The 3DR vB Comic - Fnordography

[Phait]

Sooo, I got very very bored recently and insipred and thought hey, why not take that comic idea I always had and go with it? And I've found over the years 3DR is a great community so this is kind of my appreciation.

So I went through the photos thread here and started off. There will be at least 10 other members in the strips. While the current ones I'm working on need some revision, I still hope people will recognise who is who in the strip. I plan to have something related to their usual avatar on their t-shirts, etc.

Also I cannot guarantee humor, but y'know - the strip is kind of an inside-thing here at 3DR, and I think we have enough characters for inspiration :D

My fingers are sore from doing all this O_O, it really sucked up my time, I stayed up possibly 24 hours already. I basically took the photos and traced over them in Adobe Illustrator. The comics are done in this format, which is great because I might offer wallpapers or something for featured members :p

Enjoy, or not!

001: Dave-ros In The Dark
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1462/192707ra5.th.gif (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=192707ra5.gif)

Other characters:
Damien:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3254/3ddrxz2.th.gif (http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3ddrxz2.gif)

Micki: (needs consistency refining)
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/6002/3drmickidu4.th.jpg (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3drmickidu4.jpg)

Dave-Ros:
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2949/daverosqz7.th.jpg (http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=daverosqz7.jpg)

[ADM]

Nice work.. keep it coming.

I think it'd be better to have an ongoing story.. or something related to 3DR.. how about members gathering up and meeting for the first time or getting to meet 3D Realms staff and so on.

Could lead to some good stuff.

[Rider]

*insert obligatory "make me" comment here*

I'm with ADM on the storyline thing, that usually makes the comic a bit more interesting but can also make it enjoyable even when 'teh funny' isn't that good.

[hiob]

Nice one, made me laugh. :D Keep up the good work.

[Micki!]

Great one Phait... :D
I hope this thread will get updated frequently enough with more of them :)

[Roma Loom]

Also I cannot guarantee humor, but y'know - the strip is kind of an inside-thing here at 3DR, and I think we have enough characters for inspiration :D

You mean like Ted or teh famous tripod thing?

[ShadeEX]

Nice idea..

And yeah a running storyline is definatly a good thing in comics..

Unless ofcource you plan on random humor..

[Mr.Fibbles]

great.
A bit of a pun there in the end, pretty funny.

I think the random humor could work for this, at least for a while because, well, at times, this place is random funny. However, it would be interesting to see some story line thrown in there.

[Dave-ros]

Damn you, Phait -- aside from you putting words into my mouth ("knickers" means FEMALE underwear! :o), you've also drawn me without a top on. I feel so VIOLATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :tinyted:

I'd love to tell you off for drawing me as a scrawny weakling, but unfortunately that would be like telling you off for drawing the Pope as a Catholic :( :brickwall:

Hmm, maybe this will finally be enough to inspire me to get back into doing comic strips, something I fell out of doing after starting my post-grad course in 2003... I could draw Phait as some kind of wino :D :p

[Mr.Fibbles]

Idea:
"This one time. . .in Garland. . ."
A play on the American Pie quote ("This one time. . in band camp. . ) but involving 3DR (which is in Garland TX) and the community.

[Phait]

Damn you, Phait -- aside from you putting words into my mouth ("knickers" means FEMALE underwear! :o), you've also drawn me without a top on. I feel so VIOLATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :tinyted:

I'd love to tell you off for drawing me as a scrawny weakling, but unfortunately that would be like telling you off for drawing the Pope as a Catholic :( :brickwall:


Well I'm thinking of using an average-sized body for everyone, and I based that frame off a photo of George clooney... and well if knickers are female undewear that makes it all the more amusing and questionable :o

[Dave-ros]

No, it makes it more worthy of a huge Ted Turner picture, you meddling kid!!! My first name may be David, but my surname is not Beckham :p

(Yes, it's true, Becks wore Posh's knickers, but I'm sure it was strictly a comfort thing :o)

I would, however, be interested in learning how you do comic strips quickly -- back in 2002-3 I drew everything in pencil on squared paper (the blue lines not showing up in a greyscale scan), adjusting the scanner to bring out the contrast a bit better. However, is there a way to do it directly on computer? How good are graphic tablets?

