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Riverfox237 — What Ninja?
Published: 2011-03-16 06:15:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 2667; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 10
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It’s finished! *passes out on the ground*This was just a fun idea I had that also gave me the opportunity to show everyone on the crew! (Minus Nic and Nyt, our newer part-time members and resident Hat Dragon and Raid Strategist. Sorry, guys!) For anyone who doesn’t know what’s going on, I shall refer you to one of my favorite UPD inside jokes:
“Cheeko’s such a good ninja that none of the crew even knows she’s a ninja.”
Panel Notes
Panel 1: I liked this panel best before I inked in all the black parts; I was experimenting with light-on-black highlights but I’m afraid it makes the blackless personas look washed out. Oh well, live and learn, and I’m still proud of it. That is probably the nicest building I’ve ever drawn. (And put down that produce, Wings, you know we don’t have enough fountain money for such frivolities!)
Panel 2: Hey, look! I didn’t give myself all the dialogue this time! I had to digitally shrink RzR a little bit for this one; I may be interpreting it wrong, but your profile makes you look kinda short, RzR.
Panel 3: I totally forgot Doodlee’s hat twice during this comic. This was one of those times. Yay for Paint.net and the eraser tool! And tell me if I am getting across the joke of Yubria pulling up her eyepatch to look around or not. I love that joke, but I’m not sure it’s obvious enough.
Panel 4: TINY DRAGONS ARE SO HARD TO DRAW but it was worth it. I totally love this panel. The guy coming out of the store has pokemon symbols all over his shirt.
Panel 5: Lol, Yubria’s comforting hand on RzR’s shoulder is one of my favorite parts. XD You just seem like the type who would be all sympathetic like that, Yubria. The posters on the windows (behind the stupid text that blocks everything!) are an ad for 25% off of batteries, a Missing poster for a sort of lizard cat pet…thing, and an ad for the new Koala the Fluffy Dragon doll (in stores now!)
Panel 6: Love how the background on this came out. That goofy abstract silhouette totally saved this picture; I was just going to stop it at the gas station. Yes, that is a gas station. And yay for disgruntled ninjas. ^^
Btw, in case it wasn’t clear, speech bubbles were filled in with the general main color of each speaker’s skin. Except for RzR, because his skin is white, but his color theme is very black and white and so I thought this would look cool.
Little things that were oddly difficult:
-Yubria’s horns (why were these so difficult I don’t know agh).
-Doodlee’s hat and Wings’ antennae, which apparently I was incapable of remembering after the first panel until I inked everything. I also forgot the fin on Doodlee’s arm in the fifth panel and the fact that Rise’s elbows have bumps and not spikes on them, but digital editing can do amazing things!
-Those evil pillars in the sixth panel! Took me FOREVER to draw those right!
- One word: cars. Thank goodness they were in a conveniently empty part of the parking lot most of the time. I was by that time so ready to be finished with this comic that you could not force me to look up car references when they just were not important enough for me to care.
- The fact that I left out Yubria’s bag, which is very important! But I didn’t manage to work it in. Sorry, Yub!
-SPEECH BUBBLES agh I hate theeeem. Does anyone have any tips on how to make them easier to make/control? I think they came out okay here but it was REALLY frustrating most of the time. They cover up my nice drawings!
Little things I’m happy with:
-Yubria’s feet in the first panel (I dunno, I think they look like how she draws feet on her anthro-type races in her comic, Second Generations)
-RzR in general—dude was oddly easy to draw, which was a nice change of pace, esp. since he’s a GUY and I am not as great with drawing guys.
-That whole little montage of us all in the first panel
-Rise’s and Doodlee’s noses (thought they would be hard, but I ended up figuring out how to draw them)
-The gryphon ninja Wanted Poster (go ahead, try and spot it)
-How my persona came out in the first panel; I esp. like how the legs look, for some reason
-The fact that, at least as far as I can tell up to this point, I managed to keep everybody pretty near their actual original selves! The marked exception to this is the lack of Yubria’s pretty cheek swirls, but those are absent for the same reason that her coloration doesn’t show up: I couldn’t get them to look right just drawing them, and I didn’t color anybody. Hopefully one of these times I’ll get that right!
