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Jof's TARBOOK

frobushfrobush
edited May 2009 in Development
Stuff from my TARBOOKS! These books contain the designs, ideas and 'working out's whilst at Special FX Software. Included here are the roughs for Hudson Hawk, Batman, Silly Soccer (unreleased). Hardwar (changed to Hyperactive), Hysteria and just general day to day madness...

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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited April 2009
    Took you all night to put that together, right? ... I still don't believe you are Jonnathon Smifth.

    I did notice something interesting on the first page though ... but anyone and their hamster can draw a sheepdog ;-)
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited April 2009
    BTW ... when's Tarbook - Part 2 coming out?
  • mermanmerman
    edited April 2009
    Why so serious?

    This is cool, Jof. The sort of thing I'd love to see in Retro Gamer...
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited April 2009
    Do people honestly dont believe it if Joffa ?! Crazy

    Fascinating stuff seeing those
  • joefishjoefish
    edited April 2009
    The sad thing is, frobush genuinely believes he is Joffa.
    *sigh*
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  • beanzbeanz
    edited April 2009
    Who is joffa? I thought that was a biscuit with a fruity filling.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited April 2009
    I know for a fact that this tarball thing is a fake ... Jonathin Smifh never received a PhD, let alone finished high school ... Hah! Fakery of the highest order! The frontpage says Dr. so-and-so! How rude to the memory of Mr. Smithe! Plus, why would he write NEW when it's supposed to be 20 years old!
  • beanzbeanz
    edited April 2009
    Reminds me of the Hitler diaries fiasco.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited April 2009
    beanz wrote: »
    Reminds me of the Hitler diaries fiasco.

    Afrobush wrote those too? He's got too much thyme on his hands...
  • joefishjoefish
    edited April 2009
    beanz wrote: »
    Who is joffa? I thought that was a biscuit with a fruity filling.
    No, that's a Jaffa Cake.
    I think Joffa was the moody guard in Stargate..?
    Joefish
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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited April 2009
    joefish wrote: »
    No, that's a Jaffa Cake.
    I think Joffa was the moody guard in Stargate..?

    I always wondered what were in the Jaffa cakes...

    "The Jaffa are modified humans genetically engineered by the Goa'uld in antiquity to serve as soldiers and as incubators for their young."
  • dougburnsdougburns
    edited April 2009
    frobush wrote: »
    Stuff from my TARBOOKS!

    Sob, Sob!

    (Please tell me I've remembered something right! Something important ...)

    Actually, a quick glance at those books reminds me of your utter genius. Barking f*cking mad, mind, and a probable danger to yourself ;-) but talent lasts.
  • ArjunArjun
    edited April 2009
    Those artworks are a revelation of sorts. Not only a talented coder but a talented artist too by the looks of it. A very hard to find combination!
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  • FikeeFikee
    edited April 2009
    it would be nice see it as pdf book :)
    perhaps with a short commentaries

    btw. i believe he is the Joffa Smith (i want to believe... he was like rockstar for me when i was 13 )
  • dougburnsdougburns
    edited April 2009
    Fikee wrote: »
    i believe he is the Joffa Smith (i want to believe... he was like rockstar for me when i was 13 )

    Believe me, he is. rockstar? Oh, my word.

    (By the way, I'm not making fun of you, just poking fun at Jof. He can take it)
  • frobushfrobush
    edited April 2009
    More to come - Saucer stuff and videos of behind the scenes at Special FX.

    And I'll scan them all in the end - but just haven't the time or patience or good internet access anymore. When that will change is anybodys guess! I'll try and visit a couple of times each week.
  • freddyhardfreddyhard
    edited April 2009
    Fikee wrote: »
    it would be nice see it as pdf book :)
    perhaps with a short commentaries
    jez that'd take a bit of doing and since time and patience are on short supply it'll make for a lot of angry comments in the PDF document when completed!

    so what's wrong with the interweb connection? where i live we pay a minimum of 4 times the price (compared to anywhere in England) to get access to the outside, but we pay it just to get it. not that i'm suggesting you are not paying for interweb :rolleyes:

    EDIT: good images - will scrutinise later - doing work now...
  • frobushfrobush
    edited April 2009
    Another Tarbook - Some Saucer Stuff...

    I'll do a website with scanned images and comments soon!

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  • bcassbcass
    edited April 2009
    Fascinating. Look forward to seeing the complete scans. Oh, and I'd like to be the first to nominate Blimp as the next project.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited April 2009
    Genial genius!

    Only a crazy madman would waste as much time as this "Jof" user has ... and for what? Some crazy meaningless scribbles on paper ! ! !

    Suffice to say I wish JoeNathan Smythe would pop up and pop "Jof" a hefty one-two on each cheek! And a couple kicks on the other cheeks!
  • freddyhardfreddyhard
    edited April 2009
    i definitely love the images posted here, but unfortunately i'm finding it difficult to read the notes. i think they could be double the size for legibility. the compression level would probably be okay. i guess the camera takes larger images and you used a batch converter to take them down in size?
    these ones are fine, because it's a smaller note book.
  • frobushfrobush
    edited April 2009
    freddyhard wrote: »
    i definitely love the images posted here, but unfortunately i'm finding it difficult to read the notes. i think they could be double the size for legibility. the compression level would probably be okay. i guess the camera takes larger images and you used a batch converter to take them down in size?
    these ones are fine, because it's a smaller note book.

    The original images are huge and have been cut down by about 90%!

    I'll be able to use my terminal tomorrow (Friday 1st May) till Tuesday, so I'll be able to have access to my site (I've been using the local library and everything is blocked) and do a load of website updates and scans and stuff.
  • XTM of TMGXTM of TMG
    edited April 2009
    LOL! This picture here:
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    ... reminded me of the video in this topic:
    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19951

    I'm telling ya, Joffa works for Boston Dynamics at night ... when he is not busy photographing his latest dish.
  • freddyhardfreddyhard
    edited April 2009
    maybe he's ahead of his time. like the de vinci helicopter

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  • joefishjoefish
    edited April 2009
    Yes, what a perfectly viable working helicopter Da Vinci designed there...
    Joefish
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  • freddyhardfreddyhard
    edited April 2009
    so jofa isn't de vinci reincarnate?
  • NickHNickH
    edited April 2009
    freddyhard wrote: »
    so jofa isn't de vinci reincarnate?

    If he was, wouldn't that make his programs Da Vinci code?
  • jonathanjonathan
    edited April 2009
    NickH wrote: »
    If he was, wouldn't that make his programs Da Vinci code?

    As YS used to say...

    ...kindly leave the stage.

    :)
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  • frobushfrobush
    edited May 2009
    New site here.

    Scans up soon - but other stuff there for now! There'll be updates over the extended weekend and till Tuesday - then NOTHING for a while!

    Oh, and sod off! The lot of you!
  • frobushfrobush
    edited May 2009
    XTM of TMG wrote: »
    ...when he is not busy photographing his latest dish.

    Just be thankful that they are not before and after shots!

    This is Toilet Duck A L'orange (and rice)...

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