(You'll have to tell me after I get back from Alton Towers -- I've gotta set off now, see ya ;))

[Little Conqueror]

Man, Phait. I always knew you had talent, but this is great. My suggestion? Just add more motion. You want to avoid Ctrl-Alt-Del syndrome (well-drawn characters with the same pose in every frame).

[Shadow Master]

Man, Phait. I always knew you had talent, but this is great. My suggestion? Just add more motion. You want to avoid Ctrl-Alt-Del syndrome (well-drawn characters with the same pose in every frame).
And what the chocolate has CTRL-ALT-DEL to do with that?

[Mr.Fibbles]

The game freezes. It is a pretty scene, but it isn't moving.
That at least is my interpretation of Little Conqueror's comment.

[Phait]

I understand the issue with static characters, but I'm not getting paid for this and any movement will be minimal. We'll see hands and stuff, and possibly other body angles for particular strips, but it allows me to be efficient by just grabbnig a standard body and tacking their head on.

[Water12356]

Haha cool

[Cubanito Loco]

Reminded me of Red Meat.

[Phait]

002: Micki Unmasks A Meathead
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/2473/292907pf6.th.gif (http://img340.imageshack.us/my.php?image=292907pf6.gif)

The hardest thing to do in that strip was the damn king's beard, to get it looking right, gah.

[Micki!]

Haha, So that's what you needed the kings face for :D
Good you remembered the way i type :)

[TBZ]

That's so incredible lame is becomes hilarious! I actually laughed at it.

Great work Phait

[Steve]

That's some funny shit :D

[jimbob]

haha, that last one was pretty fun :)

[NetNessie]

Most awesome!

[Lain]

lol omg, i looks like i won't have a hamburger this weekend.

[Hudson]

That's awesome man!

[Mr.Fibbles]

Funny.
These are pretty good Phait.

[Cubanito Loco]

I loved it :D

[Phait]

Reminded me of Red Meat.

That's the problem. I love RM and it's been an inspiration in my first comic attempt years ago, and when I trace photos I can't help but draw in this style for a good balance of simple and efficient. So I'm ****** either way.

[ShadeEX]

Hahaha.. Funny stuff..

Keep them coming..

BTW how about guest comics for Fnordography, from time to time??

[Phait]

003: The Resurrected & The Ruthless

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4323/392907eq5.th.gif (http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=392907eq5.gif)

[ZuljinRaynor]

LOL. That was pretty good.

[Mr.Fibbles]

Brilliant.
You are pumping those out pretty quickly.

[Phait]

Yeah well I might have to take a break, my fingers have really calloused and were starting to feel a bit numb :p Wish I had a place to host them other than Imageshack. I could set up a Blogger I guess.

[Water12356]

lol knew this one was coming. :p

[Micki!]

Hahaha, That one was really funny :D

[Denz]

I got a rough sketch of a little comic but i need to make it with bettar graphics. Like gone with the blastwave.

I might use gmod to help me with it.

[Deth]

I must say, those comics are very cool.

[TBZ]

So that's where you're spray in HL2 DM came from..
You had me wondering last night :D. I think that Damien is gonna like this one :p

[HazMat]

cool comics:D

it is funny how this forum comes up in alot of my google searches on games. you guys are big man. :D

[Dave-ros]

Yeah, it's good as long as he's not mocking me :p :tinyted:

Thank the Lord Phait's got a self-deprecating sense of humour, so he can put himself into these strips o/

[Rider]

Heh, they're ok... could be a tad dryer in my personal opinion... but hey :)

[ShadeEX]

003: The Resurrected & The Ruthless

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4323/392907eq5.th.gif (http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=392907eq5.gif)

Hahaha.. Really funny.

