The 4-Letter Collab
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: Collaborations/Challenges
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URL: https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=204
Printed Date: 31 October 2025 at 8:11pm
Topic: The 4-Letter Collab
Posted By: Zoomrix
Subject: The 4-Letter Collab
Date Posted: 06 May 2005 at 4:24pm
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I call it The 4-Letter Collab The objective of this collab is to pixel the sections in 1 by 1 to come up with a 4 letter word that actually exists. There are 16 squares that means 4 sections for one letter. Canvas
Rules: (Mwuahahahhaa!)
To clear things up I made a quick sketchy example.
Just a little hint: You CAN start out with doing it isometric, that way it could be pretty interesting and challenging to pixel in isometric-different-style letters. Good luck! |
Replies:
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 13 May 2005 at 7:04pm
No-one? Okay, I thought it was a good idea, guess you guys don't. 
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Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 13 May 2005 at 9:59pm
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If you made it smaller, submitted a finished first piece and tightened the requirements it'd be easier to get people on board me thinks. |
Posted By: Rifts
Date Posted: 14 May 2005 at 6:21am
| also u might wanna say what 4 letter word ur doing lol :P |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 14 May 2005 at 7:21am
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Hmmm, I think I'm going to start this one. Hold on for a few minutes. ... Ok, got it:  |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 14 May 2005 at 5:16pm
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Thank you Brian! The trick of this collab is you guys have to come up with 4 letter word yourself. Very nice style Brain. I can't wait to see all the tiles filled in. I might do one later on if I get a good idea. |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 21 May 2005 at 6:52pm
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Ok, this doesn't seem to go very well. I did one. Not as good as brians but I tried. :: hint hint :: it's a cloud. :: 2nd Hing:: It looks like the letter "F" or "P" what's going to come out of it?
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Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 31 May 2005 at 5:00am
This collab is heavy! Can't get it off the ground! Ng! Four letter word that starts with an F... |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 31 May 2005 at 10:48am
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You didn't give me much room for creativity So this round sucked. Hmm... I wonder what this will come out to :P
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Posted By: Garage Inc.
Date Posted: 31 May 2005 at 11:00am
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It would be funny if the word wound up to be fire because of all the snow and ice, haha. ------------- For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it. |
Posted By: Rifts
Date Posted: 31 May 2005 at 1:39pm
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because we all expect it to be Fire...... instead of Fu*ninjas cover rifts
mouth and carry him off* |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 01 June 2005 at 4:25pm
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Lol, what's so bad about saying the word "Fuel"? Ninja's let Rifts go Anyway, does anybody have the courage to start the next letter ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 02 June 2005 at 10:21am
| I'm a little confused by the project honestly. Anybody can just start on a letter they want? How do you keep it organized? |
Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 02 June 2005 at 6:13pm
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Originally posted by sedgemonkey
I'm a little confused by the project honestly. Anybody can just start on a letter they want? How do you keep it organized? dude... it's pretty damn simple to follow... as long as people don't screw it up by making the next letter something stupid like a "q" then it's gonna work out fine ------------- |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 11:53am
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Yep yep. Here are a few options for anybody that wants to start on the next letter. U (Fuel and umm.. yeah!) O (Foil, Folk, Font, Fork etc) It's pretty easy the drawing would be the hard part for me but I'm managing so far
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Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 12:20pm
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Does it have to be an exsisting word? EDIT: Retro is hip, baby! Shagadelic!  |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 2:01pm
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I would want it to be an existing word since that is one of the main goals of this collab. (seems like only two people are participating though
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Posted By: Garage Inc.
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 9:08pm
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Here we go.
