People had questions so I'll answer them:
Hey, Strop, I'm going to ask you this once and for all.
Where do you get all your ideas? Because I barely have any, like fst6.
Something just pops into my head and I go DING! In this case this image sprang into my mind...it didn't exactly look like this but the theme was the same. Maybe that's because I've always wanted to draw something like this but never actually tried. Then I started remembering all these really cool ideas from other places which I've referenced. In a brief list, they are: Terminator, The Matrix, some concept art from Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion, among other things) and some of the random equipment you can find in a surgical theatre. I've actually incorporated medically significant anatomical markings into the picture (you'll see what I mean in the fullsize version), which adds a great deal of complexity.
In short, ideas come from exposure. But ultimately from curiosity.
and i have a question for strop about his "skizzilz".
did you use flash for your animated sig with the karate bunny, or some other program?
I actually hand-drew every frame in the GIMP and saved it as a .gif. I haven't installed flash yet so I don't know how it works.
How many contests has he won? xD
Ouch! xD
Klaus has come very close several times, in a way he's unlucky in that his stuff is consistently full of win but is often overlooked.
