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Welcome to page 2. This calls for another High Effort Piece
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Winddancer
2005
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@Winddancer
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Ooooooh my goddddd! Why have I never seen this before?? This is pure awesomeness!! <3 <3
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Omgosh how long did this take to make?!
Narv, I feel I must be honest and say that your Nazgul illustration is a lot better than your elf
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you might say i had some time on my hands in 2005
the Nazgul may be better, but they are equally accurate
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Why does #7 have my IRL name written on it?
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I think that is Elerina. Not that I know who that is/was ...
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No, that would make too much sense. That's clearly my name.
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Narv wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:14 pm
though it is unclear whether the mouth was open in astonishment, panic or simply in an effort to obtain more sweet sweet watered-down canadian beer
It was a mixture of all three. The portrait captures perfectly the real event in question, along with the cornucopia of equally real emotions which abounded:
Astonishment: I was permitted to drive this vehicle; it appeared to be obeying my every thought; I remained upright and unscathed the entire day.
Panic: How draconian were Canadian laws on mowing over pedestrians with segways? Did we miss a beer stop? Would I ever want to walk anywhere again?
Sweet-Canadian-watered-down-beer-procurement: self explanatory.
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Narv wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:33 pm
you might say i had some time on my hands in 2005
the Nazgul may be better, but they are equally accurate
So much time for homestarrunner and making gifs to share with us a decade and a half later. Nice.
@Nia that is quite the emotional cocktail!! Does this mean Narv was there to witness it firsthand?!
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@Tarawen Alas, as with many of life's key junctures, that particular moment passed unobserved by any plazaite past or present. I believe the story was regaled in great detail shortly after the event.
All of this excitement has led to me to forget to comment on frankly epic gif. I'm always a big fan of the horizontal Nazgul.
[edit: came back to edit in the missing 'the', but, frankly, I prefer it without]
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This is excellent. This is high art. Great comedic timing, excellent use of Winddancer's name over and over again for dramatic effect. The best part of this is the pokey stabby part-- seeing a picture stab another picture is everything I want from my action sequences. My only complaint is that the word victory took up to much space. 9.6/10
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Well if we're discussing the greats, I will bust out another high-water mark in the rich history of narv depictions of current plaza admins. This is
@Sil, obviously
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Sil Bun
2008
Commentary: I remembered to edit out my dad's credit card info this time, now that it's 15 years expired
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This showed up small and dim on my phone, so that I was forced to zoom in on the strange crumbs just off to the right of the bottom center
My zoomy fingers were RICHLY rewarded, what a delightful and articulate crumb display, and so artfully molded. A true complement to the larger image, of Sil as some sort of bun seagull, dreaming, as bun seagulls do, of hand cream.
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Hahahaha but narv the inclusion of your dad’s credit card was an important part of this art piece and symbolised how you were willing to combine your finances with me even as a free bread bird in order to raise your child. I have expenses you know. Mostly hand cream apparently.
Also this is violating the principles of your thread description as it is clearly from 2008 and thus outside the dates listed in your title
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Narv has gone on an absolute bender when it comes to remaining within the parameters of his thread title.
Also hands like that probably would go stale pretty quickly, so I guess you would want some handcream.
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But what kind of bun was it before it became Sil??
And as long you're already creeping outside the thread title's time frame, when will we get to see narv pics 2020
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I don't have Paint anymore so 95% of the basis for all my art is gone. And I don't have any buns either right now so that takes care of the other 5
It was a home made dinner roll handcrafted by my mother. I don't know if sil ever understood that particular generational aspect.
@Thalionwen hi
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Also I will not respond to further disparagements of the accuracy of the thread title
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surely there's an open source doodling program somewhere
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surely Michelangelo coulda used plasticine but that don't mean he did
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touché
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He might have done if the world had run out of marble. But I agree it's a point well made.
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Hmm. Is it, though?
The Wood-elves lingered in the twilight of our Sun and Moon, but loved best the stars.
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yes
next admin on the list: me
#12
Narvs
2011
Commentary: Honestly I don't even know if I made these or someone else but they were in the folder so I'm claiming them
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I used to know someone who legit was getting a math phd studying, like, shapes in the 12th dimension and this looks like stuff he might have studied
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This latest piece looks like the black and white fellow lost his innards, or they took flight from him, and is now chasing those colourful innards all around town to put them back where they belong.
Who wouldn't want to regain their twelfth dimension shapes?
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why is one narv yeeting the other narv? Is one of them Narvi Jr, finally disappointing his sort-of-father for the last time? Or is it symbolic of black and white narv flinging away the butterfly narv which was his chaotic childhood to embark on an even more chaotic but also structured code job?
