Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thread

[Bella]

ORIC-TAN: She remains cute by giving her a tomboy-kind of look. Nicely done!
PIPPIN-TAN: It was really a "nice call" from you to make her look like MacOS/System 7-tan. I really have to give you points for a nice art sketch well done and for that additional research

Thanks! I actually added some pinstripes to Pippin-tan's uniform, as a nod to Aurora's OS7-tan.

LEOPARD-TAN+iPHONE-TAN: You know, I can really guess that sketch was inspired by the OS9+iPod artwork (http://ostan.matrix.jp/os/mac/src/1129473848607.jpg). And your sketch was neatly done! I like it. Maybe you should post it to ++(Nijiura.com)'s website.

I've added a lot more to it (I'll post it ASAP!)

Some of those imageboards kinda scare me, though : \ They sometimes aren't the kindest place for fanart...

[C-Chan]

Wow!  Thank you Alfamille!  And great, you just did us a favor too!  ^.^



There we go, this'll fit perfectly even on a cellphone screen!  ^v^

I've added a lot more to it (I'll post it ASAP!)

Some of those imageboards kinda scare me, though : \ They sometimes aren't the kindest place for fanart...

Pretty please post it ASAP, and yes imageboards can be very counterproductive if infested with the wrong people.  Actually, Nijiura.com doesn't look that bad, and there was a comic up recently that had a brief cameo of Mac OSX Cheetah-san!  ^__^
Just be sure to post in Japanese,... you know, out of courtesy and all... ^__^

Speaking of posting, I figured I should post this up just to make people aware that PCLOS-san is here to stay.... ^__^



I'm either finished or not, depending on whether it should be shaded (it's part of a series composed of  quick-n-dirty comic-strip-like pictures).  ^.^

[NejinOniwa]

Woah, howdy there, cowboy.

[Bella]

LOL!!! XD

I'd have rode a horse, but to each their own...

Pretty please post it ASAP, and yes imageboards can be very counterproductive if infested with the wrong people. Actually, Nijiura.com doesn't look that bad, and there was a comic up recently that had a brief cameo of Mac OSX Cheetah-san! ^__^
Just be sure to post in Japanese,... you know, out of courtesy and all... ^__^

Oh, the one where they're cavorting about in swimsuits lol...

The posting in Japanese thing could be the problem (cause who knows what those translation sites will come up with >__<)

And here's more of the iPhone-tan/Leopard-tan pic (halfway between being inked)

As for the NT-san pic, I think I'm either going to design her outfit like this (kinda formal, "Military" style)

[NejinOniwa]

...omfz.
...by the empress, this is awesome.

Or, the best one-liner ever, from Konata's father...
I win at life.

[Bella]

Here's my idea for NT-san's outfit:



(Since she uses a western style sword, I didn't know how she'd look wearing Japanese dress)

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Gosh. I just hope she doesn't look like a killer flight attendant XD

[Aurora Borealis]

Awesome work as always!

VMS-tan, OS/2 Warp-tan and NT-tan all look ready for battle! And VMS-tan shows off and introduces her giant cleaver! Super awesome! But her and OS/2 Warp-tan appearing on the same page, I just hope they aren't about to fight each other because I like them both alot! *sniffle*

The Hacchan+MS DOS-tan+Pupchan picture is so cute! BTW, what does Pupchan's normal outfit look like in color? Because I was thinking about drawing a group picture with her and YellowDog-tan in it.

The updates on the iPhone+Leopard-tan picture look fantastic!

HAHAHAHAHA! Killer flight attendant! Hmm... That could make a weird movie! I wonder what scarier on a plane, snakes or killer flight attendants? Anyways NT-tan's military-style outfit looks awesome!

KILLER FLIGHT ATTENDANT!!

[Bella]

The Hacchan+MS DOS-tan+Pupchan picture is so cute! BTW, what does Pupchan's normal outfit look like in color? Because I was thinking about drawing a group picture with her and YellowDog-tan in it.

Thank you!

I didn't really have a set color in mind, but I know it'll be Hacchan-esque (cause Pup's GUI looks quite like 98).

HAHAHAHAHA! Killer flight attendant! Hmm... That could make a weird movie! I wonder what scarier on a plane, snakes or killer flight attendants? Anyways NT-tan's military-style outfit looks awesome!

KILLER FLIGHT ATTENDANT!!

