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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#1: Feb 12th 2011 at 4:30:11 PM

This is not even a dissimile. It is just a picture of something else. What do you think?

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
joeyjojojuniorshabadoo Since: Nov, 2010
#2: Feb 12th 2011 at 4:34:31 PM

This isn't even the only page that does this is it? I distinctly remember another gore-related page having an unrelated image.

Anyway, I agree, all, for lack of a better term, Relax-o-Vision images need to go.

edited 12th Feb '11 4:34:37 PM by joeyjojojuniorshabadoo

INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#4: Feb 12th 2011 at 4:36:21 PM

If we can't have an image on the page, that's one thing, but this has to go.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#5: Feb 12th 2011 at 4:41:51 PM

[up][up][up] As far as I know, this is the only page with an image that is completely unrelated to the trope. Nightmare Face used to have a picture of a kitten face, and Blood Bath has a picture of Marilyn Monroe taking a bubble bath (although the consensus seems to be that an actual example would be better). Whether or not it is ever a good idea to have a "like this, but not" image, this one isn't even that, it is just something else.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#6: Feb 12th 2011 at 5:01:31 PM

Whether or not it is ever a good idea to have a "like this, but not" image, this one isn't even that, it is just something else.

This is best point to make here.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#7: Feb 12th 2011 at 5:05:08 PM

What about a comparison of two comic book covers, like this one (the one on the left) contrasted with a Silver Age cover like this, showing another Green Lantern in a vaguely similar situation (i.e., getting beaten by a space babe) decades earlier?

The recent cover is still relatively mild (and at least every comic book cover would be designed with the idea that kids might see it), but obviously there's a difference.

edited 12th Feb '11 5:06:14 PM by suedenim

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INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#8: Feb 12th 2011 at 5:06:04 PM

Well, maybe in the other order, but that would definitely work.

Infinite Tree: an experimental story
suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#9: Feb 12th 2011 at 5:07:08 PM

Oh, yeah, the idea would be a vertical two-shot, with the Silver Age cover on top, the modern one following.

Jet-a-Reeno!
ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#11: Feb 12th 2011 at 6:32:53 PM

The reason I put the kitten up was because I was worried an actual example would scare some people away from this site ("Great, first they gross me out with Fetish Fuel, and now this."). But if a proper picture isn't too gross, it could still work.

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CBanana Tall, Dark and Bishoujo Since: Jan, 2001
#12: Feb 12th 2011 at 7:12:24 PM

Something similar to the picture we have on gorn would work well.

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shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#13: Feb 12th 2011 at 7:17:28 PM

The page doesn't have to be that bloody and gory. It needs to be a comparison between two bits of the same work with one more bloody and gory than the other.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#14: Feb 12th 2011 at 7:48:44 PM

God, I wish the the relevant content in the first picture was at a better scale.

Number 1 and Number 2

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shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#16: Feb 12th 2011 at 8:05:33 PM

[up][up] Very nice.

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suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#17: Feb 12th 2011 at 8:31:21 PM

Running with that idea, but with the direct inspiration for the latter page, and with the latter in its full-page art, preserving the original composition:

Jet-a-Reeno!
shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#18: Feb 12th 2011 at 8:33:22 PM

[up] Ok, that's even better. Great contrast with the same characters in the same poses.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
The Other Troper
#19: Feb 12th 2011 at 8:51:42 PM

Just crop a little on the sides, and more on the tops and bottoms, so the relevant points are centered.

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Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
Cure Candy
#20: Feb 12th 2011 at 8:52:32 PM

It can be a lot smaller than that though on the page. maybe 200 pixels across.

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shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#21: Feb 12th 2011 at 8:53:51 PM

The layout is fine. Centring the images is bad for art reasons, and it because it means that the eye doesn't focus on them as well.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#22: Feb 12th 2011 at 8:54:30 PM

[up][up][up]I wouldn't do that, myself - I think it's more important to preserve the original composition. I know everybody might not share the same concerns, but "unnecessary overcropping" is one of the things that Just Bugs Me.

Shimaspawn explains it well, too. I don't like to do that sort of thing unless it's absolutely necessary (e.g., to make lettering legible.)

edited 12th Feb '11 8:57:22 PM by suedenim

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#23: Feb 12th 2011 at 8:57:42 PM

They should be made smaller, anyway; both are over 330 pixels wide.

ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#24: Feb 12th 2011 at 9:00:25 PM

Put them side by side. They're both tall and skinny, so they should manage.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#25: Feb 12th 2011 at 9:02:32 PM

By the way, mentioning the "if the lettering is messed up" problem made me realize the above image is a pretty crappy scan. Here's a better one:

Jet-a-Reeno!

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