GIP

[ratcreature]

I was a bit unsure what kind of motif to choose for a "Fail!" icon. I decided to go for this one, because my avatar is a toon, and the classic toon failure is to run forward without realizing that it lost the firm ground, while the audience sees the calamity coming way earlier.

Then while drawing this, I realized that this is actually not unlike the typical "fail!" you run into (or commit yourself sometimes) in internet discussions. Also, the cliff motif is consistent with my "flail!" icon which shows a RatCreature teetering on the edge of a cliff, flailing its arms wildly, and which for some reason (probably the similar texts) got mistaken for a "fail!" icon several times. So I thought I'd make both a set.

Comments

[ratcreature]

o.O

Okay, I admit I'm busted here: I do not have any personal cliff-jumping experience.

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hadn't done that either before that trip to Vermont. Not that many cliffs in Westphalia. Cliff jumping is awesome. Gives you a really nice adrenaline rush without doing much.

Some of those kids are crazy though. They wouldn't even look at our little rock, they were jumping from much higher.

[ratcreature]

I never even jumped into the water from a tower in a swimming pool. Not even when they wanted us do this in school. Needless to say I never got any of the swimming badges.