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AMKitsune: It's funny. Even when using your non-dominant hand, good understandings of proportion and posing can practically (and in some cases, completely) carry an image by them selves. No steady hand or dexterity needed.
AMKitsune: @Jig_Bigga: The trick, in this case, was making the base of the hairs a little narrower than normal (the make them slightly less 'quill' like, and more like fine hairs), and to enable hair dynamics, letting the animation play for a few frames so that the hairs fall into a more natural position. Oh, and randomising the length of the hairs so that they're not all exactly the same.
AMKitsune: @Zargothrax: When I said I wanted to 'paws' the render, I didn't expect the whole computer to catch on fire!
@spatuladoom: Oh... My... God. How did I not remember this and make the connection myself? It's perfect.
AMKitsune: I was farting around with Blender hair simulation, a decided to make a derpy little Katia.
Look at that little face. Not a single thought behind those eyes.
AMKitsune: @xatishXD: And you're only posting them here now? These (and the other page full) are simply precious. So much so, that we'll forgive the crime of not sharing them sooner
AMKitsune: Absolutely amazing. 3D renditions are always a treat when they appear, but to also include the model itself, that's a step above and beyond.
AMKitsune: You modelled the boat? Well there goes any respect I ever had for you or your work. Such a shame to, if only you cared enough and weren't so lazy...
I kid, I kid. It all came together fantasticality. I could have sworn I said as much in my previous comment, but evidently not! Keep up the great work.
AMKitsune: Now I simply have to ask how this was made.
My first guess would have to be that you 3d modelled the pier, then drew over it with your normal vector program, adding in the boat and Katia, then painting the shading and texturing on top of that.
My second would be that you didn't use 3d, but instead used some kind of perspective guides.
Third, and least likely, would be that you just freehanded the whole thing. No references, no guides.
AMKitsune: I need to add, the original version of this had next to no thought or effort put into it, and was generated as a shit-posty reply to a discord conversation. Hence the additional fingers, tails, e.t.c.
AMKitsune: I appreciate the addition of raw-unblended Katia. The main pic looks like it has a lot of potential, with what appears to be some very nice modelling, but unfortunately the lighting (or lack there-of) really holds it back. It's next to impossible to see what's going on besides the lantern, part of the bad, and the lower half of Katia.
AMKitsune: @lapma: That feeling when you don't have to worry about being considered royalty, as you're instead worshipped as a divine being (in the ancient Egyptian sense. Not referring to any of the more dedicated fans.).
Adorable stuff as always.
@rollanan: I can think of a sum total of 0 reasons why you shouldn't.
AMKitsune: I was going to ask why you replaced her hand (wearing a glove, or perhaps a mechanical hand after some workplace accident?), but it then occurred to me that those aren't necessarily 'her' arms, and that this minifig could have come with its own yellow arms.
AMKitsune: I have to admit, this is one instance where your simple art style tripped me up a little. To begin with, I couldn't tell if Katia was holding a couple of feathers, or flipping someone off. Then I saw the 'magic fire' tag, and now it all makes sense.
AMKitsune: @NewFace: Currently, it only auto-converts "katia" and "katiamanagan" to the full "character:Katia_Managan" tag. There are so many potential variations of the tag (for Katia alone, not even considering other characters), that we'd need so many rules to convert all the possible variations, it would become a bit of a nightmare to manage.
AMKitsune: Seeing all these ancient Egyptian aesthetic pics being uploaded recently reminded me that I had an old looking, side on piece of 'ancient looking' imagery of my own. (not necessarily Egyptian themed. that's much further back in the booru's history.)
Given how long ago I made this (quite a significant while ago), I'm surprised it wasn't already on here.
AMKitsune: Ok, to start, hand drawn pencil animation is rare enough as it is, so is impressive to see by itself.
The fact that you also lined it up so that the printed lines stay in place, even better.
AMKitsune: No idea how you achieved it (textured brush, some kind of filter, or a textured overlay of some sort) but that shading (and rendering in general) is chef's kiss material.
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.
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@spatuladoom: Oh... My... God. How did I not remember this and make the connection myself? It's perfect.
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Look at that little face. Not a single thought behind those eyes.
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I have very limited experience with grease pencil, and the left looks more like grease pencil.
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I kid, I kid. It all came together fantasticality. I could have sworn I said as much in my previous comment, but evidently not! Keep up the great work.
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My first guess would have to be that you 3d modelled the pier, then drew over it with your normal vector program, adding in the boat and Katia, then painting the shading and texturing on top of that.
My second would be that you didn't use 3d, but instead used some kind of perspective guides.
Third, and least likely, would be that you just freehanded the whole thing. No references, no guides.
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Adorable stuff as always.
@rollanan: I can think of a sum total of 0 reasons why you shouldn't.
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Given how long ago I made this (quite a significant while ago), I'm surprised it wasn't already on here.
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The fact that you also lined it up so that the printed lines stay in place, even better.
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Katia has a promising life as a mage ahead of her.
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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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