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    M17x Photoshops - What's your dream laptop look like?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Praze, Jun 10, 2009.

  1. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Hey all, this thread branches off from the "*OFFICIAL* Alienware M17x Thread" where my attempt to render the now debunked "Red" M17x chassis sprouted many custom renditions which you'll see below... Got Photoshop skills? well here's the place to exercise them! Don't know squat about photo manipulation? Well give me your suggestions, I'm taking requests ;)

    *Note: as more are made and posted on later pages of the thread, I will update this list to include them*

    Solid Colors
    The infamous red chassis... Upcoming ATI edition? o_O
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    Gunmetal...
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    White (one of my fav's)...
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    Rust/Bronze...
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    Green, the anti-ATI edition...
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    Blue...
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    Yellow...
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    Gold/Copper...
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    Flamingo Pink?
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    Custom Designs/Themes
    Carbon Fiber...
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    Syracuse Orange...
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    U.S. Marines...
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    U.S. Marines (MARPAT)...
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    Lamborghini...
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    Ferrari...
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    Movie, Show, & Game Themed
    Autobots...
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    Star Wars...
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    Lineage II...
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    Fable II...
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    Dark Knight: Joker...
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    Lord Of The Rings...
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    World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King...
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    World of Warcraft: Burning Crussade/Wrath of the Lich King...
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    Zelda...
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    Zelda Triforce 1 (designed for Mr.Moo)...
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    Zelda Triforce 2 (designed for Mr.Moo)...
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    Zelda Triforce 3 (designed for Mr.Moo)...
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    Kill Bill...
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    The Matrix...
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    Knight Rider "K.I.T.T."...
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    Old School Batman...
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    Alien...
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    Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Darth Vader...
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    Spiderman...
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    Spawn Themed
    Spawn cover art from issue #106...
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    Spawn cover art from issue #82...
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    Spawn cover art from issue #70...
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    Alienware Themed
    Glyphs...
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    BRE3D...
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    Black Racing Stripe on Red...
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    Black Racing Stripe on Blue...
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    Black Racing Stripe on Carbon Fiber...
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    Red Racing Stripe on Black...
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    Red Racing Stripe on White...
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    Red Racing Stripe on Silver...
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    Blue Racing Stripe on Silver...
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    Green Racing Stripe on Silver...
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    Orange Racing Stripe on Silver...
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    Dell Themed
    Delienware XPS M1730x "All Deceiving"
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    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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  2. Pommie

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    Alot of pictures there! Nice job, I like the Carbon Fibre one, and the Alienware themed one. Nice.
     
    Pommie, Jun 10, 2009
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  3. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    good job man
     
    The_Moo™, Jun 10, 2009
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  4. PhantomThief

    PhantomThief Notebook Guru

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    Nice. I like yellow, it's almost reminiscent of a Lamborghini.
     
    PhantomThief, Jun 10, 2009
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  5. JBBW

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    Wow - very nice. I hope someone at Alienware sees these.
     
    JBBW, Jun 10, 2009
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  6. Phinagle

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    The white looks nice but I'm planning to laser etch and don't think the original silver underneath would contrast enough. The glyphs/crop circles would make for good engravings.
     
    Phinagle, Jun 10, 2009
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  7. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Lamborghini you say? lol

    [​IMG]
    File sharing link
     
    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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  8. sneakyFspy

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    I am so glad something like this finally popped up and I immediately +repped you of course. I was giddy a while back when someone posted the ebay skins for the M17 because let's face it the technology is there and it should be licenced out for use on future machines. Why let someone else do your work, when you could be providing that service yourself and marking it up accordingly.

    If Dell realizes that offering something so completely customizable as to get custom paints or user-defined skin patterns could be THE selling point vs the Clevo competition, then they'd buy the rights to the technology and try to implement it ASAP... right?

    Doubtful! But in a tightening market in competitiveness and with the economy the way it is, I think it's a nice selling point... but it will never happen :rolleyes:
     
    sneakyFspy, Jun 10, 2009
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  9. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    That's an awesome idea. Do you know of any place in particular that would offer such a service? I'm thinking of airbrushing mine, just gotta see how anodized aluminum works with the various paints ;)
     
    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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  10. PhantomThief

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    Haha! Nice! Lamborghini-sponsored Alienware coming in the future? :p

     
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  11. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Fully agree, Falcon Northwest charges the most for a computer I've ever seen, but what do they offer for that premium? The most elaborate customization program known to man. Literally any automotive paint available, any image, anything. I'm not asking for that from Dell, but some slightly pricey options on a gaming laptop would surely see some big profit margins for them!
     
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  12. Phinagle

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    Laser etching is pretty common and you might be able to find a trophy or sign shop shop locally that can do it. If not there are places online you can send it in to.
     
    Phinagle, Jun 10, 2009
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  13. ichime

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    first three actually look the best. lol
     
    ichime, Jun 10, 2009
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  14. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    I stuck those 3 up first cuz they strike me as not just nice variations, but believable too. They seem like ones Alienware could possibly offer (besides the white one, maybe... anodized white aluminum?).
     
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  15. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    OK, for those with network restrictions, please try this link and let me know if you can access the images there. I'll work on updating the original post with links to the individual files, but all future postings will have those links ;)
     
    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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  16. kilthro

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    Great Job on the skins! Thanks for posting.

