[General Throatstomper]

So I've noticed egg has been posting some comic strips recently, and figured I would start my own tsc-based dealie, along with random things I've drawn. Every now and then I figure I'll make a strip. Do enjoy.

The one I posted is a joke by the way, you should be amused by the geo-camel/bear in the bottom right hand corner.

[KnucklesSonic8]

I am artist... <_<
Oh please...

[General Throatstomper]

No, ks8, you don't speak French.

Translated that would mean "I am an artist".

As such remove your linguistically inferior person from my topic as everyone else lambasts in the fruit of my labor and experiences endeavors they never considered through my creative expression.

[Bilan]

I actually lol'd

[F-Man]

As such remove your linguistically inferior person from my topic as everyone else lambasts in the fruit of my labor and experiences endeavors they never considered through my creative expression.

Let me savorish the irony in your lack of a non breaking space before the exclamation mark of your topic title then.

[Spinballwizard]

I actually lol'd

What don't you lol at? <_<

Also genus have you ever heard of erasing the text you created and typing it again?

[eggFL]

Also genus have you ever heard of erasing the text you created and typing it again?

exactly

maybe I should make an MSpaint tutorial (would also include steps as how not to accidentally delete it)

[P.P.A.]

"Je suis un artiste."

un = a/an (male)

EDIT: Wait, or "une"? I forgot, do the French determine the gender of un/une by the person who says it or by the grammatical gender of the noun? I SHOULD LEARN FRENCH AGAIN

[Crowbar]

P.P.A.: By the gender of the noun.

But if you're referring to yourself then it doesn't matter either way...

Also I think if you're talking about a profession you don't need the indefinite article.

[General Throatstomper]

Crowbar is correct, you do not need an article for professions in the French language.

As for my paint skills, I'm intentionally making these first 2 bad so everyone thinks I'm a bad artist.

So here's my hilarious next comic.

[Bilan]

I actually lol'd again :(

[JBertolli]

Well, I wtf'd. Didn't expect Stefan to be in there.

[yse]

Quit now before you make a fool of yourself.

...oh, wait.

[eggFL]

Well wait genus said the first two are bad on purpose... so let's wait for the third one because I expect it to blow us away.

But I have to say I appreciate the style of these cartoons at this point... let's you put them out at a much faster rate than mine.

Much, much faster.

[Rick_242]

But I have to say I appreciate the style of these cartoons at this point... let's you put them out at a much faster rate than mine.

Much, much faster.

Quantity=/=Quality

[eggFL]

But talk about quantity!! You can pound these out two a second. The sheer number of meh-heh's from the lot of them can add up to more than the one quality laugh you can get from one of mine.. and that's IF my comic doesn't turn out to be a lemon. Genus's method would yield much more consistent results.

I mean, genus just started but we already got TWO cartoons in 24 hours. GOD DAMN

[KnucklesSonic8]

No, ks8, you don't speak French.

Translated that would mean "I am an artist".

As such remove your linguistically inferior person from my topic as everyone else lambasts in the fruit of my labor and experiences endeavors they never considered through my creative expression.

And for the record, I DO speak French and no, I don't translate word-for-word simplistically. It just came across that way. Maybe that's just the way I was taught - it's always been, "Je suis une artiste"... Wait, you're a girl.. <_< Who knew?

Anyway, it's not wrong.

[General Throatstomper]

Thanks  for the support, but I drew another 'joke' strip. I figure I could probably get a lot of mileage out of this sort of thing, as most comics don't rely on their animation style much. If I get another of these done before next Monday, it will be probably a scan of a notebook sketch.

[eggFL]

props for innovative use of color neg

And last panel made me lol.

[General Throatstomper]

Text to come later!

Edit: text to come now.

I decided to transfer a written idea, one you have yet to see in its original form, to a strip, and this is the result. Pending circumstances entirely out of my control, I may have a few notebook sketches in before the end of the weekend, in all probability in the lithographic style, which is generally easier to produce and tends to have more character. As such, enjoy this comic at your guarded discretion.

[eggFL]

LOL I like it. good work

[Alondite]

You wanna hear something sad? My art professor would think that stuff is "great work" artistically. However, she is a moron and wouldn't know good art if it bit her in the clit. No offense though genus, your stuff is pretty amusing in it's own genus-y way.

[eggFL]

You wanna hear something sad? My art professor would think that stuff is "great work" artistically. However, she is a moron and wouldn't know good art if it bit her in the clit. No offense though genus, your stuff is pretty amusing in it's own genus-y way.

uh-huh. The more abstract something is and the less it looks like what it's supposed to, the more artistic it is. As egg from my comic put it: "there are no pants in art"

[Alondite]

You wanna hear something sad? My art professor would think that stuff is "great work" artistically. However, she is a moron and wouldn't know good art if it bit her in the clit. No offense though genus, your stuff is pretty amusing in it's own genus-y way.

uh-huh. The more abstract something is and the less it looks like what it's supposed to, the more artistic it is. As egg from my comic put it: "there are no pants in art"

 Which is complete BS. It may appeal to the self-proclaimed "artists," but to a vast majority of he population it's going to be shit.

[eggFL]

Yep.

Of course MSpaint has its own school of cartoon design associated with it I think. Being abstract and poorly made accentuates humor very nicely if not IS the humor. It also lends itself very well to... abstract humor.

This is just partly why I dont know hand-draw the cartoons. The sloppiness is just more fun to look at.

[Alondite]

South Park comes to mind.....

[Upthorn]

Sealab 2021 would be a much, much better example.

[Alondite]

sure.....if it were funny >_>

[eggFL]

No those are different. They don't have abstract, disproportionate, or illegible graphics like MSpaint cartoons.

See if you have art and art is supposed to be all profound and not look like anything. Then think of some MSpaint cartoons as a good making-fun-of of the whole idea and with the cheapest graphics style possible.

[General Throatstomper]

Style in itself is an artistic vice. Or maybe the better wording would by that art in itself is a stylistic device. Either way, one reflects the other and they should be treated as one and the same. Visual quality is only relevant to the point that it does not interfere with the message conveyed by the piece, not as far that it defines the entire production. You may be particularly fond of a flower some fellow drew and be underwhelmed by its message and the inherent creative expression, or lack thereof. Alternatively a solo flower in a field surrounded by dead soldiers, drawn poorly but still recognizable for what it is still provokes thought. As such even the bulkiest of artistic stylings have some merit.

Here I am, trashing as much of conventional art as possible and having a great time in the process. Stark raving minimalism works, or at least provides a different way of transcribing your message of choice. Here I see it as fitting given the one-dimensional portrayal of everyone to date. If I want to make a "serious" go at this, I'm doing notebook sketches, but I don't so it all works out.

I was hit in the head by a football thrown at a respectable speed today, which is why I am feeling particularly philosophical. More strips to come on Thursday and Friday, you will enjoy them I assure you.