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ApeLad wrote:This is probably wrong on a few levels, but I'm doing penguins re-enacting the sinking of the Titanic. Don't worry, it'll be adorable. Wrong, but adorable.

Very timely!

This is exactly why I'm looking forward to this derby - I'm a history nerd, love cute animals, and have a sarcastic/quirky/twisted sense of humor.

ApeLad wrote:This is probably wrong on a few levels, but I'm doing penguins re-enacting the sinking of the Titanic. Don't worry, it'll be adorable. Wrong, but adorable.

YESS!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE DO THIS. IT WILL BE EPIC.

Penguins and Titanic, two of my favorite things ever.

ApeLad wrote:This is probably wrong on a few levels, but I'm doing penguins re-enacting the sinking of the Titanic. Don't worry, it'll be adorable. Wrong, but adorable.

Ups! we are taking the same ship! but I bet yours will be awesome!

Going down with the ship!

Hrm. Do stuffed animals count? I hadn't considered that when I... already made my entry.

walmazan wrote:Ups! we are taking the same ship! but I bet yours will be awesome!

Going down with the ship!

This is awesome and lacks bunnies. GMV. Any way to make it look more like the Titanic? Maybe add an ice cube in the water?

SkekTek wrote:This is awesome and lacks bunnies. GMV. Any way to make it look more like the Titanic? Maybe add an ice cube in the water?

Great idea! thanks so much!

SkekTek wrote:This is awesome and lacks bunnies. GMV. Any way to make it look more like the Titanic? Maybe add an ice cube in the water?

I agree! I think an ice cube on the left of the composition would make it look more like the Titanic, and it would make it even sillier.

Here is what I'm working on. It's a Trojan cat...if you couldn't tell. I'll try to give a lot of character to each mouse. Any suggestions at all are welcome.

ochopika wrote:

Personally, I think this is damned funny.

ochopika wrote:Here is what I'm working on. It's a Trojan cat...if you couldn't tell. I'll try to give a lot of character to each mouse. Any suggestions at all are welcome.

I really like it, but I think it really needs to contrast some more with the shirt colour. It's a bit difficult to see... Or maybe that's my stupid computer screen.

ochopika wrote:Here is what I'm working on. It's a Trojan cat...if you couldn't tell. I'll try to give a lot of character to each mouse. Any suggestions at all are welcome.

I think a Trojan Mouse full of cats might work. It makes more sense to me, anyway...a bunch of cats penetrating the mice fortress.

Ehhhhhh, maybe not.

ochopika wrote:Here is what I'm working on. It's a Trojan cat...if you couldn't tell. I'll try to give a lot of character to each mouse. Any suggestions at all are welcome.

Ha! Nox is finishing up a similar design as we speak! Not a trojan kitty, but a similar line of thought!

/throws gauntlet

May the best hideously cute trojan animal win!! :D

(here's a sneak peek of the WIP)

JStaso wrote:To name a few:

Benito Mooselini
Pol Pot-Belly Pig
Joseph Stallion
Chairman Cow
Saddam Goose-sein
Muammar al-Giraffe
Fido Castro
Hippo Chavez
Rodent Mugabe
Mahmoud Baa-Madinejad
Ivan the Terrier
Gorilla the Hun
Napo-lion Bonaparte
El Heffer
Ayatollah Pony-ni
Kim Jong-Eel

This list is killing me. I can't unsee these things!

Some random historical events:
Socrates' Death
First Person on the Moon
Washington's crossing the Delaware

walmazan wrote:Ups! we are taking the same ship! but I bet yours will be awesome!

Going down with the ship!

That's great! I took the violinist out of mine, out of sheer diplomacy and respect.

I just couldn't get Washington Crossing the Delaware out of my mind...

4khaos wrote:I really like it, but I think it really needs to contrast some more with the shirt colour. It's a bit difficult to see... Or maybe that's my stupid computer screen.

Oh yes don't worry, it will have much more contrast.

@ nox: I love how you've done the planks and the wood texture on your horse. Now I'll have to try and not be influenced by your style when I make my textures >.<;

@wootvan: I think that would be funny too. However, the proportions of how large a mouse full of cats would be compared to the size of the mice receiving the trojan mouse is too mind-boggling for me right now. Someone else can feel free to tackle that idea :P

I actually have a concept that works for this that I am going to submit. Aaron Bird shooting Alexander HAMilton.

lyonscc wrote:I just couldn't get Washington Crossing the Delaware out of my mind...

I know pop culture wasn't a restriction, but what about using trademarked/copyrighted characters?

"Pip-squeak"

Here's what I've got:

penguins by Ape Lad, on Flickr

ApeLad wrote:Here's what I've got:

penguins by Ape Lad, on Flickr

As wrong as it is to say, I love it. Nice touch with the happy penguin sliding down the deck.

omarfeliciano wrote:I have no idea what I am going to design...

Do you want Thomas Heiferson? It's all yours.

aerc712 wrote:Nice touch with the happy penguin sliding down the deck.

Yes, the sliding penguin is magnificent!

Here's where I am with my entry at the moment. "Chicken Caesar." Thoughts welcome!

I'm really loving all of the designs so far. Each one has brought a smile to my face. So looking forward to this derby!

Semper Fido!



Flag raising at Iwo Jima. Tried to get a good number of common WWII war dogs in there.

Still need to get the sky in all painterly and pretty to really add contrast, but tuckered out tonight. Flag is next as well.

Do you guys have any suggestions for me? Does my fire work? I haven't halftoned it yet...
I'm pretty new to the derbies, so I thought I'd test the waters.

Radscoolian wrote:"Pip-squeak"

This is perfect! x3

Radscoolian wrote:"Pip-squeak"

*gasp* awesome! the colors are really working well. mouse tames cat. very cool. i have a tangentially similar idea with pachyderms.

tangolite132 wrote:No. >.< It's not historical at all. The Big Bang is a theory. In many people's minds, the Big Bang doesn't even exist. In fact, it may not. Information is invalid.

Well, your argument can be used for all historical events. You can argue that the Big Bang happened or not, but if it did, it has a place in history.

There is a theory that suggests that in the history of the Universe, it started with a Big Bang.

It makes me sad that Meow Zedong has been done before. It would be gloriously fun to have that design to my name.

ApeLad wrote:This is probably wrong on a few levels, but I'm doing penguins re-enacting the sinking of the Titanic. Don't worry, it'll be adorable. Wrong, but adorable.

LOL i'd buy that

Here's what I've been working on.
Which shirt color looks best - Navy blue, royal blue, or black? Thanks!

jasneko wrote:Here's what I've been working on.
Which shirt color looks best - Navy blue, royal blue, or black? Thanks!

i like navy best.

zekecatz wrote:Are you saying that anyone born before 1970 is history?

i'm afraid we're prehistoric ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd310VsYbR4

Ah, cartoons.

ApeLad wrote:Here's what I've got:

penguins by Ape Lad, on Flickr

This is absolutely brilliant. Can't wait for this to fog.

jasneko wrote:Here's what I've been working on.
Which shirt color looks best - Navy blue, royal blue, or black?

I like the black one the best.

Voskhod 2 (first space walk)

aerc712 wrote:I know pop culture wasn't a restriction, but what about using trademarked/copyrighted characters?

How is it we have dozens of printed shirts w/ Star Wars characters on them? I thought that was all covered under parody?