Adroma: @MetalC0Mmander: I can see what you mean. Being in an alchol dazed state does make you happy for a really short time, if you try not to focus on the fact that you're piss drunk.

PermanentFace: @ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: It's obviously not a good thing, but happiness is only associated with 'good' by connotation. Happiness is a feeling, so insofar as it makes her feel happy (however temporarily), it makes her happy. There's a golden tragedy in the fact that only through self-destruction is she able to find her highest happiness, and it's that tragedy that we're trying to revel in right now.

Alcoholism isn't a good thing. It's untenable, it leads to deeper troughs of despair in the aftermath, and Katia's struggle to overcome it is altogether admirable. I'm rooting for her all the way. But that won't stop me from appreciating a good, tragical paradox every now and then.

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: @PermanentFace: She seems like she is happier than she ever has been, considering all that she's achieved.
Slaying a mutated giant imp mother boss, learning spells that she thought she had no chance of learning, conquering her alcohol(lets hope she doesn't relapse).

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: Its harder for a non alcoholic to understand. Alcoholics(and people who drink due to depression) are not happy. Now it would be for a drunk, of course they are happy, they are happy being drunk.
Drunks and Alcoholics are not the same thing.

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: @Adroma: I can say, that I wouldn't desert Katia for her alcohol problems, even if things get awkward, I'd still be her friend. Because I understand alcoholics, I lived with one my entire life, my mother. I've seen almost every stupid thing she did, she took me almost every where she went, from every Mexican restaurant with a bar, to every neighborhood redneck party. Thankfully, I steer my self away from drinking before it become a problem.

Adroma: @ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: I also have experience with alcoholics, it runs in my family. So it's okay I understand *hugs*

Adroma: @MetalC0Mmander: Okay, I don't want to be rude, but this is how alcohol works, to be happy while drinking, you had to be happy beforehand. Alcohol amplifies your mood, so if you're super sad, it only gets worse and alcoholics know this yet they continue drinking for the numbness it provides. There is definitely false happiness, like when you try to ignore how terrible everything is and smile when you really want to go kill yourself. I can assume from very personal experience that all ALCOHOLICS, are depressed on some level.

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: @Adroma: I can also, from personal experience. My mom suffers from crippling depression, and bipolar disorder, on top of her being an alcoholic.

MetalC0Mmander: Well I guess you guys are right but I'm not gonna I'm wrong either even if I don't have actual experience with the subject. Could be it's different from one person to the other. Anyway I guess it doesn't matter since we all agree that alchool is a poor way to fix one's problems.

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: @Adroma: Runs in mine too, though it hasn't been a problem in like 7 years, thanks to AA.

Nyflex: You just hurt my feelings...

MikeyTheFox: @DawnSomewhere: I didn't know you were a fan of Prequel Greg :V

DawnSomewhere: @cosmichero:
You're trying to animate in Photoshop! Although it can be used for animation, it's really more of an editing tool. I did this in Toon Boom, which is a practical studio program. I wouldn't try this in Photoshop unless you're a masochist, but to get nice smooth-looking animation you'd want to show movement every 1/8th of a second at a minimum - which is to say if you're animating at 24 FPS, you'd draw a new image every three frames. They call that "animating on threes", and it's something they do to save money in kids' shows and the like. Most shows animate normal actions on twos, which is a new image every 1/12th second, and fast actions on ones, every 1/24th second.

So if you were to animate your gif at that level, which is maybe twenty seconds long, you'd be chewing through maybe 240 frames of work! I'm going to guess that's around 4000 layers based on how Photoshop moves things and how much is going on in your animation.

You did pretty well for a first art thing! If it turns out you like this stuff, I recommend looking into animation programs. It's a niche so a lot of the software can be expensive, but there are some feasible options. In this case I found Toon Boom worked really well because it can vectorize a png and its deformation tools make the noodle arms more flexible. You could also use Flash by putting all of the arm assets into symbols, but if you're going to spend money on something Flash is probably one of the most unstable and unreliable programs out there.

@MikeyTheFox:
Who couldn't love sad, unlucky, pineapple cat?

Niph: Should've used the yoyo instead, that'd be a guaranteed win.

