In response to a post I wrote earlier about Maywa Denki president Nobumichi Tosa's depiction of Engadget Man, Boing Boing reader RogueModron has created a solder-gun-carrying, motor-oil-haired Makezine man.
But the real question is, can anybody accurately draw a Boing Boing Person?
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A group of Boing Boing readers -
http://biz30.inmotionhosting.com/~darkvo5/gallery1/slides/TheClownsLastSupper.html
Duct tape? Clearly, an amateur! REAL Makers use Gaffers Tape! :o)
BoingBoing person would look like THIS, of course!
I thought Jackhammer Jill was it...
"In any case, the wearer of a scramble suit was Everyman and in every combination (up to combinations of a million and a half sub-bits) during the course of each hour. Hence, any description of him - or her - was meaningless."
muteboy FTW!
"can anybody accurately draw a Boing Boing Person?"
Not in most states as it violates obscenity laws.
Contact artists in SF or NY. They might be able to get away with it.
Makezine man should also have wardrobe option: utilikilt.
What about Makezine Woman? Are we limited to Jackhammer Jill and Ada Lovelace?
If there were an official BB salt & pepper shaker set, it would have to be Jackhammer Jill and the xkcd version of Cory Doctorow.
They're the same person.
engadget man = at day job
makezine man = after work
given that BoingBoing readers are Happy Mutants, I think a better glimpse of them would be over here http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/fun/devivals/12XDay/12X-Day_Photos/index.html some images are NSFW, of course. they're mutants. happy. frolicking in the woods. I was there, cold, wet, and injured, and had the best time I've had all year!
Zebedee from the Magic Roundabout.
I thought all BoingBoingers looked like this: http://www.kmoser.com/slide/#punk
GAFFER'S TAPE?? Surely you mean Gorilla Tape.
Something like this guy
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2955/boingboing.jpg
For UK readers, I'd use Private Eye's "It's grim up North London".
You forgot the batteries:
All tech men carry batteries.
Awesome! I just made this for fun, goofing off in MSPaint. As you can see I am no artist. How cool that you posted it. I say woot!
I wanted more Maker stuff on him but I ran out of skill heh. Wouldn't it would be cool if someone made a flash game where you could build your own Maker Man or BoingBoing man, drag and drop various gear on him?
O man I had the same thought about duct tape, and @sad dolls: hell yes, I thought of putting him in a utilikilt first thing. :)