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.

AMKitsune: All in all, I really like this (much like the artists other uploads).
I kind of have to agree with Geravinds point about her head being a little flat though.

It's not much, but I feel that her head being slightly taller helps round it out a bit more.

Anyway, that aside, what's the story behind this piece?
I like to imagine Katia's attending her first day at the arcane university but wasn't sure what to wear, so she asked around beforehand for what typical university students look like. She repeatedly neglected to mention the 'arcane' part.

AMKitsune: @SilentOrbweaver: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship 'squiggly blue line'. Its continuing mission to find a way out of this damn cage!

AMKitsune: "I'm making burgers."
...One plume of smoke later...
"Anyone want to buy a hockey puck?"

AMKitsune: Upon seeing the thumbnail:
Upon seeing the full thing:

AMKitsune: @BlackMessa: I'm not suggesting that she just ran and jumped from the edge, but launched herself at high speed from a nearby wall after building up speed from an infinite fall loop for a while...

Wait a minute, are you trying to steal Aperture Science research? As to be expected from one of their largest competitors...

AMKitsune: @NothingShortOfBurning: The way you drew and animated the fires really makes this feel like something straight out of the comic.

As far as critique goes, I'd have to suggest looking into things like her pose and proportions.
In this case, her legs being as close together as they are seem to suggest a somewhat calm and collected mood which contradicts her arms energetic, celebratory pose. I'd probably suggest for her to stand with a slightly wider stance.

Secondly, her legs feel a little shorter than they should be relative to her torso. (of her torso's a little longer compared to her legs. I'm not really good enough at this to say for certain XD). Lengthening her legs a bit and moving her knee-pad things to about knee height should help with that.

Thirdly, given the prominence/importance of fire and light in this picture, I'd personally suggest making the flames a little brighter. This is purely a personal opinion though, as I tend to prefer higher contrast in scenes like this. Make of that what you will.

Finally, continuing on the subject of light, given how much fire is in the image, Katia looks pretty much unlit by any or it. A little rim highlighting could help convey the intensity (and direction) of the light given off by the building in front of her.
If the light source was more singular in nature, I might also suggest having it cast a shadow behind Katia, but that wouldn't work too well in this situation and with this art style.

That's about it really. All in all this is pretty good rendition of a scene that I'm sure many of us would be happy to see come to pass XD.


(Sorry about the rushed edit job. Hopefully it gets my points across well enough)

AMKitsune: The situation may look bad, but we have no idea how much horizontal velocity she currently has.
She looks pretty happy though, so she's probably flying through there! Remember that in relation to portals, speedy cat goes in, speedy cat comes out.

AMKitsune: Proof positive that little Katia is a precious treasure.

AMKitsune: @bluedraggy: Or an overly frothed pint of milk.
Ah, who are we kidding? It's booze and it's not going to end well for her.