Okay, so uhm... how does this work?
By
Aaron123,
Posted on: 2007-01-07 15:50 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
Hey ZM!
I'm Mr. Awesome but you may know me better as Jeffery Duke from KoL.
Anyway, welcome to the art section of the CoH forums. Unlike the KoL art section people don't make drawings for ingame cash. There are a few free art threads floating around but you need to be quick on the draw to get in on them.
You may very well luck out with someone drawing one of your characters from this thread but I would suggest you search some of the free art threads and make a request there when their ques aren't so full.
But ya...you aren't really breaking a rule with this thread as, like I said, sometimes people just really like a character concept and draw it anyway.
@Jeffery Duke
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Ooh I didn't think about the ingame cash idea, but if people don't do that anyway, I wouldn't be able to spare enough to make it worth anyone's while.
I guess it's just if there happens to be anyone who gets inspired by my ramblings over at the Crey Threat Database that might be fun. Maybe bored artists out there looking for a new challenge.
Who wouldn't want to draw a pookah?
I'd draw my characters myself but can't do them justice. Took some art classes in college but nothing that holds a candle to what I've seen in these threads.
I've seen some websites where people actually charge other people to immortalize their characters. I'd been hoping for an influx of cash in the past year to take advantage of that, but short of a miracle that's probably never gonna happen.
I figured it couldn't hurt to try. =) Good to see ya again, JD! Say hi to everyone over at Kingdom of Loathing for me. I haven't been in there in a clockwork suit's age. LOL
I really like Break Through's costume 
I may find time to do a pic or two of your characters, I'll just need some more screenshots (Preferably front and back ) Of course, I'm not the best artist here, in fact I consider myself more on the lower end, but hey, its for free right? 
Well, bravo on those characters, sir, they are really very cool! And welcome to the art forums! Keep the cat-girls fed, keep the artists busy, and have fun! Hope to see ya' around
-BAS-
Oh, P.S., if you wanna' look at my work, you can go here at my deviantArt page.
Scarf_Girl�s Official Kid Brother!
I'm in the process of adding pictures to the Crey Threat Database as I go through my screencaps and find ones that appear worth viewing. I don't have any backs of Break Through yet, but I found one of Elusive that I posted. It's a little dark but you can see her gossamer wing-like cape that she sometimes wears. I've got some other alternative costumes she's worn over the past year, but the pictures just aren't as cool, and don't capture her essence quite as well as the original outfit.
Okay, it is full for this month, but Alex (www.imagesbyalex.com) does one or two a day, usually - and he has a queue.
My avatar is from his sketch of one of my characters - check the link for the full thing.
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
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Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
Feel free to request in my thread titled 'A Very Tablet Christmas...' if you'd like a drawing. I'm not as good as some of the artists around, but I do love to draw. Anyway, I think Breakthrough's costume is great, but I probably won't remember if it isn't in the thread.
I've considered just posting a response to all the threads already out there but most of them have 'queues' now and I'm not trying to add to the workload of anyone who already has too much on their virtual plate.
Last night I posted a lot of screencaps to the Crey database. I tried to find caps that showed both the front of my toons and their backs as well. Also strived to show a variety of looks for each of the toons.
Benny Edison's more recent metamorphosis into a cyborg is supposed to be an extension of his original "silver-agey" look. I found a few screencaps of him that I made during the Eden Trial. Hopefully the idea of a man being turned into a machine by nanites inside his bloodstream would challenge the creative juices of some artists.
The most screenshots I found were of Elusive. Her costume changes are more varied than Uma Thurman's was in My Super Ex-Girlfriend *twitch* what a bad movie that was. Effectively, she can be wearing anything so long as the hat, pookah, and smear mask are evident. She makes for an even worse ex-girlfriend. Elu makes Uma look tame by comparison. "G-Girl" couldn't summon the dead to do her bidding, or turn your brains into sillyputty.
Break Through's costume is largely unchanged except for colors. When he joins an SG, I change his colors whenever the muse strikes me. Currently he vacillates between a mostly silver, red, or gold costume and the other colors go to the stripes, gloves and boots. Now that he can have a cape I've experimented with adding a tattered cape look to his outfit, but I don't like it. Speedsters shouldn't wear capes.
If my characters happen to inspire someone to put pen to paper that's cool. If not that's okay too. =)
Ask and ye shall recieve...
Break Through
"After watching Spiderman 3 I see that Super Reflexes is working as intended. Seriously, did his Spider-sense go off once?"
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!
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He is an exception. He also flies.
Of course, wait until that vortex gets him. Or he takes down a jet cause the cape gets caught in an engine.
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
www.repeat-offenders.net
Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
Hey Zach. I just did a pic of Billy Edison. It'll be up later today.
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@.@ Very nice!!! 
Scarf_Girl�s Official Kid Brother!
Very cool, Aaron! You've truly captured Benny's trigger-happy tendencies. =) I love it! Thanks!
Keep em comin' folks. Very nice!
Geez, ZM, you are one lucky punk. You get into the Art Section and already have some awesome work done of your heroes. I is jealous.
@Jeffery Duke
Meanwhile...On The Internet...
I'm new to this particular branch of the CoX forums. If after perusing other people's threads I'm inadvertently treading on social faux pas I'm not aware of, I apologize ahead of time.
I'd love to see people who can actually draw do cool stuff with my characters, but I don't particularly have anything to give in return. I guess I just hope my characters are interesting enough to inspire people.
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Here's four of them. I apologize ahead of time if this is not how it works. You can opt to be serious about the drawings or tongue in cheek funny I don't care. Would just like to see what people come up with.
I'd recommend ignoring the last one. Those are old pics at that website. The ZachsMind toon has since been rebooted and looks way different. I'd particularly like to see what people might do with Elusive and Break Through. If people need more recent screenshots, I can provide them.
Benny Edison can't get out of the suit. It's physically stuck to his body, and more recent screenshots show him more of a cyborg. I really need to update that page. I don't recommend trying to draw him. The nanites in his body are slowly turning his flesh into kevlar-like polymers. Unable to do anything about it, he's taking it in stride. Crey and Clockwork are his primary enemies. His father's home was in Skyway, and he inherited the place after his father's death.
Elusive ALWAYS wears the hat, her mask is intended to be more of a punk-like smear of makeup across closed eyes than an actual mask made of material, and she always has the pookah on her shoulder. It's not a panda or a kitty. It's a pookah. When she bubbles people, she's serving them champagne. When she goes to a door mish or a task force, she thinks of it as a party or a rave. Elusive has the heart of a 1980s Punk Rocker and the soul of a 1920s Flapper. She has some history with the Hellions, but her most notable enemies are The Lost and Carnies. She was born in Founders Falls, ended up on the streets of King's Row until the Rikti Invasion, and currently has a loft in Talos Island.
Break Through is the sixteen year old grandson of BreakNeck (see COH comics 3-5 for details). His costume has only changed since those pics due to the color -the black streak was an older SG. Now it's red or silver, depending on his mood. He's a speedster who's grandfather was a speedster and he's very proud of this, but not only is he not the only speedster in the world, he's not even the fastest. He's a mediocre hero in a world filled with heroes. He's deliciously vain and shallow. His primary enemies are all the gangs - most notably the Skulls and the Tsoo. He was born and raised in Kings Row, and recently moved to a cheap tenement in Faultline.
All of my characters get together once a week at Pandora's Magic Shop and play poker for influence. Elusive always loses. Hopefully that might trigger some creative juices. The important thing is to have fun with it. I look forward to whatever you may come up with.