Love it

[Damien_Azreal]

Nice. :)

For the record Phait, I have a thin blond goatee. ;)

[Phait]

I didnt notice it and I traced your engagement photo.

[Damien_Azreal]

I trimmed it pretty short for those photos...

[Dave-ros]

Oh yes -- for the record, Phait, I have rippling muscles and a six pack that can crack nuts... oh damn, too late :doh:

[avatar_58]

You have webspace right? Why not setup a website for this sort of thing? Here at work I get bombarded with popups and access denied messages at imageshack (ech....ie6)

[Phait]

Imageshack never gave me a popup in the years I've used O_O

I have little webspace, however I did recently setup a site at a freehost (no popups), just need to write an archival system.

[Destroyer]

wow those are good phait.

[Phait]

http://fnordography.isgreat.org/ Website is up. PHP + Javascript = sex.

[ZaphodB]

Very cool. Keep 'em coming!

[Phait]

I hope these are amusing to at least half 3DR viewers who saw them, cause I posted about the Hitman one at a Hitman forum and the one that replied didnt find any amusing.

I know you can't win 'em all and ask I explained on the site its more catered to 3DR community... but I don't want to waste my time either :p

[avatar_58]

Inside jokes don't work on the outside. ;)

[Phait]

I know, kinda trying to make it work either way.

[Mr.Fibbles]

I like the comment you make:
"obligatory advertisements"
Made me laugh, but I am easily entertained.
Also that is a decent explanation of the community etc.

[SonnyBonds]

I really like the comics but I can see how people on other forums won't "get it". As Avatar said, inside jokes won't work on the outside.

[Sang]

Me personally I think the comics are way too abrupt and the jokes don't really work - I mean the concepts you have are nice (ie hitman you sneaking up on caleb damien) but to make a good joke out of it in just 3 panels doesn't seem to be something you master just yet (but hey, neither would I)

But I guess I'm a minority on that here ;)

[alexgk]

I'm in the forums and I don't get the jokes :confused:. Do I have to worry?

[Phait]

Maybe you haven't been around long enough :p

[Damien_Azreal]

I like Phait... I say keep going. :) In time you'll expand your humor and be able to make it so more people than us can enjoy it.

Also, maybe consider doing four panels instead of three... give you more room to better setups. :)

[ADM]

Maybe you haven't been around long enough :p
I don't get them either and I've been around for a long time.

[SonnyBonds]

You mean you don't get what the intended jokes are or you just don't find them funny?

[alexgk]

When you don't get a joke you don't find it funny.

[Dave-ros]

You can get (understand) a joke but not find it funny... ah, how I've missed petty semantic debates :p

[ADM]

No I don't get the jokes at all. They're a bit too "inside" for me.

[Phait]

001 The pun of dave-ros losing his clothes in the (comic) strip (stripping?)

002 The Burger King mascot/mask which says "have it your way" <- this is an old Burger King slogan in their ads. I guess you have to be American to get it.

003 We know (or I presume we do) that Damien is a huge Blood fan, and I'm a Hitman fan - and I used to have a copy of Blood but now it's rare and pricey. So an ongoing banter between him and I is that one day I'll steal it.

[ADM]

See the problem is that all of these are inside jokes between a few of you guys. Not really to do with the community as a whole.

That's why I initially said it'd be better to have an ongoing storyline, something that would bring people back to view further installments (think Concerned (http://www.hlcomic.com)).

[Dave-ros]

Yes, I understood the Burger King one, but only because I guessed he was their mascot, since he was in a Simpsons movie trailer battling Krusty the Klown in a Krustyburger advert. Can't remember their current slogan over here, but it's previously been "(If you want it your way at BK) You Got It!" :p

It's not so bad: imagine if I did a comic strip about my fear of Mr. Noseybonk. Now, even my fellow Brits here are probably too young to remember a kids' show called Jigsaw in the early 1980s, so that joke would flop... until people tried Googling the name, and began to scream after seeing the film of him at the Jigsaw fan page. Aaagggghhhh!!!! :eek:

[Micki!]

