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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:09 am

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Brilliant work, and thank you for adding in helpful notes too! I downloaded the SVG and I think I will learn a lot from it. I am especially impressed on how you do the folds, and know where exactly where to put the shading and highlights that indicate them!

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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:14 am

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*walks in limping with cane*

Gyaaah.... >.<
No more.... too much.... artwork.... to...... reply to....... >v<

This is all fantastic, but my piggy heart can take it any further. It's like someone broke open a dam filled to the brim with Epic Win, and all I have to stop it all is a single sand bag. ^^'

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My progress on the Unix-sama pic:

It's still absolutely remarkable that you're doing this! I'm so happy -- Aurora-hime's first UNIX-sama. ^^

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EDIT: Just sketched it this afternoon, it is the proposed group picture of ][-chan, GS/OS-chan, PET-chan and AtariDOS-chan... imitating a barbershop quartet (or their take on a barbershop quartet)!

A few notes: AtariDOS-chan has rabbits coming out of her hat, and although it can't be seen from here ][-chan is waving around a paper fan just like the one she used in her appearance in the ZS Xmas special.

I replaced my blood with maple syrup this time JUST to be able to withstand the epic CUTE of this picture. ^v^

[And even at that, I feel my syrup blood crystalizing by the sheer force of Cute.... ugh...]

*drools and starts losing proper motor coordination* OvO

But the sketch is brilliant and so appropriately Vintage-tanish. ^.^
Especially among the trio, this is something they would probably do on occasion -- since they hail from an era when coordinated dance and original songs were a way of life. ^^

All of them are drawn with frightening accuracy for a notebook paper sketch, and optimum sweet appeal -- again, if you were to travel back in time to show your earlier self what you're capable of now, I wonder what she would think of it (and you, having come so far). ^^

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This was about an hour's work...plus I added some explanations of what I actually did. You can catch someone a fish and feed them for a day, but if you teach someone to fish you can feed them for a lifetime.

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It's no problem at all; I'm glad to help when I can ^^

This was about an hour's work...plus I added some explanations of what I actually did. You can catch someone a fish and feed them for a day, but if you teach someone to fish you can feed them for a lifetime.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, BELLA-HIME!!!!! ^V^
Believe me, today you made someone else besides Aurora-hime very happy. ^.^

Indeed, the shading assessment is correct -- still surprised Aurora-hime said she had trouble with it, when in fact she did bottom-up lighting reasonably well back with her old chimera OS-tan pictures. ^^

When in doubt, reference shots (like the GITS one shown) are very helpful, especially when trying to recreate ANIME shading (which naturally is more stylized than realistic imagery). But when it comes to any kind of shading, a good strong flashlight is always an invaluable tool to witness (in real life) how shading really works. Many of my most ambitious shading works (such as the early shading test in my eComstation-tan picture) were based off of real scenes that captivated me and made me want to imitate it in one of my drawings.

The finally Unix-sama picture is looking fantastic -- and due to the lighting which makes her look more menacing, eerily similar to the depiction of her I had planned for her debut picture (the one I promised myself I would do 2.5 years ago, right after the equally-defunct PCDOS-tan comic panel.... -v-). In that proposed picture, though, she was on her wheelchair and rolled (by Solaris-sama) across lighting filtered through from a steel-grate floor -- a lighting experiment too complicated even by my current standards, let alone what I could do at that time. -v-

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I downloaded the SVG and I think I will learn a lot from it. I am especially impressed on how you do the folds, and know where exactly where to put the shading and highlights that indicate them!

"SHE who finds the secret of the Fold Master shall find the Secret to Life itself!" ^___^

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I feel a bit cowardly asking this, especially since I have a hard time asking people to do something I myself cannot commit to. But if at all possible, I hope.... or rather I beg... that, if appropriate, you two will be able to work together on many many things. You're both highly committed, attenetive, friendly, and creative -- as a kind of "half-CLAMP" team, I think a lot of incredible things could come about from greater partnership. Or at least that's how I think, foolish little pig that I am who can't even manage a tewam worth squat.... -v-

Either way, no matter what comes about, now that I am very very proud of you two, and beyond overjoyed to have had the privilege of knowing such a talented pair of ladies. ^^

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*drops tot he floor with exhaustion*

And............ that's it,/........... I'm done.... XvX

*passes out* x____x

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:48 pm

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Brilliant work, and thank you for adding in helpful notes too!

