AMKitsune: @Toxic: Ok, I get it now.
In that case, I'd vote for the realistic style with a caveat. Desaturated Katia still looks like she only in partial light. Perhaps see how she looks with a little desaturation, but significantly less darkening? The darkening doesn't make her look any more realistically lit to me, just darker.

Then again, this all depends on how much colour variety the environment is going to have. If areas are going to be pretty monotone, the original style might be better. If there's going to be a good amount of variety though, the more subdued, detailed look could work better.

Style wise, would I be right in saying that this is kind of like comparing the bright, cartoony style of the excelsior update to the more subdued, painterly style of the infiltrate update?

AMKitsune: They both look good for different situations. The first set looks as though it would be found under bright sunlight, whereas the second looks more like she's in a more shaded area (like next to a tall building or in a forest.)

It's impossible to really say which would work the best for general use without knowing the context. What sorts of colour pallets are you planning on using for environments and other characters? How do both of these sets of Katias look in one of those environments?

AMKitsune: @Toryu-Mau: Think about it though, in a world where magic exists, you could just enchant it all do do 1 point of frost damage and 1 point of healing per second on wearer. Instant self cooling clothes! (hopefully the frost damage's minor enough that it doesn't actually hurt though)

AMKitsune:
(I think I made the streams of blood look a little too much like some kind of resident evil-esque neck tentacles. That or party streamers with bonus confetti.)

AMKitsune: Those look like pretty intricate armour designs.
It's a pity the pic's a tad blurry and low contrast, but the underlying drawings look solid.

AMKitsune: This is why we don't try to eat live bees.

AMKitsune: I like a nice bit on pineapple on a pizza as well.
Although I'm more confused/impressed right now by the fact that Katia can hold up a pizza that's already been cut into segments with no apparent plate/tray beneath it.
Also, who puts a whole pineapple slice in the middle? Is that normal?

AMKitsune: @Toryu-Mau: Given that this looks like a digital painting, it technically was .
(I'll see myself out...)

AMKitsune: @Rick2tails: But not too much.

AMKitsune: @DepecheMode: Photoshop.

AMKitsune: @Kazerad: In my native tongue, that means something a little different to what you're thinking.

AMKitsune: @LuminosityXVII:

AMKitsune: @Rick2tails: Gotta have some place to park your sandcar, right?

AMKitsune: Absolutely badasss! (well, as badass as an on-model Katia can get XD)
Although she might want to hold that thing a little further away form the business end. Staffs probably have really long 'handles' for a good reason.

AMKitsune: A little while ago, Kazerad posted a quick picture of Katia presenting two options for a theoretical follow-up picture on 4chan. A bucket for her to build a sandcastle, or an inflated inner-tube for her to go swimming. I wanted to see her build something, but a sandcastle seemed far too 'regal' for her tastes, so she built a nice respectable sandhouse instead. (Well, respectable to us perhaps. Quill doesn't seem particularly impressed with Katia's weird ways)

AMKitsune: @lapma: Ooh, right, makes sense now. As in the bendy 'rubber hose' limbs and how the characters keep bouncing up and down all the time.

Today I learnt a new term for a thing I new about.

AMKitsune: I'm not entirely sure what you mean by 'rubber hose style', so this was what initially came to mind.

This is made in flash I presume? I look forward to seeing how you go about animating her

AMKitsune: @lapma: Gotcha covered


Now it's a super sweet amalgamation of the two!

AMKitsune: How to change Quill-Weave's life forever with a single word...
Velcro

AMKitsune: Cyrodiil may have a decent selection or robes and dresses, but do you know what it's sorely lacking? Hats!
Nothing says "I value my head, the contents within it and how it's perceived by others" quite like a good hat. (Helmets also work, but aren't half as fashionable.)

AMKitsune: @PermanentFace: Thanks, although I can't take credit for the idea of putting stuff on her tail that doesn't belong there.
http://www.prequeladventure.com/fanartbooru/post/view/3937
http://www.prequeladventure.com/fanartbooru/post/view/3477
http://www.prequeladventure.com/fanartbooru/post/view/1609

AMKitsune: After seeing Lapma's rendition of Katia in a fancy black evening dress, I felt unashamedly compelled to do the same (The only way I really know how. As an edit of an already existing picture XD).

AMKitsune: @gdfsgdfg: Prepare to cry edition.

