Cel Shading - by jedi

**jedimaster86** · 08-09-2005, 03:38 AM

The other day i was cel shaded.
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This began while i was walking in the streets of NY; a stange man came up to me and asked me if i wanted to be cel shaded. I tried to ignore him, and walk past; however this strange man kept up with me and continued to ask me the same question over and over and over and over. Quickly, i hailed a taxi and after 3 minutes of waiting with the strange man by my side no taxi's came to my rescue. I once again tried to loose him in the crowded streets that mapped the large city. The strange man seemed to have his ways of zen'ing through the crowds, and as i came to a clearing I saw his pudgy face come out of the crowd and head in my direction. "Do you wish to become cel shaded?" he continued to as, and finally I answered "What the hell are you talking about, you freak! Stay away from me or i'll have to hurt you." I knocked his glasses off his face and began to sprint away from his location. In a swift motion I slipped into one of the many large buildings and quickly headed over to one of the glass elevators. Stepping in, I pressed the roof button and with a hum the elevator sped up to the top of the buidling. As the doors opened up I stepped out onto the rocky ground that consisted of the roof. I walked over near the edge, and gazed out upon the sights and sounds of the city, hoping to be able to spot the strange man while also trying not to be seen myself. Alas, he was not spotted and I felt myself grow calmer that I had left this odd person in the dust. What the heck was he talking about anyways, asking if I wanted to be cel shaded? What kind of person would want to subject themselves to possible torture and pain only to be placed into the freak circus? Suddenly, a large deep devilish-voice blasted from the sky "YOU SHOULDN"T HAVE DONE THAT!" and without warning I felt the roof below me begin to shake. The entire buidling seemed to be falling apart, and I was right on the scene of the disaster. "HELP! HELP!" I screamed off the side of the buidling, but to my surprise i saw no cars, people,building, or even a ground in sight. Where exactly was I? What higher power is playing with my mind here? The buidling below me instead of vanishing simply disappeared, and I found myself falling towards the ground, well, towards the abyss. It felt like I was falling forever, and suddenly I just stopped. Silence and nothingness surrounded me, and this time there was nowhere to run, to hide. I was at the mercy of a greater source which had me at its will. In the distance I saw a tiny speck that appeared to be moving in my direction. I tried to run in the opposite direction, but as I looked behind the figure only seemed to be traveling faster at me. As my breath grew heavy, I stopped to rest, and the figure was now recognizable. It was the strange man that I had seen earlier, who had asked if I had wished to become cel shaded. It was finally realisant that I had no choice, it was my destiny to become a cartoon, as strange as that may sound. The man walked up to me and said, "Subject B2IK9D5GP68, you have been chosen for cel shade testing. Please follow me to the operating room. I grudgingly followed him without speaking a word, and a bright light flashed into my eyes as we stepped into what appeared to be some type of laboratory. He instructed me to lie down on the operating table, and I followed suit. As he stood over me, he said "Please lie motionless and and just try to relax. We shall be injecting you with general anesthetics to try to easy your body and mind." I felt a pin***** in my arm, and suddenly I felt my eyelids growing heavier, and heavier, and heavier........

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"Hey Bob," said Joe, who was sitting by a computer and sipping on a Coke, "have you finished doing that one cel shading thing the boss wanted you to do?"
"Almost, I just have to finish some of the textures in the lighting patterns, and then our hero shall be finished," replied Bob.
"All right, cool. D'ya think the public will like this game, some of them hated the cel shading in that Zelda: Windwaker game."
"Hey, all we have to do is name this character something more realistic so that the public can connect more with the characters emotions. I was thinking of Mike Moss. It rolls off the tongue, and it sounds like it could be a real person."
"Hmmm, Mike Moss. Sounds like a guy who will have to wear all green and grow on the north side of a tree."
"Haha, mayb we can call the game 'Moss: The Defender of the Forest'."
"Yuck, that title bites. Good think you became an animator and not one of those idea dudes in Sector C," Joe jokingly said.

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**Nubli** · 08-09-2005, 04:40 AM

Paragraphs are your friend =)

**jedimaster86** · 08-09-2005, 04:46 AM

sorry i don't like paragraphs; splits up the writing too much for my tastes lol. i just figured may as well use this section if we have one, so there.

**Nubli** · 08-09-2005, 04:54 AM

Originally Posted by jedimaster86

sorry i don't like paragraphs; splits up the writing too much for my tastes lol. i just figured may as well use this section if we have one, so there.

Yarr, interesting just the same =p

**WarriorOfD2X** · 08-13-2005, 05:34 AM

intresting story.

**Bloodangel26** · 08-13-2005, 05:40 AM

i have to agree that this would be much easier to read if it were paragraphed...

**Crimson_Brilliance010** · 08-13-2005, 06:01 AM

i dont understand it i do yet i dont

**Bloodangel26** · 08-13-2005, 06:03 AM

is the first part supposed to be one of the guys in the second part dreaming?

**jedimaster86** · 08-13-2005, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by Bloodangel26

is the first part supposed to be one of the guys in the second part dreaming?

The person who was eventually cel shaded, the "I", is the person who one of the guys after the asterisks has just finished cel shading, and he names it Mike Moss (yes that is my name, Mike Moss, there it's out; just don't stalk me). Think of that first part as me trying to escape from the stange man who represents a cyber version of the man who cel shades me (in the real world), and I am just part of a computer world trying to escape from that "higher power" (once again the man who cel shaes me in the real world). That's basically it, i was just writing stuff as i thought up of it, hence the lack of paragraphs since my mind didn't take a break, it just kept on going.