------------- For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it. |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 03 June 2005 at 11:07pm
Sweet one Garage Inc. Nice idea  ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 04 June 2005 at 12:06am
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I'm totally intrigued by the outcome of this. I'd participate as well but, at the moment, it's difficult to do any pixel work this month as I'm temporarily staying at a friends place this month. ------------- |
Posted By: Saboteur
Date Posted: 04 June 2005 at 1:23am
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"We look on as the members of pixeljoint slowly form a four letter word. Can they bend from the infamous four-letter f-word before it is too late? will it end up as "funk" because of a gross misspelling? Will the second letter even be completed as a "U"? Stay tuned to the drama, we're sure to know soon." ------------- "I was minding my own business and walking across a pebbled path, and a Duck started giving me the business." |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 04 June 2005 at 7:13am
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Place 7 will soon be mine. EDIT: My spoon is too big!  Caption for this tile 7: Of course it will hold! Dad helped me build it! |
Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 04 June 2005 at 10:08am
I'm taking number 9... I like how it turned out... And this collab is pretty fun too  Seems like the third letter will be an N or an M... ------------- |
Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 04 June 2005 at 5:55pm
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I think the word shoulod spell out "FUNK" cuz that's what this is.. funky word ------------- |
Posted By: Garage Inc.
Date Posted: 04 June 2005 at 6:26pm
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Poor kid...
(To next person that does one. Make the background on mine white. I don't feel like having to re-upload it. Thanks.) ------------- For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it. |
Posted By: TakeOut
Date Posted: 07 June 2005 at 9:53pm
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Originally posted by Garage Inc. (To next person that does one. Make the background on mine white. I don't feel like having to re-upload it. Thanks.) Aww you messed it up and made the letter a m. Now it can't really be a word. I don't know any four letter words anyway that include fum as the first 3 letters. |
Posted By: Garage Inc.
Date Posted: 07 June 2005 at 11:54pm
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go to dictionary.com ------------- For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it. |
Posted By: slasher
Date Posted: 08 June 2005 at 6:02am
| it can be "fume" hehe... |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 08 June 2005 at 9:41am
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 11 June 2005 at 12:49am
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This was fun. Inspired by lemmings... sort of. XD
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Posted By: kankki
Date Posted: 16 June 2005 at 2:01am
 The word will be "Fume"! |
Posted By: kankki
Date Posted: 16 June 2005 at 2:02am
| Because we cant have a word "Fumk" |
Posted By: Joenorton
Date Posted: 16 June 2005 at 8:06am
Well heres mine -------------  
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Posted By: kankki
Date Posted: 16 June 2005 at 11:27am
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Haha! Nice! |
Posted By: kankki
Date Posted: 16 June 2005 at 11:30am
| 2 parts left! |
Posted By: tommy j4sun
Date Posted: 17 June 2005 at 11:12am
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Posted By: kankki
Date Posted: 18 June 2005 at 6:59am
| One left... |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 18 June 2005 at 7:05am
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No sh*t, sherlock. Anyway, I like how this collab came together. In the beginning it looked like this wasn't going to work, but thanks to all people who participated, it did! Hooray! Good work everyone. ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com"> 
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Posted By: kankki
Date Posted: 18 June 2005 at 7:06am
| Thanks! |
Posted By: kankki
Date Posted: 18 June 2005 at 7:07am
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Next person that makes a part: Delete the green circle that is pushing out of my image!  |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 11:35pm
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Sweet! I come back and what do I see? My collab going from 2 people participating to almost getting done. Well I'm not back officially - still in Kazakhstan chilling with my dad. I'll leave that last number to someone else. ;) And if you guys liked this collab you can start another one. Same rules, or change them around a bit. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: zachriel
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:54pm
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Well,
as you seem to celebrate the finished thing already I admit I didn't
put much effort into the last part. But I had fun doing it (never seen
such creatures before) and that's the point isn't it? I also took the liberty to erase the white background and make it transparent instead. It's easy to reinstate the white if you would prefer that   Also, I wouldn't mind starting over with a new word, and since it doesn't have to be very complicated let's just use the original template from this thread, mmkay? But.. Wouldn't it look prettier if we tried to.. well.. merge all the boxes a bit better? So that it looks like one letter rather than pieces of nothing put together. |
Posted By: kankki
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:16pm
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Finished, cool!
