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The '''Sketchbook''' is a collection of conceptual art and sketches by [[The Brothers Chaps]]. These are found by clicking on the ''S'' at the top of the [[Main Pages]], and are generally updated on Thursdays. Here is a list of all the sketches from 2009.
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The '''Sketchbook''' is a collection of conceptual art and sketches by [[The Brothers Chaps]]. These were once found by clicking on the ''S'' at the top of the [[Main Pages]], and were generally updated on Thursdays from 2004 through late 2009. This hiatus was briefly broken in 2014, but no new art has been shared since October 30 of that year. Since the [[post-Flash site update]] on the first day of 2021, the button no longer works.
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''As of November 22, 2004, the [[HR:weeklies/sketchbook_pic.jpg|image]] and [[HR:weeklies/weeklies.xml|text]] are no longer part of the [[HR:sketchbook.swf|Flash file]].''
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''As of November 22, 2004, the [[OldHR:weeklies/sketchbook_pic.jpg|image]] and [[OldHR:weeklies/weeklies.xml|text]] are no longer part of the [[HR:sketchbook.swf|Flash file]].''
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! style="width:200px;"| Image !! style="width:15%;" | Date !! Caption !! Description
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|[[File:SK-10-22-09.png|200px|old pigs on head sequel]] || 22 Oct 2009 || old pigs on head sequel || Mock up for [[Videlectrix]] game ''Butcher Bros.'' game box, a sequel to [[Pigs On Head]].  The name is influenced by ''[[Mario]] Bros.'' According to [[Matt Chapman]]: "You controlled both brothers in their Sausage Truck, handing out sausage to cooks who would appear out of doorways. Never seemed worth the trouble to execute I suppose."
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|-id="SK-2014-10-30"
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|[[File:SK-2014-10-30.png|200px|Marzi as Anton Chigurh!]] || 30 Oct 2014 || Marzi as Anton Chigurh! || [[Marzipan]] as [[Wikipedia:Anton Chigurh|Anton Chigurh]] from the film ''[[Wikipedia:No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]''.
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==Fun Facts==
==Fun Facts==
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* The font used in the captions is [[Fonts#Bauhaus 93|Bauhaus 93]], the same font used on [[Homsar]]'s shirt.
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* The font used in the captions was [[Fonts#Bauhaus 93|Bauhaus 93]], the same font used on [[Homsar]]'s shirt.
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* Sketchbook entries often feature ideas considered for or used in toons that had been recently released.
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* Sketchbook entries often featured ideas considered for or used in toons that had been recently released.
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* If you click the "s" button repeatedly while it is still loading, the caption will move up the box. The more times you click it, the farther the text will move.
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* Clicking the ''S'' button repeatedly while it was still loading caused the caption to move up the box. The more times it was clicked, the farther the text would move.
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* The Sketchbook of October 22nd, 2009 has not been updated for twenty-seven weeks as of May 3rd, 2010, the longest hiatus between pop-up updates on record.
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* The longest hiatus between pop-up updates was exactly five years between October 22 of 2009 and 2014, with the longest overall hiatus being over {{yearssince|Oct 30 2014}} years since the following week's sketch. During activity, the record was eight weeks between April 10 and June 4, 2009.
==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Sketchbook (museum)]]
*[[Sketchbook (museum)]]
*[[Sketchbook (video)]]
*[[Sketchbook (video)]]
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*[[Secret_Pages_XML_Source#Weeklies_XML_File|Secret Pages XML Source]]
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*[[XML Sources#Weeklies XML File|XML Source]]
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*[[Weekly Fanstuff]]
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*[[Quote of the Week]]
==External Links==
==External Links==
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*Click on the S on any <span class="plainlinks">[http://scriptwiki.net/rando.php?mp Main Page]</span> to see the most recent sketch.
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*Click on the S on any [[OldHR:{{randommainpage|oldhr=true}}.html|Main Page]] on the [[Flash]] archive to see the most recent sketch.
*[[HR:sketchbook.swf|view the Flash file for the current sketchbook]]
*[[HR:sketchbook.swf|view the Flash file for the current sketchbook]]
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[[Category: Regular Updates]]
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[[Category:Past Updates]]
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[[Category:Flash Content]]
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Revision as of 12:03, 10 January 2022

This article is about the weekly Sketchbook featured on the Main Pages. For the sketchbook in the Museum, see Sketchbook (museum). For the strongbad_email.exe Disc Three bonus video, see Sketchbook (video).
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The Sketchbook is a collection of conceptual art and sketches by The Brothers Chaps. These were once found by clicking on the S at the top of the Main Pages, and were generally updated on Thursdays from 2004 through late 2009. This hiatus was briefly broken in 2014, but no new art has been shared since October 30 of that year. Since the post-Flash site update on the first day of 2021, the button no longer works.

As of November 22, 2004, the image and text are no longer part of the Flash file.

Image Date Caption Description
Marzi as Anton Chigurh! 30 Oct 2014 Marzi as Anton Chigurh! Marzipan as Anton Chigurh from the film No Country for Old Men.

Fun Facts

  • The font used in the captions was Bauhaus 93, the same font used on Homsar's shirt.
  • Sketchbook entries often featured ideas considered for or used in toons that had been recently released.
  • Clicking the S button repeatedly while it was still loading caused the caption to move up the box. The more times it was clicked, the farther the text would move.
  • The longest hiatus between pop-up updates was exactly five years between October 22 of 2009 and 2014, with the longest overall hiatus being over 9 years since the following week's sketch. During activity, the record was eight weeks between April 10 and June 4, 2009.

See Also

External Links

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