...Or a killer bellhop XD

VMS-tan, OS/2 Warp-tan and NT-tan all look ready for battle! And VMS-tan shows off and introduces her giant cleaver! Super awesome! But her and OS/2 Warp-tan appearing on the same page, I just hope they aren't about to fight each other because I like them both alot! *sniffle*

I don't think they'll be fighting each other soon (cause both were kinda screwed over by NT-san in her own special way : |)

[NejinOniwa]

FUKKEN SHIT SNAKES ON A PLANE YEAH!!!

[C-Chan]

Woah, howdy there, cowboy.

Hehe,... well she is a girl, not a boy, and that's a gnu, not a cow....

So technically, that should read "Woah, howdy there, gnugirl."

*drum roll*

*laughs at own joke*  ^V^

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Oh yeah, that was bad.  -v-;

Oh, the one where they're cavorting about in swimsuits lol...

Yep,... our friends at Nijiura.com really do like cutting to the chase.... ^^;

The posting in Japanese thing could be the problem (cause who knows what those translation sites will come up with >__<)

Don't worry, we'd help with that if needed.  ^^

And here's more of the iPhone-tan/Leopard-tan pic (halfway between being inked)

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugoi!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

It still retains its cuteness, however,....

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*blushes*

She's grabbing her leg....  -.-

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No, I'm a decent pig, I can't possibly.....  Â¯___¯

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Must... fight..... temptation..........  Â¯-¯

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*sighs*  Temptation averted!  Nice try, Bella-san, but this pig don't crack easily!  `v'

*trots off with indignance*

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*rushes back with desperation and a lecherous smile*

*starts setting high denomination bills on the catwalk*  ^V^

Here's my idea for NT-san's outfit:

Woohoo.... now she reminds me of the student council duelers from Utena!  Very slick!  ^.^

And looking like a killer flight attendant....................... Meh, more like a killer parade batton wielder!  Fufufu....!  ^_____________^

VMS-tan, OS/2 Warp-tan and NT-tan all look ready for battle! And VMS-tan shows off and introduces her giant cleaver! Super awesome! But her and OS/2 Warp-tan appearing on the same page, I just hope they aren't about to fight each other because I like them both alot! *sniffle*

It's interesting that you said that, cause I really haven't considered the two intereacting before.  Even though both share a lot in common, I kinda figure they'd interact a little coldly with one another for some reason.  '__'

I didn't really have a set color in mind, but I know it'll be Hacchan-esque (cause Pup's GUI looks quite like 98 ).

I agree!  Yay!  Puppy-chan will have some more exposure!  ^.^

I doubt this dress applies since it's for winter use, but thought I should dig it out (if at least to show the world the adorable AROS-chan again!).  ^.^

[NejinOniwa]

Senpai...
-.-
That was just...yeah. Really.

[Bella]

When I first started drawing OS-tans back in February, I hand colored them. After but a month or so of that, I switched to coloring them...with no more than a simple MS photo editing program using the brush tool...and sometime in May I decided to face my fear of Photoshop and start using that.

I've been using a complicated process of hand inking, digitally darken it, and hand coloring in light spots. But last week I reached the end of my rope with that, I knew I had to face my fear of....

Vector illustrating! The very name frightens me XD I mean, *I thought* it was like the theoretical algebra of digital art.

So, sometime on Saturday afternoon, like some sort of watergoing creature taking the first great evolutionary step onto land, I started by opening up Inkscape, and a project I'd been working on...and I realized, hey, this isn't quite as difficult/painful/frustrating as I thought it would be. Actually, it's fun! And though I still do coloring in PS, Inkscape is where I am now doing the lineart.

Makes me think of the words of a wise person who said...

Oh hell, I'll drop the drama and let sweet, sweet, VMS-sama do the talking:

Keep in mind this is only half colored...


Added after 4 minutes:

And some others:

Miggy/Win 2.0-tan:



Win1.0/2.0-tan:



Some photoshopping I did for fun:



Odyssey-tan:



There are more sketches I'll post later. And one other thing.

[Aurora Borealis]

Welcome back, Bella! Haven't seen you here in a long while! And you're back with some new fantastic stuff! Yay!

I too have switched from Photoshop to Inkscape (back in the spring time for me though) and once thought vector graphics were intimidating but I've gotten very efficent with vector graphics and I'm sure you will too!

Your new rendition of VMS-sama is fantastic and she's got a giant cleaver! (Although I also really like your original "V for Vendetta"-ish rendition too)

The Miggy + Windows 2.0-tan picture is very heartwarming! *sniffle*

Windows 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan look very nice with new outfits in the next picture! Incidentally, one of the pictures I'm working on now is a group picture of 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan!

And below that is an XP-tan no hacker would want to mess with!

And the mysterious looking background goes nicely with Odyssey-tan's mysterious personality!

