It would honestly be lovely to see more (non-spam) activity here. I'm kind of like Ponder, here, in that I've got a full-time job with not a lot of spare time. Plus, the spam I get is so uninspiring that it doesn't lead to anything creative. I get a lot of boring stuff, with nothing at all like &quo...

This was a very important place to me, some time ago. I had internet friendships formed here, people that I counted as friends and acquaintances; people that I felt close to...as such as a being as I can be close to anyone. There were fun contests, response cartoons, telephone pictionaries, secret S...

Very sorry to hear that, Skimba. She and Leela are probably playing together right now.

Circa Summer 2000 - November 13, 2016

http://beckoningchasm.com/graphics/samuse/iwantyousobad.jpg So...ten years ago to the day, I submitted my first drawing to this site. I've submitted a handful since then, and figured an anniversary is as good a time as any for another one. Sorry the above is kind of lame, but for a long time now, I...

I found a new friend, underneath my pillow.

Cats, you gotta bend to their will. Ain't no way other. Tiny Hobo was gone for the last couple of days, I figured someone said "Why don't you live inside here?" and she said, "Fine, where's the eats." She's very friendly and actually let me pick her up and rub her neck. Didn't sq...

They had a shorter version of that, which I loved. I downloaded it...somewhere.

Alas, everything is "somewhere."

She really, really, really wants to be a "domestic" shorthair.

http://beckoningchasm.com/graphics/photo/cats/tinyhobo2.jpg This is not my pet. She's someone who just showed up, and I made the mistake of giving her some food. So now she's around almost all the time. She's gorgeous, very sweet natured, and extremely vocal. She pretty much never stops talking.

EvilJekyll wrote:Awww leeeelllaaa. I need to get cats again.

Well, be prepared. Leela is over 16 years old now, and like most teenagers, she spends most of her day moving from nap spot to nap spot, with occasional sneers and the odd demand that, why isn't there food now.

Okay, the eye on screen left really started to bother me. So I've made a couple of changes. http://beckoningchasm.com/graphics/other/bulldog6.jpg Since these changes were made on separate layers, I can easily go back to any of them. I can also provide both in BMP or TIFF files if needed.

http://beckoningchasm.com/graphics/other/bulldog5.jpg I brought back the tooth, smoothed out some of the jaggies and added a bit of the original screen left eye. I think this is about the best I can do--it's different from the original, and I think he looks tough but a bit friendly as well.

Okay, I got rid of one fang and extended his lip a bit http://beckoningchasm.com/graphics/other/bulldog2.jpg Then I changed his hat around. I added some eye shadows back, because he was starting to look too nice. http://beckoningchasm.com/graphics/other/bulldog3.jpg Maybe getting rid of the tooth wa...

I'm not sure what else might be done--the bulldog image is kind of limited in how it can be used, since the face is so associated with "tough, formidable, not-to-be-messed-with" that changing it too much would turn it into a different animal. And what you want with a team icon is "tou...

I softened the eyes somewhat.

I have to admit, this one bothers even me.

Well, I've been watching a bunch of the Nostalgia Critic, and he referenced He Man singing Hey yea yea yeah so I looked for that, then saw that someone had parodied the parody. The "Diggy Diggy Hole" was made by the parody folks, so I thought why not. All three of these have ten hour loopi...

Diggy Diggy Hole

Don't blame me if the song gets stuck in your head.

Not as such...it's a cheap 600-1000mm zoom lens, all the way out, and attached to a 3x teleconverter. Since the lens is manual, all the settings have to be done by hand. Combine that with the fact that the slightest motion means the moon is elsewhere when the shutter is pressed, and you have a royal...

The Moon



The MOON

More PhotoShop learning. Turn this-- http://beckoningchasm.com/graphics/other/LovingPoppys.png Into this-- http://beckoningchasm.com/graphics/digital/pshop/gow052116.jpg Turn this-- http://beckoningchasm.com/graphics/other/old%20truck.jpg Into this-- http://beckoningchasm.com/graphics/digital/pshop/...

Excellent work. Well done and welcome back.