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Art is Back: Part 1 | mrsmiley { October 25, 2005 }

After about 5 months of consistant art submissions in our forum's Gallery, I figured it was about time to get my act together and restart up our weekly art updates! To keep things simple, I will be splitting the Gallery and Sketchbook updates apart from the Fan Strip updates. In other words, every week there will be an update soley commitment to the many amazing comic strip series' that we have right here in our community! Artists spend quite some time on these, and they deserve their own recognition. So, if you are a comic author, be assured that your comic will get front page mentions as long as you keep things updated! =)

So this is Update number one of two. This update spans the time period between July 1st and August 31st. I apologize if I missed anyone's submissions, but Joel and I had to sift through SO MUCH art! It blows me away how active some of you people are! But that is a good thing, trust me! ;) It should also be noted, that due to the massive ammount of good artwork, we had to be quite picky with these 2-month updates. Sorry, it just had to be done. So on with it!

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nmac2005 has always been one of those artists that doesn't submit anything for a long time, but when he does, it's always totally awesome! This picture, along with another pic of an elite were submitted sooooo long ago. But he definitly deserves the top spot of the #1 update! Thanks for your awesome art, and thanks for your patience!

Gallery Art

• zero
  "Josuke-V2" { comment } A very cool manga character concept!
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• Spartan_112
  There is too many great pics to post them all here, just be sure to check out the compilation thread. Great chibi style!
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• gerbil in a coke can
  "Medium Carrier" and Heavy Cruiser" { comment } Some sweet side-view pics of human battleships.
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• junolover
  "CJ attacks Half-Jaw" { comment } So precious!
  "Half-Jaw" { comment } Very cool headshot (as in portrait) of the Elite from Halo 2.
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• odstchee
  "UNSC Rei" { comment } A very nice Oni-like female marine.
  "Left Behind" { comment } Nicely styled piece of completed pencil work.
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• Sparkie
  "Chibi Hog" { comment } This is my fav pic in this submission, but there are plenty more!
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• methados
  "Zealot Killing a Grunt" { comment } A damn good Starcraft crossover pic! Too bad it's not bigger, but definitly worth a look!
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• Sparkies Boyfriend
  "Steam Mecha" { comment } Totally cool mech based off the movie Steamboy.
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• spiderfreak
  Spiderman and Venom... this guy has a knack for super heros! Great cell shading!

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  Sketchbook Art

• Vendau
  "Mark VI Wookiee" { comment } A wookiee in Spartan armor. Need I say more?
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• ShadowElite951
  "RAWR!" { comment } He eats children.
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• Nrek
  "Arbiter" (from Grunt Rebellion fanfic) { comment } Wow, can't wait to see the whole pic!
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• Sparkie
  A whole thread full of Sparkie goodness... and a Lion King reference OMGWTFBBQROFLCOPTERZ!!!!
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• The Ancient
  "Heretic Grunt" { comment } Holy shat. That is one scary grunt! O_o
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• Etoli
  "Old Rivalry" { comment } Awwwwwe... ;)
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• Halo
  "Chibi Chief" { comment } A definite surprise to me... I am diggin' the style!
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• Grunt_monkey
  "Me Spartan" { comment } How did this get overlooked? Totally cute spartan chick pic!
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• Enma Damatee
  "Female Spartan 102" { comment } Woah, like a cross between Halo and Joanna Dark!
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• L33t-Elf
  "Sonic and Knuckles" { comment } Wow a really cool Sonic pic. Brings back memories...

• FAN STRIPS NOTICE

  For all you fan strip creators out there, I want to inform you that I will be starting a new weekly feature, that will follow all the strips that have updated that week. It will also cover new strips, and even individual strips that are submitted during that week. For those of you that are the creator of a comic series of some sort, I need your help! I need you to create a banner for your comic that can be posted next to your update as a link to your strip. This will attract more attention to your work, and will make the comic updates look nice! =) Here are the details...

  - demensions: 198x48 (without a black border) or 200x50 (with a 1 px black border)
  - filetype: gifs are preferred, but you can use a jpg if you are using MSP to make your banner. (MSP sucks at making gifs!)
  - filesize: shouldn't be a problem since it will be small
  - NO ANIMATED GIFS
  - it should be similar to the thumbnails we use for our strips
  
  Please send your images to me via a PM, or by e-mail. Thanks! I will be posting the comic update as soon as I receive a decent ammount of images. Not submitting an image does not mean your comic won't be featured, it just means it won't stand out as much. ;)

  Thanks for reading! Update part 2 is coming soon!