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15 July 2005

emcee iii ! (mostly.) My, these corpses are exquisite! There are still two panels out on the third set, but here are the rest of the sets (by popular demand). Mousing over will show you who did what (or look at the contributor list at the end of each set), and if you click on a panel, you'll see the slice that player received, their finished panel, plus the last 15-pixel slice of their panel that got sent to the next player. At the end of each set, you'll see a link to the next set.

post by: taz at: 06:47 | 64 comments

JADORE!

posted by ethylene 15 July | 07:02

lord i am impressed

posted by ethylene 15 July | 07:02

my team rocks! but i love the last one too! and the first one, i'm torn!
(but well transitioned)

posted by ethylene 15 July | 07:12

There are neat little things, too... Like the "help" in the second and fifth panel of set four (Also the opening and closing bunnies in the that set).

posted by taz 15 July | 07:23

jeez...you guys are good!! awesome, even.

posted by dhruva 15 July | 07:31

Exquisite! Well Done! Thanks taz! I was thinking how neat it is that some of the imagery repeats, like the things you mentioned.

posted by omiewise 15 July | 07:40

Wow, hey're all lovely! Although I feel a little weird about being the only person to submit a non-computer-made panel... Oh well, variety.

(& omniewise, those White Rabbit candies are great.)

posted by ITheCosmos 15 July | 08:04

Holy Majole! There's some great stuff here. Some of the transitions are a little bumpy, but there are just as many that are perfectly seamless. Excellent corpse presentation too, Taz. I really like how you set it up so you can see the slice each person got right next to their panel followed with the slice sent to the next corpser - it really showcases the talent it takes to pull one of these off.

I love how these corpses each have a distinctive feel. Set one has an almost elegant beauty to it (especially those first two panels that work so well together and PsychoKitty's panel). Set two starts out bright and quickly gets dark and a little haunting (amberglow's is outright eerie). And set four is bright and dominated by mostly cartoony illustration.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 15 July | 08:14

i see team two as evolutionary, from fish to manimal
i love how my little lulu got motifed in the stome sculpture in the next panel
some of the transitions are so well done

posted by ethylene 15 July | 08:29

"--i am not made of stome--"

posted by ethylene 15 July | 08:30

very cool!

ours does get very dark, esp. compared to the others.

posted by amberglow 15 July | 08:49

eth, i was thinking dna with the strands i had in my slice of the previous one.

posted by amberglow 15 July | 08:49

i like how ours transitions, i'm very proud
i could write a fucking thesis on it
and all you fuckers with multiple panels
just wait til next time
*evil smile*

still have the far too long vagaries of my tracklist to explain to the chosen few who care

posted by ethylene 15 July | 08:57

awesome!

Great job all! And thanks to taz for setting it up and running the show.

posted by papercake 15 July | 08:58

your download time is drawing ni!
the mechat's gonna get ya
faster than instant karma

posted by ethylene 15 July | 08:58

Some of the transitions are a little bumpy
I'm still working on the transitions. I think I liked doing the lead out panel best since I didn't have to deal with transitions...

I was reading iconomy's explanations of the EC, and she mentioned that it's ok to modify the slice you're sent to help with the transition. Is that true?

posted by omiewise 15 July | 09:03

cosmos: i really love how well yours goes with iconomy's the way taz' goes with unapologetic
it gives a two panel bookend looks to the frames inside which can stand alone well
i am so very impressed with all of you
*weeps*

posted by ethylene 15 July | 09:04

ITheCosmos-I love your non-computer one.

posted by omiewise 15 July | 09:06

Wow. All of them are so fantastic in their own way. These corpses are unbelievably addicting! Thanks for orchestrating all this for our entertainment, taz!

Cosmos - I could tell that you were giving me a watercolor. It looks beautiful there! Did you actually paint that after you recieved your slice?

The 4th one is cool. I love how the background color that omiewise started with got picked up and continued throughout the entire thing, it gives it such continuity. I got such a kick out of doing that one, because I actually recognized what was in the slice given to me (the Donkey Kong barrel), which will probably never happen again.

omiewise, yes! Definitely play with it and alter it - it helps with the transition. Like I said, though, don't change the leftmost pixels, because if you do, you're leaving the person before you with a transition that they have no control over - you're actually changing their panel. But changing the right side of the slice...go for it.

*sticks tongue out at ethylene*

posted by iconomy 15 July | 09:08

papercake: just talking of the conceptual transition between taz and slack in your panel: rocks

posted by ethylene 15 July | 09:08

I'd love to know where everyone got the pieces for their images.

