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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 34 | | number = 34 | ||
| date = November 9, 2005 | | date = November 9, 2005 | ||
| title = Flowers | | title = Flowers | ||
+ | | before = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Flowers Original title</span>]: '''Wednesday's Drawing - Flowers'''</big></big> | ||
| image = flowers.jpg | | image = flowers.jpg | ||
− | | titletext = This is actually pencil on paper, just inverted and colored | + | | titletext = This is actually pencil on paper, just inverted and colored<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Flowers Original caption</span>]: Original drawing is pencil on graph paper.<br>Bonus points if you can identify the flowers. 'cause I sure can't. |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | This was the thirtieth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[30: Donner]], and the next one was [[29: Hitler]]. | |
− | + | This is a drawing of flowers made by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. According to the title text and the original caption on the LiveJournal post, he originally drew the flowers with a pencil on a white sheet of paper. Then, he used the invert feature of a photo-editing program to reverse it from black-on-white to white-on-black and colored to the flowers. The image below gives a good approximation of what the original drawing might have looked like. He also says the flowers are based on his imagination and aren't a real species. | |
− | + | <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:flowers_inverted.jpeg|thumb|none|250px|An inverted and monochrome version of the comic, made to mimic the original.]]</li></ul></div> | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A sketch of flowers, drawn in red and | + | :[A sketch of flowers, drawn in green, red, and yellow on a black background.] |
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Latest revision as of 12:31, 5 November 2023
Flowers |
Original title: Wednesday's Drawing - Flowers |
Title text: This is actually pencil on paper, just inverted and colored Original caption: Original drawing is pencil on graph paper. Bonus points if you can identify the flowers. 'cause I sure can't. |
Explanation[edit]
This was the thirtieth comic originally posted to LiveJournal. The previous one was 30: Donner, and the next one was 29: Hitler.
This is a drawing of flowers made by Randall. According to the title text and the original caption on the LiveJournal post, he originally drew the flowers with a pencil on a white sheet of paper. Then, he used the invert feature of a photo-editing program to reverse it from black-on-white to white-on-black and colored to the flowers. The image below gives a good approximation of what the original drawing might have looked like. He also says the flowers are based on his imagination and aren't a real species.
Transcript[edit]
- [A sketch of flowers, drawn in green, red, and yellow on a black background.]
Discussion
Instructions for photoshop editing is quite irrelevant here, I think. The comic itself is just a drawing of flowers, and hardly needs much explanation (if any). –St.nerol (talk) 18:21, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
- Correct. I'm working on this comic because you did not;)--Dgbrt (talk) 22:38, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
- Shit, shit, shit... as Randall would say, but finally I could upload my edit. It's still not complete.--Dgbrt (talk) 00:54, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
- As I remember it, I removed the "explanation" that was, which wasn't popular. So I just let it be... ––St.nerol (talk) 10:23, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
- Check the history, your edit was reverted. When you have problems with some pages do not only tell us what's wrong, just try to give an better explanation. Without a new solution these discussions are meaningless. Everybody is doing mistakes, but the magical word is UPDATE not DELETE.--Dgbrt (talk) 13:56, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Dgbrt, I did not remove content, I removed redundancy. One sentence about graph paper instead of three. Clearer, shorter wording about botany and picture editing, but no less informative. - Frankie (talk) 20:57, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Frankie, you did remove the incomplete tag. We still have to review pages like this. But your enhancements are welcome!--Dgbrt (talk) 21:13, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Uhh, the title text is just an explanation, it isn't a reference to anything... You guys really try to squeeze stuff out of nothing 141.101.98.33 20:13, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
- I dont see how the title text could be a reference to anything, maybe because of the two words "this is" ?... I'm really not convinced. I would be okay if the sentence began with "This is *not*". 173.245.49.124 23:28, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
The red flowers kind of look like trillium erectum. Just saying. 1234231587678 (talk) 16:48, 27 January 2024 (UTC)