[Bella]

Wait there's more:

R: Leopard-tan and iPhone-tan w/name ideas. L: A comic idea. Anyone remember a couple months ago when the father Mac joked him and the father of Windows had been married for the last decade in an interview? You didn't? I did XD and thought it'd make for a funny OS-tan comic...


R: Sisterly hate... Saseko v. Vistan. M: XP Tablet edition-tan, all inked up R: Apple I-tan (in failing heath), Apple II-tan and Lisa.



Saseko and Homeko: Proud to be XP (Those are going to be XP flags):



Miggy and ZX Spectrum-tan:



Totally unrelated...a satellite-tan:



You did a heckuva job, 95-tan...depressed Mac system 7 and 8-tan:



Political theater...how waaaay to many Linux/Unix consortium meetings end (with a diplomatic visit from the User Space Gang and "the consul on independent Linux-tan/LUC relations")



Speak of the devil...R: Plan 9-tan (based off of Kami-Tux's), M: BSD Devilette, and L: Minix-tan (far L is an angry Linux-sama)

[C-Chan]

*eyes pop*

BELLA-SAAAAAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAAA'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!
BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  
BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  

BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  BELLA!!!!!  ~~~



BELLA-SAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;^V^;

*C-chan inflates*

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*C-Chan explodes*

Added after 4 hours 2 minutes:

*morphs back a la T1000*

It's great to see you again!  Wow, like... there's TONS of good stuff to reply to today, so DON'T go away,.... Stay right there......  ^.^

Right,.... right there.......... yeah...... stay put....  `v'

*pitter patters off*

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*pitter patters back in*

*splatters crazy glue over Bella's feet*

Just a guarantee that you won't run off to take pictures, now.... ^.^;
Okay, I'll be back....

*trots off*

Added after 4 hours 36 minutes:

*huff puff*  Okay, I'm back!  ^v^

After over a month of suffering Bella withdrawal, I'm looking forward to my fix.... ^.^

*starts reading*

Added after 53 minutes:

When I first started drawing OS-tans back in February, I hand colored them.

And I was just looking at Zenwalk-tan the other day!  ^__^
Indeed we can trace the evolutionary path of your art!  ^v^
Just like others before and after you, I had great confidence then that you would be a great artist, because of your open-minded willingness to draw alternative OS-tans, but also because of that self-motivation that kept you sharing and improving!  So you can imagine how glad I am that you not only surpassed, but completely left expectations biting dust!  ^v^

After but a month or so of that, I switched to coloring them...with no more than a simple MS photo editing program using the brush tool...and sometime in May I decided to face my fear of Photoshop and start using that.

Remind me again what you used to create your first Pu-chan pic, plus 64 Studio.  Was that by hand or through the photo editor?  '__'

I've been using a complicated process of hand inking, digitally darken it, and hand coloring in light spots. But last week I reached the end of my rope with that, I knew I had to face my fear of....

When I first drew my first Miggy-chan, I tried doing it on Photoshop, then on a copy of Manga Studio I was "evaulating" (and ultimately never used again).  I had drawn Anime characters before with Raster graphics, but they never quite came out as clean and sharp enough to emulate modern Anime.  That perfectionist drive to "etch" the right look would often lead me to waste ungawdly amounts of time on very stupid things.  -v-

On the other hand, my last encounter with Illustrator was unpleasant, but since I was already aware by then of the great goodness of free software ("free" as in "freeware" only,... didn't know what the GPL was back then), I had the motivation to look for an alternative vector graphics program.  Nothing fancy, just something nice and simple enough to let me get used to it and still allow me to apply my experience using those awful Photoshop vector tools.

So I'm wondering if this is just a classic case of history repeating itself.  ^__^

Vector illustrating! The very name frightens me XD I mean, *I thought* it was like the theoretical algebra of digital art.

*snicker*
I had worked on 3D editing years ago, so I didn't really think the same thing given I had worked with far worse things.  -v-
However, Illustrator and Photoshop's vector tools did leave me with a bad impression of what vector graphics are and can do.  ^^;

So, sometime on Saturday afternoon, like some sort of watergoing creature taking the first great evolutionary step onto land, I started by opening up Inkscape, and a project I'd been working on...and I realized, hey, this isn't quite as difficult/painful/frustrating as I thought it would be. Actually, it's fun! And though I still do coloring in PS, Inkscape is where I am now doing the lineart.

