Hmm ... Conbooks...

[the_gneech]

I love doing art for conbooks, for reasons both artistic and mercenary. Artistic, because it's fun to stretch my artistic muscles that I don't usually get to with the strip. The Tiff Skibunny pic, for instance, is some of my best work yet. Mercenary, because it's like getting free advertising. ;)

Having said that, I'm pretty stumped for ideas for conbook images for Midwest Furfest and Further Confusion both.

The theme for MFF is "Around the World in 80 Days" ... which offers a lot of leeway, granted. I mean I've only got the whole world to choose from. I had the vague idea of doing something with Drezzer and Leona in Paris, but I'm not sure the idea is worth carving out the time in the next three weeks to do the pic.

The theme for FC, on the other hand, is "Furries of the Nile." Which means the conbook is going to be pictures of Anubis, Anubis, Anubis, Anubis, Anubis, and Anubis, with a few more pictures of Anubis just for variety. What is it with furries and Anubis?

Gah. I'd better cut that rant short, or I'll be at it all day.

I imagine a few folks will probably draw cheesecake images of Bast, and maybe the more outré types will draw Sobek, Set, or Hathor just to be different. But the thing of it is, it's all been done before. Doing furries on the Nile is like doing a video game dungeon set in a pyramid ... what the heck can you do that hasn't been done a hundred times at least?

*ding!*

Hold on ... suddenly I have a thought! Heeheehee! Okay, that might work. It's obscure at best, but it would certainly be something never done in furry art before. :) But it's going to take research.

Gah. I hate research. :P Particularly for a project that's likely to make most of the people who see it go "Uuuuuh ... okay. I don't get it." Oy, the things I do for my own amusement.

I'm seriously wondering, now, who (if anybody) would get it. Is it worth the sheer amount of work it would be, just for me to chuckle quietly to myself? I'll have to ponder it.

Meanwhile, if anybody has suggestions for SJ characters on the "Around the World in 80 Days" or "Furries of the Nile" themes, I'd love to hear 'em!

-The Gneech

I will not rant about furries and Anubis. I will not rant about furries and Anubis. I will not rant about @#&%! furries and @#&%!!! Anubis!!!

Comments

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

If it were a British furry con, I'd suggest Leonard dressed as Willy Fog for 'Around the World in 80 Days'.

As for the Nile, I'm just seeing a furry version of Death on the Nile here. Or you could draw furries in denial :)

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I'm just seeing a furry version of Death on the Nile here.

Whoa! Way to hit it right out of the gate! Maybe it's not as obscure as I thought!

Or maybe literary minds think the same way. ;)

-TG

[goodluckfox.livejournal.com]

Well, using costumes appropriate to the Victorian Age would prolly be a good idea... that's when Around the World was written.

Comfort and Tiffany's mom in Russia (of course).
I enthusiastically endorse the Drezzer and Leona in Paris idea (but then again I would).
Yin and the Great Wall of China.
Wally and That Big Rock In Australia (to lazy to look it up but I think you know the one that I mean).
Drezzer and Big Ben/Buckingham Palace.
Yin and Stonehenge.
Eddie and the Empire State Building (snrk!)
Byron and Alcatraz (heheh)

I'm sure other folks can come up with some interesting riffs.

Loxley

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

"Around the World in 15 Feet" ... hmm...

-TG

[daemionfox.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, if anybody has suggestions for SJ characters on the "Around the World in 80 Days" or "Furries of the Nile" themes, I'd love to hear 'em!

Furries on the Nile? I'd follow up on that archeologist pic that neverwench laid down. Giza isn't _that_ far from the lower Nile.

*Hums Raiders under his breath*

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Hmm ... Tiffany as Lara Croft (http://www.suburbanjungle.com/w/19990829.html), maybe?

-TG

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

I suppose there's always the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet...

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

"So, how was the apocalypse?"
"Shhh, please, I have a hangover..." :)

I'd rather not do any of the dieties; otherwise Sekhmet would probably be right up on the top of the list.

-TG

[trpeal.livejournal.com]

Hasn't it already been established that Leona is the Queen of Denial? Go ahead, throw your rotten tomatoes, I deserve it for that one.....

Other Nile creatures that probably won't be too popular but might let you hone your drawing chops some are hippos and crocs. Toss a SJ cameo into such a picture, and you've got your free advertising (if you don't think your art alone is enough).

For "Around the World in 80 Days" I'm afraid I don't have a better idea than TSJ characters in period costume, in a scene from the book. But who would be Passepartout?

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I suppose I could do a finished version of this piece... (http://rumblepurrlion.com/artwork/leona_throne.gif)

-The Gneech

[chef-troy.livejournal.com]

And what about the cat-goddess Bast? I'm sure Leona would jump at the chance.

As for the "80 Days" theme, how about Leonard as Phileas Fogg, Drezzer as Passepartout and Tiffany as Princess Aouda, with the Tower of London in the background and Big Ben set to ten minutes before nine, wondering to each other why the bells are ringing?

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

Ancient Egypt has no inspiration for you?

That Really Sphinx!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

And so does that pun! ;P

-TG

[chef-troy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see you already have an opinion of Bast.

To pick up on something someone else said, how about doing "Furries of Denial"? I think it's a vein rich with comic gold.

"I don't care what anyone says, the zipper on this fursuit is NOT obvious."

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Hmm... *ponders*

-TG

[karou-windstalk.livejournal.com]

I know Anubis's have been done to death .. even I've got a Jackal description, with Anubis leanings .. though I went for an Albino jackal just to be different.

*chuckle* .. have Dover star as 'The Croc Hunter' .. combining both styles of talking. ^^ (Yes, I'm evil)

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

INTERJECTION = "CRIKEY!"
THAT.CROC = BEAUT

-TG

[kylet.livejournal.com]

Well, it says of the Nile. That doesn't necessarily mean ANCIENT Egypt, now, does it?