Niph: + =

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: @Niph: False
+ =

Toryu-Mau: Pineapple: You know what? I'm ashamed of being your inner demon, just... nevermind. F U.
Sadcat: Oh... uhm, ok. :[

Jahirr: I'll have to see how good After Effect's rigging system is. Otherwise, Katia's arms or legs may inadvertently lag behind her body when I try to make her walk.

Ja_Jarsha_Rovandi: @DawnSomewhere: Everyone loves sad unlucky pineapple cat. Except Kazerad, that's why she's sad.

Also, pretty sure Kazerad is a fan of yours, sooo
Prequel Somewhere Collaboration thing! best idea

DawnSomewhere: @Ja_Jarsha_Rovandi: I might be cool with doing something! I'm going to be really busy until October but after that who knows.

AMKitsune: 7 Septims for a whole Cocaine? Her mercantile skill must be through the roof!

Armored-Struggle-Wagon: Jesus! That Face!

8Aerondight8: @AMKitsune: I'm still trying to imagine how you can give someone a one cacaine?

8Aerondight8: @Armored-Struggle-Wagon: I really do need to practice argonian faces

Bob: @8Aerondight8:

Dime bags my friend. :3

Adroma: That is a scary argonian.

8Aerondight8: @Bob: What?

alidoge: Absolute madman.

Triskelion: Good job!

JaneC: Doesn't this violate the "No text" rule? :(

SuperVaderMan: @JaneC idk maybe, I just used parts of the background to make it. I actually didn't remember that rule until the animation was mostly done, so whatever.

furnut: I think if words are made from the assets themselves, it should be fine.

Very nicely made! super good menu ring animation too.

Skoon: Nice Superstar Saga reference.

Enheldor: @JaneC, @SuperVaderMan, @furnut: "You can only use the pieces provided. Flips, scaling, cropping, ect. are okay, but no original art, text, or fillbucketing." The way I read it first, you could have text, but it couldn't tell a story. For example, no Star Wars into, maybe no character dialogue. Rereading it, it could just mean "don't put in your own words, but you can use letters and shapes provided to form words if you really want to." I personally Like the restriction of the first interpretation, because we got the Anakin/Obi-wan duel dialogue using only shrugs and the like. The second interpretation allows really creative people to make words to label things, such as the Teammates chest, or to reference popular culture, such as here and the Dark Souls death screen.

As such, I now interpret the ruling to be a combination of the two.

MetalC0Mmander: @SuperVaderMan: Great minds think alike.

Fralex: @Bagman: No no no, that's all wrong. It should be like this.

Fralex: ARGH ignore that, didn't see someone already did it.

AMKitsune: Oh, if only this were a real game...
SuperVaderMan, however long you may have spent on this, it can't have been "too long" as it's absolutely perfect!

unknown_victor: Truly emotional

tronn: I like this story!

Toryu-Mau: I believe you have created a new Meme.
The face melting variety... .

THE-RAGING-OVERLORD: @Toryu-Mau: a-A MEME? oh... WELL, I THINK I JUST BROKED MY BELIVES... OH WELL, TIME TO SUICIDE.....(ಠ益ಠ)

tronn: "trash panda seducing Katia"

Toryu-Mau: Yup, Cider makin lewd stuff again.
Then a wild tronn snatches it up in his pinchers and drops it our way.
It's like the cycle of life.

furnut: oh my

tronn: "Katia as royalty eating cake"

Toryu-Mau: Now that you are royalty, what will you do?
The obvious answer - *Eat Cake* All of it. '°w°'

MetalC0Mmander: Ok what kind of clothe is that? Lady in a dream sequence you either go naked or you don't. There shouldn't be a middle ground.

Streetwind: Perhaps she is fat from all the cake, but wearing a corset to fake a slim waist? :P

SomeShadyGuy: Shouldn't she be afraid of herself?

MetalC0Mmander: @Streetwind: Corsets don't look like that.

furnut: Dem hips are made for royal cake eating

tronn: *connotation

Vidiotdragon: Did it just drop from the sky or...?

furnut: Rajirra just jelly it didn't fall into her own bosom, instead.

unknown_victor: Someone needs a hug, *unlimited hugs*

Toryu-Mau: It's the most~ Treacherous time~ Of the year~~

furnut: snow on whiskers. omg