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warrenellis — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:02:22 -0700

For a few weeks, we're going to try something a little different in the REMAKE/REMODEL space.

Usual REMAKE/REMODEL rules apply:

No pen-portraits. This is ART ONLY. Posting just a bunch of text, or a scribble and a vast number of words, will get the thread closed and your account banned.

NO MORE PHOTO-MANIPULATION "art". I'll just delete them. People have been drenching recent threads with several pieces at a time that they've knocked out in photoshop in 2 minutes with no thought at all. I consider this to be taking the piss now.

No more than
ONE
submission by any one person in any one thread.

The challenge is simply this:

In a single illustration, capture The X-Men in the style of FREAKANGELS.

Our flooded, steam-powered, post-apocalypse London... with X-Men in it.

You may want to consider that FREAKANGELS wouldn't be FREAKANGELS without the watery, "cel-shaded" colour design and palette that Paul created.

Also, obviously, that the characters would require a complete redesign to fit into the FREAKANGELS world.

And that's it.

It's a long weekend, so I'm going to give everyone a head start. This'll run for 8 days, closing on the night of Sunday 11 April.

Go.

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Finagle — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:10:35 -0700

As a non-artist who merely enjoys these threads...I'm fastening my seatbelt and hanging on for the ride.

This is going to be *epic*.

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Sobreiro — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:20:33 -0700

I agree... Great idea for the R/R!

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Paul Sizer — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:38:26 -0700

On it...
and yes, this will bring out the best of the threads...
Oh, and thanks for the extended week; Zombie Jesus Day is screwing with my productivity.

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Rooth — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:52:14 -0700

neat

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chris g — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:24:25 -0700

yesssss

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Drew_badly — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:27:00 -0700

Gets popcorn, waits for talent to turn up

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roadscum — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:58:17 -0700

Now this is going to be entertaining, makes me wish i could draw.

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ALE — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:21:32 -0700

Dude....duuuuuuuude.

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freakbox — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:25:52 -0700

@sizer LOL zombie Jesus Day! That's hi-larious!

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James Cunningham — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:29:43 -0700

I can see this one in my head. I wish my hands knew how to translate it out of there into something people could see.

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Art Grafunkel — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:38:49 -0700

In the style of Freak-whatnow?

Kidding. Brainbits are already brewing. ... That may also be the Stella from yesterday evening.

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frequentcontributor — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:34:20 -0700

Caught completely by surprise with this one. Very interesting...

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Audley Strange — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:16:46 -0700

Aw man, I thought we were having a break. These last few have been ace and this is no exception, dunno if I'll get time though. Dammit. Looking forward to seeing what people come up with.

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lordmitz — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:57:36 -0700

oh, warren. my birthday is in february.

why am i getting this wonderful gift now? i'ma get right on this.

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LBA — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:58:20 -0700

as one of the non-visual types I'm soooo looking forward to this

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emsie — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:53:30 -0700

hehe...nice ^_^

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Alberto — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:11:43 -0700

Been sketching for a while and this is loads of fun but also tougher than It seems. How many X-Men are needed to be considered the X-Men? Two? Fifty?

These guys breed like rabbits...

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warrenellis — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:32:40 -0700

Oh, pick a couple, jesus...

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Raid71 — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:59:35 -0700

this is a toughie

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Drew_badly — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:30:48 -0700

I came back a day later and NO arts! Too hard Warren, tooo hard.

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Seantaclaus — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:50:22 -0700

No, not too hard. He's making people really think about it, and likely push themselves a bit. Which, in my opinion, is a good thing.

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stsparky — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:54:43 -0700

Also - we've got one chance at this ...

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jackcrowder — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:18:02 -0700

This week will be glorious.