001 The pun of dave-ros losing his clothes in the (comic) strip (stripping?)


I TOLD you to call it "Dave's First Strip", because it would be easier to get the point of it... :dopefish:

[Dave-ros]

Look, I'm still :tinyted: about me being portrayed with my shirt off in the first place! :o

[alexgk]

Well seeing someone being stripped is funny everywhere :D. About the Bruger King ad, I remember it now.

[oak man]

Damn those are awesome! Good job!

[Dave-ros]

For those who think I look like Louis Theroux, it seems life imitates art (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7026345.stm) :eek: :o :p

[Steve]

Maybe you haven't been around long enough :p

I don't get them :p

[Phait]

Oh well. Fail :p

[alexgk]

Are you making the forth, right? Or that was it all?

[Phait]

I dunno now.

[Mr.Fibbles]

I may not get them entirely, but I also am not entirely sure why there is a Ted emoticon. That doesn't make it funny or good, just not as funny.

I say you should keep at it because they are well drawn.

[Damien_Azreal]

Yeah Phait, I say keep going.

Honestly, I don't presonally like Ctrl+Alt+Delete's first comics... but once he really developed a feel for his characters and such the strip became wonderful.

[Phait]

I say you should keep at it because they are well drawn.


That's a real waste because that's secondary to the point of a comic.

[Denz]

Ok then


http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6135/thewrongtargetju2.th.gif (http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thewrongtargetju2.gif)

Here what i imagined and made, i wanted to make a better drawn version, maybe one day i will.

[Mr.Fibbles]

That's a real waste because that's secondary to the point of a comic.

They were still humorous, but to not use your skills is a waste.
There is potential yet untapped, that is the bulk of my point.

[Rider]

Exactly! Maybe you shouldn't focus too much on "inside humor" as there's usually only a limited potential for that. (I learned that with my Duke related comic (http://www1.freewebs.com/cubicle/CubicleComic-006.gif)) But aside from that, I don't see why you shouldn't continue...

and hey, if you for some reason can't make funny comics, team up with a funny person without art skills! :p

[Micki!]

Haha, @ Rider's comic :D

[Tang Lung]

Ok then


http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6135/thewrongtargetju2.th.gif (http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thewrongtargetju2.gif)

Here what i imagined and made, i wanted to make a better drawn version, maybe one day i will.

I have no frigging idea what's going on in that comic..but I laughed.

As for these thread comics..they're well drawn and I did smile at some of it, but as has already been said...if you based it more around a general sort of humour rather than around MSN convos between 5 or 6 people it would get much more attention ;)

I definatly don't think you should give up on it though. It has a ton of potential.

[Orochi Avlis]

Damn, I should have paid more attention to the GM forum.
This is pretty good.

[Damien_Azreal]

Nice avatar Orochi. I like that.... my sweet companion cube.

[ZuljinRaynor]

Nice avatar Orochi. I like that.... my sweet companion cube.

Cheating on Bon are we? :o

With a cube... seriously!

:p

[Phait]

004: The Avenged & The Ruthless
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3346/110107gp2.th.gif (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=110107gp2.gif)

[Micki!]

Hahahaha :D

You're only giving him ideas though...
If he hasn't done this already :D

[TBZ]

I laughed out loud at this :D

[Betelgeuse]

haha, i like that one, i lol'd

[Damien_Azreal]

:D

Don't mess with my BLOOD.

BTW, I really like this one.

Also, Phait... in a way of trying to get more people into the comic... have you thought of selecting a group of forum members that you will use in the strip.
Doing a Bio page for the characters of sorts, and doing more angles of each character? Like a straight on shot, different sides... I know it would be more work, but a Bio page coudl at least help people understand were the humor is coming from.

