Retribution

[SIZE=1]I love these as well! Your style is very interesting, more noticably surreal in your second to last piece.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]I'm glad to say that I'm back from camp, and I'd like to extend a big thanks to Sun and Hacky for keeping things running. But I'm also kind of bitter at the 05 Graphica, as I had to drop out prematurely and I thought I had a good shot at winning. But gratz to you Hebbeh. Ya make me proud. ^_^[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Sadly, I must drop out of the Otaku Graphica 2005 tournament. I'm going to camp all next week, and so I can't complete any of the images for when they're due. It pisses me off, as I thought I had a decent chance of winning this, but I have to. =_=;;[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Thanks for the kind words. I recently found out that between me and a friend, each of us would be profitting $5 per shirt. ;_; But here's another unorthodox image, I'm trying to send a message with these recent pieces. So if you didn't get it, look it over and try to find all the details! Hehe... thanks. [b]DO NOT THINK[/b] [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/dontthink.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE]

[QUOTE=Chaos]I find it amazing that so many people claim that anger is their strongest emotions when it's something so impossibly miniscule in a relative matter. Someone says something unfavorable to you, you get mad, and all of a sudden when you act upon your impulses you decide hate is the deepest thing you will feel? Please. I know what I've done in my life, and I know what I've seen, and I can fully say that my [i]wrath[/i] is my strongest emotion, but I know my anger isn't too bad. I mean, I have a Hell of a temper and I can do some very inhuman things, but what my [i]wrath[/i] brings me is so much more vibrant. I am a very vain person. I had some things happen to me at a young age and I, apparently, resent the world for it, on a subconscious level. I, personally, think it's because I still have to see the reason for my wrath on an almost weekly basis. This, along with more life experiences, a lot of which I'm not too proud of, has lead me to be a very shallow person. I'm not emotionless, and my emotions are, in fact, very vivid, but mostly negative. I've been in relationships where I've cared for a girlfriend a great deal more than I'd rather admit, one in particular even though that's a different story for a different time, but I've never been so naive to believe I was in [i]love.[/i] I know what love is, and I know I don't have it. Love is suffering, submission, exposing yourself, revealing faults, and sacrifice. You have to turn yourself inside-out to be with another person and connect. Humans, by nature, shelter ourselves because we're insecure creatures. Even the most open and friendly person has secrets and horrors. It's a fact of life. So before someone else claims love or hate as their strongest emotion, think, please. You can feel anger or passion or sorrow, but you don't know absolute ANYTHING until you live it for more than a few years. Sara, if I may single you out, made a great point of saying "possesion/love," even if you didn't mean to prove anyone's point, you kind of did. >_>;[/QUOTE][SIZE=1]I think it's blind of you to say that anger and love are not strong enough to be people's strongest emotions. Anger is not always created out of: Them: *random bad talk about you* You: Damn you all! Anger has much deeper roots, roots you have no idea where they lead to or where they came from. Just because it is an impulse doesn't mean it's any weaker of an emotion. Actually, I believe that makes it all the stronger. If one emotion has the power to quickly grasp you, then later persuade you it was the strongest, I would consider hate and anger very formidable things. Of course they're powerful, and we don't need to 'live it for a few more years' to find otherwise. Who is to say that the anger or hate we feel isn't an absolute? Step in another's shoes, and you'll see how truly blind you're being.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]*jaw drops* Elements? You mean like... 2.0? Wooow. We have that on school computers. Anyway, I won't crit this too hard, 'cause this was done with an obsolete, outdated program. The [b]background[/b] is very messy -- I can't tell what's going on. On he right side, I like the messy look. The blue rising sun is quite clever to employ here. The lines create a focal point, and there's nothing there. Next time using the rising sun, have it embody a focal point as well. Things just degenerate as you move across the banner. The [B]stock[/B] I enjoyed alot. But he/she lacks definition, and their color is bleeding all over the place. And finally, the [b]typography[/b] is lacking at best. I think you could've found something better -- even on Elements. You could've accessed Dafont to get more. No leeway there. =p[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Yay! My Photoshop works again! It broke for a record time of nearly eight hours and gave me a stroke. No, not the tool. =p I'm fond of my entry. It took a while, finding all the elements, but the end product makes me smile.[/SIZE] [center][IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/OBGRAPHICA05ROUNDTHREE.jpg[/IMG][/center]