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I am enjoying the headless Narv and like that he is able to carry it without the use of his arms - and particularly the mediaeval monk outfit fits perfectly with the feeling engendered by the disabled chase of the lively and colourful (hopes and dreams?) escaping Thuringwethil-like into the air.
It is a solemn work.
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No Sil those are definitely not Narvi Jr as I would have thought you would know given your involvement in certain key aspects of the lad's existence
I have just 2 remaining clues as to the true form of Narvi Jr which I will release separately as each warrants significant speculation.
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Narvi Jr
2007
Commentary: This seems to imply that some combination of Sil, Narguzir and The Machine were a Nazgul and a Fell Beast, but it's deeply unclear
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I vaguely remember asking you to make me a fire gif ouat ... I can see now how it would have gone.
A chicken that roasts you. The perfect child. Also, when he grows up, you can stop writing labels on his toys.
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why does it have a fin on its butt
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If you rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, I rather think it has the vibe of a flamenco dancer
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I think I mighta said this on discord at one point but I freaking love that Windy animation up top.
Narvi Jr. though, I kind of think my reaction is "kill it with fire". Although I'm not sure that fire would harm such a creature.
It kind of looks like it is saying "hisssss flapping death wings", so I choose to read it this way.
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I was going to wait longer for this but clearly the shortcomings of Narvi Jr V1 are becoming rapidly realized so I feel I must defend his honour by revealing that he was acknowledged to be crap early on and was entirely replaced the next year in the following self-explanatory depiction:
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Narvi Jr
2008
Commentary: Sil is in blue, and in fact I'm pretty sure is the original creator of the spaceship and people images which were extended to their true forms by myself. Perhaps she can provide the original for comparison
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I'm sure I'll have more to say on this later, perhaps in comparison with the original, but two things which strike me are: 1) the heart is very 3D, and 2) I like the pirate pic, but would like to hear more on the horizontal lightning bolts/ McDonald's M.
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I am so very tempted to look at this like a comic strip but I'm sure this would be a mistake
Besides this impulse for a narrative, I really like (and relate to) the expression on the head perched atop the spaceship
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don't mind me everyone just here to fulfill my duties of
administrating the website reposting old garbage from my hard drive
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justlikeyou.png
2010
Commentary: I believe Roh was involved in this in some way and may or may not be either the smiter or one of the townsfolk. It's unclear
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Narv wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:28 am
Commentary: Sil is in blue, and in fact I'm pretty sure is the original creator of the spaceship and people images which were extended to their true forms by myself. Perhaps she can provide the original for comparison[/center]
I’m also pretty sure I am the original spaceship creator, but I don’t recall making it at all
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Holy guacamole I'm in a Narv artwork and not only that but I'm at at the top and you spelled my name even more correctly than I can do so myself and you are my favourite
#fangirlwoogy
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@Woogy Hardbotom I've been waiting for you to arrive before revealing this piece, surely one of my proudest
#16
woggy
2006
Commentary: the only flaw is that I spelled your name wrong on this one, sorry don't know what I was thinking
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In the deeps of Time, amidst the Innumerable Stars
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Oh my
There are no words
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My favourite piece yet. It reminds me of that time you misspelled my name.
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Narv wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:14 pm
from my understanding the second portrait was indeed an accurate depiction of a real-life event, as recounted to me ex post facto. though it is unclear whether the mouth was open in astonishment, panic or simply in an effort to obtain more sweet sweet watered-down canadian beer
I feel like the ONLY place allowed to call Canadian beer watered down is Europe/UK having been there and drunk their alcohol I will allow them to mock Canadian beer ruthlessly, though some of our micro breweries are on par with them anything that's bigger than a single province dispensary is week compared to even their mass market beers. Goodness knows Canadians drink American beer after water when weaning themselves off of alcohol
That said the rest of the art is amazing and I quite enjoy it (the Segqways are among my favourite as is #13
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#17
The Day Amarlic Got a Plaque
2008
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@Amalric welcome buddy
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4 months away from this thread and look what I've missed. The comma getting its own moment in the sun has topped off an excellent Monday.
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A gross, ugly clam! How could I forget that?!? (answer: easy)
Thanks old buddy. You made me go searching through my Photobucket account, which hasn't seen the light of day in at least five years. I have a picture of Ronald Reagan either having lunch with a pig, or having a pig for lunch (or maybe the pig ate Reagan?). That was for one of your games, can't remember if it was the one with the LIGHTNING ROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!
or not. Still one of the funniest things I ever saw on the old Plaza.
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what did i just watch
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I just realized what my life has been missing the last ~15 years. This. thread.
Bravo Narv. You have outdone yourself! If I had to pick a fav, it might be #13 Narvi Jr. it is stunning.
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Why can’t I stop watching this