AMKitsune: I completely forgot about this. Now that the comic has updated (multiple times) since this was uploaded, I guess I can finally rotate it!

AMKitsune: @DepecheMode: What happens when a blackbelt boops the snoot?

AMKitsune: @bluedraggy: 75/100. That fact that the result is a perfect three quarters pleases me more than the fact that's it's a seemingly good score!

AMKitsune: @bluedraggy: Well, I did significantly worse in round two. 37/100. I even got the agents name wrong! (I have only just woken up though, so all his various names kind of blend together for me right now )
Although I was at least able to work out question 17 by process of elimination. I know for a fact that it wasn't me, Caliber is more of a code wizard from what I understand, Makon produces detailed, beautifully shaded paintings, so inking probably wouldn't be him, Ciders style is different enough to Kaz's that it just about noticeable and I don't remember thinking 'Oh, this is Ciders work' at the time. That left Rawrunes as the last and most likely answer.

AMKitsune: If I may,
http://chir.ag/projects/name-that-color/#B54F17
You're most welcome.

AMKitsune: @AMKitsune: Although I call bullshit on that last question though. I gave a perfectly supportive answer but missed a whole 10 points for not fitting into your linguistic ideals.

AMKitsune: 49/100 points for me. I feel incredibly average.

AMKitsune: "'Scuse me, sorry, do you mind? Can I just? Sorry, have to take this, pardon me"

AMKitsune: @Sashimi: Surely is should be "This one says, it does"? Language jokes aside, white and gold, top tier colour combo! To begin with, I thought she was dressed up as some kind of Roman goddess (or at least a Roman rich person).

AMKitsune: @Makkon: If I'd known this was available to be seen, I'd have asked for it.

AMKitsune: For this random citizen.
FOR JUSTICE.
FOR THE EMPIRE!

AMKitsune: @Rick2tails: The only thing she's reporting is reporting to the gym!

AMKitsune: I can practically hear the runner game music when looking at this.(coincidently called "runner.Game_MUSIC", if the extracted audio file is anything to go by)

AMKitsune: @Toxic: If there's one quick tip for emulating Kazerad's style that I've picked up over time, it's use the blambot pro font (or as close to it as you can get). He uses that for seemingly everything.

AMKitsune: @Rick2tails: He can only be happy by pretending to be someone else? God that's depressing...

AMKitsune: Is the animation meant to progress at about 1 frame per second? Just seems a little odd considering Kazerad's usual 'frame rate range'.
Also, I legit thought this was Katia to begin with. The bartender never smiles! (I bet you thought I was being racist for a moment there, eh?)

AMKitsune: I've just been going through some of the older submissions while testing a thing and found this.
How does it have no comments? Seriously!

This is practically the definition of wholesome pleasure

AMKitsune: Now I'm trying to imagine what rpg battle music would work best here. The 'over the shoulder' perspective makes me think pokemon, but the positions of the health bars and icon based attack options kind of negate that train of thought.

AMKitsune: @Streetwind: "Oh stop moping Katia. You've had stickers, postcards, a poster, shirts and candy. She's had an off-brand cereal deal."

AMKitsune: It's a good thing this seems to be a desert environment, because can you imagine how strong the wet cat smell would be if it rained?

I also hold the firm belief that this place would have designated 'napping in the sun' areas where the people congregate to just stretch out and sleep under the midday sun.
Like a siesta, but more feline in nature.

AMKitsune: Katia and her stand, Simply the Best.(Because, you know, Dark Elf)

AMKitsune: Why 'are you a snek'?
Or why 'do you technically have two tails'?
Because it's apparently the in-thing at the moment, and I have no idea.

AMKitsune: @Rick2tails: How so? The mere presence of 'tribalesque imagery' doesn't make something racist. If that were the case, donkey kong country returns would have been a PR disaster for Nintendo!

AMKitsune: But could this style truly capture the soul wrenching misery that is the 'sad cat'?
You know, the kind when Katia feels like she's lost everything and is huddled up in a ball of tears.
I bet this style couldn't effectively portray that!

For 'happy cat' however, the style's pretty spot on.

AMKitsune: If there's one thing better than a successful cat, it's an adorably successful cat!

AMKitsune: @XenoYparxi: I'm not.

AMKitsune: @LuminosityXVII: I suppose with how many drunk nords get into fist fights, you're bound to find the odd gold filling at the bottom of a mug every now and then.