For instance, PsychoKitty, where'd you find that fairy illustration?

thanks, eth!

posted by papercake 15 July | 09:10

taz-love the clickable reveal. A very nice design for this type of thing.

posted by omiewise 15 July | 09:11

iconogirl: a point i had as well.
i consciously made my slice for the next player an easy transition. and each tends to work it by serendipity or more to pick a theme of color or idea but if we even got more particular on that-- craziness
*points at eye while sticking out tongue*

posted by ethylene 15 July | 09:12

oh, you know if we let the girl work, taz will have notes and picture space for all explanations
but do spill
if i go back to irc i wil be unfit for human consumption

posted by ethylene 15 July | 09:13

Great stuff!!

Wow, hey're all lovely! Although I feel a little weird about being the only person to submit a non-computer-made panel... Oh well, variety.

Well, my panel coming up for the next set is sketched in pencil and charcoal then photoshopped a little... but now I wonder if that's wise, or if it will just stand out too much from the overall style of the set. I could do something, I suppose, "sampling" bits of found scanned or photo'ed objects and sculpture instead, but I can't seem to get creative with the collage thing the way everyone else does so incredibly well.

posted by shane 15 July | 09:14

Oh, but, ITheCosmos, your piece rocks! I just mean, my piece for the next set would really stand out, being an actual pencil "drawing" in black-n-white (or shades of grey, really.)

posted by shane 15 July | 09:17

papercake: i copped tazzes theme from the first by using an image from the same museum collection she gused in emcee one of the frank lloyd wright pattern in gold.
the background is a chunk of art deco tile
the flowery pink bits are from someone's flickr open use for art cc (who i should find so everyone can see the guys amazing pics of fungus and flora)
the ball of cute is a dwarf hamster named lulu
worked on in twenty minute bursts on a long day of multitasking and metachatting (forsook style for speed)

posted by ethylene 15 July | 09:19

I suck. I planned my piece in the first emcee around a song, which I linked to (incorrectly) right there in the panel. I typed the url once, and it was wrong. I typed it again and sent the panel to taz again, and again I typed it wrong! And to add insult to injury, the url redirects anyway, whether you type in in wrong or not. Sigh. So here are the lyrics of the song that I based my piece on. When I got ITheCosmos's slice, I was inspired by the jungle colors to do a bird piece, which in turn led me to find this little ditty, called Don't Touch My Birdie.

posted by iconomy 15 July | 09:23

hey, if anyone else is interested
maybe we can have a part on the emcee where people can write narratives or essay bits on how they interpret each emcee
which would be great if we didn't see them until they were all present together at once as well so they don't affect each other.

posted by ethylene 15 July | 09:28

omni wise: the cheese stands alone
i like how it just happens to be the central one
you get the staple in your belly when we make the print version

and now to spare you all my chatter

posted by ethylene 15 July | 09:39

I do already sort of have a page like that set up, from the first emcee, but only a few people did notes. Also, it might get to be kind of a big production to do the same for four or more sets (though I do think it's purty). But maybe including notes (from whomever wants to add some info) underneath the images in the little pop-up windows might be a good idea?

posted by taz 15 July | 09:42

Oh, these are so great! I was wondering when they'd be revealed. Thanks Taz and everyone.

posted by safetyfork 15 July | 10:42

I had no idea how impatient I was until I did this... almost sent ~~hate~~hurry up mail to everyone after me. (^_^) But then I had no computer until yesterday, and now they're (mostly) up. Kakkoi! (cool)

Thank you taz, and everyone who participated.

ethylene, does lulu have relatives in Okinawa?

posted by MightyNez 15 July | 10:46

As someone with not an artistic bone in her body - I am in awe. Super super cool, guys.

posted by gaspode 15 July | 10:55

Awesome! (Although the strip between Slack-a-gogo's and mine at the end of set four is missing.) Great job, everybody.

posted by me3dia 15 July | 12:02

These are awesome - they make me a little nervous about my own panel. Set 1 is wild, Set 2 is odd (in a very good way) and set 4 is very smooth.

posted by invitapriore 15 July | 12:03

Awesome! (Although the strip between Slack-a-gogo's and mine at the end of set four is missing.) Great job, everybody.

posted by me3dia 15 July | 12:04

(Wow, my browser hung on the page for 2 minutes, and I was still able to double-comment. Nice.)

posted by me3dia 15 July | 12:06

nez, i believe her ancestors are from china
weird, eh? emigration--
i believe mine are from the urals
*will see you all later*

posted by ethylene 15 July | 12:20

me3dia, I can't get over how flawlessly you finished off the doughboy.

posted by iconomy 15 July | 13:19

What if you gave the last person in the rotation the first 15 pixels of the first person as well?

Then you could hook them all together in a never-ending loop.

It'd be harder, but I'd volunteer to try it.

posted by papercake 15 July | 13:54

me3dia, I can't get over how flawlessly you finished off the doughboy.

