Pharyngula

Posted by: dbpitt | February 17, 2006 7:25 PM

Are you cross-eyed like Simpsons you?
Also, is it common for Minnesotans to read a book while standing in the middle of a frozen lake?

Posted by: Joe Shelby | February 17, 2006 8:20 PM

ack. they need a long-hair pony tail for men.

Posted by: Gary Farber | February 17, 2006 11:56 PM

Definitely needs many more options. The above picture is abou as close to me as it is to you, P.Z., and we don't, I think, look that similar. Good idea, needs much expansion.

"...they need a long-hair pony tail for men."

And given Comic-Book Guy, you'd think this wouldn't be a problem.

"How'd you save the image?"

By clicking the "print" button, like the instructions say? Under where it says "and click below."

Posted by: Kazim | February 18, 2006 6:32 AM

If you're on a Windows machine, try hitting "alt+prt scr" to save the window image to the clipboard.

Then go to your favorite graphic editor (MS Paint if you can't think of anything else) and paste (ctrl+v)

Posted by: Steve Sutton | February 18, 2006 8:45 AM

Yeah, more options are definitely needed. It's not as good as the South Park one, but it's not that bad.

Posted by: Gary Farber | February 18, 2006 4:50 PM

"My South Park maker came out much closer than the Simpson's one."

I may be wrong, as I've never really thought about it much, but my initial thought is that, in fact, the range of character design styles is, in fact, more limited in The Simpsons than in South Park. At first consideration, at least, it seems to me that Simpsons charcters fit a considerably narrower set of design specs. For instance, although I keep my beard very closely trimmed, the only parts I shave are just a tiny bit on the cheeks; that simply doesn't exist in Simpsons design specs, so a modeller that was more faithful to me would be less faithful to the Simpsons.

And similarly regarding noses, head shapes, lips, etc. Basically, at first glance (I keep saying this, because I want to be prepared when someone points out with cites that I'm all wrong :-)), South Park characters come in a considerably wider variety of styles. (Given how many years later South Park was created, and how much cheaper it was to do animation, this is not illogical, although it may also simply be as much Matt Groening's design preferences versus Parker and Stone's; but if you look back at the original Simpsons bumpers from the Tracey Ullman show, or even further back at Life In Hell, well, I adore Matt Groening's stuff (and really enjoyed meeting him circa 1983 at a tiny party at Vonda McIntyre's), range of drawing skill isn't what I'd highlight as one of his major strengths.

I have no idea just now if Parker and Stone even draw at all, or just write and describe what they want. I suppose a little Googling is in order.

Posted by: mjones | February 23, 2006 6:35 AM

I can't seem to get anywhere using my Mac. But I can't believe that the Simpsons are only a PC phenomenon!