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Looks good, Pedspog. Nice choice of colours and an interesting font.
Were the edges supposed to be like that?

Ehh.. the edges were only suppose to be the gray penciling, I couldn't manage to take out the whites when I brought it over ontop of the background.

Hmmph. *Plops down*
I was gonna submit one for strop, but it was a sketch and I COULDN"T PUT IT ON. Waah *sniffle* *tear*

What program did you use?
If you were working with layers (which it looks like you are): do you know how the 'multiply' function works?



*pats mentorso comfortingly* There there, it'll be alright.
What was it you had problems with?

I used a combination of GIMP and Pain.net. No, I don't know how the multiply function works. Still new to the whole thing. Its my first time using those programs.

you are very talented pedspog. . .ya know, until now, I always though your name was Pedsdog

Just to annoy you all.



Will go wash off the dirty feeling now.
And no, not entry, just the other idea stuck in my head... Happy, very shoujo manga ish drawn girls... *shiver*

That's where the multiply option is in GIMP.
If you set a layer to that mode, everything that isn't black will be some level of transparent - white will be completely invisible. It's great for scanned images, and can work for some photographs too. Try it next time you're colouring something that wasn' tdrawn on computer.

@Cenere:
Cute~ A shame it's only a sketch, though.

Hehe, Pedspog, the words don't blend with the background, but good job!

Wow, it's just rolling right on it!

Change of plans then: I gotta go chase up a couple of people who declared their intention to enter but I haven't heard from yet. But I hope to close entries in approximately six hours.

Strop, yours is good as always, but - the thing it has to do with your name is that your character is named Strop? Anything else that I'm missing?

...why did I say "on it" when I meant "in"? >_<

As for GIMP tips:

Multiply is a wonderful function- this is the default layer setting for Open Canvas, incidentally. Zophia's already explained it plenty well enough so I'll talk about other options:

The other option, which I find more versatile if I want to preserve the lineart as is, would be to open up the "transparency" options (under the layers dropdown menu, depending on your version) and "make color transparent". Then I would make a new layer (white, transparent, whatever you want) and drag this layer UNDERNEATH the original layer. Then you can color from there and manipulate the lineart separately, if you so wish.

I also encourage everybody to play around with the various options. "Normal" can get quite limited in function! If I'm doing a super quick color job, I'll generally just do this from the brush side. But if I want to take more care, I'll create multiple layers for the effects I'll be using and change the layer properties themselves, *then* play with my brush options after. Beware, though, using certain combinations e.g. an "addition" brush in an "overlay" layer will result in nothing!

Yep. See, as many of the users here know, Strop is actually short for Strawpony. So the jokes are really as follows:

1) Strop as the ninja.
2) The strawpony dummy.
3) The random ninja chucking a strop (having a temper tantrum) at the dummy.

It's obscure but that's precisely what I want! I'll reveal my secret now- I was hoping to see stuff that would leave me guessing and saying "wtf how is that related?" But this is not necessarily related to the manner in which I will judge...I will explain that at the end of this round.

...why did I say "on it" when I meant "in"? >_<

Okay, entries have officially closed!

I'm going to go through each and every one of them and then post my judgment as soon as possible! Meaning within two hours.

OMG I'M WAITING REALLY HARD FOR NEXT THEME I HOPE IT'S SOMETHING FUN!