[SIZE=1]For the most part, there are are par with the current CD designs. There are a few (specifically Sakura from Naruto) that needa bit of tweaking, but in general you've got the hang of this. Minimal editing, mostly cropping and fitting things in the right way. Nice eye for design you got there, partner. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Spelling mistakes? What spelling mistakes? *corrected* ^_~ Thanks for pointing that out. As for WE HOPE THAT YOU CHOKE, I agree with you on the rust, but the rust scribble is part of a larger, less mobile layer that would hurt the picture as whole if I tweaked it. So, all I can do [i]really[/i] is mess around with blending them together. Thanks for the warm comments! Here's more art. I'm making t-shirts for fun, but I hope to produce at least a few of these for use in real life. So... without further ado, the RETRIBUTION art line! [b]Evolve[/b] [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/evolve.jpg[/IMG] [b]Don't Panic[/b] -- Again, my Radiohead inspiration... [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/dontpanic.jpg[/IMG] [b]Alexander[/b] -- I wanted by real name all nice and proper and in Medieval font. Yay! [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/alexander.jpg[/IMG] [b]Hear Me Roar[/b] -- Done for teh kitteh upon request. [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/kitty.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Hey, Ceres. We don't have a graphics team to try out for, and if you want to be a member of the club, send me an e-mail. In the letter, tell me why you want to be a member of the club, and if I think your reasons are legit, you'll be in. Don't worry -- I'm not too harsh. Also tell me if you want to be eligible for battling other members of the club.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Thanks, Hebbeh. I'll be a nice guy, and tell you what the spanish means. "Que Revolu" is an expression meaning "What Disorder!" meaning "How messy!" As for "etik" in the picture, it just looked cool. "Azure" means blue, and "cielo de hierro" means sky of iron. Hope that helps you guys/gals out. Anyway, I've got more stuff. Yay! Except my thread is slowly becoming uncool to post in. v_v;; Thanks to all the loyals! Imi! Goddess! You rock. [b]dfacto[/b] -- I started/finished reading [I]Anthem[/I] yesterday. It kinda inspired this. [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/dfacto.jpg[/IMG] [b]WE HOPE THAT YOU CHOKE[/b] -- Radiohead. Nuff said. [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/phobia.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]First of all, great stock. Secondly, awesome blending there. The typography is appropriately positioned, with a matching 'mood.' The only thing wrong I see with the first is that "I doubt it" is kinda hard to read. Finally, the colors are very fitting. Yay for Goddess! As for the second... it looks too grainy. *bitchmoanwhine*[/SIZE]

