I'm guessing that you may have said "finally" too soon
(HappyToastGroat froth,
Sat 12 May 2012, 15:05,
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I just watched HighSchool of the dead
hence my prior image
So I may be drawing bloodbaths for the next few days
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Sat 12 May 2012, 15:07,
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And I'm going to get drunk and draw responses.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sat 12 May 2012, 15:08,
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lovely!
at the moment I'm eating rowntrees fruit pastilles
because I can!
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Sat 12 May 2012, 15:08,
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Just wolfed down a Ginster's pasty, and currently talking to a 'merkin friend about music production/DJing.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sat 12 May 2012, 15:17,
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I might break out my organ and do some awesome* bossa nova music
value of awesome may vary
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Sat 12 May 2012, 15:19,
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Break out your organ? Perv. :D
I think the reason I haven't started DJing or producing yet is, the equipment/software is a bit pricey.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sat 12 May 2012, 15:22,
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well
depends what you are trying to do innit
ambiwank done with on of these toys, which in my case was off freecycle. The filter abuse was done by a sblive, which cost like £5 on ebay. You can get hardware for peanuts, if you are desparate for things to abuse sound with you can ghetto it with guitar effects pedals or some cheapo fx boxes off ebay, the cheapest in my mind though is using old sblives as fx units.
Open source music software isn't that impressive but there are twatloads of free VST's some of which are quite nice. As for quality recording, I don't know as I just ghetto the shit out of everything :)
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Sat 12 May 2012, 15:55,
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Yeah... I'm trying to go a bit French house/electro.
My friend suggested getting MIDI controllers and Ableton and whatnot. I do know my local Cash Converters has TONS of effects pedals for dirt-cheap, so I could look into that.
As for software, I've been lumbered with GarageBand, but it's very, VERY limited. The most I've ever done with it is make a sample loop, which took much longer than it should have.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sat 12 May 2012, 16:18,
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oh.. apple
I'd suggest finding a windows pc or 2 on the cheap, and letting some software erm... "fall out of the sky"
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Sat 12 May 2012, 16:24,
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Are Apple computers no good for music? o_O
My friend suggests getting modulators... whatever they are.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sat 12 May 2012, 19:55,
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ha ha!
(reali'm not happy 'til you're not happy,
Sun 13 May 2012, 1:11,
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You can't stop his smile!
(Photoshop Bitch2014 edition,
Sat 12 May 2012, 15:21,
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(amoebaboychose for death by unga bunga on,
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:03,
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Awesome!
(Captn Hood-Butteris not dead yet.,
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:07,
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ah captain
how are things, at hood butter towers ?
(amoebaboychose for death by unga bunga on,
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:10,
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All good mate.
The band is going well, got a couple of nice gigs in the summer to look forward to. We've got BLUE lasers now! BLUE!
(Captn Hood-Butteris not dead yet.,
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:13,
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blue frikin lazers !!! cool
doing some recording with my band at the mo, off to put percussion on a track tomoz in my mates studio. then mixing it down, take fucking ages.
(amoebaboychose for death by unga bunga on,
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:16,
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Don't it just.
I think we are going in the studio in July. Boring. One of the laser things projects a moving blue laser sky between the audience heads and the ceiling. It's the best thing ever!
(Captn Hood-Butteris not dead yet.,
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:23,
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my old group did a lazer sea once
smoked up the venue, got the lazers just above head hieght, then we sailed big cardboard viking ships on poles over it, it looked awesome from up in the gallery
(amoebaboychose for death by unga bunga on,
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:32,
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We did a thing with dry ice
and a slide projector in the 70's. A sort of gutter up near the ceiling with a warm water tank which someone had to pull on a bit of string to release the water on the ice which formed a sort of invisible screen, then another bloke projeted a picture of a rainbow onto it. It worked quite well. A bit Heath Robinson but looked really good.
(Captn Hood-Butteris not dead yet.,
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:39,
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everyone knows that green lasers are the best
but blue ones are still good
(Smash Monkeylowering the tone of the whole internet,
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:17,
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I've got some green ones.
And yellow and red, You can pick them up really cheap now. They do a sort of purple one which is a bit more dosh but real blue are still painfully expensive.
(Captn Hood-Butteris not dead yet.,
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:25,
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purple!
*wants*
(Smash Monkeylowering the tone of the whole internet,
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:26,
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so I made her this from a photo of him while we were chatting online.
I don't tend to pick up the pencil much these days 'cos my eyesight's so borked, I find the tablet and monitor much easier to scribble with, but they can't replicate the drawing experience.
(ShazzoirOld enough to know better young enough not to care,
Sat 12 May 2012, 10:57,
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you did that while nattering?
None too shabby! Its not as realistic as my camel though.
(tatersBah weep grahnah weep ninibong,
Sat 12 May 2012, 10:58,
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3D is always cool
I have only just figured out the pencil, to be honest. :) Thanks btw.
(ShazzoirOld enough to know better young enough not to care,
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:09,
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could you tell me how i unsubscribe from your newsletter?