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runcibleshaw — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:32:35 -0700

Dammit all to hell. I want to participate in this one, but I happen to be on vacation on Belize without my art setup, my scanner and a spotty wifi connection. I may still post something, but it will probably be a blurry cameraphone pic. (this is what I do in a tropical paradise... stay in side and draw pictures for internet jesus)

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frequentcontributor — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:51:36 -0700

I agree that there are certainly a lot of X-men... I was sticking with the typical ones, and then started thinking about all the newer ones that I had completely just spaced (Armor, Xorn...). Will try and get to tonight, because I'm pretty psyched to start drawing this one.

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Erok Dragun — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:17:03 -0700

EDITED BY WARREN: ART, NOT TALKING ABOUT IT.

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SilentObjector — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:20:18 -0700

Erok, I think Mark would probably be better as Magneto, no?

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NeilFord — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:19:11 -0700

(Click pic for a full size image.)

I'll kick off then. No time to do more than one x-man this week, so I offer you... CYCLOPS. Apart from totally missing Freakangel's gorgeous palette and the scabbard strap looking a bit like a handbag, quite pleased with it.

Looking forward to seeing this thread develop... ;)

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Seantaclaus — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:22:02 -0700

@NeilFord - Fuckin' A, Neil, now that's a killer start to the thread.

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eightser — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:49:02 -0700

damn it im in.

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runcibleshaw — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:02:44 -0700

Meh.

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jeremiah — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:50:34 -0700

nice!

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jones? — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:12:42 -0700

Such a good start! I've been sketching ideas. This is going to be so hard... but fun

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nj_jcarter — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:18:44 -0700

I'm going to do something tonight and scan it in for this thread. Maybe I'll PShop somthing together in the FA style/Color Palette if I have time :D

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James Puckett — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:48:14 -0700

’Ro

Nice detail there.

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Drew_badly — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:02:10 -0700

@NeilFord. Epic! Iconic!

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keyofsilence — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:02:12 -0700

Dear Neil Ford,

Please have our babies.

Yours,

Whitechapel

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lordmitz — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:25:18 -0700

you wouldn't believe the problems i had trying to find an A3 photocopier on bank holiday monday. anyway:

i think chav wolverine is a perfect fit, personally.

neill: that cyclops visor is genius. one of those 'wish i'd thought of it' moments.
runcible: i can only wonder about the sordid dockside tales of big pete.

EDIT oh my god i missed out on using dazzler how the cabbage did i forget her why god why

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IsaacSher — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:35:46 -0700

Wow, that's nice, mitz!

Interesting take on Jubilee -- but my favorites in that pic are the Phoenix and Nightcrawler remakes. Phoenix's outfit seems a perfect fit for the Freakangels world, and Nightcrawler just came out so nicely expressive.

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razrangel — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:01:25 -0700

@lordmitz that is just killer!

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pinoles — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:25:12 -0700

@lordmitz - for FOUR DAYS NOW i have been waiting for you to post something to this thread, and it was absolutely everything i was hoping it to be.

oh and happy un-birthday (:

thankyouthankyouthankyou DAMMIT this makes me wish i had any visual artistic talent

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jones? — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:04:24 -0700

@lordmitz - fuck that's good. I like the way you managed to make Nightcrawler fit in there. I'm trying to work in beast and I'm not sure whether to make him blue or not...

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Drew_badly — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:55:24 -0700

First go

...and it looks like Prof X's Freakangel toilet.

Tried drawing the figure & it was awful. Resorted to Poser. Will practice and do better next time...

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TF — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:06:40 -0700

Well done lordmitz!

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MarshallQuicksand — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:09:41 -0700

@Lordmitz - The subway symbol for Jubilee was a stroke of genius.

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frequentcontributor — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:52:26 -0700

DrewBadly: Still great. Love the wheelchair idea...

LordMitz: Glad you're showing your stuff here again, because it's great. C'mon '80s X-Men/Freakangels crossover... Great designs on the lot of them.

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stsparky — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:36:11 -0700

I'll upload my WIP to my flicker feed - I think that's kosher ... I'm sticking with trying to find my inner Paul D.

This is hard work.

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NeilFord — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:45:38 -0700

Ta for the kind comments comrades!

Love the chavy Logan @Lordmitz!