Not to say that's an original idea, but it's a little more flexibility.


V.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Hmm ... suddenly I have an idea with Brendan Fraser ...

-TG

[kylet.livejournal.com]

BTW, so can WE rant about Anubis then? ^.^


V.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

It's a free country! ;)

-TG

[susandeer.livejournal.com]

Reeeeesearrrrch! I guess I'm a freak, because I love research.

Ideas...ideas...Well, I could SO see Tiffany dressed as the Queen of the Nile with her buff counterparts fanning her and some of the other gals lounging with her by the river... There are other angles here, too... I wonder if they'd accept something along the lines of a Moses spoof? Hmm. I did a BAD (punwise) Anubis pic in a sketchbook a few years ago...wonder if I can tr4ack down the owner and have a rescan sent to me for some greyscale PS coloring.

Around the World in 80 Days... I'm a little stumped on this one, too. I guess it would help if I'd ever read the book or seen the movie. Maybe I'll do thst this weekend.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

DangerMouse: Good Lord -- that's Anubis!
Penfold: Well, he should be ashamed of himself. Get dressed, you!
DangerMouse: ...
DangerMouse: Not a nudist, Penfold!

-The Gneech

[panthras.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you've a tough decision to make, so many characters to play with from Egyptian mythology and doing one other than the big black jackal himself ^.^ But I do like the idea of a sorta adventuring/archeology concept, but the only '80 Days' thing I could think of has been said already, though it would be awesome to see Drezzer on a backdrop of rain-drenched London streets in gentleman's garb and cane ^.^

Good luck with making the decision, can't wait to see what you come up with =)

Pan

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine gave me a pretty good "Around the World" idea ... I'll probably go with it. :) Thanks, tho!

-TG

[susandeer.livejournal.com]

Oh, shoot! Great pic of Tiff, btw @:) Nice work on the snowsuit!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Thanks! =) And sorry to hear about your rough morning; those are never fun.

-TG

OK, here's another

[klepsydra.livejournal.com]

Send them a picture of one of those screens you get on VCL when the picture's been taken away because vcl_horrors has mocked it too much, and say "Sorry, inspiration not found. Must be a Pharaoh-Four error."

Re: OK, here's another

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Aaaaarrrrrrgggghhh! *shrivels up and dies*

-TG

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

Ideas for The Nile:

Tiffany as Cleopatra and Leonard as Marc Antony.
Tiffany as Isis.
Leonard as King Tut.

Tiffany as Pharaoh's Daughter and Leona as Anck Su Namun [from the Mummy]

Tiffany as Evy and Leonard as Rick from The Mummy [maybe with Leona as Imhotep in a sudden role reversal]

You could probably even get away with a little Stargate [original movie] crossovering here if you wanted to do a sci-fi inspired Nile thing. Drezzer in the role Jaye Davidson played, perhaps? *_*

Ideas for the 'Round the World in 80 Days
Leonard, Conrad, Dover, Eddie and Drezzer all sitting around the club in England before Leonard-as-Phineas makes the wager.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Tiffany as Evy and Leonard as Rick from The Mummy [maybe with Leona as Imhotep in a sudden role reversal]

That's not too far off from the idea I got from codyfrost's comment, actually... :)

-TG

Obligitory Freakazoid Reference

[wbwolf.livejournal.com]

"Come to Anubis Market! With food good enough to eat! Look for the sign of the jackal-headed man!"

[usagiweaver.livejournal.com]

Ya know... it may be cliche', but every time I think "Around the World in 80 Days" I get a mental image of a hot air balloon filled with people in period costumes. Sometimes someone is hanging off a rope dangling underneath.

[doodlesthegreat.livejournal.com]

Is it just me, didn't anyone else see the film "Jewel of The Nile?" Brendan in the Michael Douglas role, Tiffany as Kathleen Turner, and Drezzer in the Danny DeVito role?

Conversely, how about furry depictions of Gamal Abdu l-Nasser, Anwar Sadat, or Hosni Mubarak? Give modern Egypt it's due.

[kylet.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I DO remember that. Romancing the Stone was Better.

Say, wasn't Raiders of the Lost Ark in Egypt, too?


V.

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

You already have a really nice sketch, turn it into a complete piece! :)



-=TK

[trejaan.livejournal.com]

For "Around the World": you could have Leonard and Tiff popping out of a hole in the ground someplace strange (the Great Wall of China), looking at a map with puzzled looks and saying "I KNEW we shoulda taken that left turn at Albequerque!" ;)

[tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com]

Try getting a con badge or image made for a dog named Anubis :P My Boo-Boo is black and that's about where the resemblance ends. They see the word "Anubis" and the artist's brain apparently disengages.

If you're ever intersted in a challenge, I'd pay handsomely for a well-done anthro image of my service dog (who isn't even all black anyhow) provided you go NOWHERE near an Egyptian theme for him.

Have you thought about a crocodile god? I know there's one in the pantheon and crocodiles are hard to draw and rare.

Good Point

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Hopefully there'll be plenty of Ibises and Falcons to mix it up ^v^

[rhanlav.livejournal.com]

"Around the World in 80 Days"... Hmm. Why is it I can see Drezzer and Conrad in a balloon over Paris?

What about the Ibis-like Phoenix? You know the whole life/death thing... Or go with a sphinxie. They're cool. :) How about snakes? Or maybe Minnesota Purr-Rumble Lion and his assistant stealing the Ark? :D

[detailbear.livejournal.com]

This page (http://www.homevideos.com/revnclas/86b.htm) has a bunch of good stills of the Peter Ustinov version.