Asparagus Harpoon

[grendelwoof]

<a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2003/om20031230.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2003/om2003 ... ><br>Since the strip started, I believe my ability to draw bodies in motion has improved greatly.<br><br><i>It remains far from perfect, however; walking and running I can draw all right, but I need some sort of reference for anything any more dynamic or unusual than that.<br><br>So, to get a good reference for dart-throwing, I had to imitate the motion into a full-length mirror, and study myself. Except it was awkward, because full-length mirrors are pretty skinny. I'm not sure the pose entirely succeeded, or even came close, but it's kind of fun when the artistic process requires you to learn something</i><br><br>Reading this and looking back at some of my early drawings makes me wish I had a drawing "dummy" to model poses with. They all looked like they were carrying invisible dishes of food. But enough of that. What I'm wondering is, is whether he used real asparagus when he modeled this himself.

[Doctor Fred]

Hm, interesting point.

[Tavis]

Hmm.. one of those artist's dummies... that's a thought. It's easier and less expensive to just use the mirror though, since those wooden ones tend to be expensive (I recall seeing one such item at a Barnes and Noble next to some stationery for about 50 bucks!) I suppose I could try Legos, but even the detailed ones aren't as flexible or expressive as the real thing. I suppose a good way to learn how something is supposed to look is to see it happen a lot, like going to some game place with a dartboard to see how real dart throwers work and ask them if they wouldn't mind holding a piece of asparagus for you. <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Doctor Fred]

Are you writing a book on ways to get yourself beaten up?

[Zylo]

Is it just me, or is asparagus kind of a running theme in O&M? There's this strip, the ADD strip, and I think there may be another apsaragus strip, too. Maybe DCS just really likes apsaragus. Also, whether or not the drawing is accurate or realistic, that pic of Locke witht he asparagus is one of the funniest I've ever seen.

[Tavis]

Yup, Ozymandias The Great. One such example is Millie's attention deficit disorder strip.<br><br>*tosses the query in the "Fuzzy Search" for those that want to look it up*<br><br>*edit* D'oh! You already mentioned that one.. hmm.. I do believe I recall seeing Llewellyn carry in a bunch of them lined up on a plate somewhere.

[penguinita]

dont knock asperiguses! asperigussess are good! (is the plural of asperigus asperiguses or asperigi?)

[Doctor Fred]

I think it's asperigi.

[Foxchild]

I never used one of those drawing dummies, i just drew ovals and circles in proper order and size to figure out motion, movement, and stuff. Not always terribly accurate, but a heck of a lot cheaper, and somewhat fun, in its own way!

[Tavis]

Even though I've considered it sometimes, I haven't done so either. I haven't done the ovals thing either, except occasionally when I tried to get faces done. I usually just drawed parts as they came to me and hoped the pieces lined up when everything came together.

[Burning Sheep Productions]

I don't know anyone who could think of harpooning somebody with an asparagus, that's a classic!<br><br><!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> (is the plural of asperigus asperiguses or asperigi?)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>That's my question!

[Zylo]

Maybe if you froze the asparagus, it'd be more rigid and more apt to pierce skin. ::gets evil idea::

[Muninn]

Maybe there's a way to coat an asparagi in some MEHTUL. But would that be a normal asparagus, what would we have created and unleashed on this frail delicate world?

[Tavis]

I can just see someone wrapping them in aluminum foil and making aircraft-grade aluminum asparagus spears.

[Zylo]

I checked the frigde. No asparagus. Darn, I was really gonna make harpoons.