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# Help me O' b3ta, you're my only hope
itdoesntlookwright.jimdo.com/

Been working on this last couple of days, Im struggling to say the least. I really should be doing my dissertation, anyways....
White backgrounds just don't cut it anymore. So I need to pic your brains, any suggestion for a background, or even extra bit for the character?
He was ment o be a victorian era, batman style hero.
Drawn and painted in photoshop, with a pentablet and macbook.


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(SmokeAPipe http://itdoesntlookwright.jimdo.com/, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 18:58, archived)
# I CAN HELP
but I won't seeing as you just HAD to mention the mac.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:00, archived)
# I can't actually help, I just wanted a reason to be grumpy.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:01, archived)
# mac-ist
get over it.

mind you I am against all other mac products (iphone, ipod, imannoying.... ufuckoff more like)
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:04, archived)
# I don't mind that he has a mac. I mind that he had to mention that he had a mac.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:14, archived)
# girls rarely bang on about this sort of thing
or get upset if someone does :D

(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:22, archived)
# When in doubt... LENS FLARE!
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:15, archived)
# When in doubt... FLAG OF MACEDONIA
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:25, archived)
# Macedonia. That's another one I forgot.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:27, archived)
# Yup.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:27, archived)
# You're wright . . . it doesn't look wright . . .
yes it does . . . perhaps a gradient background ?
(I helped save b3ta! Valin I changed glasses while I wasn't looking, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:01, archived)
# How about an elephant?
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:03, archived)
# Well hidden, obviously.
Needs more stovepipe hat.
(I helped save b3ta! Chumps 👀, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:05, archived)
# change the resolution to 1dpi and choose whatever colour that is
or 0xbb9966.

And actually Mu has a point, does it the fact that it was made on a Macbook make any difference to the picture?
(I helped save b3ta! Cocodaye Miasere likes chips and peas, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:03, archived)
# ...
Nope, I was just saying what stuff I used to make it.
(SmokeAPipe http://itdoesntlookwright.jimdo.com/, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:57, archived)
# a twating great CDC behind it
that will work
(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:07, archived)
# background 4 you
Image and video hosting by TinyPic
(herman:D, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:11, archived)
# Spacking images. Not big, and not clever
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:13, archived)
# I disagree.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:20, archived)
# I agree.

(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:22, archived)
# ....
Love it.
(SmokeAPipe http://itdoesntlookwright.jimdo.com/, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:58, archived)
# A pentablet? As opposed to?
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:16, archived)
# A hexablet presumably
(I helped save b3ta! the wub - guide onion for the blind, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:19, archived)
# Quillslab. Newest tech.
Get with the times Grandad.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:20, archived)
#
Standard pen and paper...
(SmokeAPipe http://itdoesntlookwright.jimdo.com/, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:56, archived)
# A standard pen and paper and photoshop to draw it in.
WINK.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:58, archived)
# a steam-punked model T ford
with go-faster stripes on the sides
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:25, archived)
# a victorian era alley
complete with victoria era strumpet?
(I helped save b3ta! dustgecko my eyes. my eyes... are pies. and yours are lies, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:27, archived)
# Orange and blue
Everything must be orange and blue
(I helped save b3ta! the wub - guide onion for the blind, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:33, archived)
# May I suggest 3D?
Take a look at Bryce, Terragen or any of the other scene renderers.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:40, archived)
# Needs a hat and a desert background.
(I helped save b3ta! atomic A-bomb-a-nation, Wed 20 Jan 2010, 19:40, archived)