Meanwhile, in an alternate universe...

[Antony B]

I have no idea what possessed me to create this. I only know that I finally read Old Man's War last week and my lunchbreaks could be filled better.

[scalzi]

Holy crap do I love this.

[Lauren]

Antony, you are a genius. And your lunch break is too long.

[Hentosz]

Awesome. Just ... awesome.

[Janiece]

Antony, I stand in awe of your twisty, twisty mind. *curtsies*

[jeels]

LOL. Ages 75+ :-) Inspired stuff. Wow...

-Jeff

[Tim Walker]

Suddenly I feel just totally inadequate as a Scalzi fan . . .

[Antony B]

LOL. Ages 75+ :-)

Yeah, I was hoping somebody would notice that.

[SteveBuchheit]

Excellent.

People still get lunch breaks?

[Chang]

Triple dog fucking ruling!

[PixelFish]

This is made of awesome.



As the former queen of Scalzi fan-photoshoppery, I hereby cede the tiara to you.

But just you wait. Some day when you least expect it, I'll be waiting round the corner. Lurking. With graphics programs.

[Antony B]

Some day when you least expect it, I'll be waiting round the corner. Lurking. With graphics programs

And should that day come, you will find me prepared. We will do battle with Lens Flares, Gradient Maps, Motion Blurs and New Adjustment Layers.

Oh yes... there will be New Adjustment Layers...

[ScottE]

That's great!

Some day when you least expect it, I'll be waiting round the corner. Lurking. With graphics programs

And should that day come, you will find me prepared. We will do battle with Lens Flares, Gradient Maps, Motion Blurs and New Adjustment Layers.

Oh yes... there will be New Adjustment Layers...

Can I fight, too? I have a WACOM tablet and a wrist of steel.

[Zalandris]

Two enter the cage but only one leaves...

[PixelFish]

That's great!

Some day when you least expect it, I'll be waiting round the corner. Lurking. With graphics programs

And should that day come, you will find me prepared. We will do battle with Lens Flares, Gradient Maps, Motion Blurs and New Adjustment Layers.

Oh yes... there will be New Adjustment Layers...

Can I fight, too? I have a WACOM tablet and a wrist of steel.

I give you leave to prove yourself worthy on the field of battle. Have you dedicated your tablet with the blood of a thousand virgins? Have you summoned the ravens to feast upon the bodies of the vanquished? Are you prepared to be MIGHTY?

[Domini]

Antony B -- You win. What exactly you win is unknown to me, but you've won it.

[Sara Genge]

Awesome.

You people are freaks, btw. That's why I love ya.

[Angelle]

Made. My. Morning.

Please get into it w/our beloved PixelFish, that we may all enjoy your ever-higher tower of mod.

[sparCKL]

Did someone say... PHOTOSHOP HERO?

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2007/20070822.jpg (Warning: contains naughty language)

[Nathan]

I shall join the graphics war too, but since I have absolutely no skill with any of those graphics programs, I'll be doing mine with crayons and kraft paper. I'll tape the result to my screen. You're all welcome to come over and take a peek.

Since I'll be using the equivalent of a breech loader against massed crew-served weapons, I expect to learn, first-hand, the meaning of "splat".

[Antony B]

Actually, Windows has come packaged with a very impressive and easy to use piece of graphics software for many years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx2KcPWWZg

[oldsma]

Actually, Windows has come packaged with a very impressive and easy to use piece of graphics software for many years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx2KcPWWZg

Indeed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2sPl_Z7ZU

[ScottE]

Actually, Windows has come packaged with a very impressive and easy to use piece of graphics software for many years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx2KcPWWZg

Indeed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2sPl_Z7ZU

You are aware that the artist in that video is, well, slumming, right?

If you have a tablet, chances are you have an infinitely superior painting app that came with the tablet: Art Dabbler (a feature-reduced version of Painter).

MS Paint is technically useless, since crayons are both more technologically sophisticated and produce cooler results. (Also, I just love the smell of crayons. MS Paint has this weird coffee stain/burnt cracker-mixed-with-mouse-poop odor.)

Other paint apps which vary in their usefulness (but are free), there's <shudder> GIMP, CinePaint (awesome if you've got awesome hardware), and a bunch of others I'm really too lazy to look up and list.

Me, I paint from the high-end (Amazon Paint), mid-end (Photoshop), and mud-end (oils).