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FA's one-day banner for Towel Day, a sort of tribute to the late Douglas Adams.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_day
(I realize it came coincidentally in line with Memorial Day this year. It was in no way meant to be offensive or to belittle the meaning of that day to those of you who have served, or in my case, lost several close friends and loved ones in service to their country.)
Design PS: (Yes, the movie kinda went off course half-way through it, and heavily shunned by fans of the book, but Marvin's design in it was a better imo than the freaky kill-bot look'n thing from the BBC series.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_day
(I realize it came coincidentally in line with Memorial Day this year. It was in no way meant to be offensive or to belittle the meaning of that day to those of you who have served, or in my case, lost several close friends and loved ones in service to their country.)
Design PS: (Yes, the movie kinda went off course half-way through it, and heavily shunned by fans of the book, but Marvin's design in it was a better imo than the freaky kill-bot look'n thing from the BBC series.)
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Rule 34 stems from 4chan, and basically states that you can find porn about anything on the internet.
The general rule that you should always bring a towel just in case you do something stupid so at least people will say "Hey that guy/gal really knows where their towel is"
and rule 35 follows- "if porn of it does not exist it will be made"
he deliberately changes details between the different mediums (radio, book, tv show, movie)
so that the fans would nerd rage about "the new one not being true to the original"
Doesn't keep me from thinking the love story he wrote was crap and he sacrificed the personality of a good character to do it.
d.m.f.
HHGTTG fan since 1981- Radio, books, TV, books, radio, movie....
Towels become more important every day
(thank you so much for honoring Mr Adams awesomeness)
"linen sheets ... mmm"
Of course, true devotees would know that Doug Adams did the port to the movie, and was known to change the story from the book, to the radio play, to the BBC TV Series.
d.m.f.
(And I've heard, read and watched them ALL... :) )
this was the first one I saw of your work when it was on the front - page.
realy awsome
how did you drawed like this? it's realy cool.
keep on the realy good work of drawing
Towel Day: A Tribute to Douglas Adams
Monday May 14, 2001 06:00am PDT
Douglas Adams will be missed by his fans worldwide. So that all his fans everywhere can pay tribute to this genius, I propose that two weeks after his passing (May 25, 2001) be marked as "Towel Day". All Douglas Adams fans are encouraged to carry a towel with them for the day.
So long Douglas, and thanks for all the fish!
– D Clyde Williamson, 2001-05-14
Took me a while to go "....Oh yeah...."
*grabs a towel and raises his thumb up to the sky*
Nice homage.
nicely done
Hehe, Awesome banner. +fav for making me laugh.
I also love the idea of puttin Fender as Marvin. Once again, nice one!!
Anyone for a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster to celebrate a sucessful towel day?
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
*chuckles*
some one has to make a towel day rule #34 now >.>
R.I.P Douglas Adams
Pure and undiluted win XD
And Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast is hilarious.
Why not on his birthday, or the actual day of his death itself?
Shenanigans.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - I know it, but only through the BBC series.
"Drink up! The world is about to end."
And sometimes, with the local news... That's good advice.
i wore a towel to work yesterday, and there was indeed a few people wearing towels back. not to mention that towel came in handy so much! it rained, i used it as an mbrella, it got in the car, i cleaned it up, my butt hurt, i used it as a cushion. =3 douglas adams was a genious, he will be missed.
(Yo dawg, I herd u like pop culture, so we put a meme in your meme, so you can lol while you lol)
Also, there's the fact that it ends with a)Marvin being awesome, and b)a planet full of ghosts. No wonder Arthur left.
Eitheray keep up the good work, and hope to see some more of your char soon, always loved the style and design of him ^.^
Very nice!
Douglas Adams' humor was mostly in the writing, things that can't easily transfer to a movie. But yeah.
R.I.P. One of three of my favourite authors that are gone too soon.
I TOTALLY EXPECTED TO SEE CHEWBACCA AND DARTH VADER RUNNING AROUND TOWN WITH TOWELS BUT NOPE
Sorry to bring this up on here but people should just chill... and it's a well made banner, did D.A. justice quite well.
Just out of interest, if you've seen the TV series, have you, by any chance, heard the radio show?
keep up the pretties.
They just were not meant to go together. Ever!
Great banner by the way!
The book will forever remain a timeless, brilliant literary experience that should be required reading in school.
Then why not spend the day representing your close friends and loved ones who died instead of making a joke with the banner.
Not meaning to be rude or anything. If it was cancer awareness day or something I'd do something cancer-related to represent those who have/had cancer [in my case my mom and brother], not make a joke.
I love the cancer arguments though-- "What type of cancer" is my first response. You can't just generalize cancer into one fucking category! By that same line of thinking why isn't there a Flu-Death Awareness day? 40,000 a year die to that, yet we can cure that!!
And I FIRMLY believe that the phrase "don't make fun of" is COMPLETELY relevant to who in attendance can't take a joke. If you believe in an afterlife and can't take a fucking joke, than your God has issues. And if the afterlife is supposted to be the greatest damn thing to happen in EVAR- do you seriously think they still remember the living? (remembering the living = sorrow, afterlife has no sorrow. LOGIC ERROR)
TL;DR version:
"WHYiie SO SERIOUSss-SUH!"
I wouldn't make a Family Guy joke in the banner.
I'm not even going to argue about this anymore, it's stupid and ignorant
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vi.....legend-goes-on
Anyway... on to the actual banner...
I Lurvz it xD It's wicked awesome, and your style pulls it off great in combination. x3
I've read a good portion of the trilogy, but since my dad only had the first four, I didn't get to read the last one.
In any case, a fitting tribute to a awesome author. Or at least fitting for what site this is.
BUT ya know what the catcher is? Douglas Adams WROTE THAT EDITION (sure he wrote it nearly a decade before the movie was made, but he did it)
d.m.f.
Douglas Adams, the man was a genius.
You can play the game on his website. I must warn you, it's bound to get you yelling at the computer if your grammar is wrong when putting in commands.
Awesome art from awesome movie/book! ;3
Been reading the book but haven't finished it yet x3