The VARIOUS WIP's of the pixeldogmeat.
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Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
Forum Discription: Get crits and comments on your pixel WIPs and other art too!
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Printed Date: 08 September 2025 at 1:23pm
Topic: The VARIOUS WIP's of the pixeldogmeat.
Posted By: greenraven
Subject: The VARIOUS WIP's of the pixeldogmeat.
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 8:05am
It's not really random if you're putting effort into it.  But it seems... interesting. Trying new stuff is always nice, good luck with it.  -------------  "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso 
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Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 9:40am
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I don't know if this approach would really lead to a desirable result.. Pixel art is all about precision and control, so to do something completely opposite that makes little sense. But hey, you might invent something new lol. I think in the time it took me to type this, I found the dog int he picture! I don't know how much we could help you at this stage haha, but good luck! ------------- |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 12:39pm
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it is clear that is a very abstrac picture, ad you have to find the dog, even when there is no dog there(technically). even with all the 'mess' there, the dog's features are visible. at least in the first picture they were, because in the later edit they aren't that evident. but, you know what? i would be interesting that the picture woul be slowly morphing into something completely diferenet(preserving the original shape) by just reorganizing the pixels into it. in a sort of trasition process. because where i saw a dog in the first picture, now i see a a head with a big pair of eyes... ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 2:32pm
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Yeah, the lighter colors seemed better. The darker ones make it look more like... *shudders* >_< a jpeg. This seems to remind me of those damn magic eye things. Never did get most of them to work right. ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 2:43pm
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Did you put anything in there or is it just random lines and doodles? Because I see a guitar... or a bottle, I can't tell which.
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Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 4:41pm
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after some thought I don't really see your dog to be an abstract piece. Abstract would insinuate that it has no tangible form, would it not? Therefore, because you are trying to create form out of substance, it wouldn't be considered abstract.. perhaps Psychedelic Art? In any case, I'm interested to see where you go with this and what conclusions you come up with yourself. |
Posted By: Garrett
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 5:16am
I really connot understand modern art
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Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 7:06am
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Originally posted by dogmeat Greenraven: Yeah, I think i went a little too detailed so I'm going to backtrack. Magic eye you say? This is something I did yesterday, hardly pixel art though, just more experimentation: 
Definitely meant to be stared at for a bit :) njoi.I see an angry dinosaur head with a beam of light in his mouth! ------------- |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 7:33am
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I see a masked guy holding either a chainsaw or a large carrot peeler. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com"> 
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 7:48am
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Originally posted by dogmeat  Originally posted by dogmeat  The non-colored version actually seems to stimulate my imagination more than the colored version. ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 9:46am
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I'm with Greeny on this one
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Posted By: Peach
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 11:51am
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Originally posted by dogmeat
ceci n'est pas une pipe? |
Posted By: Garrett
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 12:40pm
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I am trurly impressed by peach's wit.
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 1:35pm
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Could you translate for those of us who went "wtf" at the French? ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: Peach
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 1:48pm
 rene magritte the translation is "This is not a pipe" but apart from Magritte the dog work reminds me a lot of the pointillisme movement (apart from the fact that pixelins is some sort of) |
Posted By: Peach
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 2:06pm
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@dogmeat first thing that came into my mind is the bath scene by Seurat. I really like your dog. |
Posted By: Peach
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 3:32pm
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really nice. I should notice also that here the colors are more well balanced and soft. While the first version of the dog, which btw I like the most, the color is more rough and bluish (in a way "cold") and seems like very "impulsive". instead I think you tried to adjust it for a more "normal" looking in the third version of it. Have you though instead of softening it with yellow and magenta? |
Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 5:22pm
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Originally posted by dogmeat For you, Peach:  Oh yeah, this one was done pixel by pixel, was actually really fun!
I'm seeing "a woman in a field, with her left shoulder facing us, she is looking towards us with a smile on her face, in the distance is a flowing field that leads into the sky. I can even go as far as to say there are some trees near the horizon. gah...Ok I really love this one...it just looks like some weird spongy alien surface to me; the texture is really awesome. I wouldn't mind +faving this one, if you submitted it (and it got through that is D:) ------------- |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 6:23pm
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this is more of an experimental Wip threadrather than something strictly desider to be in the gallery. more like Dogmeat sharing his own exploration with us. wich is great. ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 6:39pm
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meh, true, but IMO this is gallery worthy, the other one that's full of vaginas and breasts was a really cool piece, but when it came down to it, there really wasn't any pixel-level manipulation... This is experimental and could very much be defined as pixel art. *shrug*, I'll just +fav this is my mind :3 And as a side note: experimentalism always gets bonus points in my book. ie I reckon an average experimental piece is a lot better than most well done Sonic or Mario sprites. ------------- |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 6:56pm
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anything is better than those generic mario/sonic sprites.
