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Message no. 1
From: Wafflemiesters <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject: t-shirt art / stick figure / humour
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 04:54:55 -0600
Re: T-shirt quotes ("David E. Smith" , 6:15)

On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Gurth wrote:

[shadowy stick figures]
> Nice idea... I was thinking of different archetypes myself, for example a
> stick figure for "Street sam," one for "Mage," and so on, but
this sounds
> like a good one too. Now the trick is thinking of a way to show those
> different actions ("watch your back") as a stick figure. Any thoughts?

They'll probably have to be a bit more detailed than just simple lines.
"Watch your back" could be as simple as a mildly-fleshed-out figure
looking over his shoulder.

"Conserve ammo" could be the tricky one. Will they be captioned, or will
we leave the non-shadowrunners in the dark?

dave "wow, never thought that silly joke would be taken seriously... "

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"Conserve ammo" would be as simple as a bullet surrounded by the
"recycling" triple arrow (I'm assuming that's an international symbol)-
a really bad visual pun, I know.... (Does that work in other languages
?)
Easy to lift from current signage, too.

I think "watch your back" would be two figures back to back, guns up.
Or a large "eye" behind a figures back- again, easily lifted from
current signage in any safety catlogue.

"Never deal with a dragon" would IMO best be a "stick" dragon"
eating a
"stick" runner, head first. "Harder" art, but funny as hell, given the
first two.

HMM, I may work this up as a GIF, just for the hell of it.

Mongoose
Message no. 2
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: t-shirt art / stick figure / humour
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 20:32:40 +0100
Wafflemiesters said on 4:54/16 Mar 98...

> "Conserve ammo" would be as simple as a bullet surrounded by the
> "recycling" triple arrow (I'm assuming that's an international symbol)-
> a really bad visual pun, I know.... (Does that work in other languages
> ?)

I think most non-English languages use the English word (I know Dutch
does, but then we have too many English loan-words anyway).

> Easy to lift from current signage, too.

Yep. I like this idea, too.

> I think "watch your back" would be two figures back to back, guns up.
> Or a large "eye" behind a figures back- again, easily lifted from
> current signage in any safety catlogue.

Also a good idea, and easier to do than having a stick figure look over
its shoulder.

"Shoot straight" could be a gunsight on a stick figure's head.

> "Never deal with a dragon" would IMO best be a "stick"
dragon" eating a
> "stick" runner, head first. "Harder" art, but funny as hell,
given the
> first two.

For this one, though, I prefer the idea of having a runner and a dragon
stand next to each other, one giving something to the other (easy enough
to draw, if you can draw a stick dragon), and putting a cross through it,
or perhaps like a traffic sign: a circle around the picture and a diagonal
bar across it.

> HMM, I may work this up as a GIF, just for the hell of it.

Same here...

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Message no. 3
From: Drekhead <drekhead@***.NET>
Subject: Re: t-shirt art / stick figure / humour
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 15:24:55 -0500
On 16 Mar 98 at 20:32, Gurth wrote:

> For this one, though, I prefer the idea of having a runner and a
> dragon stand next to each other, one giving something to the other
> (easy enough to draw, if you can draw a stick dragon), and putting a
> cross through it, or perhaps like a traffic sign: a circle around
> the picture and a diagonal bar across it.

This is what I envisioned. I love you guys tossing my idea around.
I can't wait to see it.

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