Neuromancer
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Ehhhh he just used it for a silhoutte
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The Official Penny Arcade Thead
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it's a bit of a trend
http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/i-xnxLFpg/0/L/i-xnxLFpg-X3.jpg
first google image search result for olympic relay race:
http://i.imgur.com/dPqvx.jpg
He probably needed to save time and/or wanted to make sure he was accurate to the character design so we would recognize him in silhouette. At least he didn't just throw a filter over the original art.
Considering that the entire thrust of the comic is "this protagonist looks rad," I'm sure THQ and the devs won't mind.
Considering that the entire thrust of the comic is "this protagonist looks rad," I'm sure THQ and the devs won't mind.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Oh wow, even Gabe is Greg Land'n now huh. Dear oh dear. Especially love the nonchalant changing of GBR to USA. IF ITS NOT AMERICA, THEN WHO CAN RELATE?!
I love these guys but that Kickstarter put me off a bit. They got a ton of money but not enough to follow through on all their talk. So really the site isn't going to change much. They were even mentioning how some people like the ads as if that's the main reason not to remove them. All they need to do is put out a Lookouts comic book and all is well. They put in some overtime, make a bit more content, keep the Kickstarter money, and the ads keep rolling along.
The whole operation came off a bit shady.
I don't understand why they went through Kickstarter. They should have gone through their own site and have Premium Memberships ala Giant Bomb.
Haunted
Member
XANDER CAGE
Member
That looks more like reference than tracing. Nothing wrong with that. The Darksiders one is pretty funny/blatant, though.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Its a little bit more than reference on a screen, when you know for a fact that photo was at layer 1 of a photoshop file and then layer 2 was sketched over the top.
But yeah, its not the worlds most heinous use of phototracing like some of the shit in comicbooks these days. Its fun seeing that artists will, like some kind of criminal trying to hide the murder weapon, distort the photo's proportions just enough to be different with the quick transform tool before beginning to trace, and since Gabe's current art-style is "intentionally stylistically sloppy", you get a fairly different riff from the original image.
That doesn't make it any less fun to point it out hoping that enough artists will wake up in a cold sweat screaming "OH GOD, THEY KNOW" and swear off the practice forever, returning to good ol sphere sketchforms and poses of their own ingenuity.
But yeah, its not the worlds most heinous use of phototracing like some of the shit in comicbooks these days. Its fun seeing that artists will, like some kind of criminal trying to hide the murder weapon, distort the photo's proportions just enough to be different with the quick transform tool before beginning to trace, and since Gabe's current art-style is "intentionally stylistically sloppy", you get a fairly different riff from the original image.
That doesn't make it any less fun to point it out hoping that enough artists will wake up in a cold sweat screaming "OH GOD, THEY KNOW" and swear off the practice forever, returning to good ol sphere sketchforms and poses of their own ingenuity.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Its a little bit more than reference on a screen, when you know for a fact that photo was at layer 1 of a photoshop file and then layer 2 was sketched over the top.
But yeah, its not the worlds most heinous use of phototracing like some of the shit in comicbooks these days.
CAD's one face.
My artistic respect for Gabe has pretty much bottomed out. There was a time where the art in PA was great but now it feels like he cranks out six in an afternoon every two weeks and then goes golfing.
I mean, at the very least, don't just trace the -very first- GIS result. Who is he, Tim Buckley?
Man.
XANDER CAGE
Member
Its a little bit more than reference on a screen, when you know for a fact that photo was at layer 1 of a photoshop file and then layer 2 was sketched over the top.
But yeah, its not the worlds most heinous use of phototracing like some of the shit in comicbooks these days. Its fun seeing that artists will, like some kind of criminal trying to hide the murder weapon, distort the photo's proportions just enough to be different with the quick transform tool before beginning to trace, and since Gabe's current art-style is "intentionally stylistically sloppy", you get a fairly different riff from the original image.
That doesn't make it any less fun to point it out hoping that enough artists will wake up in a cold sweat screaming "OH GOD, THEY KNOW" and swear off the practice forever, returning to good ol sphere sketchforms and poses of their own ingenuity.
Huh, never mind, that looks kinda traced. Eyeballing it made them appear much more disparate.
If you'd just donate more to their Kickstarter he'd have more time!
BTW, I always thought this was interesting.
Neuromancer
Member
It's kind of funny but do you actually have an issue with it?
It's starting to become plagiarism. I mean, tracing photographs is a grey area, but plain old tracing over DS2 artwork is p. black and white.
But of course gaf has a defense force for plagiarism.
Neuromancer
Member
Where's the defense force, I was just asking a question.