*hugs Bella-san*

AAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!  CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!  YOU'VE JUST TAKEN YOUR FIRST STEP INTO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF INKSCAPE!!!!!!!  ^V^

So now you can join the ranks of your fellow vector-in-arm comrades, including myself, Aurora-sama, Kami-Tux, Tsubashi-san, soon-to-be-Alfamille, etc.... ^___^

(BTW, I take it you already had Inkscape installed due to a certain collaborative project, mayhaps?  ^___^)

I don't blame you for wanting to color in PS, as I too was neither comfortable nor knowledgeable enough to do everything in Inkscape when I first started.  Miggy-chan, for example, had her lineart and base coloring done in Inkscape, then I exported to PS for shading, her checkered shirt, her bag, etc, then exported that back into Inkscape for highlights and last minute additions...... then exported her BACK into PS to adopt suggestions from Darknight.  It was a mess and in hindsight is shows in her appearance, but thankfully time, patience and blur effects have helped consolidate my efforts into a single program.  ^^

It is very fun, no?  More sculpting that drawing actually, and very conducive to the Anime style.

Makes me think of the words of a wise person who said...

"Thou shalt add hair buns to your SAM Linux sketch." --The Book of C-chan, 24:2,10

...Deshou? ^___^

Oh hell, I'll drop the drama and let sweet, sweet, VMS-sama do the talking:

Keep in mind this is only half colored...

Forgive me while I wipe my drool away.... ^__^

*wipe wipe*

There we go.  ^v^
Have I told you tonight how much of a hot-mama VMS-sama is?  ^>^
And vectorized she's absolutely, positively, vehemently, astoundingly stunning!  ^v^
It oozes with strength,... power,... sharpness, like the teeth of her cleaver,....  AND it's not even half done!  @o@
I know you said you wanted to color in PS, but I can assure you that applying the color in Inkscape can yield a similar look to what you have on now.  Course it's all a matter of practice really -- the one benefit in PS is that you can make the lines variable-width much more easily than in Inkscape (which requires a clever trick to imitate the appearance).  ^__^

This VMS-sama is a perfect example of how she would look like living in the fringes, struggling in a world almost alien to the one she grew up in and mastered, but still clutching to the hope that her bloodline will carry on.  I'm glad you opted for the silver hair streak idea after all -- that, coupled with the fierce single eye peering through, adds an incredible sense of drama and depth to her experession that, if one isn't careful, could send chills down the spine!  @v@

Her clothing is both cool and elegant, certainly happy to see it again after that cool sketch you did shortly before you left.  The picture of NT-tan she's clutching in her gloved hands is tearjerking.

I'm literally floored by this,... and if I'm not swooning now it's only because I promised to hold all my swooning till the end of the presentation.  At this rate, I'll be knocked out for a whole week.  ^v^

Seriously, if this is the new art direction your're going with, I feel the sun will shine brighter tomorrow morning.  ^___^

(now I'm sounding dramatic... -v-; )

One final note!  ^__^
Not sure if you sketched first then traced the lineart in Inkscape (I personally sketch in Inkscape directly), but in the event you go that route, don't forget that the "Trace Bitmap" function helps vectorize the lines in your sketchwork, thus making them fully scalable.

Miggy/Win 2.0-tan:

Well anything with Miggy-san and 2.0-chan is bound to be adorable, but you had already drawn one before no?  '__'

Oh well, as a wise person once said....

"The world can never haveth too much Miggy." --The Book of C-chan, 54:3,15

Win1.0/2.0-tan:

This one is striking, in that the style is unlike any you've done before.  More Anime than manga, and clearly a precursor to the vector drawing of VMS-sama you did above.  ^__^

Now that you mention it, I also started dabbling in a 2,0-chan picture the other day to break up some artist block. Since I don't have her body done yet, perhaps I can use this uniform instead to add some variety.  ^__^

Excellent work with this one!  ^^

Some photoshopping I did for fun:

Well this one's a collage really, but still nifty nonetheless.  -v-

Not sure what the thing in the lower corner is.  -.-

Odyssey-tan:

Oooh-hoo-HOO!!!  More of those dynamic lighting effects that I fell in love with!  ^v^
As you work with Inkscape, never forget that such effects are also possible there too.  Just as an example, check out the first image here:

http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/?lang=en&version=0.45

And now that I visited the sight, my jaw dropped at what's coming up for release version 0.46:

http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/?lang=en&version=0.46

I take what I said back about variable-width lines.... ^^;
Clearly it won't be a problem in Inkscape anymore!  ^v^

Someone's gonna get more patented C-chan funding!   ^___^
*opens wallet*

In any event, back to Oddyssey-san.  Cool, mystical, breathtaking are just some of the words that come to mind when I see her.  She also happens to have record-breaking long legs too, although it's likely that the shading in the back just makes them look thinner.  Not only do I like this, but it also gives you the right mindset to pursue when working in future Inkscape projects.... ^__^

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Windows 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan look very nice with new outfits in the next picture! Incidentally, one of the pictures I'm working on now is a group picture of 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan!

