AMKitsune: Compared to your previous QW attempt, you're definitely heading in the right direction. These are a much better blend of her admittedly awkward facial anatomy, and your simplistic, adorable style.
AMKitsune: Ok, so I was in a little discord screen share call with Kaz and co. earlier, and while everyone else was being productive, I ended up doodling a little Katia, who ever so slowly over the course of the call, got sadder and sadder. She's just been waiting for so long...
This is your fault Kaz. You could have prevented this!
AMKitsune: ... that took me longer to decipher than it reasonable should have.
"oh my god another cat perrson" (up side down)
"every word you speak rapes the language of the daedra violently raped with a thorny daedric cock" And don't be rude Katia. She's clearly happy to be making a new friend.
AMKitsune: @rollanan: So hang on, does Inkscape have features for onion-skinning animation frames, or are you literally doing this 'stop motion style', drawing a frame, exporting it, modifying it into the next frame, exporting that, and so on? Without any timing guides?
And I can see how the Aggy page would break offline. I didn't play any part in it's production, but if I recall, it did something with querying an external site before deciding how much of the page to display.
AMKitsune: Seconding Zargothrax's misinterpretation of the thumbnail.
Even if it is a paint-over of a 3d render, it looks awesome.
If you're still willing to share your model, I'd love to see how you went about sculpting/building it. (even if you just post screenshots, or dare I suggest, and animated turntable!)
AMKitsune: Katia failing to notice the subtle difference between the 'mage hands' pose, and the racially questionable 'nyan' pose. It's all in the hands.
AMKitsune: This is functionally pointless (assuming the site doesn't spontaneously combust), and I'm all for it! There's always something strangely satisfying about taking something that only exists digitally, and making something physical out of it.
How much of the site did you manage to scrape? Just the comic itself, or also the additional stuff, like the side stories and other miscellaneous pages?
AMKitsune: I don't know about that.
A nice bed, comfy pyjamas, notable lack of regrettable drunk escapades. Looks like there was no fuckery in any direction!
(unless the homestuck reference implies something terrible...)
AMKitsune: I'm not sure what would be worse. Her somehow managing to lick her own eyes, or if she could blink with a second set of transparent eyelids like alligators have...
No, it would be the licking, for sure.
AMKitsune: The modded colours really do make a world of difference. I've tried making skyrim Katia before as well (also using the same eye mod), but the look never ends up looking right.
This though, is about the closest yet to a spot on Katia characters that I've seen. The only small thing that I could see making it perfect would be if the cheek tufts were a little more pronounced, but that's getting into the realms of remodelling the head mesh, and that's a different matter entirely!
AMKitsune: I have absolutely ZERO clue what the story leading up to this point has been trying to convey, but I approve of this sudden 'filing cabinet cat'.
AMKitsune: Katia: "So, you created me?"
Kaz (doing his merry little leprechaun jig): "Aye, for sure, that I did."
Katia: "But you're so... tiny! How did you even..."
Kaz: "Ye pixels are just the right size for me to carry around in me magic backpack."
Katia: "But still, you're positively miniscule!"
Kaz: "... I have a family history of leprechaun dwarfism, and didn't eat me veggies growing up as a wee sprout. Get off me case woman!"
AMKitsune: @Vahrama: It's a weird thing with how some cameras embed rotation data into the photo, and how the site doesn't quire understand (so consequentially ignores) it. No worries though. It's easy enough for us to fix these little 'wrongly rotated images' whenever they show up.
AMKitsune: Tikaka very kindly offered to doodle my character after offering a little website stuff help.
Not having a character of my own, I asked if I could have a Katia instead.
And lo and behold, instead of a mere doodle, we ended up with this little bundle of cute.
Look at that warm, snug little face. Look at it!
AMKitsune: On the one hand, hooray! She has a nice comfy bed, pyjamas, and the pic is very well done.
On the other hand, oh no! Now she's having nightmares about inanimate objects as well!
