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Description 海猫 / Umineko
Literally "Sea Cat," though it is actually a reference to the black-tailed gull .

"Sea Cat" is the nickname of the steam boat captain Twinn Larius (who was born with two N's in her name, hence her name). Her boat sails in the sky, so it is a sky steam boat. Also she uses it to go "sky-fishing" (as depicted here), so it is actually a sky fishing steam boat. Her crew consists of her father (the former captain) and a handful of other sky-fishers. They make a living off of moderating gull populations and also turning them into beautiful hats and soups.

Twinn earned her nickname from her cat-ear-like ribbon and the fact that she sometimes forgets to remove the tail-like rope from her waist when she comes back from fishing. Also, she is quiet like a cat swinging through the air at 80 mph towards an unsuspecting bird. Sometimes her crew calls her "Cattain" instead of "Captain" and then she hits them with a tool because it is a stupid joke and not her name but she still loves them nonetheless.

Originally the rope around Twinn's waist was going to be a super long tail, but I thought that would be too cumbersome for a character to have. Also it is fun to make normal humans too, sometimes. Normal humans doing normal things, yup.

For the ocean sparkles I used the "Spray Brush Tool" in Flash. I am liking it quite a bit, as it allows me to add small details like this without killing my wrist. I used the same tool to splatter the stars in the background for my previous deviation .

Twinn's bangs keep reminding me of Ritsu.

Made in Flash

EDIT: not enough people are telling me that she looks like Edward Elric

EDIT2: Please do not tell me she looks like Edward Elric. First edit should be read with sarcasm.
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Comments: 353

catacronic [2012-09-24 18:05:54 +0000 UTC]

haha~ thats so excellent! made my day much better!

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Merpickles [2012-06-11 17:51:51 +0000 UTC]

you make me want to start drawing again. Thnk you

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NoelRicardo [2012-06-09 08:45:37 +0000 UTC]

Your artwork has an effect that I rarely if ever experience in art. I can't describe it in any other way than a great sense of emotional special awareness. It's like take this picture for example, i am looking at someone flying in the air and i can almost feel that sensation. It's dizzying. Or the way in other pictures the characters are positioned against each other and the background, like it creates a certain sensation when looking at the picture. When i look at your pictures i feel like i'm stepping into the world you created for them. Wow ummm sorry for the long winded comment.

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JohnSu In reply to NoelRicardo [2012-06-14 20:17:51 +0000 UTC]

No problem, and thanks! I'm glad you are able to take away such an experience from this.

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rach478 [2012-04-13 11:30:08 +0000 UTC]

:edplz: :edplz: :edplz: :edplz: :edplz: :edplz: :edplz: :edplz: :edplz: :edplz:

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Nikevi [2011-12-18 20:01:36 +0000 UTC]


i'm just kidding this is very cute!

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LadyTaiga [2011-10-26 03:13:05 +0000 UTC]

Some say Edward Elric...
I see Lion Ushiromiya.

Jokes aside, I really like this. It's cool how you have her as a NORMAL human being not some freaky hybrid. If you think about it, it looks she's trying to fly with the seagulls not swinging around XD.
Nice job

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ZeldaWannaBe [2011-07-18 18:44:34 +0000 UTC]

This is great. And the edits made me lawl

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ZhaneAugustine [2011-04-11 04:09:24 +0000 UTC]

very nice

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SilverWolf-Tamer [2011-03-10 05:08:05 +0000 UTC]

Your edits actually made the picture take on a glossy new light to me. Love the sunglasses and sword, they add a real touch of bad a$$ to the drawing.

See, now FMA reference.

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Gaaralover-chan [2010-08-11 09:26:24 +0000 UTC]

I won't say it .......................................................................................................but it's true...............

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Krysus [2010-07-14 06:18:33 +0000 UTC]

Your pictures look so soft~ Like felt!
This is cute.

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Silfox [2010-07-07 02:36:24 +0000 UTC]

I am interested in buying this print when I get the chance ^^

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elementsthecat [2010-03-07 21:35:10 +0000 UTC]

so cool

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baings [2010-02-21 16:36:00 +0000 UTC]

not enough people say it looks like a character from whatever the hell anime they say its from.


te sun glasses makes her pwn

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leo22334455 [2010-01-05 11:30:34 +0000 UTC]

haha gg subs always named umineko sea kitties
it kinda confused me for a while but i get it now XD

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JohnSu In reply to leo22334455 [2010-01-05 16:39:35 +0000 UTC]

I don't like how far gg takes their translations sometimes.

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leo22334455 In reply to JohnSu [2010-01-05 23:56:37 +0000 UTC]

yhea i know ;-;
they sound a bit agressive...
but i guess their doing it for free..

