[dwarfpriest]

Mr. Matthews, you are mean, and awesome at the same time. All in a tidy neat package.

[Fett]

Got me.  😀

[David C. Matthews]

(I've altered the pic in the original post, so that anyone reading it after today will realize it's not real news.)

I'm glad my little excursion into April-foolery was enjoyed by so many. But you should've seen the prank I was planning! I'd conceived it very shortly after last year's (and JimmyDimples' prank that had so many people, including me, going).

I'd have related the story of meeting a host at the Animation tour here at Disney-MGM Studios. As we kept talking, I'd find out that he used to be in the development department at Walt Disney Television, and he'd relate to me – strictly hush-hush, of course – that one of the concepts he saw being developed was for a possible animated TV series tentatively titled "The Further Adventures of Tinker Bell", her exploits and escapades during those times she wasn't hanging out with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. According to this friend, the concept was canned when John Lasseter took over the animation department, but my friend was able to salvage some art from the show… some very interesting art. (My "friend" would show me this stuff because I'd shown him some drawings of Tetsuko, and Satin et al, and he knew I'd be interested in this.) It seems that one of the episodes concerned Tink's visit, along with an Elven adventurer who bore more than a passing resemblance to Link from the "Legend of Zelda" series, to a village that was being held captive to a tyrant who kept the people in line with a giant stone "statue", actually a primitive robot. In a rare display of heroism, Tink and her Elven friend would try to free the people from the terror of this robot, only to find out (the hard way) that it's immune to magic. Tink would then transform herself into a 25-foot tall, muscular giantess to fight the robot hand-to-hand.

I'd have spent the last year gimmicking up some "conceptual art" from this supposed project, including even a short "pencil test" of Tink's transformation. I'd even taken the first step of trying (unsuccessfully) to create a name for my fictitious "friend" that would be an anagram of "April Fool's Day".

Then I started seeing previews for a new direct-to-DVD "Tinker Bell" CGI movie, and that shot the idea to hell…

But I'm happy the substitute prank was as successful as it was… 😀

[David C. Matthews]

LOL DAVID! By the way, I really don't like big pillows. Honestly.  ;D

Huh? I don't remember drawing any pillows on the bed in that…

Oh.

Not that kind of "pillows".

Well, that's OK. Whatever floats your boat. Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks. One man's meat, and all that. I'd go on, but… I've run out of similes. Or metaphors. Or whatever they were. Simiphors?

[btx]

Late to the party on this one ( I was having too much fun with Lingsters forum page! ). But it's a good setup / payoff Dave!
Like the best April Fool's jokes, this one has the air of plausibility, because let's face it Dave's right….

WE ALL WANT THIS (Drool, Drool)

BTX

[SheMuscleLover]

Then I started seeing previews for a new direct-to-DVD "Tinker Bell" CGI movie, and that shot the idea to hell…

Aww… does that mean we won't get to see you draw an uberbuffed fairy-girl anytime soon?

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