levi

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread.
 
The arrow is actually fired from the 'outside' of the bow. It is a common mistake many first timers make, and caused primarily by the movies and "cheap" bows I think.
Think about it this way. If you were to hold the bow parallel to the ground, how would you hold it, and where would the arrow need to be to stay on the bow?
 
The top of your hand would be on top and the bow underneath, and therefore the arrow would need to be "on top" of the bow.
 
Here are a few places to look at proper use of a bow and closeups:
http://www.frankpearson.com/
http://www.centenaryarchers.gil.com.au/the10.htm
http://hunter-ed.com/mi/course/ch5_nocking_an_arrow.htm
 
Also just as an aside, the handedness of the person doesn't dictate which hand is used to fire if they really know what they are doing. It is dictated by eye dominance. For most it is what you would expect, but for some it is not. For instance, I am right handed, but I fire all weapons left handed because my left eye is dominate and therefore my shots are more accurate.

Golden Age Concept
 
Hi again,
 
This Aero, a WWII concept, 4 color hero I came up with. A special agent of the US Army, working with the new "superheroes", Aero is an Army soldier given a flying suit. The technology was stolen from the Germans(who had gleened it from alien technology), and produced this prototype light armor, which granted Aero, flight, enhanced vision, limited life support and bulletproof protection. On his thighs are twin "plane buster" .50 pistols with specialized rounds to cripple enemy planes.
 
Anyways, here he is....drawing done with pencil, pen and dollar store colored marker.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game
 
I took advantage of a Frys' special (http://www.outpost.com) just a couple of weeks ago, spending $450 to get an AMD 64 3500+ socket 939 with 2GB of PC3200 (400mhz) ram and moboard. Stuck using my Geforce 6200 128mb AGP in it for now, but I can play EQ2 and CoH/CoV at 1600x1200 on my old 19" just fine.
 
Trick is to set the game to an Above Normal priority in Task Manager, turn off Vsynch and Shadows, and have a ball.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game
 

Aww, now I am jealous. What kind of computer did you get?