I love your SF stuff - this is so cool!
I was playing with this for a while...
Made in Inkscape. This would be a wall placard indicating "where you are".
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When I saw the initial shape it really seemed like a portion of a larger, circular shape...
Though I don't really know how "urban" this is...
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Last edited by RobA; 10-24-2008 at 08:14 PM. Reason: added comment on "urban"
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Clean and perfect. But that's redundant since all of his stuff is. Well done. I loves me a twist and I like the sectional thing here.
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This is neat enough to be whimsical. Its really fresh and very clean.
Nice work.
Sigurd
My immediate thought was something out of PARANOIA or maybe something you would look up in the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy ....
Supberb work YodA
Original and quite cool! Nice job RobA.
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Excellent approach!
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Absolutely great. I can see a use for this in my own SF games.
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