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there is no specific "way" that game characters have to look. You could make it a comedy game with photo cutouts of your friends and photographs as backgrounds. But I second Farlander. Post some art of yours and the critics lounge can help you improve it.

hahah...I didn't know that the word cuckold was used anymore

It's Alec

ummm...yea...I knew that...just a little random praise. You know...brighten someones day

excuse me for imagining things, but is that Brad Pitt?

Who cares.

Hehe.... you said that, and then wrote up a whole post showing the research you had done to explain who.

vacuum?

the smudginess of the grass is a bit odd when compared to the detail of the bushes. Also, the sharply different colours also look a bit odd

We has no idea, my precious. Will santa hobbit give us a little hint?

I think it reads "unofficial remake of teh sequel"

Using vanishing points and perspective lines from the beginning is a good idea with these backgrounds. Right now the perspective is a bit messed up on the planks (the middle one is most obvious, you should make it a bit wider from both sides), ladder and the position of the cargo hold itself as well as the railing behind the front railing. I agree with viktor about the stairs, they kind of look like a ramp.
Maybe you could add some pegs or a ladder to the mast, so that people can reach the crow's nest easily. If you want it to be villianous, maybe you use darker colours and add skulls and weird wood carvings on places like the stair railings

The magic wrench goes to Dragonrose!
She got the answer right in spite of the fact that I got the riddle wrong. It should have been "my next and fourth", but I wasn't thinking, and I can't remember anything that rhymes with "fourth" either.

Hey Farlander.... I completely agree with you....on some points . There are alot of extremists who make the world think that their oppressive version of Islam is correct. I wouldn't want them to be in control of any country. I had to walk out of a mosque on one Friday because the Imam started talking about how the woman's correct place is worshipping in the kitchen. I find myself defending Islam as much from these type of extremists as those on the opposite side of the coin. However, you can't deny everyone the use of the chadur/shawl/scarf just because a few people force their daughters to where them. What about those who wish to wear it out of their own choice? What about those who wish to be good muslims? Just because you wish to eat meat on Friday, doesn't mean everyone is willing to sacrifice their religion. Covering the hair doesn't have to be a symbol of oppression.
Sorry if I pushed you too much. I was just trying to understand where you were coming from, and I think I finally did.

Happy birthday! It is my sisters birthday today as well. I bet the probability that the birthdays of people on the forums matches is pretty high.

It is kind of strange to be calling christmas something other than christmas. I mean, that is what it is called, changing its name won't change the holiday. Why should someone object to having other people celebrate christmas? It is just as weird as being bothered by other people's clothes.
I am immensely thankful that I used to be in an international school. In Ramadan, just for the fun of it some of the non-muslim students fasted. Even if they were not fasting, they had enough good sense not to tempt the students who were fasting by eating infront of them. On Eid (the muslim feast) we all asked the teachers for eidi (gift of money). Everyone celebrated and exchanged gifts on christmas - on the 25th and the 6th of January (I think) for the Coptic Christians. We even used to celebrate Diwali (although I think there were only 1 or 2 Hindu students). This was all in fun. No one was forced into including everyone in the party or attending all the celebrations. Nobody thought they were desecrating the sanctity of their religion by viewing other celebrations or joining in on them. We all learnt alot about each other, and had fun doing it.
I think this is a better method of multiculturalism than trying to mesh all the holidays in a spurt of political correctness. Referring to Christmas as "Winterval" and other such PC will just cause those who wish to celebrate it to do so in private. The gap of misunderstanding between cultures will never be bridged and even in countries with lots of different cultures all the cultures will stick with themselves and not really mix with the other cultures.

Aside from the minor quibbling on whether a restaraunt is serving ala carte or buffet Ã, ... That is what the second part of my post was about. The person is only asking for vegetarian food for himself. He is not forcing it on others. He is not shouting "Remove all the meat!". Should he force himself to eat meat just because he is in a restaraunt in a place where there are predominantly meat eating people? No, he will ask if there are any dishes without meat. You can't be mad at him for that!
heheh...what a lot of allusions to meat and religion

Just because you are in another country does not mean that you have to give up everything that symbolises your own country/religion. Saying that wearing certain kinds of clothes is unfair because it serves to "show off" your religion is a strange arguement. Would you be annoyed if a person "showed off" their vegetarianism by asking what foods were without meat in a restaurant? That person is not making a show...he/she just doesn't want to compromise their beliefs...they just don't want to eat meat. They are not trying to make a statement. Same with religion. If it is a persons belief that it is sinful to be without covering their hair, what is wrong in letting them cover it? They are not trying to convert anyone. They are not forcing their beliefs on anyone.
Sure, when it comes to a person saying that "Your beliefs are wrong! You shall go to hell!" or "Your clothing is inappropriate!", then you have every right to be pissed off. They are pushing their beliefs on you. However, I don't see that happening when someone wears particular items of clothing

Remember to make it reasonably smaller. 25mb instead of 60mb is still just as impossible for lots of people.

Would have to be Elaine from MI

Absolutely agree there. At least from MI1 and MI2. She ended up looking funny as a cartoon.
I thought you were leaving tho....what happened? The blue cup lured you back?

Maybe it is because her dress is so stiff. You should make it move with the legs

maybe make the breasts bigger? A guy that size would have large breasts. Unless it should follow his body, in which case make the bikini top smaller
EDIT: Doubling on what auhsor said, why not make the bikini black and white as well as thicker outlined.