Prof. X on the steam powered commode is awesome @Drew! :)

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chainsaw.serenade — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:03:53 -0700

Everything has been great so far. (@NeilFord's Cyclops, ftw.)

I especially love @LordMitz's Nightcrawler and Storm.

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jackcrowder — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:53:45 -0700

Drake, McCoy, Worthington, Grey and Summers.

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Rootfireember — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:10:36 -0700

@Jack hah! I like the ellis reading material :D

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frequentcontributor — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:14:00 -0700

Coloring this took forever...

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Rooth — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:23:50 -0700

Well, you did a lovely job with the colours @frequent, the whole things is fantastic.
White Queen kills me :)

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Rootfireember — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:26:28 -0700

@frequentcontributor
-Great job :)

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sseloske — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:26:31 -0700

I'm just posting so I can follow the thread more easily. >_>

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NeilFord — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:39:12 -0700

@frequentcontributor great! Love the lighting on Logan.

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TF — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:02:50 -0700

@frequentcontributor That is fantastic!

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frequentcontributor — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:29:09 -0700

Rooth: Well, it's supposed to be Jean, but I was thinking that I should make her hair purple instead of red to go more thematically... I knew that I'd be running the risk of having some of the characters not be recognizable due to their lack of obvious powers. The ones I think aren't very obvious: Colossus (far left. I gave him a striped shirt instead of whatever his metallic stripes are supposed to represent...), Nightcrawler (second in from left, on the ground. He's purple instead of blue...), and Iceman (far right. I had nearly forgotten about a large segment of the original X-Men ((Iceman, Beast, and Angel...)), and thought Bobby would be cool and "icy" over there facing away from the rest of the group, all in snowy white. I wanted to get Doop in there, but alas...

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Rooth — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:50:47 -0700

Ah, it's Bobby Drake- I see that now totally - the others I got too- nicely done.
I was thinking you had made White 'Queen' a He in this Freakangels world ;)
Something about his stance and hair cut made me think White 'Queen'...
I love how you lit the whole thing. Beautiful job!

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jeremiah — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:49:48 -0700

loving these!

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frequentcontributor — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:03:00 -0700

Rooth: I got ya. Could be Emma's brother or something... Now I'm wishing I had put Sentinels in there. As for the coloring, I copied a few pages of Freakangels right into my paint program and eyedropped the colors straight from there, so they're true authentic Freakangels colors. The only ones I had to make up were Storm's skin and Nightcrawler's purple (technically all the purple stuff was the same tone as the skin; a darker, greyer version of their eyes that I pulled from the original pages...).

Also, I was looking through some old Freakangels pages for a good group shot with a lot of colors from me to pull from, which is harder to find than I thought, and I went back to the very first pages of the strip; Wow! The art/color has really evolved in a short amount of time. I wouldn't have noticed without going back so far, but the anime influence used to be way heavier. Everything now has just softened a bit, but it's interesting to look at, especially the way the blonde "non-Freakangel" chick is drawn... Interesting.

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Sobreiro — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:05:14 -0700

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James Puckett — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:57:42 -0700

@Sobreiro That Angel is just fantastic. Actually, your whole drawing is fantastic, Angel is just extra fantastic.

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LokiZero — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:45:29 -0700

hughbubhguhbh

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SteadyUP — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:18:08 -0700

Lots of awesome in here, but I think @frequentcontributor gets the prize for Most FreakAngels-y (Freaky?) concepts so far.

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frequentcontributor — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:38:42 -0700

Sobreiro: Amazing rendition of Beast! Looks like a surly storybook troll... I really like the "grit" to the colors, too.

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jamesmith3 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:58:50 -0700

Not a lot of character design in there, obviously; I felt like doing a cover. I keep thinking there's all these horrible compression artifacts all over this thing, and then realizing that's burn-in on my monitor. Props to @frequentcontributor for having the common sense to just eyedrop colors from one of Paul's pages.

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stsparky — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:31:50 -0700

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkypicts/4499523044/ <- current state.

