LuminosityXVII: @PermanentFace: That is not healthy conflict resolution, yo

LuminosityXVII: @PermanentFace: Nooooo :(

LuminosityXVII: YOU GOT IT KATIA! GO FOR THE TAIL! STEP ON IT! KICK HER ASS!

...

--Then maybe go for a pie together afterward, or some fresh-baked bread or something. Healthy conflict resolution is baller, yo.

LuminosityXVII: I may be biased, but this whole Rajirra spy thing is the friggin coolest.

LuminosityXVII: In other news, Silent here has me picturing the size of the heels necessary for TwoKinds-style digitigrade legs, and that, in turn, has me giggling.

LuminosityXVII: @Geravind: No, Geravind, that’s silly. All female spies wear flame-retardant cocktail dresses for exactly this purpose. Haven’t you ever seen a spy movie?

Jeez.

LuminosityXVII: @Toryu-Mau: Instructions unclear. Hacked a microwave to operate with door open; house is now boiling.

LuminosityXVII: @Toryu-Mau: And here we have the quintessential philosophical dilemma of all Prequel readers.

LuminosityXVII: I am become Potato; Bringer of Starch.

LuminosityXVII: @Sashimi: Roger. Awaiting first aid turtle. Initiating text-to-speech interface.

Intel shows turtles travel faster when properly motivated. Donning "#1" giant finger glove.

LuminosityXVII: @damrok4321: Ah, it's probably from the fireworks I just set off in my face, then.

Serves me right for keeping them next to the stove, I suppose.

In unrelated news, send help?

LuminosityXVII: @AMKitsune: Gooot it.

@Kazerad: Oh dear.

LuminosityXVII: @gdfsgdfg: I must admit I am confused what you're referring to.

LuminosityXVII: @protofun:
Right, there we go.

LuminosityXVII: What are you all talking about? I don't see anything...

LuminosityXVII: - Sigrid, 2018

(Wait shit, what year is it?)

LuminosityXVII: I D O N' T F E E L S O G O O D

LuminosityXVII: Holy lord above, this Kat's got so much character

LuminosityXVII: This is distressingly cute. The tail bow is definitely not helping.

LuminosityXVII: Charmed!

LuminosityXVII: @SilentOrbweaver: Maybe we can get one with the two of them together?

LuminosityXVII: aaaaaaaaaaa

LuminosityXVII: That tail is seriously unsettling. I feel as though I'm going to get nausea from staring at it.

LuminosityXVII: Oooh. Nice style, very angular. Good action lines, nice warm shading, and you can feel her confidence, her audacity.

LuminosityXVII: @SilentOrbweaver: I was thinking of making a similar joke, but this is sooo much better.

LuminosityXVII: @Sashimi: Oh lord. Seems I missed a message or four. I’m sorry! Didn’t mean to disappear like that! I’ve just had a hell of a lot going on for a while.

LuminosityXVII: Also hi Sash! Sorry I keep missing streams, and THANK YOU for requesting this.

Also Kaz you are MVP

LuminosityXVII: Is... is this heaven? Is this what heaven looks like?

Do I have to go to Greek heaven for this? Do I have to climb Mount Olympus?

I’ll need a couple of trips to REI for the climbing gear, brb

LuminosityXVII: Glacierclear! Haven't heard that name in a while! Fantastic artist.

LuminosityXVII: oooooooooooo

LuminosityXVII: Looks to me like he just found a treat at the bottom.

After it, bartender!

LuminosityXVII: Did I miss something? Is this pose a trend now? I thought it was supposed to be an ageless classic.

It has my approval either way.

LuminosityXVII: WHY

LuminosityXVII: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

LuminosityXVII: Dear god.

After this I might never engage in assault with a friendly weapon again. I have seen the light, and nothing else will ever measure up.

You have ruined sex and skeet-shooting for me forever.

LuminosityXVII: (I think it's been long enough that I can now note that I was making a joke and not just being flippant)

LuminosityXVII: @Sashimi: Haha omg, that thing! It feels like a blast from the past but it also feels like it was yesterday, somehow.

LuminosityXVII: I like how this was submitted in 2013 but all the comments are from 10 days ago.

Also, it's clearly StarFox.

LuminosityXVII: @Butterscotch: Nah.

LuminosityXVII: Holy shit that's cool. Good job picking those out.

LuminosityXVII: In other news, I believe it may now be a while before I put hollandaise on anything.

Well played, Pocky, BA.

LuminosityXVII: Whaaaaaat the what.

I get done recommending hollandaise sauce to my friends (it's amazing on chicken & waffles), and two days later this happens.

I haven't had any other cause to think about the stuff in like a year.

LuminosityXVII: No worries, I’m helping cause I enjoy it. I like helping, I like the art, and I like having an excuse to mess around with my graphics software. I just probably wouldn’t have time for a full manual trace.

Still, you’re right, the most realistic solution probably is to do an edit or have it made from scratch by an artist who can do vector work.

Actually, in all honesty, anything intended for print really ought to be done as a vector in the first place.

LuminosityXVII: You’re absolutely right; that’s exactly what I’ve been struggling with. I would have just resolved to trace it manually by now (not this piece but the version Sash is trying to get made), except that takes way more time than I generally have to play with.

I hadn’t tried extracting the lineart like you described, though. Livetrace does a surprisingly good job of that when set to Black & White, actually, but I’m not sure if I have a way to then get the fills by themselves. I’mma do some puzzling.

LuminosityXVII: I get the impression it would work better if the image were a higher resolution, but that's our problem to begin with.

Still, it might work at a higher resolution without that higher resolution needing to hit "60 second render time per brushstroke" levels.

LuminosityXVII: ("a bit" as compared to all other attempts)

LuminosityXVII: Okay, so this seems to be the best I can get. Significantly better than the Inkscape attempt, I think, but still a bit janky.

LuminosityXVII: Ooh ooh wait hold on, I just realized I have a computer I haven’t used in over a year that still has Photoshop & Illustrator on it! If you can wait til I get home today and dig it out, I’ll see what I can do! Maybe I’ll be able to vectorize it more professionally.

LuminosityXVII: Beautiful :')

LuminosityXVII: @CandyDragon: Yeah. I loved using Photoshop and Illustrator as a student; we actually got free temporary copies at the time. One of these days I’ll get a hold of them again...