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I really hope that ink-spill is a digital overlay, and not a realsie

Wish I could be there! (I'm guessing this means no strip update for Friday, either. Ah well... hope the travels and weather and 'con are good for you, Paul!)

http://wapsisquare.com/comic/katsucon-2016/

Time to shoot a horse...

Out of the Inkwell comes Koko the Clown...

(Havent looked hard enough to find the version with Theme Music...)

Dave wrote:I really hope that ink-spill is a digital overlay, and not a realsie

Well, the bottle doesn't seem to have ink in it...

I knew an engineer who, back in the day when technical drawings were done in ink, had a co-worker he was annoyed with who had just spent two days doing a very intricate view . . . when the victim went to lunch, the other guy went over to his board and (after checking the ink was dry) stuck down a sheet of MacTac (self-adhesive plastic sheeting - essentially very very wide scotch tape) on which he had poured ink, and had then varnished the ink so it looked like it was still wet. Then he artfully arranged an empty ink bottle tipped over at the top of the ink "spill" . . .

The victim nearly had a heart attack!

--FreeFlier

Oh, and I fergot;

Kiki! for the WIIIIIIIIIn!

FreeFlier wrote:I knew an engineer who, back in the day when technical drawings were done in ink, had a co-worker he was annoyed with who had just spent two days doing a very intricate view . . . when the victim went to lunch, the other guy went over to his board and (after checking the ink was dry) stuck down a sheet of MacTac (self-adhesive plastic sheeting - essentially very very wide scotch tape) on which he had poured ink, and had then varnished the ink so it looked like it was still wet. Then he artfully arranged an empty ink bottle tipped over at the top of the ink "spill" . . .

The victim nearly had a heart attack!

--FreeFlier

There was a variation of that done with large, expensive CRTs when such things were used, involving a sheet of adhesive plastic and some artfully drawn cracks and an impact spot. Apply, call in technician to fix complaining "Monitor scope's down"...

I was on both sides of that trick at one time or another.

Just Old Al wrote:

FreeFlier wrote:I knew an engineer who, back in the day when technical drawings were done in ink, had a co-worker he was annoyed with who had just spent two days doing a very intricate view . . . when the victim went to lunch, the other guy went over to his board and (after checking the ink was dry) stuck down a sheet of MacTac (self-adhesive plastic sheeting - essentially very very wide scotch tape) on which he had poured ink, and had then varnished the ink so it looked like it was still wet. Then he artfully arranged an empty ink bottle tipped over at the top of the ink "spill" . . .

The victim nearly had a heart attack!

--FreeFlier

There was a variation of that done with large, expensive CRTs when such things were used, involving a sheet of adhesive plastic and some artfully drawn cracks and an impact spot. Apply, call in technician to fix complaining "Monitor scope's down"...

I was on both sides of that trick at one time or another.

They used to advertise things like that on the back pages of comic books--you were supposed to stick it on the TV screen and freak out your parents.

I didn't think Grandma could've saved my ass from them if I'd tried that.

Just Old Al wrote:

FreeFlier wrote:I knew an engineer who, back in the day when technical drawings were done in ink, had a co-worker he was annoyed with who had just spent two days doing a very intricate view . . . when the victim went to lunch, the other guy went over to his board and (after checking the ink was dry) stuck down a sheet of MacTac (self-adhesive plastic sheeting - essentially very very wide scotch tape) on which he had poured ink, and had then varnished the ink so it looked like it was still wet. Then he artfully arranged an empty ink bottle tipped over at the top of the ink "spill" . . .

The victim nearly had a heart attack!

--FreeFlier

There was a variation of that done with large, expensive CRTs when such things were used, involving a sheet of adhesive plastic and some artfully drawn cracks and an impact spot. Apply, call in technician to fix complaining "Monitor scope's down"...

I was on both sides of that trick at one time or another.

Did that once to a co-workers photo of wife-unit. The picture was a decent glamour shot of the lady. Removed the photo from frame,laid a piece of clear plastic sheet over it, then proceeded to draw the obligatory scars, mustache, tattoos, and other bits. Once back in the frame, the effect was perfect. When he saw the photo the next day, he laughed and picked it up to rub what he figured was grease pencil from the glass. When it did not rub off, he became a tad agitated until we were able to convince him the photo really wasn't ruined. He did have a good laugh after.

Jabberwonky wrote:

Dave wrote:I really hope that ink-spill is a digital overlay, and not a realsie

Well, the bottle doesn't seem to have ink in it...

Not any more!

Typeminer wrote:

Just Old Al wrote:

FreeFlier wrote:I knew an engineer who, back in the day when technical drawings were done in ink, had a co-worker he was annoyed with who had just spent two days doing a very intricate view . . . when the victim went to lunch, the other guy went over to his board and (after checking the ink was dry) stuck down a sheet of MacTac (self-adhesive plastic sheeting - essentially very very wide scotch tape) on which he had poured ink, and had then varnished the ink so it looked like it was still wet. Then he artfully arranged an empty ink bottle tipped over at the top of the ink "spill" . . .

The victim nearly had a heart attack!

There was a variation of that done with large, expensive CRTs when such things were used, involving a sheet of adhesive plastic and some artfully drawn cracks and an impact spot. Apply, call in technician to fix complaining "Monitor scope's down"...

I was on both sides of that trick at one time or another.

They used to advertise things like that on the back pages of comic books--you were supposed to stick it on the TV screen and freak out your parents. . . .

I've seen them for windows, either car or home/business . . . the better ones were pretty convincing.

There were also fake bullet-holes for cars . . . I've also seen cars with real bullet-holes in them . . . admittedly, the holes were carefully placed to avoid anything important.

--FreeFlier

So, about Katsucon...

Paul came out okay, but it was freakin' freezing outside.

Typeminer wrote:They used to advertise things like that on the back pages of comic books--you were supposed to stick it on the TV screen and freak out your parents.

I didn't think Grandma could've saved my ass from them if I'd tried that.

And, speaking for the very, very old, may I remind the rather more young of:

Winky Dink and You!

What? Winky Dink is in trouble? Grab your crayons, kids! He needs a Bridge/Tree/Door/etc.

[quote="Atomic"What? Winky Dink is in trouble? Grab your crayons, kids! He needs a Bridge/Tree/Door/etc.[/quote]
What? The cosplayers are in trouble? Grab your crayons, kids! They need some clothes!

It could be actual ink on an actual, but spoiled at the printer, print. Something that couldn't be sold so defacing it for this picture wouldn't be a great loss to mankind (or even to Wapsi fandom).

Yeah, I think he's already sold the original.

Gee... I don't suppose it could be ... I dunno... a Xerox?!?

Sgt. Howard wrote:Gee... I don't suppose it could be ... I dunno... a Xerox?!?

I think what happened here is people saw Wapsi art and then they saw a potential for damage to said Wapsi art. And then there was a collective fit of panic that could basically be summed up as "OH NOEZ THE PRECIOUS ART HATH BEEN DEFACED!"

GlytchMeister wrote:

Sgt. Howard wrote:Gee... I don't suppose it could be ... I dunno... a Xerox?!?

I think what happened here is people saw Wapsi art and then they saw a potential for damage to said Wapsi art. And then there was a collective fit of panic that could basically be summed up as "OH NOEZ THE PRECIOUS ART HATH BEEN DEFACED!"

Not everybody panicked . . . I presumed that either that was a copy, or that there was something else involved, like an overlay . . . Actually, I think I would have added the ink spill in the computer until it looked right, then printed the result and laid the props in place.

--FreeFlier

Shadup youze guys; the schtoopid horsie spilt da ink, and dats dat...