I've some touch-up on the faces - I kinda like the poses ... any feedback? Boss said one shot - I'm thinking I've got to re-do the sky now ... hard hard hard.

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Raid71 — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:06:16 -0700

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keyofsilence — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:20:02 -0700

HA! That's genius, Raid. Good show.

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jackcrowder — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:18:18 -0700

@ Rootfireember; I argued with exactly what a Mad Scientist who turned himself into a Beast would be idly reading. I did not want to go the usual Shakespeare route or the overall idea of a study of flight book nor a Jules Vern one (though one rendition did have Moon Gun). I ended up going Fan Service and I’m glad you got a kick out of it!

@ NeilFord; While I lurk far more than I get the time to reply to Whitechapel, I must admit that whenever your sign-on is featured as the ‘last comment’ on the monthly art threads – I make it a point to go look. Your designs always seem alive. They carry their weight. This depiction is no different. Though, I cannot help but wonder how this look would have felt on Mark when he recently popped up. Lovely work as usual.

@ runcibleshaw; Each of these redesigns look right at home. I particularly enjoy the layout with the built-in height line. There is an inherit inviting to these designs but at the same time each could be a backdrop character. I think you best captured Ororo for not only the goddess nature but post-modernizing the look.

@ lordmitz; The attitude is palpable with this lot. These look like pieces brought to you by Duffield Clothing Company. I adore the revamp of Jubilee and the Underground logo really ranks up there with logos I’d never considered with traditional remake/redesigns. One character of this piece that may get overlooked but it is so very important to Freak Angels is that rooftop and you nailed it. Colors perfect. That said: I want issues of a charver Wolverine as of yesterday! Mad fab work!

@ Drew_badly; Interesting work with Poser. It almost seems like a commentary illustration. Fun concept.

@ frequentcontributor; You’ve invaded Duffield’s thoughtweb and outright manhandled future concept art. Your work is very evident. It’s perfect. Whether it’s the bow on the dress or the coat-lining or that Ellis beer bottle… your art always reminds me that the devil is in the details. Outstanding.

@ Sobreiro; Where to start? You polished these and boy, do they shine. There’s thought here on how each of these ‘powers’ would work in this world. My favorite is the thermostat on Drake’s chest. Summer’s eye and head-bandage comes in a close second. These outfits belong on rooftops and wadding through water. And your angel? A work of brilliance.

@ LokiZero; I see an Andy Warhol Cyclops and that instantly rips the character from everything I’ve considered part of Cyclops. He no longer is the all American boy scout for Mutant Rights. Now he’s the Cool Revolutionary with a radical ‘vision.’ Intentional or not, I think that’s a hell of work. Ororo’s punk look does belong in this setting and I really like how you trimmed up Logan.

@ jamesmith3; Brent Anderson’s art in God Loves Man Kills had a tension. A breaking point fueled by a story that faced taboos. You not only cited this work but you carried that anxiety into your work. Buildings are falling. They’re drowning. A great redesigned Storm is a visual ringmaster of the destruction. Not to mention the incorporation of that fan/gear logo. It brings in new elements to the established logo family. It’s all genius work and certainly tells the whole story in a single illustration. I would say you delivered on Ellis’s prompt.

@ Raid71; To begin with, great logo. I love how its on the safety vest. It’s very clean like an average panel. The harpoon guns are not only great for the setting but an extraordinary revamp of Logan’s claws. They fit. Great art.

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leighwoosey — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:39:04 -0700

I can't draw. Here is my best attempt to disguise the fact. I have spent a long time trying to cover it over:

Okay here's the concept.

(EDITED BY ARIANA AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I STILL BOTHER TO BE NICE TO PEOPLE WHO CLEARLY CAN BUT JUST DON'T FUCKING CARE TO READ.)

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kperkins — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:51:31 -0700

Too many words @leighwoosey. Delete them before the Arse Eels come for you.

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helloMuller — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:43:09 -0700

Awesome Raid!