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Posted By: Peach
Date Posted: 30 May 2008 at 1:08am
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Originally posted by Metaru anything is better than those generic mario/sonic sprites. and those pokemons!  |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 31 May 2008 at 12:18am
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first one shows more life, while the second one shows more volume. you rejected the idea of abusing of blue, didn't you? ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: BlackDragon
Date Posted: 31 May 2008 at 6:45am
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I definately see a ram in that one.
Nice work Dog, trying something new. I've been folloring this from the start and I have found your art very interesting. Keep it up.
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Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 31 May 2008 at 9:58am
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Hmm Oekaki, or whatever the hell it is called, caused a huge blowout and was deemed NPA. This is even more abstract.
I call this pixel art I also called the other pixel art too. Why? Well each pixel is placed as you position it but in a fast way. Apparently there is some speed limit for placing pixels. If you go too fast your work becomes NPA. Again nonsensical rules for "pixel" art.
People in the gallery demand one thing, picturesque scenes with incorrectly drawn ellipses and circles all done in desaturated colors. ------------- http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/"> 
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Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 31 May 2008 at 10:11am
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Is it weird if I see a dog dancing with Tarro D: I wonder what I would've seen if you didn't mention Metaru ------------- |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 31 May 2008 at 6:53pm
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*just lurking. I shall comment once you hit the "Helen Keller' moment. I do admire your challenge to yourself and others.
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Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 31 May 2008 at 9:05pm
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bring out the face in that .... red ball thingy.. just a bit more definition would be awesome
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 31 May 2008 at 9:14pm
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That looks like a tomato with a small dagger and a shield. o_O Thistopic has a whole "downward spiral into madness" kinda feel. Which may or may not be a good thing. Only time will tell. XD ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: Garrett
Date Posted: 01 June 2008 at 3:14am
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I like the gigant tomato!! And that horse-like(?) skeleton too!!! Really cannot get the sense of the others, however... forgive me, please, it's just me.... ------------- You'll hear your steps making no noise |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 01 June 2008 at 1:53pm
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he's a happy little furball! ------------- |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 01 June 2008 at 2:24pm
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I like the newest ones. They actually look like art and not just over colored scribbles, and they have a good effect going for them. I especially like the latest one and the first weird smoke dragon. I think the smoke dragon needs a hulking arm though. ------------- 
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 01 June 2008 at 5:15pm
 Just edited the shading under him and the highlight on his nose. -------------
I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 10:47am
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The 'trees' make it seem flat. Change them from brown to gray, they might become a rock wall.
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Posted By: steven
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 9:51pm
| I agree with Souly I like the later ones the most, especially the blue one, the smoke one, and Steddly he may be my favorite character. :) |
Posted By: Indigo
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 7:30pm
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it truly doesn't matter if you are or not using the spray tool if thats your intended result. To me, its just another way of arriving at the same destination.... which still doesn't produce very good art in my opinion. Maybe if you used this technique with a more controlled palette you may have better results.
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 7:34pm
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Originally posted by dogmeat  Something about all the bright purple and bright green seems... I dunno, clashes with each other and takes away from the main object in the picture. ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 8:27pm
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Hey dog, he was just giving his personal opinion - that's important right? I'm sure alot of people would like this stuff. I'm finding this thread quite interesting myself. Keep it up.
