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Published: 2013-11-22 23:20:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 1703; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 19
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It occurred to me that I'd never drawn magic-mode GNU/Linux-tan before, despite open-sourcery being her entire "thing" as an OS-tan.
It started out as a speed painting and shading/highlighting experiment after talking about lighting physics with Samantha-Wright , but got out of hand (as usual). I picked Linux-tan in part because her design incorporates a variety of materials - metal, leather, opaque and semi-transparent fabric - as well as luminous elements (first introduced by C-quel in this pic ). I expanded on that original design, making the forcefield ... halo ... thing larger and putting a three-dimensional take on the gnu horns. I also gave her shoulder armor, because armor always looks badass.
Originally I planned to have her standing on a crumpled Windows flag, but the color scheme probably would have been too ambiguous here. [sigh]
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I like her pose and the soft tones of your work.Lovely piece!
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This is a very nice portrayal of her more magical side indeed. Frankly this is the whole reason I actually felt I had to incapacitate her early on in MR~s - her powerlevel is most definitely over 9000 when it comes to magical ability. A well-prepared Linux-tan is not something to be taken lightly.
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Linux-tan is certainly a most formidable opponent. MRs could always use a little more Linux-tan magic though.
That being said, it's maybe not the most practical idea, but I DO quite like C-quel's old theory about Linux favoring hand-to-hand fighting and reserving her magic for constructive/creative pursuits. That's what I had in mind while drawing this ... although I'm not sure that ambiguous-glowy-hand-magic gets the point across well, haha.
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I had no idea Linux-tan could sparkle so well in the twilight.
Also: this is crazy nuts good.
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You have me thinking of a certain neurotic, bookwormish unicorn ex-unicorn with that comment, eheheheh.
Thank you so much! It wouldn't have happened without your help (even if it was a bit inadvertent).
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that was the ideaaaaaa
Also, that was the idea. Yay!
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They do have similar haircuts / penchants for magic...
Double yay! I completely forget if I mentioned it in the description or not, but I'd like to do more of these lighting experiments in the future - usually I find them something of a hassle, but this one was fun!
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Excellent. Excellent! Yes, yes. Good. Quite.
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So, I'm already working on a "companion" piece to this picture. I ... may have gotten a bit ahead of myself, since this one seems a lot trickier than the first. Or maybe I'm just suffering through the whole "the first attempt worked out well, so I'm trying to make the second one even better but it's not turning out better and it's discouraging me" thing.
Sorry for the rambling, it's late but I wanted to give an update!
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A.I. Memo No. 699 December, 1982
YOU CAN DO IT, KEEP GOING
Yay, You!
ABSTRACT: No seriously, you can.
© Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1982)
This report describes research done at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Support for the laboratory’s artificial intelligence research is provided in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense under Office of Naval Research contract N00014-80-C-0505 and in part by National Science Foundation Grant 79-23110MCS.
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Aaaah! This message has brightened my day and provided much-needed encouragement. Thank you!
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It is done!
Blue-orange contrast will be the death of me
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Okay, maybe that's a bit of an overstatement. Contrasting lighting / color schemes are still one heck of a challenge though.
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Totally love it! The way the horns turned out, the glow on the edge of the cape, the pose, all of it.
I think leaving the flag out was a good idea.
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Thanks for the kind words, Ane-H. ^^
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