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leighwoosey — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:59:56 -0700

Apologies all, I didn't realise how few words were expected. I shall be more concise in future.

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JonScrivens — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:48:25 -0700

My first stab at one of these. Getting the colours even vaguely close to Paul's was tough!

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heresybob — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:26:45 -0700

This shit's damn awesome, all!

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frequentcontributor — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:22:08 -0700

jamesmith3: Lovely. The cities and the water really bring the Freakangels vibe to it. Looks like we had similar logo ideas, too...

jackcrowder: Nice catch on the Warren beer logo. Didn't know if anyone would notice at that size, since it's not very overt:

JonScrivens: I like that you made the X-Gear standard on all the team. Seems to have been a pretty obvious leap, as it's popping up in a lot of the drawings... I like everyone's crazy bug eyes, The Scum newspaper, and that they all made Cyclops stay inside by himself.

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jones? — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:00:54 -0700

Okay, lots of really awesome stuff posted so far.

@jackcrowder. I love your NightCrawler. First thing I thought was: 'that has to be NightCrawler.' You really captured the characters.

Anyway: *ahem* Apologies for the dodgy colouring.

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robb — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:36:28 -0700

@frequentcontributor: I first thought your Colossus was Forge, both work well for their different reasons. nice. My single favorite thing in this thread so far is the quilted jacket liner detail on Cyclops's jacket.

@JonScrivens: Jean La Roux Grey. Interesting.

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freakbox — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:50:23 -0700

I knew that this thread was gonna produce some winners, but that was a wholly unexpected level of pleasure. Too many good ones to single anyone out at this point. Jones made me laugh with the 4 panel page with dialogue! It was like an ad lib comic designed by Warren.

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stsparky — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:54:48 -0700

I guess my dyslexia returns when I'm tired - on par with the Skywolf one -- heh

There are too fucking many x-men - honest! I like the idea of Bobby Drake being the White Queen ...

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frequentcontributor — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:34:41 -0700

internet fucked, this post got half posted, see below...

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frequentcontributor — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:36:38 -0700

Jones?: That is hilarious! That's exactly what reading both Freakangels AND X-Men is like... Lots of telepathic "talking" about random shit.

robb: I'd have given Forge a moustache... I did know the striped shirt might be pushing it with the subtlety, though. Glad you like the jacket lining. I just kept thinking of Mr. Glass' badass leather trench from Unbreakable.

stsparky: I kind of can't tell what's going on with devolved Van Gogh at the bottom, but I like the yellow Devo outfits. Reminds me of Life Aquatic, for some reason...

And I guess now I have to draw Bobby Drake as the White Queen and post it over in the artists' thread... (I guess I didn't realize that Iceman's ice form and Emma's diamond form look fairly similar...)

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jones? — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:24:13 -0700

@frequentcontributor &freakbox. Thanks.

@Stsparky. Awesome textures.

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NeilFord — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:28:00 -0700

@jones? - I love the dialogue! Particularly like cockney logan, dropping 'is 'aitches.

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Raid71 — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:19:39 -0700

thanks for the comments..

Some great diverse pieces of work here!

@Sobreiro: wow! great set of characters

@jamesmith3: love what you did to the sky

@JonScrivens why don't we see more Red Telephone boxes in FreakAngels??

@frequentcontributor nice touch on the beer bottle (had missed that)

been a tricky one this, wonder what Warren has up his sleeve for the next one!

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Ben Klumaster — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:22:47 -0700

Freakangels Spiderman? Freakangels Gundam Wing?

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Vicky Van — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:16:00 -0700

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leighwoosey — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:46:37 -0700

@Vicky Van I love the texture and the mood of yours! Especially how the Kirby dots add that little extra bit of other-worldliness to it. Does Storm play that Piano, or does Wolverine?

@Lordmitz This is my favorite so far- I like how everyone seems to fit the imagery of rebellion of a particular decade. Beatnik night crawler, Mod Cyclops, Cyber-raver Jubilee, Punk storm, Hoody Wolverine, Hyper-femme Pheonix.