I downloaded the SVG and I think I will learn a lot from it. I am especially impressed on how you do the folds, and know where exactly where to put the shading and highlights that indicate them!

The problem a lot of people have with folds is getting to complicated with them. It's especially easy with a pleated skirt like this, basically doing a zig-zag between the bottom of the skirt to the end of the pleat line, and then doing another straight line downward. Adding a few nodes at the top of each zig-zag can make it look a bit more realistic as well.

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It's still absolutely remarkable that you're doing this! I'm so happy -- Aurora-hime's first UNIX-sama. ^^

And Unix-sama is looking so...utterly...cute!

...in an insanely powerful, don't-mess-with-me-noob kinda way. ^.^

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Omnomnom...with maple syrup blood you're going to be attracting the NHite vamprires...

I forgot to comment on this one. I agree that a barbershop quartet is well-suited for this group of Vintage-tans. AtariDOS-tan is the cutest of the group (to me at least), but it's almost impossible to say because they're all so darn sweet looking! ][-tan and PET-chan are adorable, too, but GS/OS-tan I have to love as well (the wing thing).

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I always thought the lighting in the Mac to the Future picture was quite well done!

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When in doubt, reference shots (like the GITS one shown) are very helpful, especially when trying to recreate ANIME shading (which naturally is more stylized than realistic imagery). But when it comes to any kind of shading, a good strong flashlight is always an invaluable tool to witness (in real life) how shading really works. Many of my most ambitious shading works (such as the early shading test in my eComstation-tan picture) were based off of real scenes that captivated me and made me want to imitate it in one of my drawings.

Yeah, I agree that real-life reference shots are very useful to look at; even just observing things around you can be very valuable.

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The finally Unix-sama picture is looking fantastic -- and due to the lighting which makes her look more menacing, eerily similar to the depiction of her I had planned for her debut picture (the one I promised myself I would do 2.5 years ago, right after the equally-defunct PCDOS-tan comic panel.... -v-). In that proposed picture, though, she was on her wheelchair and rolled (by Solaris-sama) across lighting filtered through from a steel-grate floor -- a lighting experiment too complicated even by my current standards, let alone what I could do at that time. -v-

Yeah, the bottom-lighting does add to her...scariness, doesn't it? ^^

I think you could've done something like that, though, as the lighting isn't all that difficult...it's just a matter of reversing the shading and using more contrast, really. Maybe the grates would have made it a bit more difficult, though.

Though that picture, I admit, sounds eerily like one I wanted to do with Unix-sama in her wheelchair being pushed by Linux-sama. Okay, except this would have been outside, along a beautiful tiled path, with several beady-eyed, confused and/or shocked Unix-tans hiding behind a nearby tree.

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I feel a bit cowardly asking this, especially since I have a hard time asking people to do something I myself cannot commit to. But if at all possible, I hope.... or rather I beg... that, if appropriate, you two will be able to work together on many many things. You're both highly committed, attenetive, friendly, and creative -- as a kind of "half-CLAMP" team, I think a lot of incredible things could come about from greater partnership. Or at least that's how I think, foolish little pig that I am who can't even manage a tewam worth squat.... -v-

Either way, no matter what comes about, now that I am very very proud of you two, and beyond overjoyed to have had the privilege of knowing such a talented pair of ladies. ^^

I would like to ask you (Aurora) the same thing. I do consider you one of my artistic constants, and one of the people here who have inspired me to do my best.
I would not still be here if I didn't have people to share ideas and brainstorm with...so I truly hope that we work together in the future, too...even if it's just helping each other out with our comics and picture ideas; or as big as a collaborative drawing :3

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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:31 am

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C-Chan wrote:

It's still absolutely remarkable that you're doing this! I'm so happy -- Aurora-hime's first UNIX-sama. ^^

Thanks! I got the inspiration for this right away after seeing Bella's latest picture of her, but also inspired by your vector sketch of her (I really liked the kind of mood it gives out). The lighting from the bottom is intended to give her a more menacing look

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I replaced my blood with maple syrup this time JUST to be able to withstand the epic CUTE of this picture. ^v^

Be careful- pork + maple syrup sounds kinda delicious... Not that I am tempted or anything!

