This is a read-only archive of the inkscapeforum.com site. You can search for info here or post new questions and comments at This is my first experiment with vector art. It was my entry for the Avatar contest over at Threedy forums. I tried to come up with something funny and original as I was entering the Comic category, but that didn't work too well for me. So I thought what the heck, a bit of corniness won't hurt (is that even a word?!!). After all, that's what comics are for. No?
Here's the story:
This story, dear friends, is about a poor artist with quite an exceptional talent. A descent man who believed in a day's work for a day's pay. His poverty never succeeded in swaying him away from his moral uprightness. Until that one night when he grew tired of the world and what it has turned into. A soulless machine that sucks the very blood out of good people such as himself. He vowed that he would pay the hideous monsters of greed and gluttony his food money no more. He set out to find a pirated version of Illustrator. That's when his computer screen flashed violently and an elderly creature who dressed like a monk sprung forth from it. He advised our friend not to succumb to the wicked ways of piracy, and offered him Inkscape as a suitable alternative. After days of learning and using it, the artist discovered the enlightening truth: Free software IS actually .. rubbish. "Screw that Gnu, I'm cracking Illy," he mumbled.
True Story
PS: I hope it doesn't offend you. It was created as self-mockery after all
Husam