(ShazzoirOld enough to know better young enough not to care,
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:20,
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Hahaha
superb
Not seen this before
(tatersBah weep grahnah weep ninibong,
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:23,
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That;s some sweet, sweet corn.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:38,
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Hahahahaha! Fucking hell!
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:52,
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A-maize-ing!
(Van Da Graphis sufferng wth an intermttent 'i' key,
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:57,
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Nicely!
Always interested to see where other people start on animal/bird pictures - I always do the outline and then the eye. I only carry on if I can get the eye right.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:15,
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Yes!
I generally do exactly as you do, outline, then rough contours, then the eye placement which is critical or it looks wrong. Details and then shading last
(ShazzoirOld enough to know better young enough not to care,
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:21,
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Cool.
Once the eye's done, it's a case of detail from beak to tail unless there's something critical to the picture. I drew this magpie (3rd one down) and did the tail first - if I gooned it up, then I didn't waste time on the rest of the detail.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 12 May 2012, 11:44,
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I like the Magpie one best though, that's just amazing. I love drawing birds, they're my fave thing to draw, actually. This is another one of those done in pencil on sandpaper.
Is your stuff all pencil or is there some watercolour in there too?
(ShazzoirOld enough to know better young enough not to care,
Sat 12 May 2012, 12:05,
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Nice wedgie!
Interesting medium, too. I'm purely a pencil person these days. I used to paint acrylics, but don't get the time to set up, paint and pack away with the kids being older these days. Never painted water colour - can't stand working with the stuff.
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 12 May 2012, 12:11,
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Not a fan of watercolours myself, I'm too much of a control freak
I agree with your view of it too. Painting definitely is a thing to do when you have the space and inclination, but yeah, setting up the easel and getting enough space on a table somewhere is something I never seem to have time to do, whereas with pencils, all you need is a chair and something to put your paper on really. Much more likely you'll draw if it's a simpler deal. To be honest, since I got my graphics tablet, I've been pretty obsessed with learning how to do that but it's nowhere near the same medium which frustrates me a bit, but I'm still enjoying the ability to draw/sketch and erase mistakes instantly. Ctrl+Z is a wonderful thing. :D
(ShazzoirOld enough to know better young enough not to care,
Sat 12 May 2012, 12:23,
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It's strangely instinctive to make a mstake in pencils
and look for the backspace key...
(Colonel Boris"...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sat 12 May 2012, 14:18,
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Lovely
Pica pica pic
(RedHouseover yonder,
Sat 12 May 2012, 15:58,
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Did you make a joke about her liking a "cock or two"?
After all, this is B3TA
Oh hang on, the seventies called and they want that joke back, but they're only coming round later so I'll leave it here for now.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sat 12 May 2012, 1:09,
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You play secret service/MI5/whatever escorting the Queen out of Buckingham palace as it gets invaded.
The final scene is you getting shot, viewpoint switching to Madge herself, a gun slides across the floor and you snatch it and elegantly blow the faces off three terrorists (in slow motion, of course) before a rescue team bursts in and ushers you out.
Oh and the inevitable comedy scene where a corgi bites one inna nads.
(tatersBah weep grahnah weep ninibong,
Sat 12 May 2012, 1:36,
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A level chemistry.
A whole section on the halogens. There's a rather lovely little experiment with a blob of liquid bromine in a sealed glass tube. Hold the tube and the heat from your hands cause the bromine to turn to vapour which fills the tube. Put it down again and it recondenses.
Green is 'brighter' at the upper end than any other colour to a viewer. Red works but for film is hard to light up without bleeding or pinking, blue ends up as cyan, purple is silly and B& etc.
(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sat 12 May 2012, 1:31,
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(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sat 12 May 2012, 1:51,
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It's a nasty irritant
Elemental iodine (I2) is poisonous if taken orally in larger amounts; 2–3 grams of it is a lethal dose for an adult human.
Iodine vapor is very irritating to the eye, to mucous membranes, and in the respiratory tract. Concentration of iodine in the air should not exceed 1 mg/m3 (eight-hour time-weighted average).
I guess, if I'm wearing the right gear I should be fine, but that does all sound particularly nasty; almost like mustard gas.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sat 12 May 2012, 2:15,
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It is.
If you made the gas purple film viewers would laugh before the meatpuppet yelled the re-enforcing line, 'Poison gas!'. And then Prince would sue you thinking it was a snide slap at his pathetic ego.
(Tahkcalbω∞ for sigs,
Sat 12 May 2012, 1:53,
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I think they did the same thing in Black Ops too...
I dunno, I feel like in MW3, Europe got its arse kicked by Cobra Commander, or Dick Dastardly or some other wily villain.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sat 12 May 2012, 1:31,
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MILES MAYHEM
He has a transforming helicopter, yknow.
(tatersBah weep grahnah weep ninibong,
Sat 12 May 2012, 1:37,
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I was going to add Cyril Sneer to the list but... all he really had was a cigar.
