Jake Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) Previously on Idle Thumbs: We got a crazy cyborg mouse, and decided to foist if off on you, the readers. To win the mouse, you had to draw a cyborg. Bonus unlockable prize: Dawn of War II Steam Code. That's right, Chris realized he had one of these around as well. Whoever wins this poll gets to choose between the DoW II code, or the Saitek Cyborg mouse. Second place gets the other prize. Let's take a look at our entries: The Devil Tesla ---------- taco484 ---------- gdf ---------- elmuerte ---------- Nappi ---------- toblix ---------- Noyb ---------- Hogboon ---------- Ossk ---------- SignorSuperDouche ---------- MrBig ---------- EthanThomas ---------- IdesofMarch ---------- So... holy shit. You guys vote and pick some winners! Edited March 5, 2009 by Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted March 4, 2009 This is a tough one, but I went with Nappi's entry because it was the funniest of them all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScrubaSteve Posted March 4, 2009 fart! I took too long!!! Dammit! Nappi's is king! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SignorSuperdouche Posted March 4, 2009 I don't think it's fair that we have to choose just one, and I'm certainly not sure which I like best, so I'm going to abstain from voting until I've had a good think. As a way of organising my thoughts, I'd like to share my favourites with you all and tell you why they made my shortlist. Nappi Nappi's cyborg made me smile. A lot. The strip is perfectly timed (the two panel pause before the little chap says anything is ace), the gag, whilst not laugh out loud, is a gooddun and finally it's so damn adorable. Score: :tup: toblix It took me a while to put my finger on it, but this really reminds me of an illustration by Spike Milligan. Not a specific one, you understand, but just very much in his style. I love all the unanswered questions here. What's with the antenna? Is the dude being remotely controlled by some malevolent force or does he just like listening to Women's Hour on Radio 4? Is that blood? If so whose blood is it and why is it all over the cyborg's hand and abdomen? What's that brown stuff and why is there a lump of something lying in it? ... Score: :tup: Hogboon The attention to detail here is awesome. Particular highlights for me include the rather miserable looking dude in the shirt and tie who has been squished into the bottom left, the Joe Pesci style reporting for duty and the fact that even though whoever made this monster clearly didn't give a fuck about any of the creatures they used for materials, they still went to the effort of putting a safety warning on the laser. Safety first! Score: Ossk The pencil and inking work here is stellar. Again there's lots of details on this one that make it stand out. The ticker-tape, the tattoo's, the fact that OssK quite literally depicted Jake as a dickhead - all good stuff. Score: EthanThomas The cyborg on it's own is definitely cool but it doesn't stand out as being totally awesome. The accessories that come with it most certainly do. My favourite add-on has to be the 16-bit alarm cock (which had me totally confused for a second until I realised it was in hex, 50 geek points to Ethan) for being based not on an actual cock but on an ascii representation of a cock: <=3. Ethan also gets like a bazillion geek points for his method of, what I can only assume was, drawing it all, scanning it in, printing it off on a dot matrix printer then scanning that in. Score: :tup: I think, after considering it for a while, I'll have to go with Toblix's effort. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted March 4, 2009 Mecha goose FTW, but it was a difficult choice between that and toblix' monowheel thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nappi Posted March 4, 2009 Thanks guys! SignorSuperdouche said: The strip is perfectly timed (the two panel pause before the little chap says anything is ace)... I actually added those two pictures shortly after my initial post because I felt something was missing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted March 4, 2009 My vote goes for SignorSuperDouche! His cyborg really made me laugh. They're all very good though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Devil Tesla Posted March 4, 2009 Wow, someone voted for me? Thanks, unless you just voted for the first one. I went in for toblix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted March 4, 2009 Also a toblix vote. It just speaks to me somehow... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Idesofmarch Posted March 4, 2009 Well, I guess I'm to late, but heres my cyborg tree anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gdf Posted March 4, 2009 It has to be Toblix. I feel so fucking embarrassed by my entry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SignorSuperdouche Posted March 5, 2009 Hey Idesofmarch, nice looking tree-borg. Does it have a cool backstory? gdf, yours is actually quite cool in a so-bad-it's-good kind of way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Idesofmarch Posted March 5, 2009 Thanks! Not really any backstory. I drew another tree cyborg a couple years ago for an art class assignment that wasn't nearly as detailed and badass as this one, and when I heard about the contest I thought it would be cool to do another one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SignorSuperdouche Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) That's a shame, I'd love to hear the story of how a tree became a cyborg. It's symbolically interesting too, showing nature and machine as one when they're normally depicted as opposites. The more I look at it the more I like it UPDATE! As I mentioned above, toblix's cyborg reminded me of illustrations by Spike Milligan so I thought I'd scan something in as a comparison. I had a root around and found a nice picture with a chap with a unicycle for legs and thought it would work nicely: linky 1 What I didn't expect was to find this on page 117: linky 2 Both of these images come from A Dustbin of Milligan which is sadly out of print, but if you ever have the opportunity to get a copy you should definitely indulge ourself. It's awesome. Edited March 5, 2009 by SignorSuperdouche Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaff Posted March 6, 2009 that's my favourite wizard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted March 6, 2009 Come on, SignorSuperdouche, did you think you'd get away with this? If you look at the EXIF data in your images, which you forgot to remove, the timestamp is after my post. Obviously those were made after I made my drawing, and, in fact, my drawing was most likely this guy "Spike Milligan"'s (obviously an anagram) inspiration. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SignorSuperdouche Posted March 6, 2009 Hoisted by my own petard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OssK Posted March 6, 2009 This Wizard and the Jake part of my cyborg do seem to have something in common, I can't seem to find what... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shawsie64 Posted March 11, 2009 I went with Hogboon, it made me laugh the most Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted March 12, 2009 Toblix has my vote. It's just hilariously fucked up with that unicycle thing, and the shark-thing. I feel filthy though. Nappi's was awesome and made me laugh hard. And GDF's Fükbot, no matter how wrong, is just Füked Üp. The others are great too. I don't blame the Idle Thumbs cast to pass this cup to us. It's impossible to choose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OssK Posted March 12, 2009 You know what? This thread makes me sad every single time I go back to it, it reminds me that I liked MisterBig and was about to cast my vote, and looked to see what the votes where, an I got so fucking depressed that I spent 3 hours on a bot that nobody likes that I casted a vote at my own entry... If that isn't the sadest thing you ever heard... But hey, I'm a douche, can't really fight it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SignorSuperdouche Posted March 12, 2009 Hey, don't feel too bad chap. It's not that nobody likes yours, it's just that there's some stiff competition. If it's any consolation, I think IdesofMarch and Hogboon's scores are a disgrace too, you all deserve way more than what you've got. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scrobbs Posted March 12, 2009 Yeh, I agree, they're all good...but it was the silly smile looking oddly pleased with itself and piecemeal hair on toblix's cyborg that really did it for me. If it makes you feel any better, I wish I could draw that well OssK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ethanThomas Posted March 25, 2009 When is this contest ending? The suspense is killing me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted March 25, 2009 Very soon! We keep forgetting to end it on the show. Next episode (after the one that's going up in a few minutes). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
