Gnu of the Free Software

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Husam
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Gnu of the Free Software

Postby Husam » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:59 pm

Hi folks,

This is my first experiment with vector art. It was my entry for the Avatar contest over at Threedy forums. I tried to come up with something funny and original as I was entering the Comic category, but that didn't work too well for me. So I thought what the heck, a bit of corniness won't hurt (is that even a word?!!). After all, that's what comics are for. No? :?

Here's the story:

This story, dear friends, is about a poor artist with quite an exceptional talent. A descent man who believed in a day's work for a day's pay. His poverty never succeeded in swaying him away from his moral uprightness. Until that one night when he grew tired of the world and what it has turned into. A soulless machine that sucks the very blood out of good people such as himself. He vowed that he would pay the hideous monsters of greed and gluttony his food money no more. He set out to find a pirated version of Illustrator. That's when his computer screen flashed violently and an elderly creature who dressed like a monk sprung forth from it. He advised our friend not to succumb to the wicked ways of piracy, and offered him Inkscape as a suitable alternative. After days of learning and using it, the artist discovered the enlightening truth: Free software IS actually .. rubbish. "Screw that Gnu, I'm cracking Illy," he mumbled.
True Story :mrgreen:

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PS: I hope it doesn't offend you. It was created as self-mockery after all :roll:

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Re: Gnu of the Free Software

Postby muhkayoh » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:58 am

I like the image, but not the story.

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Re: Gnu of the Free Software

Postby microUgly » Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:39 pm

Heheh :D

So was that created with Inkscape or Illustrator?

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Re: Gnu of the Free Software

Postby TKR101010 » Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:09 am

I like the mystical gnu image. I liked the story up till the artists decided to heck with free software and going on to hack Illistrator. When I first started to get into trying to do computer art, my first attempts were trying to get hacked versions of pay software, but fortunately quickly realized that there is some truly great free software out there, my two favorites being Inkscape and Blender. :)

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Re: Gnu of the Free Software

Postby Husam » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:41 am

muhkayoh wrote:I like the image, but not the story.


Oh boy. I sure hope I didn't offend anyone with this story :|

microUgly wrote:Heheh :D
So was that created with Inkscape or Illustrator?


It was created in Inkscape ;)

TKR101010 wrote:I like the mystical gnu image. I liked the story up till the artists decided to heck with free software and going on to hack Illistrator. When I first started to get into trying to do computer art, my first attempts were trying to get hacked versions of pay software, but fortunately quickly realized that there is some truly great free software out there, my two favorites being Inkscape and Blender. :)


Again, it wasn't my intention to offend anyone. I'm a big supporter of free software, especially when it sports other great features besides the attractive price tag. Blender is indeed a favorite of mine, along with gimp and artweaver, and I've recently added inkscape to my list. I've never used illustrator before and I quite honestly don't know anything about its feature set and how it compares to that of inkscape. The only feature I wish inkscape would have is the gradient mesh thingy I read about somewhere, but other than that I'm lovin' it as is :mrgreen:

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Re: Gnu of the Free Software

Postby AgentPnakotus » Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:43 am

Husam wrote:
TKR101010 wrote:I like the mystical gnu image. I liked the story up till the artists decided to heck with free software and going on to hack Illistrator. When I first started to get into trying to do computer art, my first attempts were trying to get hacked versions of pay software, but fortunately quickly realized that there is some truly great free software out there, my two favorites being Inkscape and Blender. :)
Again, it wasn't my intention to offend anyone.

I wasn't offended, just babbling my two cents worth about free software.


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