Tahrey: (and, hell, apart from that, they're some of the better drawn ones I've seen in a while, and I know well enough that they're often really difficult to get right)

Geravind: The pineapple is pictured pretty poorly, but f*ck the pineapple! This art is awesome!
Their appearance, their emotions touch this one's soul.

8Aerondight8: @Geravind: Take that back, that pineapple is fucking amazing! Easily the best part of the picture!

8Aerondight8: @Tahrey: What do you mean worryingly bony looking? M̶y̶ ̶h̶a̶n̶d̶s̶ I mean their hands are dexterous, lithe, precise like a surgeons hands would be.

Geravind: @8Aerondight8: =-_-= *Khajiit takes the fucking amazing pineapple back to a farmer, which grew it, for exchange.*

Geravind: @8Aerondight8: Their hands are purrfect, almost like this one's IRL.
And they look so glad of their friendship. =*_*=

Tahrey: As in the thickness of the lines you've used (for the whole picture) seem to over emphasise the bones / tendons in their hands somewhat and they look a bit ... skeletal. Like they haven't eaten enough, or are a lot older than they otherwise look, or have lost the obscuring fur or scales that would otherwise overlay the skin those bones are showing through :)

(remember Katia's skin is actually a fairly lurid pink, as that of reptiles also tends to be, when it's not blue anyhow...)

8Aerondight8: @Tahrey: XD I know that Katia's hands should be a lot more fuzzy and that Quill should have some kind of scales covering her's, I only noticed my fuck up when you pointed it out. At the time of drawing I got kind of stumped when it came to the position of hands so unthinkingly I decided to use the first reference I had "on hand"(he he, get it :P).

8Aerondight8: @Geravind: Exchange for more pineapples?

Tahrey: OK :) I mean, as far as bony hands go, they look pretty good

Tahrey: All this synthwave revival of late, I love it... it's so bad.

One in return: it's not the full album and i'm not sure if it's in the proper, but it's mainly cutting out interstitial bits of atmospheric noises and such. Good for getting stuff done in the headphones. Will have to try it in the car now I've finally got my walkman working again and rooted out an aux cable (yeah, they released it on cassette...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KjnlmdA3T4&list=PLhSqBemgCvU3kO7AjNOofAlC1iIix_etJ

CoCoNO: I dont get it

Brenuceslu: @Armored-Struggle-Wagon: Neat channel.

Brenuceslu: @CoCoNO: The pic was inspired by the cover of Floral Shoppe. It's sort of a joke.

Brenuceslu: @Tahrey: So bad, but so good.

Armored-Struggle-Wagon: @Brenuceslu: That's The power; power of the Power-Glove! now you're playing with power.

Tahrey: Had to google that as I had literally no idea what it was. You could have said it was entirely original and we'd all have believed you ^_^

Vaporwave, eh ... how does that differ from Synthwave? Are the sounds created by squirting various gases out of canisters then igniting them?

Tahrey: ASW: The name of the game is power, if you ain't playin' power you're in the wrong game.

Brenuceslu: @Tahrey:
Hah! I guess Vaporwave is a little cheesier and embodies the sound of deserted mall elevators. I think the name was inspired by vaporware - software that was promised but didn't end up existing.

It does sounds like vapor, or some kind of tacky pink fog. It kind of grew on me.

Tahrey: Great, now I've got Spanish Flea stuck in my head.

Armored-Struggle-Wagon: time to lighten the mood, This is adorable! very cute :3

Tahrey: :3
bttt

Riddle78: I would say that Katia's looking hot here,but that'd be too obvious. Someone get her some eye drops,though; Her eye's catching fire!

Awesome stuff. And when Katia wakes up,she'll come crashing down,knowing it was just a dream.

Lekisceon: Alrighty, Experimenting with different hairstyle for Katia...
Leaving this here before I start color to remind myself that She used to look good before becoming the victim of my brush.

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: cute :3

Geravind: Her ears are too backward again, and facial details almost invisible. But it's cute again!

Lekisceon: @Geravind: I dont understand what you mean by backward. I use the work around the booru as ref, and most of the ears seem to be like that....

Riddle78: @Lekisceon: I think they mean that the ears are too far back on the skull. Honestly? She looks adorable as-is,in my opinion.

