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Published: 2013-04-04 16:02:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 207434; Favourites: 7326; Downloads: 6423
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Sheriff Landers has caught up to Old Redd, who made off in a steam rocket with a barrel of Mrs. Clark’s moonshine. Redd is being charged with theft, assault with a firearm, and improper conduct in the presence of a lady. He is facing up to 20 years in prison, a twelve dollar fine, and a belly full of buckshot.The sheriff is venting plasma from his right arm pretty badly, but he’ll be fine if he can get this shot off and incapacitate the red giant so he can tend to his wound. But the question is: can he hit a large, bright, stationary target in the open from less than 7 meters away with a shotgun?
Only time will tell (SPOILER: the answer is yes).
Landers & Redd are both specimens of a space-faring people I call "Novakid," which is a no-good race of humanoid gas-bags. If you want to read more about them, I made an info dump full of fake facts in a thread here: [link]
I came up with this idea by looking as ~Suweeka ’s sketch of aliens , and then from listening to too much Old Joe Clark . Then I was like "OMG PUT COWBOY HAT ON STAR PEOPLE" and lo and behold, it was done. The space genre can only benefit from more cowboys, in my opinion.
This was a fun exercise in lighting. At one point I was thinking to myself "wait, if these guys are glowing, why isn't any light showing through their clothes?" and then I settled for their clothes being made of lead or something. I'm sure there's tons of bad science in this picture, like coats and gases billowing in a near-vacuum.
Made in Flash (characters & train) & SAI (background)
UPDATE: these guys are goin' into a game! Yeehaw!
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Wait... JohnSu of the Firefall dev team created the iconic concept of the Novakid in Starbound? This is was to coincidental... See i was "King" of the Firefall forums and one of the old community members from way back in the day, and i always got a chuckle out of your arts back then like the Drowning to Respawn in town comic. And i was also "King" on the Starbound forums, as well as the Former Admin of their community, so i should have known that you did this art but i never made the connection. But yeah its crazy coincidental that ide come across you in 2 seperate games where your doin art stuff and im doin community stuff. Basiclly i was trying to remeber your name the other day (dont hate me im terrible with remebering things, and i hated myself for forgetting your name) when i was thinking about that firefall comic i mentioned, and today CeeCee Smith (former Firefall lady) posted a screenie of the "Special Thanks" section of the credits on firefall and BAM there was your name and it made me remeber. The by the magic of the internet i found this place and was lookin at your arts and saw this art and here we are now. God that was alot to type, i need a nap... i dont even remember what i was getting at... D:
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Thank you, my liege! You honor me with your words.
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Why haven't they implemented the race yet! QAQ
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They're busy working on the core of the game!
But in the mean time, I've implemented the race: community.playstarbound.com/in…
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Awesome! thanks! It was actually that race that made me want to play in the first place.
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So you are "Bietol"? That's insanely awesome! I've been following you for a while and randomly ran into Novakids when looking (back) into Starbound. After seeing this art and hearing the Novakid Theme I am completely in love with them! Great job to everyone involved!
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Thanks! I'm looking forward to their official release as well!
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You don't need logic or science when you put a cowboy hat on a star person. Great work!
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How did you do the smoke/steam effect for the train in adobe flash?
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So you're the one responsible for this awesome addition to the game.
Fuckin A man
noice
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This sounds Gainax.
HAVE IT MADE!
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Holy gas, you made this picture?! I've been keeping up with Starbound for a while now, but had no idea this was your creation! 
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Here's a question: if their memory and attention span is so short then how do they remember they have families, or mates, or children? And how can they even have enemies amongst themselves without forgetting one another an hour later? Or really, how would one even remember how to operate a ship?
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answer: it's not that short.
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Ah. XD then how short do you say? How long can they maintain memory of something?
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Same as you or me. I'm really not sure where this idea of them having short memory comes from. It may have been a misunderstanding on the part of Chucklefish.
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Yeah, their description of them over there said they have extremely short memories and attention spans and that they don't pass on their learnings so their kids don't know any major technologies or breakthroughs in learning their parents generation might have had and that any major thing they learn is forgotten and is constantly rediscovered and lost again which is why they're slow to progress socially and technologically. XP
Me and my friends like Role playing our starbound characters so i figured i'd get my info from the guy who made them rather then the site. Creators tend to have more to say about their creations, hope you don't mind the questions.
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No problem!
I made a post on this in the Novakid thread that might be helpful for characterizing them: community.playstarbound.com/in…
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XP couple more questions, sorry!
As they grow up do they just look like mini versions of adults after they grow a little from their protokid stage? And do Protokid float?
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Yes, and no, they do not float.
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Alrighty! Thanks for answering my questions, sorry about bugging you.
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Ooo! That helps a lot, much appreciated.
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They probably just have short memory of old stuff and Technology besides Ships.
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Wow, this is amazing ^.^ Also, great to see that they did make it into Starbound!
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This is awesome. I saw this picture on EpicNetwork Music channel for Coyote Kisses- Six Shooter and I was awesome.
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OK. Now I have to buy Starbound just to play as these guys. Really impressive work!
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I feel like the concept has far more potential than what its being used for. These should be characters in an awesomenauts western add-on or something.
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Wait... are you telling me that you made these character THEN they went into a game?
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That's how it went!
Technically they are not available yet (beta), but they will be on release.
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. . I don't know why. But for some reason. I think Sherrif Landers is pretty hot [pun not intended, or maybe it is].
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Also when I look at this I also think of Wild West Hero by ELO.
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quote[his was a fun exercise in lighting. At one point I was thinking to myself "wait, if these guys are glowing, why isn't any light showing through their clothes?" and then I settled for their clothes being made of lead or something. I'm sure there's tons of bad science in this picture, like coats and gases billowing in a near-vacuum.]quote
It looks so much better this way
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Oh huh, didnt know you invented the Novakids, planning to use one for my character when the games comes out, so thanks!
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No problem! I hope they turn out well!
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i love the concept behind the novakid, and the starbound explanation of them just makes them cooler.
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You didn't originally make it just for the game?
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It was primarily for the game, but I also wanted it to be able to stand alone as an illustration since I wasn't counting on it actually being adopted by the devs.
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Apparently the image itself was reuploaded onto the Starbound site instead of linking to the one from here. The watermark is still there though.
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How the heck could you make this amazingness in an animation program? Awesome pic tho.
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