    I would really like to customize mine if I could.
     
    kilthro, Jun 10, 2009
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  17. unhip_crayon

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    I REALLY like the white one. *Fingers Crossed*
     
    unhip_crayon, Jun 10, 2009
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  18. cathal6000

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    awesome thread man, amazing job on the pics. +rep
    im thinkin of gettin the silver one and do stencils with spraypaint on it
     
    cathal6000, Jun 10, 2009
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  19. d motorman

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    older m17x body style, all the new internals, and aluminum shell. Of course in black.
     
    d motorman, Jun 10, 2009
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  20. The_Stig

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    Can you change this one to the blue you have above and maybe have the Alienware writing in silver on the black surround, i think it would be a great looker. Nice work on the others.
     
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  21. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Sure, give me a few ;) ...
     
    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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  22. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Is this what you mean?

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    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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  23. The_Stig

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    That looks brilliant, the colour i had in mind was a blue that was a little darker, could you do it closer to this shade...

    [​IMG]
     
    The_Stig, Jun 10, 2009
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  24. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Decided to make one that could be easily achieved by anyone purchasing the 2 available chassis colors. Can be done with sticker/stencils/etc...
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    And to round out our exotic sports cars, here's a Ferrari Red M17x...
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  25. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    The darker registers get a little sketchy, but a matte finish version of that color should be a bit like this...
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    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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  26. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Or maybe with the glitter?
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    Since you seem to be doing requests, I'll chime in:

    Any chance to get something orange in color? Like Syracuse Orange, not Tennessee, Texas or Clemson... Thanks a bunch from this NCAA Sports fan!
     
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  28. Phinagle

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    To me the idea of painting over the the aluminum finish is just sacrilegious. Anodizing is the way to go since it will change the color but it'll still look like aluminum.

    Anodize Aluminum Dye Color Chart

    Something I wouldn't be happy with for the long term, though would be interesting to see, would be to engrave a Terminator body for the Alienhead.
     
    Phinagle, Jun 10, 2009
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  29. Achernar

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    Nice work guys! I think I am still a fan of the old black one though... Although when I think of the M17x this springs to mind

    [​IMG]

    Any one want to make an alienware photoshop with teeth? :)
     
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  30. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Haha! That's an interesting one, I'll have to give it a go... thx for the anodized dye color chart!
     
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  31. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Is this it?
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  32. sneakyFspy

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    That is bloody fantastic! These would sell like hotcakes up on the Hill and around Upstate NY... :biggrin:

    There are so many untapped potential markets, and as you mentioned Falcon has been doing it at quite prohibitive levels, but that's technology and industrial design from a few years ago. You can't tell me that nowadays they couldn't make this work and be hugely successful in increasing unit sales and bringing this even more mainstream. But hey, what do I know... I'm just a lowly tech agent :)

    Thanx again Praze. More ++ soon.
     
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  33. Scytus

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    Could...could you guys do a Fable themed one? (like the pic in my sig)

    orr a zelda themed one? :D
     
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  34. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    lol, it's just me so far, no other photoshop peeps have shown up yet. How would you like it? I can easily make it like the Alienware themed one and just cover the whole thing like a skin, or I could try and extract a single piece of an image to put on a base background... whatcha thinkin'?
     
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  35. Scytus

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    I like the covering whole thing like a skin one :D
     
    Scytus, Jun 10, 2009
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  36. nobodyshero

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    Really great stuff Praze, my imagination is running wild now! lol, racing stripe is the coolest to me. +rep to you
     
    nobodyshero, Jun 10, 2009
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  37. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Whew, not the easiest one I've done, lol. Here goes it! ;)
    [​IMG]
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  38. Megacharge

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    If I can understand how your doing the mask layers and find those options in GIMP I can help you out, its basically a free Photoshop.
     
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  39. Scytus

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    Ohhhh wow...amazing. I would so buy that xD

    thank you very much
     
    Scytus, Jun 10, 2009
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  40. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Well, here's a snapshot of my workspace during the blue racing stripe one. I blew up the thumbnails on the layers/masks so you might get a better idea of how it's working. Let me know if you need any further clarification ;)
     

    Attached Files:

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  41. Smiter7

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    not bad, i like the carbon fiber style
     
    Smiter7, Jun 10, 2009
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  42. ojchillinndc

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    I really like the Spawn ones because I'm a major Spawn fan.

    I think if AW did try to the Ferrari one, MSI would sue the pants off of them. Doesn't MSI still have a Ferrari notebook?
     
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  43. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    It's actually Acer that produced that one, very similar in design to how I did mine :rolleyes:
     
    Praze, Jun 10, 2009
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  44. Ferrari

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    I like the Ferrari theme !

    Try a U.S. Marine Theme.
     
    Ferrari, Jun 10, 2009
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  45. frenchdork

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    dark knight it please... also jokerize it. :)
     
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  46. Rob41

    Rob41 Team Pirate Control

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    Really cool job Praze!

    +rep buddy!
     
    Rob41, Jun 10, 2009
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  47. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    I know I can do better than this, I'll post another in a bit, k? ;)
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  48. Huey Long

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    awesome job praze!
     
    Huey Long, Jun 10, 2009
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  49. Praze

    Praze Notebook Consultant

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    Jokerized!
    [​IMG]
     
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  50. Huey Long

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    that would be awsome if the joker was drawing the face on the alienware head lol
     
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