@Raid71 Like everyone else I laud your excellent re-invention of Wolverine's claws!

@LokiZero ETA, I really like this, it's so efficient at getting the concept across and visually bold in a scary, subdued way.

@jamesmith3 I like your composition- it really gets me exploring the image, the blues in the city are intriguing, and I like the danger/ weather goddess implied by the characters.

I also like how everyone has taken the notion that the texture and colour of Paul Duffield's work are so intrinsic to Freakangels, and either recreated it in their own way or found a colour and texture that suits them. I'm looking forward to seeing more posts as the 11th approaches.

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Vicky Van — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:01:30 -0700

@leighwoosey Thanks! I'm figuring out this wacom tablet of mine one Ellis challenge at a time:) Still go a little bit overboard on the lines. Wish I had more time to clean it up and maybe colour it but, alas, work beckons. Just a sketch this week.
I'm guessing they both have a few drinks and come up with some foot/fingers piano composition that sounds a little punk rock!

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Paul Sizer — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:07:39 -0700

Man, this week is kicking my ass; it's going to be a late one for me, but I wanted to say that what I've seen so far fills me with fire to contribute. Hot fire of guilt and creativity!

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Clone Artist — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:27:12 -0700

Teehee.

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alwayscrashing — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:33:07 -0700

@Clone Artist - That is mental in the best possible way. :)

(And I will be saying 'Binf! Bunf! Benf! Bonf! Banf!' non-stop for a month....)

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Alberto — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:47:25 -0700

Here we go.

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Rooth — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:48:31 -0700

@Alberto - Nice! Dig it!

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SonOfCann — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:58:32 -0700

@Alberto I'm absolutely loving the skeleton of Wolverine, and Magneto's jacket is something else!

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razrangel — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:08:57 -0700

@Alberto GodDAMN!

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TF — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:09:13 -0700

@Alberto: The Wolverine is so good - but it's all great!

So impressed by everyone who rose to the challenge.

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Berserker — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:16:16 -0700

I have somehow managed in one week to forget thirty eight years of learning how to draw. Death - I am ready for you now.

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leighwoosey — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:40:57 -0700

@Alberto Cor Blimey! That is something else. Love the look Rogue is giving Gambit, and the cheeky glance on Storm, as well as the other twists.

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Sobreiro — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:15:00 -0700

Why the hell are you so mean with us, Alberto? I'm ashamed of mine now.

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Nicodemus_Cain — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:04:40 -0700

@ALberto Nicely done, Colossus looks like Christopher Judge

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shining_lion — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:48:32 -0700

Alberto--I currently have pin-hole vision due to migraine precursor fuckery, and despite alla that, your pic kicks so much ass. Thanks for posting it.

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Oxbrow — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:06:31 -0700

With apologies to John Cassaday and Paul Duffield:

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frequentcontributor — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:28:19 -0700

Alberto: Holy MADNESS! That's awesome and I want it to be a real comic NOW!!! Love that you got Doop in there. Wolvie's arms are really interesting... It's all just a ball of fun.

Clone Artist: I laughed out loud at "Kitty Pride." A giant Colossus is really cool, too.

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oogliemooglie — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:30:46 -0700

Here's mine--I couldn't decide which crop I liked better...hopefully this doesn't violate the one submission rule!

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Pupato — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:36:41 -0700

@Clone Artist, 1 minute, by clock, laughing because of the Kitty Pride gang. Thanks man : ) You´re unique!

@Alberto, that´s fucking amazing! congrats for the "Mechanical Armed Wolvie".

@Oxbrow, the most stylish Xmen group i´ve ever seen! love it.

Not forgetting @Neil, @frequent, @Sobreiro... amazing thread : )

Hope can scratch some time before this tunnel between universes get closed. This is quite a challenge...

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Pupato — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:41:11 -0700

@oogliemooglie, WOOoWW!!!!!! now, i wanna be you : )

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Alberto — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:45:13 -0700

Wow, thak you guys. I've been wanting to make an X-Men picture for some time and this was the perfect excuse.