[Phait]

That's a good idea... the strip still isn't as much priority as it was, but I'll consider it.

[gamejunkie]

004: The Avenged & The Ruthless


YOU'RE LOSER! :D

[hiob]

Haha, that one was great. :D

[alexgk]

Lol :D

[ShadeEX]

Nice one Phait.. :D

Definatly made me laugh..

[brandonlee33]

Haha, these comics are great, keep up the good work Phait!

[RedSplat]

http://www.redsplat.net/hahaha.jpg

:p Just kidding...

[John]

I get it. :) And true.

[ADM]

That's how they should be.. funny ;) No offense to Phait but this was good and wasn't full of inside jokes.

[RedSplat]

http://www.redsplat.net/supermoderator.jpg

Shit, comics are easy...

[Sang]

You see that's an inside joke again.. Anyone who doesn't know ADM is from Australia would be thinking WHY THE KANGAROO WTF

[RedSplat]

That's part of the joke...STFU! :D
And the thread is called 3DR VB comic..so insider jokes work.

[John]

I think the real question is why is an aussie drinking budweiser? :confused: (Or why would they :mryuck: :p )

[Dave-ros]

Damn straight, an Aussie would drink Castlemaine XXXX or Fosters... or is that just a stereotype?

[RedSplat]

It's a kangaroo....it can't read the label. :o

[Dave-ros]

I imagine ADM would also say the kangaroo has no taste buds -- American beer? Dirty water, more like :p

[ADM]

Damn straight, an Aussie would drink Castlemaine XXXX or Fosters... or is that just a stereotype?
Stereotype :p I like Crown Lager and Corona's ;)

[Ivan]

That was funny RedSplat. :)

[ZaphodB]

So what happened Phait? Did it become dust in the wind?

[Phait]

Yesss

[TBZ]

I want more, I liked it :(

[Phait]

Itsa phail.

[Deftones]

I frown at thread necromancy. :( *frown*

A simple PM to him would of worked.

[ZaphodB]

I frown at thread necromancy. :( *frown*

A simple PM to him would of worked.

Wasn't trying to revive a dead thread. But it doesn't seem like I'm not the only one who missed it.

[Micki!]

I'd have liked more vague humor too, but guess he wasn't inspired enough to come up with enough scenarios worth making here...

And lack of motivation and time... :o

[Phait]

005: Phacial Accessories

Damien & Micki

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7720/020609wg3.th.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7720/020609wg3.jpg)

(regarding these two images:
- http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/album.php?albumid=234&pictureid=2527
- http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/album.php?albumid=234&pictureid=1913 )

[Steve]

:D Although it would be 10x more AWESOME if, me, Steve were to feature :cool: ;)

Seriously though that was pretty good :D

[Phait]

Repost ^ for page 4

005: Phacial Accessories

Damien & Micki

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7720/020609wg3.th.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7720/020609wg3.jpg)

(regarding these two images:
- http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/album.php?albumid=234&pictureid=2527
- http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/album.php?albumid=234&pictureid=1913 )

[Mr.Fibbles]

Haha...

Necrothread!!

[Water12356]

Wow, just wow... :p

[alexgk]

omglol!

[Hyperactive Slob]

Nice comic but Phait how do you do that effect?

[ZaphodB]

XD


nice

[Phait]

Nice comic but Phait how do you do that effect?

By hand and with patience:

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4906/40415492bv2.th.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4906/40415492bv2.jpg) http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2485/63625018vm9.th.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2485/63625018vm9.jpg) http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1576/82473136tv3.th.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1576/82473136tv3.jpg)

[Micki!]

It's awesome fun :D
At first i suggested an inside joke between Laffer Phait and me for that strip, but it would kinda be half as fun for you guys then... Too bad, hahaha...

[NutWrench]

By hand and with patience:

Hey, that's pretty cool! Nice work, Phait.

[Damien_Azreal]

Nice. :)

[ryche]

LOL that was funny Phait.