Tahrey: When I said "backwards" before, I meant that they give the impression of being turned around 180 degrees. Cat ears, when you look at real ones or how they're usually drawn, face sort of forwardsa and outwards at about 45 degrees, so when a character is looking towards you, you should be able to see "into" at least one of them. That is, when drawn in cartoonish distance-view Prequel style, there's a pink area and a suggestion of concavity.

Here and more particularly in your previous full colour image, it looked like they were either facing in the exact opposite direction to that - IE backwards and inwards - OR were closed-off cones of unknown purpose, but probably not meant for capturing and concentrating soundwaves in a directional fashion. Ears are functional things, not just decorative - although there are some anime artists who forget that in a rather weird way and give their cat-people both human AND animal ears o_O

That said, it's only a small thing and fairly easy to alter ... On this lineart it would need only one, maybe two extra brush strokes (one on her left ear, from tip to hair, in a curve vaguely matching but inside of and tighter than the existing upper left/more horizontal line; and maybe a second on her right ear, tracing a similar route but being even closer to, but still inside of and exaggerating the curve of the lower-left/more vertical line) ....

... and I'm still quite eager to see how it looks when finished and coloured in because I really like your style and skill even when it's just plain outlines like this.

((might also wanna lose the digital clock though, unless that's either a calendar or it's meant to be magically powered ;))

Tahrey: ...that said, I've gone back to the source, and normalsprite!Katia actually does just have solid-yellow-triangle ears in most scenes, so I guess I'm on the losing end of this argument :) ... in fact the only canon drawings of her I've found so far after a couple minutes of zipping through the archives is when she's drawn in nightmare-vision. So her anxiety-ridden self image is one of someone who looks like that, but otherwise what we see is different...

(otherwise I would otherwise have capitulated anyway that the other pic has her with someone what droopy, lowered ears, which would make the insides less visible - you should still be able to see them and get an idea that they're hollow half-cones, but it'd be far less marked and depending on exact breed/species it might only be marked by a tuft of maybe-or-maybe-not differently coloured fur)

Tahrey: In fact ... the only places I can reliably state Katia as having that look to her ears is in some of the bigger flashes (RPGs and mouse-driven action games), particularly Extrapolate which had some gorgeous art in it, and even then she only seemed to have pink insides rather than a tuft-outline in a single shot.

So, complaint withdrawn. It just looks a bit odd when combined with that nicely-shaded style of yours; in flat-shaded cartoonery it seems more natural as the details are reduced anyway (even if Kaz is reducing that one more than most people do ;)... but, you are after all following the vast majority of source material and I'm just mis-remembering... so, mea culpa, and my apologies. Derp.

Lekisceon: @Tahrey: Ahh I see, thanks for the input. I certainly could alter the coloring process to give Katia the feline ears. As for the background, It'll probably be something else (i havent decided yet) this sketch was temporary because I didnt want to just have a plain ol white BG. xD

Tahrey: TBH I'd have deleted a lot of that after-the-fact if there was an edit or delete option for comments on this forum... sorry like :)

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: Maybe he is just a little grumpy about something, or you snooping about his stuff. You should prove that your are not just some 'cat'.

Armored-Struggle-Wagon: Katia: Ignore Ion's Advice, Explore for yourself! I'm sure this may not be the best Idea, but you've taken care of yourself quite well, after all, you escaped from a cave! you were just frozen not too long ago! Take that gold, and get the oblivion out of there!

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: Also about his name, it sorta sounds like a nick name.

Brenuceslu: You're unsure if you should go to Winterhold. You don't have any money and don't have a place to stay. So wouldn't it be like the same as being out here basically?

Also, Ion isn't exactly the best company. Though he was nice enough to give you pants he was about to throw out anyway.

You decide you'll go off on your own after you reach town. Maybe you could make some coin.

"So is Ion your real name?" You ask nervously.

"Ionlurescoldukka." He replies. You didn't catch that. Maybe you shouldn't have asked.

"Oh." You say.

"What's my name?" He asks you with a smirk.

"Uhhhhhhh...." You're drawing blank. Should you just make something up?

