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#1 2005-08-31 17:06:00

The Microphone
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Art by The Microphone

I have a few sketches that should be posted in my Gallery
over in the depths of my site.

Briony should be up by tomorrow. I'm still working on Barrick, so I'll post again when I finish him.

I might do more... suggestions?

[ June 24, 2006: Message edited by: The Microphone ]


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

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#2 2005-09-01 00:27:00

Sahi
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Re: Art by The Microphone

So which ones are they?

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#3 2005-09-01 03:19:00

The Microphone
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Re: Art by The Microphone

Ok, she is up now:

Briony

Sorry about the wait. When I update my site, changes don't take place until midnight (11pm board time).

Edit so we get rid of this hotlinking problem.

[ September 01, 2005: Message edited by: The Microphone ]

[ June 24, 2006: Message edited by: The Microphone ]


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

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#4 2005-09-01 03:29:00

Sahi
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Re: Art by The Microphone

Ehm, is it just my compu or is the picture 1x1 pixels?

Yalahii.


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First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#5 2005-09-01 03:52:00

The Microphone
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Re: Art by The Microphone

It did that to me, too. Try hitting refresh.


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

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#6 2005-09-01 04:26:00

Sahi
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Re: Art by The Microphone

Still not working. *pouts*

yalahii.


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First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#7 2005-09-01 04:28:00

The Microphone
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Re: Art by The Microphone

...

Click the link in my sig to go to the home page, then go to gallery. You should be able to get into it from there.

Perhaps keenspace thought I was hotlinking?


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

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#8 2005-09-01 04:33:00

Sahi
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Re: Art by The Microphone

Well the problem is not that the picture isn't loading. The problem is that I get (in the title bar) briony.png (JPEG image, 1x1 pixels).

And then it shows a white page.

Yalahii.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#9 2005-09-01 04:35:00

The Microphone
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Re: Art by The Microphone

That happened to me for an instant, but I hit refresh and then the image popped up. I don't know what is going on... rrrgh!


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

Microphobe's Art Space || The Downwright's Arena

 

#10 2005-09-01 04:39:00

Sahi
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Re: Art by The Microphone

Maybe my compu just doesn't know how to deal with .png? Although I really can't imagine that being the case. I tried with both Firefox and Exploder.

I'll try again tonight.

yalahii.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#11 2005-09-01 05:25:00

mabinogi
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Re: Art by The Microphone

The problem is an anti hotlinking measure.

Keenspace is substituting a JPEG with a message about hotlinking rather than the original picture.

However, it seems that the anti-hotlinking image is corrupt - some tools tell me it's 49x0 pixels, others say 1x1.  Whether that's because keenspace's software got confused when it substituted a .jpg for a .png, or just because their original image is screwed, I don't know - but looking at it with a hex editor show the anti-hotlink message.

In any case, the best bet is to go to the link Mike posted at the start, and view it from his page, rather than clicking the link direct to the image.

ETA - if you've already tried clicking the direct link, you might need to hit reload when you try to view it from his page, as your browser might have cached the corrupt image.

[ September 01, 2005: Message edited by: mabinogi ]


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#12 2005-09-01 05:27:00

Sahi
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Re: Art by The Microphone

But it won't show me the image from the gallery either. I can see the thumbnail, but when I click it, I get the 1x1 image as well.

yalahii.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#13 2005-09-01 05:32:00

mabinogi
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Re: Art by The Microphone

that's because the bad version's cached now - hit reload, or shift-reload ;)


..and then one day you find, ten years have got behind you,
no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun..

My Musical Experimentations

 

#14 2005-09-01 05:36:00

Sahi
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Re: Art by The Microphone

Thanks for the Shift-reload combination. That worked. (Normal reload didn't, I'd tried.)

Great sketch. Will you do one of Yassammez some day?

Yalahii.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#15 2005-09-01 15:07:00

The Microphone
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Re: Art by The Microphone

Damn you keenspace....

Anyways, I was planning on doing one of Barrick (I have half a failed attempt right now) and probably one of Yazzimwz or whatever her name is. Also, I was thinking of Qinnitan, the girl from Xan that was in the book version.


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

Microphobe's Art Space || The Downwright's Arena

 

#16 2005-09-01 16:31:00

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Re: Art by The Microphone

Sea Urchin Sahi wrote:

I tried with both Firefox and Exploder.

hehehe, Exploder.


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#17 2005-09-02 00:11:00

Sahi
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Re: Art by The Microphone

You never heard it called that?

Yalahii.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#18 2005-09-02 02:35:00

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Re: Art by The Microphone

nope, it 'twas my first time...


"The rhythm is broken by continuous illumination, continuous darkness, or by decapitation." M.Morita and J.B.Best. The Journal of Experimental Zoology. 231: 273-282 (1984)

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#19 2005-09-02 03:16:00

The Microphone
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Re: Art by The Microphone

More sketches up, but they are on the movie I'm writing...

However, I am working on a sketch of the porcupine queen, but I'm having trouble with her hair. I don't remember exactly what was said in the book... What was your guys' impressions?


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

Microphobe's Art Space || The Downwright's Arena

 

#20 2005-09-02 04:41:00

Sahi
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Re: Art by The Microphone

I'll check on it. I should have a bit of a document at home with all the bits of text about her that were in the original text.

yalahii.


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#21 2006-06-24 05:33:00

The Microphone
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Re: Art by The Microphone

*bumps old topic*

Would it be OK to post artwork of various other natures here? I plan to do more of shadowmarch characters (Yassammez and Barrick; possibly Shaso, too), but right now I'm concentrating on other things.

What things?

Casings, aka Casey Griffin, from my comic The Superheroes from Hell, for one.

Bruce Lee for another.

[edit: bloody spellling]

[ June 24, 2006: Message edited by: The Microphone ]


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

Microphobe's Art Space || The Downwright's Arena

 

#22 2006-08-13 05:41:00

The Microphone
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Re: Art by The Microphone

Just to keap the list current:

Yasammez (rough sketch)


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

Microphobe's Art Space || The Downwright's Arena

 

#23 2006-08-17 17:55:00

The Microphone
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Re: Art by The Microphone

There are some concept sketches posted on the front page of my site, iffin you wanna take a look.

I patterned the armor schemes on actual gothic designs. They're a bit stylized, but I think they're still functional, which is the main point.

Feedback would be divine.


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

Microphobe's Art Space || The Downwright's Arena

 

#24 2006-08-25 10:12:00

The Microphone
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Re: Art by The Microphone

So I've been drafted as a sprite artist for the videogame my friends have decided to code. There goes my social life. Vestigial as it was...


* Captain Lotus Black, Pirate Queen, finished design

* Lotus Black concepts

* The First Mate, name pending

* Tisseranda, ship's Navigator

* Helmsman, name pending

The Idea is a four player action adventure (like zelda, secret of mana or x-men legends) game, starring the above four. Everything is still in the planning phase of things, so don't expect results for a while.

[ August 25, 2006: Message edited by: The Microphone ]


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

Microphobe's Art Space || The Downwright's Arena

 

#25 2007-02-23 14:59:00

The Microphone
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Re: Art by The Microphone

Because I should post it here, too:

Qinnitan


For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.

~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

Microphobe's Art Space || The Downwright's Arena

 
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