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Posted By: Indigo
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 8:49pm
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yeah man, no harm intended at all. I'm sorry if I came off harsh. I'm actually a fan of the process if it were only with a controlled palette. In fact I liked your black and white one you did early quite a lot. if you apply that same theory to different palettes - defining a good value ramp - you might like the results even more than what you've got going at the moment
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Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 9:21pm
 I've got these colors in my mind for weeks, but can't find a good excuse to use them in a piece. perhaps this could be a good starting point dog. ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: Indigo
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 10:57pm
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dogmeat: you should craft the palette to what suits your piece in particular. Relying on a pre-defined palette (namely the MS paint palette) you're giving up a piece of your art. An experiment I did earlier shows that you can maintain unity even with a ridiculous range of highly saturated colors - but you have to control it via another means. Example: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/calypson/mrparrot10.png With my parrot, I controlled it using a value range as the anchor, but you could probably do this with any sort of range; saturation, contrast, hue, etc. (value is probably the easiest to deal with) I also used a grey to help bridge the warm and cool colors. This was pretty important for dealing with such high saturation. Its things like this which you should constantly be aware of while you make your art. I'm interested to see what you come up with... But by all means dont just use random colors :P ------------- |
Posted By: Serendor
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 1:43am
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I like your style already from the start Dogmeat. Experiment with the things Indigo mentioned. the style remindes me of some kind of very powerful impressionism or rather pointillism art. especially Seurat ( the 3 first paintings in the link below). I'm not sure but I think Monet also made a piece which your style reminds me of..., can't find it though... http://www.eyeconart.net/history/postimpressionism.htm - http://www.eyeconart.net/history/postimpressionism.htm anyway, continue with your awsome wierd style :P //Albin ------------- www.sunbladez.com |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:42am
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Just dropping by to say I reeeeeeeeeeally like the last version of the doll.
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 4:52pm
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Why does Met have boobs on his chin? O_O And the new one looks kinda spooky, I like it. But I think the orange spoils it. ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 5:01pm
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Originally posted by greenraven Why does Met have boobs on his chin? O_O  ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 5:10pm
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Originally posted by dogmeat DEADMAN Lovin' this. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 5:15pm
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:O Met's a ballchinian
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Posted By: Stratto
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 5:49pm
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your last one reminds me of a "mexican styled" dead man and her wife. very abstract and nice. |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 5:51pm
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Arrrh i reaally like this! :D
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:47pm
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Looking good. And quite creepy.
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Posted By: steven
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 11:01pm
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Originally posted by dogmeat Metaru:  I really Liked this one. Amazing compared to what I come up with heh. ------------- |
Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 11:36pm
 ??? anyway that's what I saw in it :P ------------- |
Posted By: Indigo
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 12:47pm
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if thats the case, you should be posting your reference photos with every one of these. Please do
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Posted By: Indigo
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 1:00pm
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oh alright, I misinterpreted what you said then :) dont mind me
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Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 05 June 2008 at 1:33pm
Since you didn't participate in http://www.pixeljoint.com/2008/02/11/2439/Pixel_Art_Challenge-_WIP_Stages.htm - this challenge . I say you go for it...(but don't do the whole WIP animation thing...) just make something from it :P ------------- |
Posted By: Peach
Date Posted: 06 June 2008 at 12:06pm
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Originally posted by dogmeat New WIP:  mmm.. valley of teeth? |
Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 06 June 2008 at 1:58pm
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Originally posted by dogmeat WIP 2 | Update:  Now it's time for dinner. Laters. Originally posted by dogmeat Close to final or final, maybe i have stared at it too long.  between the two of those, I like the first better, the newer one just looks fuzzy, the earlier one invokes my imagination. I can see how a lot of people would feel the opposite way, though. ------------- http://sj-gfx.com"> 
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Posted By: RoboBOT
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 10:06am
| Hey dogmeat, just wanted to say that though I was skeptical at first, this style of yours is growing on me. I especially like the darker palettes ("deadman" has my favorite palette so far). Keep up the good work! |
Posted By: Peach
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 11:49am
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yeah, nice. but actually the two horizontal lines should be metal like... don't they? |
Posted By: geminoid
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 7:38pm
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the first few posts of this thread had me thinkng you were an idiot. As I looked on, I gotta say, I dig this. Id really like to see you do more of the abstarction, but with a more...uh... a less random pallette? Not sure how to express it. I like the monochromatic stuff, and the einstein a lot....id like to see some stuff in lower saturations perhaps.... Look forward to more |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 8:50pm
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His eyebrows have gone all wrong. Too Uhura now. These were good  ------------- |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 9:14pm
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Geordie has very defined lips. I don't quite see the upper lip here.
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Posted By: surt
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 9:50pm
I'd say:
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Posted By: surt
Date Posted: 08 June 2008 at 10:35pm
Quick edit: -------------
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Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 2:26am
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actually, surt's edit gave him a rounded face, thus making him disgusted.
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Posted By: QuaziGNRLnose
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 4:56am
| he looks like hes wearing an air filter over his eyes! |
Posted By: Peach
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 5:43am
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it is. he's breathing through that. |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 09 June 2008 at 1:32pm
| OMG he was one of my favourite Star Trek characters. Him and Data. |
Posted By: Fuzzyleaves
Date Posted: 04 July 2008 at 9:52pm
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Have you come up with a name for this modern art? Sorry I didn't read the whole article.
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