Monday, December 30, 2013

B3ar Trapp3d! Part 3: When in doubt use fire. When on fire, I hope you remembered to keep an extinguisher handy.

Once upon a time in a magical land called Turtle’s head, he found himself in some kind of place called… Valdosta Georgia? 


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This didn’t make a lick of sense to him as in dreams he rarely feels what the weather is like, and he found himself oddly uncomfortable in what felt like 86% humidity!


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Not only that, but it would appear that in this dream, Shelly seems to have split in two and this Shelly Doppelganger calling herself B3ar is actually trying to say something to him. DoppelShelly also bears a strange resemblance to a woman he recently befriended. ForRealsShelly is actually in the back still ignoring what’s going on, as usual.



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But what’s this? It would seem that DoppelShelly and ForRealsShelly are just... Staring at each other intently? This is a strange dream indeed!


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Wait, how did she know that? They didn’t even say anything to each other!


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ZOMGWTFBBQKITTEN.


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DoppelShelly, rather, B3ar went right to it. She approached Lola confident with the solution that Turtle just didn’t have the time to figure out the day before.


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She quietly stared at Shelly for a few seconds and they began to work in a strange silence, Shelly handing the right tool to B3ar every time she held out her hand. This dream just keeps getting weirder and weirder.


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There’s a point that one passes when he or she just accepts that they’re dreaming, still sleeping and they’ll wake up when they wake up because this dream is awesome. A capable import model with whom she just met online and bears resemblance to his partner is working on his car in silence with said partner. That qualifies as that point, and Turtle intends to ride this wave until he hits the shore.

End Part 3

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

B3ar Trapp3d!  Part 2: Che Yeah, Humidity.

Once upon a time in a magical land called Valdosta GA, A young woman was about to finish a rebuild.

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She wrenched on the final bolts, satisfied that another project was coming to a close.

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But as typical as the humid weather is in Valdosta, wearing coveralls is often ill-advised.

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She's at the end of the project anyways, there's little need for covering up.

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Wrapped around her waist is good enough for now. Two more turns of the wrench and...

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Suddenly a strong gust of wind bursts into the scene! WTF!

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And along with it, two people and a car appear out of the blue??? It would appear that Shelly's teleportation was a success!

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The young lady approached the recently appeared Turtle and Shelly, but it just doesn't seem like the young lady is weirded out at all of this strange phenomenon that just happened. Just like any other Tuesday.

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And it would appear that this young lady somehow knows who Shelly is! Maybe FB friends?

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Turtle tried to get his bearings, but he just didn't understand how the scenery changed right before his eyes and who this woman is who magically appeared.

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Turtle just couldn't believe his eyes. He doesn't know what hit him in the head, but he intends not to wake up from this dream he's having.

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End Part 2.
B3ar Trapp3d! Part 1: The Amazing Vanishing CoLola!

Once upon a time in a magical land called The Bay Area, Turtle was about close up shop. What was supposed to be less than a 3 hour task turned out to be a nightmare install with one part refusing to budge. Turtle was doing a manual rack swap in Lola when one part of the install, the removal of the steering column’s intermediate shaft hit a roadblock because it was stuck, just frozen in place. Without the room to leverage a proper hammer, he sought help on the netz but to no avail. Shelly wasn’t much help as she was distracted on her phone and Turtle didn’t feel much like telling her what to do. Feeling frustrated, he packed up and called it a night.



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The very next day, Turtle was supposed to find a solution to the stuck shaft, but instead found himself staring at status updates and photo albums.


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He was browsing his FB friend B3ar’s album because he admired that she is very capable of doing her own work and even driving / drifting her own cars! A true enthusiast for the cars she owns and still a girl!


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As Turtle lazily flipped through his phone, he jokingly made a remark that set a series of events in motion.


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For you see, Shelly is a very special Anime Robot girl (See ‘Chapter 8: When Turtle Met Shelly’: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1123#p10623
). Stan made sure of it as he endowed Shelly with very special abilities, magical abilities if you believe more in fantasy than science fiction, unbeknownst to Turtle.


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And also unbeknownst to Turtle is that Shelly’s programming dictates that she does what Turtle tells or asks her to do, which is unfortunate, because he doesn’t ask her to do a whole lot.


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Turtle’s last remark triggered something within Shelly. It would appear that Stan installed some sort of teleportation device in her somewhere! Yeah, Stan! Yeah, Science!


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Suddenly a strong breeze encircled Turtle and Shelly.


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The breeze strengthened into a swirling vortex! Turtle covered up and closed his eyes, he just couldn’t take all the debris flying right into his face! But at least there weren’t balls in the air.


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Now you see them,

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Now you don’t. Turtle, Shelly and Lola vanished from The Bay Area. Never to be heard from again.


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No, that’s not right. Shelly done bent time and space. They’re embarking on a fantastic voyage.

End Part 1.
FOREWORD and COVER

Turtle Presents:

The Adventures of Turtle and Lola the CoLola: B3ar Trapp3d!



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A WORD TO THE AUDIENCE:

I started “The Adventures of Turtle and Lola the CoLola” as a car build log. I found time during work to doodle silly pictures and decided I should arrange them in such a way that it ‘sort of’ tells the story of the trials and tribulations of becoming a car enthusiast, in my case for the 1984-1987 Toyota Corolla, also known by its chassis code AE86. I have named mine Lola, to pay homage to the dude who sold me the car.

A lot of this to a new reader may not make a whole lot of sense in the context of what’s being mentioned in this particular story, so here is a link to that build log entitled as one may or may not have guessed, “The Adventures of Turtle and Lola the Colola”:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1123


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Along the way I developed a character called Shelly. She started out as Turtle’s buxom but silent and reasonably faceless assistant in the build, mainly because I was just tired of drawing Turtle all the time. In the doodles, I’d draw just her lips with her eyes covered by her hair or her face cut off at the top of the picture. One day I had an idea of telling a story of how they met. Edit:  I am currently rewriting this origin story as of June 2015.

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One might have wondered why I never show her whole face, or why she likes to wear a half-face respirator most of the time. The author’s answer is that I wanted to draw something cyberpunk /steampunk inspired, and I love the way a respirator looks like on a gal. The story’s answer is that it’s what she was wearing at… The time she was activated. If you still can’t be bothered with that, let’s just say that Shelly is a magical creature who makes **** happen for Turtle. The face being partially covered at all times could also mean that Shelly could look like anyone, ignoring the body type and hair / eye color, that is.

Lastly, I don’t claim to be the best at what I do. I have lots to learn and need more time to practice to get things right, but I do love telling stories with pictures, so if you think something looks off or the way I draw doesn’t look like the person I’m trying to draw or there’s a typo or grammatical error, dunworry bout those things. It’s an amateur webcomic that I’m drawing because I love to do it. I seek nothing from it aside from the satisfaction that I’ve done it.

So with that said, sit back, relax, and enjoy a story that I have had the pleasure of writing and drawing with the permission, the input and the artistic freedom that B3ar Dellinger has bestowed upon me. She's awesome, go like her on Facebook! Here's the link:

https://m.facebook.com/B3aRDellinger

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https://m.facebook.com/B3aRDellinger


I’m leaving this story open ended for now, so more content will be rolling in.

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Peace in your hood!

Turtle