MAN that took a while! I’ve probably been working on this off and on since…what, early February maybe? Yeah, that sounds about right. This was one huge experiment on drawing comics in a bigger format. Every one of those panels was either a full or half-page of sketchpaper. I’m really pleased with how much better the details came out, even if it did take forever and scanning them totally sucks away some of the quality. I hope everyone enjoyed! ^^ You probably won’t get a comic out of me for a little while after that (esp. since I’m moving in a couple of weeks for an internship), so I hope the rest of the crew is up for some contributions!
Members of the Urban Pirate Dragons: (in comic)
: Captain
: First Mate and Repairman
: Medic and Swordsman
: Official Truck Driver and Flag Knitter
: Lookout and Officially Designated Win
: Bearer of the Bag of Infinite Holding (which has a much longer name that I can’t remember)
: Ninja Spy
The UPD’s Main Prey/Nemesis:
: Ninja Dragon
*marches off singing the Urban Pirate Dragon Theme Song at the top of her lungs, since she is the only one who knows the tune thanks to DA’s incapability of loading music*
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Comments: 113
Excellent! Wait, NYT is behind? XD Somehow I thought she would have had it in already. I'm not exactly sure why, I just...assume these things sometimes. >.>
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Yup. She hasn't submitted anything yet. :I
Come to think of it, there's another that hasn't shown much activity, either... *heads to gaia*
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Nyt's profile? She's the only one that hasn't sent one in. Head to the OOC thread.
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Does Nyt = Deige? Or is that the other person who hadn't sent in yet? And speaking of Deige, holy cow his character scares me. I will probably spent some effort on avoiding any contact between him and Riley and Tyler. 0.o I have no idea what would happen if a psychopathic poisoner met up with two anthro kids raised by humans, and I am inclined to avoid finding out!
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Nope; Nyt = Nytrinhia.
Yeah, my gaia rp friends have an affinity towards making disturbing characters. XD
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Hey, so, I gotta be lame for a little bit, RzR. 
(In case you were wondering, I had some real major issues with an RP I joined in 2009. I spent WAY too much time on it, and even though this one is smaller, I need to be sure I won't do the same thing. So it is no reflection on you guys.)
Hope this isn't a major inconvenience or anything.
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Thanks. 
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Alright; I opened it, but it will probably not move much until you come back.
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Because that's how rps created by myself go. :I
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Aw. :I I'm sure it'll be fine; everyone's been pretty excited about it. ^^ Just make sure it's clear to everyone that it's started. YOu should probably go ahead and make the first entry.
Don't worry, I will at least be following along to make sure I know what's going on.
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True.
I dun wanna, mainly because I don't know if Wings wants to pick up right where we left off in the last one.
XD
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Good grief, man, if YOU don't want to start this thing, then how the heck can you expect everyone else to? XD
TALK TO PEOPLE. ORGANIZE. GET MOVING, SIR, MOVE MOVE MOVE! >
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I saw!
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I REREAD THE BEGINNING OF THIS THREAD AND DISCOVERED WHAT I WAS NAGGING YOU ABOUT you need to update your dragonsona profile.
Also, things are getting exciting in Ming's Dynasty. I am curious about whether ot not you are planning to bring Dinaer and company there.
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I'm feeling pretty dumb right now, though. I misread iRoark/Beleger's post about his gun. Please see my comment on the OOC board and advise.
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You seem to have already taken care of it, my friend. ^^
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Indeed.
POST SOMETHIIING *stare of compelling*
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I'M BUSY WITH RL AND MY BOOK *stare of the undaunted*
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ALSO, you started this thing AND you said you were going to pester ME if I took forever, so I think I am within my rights! XD
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NO MY BOOK LEAVE ME ALONE
ALSO, I have not been badgering you to post, have I? And did I not say that it was perfectly fine if you were not able to post right away?
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BUT I WANT TO KNOW TELL ME
Do you have much done? Can I read any of it?
*grins* Yes, but you said you WOULD. I just SAYIN', ya KNOW?