Wait, are you seeing the doughboy complete? 'Cause I'm seeing it with the strip missing. Hopefully you're right once it's fixed.

posted by me3dia 15 July | 14:16

What if you gave the last person in the rotation the first 15 pixels of the first person as well?

I love that idea! How cool it would be to blend a panel from both sides instead of one...

me3dia, no, I don't see it complete, but I saw the slice and put them together in my head ;) I'm not even talking about how the arm and the slice and the hand line up, I'm just talking about the drawing technique and the colors used to finish the hand.

posted by iconomy 15 July | 14:28

me3dia - nicely done. I hope the slice can be re added because that transition looks seamless based on putting it together mentally. I was wondering if it was going to be obvious that there was a doughboy in there. I kept edging it over to the right until I got what would be a good slice.

Damn, I love these corpses. I hope we keep it up.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 15 July | 14:52

Aw, shucks. Thanks. I've got a lot of practice thanks to AnExquisiteCorpse and my own Corpse Tennis (here's one I did with andrew cooke). Should you care to play, let me know.

posted by me3dia 15 July | 14:52

Y'all are awesome.

posted by deborah 15 July | 14:57

All this talking about slices of dough is making me want to bake some chocolate chip cookies.

posted by iconomy 15 July | 15:01

me3dia - ever since I saw Photoshop Tennis at the Coudal site I wanted to play, but my photoshop skills are pretty limited (actually, I'm a Corel man). I think the Corpse tennis is more my speed and to my liking. If you're ever up for a few rounds, please sign me up.

I'm still new to the world of computer age corpses. 25 years ago my friends and I did the pen and paper kind which we thought we invented until I saw some of the original corpses at the Art Institute. My few corpses at AnExquisiteCorpse were my learning curve until the MeCha ones started. These things are fun as hell and they're forcing me to finally learn how to use more of the features in my graphics system.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 15 July | 15:07

I'm down with it -- and I'm also willing to host any matches between other players (taz & iconomy for the championship!) Shoot me an email.

posted by me3dia 15 July | 15:19

Wow gang, these are amazing! We rock, yes we do!

posted by PsychoKitty 15 July | 15:24

I can't wait for Set Three to finish -- I've got a piece in that one, too.

posted by me3dia 15 July | 15:30

icon: that's what i thought you were doing with the last one because you had the last and first panel
taz corrected me of course but hey, continuity
it's all parts of our never ending thread
must grab this mortal coil
just for the last album and a few songs though

posted by ethylene 15 July | 15:40

All this talking about slices of dough is making me want to bake some chocolate chip cookies.

No baking for you--you're a rawwie!

posted by shane 15 July | 15:42

I'm not gonna eat 'em, I'm just gonna smell 'em! I have two teenagers at home. Chocolate chip cookies don't even have time to hit the plate.

posted by iconomy 15 July | 15:46

Ooo I want to play the corpse tennis too. I experience withdrawl symptoms between emcees now.

posted by iconomy 15 July | 15:48

*hits the plate with crazy frog*

posted by ethylene 15 July | 15:49

oops, sorry, i'll go irk/c

posted by ethylene 15 July | 15:50

i think you're return volley would be too fast for me, but i'd play you someday

posted by ethylene 15 July | 15:51

Speed kills, ethylene! You could take as long as you want.

posted by iconomy 15 July | 16:00

Shane, are you done yet? Are ya? Huh? Huh? Huh?

posted by iconomy 15 July | 16:02

Ooo I want to play the corpse tennis too. I experience withdrawl symptoms between emcees now.

i think you're return volley would be too fast for me, but i'd play you someday

Well, sounds like we have a tournament brewing. I'll send out an email.

posted by me3dia 15 July | 16:12

I also get 'tween emcees withdrawal, so I'm totally up for corpse tennis.

Okay - set three is up now, and I've fixed your panel, me3dia.

posted by taz 16 July | 02:16

Wow, set three flowed together really well...cool!

posted by PsychoKitty 16 July | 12:59

I'd love to know where everyone got the pieces for their images. For instance, PsychoKitty, where'd you find that fairy illustration? --papercake

That piece is called Dancer & Demons, drawn by Marlan McWilliams. His line art is just amazing, and his paintings are vivid and bright and somewhat disturbing. I like him bunches. Some of his portfolio is here: http://www.mackmar.com/home.html

Note, I did break a comic author/publisher code, and used it without permission, so I've just sent him a note to let him know that I did, and to tell him that if he wanted to me to take it down and replace it with something else, I would.

The line art in the final panel of the 3rd set is from an editorial cartoon published in the Heart papers regarding Woodrow Wilson's plan for the League of Nations.

posted by PsychoKitty 16 July | 13:27

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