[quote name='Chaos']I just wish they'd go ahead and nuke the damn place so I can be freed from those idiotic protesters. It's like the old Vietnam rallies, only these make LESS sense.[/quote] [SIZE=1]Yeah! Nuke the whole damn place and kill millions of innocent civilians that want peace just as much as you do! Let's go and destroy the rest of the world with nuclear fallout! See the gap in your logic? Old Vietnam rallies [I]did[/I] make sense. They were protesting a war that was waged to stop the spread of communism, and prevent the Russians from getting the upper hand in a [B]Cold[/B] War. Note the word Cold. Meaning inactive. Stagnant. Pointless. Not happening. They were protesting a war waged out of the blue, for causes that should've been buried with WWII. As for the war in Iraq, I don't think it was a good idea, but now we're in there, we need to do all we can to help them out. Which is what we're doing. Trying to empower their police force so that we can pull out, but this isn't going to happen soon. [B]Yay for Bush! The man who entered a war without an exit strategy![/B] Hoorah![/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Well, thanks for the warm comments, both of you. I want to enter the graphics field for a job, but I'm not quite good enough. Hopefully after college I will have honed my skills to that point. Until then, all I can do is practice. (^_^) So ... I have more pieces, they look more like ads for cologne or something, but hell, that's still art, right? For these first two, don't worry if you don't know spanish. While knowing these words might help the meaning along, just enjoy the shape of it. Sometimes not knowing the language is a bonus, know what I mean? [b]Que Revolu[/b] [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/etikrevol.jpg[/IMG] [b]Cielo de Hierro[/b] [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/cielohierro.jpg[/IMG] [b]The Editing Process[/b] -- This is me showing you the thoughts in my brain as I make things. [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/editingsquares.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Here we go! A mix of stuff... Electrical Storm [William Orbit Mix] - [b]U2[/b] Cloud Age Symphony - [b]Shuntaro Okino[/b] Echo - [b]Incubus[/b] Blood on the Ground - [b]Incubus[/b] Wish You Were Here - [b]Incubus[/b] Africa Unite - [b]Bob Marley[/b] Don't Phunk With My Heart - [b]Black Eyed Peas[/b] Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - [b]Daft Punk[/b] Must Be Dreaming - [b]Frou Frou[/b] 2+2=5 - [b]Radiohead[/b] That's kinda strange looking at, now that I think about it.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Alright. [B]Time for the updates![/B] [B]Battle Update! [Sean v Kitty][/B] Ten hours, thirty minutes ago, the voting closed. Therefore I'm pleased to announce Sean the victor of this battle! Good job to you both of you on a job well done. This was the closest battle in Club history to date. Feel proud. [B]Update 2[/b] I have edited the first post in this thread to include battle records for those who have fought through the club. Therefore Sun and I's bouts will not be there.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]On the ride home from school once, I saw a drunk man stumbling down the street with a bottle in hand. We had to hit the breaks suddenly, as we didn't think he would stay in the street after seeing the car for so long. After we stopped, he walks to our car, taps on the window with the bottle, chuckles a bit, then goes along his merry way. I'd say that was a bit strange.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Yeah, I like this one too. But, what does "Please Twins!" mean? If there were a comma, I might be able to figure out a few meanings. But for now... it's just a good picture. ^_^ [B]UPDATE:[/B] [b]Goddess[/b] is the winner in the battle versus Ima. Congratulations to them both for a match well fought. Check out [B]Sean and Kitty's[/B] battle, coming soon! [B]Sean[/B] and [B]Kitty[/B] are battling! Check out their thread to vote on it. Voting closes tonight at 12:00 midnight, Eastern Standard Time (Washington DC, NYC, Boston time), so hurry! [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=48075][b]Click here for the battle thread.[/b][/url][/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]For clarification, the current standings are: [B]Sean:[/B] 5 [B]Kitty:[/B] 4 Voting will close tonight at 12:00 midnight, Eastern Standard Time (Washington DC, NYC, Boston time), as long as there is no tie. Thanks for such active participation, everyone! [b]UPDATE![/b] Ten hours, thirty minutes ago, the voting closed. Therefore I'm pleased to announce [B]Sean[/B] the victor of this battle! Good job to you both of you on a job well done. This was the closest battle in Club history to date. Feel proud. [/SIZE]