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AUGH WHY I DUN WANNA
No, unfortunately. I had hit a gargantuan writer's block with my previous attempts at a story. That, coupled with losing all of my data on two different occasions, made me lose my will to write. I realized this a little while ago, so I rolled a die. Evens, I try again; odds, I start on a different story from the same world. It hit odds, so I'm now focusing on a different portion of my world's timeline.
Yes, but I DIDN'T. So you CAN'T do it to me, ya KNOW? XD
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BUT WHY NOT I'M SURE IT'S AWESOME YOU SHOULD TELL ME SO I CAN BE EXCITED
Aw man, I HATE it when that happens! Thank the Lord, I have never lost an entire story before, but I HAVE lost stuff; just this year I SOMEHOW saved over a copy of my Random Insanity Episodes archive with the older copy and managed to delete all the work I had put into Part 4 of an episode, which has been waiting to be worked on for YEARS. And now I've lost all that golden randomness and the motivation to try and get it back. >.< Ah well, these things happen. Coulda been worse.
But YOU didn't say that YOU were only gonna nag me if I did it FIRST, so how come I gotta wait until YOU nag to nag you back, HUH? Beat that, sir!
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SIMPLE: because I would rather surprise people with something cool than let anticipation build up to a let-down.
Yup.
Her, and Butterfly, and another person.
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Ahhh, good policy. Me, I probably tend to tell people too much about my stories.
Jessamine has only posted once, so at least her part isn't big enough to be an obstacle. I think Wings did mention not being able to be on DA as much right now, so I guess we'll just be content to wait. I think what's going on right now, even if it is gradual. And the slowness is really pertty nice, since it gaurantees that I won't spend obsurd amounts of time on this RP. ^^
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The same sometimes happens to me, or I don't get it finished at all. Either way, it sucks.
Therefore, you can't badger me about it. XD
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Yyyup. The curse of being a lazy writer. >.< Or even just a writer who doesn't do it as a full-time job, probably.
XD Fine, fine. Other than the writing work, what are you up to?
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Yyyup.
Drawing. Gaming. Trying to figure out D&D. Getting my hand chewed off by my cat. You?
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Coolness. I tried D&D once with some friends, but MAN that thing takes forever! We got to the first real 'fight' at about 11:00. We were desperate to end the fight by then so we could go home. Joe was the hero that night when he used his magical music powers...and summoned a piano that squashed all the rest of the zombies. XD
Me? Spent the entire day on the computer, catching up on things. (I've been limiting myself to an hour a day since the beginning of the year, but today I gave myself a free day so I could get caught up on everything.) Right now I'm watching a rerun of Stargate SG-1. Probably should go to bed soon, but eh. Just posted another 9 Things Meme on my character Geoff. And I have a Spoon of Doom drawing in the works. Internship's going well...and that's about it.
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It doesn't sound like you had much fun, my friend. Who was the dm?
Well, at least things are going well. ^^
Mmmm... Unicorn...
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Oh, it was fun enough; we got attacked by a werewolf before the big fight and it was pretty silly. It's just that the fighting takes so LONG. We couldn't do enough damage to the zombie/skeleton things fast enough, and by that time it was late. The DM was my friend Dan, who knows about these things. Active role-playing just isn't my thing; I'm to impatient and don't like to do math to find out how much damage I did to the zombies.
They are indeed. ^^
XD I take it you read the meme.
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Ah.
^^
Um... *takes another bite* Yes. And this is delicious. XD
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XD I have a bunch of creatures in Iskey that are loosely based on mythilogical ones. Lots of dragons, of course, but also sirens (which are like predatory mermaid animals), yetis, and ghouls (rubbery-skinned dog/man creatures that are scavengers and make this creepy howling sound around graveyards). Then I thought, "Unicorns...nah, unicorns are SO overdone and SO super-sparkly...waaait a minute..."
Now I just need to find a way to get Geoff to a world where unicorns are revered like normal so I can have him have this hilarious conversation I thought of on the subject.
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I love mythological creatures. XD
Also, I dare Geoff to mess with a Narnian unicorn. >3
Oh? What is it?