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[And even at that, I feel my syrup blood crystalizing by the sheer force of Cute.... ugh...]

*drools and starts losing proper motor coordination* OvO

But the sketch is brilliant and so appropriately Vintage-tanish. ^.^
Especially among the trio, this is something they would probably do on occasion -- since they hail from an era when coordinated dance and original songs were a way of life. ^^

So the trio is from old times, of musicals! Although GS/OS-chan is much younger than the trio, she still likes to tag along too!

I'm mostly done with the vector sketch to show them in color which I'll post up tonight. I hope you'll still be here to see it.

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All of them are drawn with frightening accuracy for a notebook paper sketch, and optimum sweet appeal -- again, if you were to travel back in time to show your earlier self what you're capable of now, I wonder what she would think of it (and you, having come so far). ^^

Hmm...
*goes back in time to see herself 2 years ago*

2008 self: Check this out! *shows 2006 self current work*

2006 self: OMG!! You can come up with backstories, sappy comics and have a much better fashion sense than I do! And you can use them scary vector graphics!

2008 self: I find vector graphics to actually be much easier than doing everything by hand.

2006 self: Inconcievable! 0__0

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When in doubt, reference shots (like the GITS one shown) are very helpful, especially when trying to recreate ANIME shading (which naturally is more stylized than realistic imagery).

I gotta stop relying on my fail-worthy memory! XD

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But when it comes to any kind of shading, a good strong flashlight is always an invaluable tool to witness (in real life) how shading really works. Many of my most ambitious shading works (such as the early shading test in my eComstation-tan picture) were based off of real scenes that captivated me and made me want to imitate it in one of my drawings.

I have used flashlights in a dark room to test out lighting before. I try to do a lot of observing these days to help me too.

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It is HUUUUGE bummer that you had so many great picture ideas you could never fulfill ;__;

But all the pictures you had the time to draw all are fantastic!

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Sure, I will stay, collaborate and help as much as I can. Although, It may be difficult without you; the Linux tech support expert and Vintage-tan expert!

It is so sad that you will be leaving!! ;__; It is inevitable that everyone will leave eventually, but this still came as a shock to me. I remember that in the spring of 2007 you had plans on leaving but fortunately for one reason or another you decided to stay (think of all the awesome pictures and ideas you wouldn't have made if you left the first time you planned to!).

I guess things are different this time. You will be missed a whole lot, you really really will. In the almost 2.5 years you have been here, you have contributed so much from creating several new OS-tan characters with brilliant designs and backstories, creating the Annex Project (a wonderful undertaking in the world of OS-tans, and although its thread is long dead, it all still lives on and is being continued to this day!) to organize all new characters and integrate them well into an OS-tan universe, suggest all kinds of great ideas for character concepts and stories, help people with all matters related to Linux, introduce other artists to Inkscape, edit the OS-tan wiki. And of course, commenting on others' works in your very kind, witty and encouraging way.

Why, I even learned some important philosophy and economics stuff from you, and also learned from you to keep things simple and don't get bogged down with overambition (most notably with the ZS Xmas special!).

I believe that I am speaking on behalf of many OSC members, past and present with this speech. Thank you for everything, C-Chan!

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I have learned how to draw pleated skirts and dresses better than I could before by observing your drawings!

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I always thought the lighting in the Mac to the Future picture was quite well don

Even though I used a reference picture, I still really like how it turned out! Aw man... Speaking of that Mac to the Future picture, I was planning on revamping it!

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Yeah, the bottom-lighting does add to her...scariness, doesn't it? ^^

Just as planned!

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Though that picture, I admit, sounds eerily like one I wanted to do with Unix-sama in her wheelchair being pushed by Linux-sama. Okay, except this would have been outside, along a beautiful tiled path, with several beady-eyed, confused and/or shocked Unix-tans hiding behind a nearby tree.

Ahahaha! A beautiful and funny picture idea!