------------- Well, duuuh, I can eat spam if I have to! 
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Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 19 July 2005 at 2:41pm
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Yeah! That looks pretty dang sweet. Good job guys. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Monstara
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 5:22am
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That's nice. Too bad I didn't contribute, but anyways, what do you think of making every next tile have 'transition' from the previous one, i.e. not have such abrupt borders between the tiles. |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 8:11am
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We can start another one so you'll have a chance :) And I'm not sure what you mean by your suggestion. Please explain ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Monstara
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 8:28am
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aight, sorry for not being clear: I meant that for every next tile, the artist has to make a 'transition' from the previous tile to his own, so that the different parts seem to 'flow' into one another. |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 8:41am
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Oh ok. Well, then that really would go off the idea of this collab since everyone has their own style and everyone is at their own level of pixel art so to make a nice transition from the previous tile of a different person would be pretty hard and might get confussing. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 9:28am
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Ok, time to start another one. Same Rules. --- The objective of this collab is to pixel the sections in 1 by 1 to come up with a 4 letter word that actually exists. There are 16 squares that means 4 sections for one letter. Rules: (Mwuahahahhaa!)
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Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 11:37am
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thought I'd get in on this one... though isometric is usually my style:
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Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 5:20pm
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Sweet entry pixelblink. Even though you didn't follow the order it's okay. Next entry should be #2 then #4 etc. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 6:35pm
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oops.. my bad. Maybe I need to learn to read shouldn't I? lol ------------- |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 6:37pm
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i dont know bout others, but i missed some consistency in the last version ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 6:44pm
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Wow snader. That's a whole art work piece. Good job. I don't know what you mean exactly by "consistency" ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 6:54pm
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Originally posted by Zoomrix Sweet entry pixelblink. Even though you didn't follow the order it's okay. Next entry should be #2 then #4 etc. Leave it to Blinky to do that. ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 7:06pm
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Heh. I'll leave it to anyone that get's it done first and posts it. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 20 July 2005 at 9:39pm
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yay this is going again! I'm going to wait a while and then do a section :) I can't wait! |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 21 July 2005 at 8:47am
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I'm going to wait a while... I can't wait! Lol, what a lovely combination of phrases. Well I'll do one later as well, no time right now, trying to get things straight with my phone company. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 21 July 2005 at 11:39am
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Originally posted by Zoomrix
Wow snader. That's a whole art work piece. Good job. I don't know what you mean exactly by "consistency" actually it was a 20 minute doodle =) an yes, i kinda meant the transitioning, its good, very good that people have different visions, but i think its a bit .. abrubtly done ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 21 July 2005 at 12:29pm
I agree with you. And by art piece I meant more of a "creative section" you actually have a "scene" in your section. I'll do something like that in my next one... a doodle  Ha!------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 21 July 2005 at 12:46pm
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Ok I got some time now and actually think it came out pretty nice and the idea is good, in my opinion.