"Typical cat." He laughs. "Not that I blame you." He adds.

"Hey!" You say shyly. "I'm Katia Managan, not just some 'cat'." You try to raise your voice and sound intimidating but you know it's failing.

"Oh, my bad. Where are my manners." He says absentmindedly. You get the sense he doesn't care.

It's then you notice the rooftops of a few buildings up ahead. You're coming into town! This gives you a bit of hope, You didn't think you'd ever visit Skyrim. You kind of assumed it was a bitter cold wasteland. It's not that bad though so far. Minus the being frozen solid. That's not really Skyrim's fault though...

"Here we are." Ion says as you reach the main street. "This is it. I led you into town but you're on you own now."

"Alright well thank you." You say.

"Stop following me." He says once more. You didn't realize you were still sort of doing that.

"Sorry!" You call to him as he walks away quickly. Well- moving on then.

Lots of people in mage robes pass. More than you've seen in a while. You wonder if this is some kind of wizardy-town.

What now?

Armored-Struggle-Wagon: Leave off on your quest to find somewhere warm, Just follow the main roads, if you see anybody who looks dangerous, just dive into the snow, and camouflage yourself.

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: What a jerk, hope that everyone else isn't so mean. You don't know skyrim at all, so finding some one who knows it well would be a good idea. Just make sure its some one who isn't a racist nord.

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: Katia: I think some one is looking at you, he doesn't look like the rest. His clothing looks more familiar and out of place. Perhaps he is a traveler?

Brenuceslu: @ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: @ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu:

@Armored-Struggle-Wagon:

Now that you think about it, Yeah.

That guy has been looking at you for like thirty seconds now. You tried to ignore it at first.

He seems approachable, you guess? More so than the mages and townsfolk speeding past. Why not say hello quick?

The breton continues to stare at you as you approach. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea?

"Uh, I couldn't help noticing you were staring at me. You have piercing eyes. Is everything okay?" You say.

"Nothing is okay." He spits out. "They saw right through me at the college. Wouldn't even let me through the front gate... I'll never be a mage." He rambles.

You feel like comforting him. You assumed he was going to say something anti-khajiit at first. Looks like that isn't a problem now.

"There, there... er- How do I do this? Did I say that out lou-" You stop and take a breath. Your comforting others skills are clearly a little rusty.

"There, there, indeed." He replies sadly. He looks at you suddenly with firey intensity.

"I'm sorry. I just-" You begin before being interrupted.

The breton throws his hands in the air dramatically.

"I. Hate. Rorikstead!" He shouts. "But where else can I go now? What else is left for me?"

"I uh-" you whisper. Truthfully you have no idea what to say now. Where is that? You don't think you should ask him about it. Yep. You're just going to let him vent. That would be safer.

"I hate cows! I hate cabbage." He screams.

"Cows have milk and stuff so it's-" You begin.

"Of course a khajiit would say that!" He mumbles sadly.

Something happens though. He looks up at you with a smirk.

"HHA-HAH-AH-A-HAA-HAAAAAAAA!" He laughs heartily and struggles for breath. You're a little bit hurt at the lame cat joke but you kind of set yourself up. At least you might have helped right? That's cool.

"I was just kidding, I don't like milk." You lie. "So what's so bad about Roriks-"

"HAAAAAAA-HAAAAAAAAAHA-HA" He starts up again. "It's just- Hah... You don't like- bfffhhhaha!"
He regains his composure a bit. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend."

"That's alright." You say.

"Thanks for that." He adds, holding out his hand to you. "I'm Marcus."

"I'm Katia Managan." You say enthusiastically.

He sighs. "Sorry about that, I kind of... Yeah. Today really really sucks." He rambles.

You wonder if you should ask him about Rorikstead or just leave it for now. He is calmed down after all. You think for a moment about what to say next...

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: Ask him about Rorikstead, or maybe where he is from?

Tahrey: I guess she's lost her long-desired additions too :/

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: I forgot to upload a painting I got when I was in Chicago.

Riddle78: She's so FLUFFY~!

Tahrey: ...is that a fresco?!

Also, 8>3

MetalC0Mmander: Yeah that's the point I would get the fuck away.

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: Just what crazy thing is she going to ask/do.