Woohoo!  Everywhere I look, people are drawing 2.0-chan!  ^__^
*sniff*  Makes me happy!  ^v^

Mine would actually be paired with a very young 3.1-sama (rather Windows 3.0).  I'd like to add the DOS sisters, OS/2 and 1.0-tan too (sadly no Xenix since she technically isn't around by then), but knowing me I'm safer keeping the project simple.  ^__________^;

R: Leopard-tan and iPhone-tan w/name ideas. L: A comic idea. Anyone remember a couple months ago when the father Mac joked him and the father of Windows had been married for the last decade in an interview? You didn't? I did XD and thought it'd make for a funny OS-tan comic...

Gyaaah!  Your sketches are getting more sophisticated with each passing drawing!  ^^
I really have no clue what you're talking about, but maybe it's cause I'm too distracted seeing the awesome and dynamic rendition of Leopard and iPhone-tan.  ^^
Plus the easter candy on the side,...

[I think I see PU-CHAN there!!!!! ^V^]

R: Sisterly hate... Saseko v. Vistan. M: XP Tablet edition-tan, all inked up  R: Apple I-tan (in failing heath), Apple II-tan and Lisa.

*nods approvingly*

One could make a lot of money broadcasting that little sisterly brawl.  ^__^

Now to go buy some hot oil.... Fufufu... -v-

I can't really decipher XP Tablet-tan at this resolution, but I'm confident you can squeeze every last ounce of cute out of her design concept.  ^___^

As for the ancient apples, I inovke an internet colloquialism....

INSTANT WIN!!!!!!!!!  ^v^

Love I-san's hair, especially!  ^v^

Saseko and Homeko: Proud to be XP (Those are going to be XP flags):

If they're wearing nothing but those flags, I'd be watch where you'd step if I were you.  Knowing our local demographic, that's gonna make for a lot of nosebleeds.  ^_______^

Miggy and ZX Spectrum-tan:

Can I say INSTANT WIN twice?  no?

Ah hell, I'll say it anyway.... -v-

INSTANT WIN!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

I'm actually kinda sad that I've neglected ZX-tan so much, especially since (according to my original schedule), she was destined to have a nice full-sized pic not long after her chibi was done.

*sigh*

Perhaps someday, but for now I'm glad people like you and Aurora-sama are taking up the slack of this slacker... ^___^;

Totally unrelated...a satellite-tan:

Yeah,... that was....... unexpected.  ^v^;

You did a heckuva job, 95-tan...depressed Mac system 7 and 8-tan:

Alright, I'm gonna go a-hunting for Hag-chan in revenge!  >__<
I'll be right back!  ^__^

Political theater...how waaaay to many Linux/Unix consortium meetings end (with a diplomatic visit from the User Space Gang and "the consul on independent Linux-tan/LUC relations")

Okay, can I say INSTANT WIN three times? no?

Oh alright, I won't abuse....  

I'll just switch to a different colloquialism.... ^___^

YOU WIN AT THE INTERNETS!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

I think I can distinguish a UNIX-sama in the background (as well as a Pioneer-tan, your Zenwalk-tan, the RedHat sisters, the bratty SCO UNIX-tan,... but I'm gonna have to see this in color definitely.  The basic premise is just...... PERFECT!! This hands done wins the award for most potential EPIC MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

Speak of the devil...R: Plan 9-tan (based off of Kami-Tux's), M: BSD Devilette, and L: Minix-tan (far L is an angry Linux-sama)

No pun intended, I'm sure.  ^___^

9-sama is amazingly sexy in this sketch,... clearly she looks and acts like a former heir to the UNIX throne.  ^^
MINIX-tan is actually supposed to be CE-tan sized i think, but otherwise she looks very cute and sassy.  ^.^

*keeps looking for more*

Oh,... we're at the end..... ^___^

*hears something rumbling within*

Oh shoot, guess so many awesome pictures overloaded my swoon receptors and initiated the backup mechanism!  ^v^;

Wonderful work, Bella-sama!  I look forward to seeing how you can use Inkscape to bring these sketches to life!  If you have any questions, please please please please PLEASE let me know and I will answer them ASAP.  I want to make sure that you know every inch and every corner of the program, cause Inkscape in your hands is a formula for legends in the making.  ^___^

*rumbling grows louder*

Oh, and sorry for the mess in advance.... ^^;

*C-chan inflates*

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