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Of course I will stay and continue contributing as much as I can. I feel the same way too. I'd end up leaving I didn't have anyone to brainstorm OS-tan ideas with!

Although it will be difficult for me without C-Chan's help, I will stay strong for you and the other artists of OSC.

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So...to skip around to things I've missed.... OMG! The updated Festering Hate-tan sketch is awesome! As is DexOS-tan! I had been pondering how a DexOS-tan should be done. You did an excellent job! ^^ The coffee pool party picture amused me very much! gasp! KolibriOS, too!? She's awesome! Amazing design. She's dangerously close to becoming my favorite... The User Space Gang pic is epically awesome! I see DragonflyBSD-tan is finally showing her wings. Does this mean her design is complete? Also, several cheers for a colored version of MidnightBSD-san! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Sorry for the ones I missed. I assure you I liked them, also. There's just so many that I've missed since I've been gone! DX

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Omnomnom...with maple syrup blood you're going to be attracting the NHite vamprires...

Well... if it's for you... ^___^ (you are a vampire?)
I guess... it's time to do a little... self-sacrifice.... -v-

*tries to imitate Boota from Gurren Lagann and pulls his own tail out to offer as an energy boost*

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OH $#&@!!!!!!!!!!! THAT HURTS!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!! >>>>>>>>0<<<<<<<<<

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I forgot to comment on this one. I agree that a barbershop quartet is well-suited for this group of Vintage-tans. AtariDOS-tan is the cutest of the group (to me at least), but it's almost impossible to say because they're all so darn sweet looking! ][-tan and PET-chan are adorable, too, but GS/OS-tan I have to love as well (the wing thing).

Admittedly, AtariDOS-chan is the apple of my eye in this one too. Not to say the others aren't either -- just that she adds a few more grams of sugar to her sweet, delicious cakey. ^___^

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I always thought the lighting in the Mac to the Future picture was quite well done!

That's another example, true. ^^

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I think you could've done something like that, though, as the lighting isn't all that difficult...it's just a matter of reversing the shading and using more contrast, really. Maybe the grates would have made it a bit more difficult, though.

Indeed, the grates would have required adding the highlights in segmented squares rather than the usual full strips.

Another technique I've yet to try out but have always wanted to is tree light filtering. In some Anime you will see characters lying or walking under a tree be completely in the shade, save for some cloudshaped formations around their face and bodies, representing the small slivers of light that make it through the leaves. It makes more sense if you look at a live example, but I've always viewed that as a very elegant technique.

Perhaps someday... -v-

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Oh darn, that would have been definitely lulzworthy. Still could be though. ^____^
[coincidentally,... they DO happen to be underneath a tree.... hmmm..... -v-]

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Is happy. ^^

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Be careful- pork + maple syrup sounds kinda delicious... Not that I am tempted or anything!

*splits tail in half and offers the other to Aurora-hime

*gushing tears* Bon appetit... ;^x^;

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Thank you again Aurora-hime for doing this. ^^

I would imagine that, even though GS/OS-chan is younger and nimbler, she actually doesn't hold a candle to the girls when it comes to song and dance. She simply didn't grow up in an environment that asked her to be that clever. ^^;

Good thing that's just a picture, though -- in motion, she'd probably show the occasional goof. ^.^;
Meanwhile, the younger-looking girls are not only in perfect unison, we have two adding extra entertainment value, and one doing it all WITH HER EYES CLOSED! Simply amazing, isn't it? ^.^

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Fufufu~!! Don't forget to leave a candy wrapper lying around when you're done. ^___^

I honestly didn't know you found vector graphics scary. ^.^

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It is HUUUUGE bummer that you had so many great picture ideas you could never fulfill ;__;

But all the pictures you had the time to draw all are fantastic! /quote]

Thank you Aurora-hime. -v-
I won't give up OS-tan artwork though. I do want to focus on programming, so you could say I'm simply switching mediums.

If I'm done with my Concentration game and have it available in an accessible location on the web, I hope you'll be willing to download it, try it (I'll aim for cross-compatibility), and maybe add a bit to it. Remember, given that it carries with it descriptions of each OS-tan, it is intended to serve as a kind of portable and interactive OS-tan Wiki. ^^

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Thank you Aurora-hime. Your words are very sweet and sincere and they mean the world to me.

