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Published: 2007-07-24 00:05:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 2319; Favourites: 58; Downloads: 55
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Pun-art of 'Q' from Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, as the block-hopping retro classic Q*Bert.For such a small picture, this piece took a lot of working on! It's basically a reproduction of the Atari game box - the pyramid of cubes and various enemy characters on the box were reproduced in pixels. Then, Q was worked on in Expression, coloured in OpenCanvas, the shadow, blur and textures were worked on in GIMP, the two images (foreground and background) were combined, and the title text was overlaid. The box was put on to a background, the border and pixel text were added, and there it is!
I really ought to work on more fan-art of Q - he's a crazy neck-stepping mother fucker. "Urrrrgh!"
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FYI, this one's going on my wall for sure. Like, this weekend lol.
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Thank you for the heads-up! So, do you play a lot of fighting games, or just Street Fighter? Personally, I love them - I'm a huge fan of anything martial-arts related.
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[Clever combo, there!Β Q*Bert's such a cute character, and I'm becoming a bit more interested in Q from Street Fighter. 
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Thank you for the compliment and fave! Q is an excellent character; not my favourite of the Third Strike newcomers, but still great nonetheless.
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[You're very welcome.Β One of my RP partners is interested in introducing Q to our RP, and I'm excited to see what headcanons we'll come up about him. 
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*grins* Thank you, sir.
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No thank you! This is pure class!
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I don't know whether you've had a look through my gallery, but there's a lot of humorous fighting games related work in there... i'm a big fan of the genre, and i've lampooned it many a time.
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LMFAO, Q-Bert. That's the funniest thing, you deserve a gold medal for "Best Crossover Ever".
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If you like that piece, there's a load of that sort of humour in the gallery (a lot of it related to Street Fighter!) that you might find interesting. Puns are my fortΓ©, y'see... i'm not massively talented when it comes to the artistry, so mixing it with a bit of humour tends to go down well. If you're interested, you'll find the work in the 'Fan-Art' section of the gallery.
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Cool. Have you heard of Club Street Fighter?
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I can't say i have. Is it a DeviantArt-based club?
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Thank you, sir; nice to meet someone with a sense of humour, and fine taste in gaming.
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This 'Wins'. as the 'cool kids' say, for 2 very good reasons-
1) Q is easily my favorite character of the SF3 Bunch.
2) Q*Bert is a simple, hard, infuriating, but damned good fun game.
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I am partial to the odd match with Q myself, as i play with all the characters, but i'm not particularly skilled. I think being able to juggle the Deadly Double Combination into a high rush punch is about as far as i go. And i don't taunt either (guilt complex!), so i don't get his full power boost.
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*Blink, Blink*
I'm not sure if this is genius or insanity.
It made me laugh, and want to bang my head against the desk for a while. (Don't worry, I'm a trained professional head-smasher) So I'm not certain if I should praise the piece for the humour, or facepalm it for the bad, bad joke. Maybe I'll do both.
But kudos for thinking of the idea anyway, for good or ill...
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a) Genius or insanity, eh? Well, personally i'm fine with both.
b) As for the humour, if you have a look around the gallery, you may well see that i run on three modes; fan-art, boobs, and terrible puns.
c) Thank you for the compliments!
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Oh NICE. That definitely made me laugh, thanks man, I needed that.
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Not a problem, bro'! Pleased to be of service.
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Thankyou for the compliments, man. Also, thankyou for the +fav!
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*grins* Hurrah! I'm pleased you like the piece - Third Strike players with a sense of humour are very much appreciated 'round this way.
While i'm writing to you, i thought i'd mention that i had a look through the gallery - you're clearly a talented artist, Rick!
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Aww, thanks! Yeah, I totally love Third Strike. I'm considering doing a Q cosplay sometime, actually!
For some reason, I never did think of Q Bert. Ever. XD
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Q cosplay, eh? Sounds great! I'm not really a huge fan of cosplay in general, but walking around in a trenchcoat and mask breathing like Darth Vader is cool whether you're a fan of the game or not.
So, who do you play as? I'm a Gouki SA1 and Dudley SA1/3 man, m'self.
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I really try to play with a whole bunch of people. I'm fairly alright with Yang and Dudley, and I'm trying to work on Remy and Q.
WIth a little screwing around, I managed to get a near 40-hit combo with Dudley. Mostly practice mode shenanigans though. XD;
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A Yang player, eh? Wicked - can't remember the last time i played against.. well, any Yang players, to be honest. And Dudley... well, clearly you're a man of taste. The Duds is a legend, and no mistaking it - i should play as him more, but i'm more comfortable with Gouki. And, seeing as i play against the computer more than i play against human opponents, my strats for Dudley don't really work too well against an opponent who can parry on a sixpence (so to speak!).
Remy and Q, you say? Interesting. I'm not a charge player (maybe a little bit with Blanka, but Guile and Charlie are real non-starters for me), but i can see the potential in both characters... not hugely keen on the Remy character design, but as you've already seen i'm a paid-up member (metaphorically speaking!) of the Q fan club... wicked supers, and mixing up the dashes can be crazy cool.
I don't know whether you play online, but perhaps we could have a game on Kaillera at some point - you're clearly a cut above the usual taunt spammers and win counters, and it'd be an honour to throw down with you.
And and AND, 40 hits with the Duds? Much respect, sire!
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I think my record is about 38 hits. It's a complete bitch to do (and isn't practical in an actual fight), but if done properly, it's very showy for a man of dignity and taste. Even rich snobs can be cocky once in a while!
One of my goals, ever since I was a kid, is to try to master all the fighters of a particular game. I can do a little bit with every character, but generally I've always found that versatility is a player's greatest asset.
(Secret with Remy: A lot of people will jump at you to begin the match. Hit him with his flash kick and they'll eat this every time. Even though I lost at an anime convention tourney, they always ate this at the beginning of the match. >=3)
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Wicked stuff! It may be impressive, but not showy - that's more Ken's thing. And yes, i agree with you that versatility is very important - i can play a little with everyone, but i wouldn't stray away from Gouki or the other Shotos for a tournament.
An animΓ© convention tourney, eh? Well, don't be too hard on yourself, a lot of convention-goers are retards anyway. And if they keep falling for the same move to open, chances are it was more that you weren't expecting the tactics as opposed to them actually being skilled at the game. From our convos, i've got this impression that you're quite a talented player, so put it down to experience and keep on rockin'.
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Thanks, man. I'm not as skilled as I'd like to think, but I can know my way around a character after a few times.
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BWAHAHHAHAHA!
oh man you just brightened my day. and i was feeling pretty crappy too.
ty for that
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Q-bert was a fun game. I remember having it on one of those oldschool shitty apple computers too. They should come out with Q-bert on the Xbox live arcade.
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thats great!! why didnt i think of these awsome ideas!?
Q-bert was one of my fav games on the ATARI.
kept me entertained for hours. very nice!
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its awsome! though it made me thing of the villian fromt he first fantastic four movie. (i can't think of his name, though i know it will come to me after this is on.)
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Haven't seen the movie myself, but is it Doctor Doom? Thankyou for the compliments, and also thankyou for the +fav!
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i just remembered it after i hit send.
and no prob bud
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