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Yes. ^^ They're so much fun. It's hard to find ones that aren't super overdone nowadays, but that's what makes projects like this fun!
Pffffff. XD I think he would stop dreaming about eating it and start FREAKING OUT as soon as it TALKED TO HIM. Animals do not talk in Iskey. He would not find it pleasant and would probably be paranoid around it forever...esp. if he secretly feared it would find out how many of its supposed cousins he has eaten. XD
I haven't decided exactly yet; it would either be along the lines of this:
(unicorn appears)
Native Person: (starstruck) *gasp* Oh my goodness, LOOK!
Geoff: (nonchalant/interested study) Man, you guys grow 'em big here! Think I'd be afraid to try and take down one of those!
Native Person: ...'Take down'? What do you mean?
Geoff: Well, arrows are usually best, but sometimes you can get 'em with a rope trap... *rubs stomach* Man, one of those haunches would probably last a week!
Native Person: (staring at Geoff in horror)
Or it would be something like this:
(Unicorn shows up)
Native Person: Look! A unicorn!
Geoff: (sceptical) That's what you call a unicorn? It looks like a horse with a horn.
Native Person: ...That's what a unicorn IS.
Geoff: No no, unicorns are sort of deer/pony shaped, and they're about half that size. And they aren't blinding white...and they don't...sparkle. ...Good GRIEF, tell me that thing is not sparkling. I don't think I'd even want to eat an animal that sparkled when it was alive.
Native Person: ...EAT one?! You EAT unicorns?!!
Geoff: (blank look) Sure, don't you? Hey, where are you going?
Oh, there are all sorts of fun possibilities. XD ...Man. I wonder if I should use him in my AatR entry just in case I'd get the chance to bring this up...XD
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Well, there's always Wiki's list of mythological creatures. :>
And that is one more reason why Narnian unicorns are superior to most other unicorns. XD
... Both of those conversations amuse the heck out of me. XD
To use him, or not to use him...
Your choice, my friend. I can't think of any arguments for or against doing it.
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Indeed.
XD Yesss. Then I have succeeded!
I believe I will stick with Barrenger, for the simple reason that while their PERSONALITIES are similar, their fighting style is not, and I would much rather draw Barrenger punching people and making energy shields than Geoff sticking his sword in things.
Also, that emoticon is AMAZING.
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Ah, yes; nothing like a good bout of fisticuffs too keep the blood flowing healthily. Better than mere swordsmanship, eh? *dons monocle* XD
Thank you, thank you. XD
Here you go: [link]
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Indeed. (There's a great crazy-British-monocle-guy emoticon I could use here, if I could remember it.) As much as I love weaponry in general, I will admit that I get a bit squimish when it's sticking out of people. >.> And hey, when you punch somebody really hard, all the blood stays INSIDE!
XD These are amazing. I REALLY need to see this show one of these days. Then I can make my own pony and join the fad, but it just seems silly to do such a thing when I really have NO IDEA what goes on in this thing. XD
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... Wait, isn't the entire point of weaponry? Sticking something into someone? (Yes, there are blunt weapons. You know what I mean. XD) And it also depends on where the punch is. :>
Youtube, my friend. First and second episodes set the stage.
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Well, it's different when it's being stuck into rampaging monsters than it is when they're being stuck into rampaging PEOPLE, y'know? And I seem to have forgotten to make a note about broken noses, but I think I was in a hurry.
Hahaha, excellent! I will look this up!
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You're a Monster Hunter, I take it? XD
All of the series' episodes, up to the current one, are on youtube right now. The finale's on Friday, my friend.
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Yesss. ^^ Geoff's country is full of monsters, so he will definitely get to use his sword for something whenever I write that book! ;D I love swords, I just don't like thinking of people with sharp metal slicing off their limbs and stuff, y'know? But monsters, hey! Monsters are animals; it's like hunting and self-defense combined!
8D Really? Sweet! That makes everything easier!
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Ooooh, my friend, I think I have the perfect video game for you. XD
[link]
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^^ Have fun.
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