[QUOTE=MistressRoxie][color=#9933ff]I, too, would like to speak up and say that I don't give a damn if we crash into that thing or not, or what we learn from it. The money doesn't even bother me. According to The one campaign (I'm sure you've all heard of "make poverty history" - the One campaign is the American equivalent-ish), that's not even one percent of our budget. (And I'm not going to even launch in on a rant about Africa because that's not what this thread is about.) We spend trillions of dollars every year - the gov't collects taxes, distributes money to gov't programs, invests it, trades it, throws it away on rediculous things; $333 million is like a sliver of pie. NASA gets very little of the government's money. We already have theories on how the solar system was born, and what comets are made of; all this is doing is backing it up with some facts. Astronomy has grown as much as possible in the theories department - everything is confirmation from here on out. Let the NASA scientists go back up their facts, but it's not all that important to me. [/color][/QUOTE] [SIZE=1]I must say it doesn't bother me much what happens with this experiment, but it [I]does in fact[/I] matter on a larger scale, whether we care or not. As for the 'everything is just confirmation now' arguement you brought up, that's completely blind. We may never know everything, and who's to say that these 'confirmations' don't bring up even more questions and theories about the universe? The universe is vast, and we know comparitively nothing about it, I'd venture to say. So whatever we can find out is helping out humanity develop new technology, advance our lives farther, making living for future generations easier.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Hullo! Nice to see you in teh art studio. [b]Ride the Wings of Pestilence[/b] was interesting, yet creepy at the same time. I don't understand what's going on, and there's alot of grunge, but no real subject or focal point. My rides just roll around it, looking for some specific stock, or even centralized text. The typography in the bottom right corner is good, with proper emphasis on the words and a strong font. However, in the upper left corner is hard to see, thin, and with such a dim background, the color isn't helping either. The message kinda chills me a bit. [b]Thirteen -- Really![/b] ZOMG TEH SMECKZ!@11!11+shifty. *clears throat* I mean... you're not ugly ^^, you're very far from it. Anyway, I like the picture you used (obviously), and the background is very good. The color fade from black to red as you get closer to you is a great touch. The statistic typography is good as well, and I like the comments. But, the only thing I don't like is the "I'm Thirteen Really!" at the top. Either it's the color that makes it stand out too much, the font that makes it seem too bold, or the placement, making it feel unbalanced. But I love this. ^_^ [b]Business Man[/b] that's damn good for a first vector. I did mine, and eeh... I deleted it off my computer, let alone grace it with coming online. Keep going with that, and you'll go far, judging from how you've picked it up already. Yay for Ninjas![/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Reminds me of failing relationships. How they're both wondering if it was their fault of the other's that something went astray. Either that, or being responsible for a death. >.>;; I hate being morbid. Sometimes.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=1][b]OOC: Yay. New chapter. Let's go!IC: [CENTER][SIZE=4]Animus Quod Pectus Pections[/SIZE][/CENTER] School was an interesting day, with yet another exchange student coming in. Alexander felt somewhat related to her, in the respect that they were both strangers in an exotic land. But she was Japanese, and didn't have the language barrier isolating herself from the rest of the world. For a moment, Alex felt very secluded and alone. American. Native language English. Western. Alien. Away from home. The first time of many more episodes to come. He picked up his backpack, completely empty save his laptop and mp3 player. He didn't need to bring his books back; he could do the homework easily in homeroom.[/b] [i]What better time than now to explore? No one else is here, and I'm not expected back home for a while. Time to wander...[/i][b] He set off for Neriya shrine, a place listed in a tourist map of his and located within a twenty minute brisk jog's distance. He let the world slide by him, drowning out his light breaths with his blaring music until he spotted someone familiar. The fellow stranger.[/b] [i]Was Sakura her name?[/i][b] He paused his music, stopped jogging, and walked over to her. She carried a back pack as well, but was gazing intently at a piece of fruit on a vendor's stand. They spoke in fleeting japanese, he picked up most of it, and it gave him courage. "Hello, you're Ms. Hiwatari from art class, are you not? I am Alexander Crowne. Pleased to meet you," he said in overly polite speech. She smirked, and replied less formally. "Yes. I saw you at school today. You're an exchange student like me, right?" "Oh. Yeah." He loosened up, and remembered what his original intention was. "Could I bother you with a chat at the cafe?" he finished, nodding towards the cafe on the closest corner to them, with a view of the shrine. They had a good talk, getting to know one another better. Occasionally sipping his tea, he relished the chance at making another friend in addition to Shinji, but remained reserved and mellow. After such peaceful, enjoyable moments, it was a huge let down when the alien-form smashed through the shrine wall suddenly. Alex's intial reaction was panic, but he soon realized it was the same thing that defended the city a day or so ago. He remained wary, staring in shock that it would reappear, and wondered exactly what it was. The street was in chaos, people gaping at the destruction it caused, then proceeded to run away from it in a very unorganized manner. Alexander was separated from Sakura in the rush, and eventually gave up the scanning of the shoving crowds, and decided to walk towards the shrine, against all god-given logic.OOC:Sorry about the short post. Tag, Sakura. [/b][/SIZE]

[SIZE=1]Jebus I had to DIG for this thread. I hope I don't ever let it die this much. But! I have da goodz! Okay, enough funny talk. It's been quite a while, and my mind has been split in a million directions working on several projects. The first one has been on my computer for several weeks now. I've been applying a filter, saving, the closing this one, so it's a culmination of different feelings and ideas. Thusly, it sucks. =p [b]Color Block[/b] [IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/colors.jpg[/IMG] [b]Ompalumpa. Biatch.[/b] -- This is my Otaku Graphica 2005 Round 2 submission.

[SIZE=1]I'm glad you could make it, sakurasuka. Anyway, for my picture I kinda figured that posters don't always need to be jazzy and psychadelic with flashy stuff. Sometimes it's nice to have something plain and easy on the eyes. Hehe. So, without further ado, the work I cooked up under pressure! [CENTER][IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/retri_trib/chocfact.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Bam. I'm glad that's posted. *sigh of relief*[/SIZE]