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The Curse of DanPaladin

Posted by alfa995 - May 8th, 2011


Hello fellow Newgrounders, as you may or may not know, a new flash, C. Crashing a Wedding is in the works, (around 25 seconds done, not much, been busy with school) and I wanted to tell you a little bit more about it.

As I worked on it, I realized that I had never drawn a princess from Castle Crashers before, at first I was like "Pfftt...how hard could it possible be?" Well, really hard actually! It didn't matter how much effort I put, she ended up looking more creepy than pretty, and I came to the conclusion that it's because of a curse.

The curse of DanPaladin

DanPaladin, in case you don't know, is the artist of Castle Crashers, and he has spread a curse all over the artists of Newgrounds. "Whoever attempts to draw with his style, will be doomed to failure and humiliation".

Many people have drawn the Castle Crashers well, but that's because they do it with their own style. I've drawn the Castle Crashers too, but the thing is, the princesses have a bigger amount of Dan's energy and soul into them, (I think the draws them with his own blood or something) so when I tried to draw them, they looked horrible.

Knowing this, I decided to draw the Green Princess with my own style, there's a screenshot of the animation below. So, that's it, the animation will probably be out by the end of summer if I'm lucky, keep an eye on my posts if you're interested in how the flash is doing, and I'll see you in the next post!

PS: Which do you think is better, Halo Reach or Starcraft 2?

The Curse of DanPaladin


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If you attempt to copy Dan Paladin, Giant Chickens will rain from the heavens and crash upon your houses.

or it could be simply that you and the rest of the dan paladin copycats are not the best at drawing.

Apparently you don't notice that I have no problem drawing the knights, it's the princesses the ones that looked awful when I tried to draw them with his style. ;)

Just draw some powerpuff girls. ;)

Isn't she surpose to be black?

The light effects I put made everything look brighter.

I say Reach

you can't really compare starcraft and halo... they're completely different game genres... but if money is an issue starcraft 2 would be the better choice, although I would never buy either of them

isnt she supposed to be a n****r?

maybe you just can't draw

and she's supposed to be a n****r.

Another clueless guy xD I can draw the knights fine, it's just the princesses that look bad when I try. The light effects made her skin look a little brighter, and that word you use is not nice, pal.

lol did Dan actually say that quote?

lol disregard my question, unless dan likes to talk about himself in third person

Hey, maybe he does, I don't know. But everything about the "curse" is just a joke (except the fact that I suck at drawing the princesses with his style, that is true xD)

Your art is getting better.

Thanks! I'll probably make a "before and after" comparison at some point to review myself.

I'm sure you're just overthinking it, and the results aren't what you were expecting but will still look okay to anyone else. It's a common thing... I would just stick to trying it Paladin's way, if you don't practice to beat things that you find difficult, how
can you improve?

Probably I am overthinking it, but I think that statement contradicts itself. "How can I improve if I don't beat things I find difficult?" But then, how can I improve if I keep on copying somebody else's style instead of working on my own? Anyways, I'll continue practicing, thank you for commenting :)

YEAH, CONEHEAD GUY!!! >:D

Castle crashers the movie returns .