Siya's Concept Hut

[C-Chan]

Well, Since you did promise to give me some time with Pu-chan..
I guess I could share her with you.
But don't get used to this. I'm not this generous every day...

*greed* *greed* *greed* *greed* .... ¬¬

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Okay, we'll cut a deal!  ^__^
I'll take one week with IV-chan (aka, "IrfanView-tan") for one hour of my beloved, blue-haired goddess PUUUUUUUUUUU-sama.  ^______^

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Come on!  Tis a sweet deal!!!  ^v^

[quoteI had the thought to make a MintLinux-tan...as usual, it got nowhere...

Something like a greener, shinier, perhaps more elegant, Ubuntu-tan...?[/quote]

I'm afraid I'm no good either, cause I'm naturally biased towards this representation of "mint".....



Ohhhh,... how I doth sucketh....  Â¯x¯

[Siya]

The only thing I'm a tad disconcerted about is that picture nearest her finger...what's going on there

That's...Bicoret.  (deviantART link here)

He's a character design I had years ago.  A greed demon, of sorts.  I was mostly just going with any picture I could find on my computer and since I used that in the screenshot I did for Ghostzilla-tan:



...I decided to keep it up!  After all, the screenshot even has IrfanView displaying the image!  This is not, however, evidence that I am planning a Quicktime-tan.  I'm not.

Awwww now,... surely something with tentacles can't be bad, can it? ^^

I...er...recently saw The Mist.  Tentacles can be bad.  They can be very, very bad.  *shivers*

...I was wondering if you've given any thought to how a Minty-chan would look like?

Have I ever!  I've been going back and forth on ideas for a Linux Mint-tan for months!  Also, the fact that the Mint editions are given names like Celena, Bianca and Cassandra make it look like an attractive candidate for multiple personas.  After many sketches, I have decided on a design I like.  I tried to make her look elegant while still refreshingly cool.  A few minor tweaks may still be in order, but I've pretty much settled on the design.  As far as editions go, I think of her as more of a Celena-tan (Linux Mint 3.1).  Maybe future designs could give us an Ada (LM 1.0), Barbara (LM 2.0), Bea (LM 2.1), Bianca (LM 2.2), Cassandra (LM 3.0) and Daryna (LM 4.0)?

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*bonks self in the head*

Of course, it would help to actually show you what I'm talking about...



There.  A Linux Mint-tan sketch.

[CaptBrenden]

Humm, mind if i ink and tone one of your drawings sometime? Do a bit of a collab.  I like your style and Ive been thinking of doing such for some time.

[Siya]

Humm, mind if i ink and tone one of your drawings sometime? Do a bit of a collab. I like your style and Ive been thinking of doing such for some time.

Go for it! ^.^

[Bella]

Oooh...LinuxMint-tan is very elegant and beautiful!

Her dress is futuristic, yet as the same time the scalloping gives a more old-fashioned feel...and I love her leaf spear!

Can't wait to see her colored!

[CaptBrenden]

requesting 600dpi version of monkey on your back then

[Siya]

requesting 600dpi version of monkey on your back then

I have placed a 600dpi scan here.  Click "Download" on the far left to get the largest version.

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In the usual deviation from my plans, I would like to debut Fried Chicken Linux-tan (or, FCL-tan):


Fried Chicken Linux is a Linux software repository designed for the IT University of Copenhagen.  It was named after the university's logo, which has been claimed to look like fried chicken.

The basic colors of FCL-tan's outfit (the red and yellow/orange...and even the white) are taken from the university's colors (or, at least the ones on the website).  She also wears the university's logo on her sweater.  Her fried chicken hat is an obvious reference to her name, as well as the FCL logo.  Her shoes have fried chicken wings, much in the fashion of Mercury's winged sandals.  FCL-tan's over-sized sweater also make her arms look like fried chicken wings (somewhat).  

Read about Fried Chicken Linux here.  It probably doesn't really deserve to be personified...but I wanted to do it, anyway.

The background is a picture of the Ørestad building of the university.

[Aurora Borealis]

Eheheheh... For a moment I read "FCL" as "FLCL" XD

Anyways FCL-tan is cute and incorporates clever references to fried chicken! And I thought I've heard everything when it comes to Linux distro names!

[CaptBrenden]

Eheheheh... For a moment I read "FCL" as "FLCL" XD  

<_< >_> im glad i wasnt the only one.

Well drawn and very cute.. but that hat... -_- that hat... that girl really needs to reconcider her fashion sence.