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JohnSu In reply to leo22334455 [2010-01-06 06:11:24 +0000 UTC]

yeah, it's at least better than low-grade fansubs.

and nothing

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MissionFailure [2009-11-22 20:08:54 +0000 UTC]

Please tell me you wrote the whole story to this cause I wanna read so bad like, woah!

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JohnSu In reply to MissionFailure [2009-11-23 16:34:08 +0000 UTC]

sorry, you are reading it.

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MissionFailure In reply to JohnSu [2009-11-23 20:57:06 +0000 UTC]

damn... well thanks for the lovely art and epic explanation!

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UmiKit [2009-10-16 19:33:49 +0000 UTC]

Hello there....

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JohnSu In reply to UmiKit [2009-10-18 01:22:08 +0000 UTC]

*punchintheface*

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UmiKit In reply to JohnSu [2009-10-18 01:41:45 +0000 UTC]

Also the girl reminded me of Zidane from FF9

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UmiKit In reply to JohnSu [2009-10-18 01:35:21 +0000 UTC]

The name caught my eye cause it's just like mine... @_@

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JohnSu In reply to UmiKit [2009-10-18 04:17:34 +0000 UTC]

oh, it is!

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UmiKit In reply to JohnSu [2009-10-18 19:41:56 +0000 UTC]

=3

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cat-kyo [2009-10-16 18:21:30 +0000 UTC]

you know she looks an awful like that one guy from that one show about that one thing where they doing that stuff about something or something like that you know

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JohnSu In reply to cat-kyo [2009-10-18 01:12:28 +0000 UTC]

The Incredible Hulk?

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cat-kyo In reply to JohnSu [2009-10-18 05:50:00 +0000 UTC]

nah she's too green to be him i was thinking more like the wolfman or something

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Rarayn [2009-08-25 16:01:13 +0000 UTC]

That seagull looks like Edward Elric! The simmilarity is really quite astounding.



...And I was wondering; if it's a steamboat, why does it sail?

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Sordow In reply to Rarayn [2009-10-06 11:14:57 +0000 UTC]

agree!

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JohnSu In reply to Rarayn [2009-08-28 05:27:47 +0000 UTC]

okay, so it is a sky fishing steam boat w/ sail action.

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kyotosorae [2009-08-19 05:35:14 +0000 UTC]

CUTIE!!!

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sandybeaches [2009-08-16 17:20:07 +0000 UTC]

This is definitely one of my favourites.

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mindsystem [2009-08-04 21:39:35 +0000 UTC]

"Cattain Umineko! Assistance!"

Okay, here's my question. Maybe it was answered already, but I don't particularly feel like reading through many pages of "omgawesomezorz!" (though I do quite enjoy this piece). Anyways, my question is, "So how does she get the gulls after slashing them open with her sword? There is no net that I can see.. Does she, perhaps, have psychic powers? Or maybe a lazor net? Or do they work in teams of 'killers' and 'catchers'?"

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JohnSu In reply to mindsystem [2009-08-06 20:30:32 +0000 UTC]

it's a very sticky sword

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Katsumiyo [2009-07-30 09:07:56 +0000 UTC]

Quite possibly one of my favorite character concepts you've come up with. I hope to see more sky fishing someday.

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superpower-pnut [2009-07-23 18:59:26 +0000 UTC]

It's the braid and the red coat. I gotta try that spray can technique....

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yusui-hime [2009-07-18 07:11:31 +0000 UTC]

kawaaaaaaaai~!!!
Look at her fly!! *o*

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kyoto240 [2009-07-18 01:44:13 +0000 UTC]

from far away she looks a tiny bit like ed from FMA T_T I can't believe I just said that

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Angelic-Tenshi [2009-07-17 14:05:49 +0000 UTC]

Those bangs really do make her look like Ritsu.

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Sarskii [2009-07-15 22:34:11 +0000 UTC]

i'm exceedingly jealous of her stunna shades D:
nicely done ^^
i loled :3

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PeriSnale [2009-07-15 17:53:30 +0000 UTC]

Cute. Love the hair ribbon.

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andrewmangaka [2009-07-15 17:26:23 +0000 UTC]

Your descriptions get more deadpan every time. I would totally call her "Cattain".

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Islan-Kleinknecht [2009-07-13 13:58:16 +0000 UTC]

I always love your clever characters, John.

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TT3TT [2009-07-13 05:28:20 +0000 UTC]

All she's missing is the headband and she could be Ritsu~

K-on!=YES. Have you finished all the episodes yet?

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JohnSu In reply to TT3TT [2009-07-13 19:41:34 +0000 UTC]

Yes I have and now I am sad

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TT3TT In reply to JohnSu [2009-07-13 23:50:49 +0000 UTC]

So am I...that ending was pretty touching~

I only hope there will be a second season.

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