I don't want you to be sad, because after all, as you said, I should have been gone a looooong time ago. You and Bella were primarily my raison d'etre, and as you also said I got a lot done (and helped you gals get a lot done) thanks to the fun and consistent communication of ideas. My departure has to do with many factors that may not be visible out here in the fun sections of the forum -- you'll remember I offered to talk about that in private.

Reading your speech and believing every word that kind and honest Aurora-hime says, I really should feel happy that I got so much accomplished within the near 3 years I've been here. I couldn't make the forum the definitive epicenter of the OS-tan world... heaven knows I tried... but at least in trying I managed to help many many people feel right at home and foster their talents. Instead of quantity, I was given the luxury of helping out some real QUALITY members!

I'm ever glad and grateful that I not only managed to be of service to you and others, but that you also allow me to reciprocate that as well. I thank YOU for helping me during times of need, for replying so diligently to my posts, for remembering every detail of my characters and their backtories, for contributing so much to the OS-tan wiki, for drawing in the cute, creative and whimsical style that I've come to grow and love, for being open-minded and attentive,.....

But most of all.

Thank you for being with me. ^^
I leave with no regrets of being a social animal... it made me happier than I ever thought I would be. ^___^

I hope to see you around, my dear old friend Aurora-hime! ^v^

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:16 pm

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I still have some responding to do, and noticed a Siya sighting (Quick! Grab the nets, folks!) but I'll post up the beta vector sketch of the Binteeji Quartet picture:

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Yay! It looks awesome! XD

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WAI!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!! Just quickly popping in to let everyone know I haven't forgotten about C-Day. I'm just finishing up the chibi picture, the inspiration of which came to me like lightning!!!!! I'm really gonna finish this one!!!!!!! ^v^ And I think you'll see why I said it was appropriate. ^___^ After that, I'll commence my last Response Bombing Sortie. ^.^

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Aw, this picture is coming along so nicely. I can't wait to see the finished version! I really like their semi-matching outfits. So far AtariDOS-tan gets the award in the category of "so cute imgonnadie", and I certainly wins most interesting hairdo. I'm loving the bunnies, too...though I sure hope she doesn't pull a killer space bunny out of that hat! Pet-chan is adorable, and ][-tan is definitely looking great in color. I like how you added the fan...

...though...

...GS/OS-tan is beautiful, too. It's not quite a youngish cute like the other quartet members-- I daresay she's a bit more mature (although I'm a bit unclear on her actual physical age). I love her wavy hair and beautiful golden wings!

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I'm happy my drawing and C-Chan's drawing served as inspiration! And the menacing look worked out perfectly. ^^

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If I went back a year, I probably wouldn't recognize my own work. If I went back two years, I probably wouldn't even know what the hell they were drawings of. (Remember, folks, two years ago my entire knowledge of OSes centered around Windows + Mac + Linux + Unix)

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I have used flashlights in a dark room to test out lighting before. I try to do a lot of observing these days to help me too.

Nothing better than observing and using real-world examples; with a lot of my hand poses I've used pictures of real hands (my own or otherwise).

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It is HUUUUGE bummer that you had so many great picture ideas you could never fulfill ;__;

But all the pictures you had the time to draw all are fantastic!

If you go back and think about it, we've all had a lot of pictures we have wanted to do but couldn't. We could play the "what if?" game all day. But it's more constructive to focus on what we have accomplished, and not wallow in what we failed to accomplish...

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I can't agree with you more, Aurora-hime, and I couldn't have put it better... though this didn't really come at all as a shock to me. Honestly, I thought you were leaving last...February. And before that, I thought you were leaving in April or May of 2007 -__-

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I have learned how to draw pleated skirts and dresses better than I could before by observing your drawings!

And I learned by observing the drawings of others...

BTW, I don't know if you ever saw these (they sorta got buried in my thread way back), but I made two tutorials explaining how I draw folds. Dunno if they'd be a help or not, but they're worth a second posting...

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s320/BellasOS-tans/tutorial.png

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s320/BellasOS-tans/tutorial3.png

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Even though I used a reference picture, I still really like how it turned out! Aw man... Speaking of that Mac to the Future picture, I was planning on revamping it!