[C-Chan]

Have I ever! I've been going back and forth on ideas for a Linux Mint-tan for months! Also, the fact that the Mint editions are given names like Celena, Bianca and Cassandra make it look like an attractive candidate for multiple personas. After many sketches, I have decided on a design I like. I tried to make her look elegant while still refreshingly cool. A few minor tweaks may still be in order, but I've pretty much settled on the design. As far as editions go, I think of her as more of a Celena-tan (Linux Mint 3.1). Maybe future designs could give us an Ada (LM 1.0), Barbara (LM 2.0), Bea (LM 2.1), Bianca (LM 2.2), Cassandra (LM 3.0) and Daryna (LM 4.0)?

Awesome!  That's some serious ambition you have there, to create (or at least consider) a separate OS-tan for each Minty release.  I myself have used Bianca, Cassandra, Celena and Daryna.  ^__^

Of course, it would help to actually show you what I'm talking about...

There. A Linux Mint-tan sketch.

Permission to engage in extended swoonage!!  ^.^
The design most certainly drips with elegance and "refreshing coolness" (no intention to steal your unintended pun).  ^___^'
I also figure Celena-san (and all the others, actually) tend to wander around Europe for the most part, since their presence in the US would be of questionable legality.  ^.^;

Humm, mind if i ink and tone one of your drawings sometime? Do a bit of a collab. I like your style and Ive been thinking of doing such for some time.

Both your approaches are very similar, so you should be able to collaborate seamlessly.  Regardless, it's nice to see more productive team work -- and more so in the fostering of home-grown characters that are so genuinely "OSC".

In the usual deviation from my plans, I would like to debut Fried Chicken Linux-tan (or, FCL-tan):

The basic colors of FCL-tan's outfit (the red and yellow/orange...and even the white) are taken from the university's colors (or, at least the ones on the website). She also wears the university's logo on her sweater. Her fried chicken hat is an obvious reference to her name, as well as the FCL logo. Her shoes have fried chicken wings, much in the fashion of Mercury's winged sandals. FCL-tan's over-sized sweater also make her arms look like fried chicken wings (somewhat).

GWAAAAAAH!!!!!  @0@
I know this sounds sick coming from a walking piece of pork,... but what a dish she is!!   ^v^

- Saber Marionette Lime-style sneakers -- CHECK!
- Fluffy socks -- CHECK!
- Cute pleated skirt -- CHECK!
- Chicken-like sweater -- CHECK!
- Long hair -- CHECK!
- Sassy face -- CHECK!
- Chicken beret -- DOUBLECHECK, just how I like 'em!
- Enamored pig attached to her -- PENDING

Excuse me while I remedy the last one.  ^^

*latches onto FCL and starts nibbling on the hat*

[Bella]

Eheheheh... For a moment I read "FCL" as "FLCL" XD

Me three! XD

Wow...I've never even heard of FCL...But the character is sooo cute! I really like her hat heehee...And her expression is adorable!

*latches onto FCL and starts nibbling on the hat*

Hey...maybe I'll have to reconsider a ham sandwich for FCL's hat...?

I also figure Celena-san (and all the others, actually) tend to wander around Europe for the most part, since their presence in the US would be of questionable legality. ^.^;

Ahhhh, she's been banned from the country...?

[Techno the fox]

Eheheheh... For a moment I read "FCL" as "FLCL" XD

<_< >_> im glad i wasnt the only one.

Me three! XD

Gaah! I did that too!

It's an epidemic!


Now onto the FCL-tan

Sssooooooo Cute ^_^

Girls with Food-based costumes Pizza-chan may have some competition.

I like Linux Mint-Tan too.

Since I'm rather short on time, that will be all for now. Seeya Siya
*exit thread right*

[C-Chan]

Hey...maybe I'll have to reconsider a ham sandwich for FCL's hat...?

WOOHOO!  I was right!  She's the perfect decoy!  Keeps me safe, and cute as a button too!  ^v^
*cuddles up to FCL-tan*

Ahhhh, she's been banned from the country...?

Not yet at least, but given Minty-chan already comes prepackaged with codecs needed to play MP3's, some Win32 files and encoded DVDs (even PCLinuxOS doesn't go so far as to preinstall the latter two). Since companies looooooooove charging you more than once for a product you already purchased (e.g., a DVD player), providing these codecs without paying licensing fees is technically illegal.  But since this has to do with patent laws, this only pertains to the US, which is why Linux Mint "Light" was created exclusively for use in the states (not that it stops users from downloading the full edition anyway.... ^^; ).

BTW,... reposting this on Siya's thread cause it's made with absolute epic "winnage"!!  ^v^

[Aurora Borealis]

^ "Watashi no boshi wo tabenai de kudasa~i!" "Please don't eat my hat!"

[Siya]

^ Precisely.  ^.^