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Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 22 July 2005 at 5:08pm
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Pardon the double posting, but I don't want this to go to waste. This second collab started out great. I even drew a pretty fork, and the transitions are pretty good, imo. Common people. The letter is "C" I'm sure you can think of at least 3 four-letter-words that start with 'C'. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: zachriel
Date Posted: 26 July 2005 at 4:52am
Ok, this is moving on slowly. Here's a new letter for you. (It's supposed to be a leaning building...) The piece currently uses 70 colors ------------- Always remember that you are unique. Just like everybody else. http://despair.com - despair.com |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 26 July 2005 at 10:38am
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Yay, we're moving, slowly but moving. Thanks zachriel. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Lawrence
Date Posted: 28 July 2005 at 3:43pm
 Computer circuity goodness... |
Posted By: Amion
Date Posted: 28 July 2005 at 4:11pm
| I want to try this but what is the first letter. I know you said it was a "C", but it looks more like an "E" to me. |
Posted By: Amion
Date Posted: 28 July 2005 at 5:19pm
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My bad...good luck. |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 28 July 2005 at 10:50pm
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I was affraid of this. I said the letter is "C" because it can't be "E", I can see where you are comming from but it would look very strange if it was an "E". "CG" what f***ing word are you thinking about? Lawernce: I think it would've been better if you planned ahead and maybe made an "a" out of your section. But then, Amion made it even worse by making it a "G" when you could've made it an "L"... somehow. NOw we are stuck, but started out so well... ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 28 July 2005 at 11:13pm
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we could just make it four random letters, an acronym and then hold a "what does this stand for?" contest!! ------------- www.semesteratsea.com |
Posted By: Amion
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 10:30am
| Egad is a four letter word. And the definition fits I think. Sorry it I screwed it up guy. I wont bug you any more. |
Posted By: Lawrence
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 10:31am
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Originally posted by Zoomrix Lawernce: I think it would've been better if you planned ahead and maybe made an "a" out of your section. I did plan ahead, to make a "U" or a "L" |
Posted By: TakeOut
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 10:33am
| IS the 2nd letter an a? It's hard to tell. |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 10:41am
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Originally posted by Amion
Egad is a four letter word. And the definition fits I think. Sorry it I screwed it up guy. I wont bug you any more. aw don't give up, could've happened to anyone |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 1:52pm
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^ Agreed. Sorry if I sounded harsh, just got a little upset at how good it started out and got stuck... I know Egad, but the first letter (as I said 2 times already) does NOT look like an "E". It's more of a "C"... oh well, if you guys want to continue somehow you can, but making random letter is going off the point of this collab so I would just let it die for now. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Amion
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 5:21pm
I won't let it die! There healed. haha There an "L". Gar, I spend so much time on theae dang things and I still think it turns out like poo.  |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 8:44pm
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so is this CL or EL at this point?
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Posted By: Amion
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 9:09pm
| It's a CL |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 9:58pm
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I can think of 4 words on the top of my head that it could become now. But there is still that slot #7 to be thought about. Because it didn't become an "a" now it has to be a waste pretty much :) ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: zachriel
Date Posted: 30 July 2005 at 3:43am
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I could redo spot 5 (the leaning building) so that it doesn't go into spot 7.
------------- Always remember that you are unique. Just like everybody else. http://despair.com - despair.com |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 30 July 2005 at 9:24am
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Clod, Clue, Clad, Clit (!), Clot, that's all I can think of.....
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Posted By: TakeOut
Date Posted: 30 July 2005 at 10:07am
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Originally posted by Saiklor Clod, Clue, Clad, Clit (!), Clot, that's all I can think of..... clap? ------------- http://cameronburke.deviantart.com/ - Deviant Art Profile |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 30 July 2005 at 10:31am
| aw don't ruin the surprize lol |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 30 July 2005 at 10:42am
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seriously lol. Sure zach, you can go ahead and redo your section then we can retain it and continue :) ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: zachriel
Date Posted: 30 July 2005 at 2:56pm
 Ok, changing done and complete. Added some more stuff too, since I want to add some effort into it. Tried to make a fire, but it was too hard. Would've tried harder if it wasn't midnight and the light from the monitor didn't kill my eyes Originally posted by Zoomrix But there is still that slot #7 to be thought about. Because it didn't become an "a" now it has to be a waste pretty much :) Hmm.. Let's just decide that whomever makes #7 just gets to fool around a bit, so that it won't be an empty white area. Like putting up a painting, or a window, or anything like that. What do you say? ------------- Always remember that you are unique. Just like everybody else. http://despair.com - despair.com |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 4:33pm
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Sure zach. Good idea. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |