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Sup, /vp/. I’ve had this idea for a while to formally release

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Sup, /vp/. I’ve had this idea for a while to formally release a “4chan currency”. Some images have been floating around for years of one-of bills, but to my knowledge, no one has produced an extensive set of facsimiles.

The unit is called “internet”, referencing the old “you win a million internets” comments from the early days of 4chan. The coinage is universal, but each board’s bank produces its own set of bills with homages to their major memes. I consider /vp/ my home board so I chose to release the first set of bills here.

I’ll post the large pictures here with a description followed by a smaller, more manageable version with more commentary. If there’s interest, I’ll post the coinage and instructions on how to make your own bills for your favorite boards if you’re good with Photoshop. I’d love for each board to have their own eventually, although I’ve made plans for designs for /int/, /x/ and /pol/.

I don’t claim to be a good graphic designer, give me feedback if something is shit, I can make changes and tweak things.
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First, each board’s bills must have some universal features and be internally consistent. As you can see here, /vp/’s template contains the six required features:

1. The value, both in numeral and word (Internets are pegged to the US Dollar at 100INT = 1USD)
2. The board's name and central bank
3. A clover watermark
4. moot's tripcode in proper font, color and format (think of a treasurer’s signature)
5. A legal tender notice
6. Dimensions of 1000x2000 px (500x1000 px for small versions)

These are the following denominations:
-500
-1,000
-5,000
-10,000
-100,000
-1,000,000
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go home
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Overall, /vp/’s bills are minimalist, owing to Pokémon being largely a children’s series. I took inspiration from the New Zealand dollar and the Euro. Each bill’s basic color reflects the first six games: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Silver and Gold.

First the red 500 bill. One of /vp/’s earliest creations, the frog monster Tentaquil vomits blood as its signature attack. Superimposed all over the bill are water features and the text of the original post.
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Next the green 1000 bill. On the left, Rayquaza majestically flies amid a storm while stating its infamous tagline. Megafug, the Pokémon that created a new tier in competitive battling, is imposed on the right.

I’ll have to admit, Fug is one of my favorite maymays and I’m very pleased with the way it turned out, especially the hurricane texture on the left Rayquaza.
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>>28967543
This is getting interesting, I hope you have Dave, savior of /vp/, too.
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>>28967486
>>28967513
>>28967543
I don't usually ask this, but how high are you right now?
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For the blue 5000 bill, I chose a portrait honoring Showderp, one of /vp/’s most iconic “communities”. The dreamteam of Specs Weedle, Citizen Snips, Boom Boom, Blood Waifu, Funbro (RIP) and D O G A R S are depicted removing the meanie genie.

I realize that Showderp is one of the more polarizing threads on /vp/, but I chose the themes on iconicism.


>>28967583
I'm not ;^)
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The yellow 10,000 bill is an abstract representation of LEAKS season. The presentation is chaotic and confused, with screencaps and the most infamous leaks scattered around the canvas. Superimposed over the whole bill is Picasso’s WWI painting, “Guernica” which I chose to reflect the hype of leak threads.

Out of all my bills, this one is my least favorite, I welcome any comments on how to change it.
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The silver 100,000 bill is a tribute to one of the biggest shitshows this board has ever seen, when the Gen 3 remakes were announced. Water trumpets are in the foreground, with the Weather Trio arguing over the details in the background.

Yes, I decided to repeat Fug, but it fit too well. I don’t know if the HOENN CONFIRMED text works or not, tell me what you think.
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The highest bill, the gold 1,000,000, is vaguely similar to a yen bill. Featuring a portrait of the man who started it all, Satoshi Tajiri (complete with his signature I grabbed from a video of an autographed card), the lotus like seal is a remake of the original Japanese box art of Red and Green versions. A Game Freak watermark covers the central oval, framed with a wreath of tall grass.

I’m proud of how the seal turned out, I made almost everything from scratch. I’ll post it separate if you’d like.
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>>28967638
Fucking shit
>>28967654
meh, maybe remove the "hoenn confirmed" and the "fucking nothing/something"
>>28967669
pretty cool

But it's missing Dave so I guess you can put it in the 10000 bill because it's really trash.
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>>28967700
I'll draw up some Dave designs, I wouldn't mind trashing the 10k bill. Here's the 100k without the text, it feels off kilter now.
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Actually pretty neat

The way you opened the thread I thought this was going to be an extremely generic pan-4chan thing
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Why go through the trouble of making these?
And what are your plans for the /x/ ones?
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>>28967954
Because I like currency designs and I need to practice Photoshop more.

/x/ bills will be dark and somber, spooky typographies, thinking of basing them off of the US dollar. The themes, subject to change:
500 - Slenderman
1,000 - Chaos Magick/Divination
5,000 - Summoning demons
10,000 - Cthulu
100,000 - Ayyliens
1,000,000 - The Illuminati
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I'm the richest person on this whole website.
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>>28967769
I love this one better, what about adding some more trumpets or replacing legendaries by their mega/primal ?
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>>28968571
Oh yeah, I like that idea. I'll see what I can do. And maybe ditch/reduce the layovers.
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