Hello, I've been a bit of a lurker around your forums for a while, and while I don't have a pet cephlaopd, I do like them, and I am pleased to see that the members of this forum really love and take excellent care of the animals in their charge. 8) I particularly like Ink (he's really handsome) and the story about the iguana that put its tail in the tank. :lol: I personally would be heartbroken to have an pet that only lasted a year, but maybe one day I will get one, although I've never kept a saltwater tank, and they are notoriously difficult and expensive if you live as far inland as I do. Maybe one day though. 8)

Anyway, the reason I created an account finally is to share with you a funny story from Halloween, that I thought you might like.

I was at school and I had forgotten that the school's halloween party was starting straight after class at 5 pm! :shock: So I got an idea and over lunch I went town to the closest dollar store and bought scissors and tape and rubber bands and plastic garbage bags and got busy. I thought the result was pretty funny, even though no one got it and I had to explain to every one what I was! But I thought you all might like it too:

click here (http://www.members.shaw.ca/nickyart6/Squid.jpg)

:jester: A squid! Well *I* got a kick out it anyway! 8)

Anyway, nice to meet ya all! You can call me Archie for short if you like. 8) (and yes, I know I use too many smilies) :oops: 8)

:welcome: to TONMO.com, uh, Archie. :) How long have you been lurking?

:heee: for your costume.

8) art, especially your SKELETAL COMPARASON OF HORSE AND HUMAN (http://www.members.shaw.ca/nickyart/Art/Jumping.htm) and Horses Skeleton (http://www.members.shaw.ca/nickyart/Comp/HorseSkelly.htm). :thumbsup: (bones are cool)

BTW, you didn't use too many smilies. :mrgreen:
Certain folks here are much worse. :wink: :roll: :cheers: :D

:welcome:

Hello! Thanks for the compliment on the art and the costume! I think I must have thought of it cause I must have subliminally rememberd the part of exibit at the Smithsonian where they were talking about squid clothing: click here (http://archie.focalstudios.com/SquidClothes.jpg), which is a funny little thing on the wall that is part of their architeuthis exibit. :mrgreen:

Here's another cool thing from it, a squid's BEAK Click here (http://archie.focalstudios.com/SquidBeakSmall.jpg) :shock: That was very big but I don't think it was Architeuthis, but one of the smaller of that type. (Is there a Megateuthis? Something like that?)

Anyhoo, I'm very addicted to my digital camera, and take lots of photos with it. :D

Maybe I'll upload some drawings I did of cephlapods for you all 8)

edit: oh yeah, I've lurked on and off for a month or two I guess, but I have some other forums I belong to and a BIG computer game forum that I moderate, so I don't get off my beaten path too often, but here I finally am! 8)

:welcome: Archie

Loved your costume :heart: :tentacle:

cheers

J

:welcome: Archie

Loved your costume :heart: :tentacle:

cheers

J


Hello, and Thanks! I love the tentacle-heart, that's precious! :D

Welcome to TONMO.com!!

Kudos on the great costume... Looks like you've come to the right place!

:squid: :thumbsup:

Welcome to TONMO.com!!

Kudos on the great costume... Looks like you've come to the right place!

:squid: :thumbsup:

Hello, thank you! Hey, if anyone likes any of my photos and stuff, I will be happy to avatar size them and let people use them. :)

Welcome to TONMO! Please do avatar-ize your work - I'd try it!

Melissa

We also need more smilies. Way more smilies.

:welcome: to TONMO.com Archeopterix!!

NIce D.I.Y costume there! :thumbsup:

Welcome to TONMO! Please do avatar-ize your work - I'd try it!

