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Post by Blackmoon on Oct 14, 2009 23:49:47 GMT -5
So, our first project? Designing a banner/logo for the forum!
Something that speaks of us. Something indicative of our skills. Something with Trope-tan.
Maybe we need a mascot?
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Post by cales on Oct 15, 2009 0:18:58 GMT -5
Perhaps a modified Trope-tan? After all, Trope-tan herself is representative of TV Tropes. We are a spin-off, a subsection, if you will, of TV Tropes, but we are not TV Tropes itself. Perhaps we could design a mascot around the idea of Trope-tan, a sort of sister to her, rather than Trope-tan herself.
It would fit- just like we are related to TV Tropes, so is our mascot related to Trope-tan, but just as we are not TV Tropes, but a subset, so too is she a younger sister.
Ideas?
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Post by Blackmoon on Oct 15, 2009 0:21:07 GMT -5
Aha... where tvtropes has Trope-Tan... the doujin group has Dou-Tan? (That's actually sort of a weird name, the "dou" in "doujinshi" literally means "same" or "identical"...)
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Post by desertopa on Oct 15, 2009 0:27:42 GMT -5
Personally, I'm imagining Trope-tan carrying a pen over her shoulder like a spear, wearing a lampshade as a helmet, doing a sort of exaggerated march. Arms swinging out, Legs extended much further than necessary. A bit like this pose www.legendofmana.net/images/artwork/thumbs/10_bud.gifbut not holding a frying pan about to hit something. This would be a lot easier if I were an artist instead of a writer.
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Post by cales on Oct 15, 2009 0:28:11 GMT -5
Actually, the fact that Dou means "same" could be a great running gag, since we are all TV Tropers, we just happen to also work as doujin writers/artists. And our Dou-Tan is based quite obviously on Trope-Tan.
Thusly, Dou-Tan is a joke in and of herself, just like our Gratuitous Japanese name is a joke. Not only are we the Kunin Circle, despite being mostly English-speaking, we also have Dou-Tan as an avatar- who is the same as TV Tropes' avatar, but slightly modified!
I like it!
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Post by cales on Oct 15, 2009 0:29:31 GMT -5
This would be a lot easier if I were an artist instead of a writer. I know! ;D I've got the same feeling.
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Post by Blackmoon on Oct 15, 2009 0:53:41 GMT -5
Aha! I like where this is going. I'll see if I can't do a preliminary sketch tomorrow while I'm in my classes. ;D
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Post by cales on Oct 15, 2009 1:01:02 GMT -5
Aha! I like where this is going. I'll see if I can't do a preliminary sketch tomorrow while I'm in my classes. ;D To quote a certain Mr. Burns, "excellent..."
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Post by zaxser on Oct 15, 2009 5:48:53 GMT -5
Was thinking something like a banner with a generic tan looking in the mirror on the left side, with most of the rest of the banner being her open closet: showing a sailor moon and hime cut wig, sailor outfit and miko uniform, etc.
Sort of supposed to be like her dressing up for different comics/ fandoms.
Could be a sort of stylized comic in itself, sort of like a chibi charlie brown.
Or trope-tan at a drafting table working on a comic, whatever.
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Post by cales on Oct 15, 2009 10:37:52 GMT -5
Huh. I can't decide which of those I like better. Kind of want to go for the closet idea, which is really, really clever, but the table one is good too.
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Post by solstace on Oct 15, 2009 14:09:21 GMT -5
I'm voting for the table idea. The fact that there were 9 makes me think of the Fellowship of the Ring. The Fellowship makes me think of the Knights of the Round Table. So on and so forth.
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Post by Haven on Oct 15, 2009 16:29:30 GMT -5
I'm voting for the table idea. The fact that there were 9 makes me think of the Fellowship of the Ring. The Fellowship makes me think of the Knights of the Round Table. So on and so forth. I actually like this idea a lot. I don't think we necessarily need to have a "-tan" mascot--they're fun, sure, but it's a little overplayed. But a table or gathering of some sort of representations of all of us--I can definitely get behind that.
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Post by cales on Oct 15, 2009 16:52:11 GMT -5
Alright, so should someone make a poll? I'm seeing 2 votes for table, my own vote for "Meh", and 2 votes for Dou-Tan.
Ah, shit, I'm going to be a tie-breaker, aren't I. (smacks forehead)
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Post by desertopa on Oct 15, 2009 17:02:04 GMT -5
I can get behind the table if we can actually get coherent representations of each of us on it. If we tried to put all our avatars on it, it would just look weird, so we would probably need something other than that.
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Post by cales on Oct 15, 2009 17:09:36 GMT -5
So how about this? What if each of us are drawn around the council table with a basic "black cloak, hidden face" motif, but with a different hat on each of us. We become, in essence, a Planet of Hats! (or in this case, a table)
For example, I'd want a top hat, so my avatar would be a cloaked, hooded figure, face concealed... with a top hat on. It'd be funny, and instantly recognizable.
Edit: For clarity.
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