SketchTheArtist
Member
He has to put out a comic quickly, I'd do the same thing. And the AC3 piece is only fan art, it's not 'official'.
Check out the Zelda Skyward Sword stuff he did. Really well done and he took his time.
You clearly don't like them so..... hum....why are you here exactly?
He's here to criticize, which is legit, even if I don't quite agree.
I have no clue what the referenced Tumblr is about. Maybe this is the Tokyo Jungle strip I've been hoping for?
GhostWriter24
Member
Sooo their latest strip borders dangerously close to an infamous Ctrl+Alt+Del comic...
Do you mean in composition or what? What, they can't do comics about fatherhood? Christ, unlike Buckley I think Gabe's style is varied enough to pull it off.
His kid's gotten pretty big.
I mean, the thing about Buckley's comic was that it was the culmination of a couple of month's worth of self-indulgent bullshit. This is a one-off strip about Gabe and his child's online safety and what lies behind his thinking there.
His kid's gotten pretty big.
I mean, the thing about Buckley's comic was that it was the culmination of a couple of month's worth of self-indulgent bullshit. This is a one-off strip about Gabe and his child's online safety and what lies behind his thinking there.
GhostWriter24
Member
I love PA, but I just don't understand why videogame web comics need to venture into sappy, ham-handed territory. The last line made me cringe.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Sooo their latest strip borders dangerously close to an infamous Ctrl+Alt+Del comic...
Um, what? Those two strips have zero in common. Plus, one is actually touching while the other one is trying to be touching so hard that its laughable. Im sure you can tell which is which.
You make 3 strips a week for free for 10 years, you get to do whatever the fuck you want every now and then.
He's talking about the body poses in the last panel, which probably reminded him of loss.jpg.
The Content sure isn't the same, though.
Well you'll just have to live with their other thousand comic strips that don't deal with fatherhood
disappeared
Banned
It's so crazy that his son is twelve or so now. I remember being in high school when they were making Dreamcast strips and Gabe was talking about his newborn.
Time flies at a crazy pace.
Time flies at a crazy pace.
Sooo their latest strip borders dangerously close to an infamous Ctrl+Alt+Del comic...
I love this comic. The internet is such a scary place as a parent. It's kind of like dropping your kid off at the mall for the first time. You know the basics of where they're going, but a shit ton of stuff can happen to them there.
GhostWriter24
Member
Thats actually a really accurate comparison, I think that put the comic in perspective a bit more for me, thanks.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
not really?
The panel composition is nothing especial, its a pretty classic and widely used shot.
GhostWriter24
Member
Now I remember why that line resonated so negatively in my head...it's from this freaking Purina dogchow commercial. :38 seconds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7_exKwaPKI
Brawndo Addict
Banned
I think you can complain about Penny Arcade without getting into insane complaints that he's plagiarising from dog food commercials. I mean seriously? The idea of parents not wanting their kids to grow up is kind of a universal concept. That line isn't something unique, it speaks to the common experience/feeling that the strip is about.
At the very least find a commercial that uses the line verbatim. The commercial has the father saying "Don't grow up without me" since he's going on a business trip. That's a completely different idea than the first. One is about being afraid/worried about your children growing up, the other is about not being there to witness it.
Amibguous Cad
Member
The comics were never that good, but thankfully Tycho's blog posts continue to be well worth reading.
My issue with PA in its current state is when the comics touching on subject matter relevant to Jerry and Mike's life contain no humor. There is no punch line in this comic. They can write any strip they want, with any tone about any content, but PA was originally a humor strip. With the influence of Scott Kurtz and the maturity of their lives as husbands and fathers, Jerry and Mike are taking the PA strip in a divergent direction. I've accepted that Penny Arcade is no longer a comic strip but a company, and the strip is now the smallest part. I love that they find more to poke fun at than video games, but most of the recent strips have in my opinion lacked either a punchline or any attempt at humor. Too often, they're using the strip as a platform which was originally the new post's role.
Bullshit.
The previous 15 comics before that one were comedy comics. They weren't all good, mind you, and I'll accept the idea that PA's best days are behind them, but don't act like it's all serious time now.
HamPster PamPster
Member
This made me laugh. Everytime I think about installing LOL or Dota 2, comments like that comic and others cause me to back away
Neuromancer
Member
I don't know about the controllers, I've never had an issue with mine, but I'd agree with everything else. I mean in the PS4 reveal conference Sony almost admitted to their patching system being awful. Cross game chat is something that's been on the 360 since it launched in 2005 and the PS3 still can't do it (I understand there's a technical reason for it but that's not much of an excuse.)
But this comic is the essence of "stay bad".
DrForester
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Liked today's.