Melissa

Hi, nice to meet you! I won't do all my stuff cause that would take months, so I selected some appropriate ones and if you have any requests let me know. :) I'm assuming that since I am new I don't have access to upload to your server, but if you don't mind transferring them there that would be great. BTW, most of them aren't MY work, I just took the photos. I eyeballed the current avatars and it looks like they are a maximum of 150 pixels and I made them all under 25k, so I made them all like that. Please let me know if they need to be smaller. :heee:

EDIT: meh they look too big, I'll leave in the links for a sec and shrink them more, -yay done :bonk:


http://archie.focalstudios.com/Misc/Avatars/Cuttlefish.jpg Cuttlefish at Montery Bay Aquarium
http://archie.focalstudios.com/Misc/Avatars/PrettySquid.gif cute squid with bow
http://archie.focalstudios.com/Misc/Avatars/SquidBeak.jpg squid's beak
http://archie.focalstudios.com/Misc/Avatars/SquidClothes.jpgMan's best friend (or people eventually look like their pets) :lol:
http://archie.focalstudios.com/Misc/Avatars/SquidMonster.jpg roar
http://archie.focalstudios.com/Misc/Avatars/SquidPrint.jpg this squid again

Welcome, Archeopterix! :welcome: Great name, by the way.

Your costume was great; I'm sure you will like it on this site.

Phil

Thanks Phil!


We also need more smilies. Way more smilies.

Whoops didn't see this, help yourself. BTW, there are NOT my work, I just started to host them cause it was getting tedious looking them up from the smiley sites each time. :heee:

http://archie.focalstudios.com/Smile/Smile.htm

Thanks for this!

TONMO.com has a smiley policy (believe it or not)... only the smilies found in our library may be used... contact me directly if you find one you'd like to see added to our library, and I'll have a look!

Thanks for this!

TONMO.com has a smiley policy (believe it or not)... only the smilies found in our library may be used... contact me directly if you find one you'd like to see added to our library, and I'll have a look!

Whoopsie. :oops: That's not stated in the terms of Service or Privacy Policy. Hope i didn't do anything wrong. :shock: Sorry if I did. :oops:

no, no no... nothing wrong! I'll add it somewhere to the TOS...

In fact, you are my new favorite member for having actually read the TOS! :)

no, no no... nothing wrong! I'll add it somewhere to the TOS...

In fact, you are my new favorite member for having actually read the TOS! :)

woot! 8)

Yeah I can relate... the forum I moderate has almost exactly 35,000 active members :bonk: and so you won't have to worry about anything trollish from me, so if I do anything bad, it's by accident. 8)

Hey Archeopterix,

I've made a couple of new smilies recently for this web-site of a Blue-Ring octopus and a trilobite. I have absolutely no idea how to convert them to a useable format. Would you mind if I forwarded them on to you? And maybe onto TONMO then for inclusion?

Cheers,

Phil

Yup! I'll PM you with my e-mail address, send them to me, and I'll get them to you as soon as I can. :)

In Phil's case, the trick is to give them a transparent background -- then I'll post them! Tintenfisch also has some too... if you have software (e.g. Photoshop) to do this with, then we're in business! ...but back to my hiatus...

Thanks much!

Yes, I have Photoshop 7. 8) But I don't have any utilities to convert animations personally, but I know some people who do, and so I can send them on if need be. If I wasn't in school, I'd have more time and could use shareware gif animators, but they are a bit slow and clunky unless you buy them. And I don't animate enough gifs to make it costworthy.

Oooooh! I didn't even think to show y'all my dorky little Shockwave Flash assignment! :shock: Here ya go, it's 1 meg though: http://www.members.shaw.ca/nickyart6/School/Projects/Nautilus-SMALL.swf It doesn't mean anything, we were just learning how to use Adobe After Effects in school 8)


There's also a desktop of that same theme if anyone wants it: (661k)http://www.members.shaw.ca/nickyart6/School/Projects/NautDesk-2.jpg

I thought it would be nice for you people. Sorry.

Don't apologize - your Flash nautilus is great! We - I think this goes for everyone - sometimes have too much to do to respond right away.

Melissa

I downloaded the desktop. :)

Hey, that's really quite beautiful. You are really quite good at graphics, methinks.

Top stuff.

Phil