Adventchildren.net is… totally gone

[Rydeen]

So @Shademp inspired me to dig around my old Photobucket account, and aside from nostalgic fanart that doesn't appear to be on the internet anymore, I rediscovered some outrageously terrible things in there. I am deeply amused and even decided to spin up some Linkin Park and Drowning Pool to fully capture the era.

Spoiler: Are you ready?

Spoiler: You're not ready

I take full credit for these masterpieces.

 

[Erotic Materia]

"PROFFESIONAL"

 

[Shademp]

Headcanon: Rufus Shinra doesn't make spelling mistakes, he proves how wrong everybody else is...and uses his money to change the dictionary.

"I've heard nobody has seen him bleed, cry or make a spelling error..."

 

[SocraticMethod]

These S

So @Shademp inspired me to dig around my old Photobucket account, and aside from nostalgic fanart that doesn't appear to be on the internet anymore, I rediscovered some outrageously terrible things in there. I am deeply amused and even decided to spin up some Linkin Park and Drowning Pool to fully capture the era.

Spoiler: Are you ready?

Spoiler: You're not ready

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I take full credit for these masterpieces.

These SCREAM AC.net! The Cloris "Devotion" one made me laugh out loud. There was so much bad fan art then with quotes attached to them and we all just thought it was cool. "That's awesome! How'd they make that?!"

As much as I wanna dig into my old AC stuff, I'm kinda ashamed at what I might find. My MySpace profile at the time was like a hybrid of AC and Anakin Skywalker stuff lol. I can't even imagine what music I had playing on it.

 

[Odysseus]

So @Shademp inspired me to dig around my old Photobucket account, and aside from nostalgic fanart that doesn't appear to be on the internet anymore, I rediscovered some outrageously terrible things in there. I am deeply amused and even decided to spin up some Linkin Park and Drowning Pool to fully capture the era.

Spoiler: Are you ready?

Spoiler: You're not ready

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I take full credit for these masterpieces.

I live for this shit. Thanks for sharing lol.

 

[Octo]

@Ryvius I've been trying to work out the words on that clerith sig

....14.....chocolade....B
1/4.... 116 Ziink....ly). 4. Fids

????

C'est romantique! ?

 

[Rydeen]

I'm pretty sure that was just a paintbrush I downloaded or something.

Here's some more delicious cancer if anyone's interested.

Spoiler

So proffesional.
Pure nostalgia.

 

[Fade]

RENO. IS. SPUNK.

 

[Shademp]

Shademp quote from December 2007:

I don't deal well with stress and change and I dearly wish that these two things were not a problem for me.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED!

 

[Rydeen]

The fact that I posted all this for people to laugh at my expense tells me I may not be that fundamentally different from my 12 year old self as I like to think (I was a class clown).

I've been looking for the stuff I made 1-2 years after starting out to evaluate the progress I made in that field, and to my dismay I hosted most of the damn things on ImageShack which is completely dead. Sad because I made tons of stuff and was passionately involved in the inception and growth of FFF's GFX section. I did find a couple tho.

Spoiler

I got really into it so when I hit high school I legit wanted to be a professional graphic designer, but I was cynical about the economy, lost PS, and just kinda forgot about it.

I miss the age of forum sigs.

 

[Lestat]

That soul signature looks really familiar......

God I miss the gfx section of acf, some amazingly talented artists were on that board like rennard and ex machina.

Also the weekly signature competitions were always great to watch.

 

[Rydeen]

I remember when I first started making tags (and posted them in the ACF GFX section) and L ripped me a new asshole for how terrible they were.

 

[Fangu]

@Ryvius those are so Internet early mid-2000's they gave me extreme flashbacks, even if I was never on AC. I love it

 

[Shademp]

God I miss the gfx section of acf, some amazingly talented artists were on that board like rennard and ex machina.

Also the weekly signature competitions were always great to watch.

@Ergo


- Discussion: Page 1 [Lists past SotW winners]
A decent amount of signatures have actually been saved, so it's not all just dead links.

Really digging this signature that ExMachina won with on week 4.


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- Discussion: Page 74 (thread on its last legs)
- Signature of the Week: 83 Voting Thread

This Shelke one by @HylianMogget is also really nice.


There is definitely a "clean but flashy" feel with many of the signatures that is easy to appreciate.

 

[Fade]

Speaking of talented artists, anyone remember the guy who did complex pixel art of various chars? I still have their Red XIII and Bugenhagen, but their signature isn't readable, unfortunately.

 

[Lestat]

Speaking of talented artists, anyone remember the guy who did complex pixel art of various chars? I still have their Red XIII and Bugenhagen, but their signature isn't readable, unfortunately.

Ironically he was named pixel.

He also has a shop selling the pixel characters on facemasks

https://www.redbubble.com/people/pixelknight/shop?artistUserName=pixelknight&asc=u&iaCode=u-mask

@Shademp your a legend!

 

[Fade]

Ironically he was named pixel.

He also has a shop selling the pixel characters on facemasks

https://www.redbubble.com/people/pixelknight/shop?artistUserName=pixelknight&asc=u&iaCode=u-mask

@Shademp your a legend!

No way! That's cool. That Red XIII is a variation of the one I have saved, which is a little more detailed. Also, I just spotted my cameo on the very last post of the threads Shademp posted Ironically, I've never once found Fran attractive

 

[Rydeen]

For some reason I don’t remember ACF having a SotW. I do distinctly remember that Shelke tag though. Definitely gonna look through those sigs.

 

[Lestat]

Yeah the sotw thread ran for nearly two years I think. Thanks to shad, I had a nice walk through memory lane and seen some names I haven't thought of in over a decade haha. Also how horrible was the original blue skin of acf!!!! Haha

 

[Tetsujin]

Ironically he was named pixel.

That's not ironic, it's appropriate

 

[Keveh Kins]

I like that he has the Advent Children art on a grey mask, to keep with the colour scheme of the movie

 

[HylianMogget]

ACF had a ton of drama, but, honestly, even just seeing the old banner/forum skin always makes me really nostalgic. It was the first forum I ever joined (and I joined in like '03 so I think I was there for pretty much its whole lifespan) and it was pretty much my introduction to fandom in general. It's also what got me into Photoshop. I had no idea what PS was when I joined ACF, but I thought forum sigs/tags were the coolest things ever and I got obsessed with learning how to make them. For the last few years of ACF I don't think I posted in any section other than the GFX forum very much. Those SOTW threads really take me back - thanks for posting them, Shademp! I still have a bunch of my old ones. I can throw some up on imgur later once I have more time.

I lurked on AC.net and continue to lurk here. The most active I've been with posting was with the release of FF7R, and even that wan't consistent.

I sure would like to be more involved with the community, but it takes me way too long to write something. I often second guess myself with thoughts like "does anyone really care what I think" or "I don't want to be a bother." And when I do feel strongly enough to post I'll easily spend an hour finding the right words and making sure it flows nicely.

Like this post alone was 30 mins lol.

Gosh, I relate to this so much - like if a post takes 15 minutes that's "fast" for me. For what it's worth, you're not alone!

 

[looneymoon]

I remember most of these sigs.

I wish I could try logging on to see what icon/sig set I might have been using I think I was obsessed with Sarah Slean at the time, and might have been using a nice sig I kinda miss.

 

[Shademp]

If anybody needs help finding their ACF profile and posts, send me a PM and I'll most likely be able to help you. =)

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

I think I was obsessed with Sarah Slean at the time, and might have been using a nice sig I kinda miss.

You mean I'm not the only one who knows who that is?? =O