@lordmitz - Love your clothing choices, specially with the girls.
@jackcrowder - There's something lovely in your kid angel. Nice.
@frequentcontributor - You nailed the colors in this one. Also nice character redesigns. Your Wolverine rocks.
@sobreiro - Oh, come on! I'm loving yours. In fact I think It's my favorite so far.
@Clone Artist - What can I say?... hell, YES!

@everybody - Awesome challenge and awesome entries so far. I'm looking forward to seeing what the rest of the week will bring.

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James Puckett — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:06:03 -0700

@oogliemooglie That one had me laughing my ass off; toilet-pull cyclops!

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oogliemooglie — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:24:33 -0700

@James Puckett--Ha! I'm glad someone else found that amusing (it cracked me up when I made it).
@Pupato--Thanks! You don't wanna be me though; you'd be much better off as someone in here who can actually draw! :)

So many good ones in this thread--which is extra-impressive, because from my perspective at least, this one was tough!

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Ryan S Thomason — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:22:45 -0700

frequent, sobriero and alberto: Blinding!

I bring this. I didn't have enough time to colour it:

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jackcrowder — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:28:42 -0700

@ Alberto; those are some serious designs! I adore what you did with those characters. The Big Ben is excellent!

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kmcleod — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:23:21 -0700

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jackcrowder — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:11:31 -0700

@ kmcleod; One of your best. It has everything. Great dialogue.

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freakbox — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:18:47 -0700

Twisted bastards... the lot of you!

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ChernobylFrog — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:30:39 -0700

Pencil/Ink. Clockwise from the Phoenix center: Jean, Remy, Betsy, Warren, Longshot, Lucas, Lockheed (Chikinz!), James/Logan, Jubilation, Anne, Scott, Alex

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ChernobylFrog — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:35:21 -0700

cannot get the image to load- clicked on the [IMG], but no dice.

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Alan Tyson — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:35:43 -0700

ChernobylFrog: What site are you using to host?

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meaninglessnoise — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:49:17 -0700

All right, you people are just strange. Strange, I tell you. STRAAAANGE!

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CinnamonAndSpite — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:24:20 -0700

Ororo Munroe:

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Rooth — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:38:40 -0700

Gorgeous CinnamonAndSpite!

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Verissimus — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 04:38:18 -0700

I love this so much it's obscene.

Cloneartist is my favorite, the Adorable X-Men...

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Indigo Rose — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:58:01 -0700

Damnit! Why did I have to log on only NOW?! It's Saturday and I have work, there's no way I can finish the awesome ideas floating in my brain! You've combined two of my favorite things and now I won't be able to get the art done in time! I had such a great idea too!

Aargh!

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sarianlives — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:40:21 -0700

this is my pathetic, rushed, shitty excuse for a entry... i pride myself on my pen and ink skills... but seriously, when i saw ALberto's entry i was BLOWN THE FUCK AWAY... that picture was utterly brilliant...

SO here's my attempt...

From left to rght we have Cyclops, Wolverine, sat at the front is my version of Rogue and finally Storm...

Not how i intended it to be, but needed to get in on this one as it is a great idea...

FAVES:
@ooglimooglie
@clone artist
@alberto - amazing.

Good work once again fellas...
SLx

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sarianlives — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:51:46 -0700

more faves:

@lordmitz - JUBILEE!!! awesome with the jubille line tattooo..
@neilford - so jealous of the fact you did the Cyclops/spot welding mask!!! great image
@Frequentcontributor - as always legendary
@sobriero - you always rock, i want to read a comic book by you so badly...
@vickyvan - pencil work fabulosa... great pencils...

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kperkins — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:36:45 -0700

Here's my sad attempt.

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CinnamonAndSpite — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:46:38 -0700

@Rooth Thank you! :D

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Paul Sizer — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:56:45 -0700

And just under the wire.....

