Artist, Illustrator, Animator based in Beaverton, Oregon. I've worked on a handful of independent video games such as To the Moon by Freebird Games, Picma Squared by Moonberry Studios, Aveyond II by Amaranth Games.
Alisa Christopher
themanfromnantucket requested: Avatar the Last Airbender characters in a Deep Space Nine/Star Trek setting
adult!Gaang obviously - Captain Aang is a joined Trill with an unorthodox spot pattern, CMO Katara and science officer Sokka are Bajoran, and security officer Toph is just plain Terran but can still kick your ass. This was fun to revisit!!
but umm yellow is engineering……….
Yellow is ALSO security Mon, remember Tasha and Worf?
Tashiro-jima (or Tashirojima), 田代島, is a small island in Japan. It has become known as “Cat Island” due to the large stray cat population that thrives as a result of the local belief that feeding cats will bring wealth and good fortune. The cat population is now larger than the human population on the island.
There is a small cat shrine Neko-jinja (猫神社) in the middle of the island, roughly situated between the two villages. In the past, the islanders raised silkworms for silk, and cats were kept in order to keep the mouse population down (because mice are a natural predator of silkworms). Fixed-net fishing was popular on the island after the Edo Period and fishermen from other areas would come and stay on the island overnight. The cats would go to the inns where the fishermen were staying and beg for scraps. Over time, the fishermen developed a fondness for the cats and would observe the cats closely, interpreting their actions as predictions of the weather and fish patterns. One day, when the fishermen were collecting rocks to use with the fixed-nets, a stray rock fell and killed one of the cats. The fishermen, feeling sorry for the loss of the cat, buried it and enshrined it at this location on the island.
There are at least ten cat shrines in Miyagi Prefecture. There are also 51 stone monuments in the shape of cats.
I’ll go! Who’s with me?
Miyagi’s my home away from home, so I’d go with you! I miss Japan!
I’ve begun work on my Mechanithrall/Tharn conversions. I really didn’t like the aesthetic of the Mechanithralls (nor most of the thralls) so I’m spending a bit more money and time to make something I like. Still have to greenstuff these two, and work on the other 4 models in the unit.
Ustream sketching again for a bit. Today’s inspiration: The Lady and the Lion by the Brother’s Grimm
mike dimartino’s newest blog post. i bet he would be a lot of fun to hang out with at the library ^_^
Sure would.
I’d also point out that the whole Icarus story happened because Daedalus built the maze to hide the minotaur, which happened because Daedalus built a cow fursuit for King Minos’ wife, because Poseidon made King Minos’ wife fall in love with the bull, which happened because King Minos refused to sacrifice the bull and honor Poseidon after he’d promised to do so.
So really, the story is “Don’t work for assholes that don’t keep their promises.”
I’m a nerd.
How I animate sprites:
First I block out the animation, I usually do a loose sketch, similar to pencil roughs in traditional animation, and then I’ll block out the silhouette in solid colors. This is the stage where I get things to move exactly how I want them to, without getting bogged down by details.
After that, I clean up the line art of the template, adding an outline and details such as a face and fingers. Even if the character’s wearing a skirt, kimono or other bulky clothes, it’s still important to have the sprite animated “naked” so that the clothes can animate correctly in response to the body moving under them.
Then clothes and color are added on top of the template.
If the art direction calls for it, then shading is added as the very last step.
Gung Hay Fat Choy from Kifi and all of us at Fat Cat. Don’t forget to check out our entry to the Ouya Create contest, finalists will be announced Monday!
http://www.killscreendaily.com/create/video.php?submissionID=157
Now I’m tempted to make a My Little MurderDollz coloring book…
Trying out a shading style and color palette for the new artistic direction of Dr. McNinja’s Radical Adventures
Felt like doing some figure study work today. You can watch the video of me drawing this here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29081559 and http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29082243 - I’m drawing on a widescreen cintiq, and ustream seems to squish the aspect ratio, so sorry about the vids.
Original 1min gesture drawing done from http://imperialstarletstock.deviantart.com/art/Stool-7-348891569
When we’ve put in a good day of game development, the folks here at Fat Cat like to unwind with a little creative food prep. This week, inspired by another Doctor we’re fans of, we tested out some Thyme flavored Liqueur in a Gimlet flavored Gelatine shot.
We used Knox Unflavored Gelatine, and followed the Knox Blox ratio of 1 package of gelatine to 1 cup of liquid. For the Thyme Liqueur, this was 1/2 cup of the Liqueur and 1/2 cup of water - (we probably could have used a little less of the liqueur). For the larger batch of Gin, it was 1/2 cup of Bombay Sapphire East (which has a sweeter, lemon-grass flavor) with 3&1/2 cup of water. The Lime was just a mix of Rose’s Sweet Lime and Real lime juice. Overall we used maybe 1/2 cup of corn syrup for sweetener, not too much since Gimlets aren’t themselves very sweet.
If you let the Gin batch set too thickly and can’t get the smaller cubes to be suspended, you can microwave briefly the batch to un-set the gelatine.
