans are waiting!
> The fox dangles precariously from the rope tied high above
> the ventilation shaft; giant rotary blowers whirring
> beneath him. He'd been holding on for ages and his paws
> were starting to slip, letting him slide ever closer to the
> waiting fans....
>
> Not quite what you meant? :-P
No, but damned accurate!
> > Mine was also based on a human model. Cover of a
> > 1970's-era detective magazine ... God, I miss those ...
> It is amazing how much you need to change from a photo of a
> good looking girl, to drawing a good looking furry, and not
> just in terms of animal features. Hand and foot lengths
> (even if standing plantigrade), hair positioning, waist,
> bust and hips. All the little accentuations to make the
> fantastic creature 'look good'. Yet how does this work
> when it was based on such a hot looking girl to start
> with??? One of those disparities between reality and
> fantasy.
It is NOT easy! Takes a LOT of measuring, screwing up, redoing,
screwing up some more ...
> Detective magazines? I work with the police - I see enough
> of that sort of thing in RL without reading about
> 'wonderous mystery solving detectives'.
These magazines weren't mystery stories, they were RL stories compiled
into monthly magazine format. Covers usually featured a police theme,
and more often than not, a girl tied up on the cover. Had to boost
sales, I know it did when I was in the store ;)
> Reminds me - I wonder if James
> Bruner has released another episode of ZZ-Noir as yet,
> thinking of detective stories.
He's mothballed the story. Enough email from fans and readers MIGHT
sway him to writing more of it, though! ;)
Okay, the sisters, Zig Zag, in a room, with *300* feet of rope, who
would win ... ? :)
BF
Received on Thu Aug 05 2004 - 09:00:22 CDT