Whew!
My team for post flood survival:
Top row: Cannonball (air recon), Cuckoos (telepathy), Cypher/Warlock (language/translation/communications)
Bottom row: Storm (weather control/crops), Forge (technology/fabrication), Rogue (muscle)

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NickDonald — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:28:53 -0700

Didn't have a lot of time, so here's a simple rehash of an X-Men 2 promo image.

And feel free to ignore it and look at Sizer's pic again. It really is much better.

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razrangel — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:23:48 -0700

Woo! i was wondering if anyone would think to include the Cuckoos. It just seems natural. }:>

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ChernobylFrog — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:52:27 -0700

So I can't get my pic to load and show up here, but you can check it out by going to the link- it's on Flikr. Hope you like it!

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Rooth — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:57:38 -0700

Nice one Sizer :) Top notch!

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Francundo — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:00:17 -0700

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I hope you like it.

Thanks Pupato for remind me about this. I completely forget.

In xmen always I thought that the topic of the discrimination was important, because of it it seems to me to be impossible to elude the topic of the society in this case a furious multitude behind of the xmen.

Unfortunately I could not finish this drawing like I would like it.

PD: nice works. Specially Sobreiro

Again I excuse for my english.

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Oxbrow — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:35:05 -0700

Good to see a rush of new takes at the end, with different characters and different styles and takes on the setting.

(And thank you Pupato!)

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SteadyUP — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:44:08 -0700

Big week for mohawk Storm.

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frequentcontributor — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:06:23 -0700

Sizer: Great team members! New Mutants love is always a plus, and the Cuckoos are fun, too.

Francundo: Lookin' good. I like the ambiguity of the team members (from my persepective...). To me it looks like there are two Charles Xaviers (in the front and his mind-double in the back looking all Hulked out...), Ronin from the New Avengers, and a little green Martian (and maybe Rogue on the left?).

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kmcleod — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 05:46:28 -0700

@jackcrowder--Thanks;

@VickyVan--whatever makes a great picture, that's a great picture.
@Jamesmith3--great perspective.
@oogliemooglie--dynamite visor.
@Alberto--favorite visual interpretation of Wolverine, and Storm's umbrella's a perfect touch.
@Sobreiro--again, he makes it his own.

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Alberto — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:53:34 -0700

Awesome, Mr. Sizer!

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staticgirl — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:07:04 -0700

okily dokily had to rush it in the end. I decided to have a go because it would be excruiatingly hard given I know very little about the xmen. And the perspective, god the perspective. Anyway here they all are arguing about shagging:

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Paul Sizer — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:01:34 -0700

Good round this week! I'm OK with how mine turned out; there's a few anatomy flubs and I didn't really push it far far as I could have, but eh. This week kicked my ass work-wise, so I'm lucky to have gotten this much cranked out. Enough whining from me...

Neil Ford: Excellent render as usual, nice details.
Lord Mitz: Tied for first place.
Frequentcontributor: Tied for first place.
Sobreiro: Tied for first place.
Raid71. Love the claws.
Alberto: I love all the details and costume choices you made.
Cinnamon and Spite: THAT'S how I wanted my Storm to look. Nice.
Static Girl: I love the shot, the perspective work was worth it!

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thud — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:06:04 -0700

Impressive (and more than just a little strange) efforts shown here !!

But I don't think that anybody has actually done it in Paul's style.
An artist's style is like his fingerprints, unique.
And I might add almost impossible to copy!

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Berserker — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:37:55 -0700

Wouldn't you believe, it's just my luck.

Finally remembered how to draw again, and produced a pretty nice piece, I think. Then the scanner decides to cease all cooperation with the computer for some reason. So it looks like I'll be missing this one, but hopefully I'll have it up in another thread 'round here soon.

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256 — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:47:18 -0700

"There's only one way to get over the decline and collapse of an empire. And that's to get completely lashed." -- DBC Pierre.

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staticgirl — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:04:26 -0700

Oh nice poster - I love how you've made the tributaries created by the buildings into an abstract pattern at the bottom there.

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warrenellis — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:14:45 -0700

Aaaand I'm calling this done.