(Bourbon FoxBourbon is a moron,
Sat 12 May 2012, 1:50,
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Oh and you could have chandelliers falling, and battles on great staircases, and the Queen and Phillip making snide remarks about how much everything that gets destroyed cost.
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Sat 12 May 2012, 1:48,
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You line the group up in your sights. BOOM! You fire!
"WRAF WRAF WRAF!" The Corgi Prime flys through the air, tongue lolling joyfully. The corgi deploys! BANG! 24 Sub Corgis seek out their targets. "WRAFWRAFWRAFRRRRRRWRAFWRAFRRRRWRAFYOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW-" x24 BOOOOOM! x24
(BorisKarloffis in the back of the classroom forever,
Fri 11 May 2012, 20:19,
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^ What she said!
* With dicks
(Wobbly BlokeHello, did I miss anything on,
Fri 11 May 2012, 21:31,
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love love love love love love it :D
(maggenspiesmayhaps,
Sat 12 May 2012, 0:23,
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classic
(Rattleheadall time with the gay, forever touching,
Fri 11 May 2012, 20:51,
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He's so cutesy wutesy!
(Photoshop Bitch2014 edition,
Fri 11 May 2012, 20:52,
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Fucking hell.
*giggles like a loon...then notices the left hand....*
(HairyTwattercertified eel and sodium salesman,
Fri 11 May 2012, 20:53,
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Seams like a good place for this.
(Forsaken PigWill return to lurking for money, or Monster Munch,
Fri 11 May 2012, 21:22,
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I'm glad to see the tradition of figurehead-carving has been revived
(Photoshop Bitch2014 edition,
Fri 11 May 2012, 21:52,
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Oh lawd,
That LOL sign makes it totally giggleworthy
(ShazzoirOld enough to know better young enough not to care,
Sat 12 May 2012, 3:42,
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Would, would
would, wouldn't
(Wobbly BlokeHello, did I miss anything on,
Fri 11 May 2012, 21:29,
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Gotta have a bit of classic Jeff Minter - Mutant Camel FTW
(Hitler's BarberSoylent Green is high in saturated fat,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:19,
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That thing'd take all my pocket money...
(The invisable manIs having a long lazy soak in search,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:26,
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This was an fucking excellent game
and I now want to put my Amiga back together so I can play it again :D
I tried Minter's XBLA offering, wasn't impressed. With his recent rant about how the sales were really low he kind of missed the point: NO-ONE BOUGHT SPACE GIRAFFE BECAUSE IT WAS PANTS
(drimblehe'd been white, he'd been black,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:32,
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oh noes!
did he ever have an original idea anyway?
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:49,
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My brother and me used to play this on my Amiga 500 in th 90's
It was wonderfully bizarre.
Pretty sure you can get emulators for it these days :)
(Hitler's BarberSoylent Green is high in saturated fat,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:50,
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I liked llamatron
but it was just robotron
ultimately
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:50,
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It's the most faithful remake I've ever seen. Plus it's so much easier to see where Head is flying over when he has a shadow under him :)
(drimblehe'd been white, he'd been black,
Fri 11 May 2012, 19:19,
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Aha!
I've actually played that version and it is indeed exceptional - it's the only time I managed to complete it too :) I upgraded PCs a while back and it doesn't seem to be compatible with this one though :(
(The Silent Channelis getting his recommended 5-a-day,
Fri 11 May 2012, 19:22,
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LLamatron was freaking brilliant
Oh the amiga days.....
(gardenclawmac fuckes your gradeds balls!,
Fri 11 May 2012, 20:21,
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Woo!
I miss having a quick waggle.
(The Silent Channelis getting his recommended 5-a-day,
Fri 11 May 2012, 19:09,
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(atomicA-bomb-a-nation,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:17,
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Can I buy some parts for my spare droid please?
(The invisable manIs having a long lazy soak in search,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:22,
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(Ham o' Shatner-.-- --- ..- .-. / .- .-.. .-.. / --. .- -.--,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:15,
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Don't scoff it all in one go.... ;-)
(The invisable manIs having a long lazy soak in search,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:16,
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Long time ago in galaxy far far away…
(maidenis filmed before a live studio audience,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:39,
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Ouch!
They always travel in single file to hide their numbers....
(The invisable manIs having a long lazy soak in search,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:45,
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what if one of their backpacks breaks, and all the numbers fall out onto the sand and shit
what then man, what then? tell me man, what then? tell me! tell me! tell me!
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:50,
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I don't know I don't know I don't know.....
It's like what happens if you were looking at them from the side and not the front.... surely they would then be better of traveling in paralel to hide their numbers instead... like what if what if...
(The invisable manIs having a long lazy soak in search,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:53,
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arg arg! that just messes with my head, man
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:54,
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Obi Wan was just a senile old twat really.....
(The invisable manIs having a long lazy soak in search,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:56,
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:D
(drimblehe'd been white, he'd been black,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:47,
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I don't know why they don't melt...
(The invisable manIs having a long lazy soak in search,
Fri 11 May 2012, 18:50,
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