Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thread

Bella · September 30, 2025, 11:54:55 AM

R63 OS-tans/kuns! With notes from my tumblr post:

QuoteHarvard Mk. 1-kun was requested by Halian. Like his distaff counterpart, his style is victorian but constructed from 1940s contemporary pieces.

Whirlwind-kun favors 1940s casual / athletic-wear - bowling or sport shirts in checker or other bright patterns, slacks and practical shoes.

SAGE-kun bears more than a passing resemblance to Whirlwind, though he is shorter and heavier-built, and is rarely seen outside uniform (or was, when he was on duty).

True to his nature as a "husky" boy Bendix G15-kun is a bit scruffy and has thick, long gray hair.

Like her guy counterpart, Selectric-tan dresses in 1960s contemporary officewear in a variety of stylish colors, and makeup/nail polish to match.

FASTRAND-tan's hair pushes the bounds of regulation, as well as her already tall stature. I imagine her boisterousness surpasses her -kun counterpart, especially toward SAGE-kun.

IBM 728-tan is somewhat slight with short gray hair. She looks a lot like SAGE-tan in the non-genderflipped universe.

Foxgirl Linux-tan, Unix-tan grisping VMS-tan gentle like shark, mod SCOPE-tan, and Multics-tan and MTS-tan drinking games (with industrial coolant since they're both massive mainframes), with bonus! MTS-Multics snuggles. :3

stewartsage · October 02, 2025, 09:59:47 PM

Mark I looks like a lost 1970s Doctor from Doctor Who. I really like G-15's overalls. Whirlwind-kun looks like he's ready for a really keen bowling tournament, I love it.

SAGE-kun is perfect. FASTRAND-tan has got to have one heck of a laugh. 728-tan and SAGE should kiss.

SCOPE-sama looks great in that outfit tbh. Poor VMS-tan, her lot in life is to suffer the slings and arrows of so many other annoying OS-tans....

Coolant kegger! Wooo!

Bella · October 02, 2025, 11:03:31 PM

Man, Mark I DOES look like a Doctor now that you mention it. G15-tan and -kun have very similar fashion tastes I think. Whirlwind-kun would definitely be the idealized 50s dad who's on a bowling league and loves grilling. Possibly on the heat of the thousands of vacuum tubes.

Glad I managed to make guy SAGE look good. I (perhaps incorrectly) mentally picture SAGE-tan having the aura of a wet cat who can blow up the earth, while SAGE-kun feels like a Dr. Strangelove character. I'm better at drawing one than the other.

Quote from: stewartsage on October 02, 2025, 09:59:47 PM728-tan and SAGE should kiss.

WAIT. STEWARTSAGE APPROVED SAGE/IBM 728 KISSING???!!!???!!!??!

SCOPE-tan can be "hip" and "with it"! (Much to KRONOS and NOS/VE's protestations.) VMS-tan is definitely in the top five most suffering DEC-tans which is saying a lot.

Bella · Reply #918 - Re: Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thread

Quote from: Bella on October 02, 2025, 11:03:31 PMWAIT. STEWARTSAGE APPROVED SAGE/IBM 728 KISSING???!!!???!!!??!

Lesbianism could've saved her.

stewartsage · Reply #919 - Re: Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thread

Quote from: Bella on October 02, 2025, 11:03:31 PMMan, Mark I DOES look like a Doctor now that you mention it. G15-tan and -kun have very similar fashion tastes I think. Whirlwind-kun would definitely be the idealized 50s dad who's on a bowling league and loves grilling. Possibly on the heat of the thousands of vacuum tubes.

That feels about right. The fire of a thousand dying filaments.

Quote from: Bella on October 02, 2025, 11:03:31 PMGlad I managed to make guy SAGE look good. I (perhaps incorrectly) mentally picture SAGE-tan having the aura of a wet cat who can blow up the earth, while SAGE-kun feels like a Dr. Strangelove character. I'm better at drawing one than the other.

He denies them his essence.

Quote from: Bella on October 02, 2025, 11:03:31 PMWAIT. STEWARTSAGE APPROVED SAGE/IBM 728 KISSING???!!!???!!!??!

?

Quote from: Bella on October 02, 2025, 11:03:31 PMSCOPE-tan can be "hip" and "with it"! (Much to KRONOS and NOS/VE's protestations.) VMS-tan is definitely in the top five most suffering DEC-tans which is saying a lot.

The only thing SCOPE-sama is hip with is posing too hard and tweaking a nerve.

Quote from: Bella on Yesterday at 09:51:11 PMLesbianism could've saved her.

Probably not, but man I do love some doomed yuri!

They're very cute~

Bella · Reply #920 - Re: Bella's OS-tan Artwork Thread

Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 10:07:28 PMHe denies them his essence.

Now you have me thinking about the all OS-tan Dr. Strangelove cast. (SAGE, WWMCCS, Z3, Mertvaya Ruka, ? ? ? ?)

Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 10:07:28 PM?

I'm not going to abide your historical revisionism!!! You definitely discouraged SAGE/IBM 728.

Quote from: stewartsage on Yesterday at 10:07:28 PMProbably not, but man I do love some doomed yuri!

They're very cute~

Speaking of which.

Whirlwind-tan & Memory Test Computer-tan, based on a convo Stew & I had. In it, he revealed Whirlwind-tan was born with a bad heart (representing the original tube-based memory system of Whirlwind, which didn't work well). A working heart was developed for her in MTC-tan (representing the development of core memory on MTC), and she eventually donated it to Whirlwind (as the core memory from MTC was eventually used in Whirlwind).

This sketch may be revised significantly before lining/rendering since it feels a bit stiff to me? I might end up having MTC-tan holding open her chest with her other hand, I may also make her more, er, limp I guess? Trying to figure out how sad (and/or gory) I want this to end up being...................... and also outfit ideas, so if you have thoughts on this I'm all ears.