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eedwardgrey3 Since: Jun, 2011
#1: Mar 19th 2014 at 1:08:08 PM

Current picture woulde be JAFAAC if not for the text.

Suggested alternative:

350:

For history geeks it's Pepin the Short, father of Charlemagne dethroning the last Merovingian king.

edited 19th Mar '14 1:08:58 PM by eedwardgrey3

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#2: Mar 19th 2014 at 2:04:17 PM

Might be red paint, but if I wasn't aware of Jagar Tharn's role in The Elder Scrolls: Arena, I'd probably assume it was just a benevolent (if intimidating) mage king taking the throne after months of preparation.

On the other hand, suggestion is artifacted to Hell and back. :\\ It'd be a good image if it weren't for that...

edited 19th Mar '14 2:05:28 PM by ShadowHog

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#3: Mar 19th 2014 at 2:06:59 PM

The suggestion is better than the current.

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#4: Mar 19th 2014 at 2:26:14 PM

I definitely favor the suggestion over the current.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#5: Mar 19th 2014 at 4:10:51 PM

What is up with the quality, though?

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#6: Mar 19th 2014 at 6:02:17 PM

I likewise prefer the new pic.

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Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#7: Mar 19th 2014 at 6:06:38 PM

Suggestion is much better. Quality is meh, but it's a huge improvement. Where did you find it? Tineye shows nothing.

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#8: Mar 19th 2014 at 10:40:45 PM

It's an improvement despite the quality.

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eedwardgrey3 Since: Jun, 2011
#9: Mar 19th 2014 at 10:55:22 PM

[up][up]It's from Van nul tot nu basically the Dutch Horrible Histories.

I can send the original scan if somebody knows how to improve the quality

edit: looks like the original scan had pretty much the same quality. Gonna see if I can get a better one.

edit, attempt at improvement:

edited 20th Mar '14 1:51:42 PM by eedwardgrey3

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#10: Mar 20th 2014 at 2:17:47 PM

Still very poor.

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#11: Mar 20th 2014 at 3:47:45 PM

[up] True, but it's a lot better than the OP version...it's good enough for me pending something else.

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#12: Mar 20th 2014 at 3:51:11 PM

The lines are better, but the color is worse. If those are the only two choices, I prefer the OP version.

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#14: Mar 21st 2014 at 5:05:09 AM

The OP is overall better than the second attempt, but the border was very uneven. So I removed all that crap from the OP and created a new border.

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#16: Mar 21st 2014 at 2:37:54 PM

[tup]#14 for me as well.

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#17: Mar 21st 2014 at 3:45:19 PM

It's still kind of blurry, though.

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#18: Mar 21st 2014 at 9:01:07 PM

I can't fix that. What I did I feel is more than good enough. Only way to improve is to set the DPI higher when scanning. But if you can't get a better quality scan, I'm not complaining.

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#19: Mar 22nd 2014 at 5:34:57 AM

Supporting 14. It's a lot better than the current picture.

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#20: Mar 22nd 2014 at 6:11:48 AM

Didn't realize that merely changing the border could significantly improve the overall quality of the image.

[tup] for 14

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#21: Mar 30th 2014 at 5:41:19 AM

Bump for [tup]. So, what's the source?

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#22: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:20:42 AM

14 for me, too. Source is Van Nul Tot Nu.

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#23: Mar 30th 2014 at 7:35:35 AM

Or to be more precise, ComicBook.Van Nul Tot Nu, a Dutch comic Too bad it's a Red Link. Doesn't seem to be too well-known to English speakers, considering the Wikipedia page is in Dutch. That's a shame. I don't know why, but I keep imagining Pepin the Short being voiced by Wallace Shawn.

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#25: Apr 21st 2014 at 5:19:17 AM

I think the suggestion is really good, and the current sucks. Really easy choice here. This one should have been decided weeks ago.

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