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Mother Earth's The S#*T!!!

pyarandersonpyaranderson Registered User new member
edited May 2009 in Artist's Corner
This is my new Web Comic: rockthetoilet.org. I'm a huge penny-arcade fan and excited about adopting some of the conventions of the penny-arcade format. The site's about Chip and Alison as they try to make their lives more "green" while still maintaining the quality of life that they are accustomed to. Expect some upcoming strips ala Cardboard Tube Samurai called "After the Grid Goes Down" about Chip's post-apocalyptic fantasies. I'm making a lot of changes right now, so any feedback is most welcome.

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  • CrowlestonCrowleston Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Post some comics here so we can Crit them or no one will go to your site. This is considered site whoring as noted in the rules thread, found at the top of the page when you enter the AC.

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  • bombardierbombardier Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2009
    This is not a place to sitewhore your webcomic.

    Post specific pieces you would like crits on here if you want to post anything.

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  • earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I'm a huge penny-arcade fan and excited about adopting some of the conventions of the penny-arcade format.

    NNOOOoo...

    Yeah, you might want to post the actual comics here cause not to many people are going to hit your link.

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  • mullymully Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    could you provide me with a map for these comics

    i cant seem to find my way to the jokes

    i ...i THINK i like the art style? but in some places it looks like you are king of anatomy.. and in other places it looks like you are drawing football eyes and scribbling over things because you dont fully understand them

    this is all very confusing to me

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  • ObsObs __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    I'll be straight, your comic has way too much contrast and the panels are way too busy. It is painful to look at.

    Second, your people are ugly as fuck. Perhaps you intended for them to look ugly, but you must know, that if you're going to be drawing a comic people will be attracted to comics with more attractive figures in them.

    Obs on
  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    These are like chick tracks for the new millenium.

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Well, no. Not really. Chick Tracks were funny.


    ...


    And not as preachy.

    ...Or self-righteous.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2009
    or ugly

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I can't see them, so I can't join in on this conversation.

    All I see is some type of link.

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I like the ugly people, personally, and even your style of art. There's always room to improve though- studying traditional methods might make your style stronger- composition especially.

    it's just that the writing is terminally unfunny
    Well, no. Not really. Chick Tracks were funny.


    ...


    And not as preachy.

    ...Or self-righteous.

    tracts

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  • LeggraphicsLeggraphics Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    lol I saw mother Earth's and I was like ohhh he means captain planet that tv series ! lol... My bad..

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Tam wrote: »
    I like the ugly people, personally, and even your style of art. There's always room to improve though- studying traditional methods might make your style stronger- composition especially.

    it's just that the writing is terminally unfunny
    Well, no. Not really. Chick Tracks were funny.


    ...


    And not as preachy.

    ...Or self-righteous.

    tracts

    Well I'll be damned. For some reason I thought the title had "track" on it.

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  • D-RobeD-Robe Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I didn't know anything could be terminally unfunny. I thought the line was somewhere around painfully unfunny or criminally unfunny. You learn something new every day.

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    It's so unfunny that it dies

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Your Comic vs. The Artist's Corner
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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Mustang wrote: »
    Your Comic vs. The Artist's Corner
    caribbean-reef-feeding-frenzy.jpg

    and that's funnier than the comic

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    You're really living up to the implications of your name there, ZM.

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  • Conqueror BenConqueror Ben Registered User new member
    edited May 2009
    To emphasize the point, I've had more fun toasting to racism and discoursing the better points of baby rape with my mother than reading this "comic".

    The medium is inherently beautiful. It does not discriminate the content or the creator. But the audience does and it is not the medium that we try and speak to. Make a choice: be dramatic or be funny. Nothing else is entertaining.

    Perhaps the use of a collaborative writer in the form of a - dare I assume - friend could help achieve your intent.

    The art is reminiscent of cold porridge. Looks like sick and is hard to swallow. Try using fewer lines. Clean up your scenes and characters. Comics like PA succeed using an iconic and defined art style achieved through extra-realism.

    My humble suggestion; sunder the concept and rework the building blocks. Second drafts are never a bad idea.

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hey, Captain Grandstand, look around. It's been four days and he hasn't replied once.

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Tam wrote: »
    Hey, Captain Grandstand, look around. It's been four days and he hasn't replied once.

    Sometimes I love you, Tam.


    Then I sober up.

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  • NakedZerglingNakedZergling A more apocalyptic post apocalypse Portland OregonRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    How is this not locked? isn't this site whoring? i see no art.
    This douche chill has gotten too much attention and i bet we never hear from him again.

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  • D-RobeD-Robe Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    You are going to ruin it, nz. Is that what you want?

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    Cheese.
  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I CANT SEE THE COMIC! Have I contracted the dreaded internet glaucoma?!

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Is there anything even happening in this comic?

    I mean, I want to be constructive, but I see no humour

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  • pyarandersonpyaranderson Registered User new member
    edited May 2009
    Hey guys. Sorry for the long wait to respond. I was honestly not intent on site whoring, or posting and leaving. I'm a little new to the etiquette of forum posting, so please forgive me. I remain humble about my work and understand many of your posted concerns. I'm working on everything you've posted so far. I'm sincerely interested in making this a better site, so I thank all of you for the constructive feedback as well as the tidbits of praise I've gleaned. Any direct conceptual feedback would be awesome--like how to make this subject funny or dramatic. And yes, I'm trying to make the characters more attractive. Thank you. 2009-05-08.jpg

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    snip

    We do want to help

    but there just doesn't seem to be any joke or anything to take away from so many of the strips.

    The bike one isn't too bad, and I remember liking another

    But what was that about there being snot on his jumper?

    "It is there"
    "Oh yes it is"
    fin

    Not much there

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  • pyarandersonpyaranderson Registered User new member
    edited May 2009
    Black Hunter: Thank you for your sincerity. I'm working on a few more that I think are genuinely funny. I'll post them when I'm finished.

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Are these all straight from life experiences?


    Very very few people have interesting enough lives for that sort of thing :p

    best of luck

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  • NakedZerglingNakedZergling A more apocalyptic post apocalypse Portland OregonRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Its kind of like seinfeld. Its about nothing...like every day things..thats a strip.
    If seinfeld were really like that it would have bombed. I dig the pen style, but i feel like these are a personal events...which isn't to say they are bad...it's just that we're not all "in on it" so it just feels.....pointless?

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