I think it's quite nice as it stands, but who am I to talk about going back and fixing things. (And I've been thinking of adding a few fixes to the *Nix Holiday picture).

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Ahahaha! A beautiful and funny picture idea!

And here's a quick sketch of it...

Behind the tree, top to bottom, that's SCO-tan (who's full of RAGE that her grandmother is spending time with that damned flaky open source Unix-like); BSD-san (who's just a bit...confounded); and Minix-sensei (who's sure that this sort of friendship can't last, or at least end well. Somehow I always saw Minix-sensei as being a bit suspicious of Unix-sama, even after they got back on good terms). That dog is Mutt-kun, a small, fat mixed breed, who delivers mail and newspapers to the Unix and Linux-tans (FYI, Mutt is a CLI mail program). Why? The USG have lots of pets, and even the CIOST have VMS-sama's sharks...but the poor Unixen/Linuxes have no pets which I know of.

A bit OT, but I finally got around to watching Howl's Moving Castle...finally, I know where the inspiration for Unix-sama's stick-of-death comes from. XD

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Oh darn, that would have been definitely lulzworthy. Still could be though. ^____^

[coincidentally,... they DO happen to be underneath a tree.... hmmm..... -v-]

[see above]

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Thank you very much, Aurora-hime. I will try to be here for you, and our other artists, too.

[quote]Well... if it's for you... ^___^ (you are a vampire?)
I guess... it's time to do a little... self-sacrifice.... -v-

*tries to imitate Boota from Gurren Lagann and pulls his own tail out to offer as an energy boost*

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OH $#&@!!!!!!!!!!! THAT HURTS!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!! >>>>>>>>0<<<<<<<<<[quote]

*Omnomnom*

...you have maple syrup blood and that's enough to turn any NHite into a vampire. No really-- I swear, last Thankgiving I had maple-glazed salmon instead of turkey. o.O

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Tree light filtering...I think I know what you mean by that. That would be quite an interesting effect... @@

Personally, I've always wanted to do a very stylized, simplified picture (using lots of interesting fill effects). Like something along the lines of this...

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s320/BellasOS-tans/largeAnimePaperwallpapers_Blood-Plu.jpg

Or a picture with very high-contrast shading, like this...

http://www.horace.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/largeanimepaperscans_blood-plus_altered_74256.jpg

...But I've never gotten around to it. : \

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I would imagine that, even though GS/OS-chan is younger and nimbler, she actually doesn't hold a candle to the girls when it comes to song and dance. She simply didn't grow up in an environment that asked her to be that clever. ^^;

Good thing that's just a picture, though -- in motion, she'd probably show the occasional goof. ^.^;

Speaking of GS/OS, has anyone ever proposed a ProDOS-tan...or would that simply be considered the same as Apple ][-tan? On second thought, in that original chibi of ][-tan, aren't the apples in her basket some sort of reference to ProDOS?

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Meanwhile, the younger-looking girls are not only in perfect unison, we have two adding extra entertainment value, and one doing it all WITH HER EYES CLOSED! Simply amazing, isn't it? ^.^

Amazingly cute, that is!

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I honestly didn't know you found vector graphics scary. ^.^

I don't blame Aurora, vecotr graphics has the reputation of being, like, the calculus of digital graphics. I sure know I thought vector graphics were fscking terrifying, at least until I actually tried out Inkscape.

To play a bit of the "what if?" game myself...if I went back, I would've have started out with vector graphics.

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Thank you Aurora-hime. -v-
I won't give up OS-tan artwork though. I do want to focus on programming, so you could say I'm simply switching mediums.

If I'm done with my Concentration game and have it available in an accessible location on the web, I hope you'll be willing to download it, try it (I'll aim for cross-compatibility), and maybe add a bit to it. Remember, given that it carries with it descriptions of each OS-tan, it is intended to serve as a kind of portable and interactive OS-tan Wiki. ^^

I really hope you can do this game, it sounds simple but fun! I believe you can, if you put your mind to it.

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How beautifully put... I feel the same way about you guys, as well. :..)