AMKitsune: I once asked Kaz to draw Katia looking into a mirror and seeing herself reflected as a 'realistic khajiit'. He drew... something, with crayons.
But this is what I imagine she'd really look like (if not a cartoon character). Actually, the more I look at this, the weirder the proportions of the original reference image start looking to me.
AMKitsune: From the thumbnail, I initially saw her ears as being long hair done up in a bun, which struck me as being a very dignified style for a dignified lady reading her book.
Now that I see this in full, I'm more amazed by how fluffy she is here!
AMKitsune: Katia knows many tricks. Some actually suitable for civilised company. Not this one mind you. It's far too radical for those stuffy, top hat wearing 'civilised' people. This is a trick for the 'cool' people.
AMKitsune: Not sure if it's intentional or not, but it looks like she has a moon in place of her eye, which is a really neat stylistic choice (even more-so when you consider the whole khajiit-moon relation).
AMKitsune: Well if this is a yearly thing, surely QW should at least have some defences in place, or something to at least distract Katia.
I mean, sure, bad cat and all, but if QW's just letting it happen...
AMKitsune: Well now I also want a delivery cat to bring me something.
If I were to order a delivery cat, would a cat bring a box containing a smaller cat (also with a box)?
AMKitsune: The best thing about a pillow fort is that you can have a nap practically anywhere you want. Particularly handy when you're shitfaced enough to pass out at a moments notice.
AMKitsune: Katia discovered a life long career path when she found that no matter how much she swept, there were always lots of fine yellow hairs left for her to clean up, even in areas that she'd just covered. Without knowing it, she was creating her own demand for her services.
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This is your fault Kaz. You could have prevented this!
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"oh my god another cat perrson" (up side down)
"every word you speak rapes the language of the daedra violently raped with a thorny daedric cock"
And don't be rude Katia. She's clearly happy to be making a new friend.
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Very well done to everyone involved.
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And I can see how the Aggy page would break offline. I didn't play any part in it's production, but if I recall, it did something with querying an external site before deciding how much of the page to display.
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Even if it is a paint-over of a 3d render, it looks awesome.
If you're still willing to share your model, I'd love to see how you went about sculpting/building it. (even if you just post screenshots, or dare I suggest, and animated turntable!)
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Simultaneously badass, and adorable!
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How much of the site did you manage to scrape? Just the comic itself, or also the additional stuff, like the side stories and other miscellaneous pages?
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A nice bed, comfy pyjamas, notable lack of regrettable drunk escapades. Looks like there was no fuckery in any direction!
(unless the homestuck reference implies something terrible...)
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No, it would be the licking, for sure.
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This though, is about the closest yet to a spot on Katia characters that I've seen. The only small thing that I could see making it perfect would be if the cheek tufts were a little more pronounced, but that's getting into the realms of remodelling the head mesh, and that's a different matter entirely!
Fantastic job.
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Kaz (doing his merry little leprechaun jig): "Aye, for sure, that I did."
Katia: "But you're so... tiny! How did you even..."
Kaz: "Ye pixels are just the right size for me to carry around in me magic backpack."
Katia: "But still, you're positively miniscule!"
Kaz: "... I have a family history of leprechaun dwarfism, and didn't eat me veggies growing up as a wee sprout. Get off me case woman!"
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Nice crime cat by the way.
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Not having a character of my own, I asked if I could have a Katia instead.
And lo and behold, instead of a mere doodle, we ended up with this little bundle of cute.
Look at that warm, snug little face. Look at it!
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On the other hand, oh no! Now she's having nightmares about inanimate objects as well!
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Awesome adventure Kat!
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But this is what I imagine she'd really look like (if not a cartoon character). Actually, the more I look at this, the weirder the proportions of the original reference image start looking to me.
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Now that I see this in full, I'm more amazed by how fluffy she is here!
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That lighting... Chefs kiss
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"Katia Fluffy Managan". It makes so much sense now.
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I mean, sure, bad cat and all, but if QW's just letting it happen...
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If I were to order a delivery cat, would a cat bring a box containing a smaller cat (also with a box)?
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