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BTW, Aurora-hime, I've recently been working on making a DA club for OS-tans. I don't know if you visit your DA page all that often anymore, or would be interested in submitting any artwork (basically, I would just upload the pictures into a section of the gallery under your alias/username), but I would really like it if you could. After all, the membership is a bit low...so far, it's just me, and Siya has agreed to join as well.

Just something to think about. ^.^

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Siya wrote:

So...to skip around to things I've missed....

A SIYA SIGHTING!! GRAB THE NETS, FOLKS!!

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OMG! The updated Festering Hate-tan sketch is awesome!

Thanks! Did I succeed with giving her a psycho, deathmetal look?

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As is DexOS-tan! I had been pondering how a DexOS-tan should be done. You did an excellent job! ^^

Ooh! You've seen the futuristic-looking DexOS too? That's an OS I would really want to try out, only if I had the right hardware for it ;__;

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*gasp!* KolibriOS, too!? She's awesome! Amazing design. She's dangerously close to becoming my favorite...

Thank you!

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The User Space Gang pic is epically awesome! I see DragonflyBSD-tan is finally showing her wings. Does this mean her design is complete?

I'm not sure myself but I still have to finish this picture! >_<

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Also, several cheers for a colored version of MidnightBSD-san! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

Glad to hear that my interpretation of your MidnightBSD-tan design is to your liking!

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Another technique I've yet to try out but have always wanted to is tree light filtering. In some Anime you will see characters lying or walking under a tree be completely in the shade, save for some cloudshaped formations around their face and bodies, representing the small slivers of light that make it through the leaves. It makes more sense if you look at a live example, but I've always viewed that as a very elegant technique.

That's an interesting technique I may have to try out at some point!

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*splits tail in half and offers the other to Aurora-hime

*gushing tears* Bon appetit... ;^x^;

No thanks, you need that half of your tail a lot more than I do!

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I think so too. She is from another generation, where musicals were not a way of life. Although not good at musicals like the trio is, she is very good with musical instruments.

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Good thing that's just a picture, though -- in motion, she'd probably show the occasional goof. ^.^;
Meanwhile, the younger-looking girls are not only in perfect unison, we have two adding extra entertainment value, and one doing it all WITH HER EYES CLOSED! Simply amazing, isn't it? ^.^

Eheheheh... They're all together doing dance, along with something slightly different: ][-chan is waving around a fan, GS/OS-chan is bound to stumble and goof up occasionally (something she could use to her advantage for comedy!), PET-chan is doing the dance with her eyes closed (which is really impressive! BTW, what do her eyes look like when open?) and Atari DOS-chan is releasing rabbits from her hat!

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Fufufu~!! Don't forget to leave a candy wrapper lying around when you're done. ^___^

Nice reference!

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I honestly didn't know you found vector graphics scary. ^.^

It thought vector graphics were scary because they seemed so weird, manipulating points and shapes to their desired form using complex math and Boolean operations as opposed to freehand drawing and coloring.

I started using vector graphics in March 2007 and for a while they seemed harder than freehand, but as I got more efficient with them, vector graphics turned out to be easier to me than drawing and coloring freehand!

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Even though you are retiring from OSC, I am happy to see that you are not giving up on the OS-tans, and are able to apply them into a new and open source project!

When its avaliable, I will certainly be willing to download it! Too bad I'm not a programmer so I can't contribute though

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Thank you Aurora-hime. Your words are very sweet and sincere and they mean the world to me.

I really did mean all of what I said, because you along with many other OSC members are some of the nicest, wittiest and most supportive people I have ever encountered online (and not just because I have stumbled upon a lot of trolls in other places)

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I don't want you to be sad, because after all, as you said, I should have been gone a looooong time ago. You and Bella were primarily my raison d'etre, and as you also said I got a lot done (and helped you gals get a lot done) thanks to the fun and consistent communication of ideas. My departure has to do with many factors that may not be visible out here in the fun sections of the forum -- you'll remember I offered to talk about that in private.

It has been fun working with you all these several months. You are one of the members that encouraged me to keep on going!

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Reading your speech and believing every word that kind and honest Aurora-hime says, I really should feel happy that I got so much accomplished within the near 3 years I've been here. I couldn't make the forum the definitive epicenter of the OS-tan world... heaven knows I tried... but at least in trying I managed to help many many people feel right at home and foster their talents. Instead of quantity, I was given the luxury of helping out some real QUALITY members!

While failing to achieve your original and intended goal, you helped us all succeed in an even better way!

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I hope to see you around, my dear old friend Aurora-hime! ^v^

And I hope to see you again!

Bella wrote:

She does have one of the most interesting and bizarre hairdos of all the OS-tan (and related) characters!

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I'm loving the bunnies, too...though I sure hope she doesn't pull a killer space bunny out of that hat! Pet-chan is adorable, and ][-tan is definitely looking great in color. I like how you added the fan...

I was VEEERY tempted to add in a space bunny!

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...GS/OS-tan is beautiful, too. It's not quite a youngish cute like the other quartet members-- I daresay she's a bit more mature (although I'm a bit unclear on her actual physical age). I love her wavy hair and beautiful golden wings!

I guess she appears as a teenager. She is also very tall for a Vintage-tan. As far as I know, she is the second tallest Vintage-tan at a height of 5'9" [175 cm]

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If I went back a year, I probably wouldn't recognize my own work.

Your work has evolved a whole lot over the past 1.5 years. Even your earliest OS-tan works still have that distinct, Bella style to them though!

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If I went back two years, I probably wouldn't even know what the hell they were drawings of. (Remember, folks, two years ago my entire knowledge of OSes centered around Windows + Mac + Linux + Unix)

If I went back two years, I'd barely be able to recognize my own work, or a lot of the OS-tans I have drawn!

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Nothing better than observing and using real-world examples; with a lot of my hand poses I've used pictures of real hands (my own or otherwise).

I've done that too!

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You are completely right! It is usually pointless to think about what could have been. Looking at what we all have accomplished with our OS-tan drawings, I say we have accomplished a LOT!

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I saw those when you first posted them and they proved to be very useful!

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And here's a quick sketch of it...

What a wonderful, whimsical and lulz-worthy picture! Linux-sama and Unix-sama both have a serene expression that speaks of close friendship between the two (though a serene expression on Unix-sama is highly unexpected!)

And I love the look on SCO Unix-chan's face! XD

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Behind the tree, top to bottom, that's SCO-tan (who's full of RAGE that her grandmother is spending time with that damned flaky open source Unix-like);

I hope for her own sake that she's not going to try and sue her kick*** granny! On second thought, her trying to sue Linux-sama would backfire too because she is allied with Unix-sama! Oh, poor SCO Unix-chan!

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BSD-san (who's just a bit...confounded); and Minix-sensei (who's sure that this sort of friendship can't last, or at least end well. Somehow I always saw Minix-sensei as being a bit suspicious of Unix-sama, even after they got back on good terms).

Given how much she and Linux-sama have been through in the early 90's, I don't blame her for being suspicious.

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That dog is Mutt-kun, a small, fat mixed breed, who delivers mail and newspapers to the Unix and Linux-tans (FYI, Mutt is a CLI mail program). Why? The USG have lots of pets, and even the CIOST have VMS-sama's sharks...but the poor Unixen/Linuxes have no pets which I know of.

Cute little doggie, and clever reference!

Now the Linux/Unix Consortium has Mutt-kun, the Binteeji Renmei has LOGO-chan the flying turtle, the Mac House has kittens and Dogcows, the UserSpace Gang has many many pets (pufferfish, daemons, spacebunnies, headcrabs, dragonflies), the CIOST has VMS-sama's sharks, the Amigoids have assorted pets (a squirrel, a cat, butterflies), and the Windows Family has... uhh... a fish girl?

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Thank you very much, Aurora-hime. I will try to be here for you, and our other artists, too.

You're welcome, and thank you too!

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*Omnomnom*

...you have maple syrup blood and that's enough to turn any NHite into a vampire. No really-- I swear, last Thankgiving I had maple-glazed salmon instead of turkey. o.O

I've only had maple syrup on pancakes and waffles, but that sounds good!

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It is always great to try out new styles!

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I considered making a ProDOS-tan but decided against it because I couldn't find a way for ProDOS-tan to fit in with the OS-tan storyline.

One of the apples in ][-ch