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Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 09, 2006, 11:22:18 PM
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Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on September 11, 2006, 04:43:39 AM
Is this your intro Ms. Borealis?


I really hate to say this, but I there's really a confusion between that girl if it is "Mac-tan or an OSX-tan" ^_^'


You see, OSX are in a "big cat names"

OSX.0 Cheetah
OSX.1 Puma
OSX.2 Jaguar
OSX.3 Panther
OSX.4 Tiger
OSX.5 Leopard (2007)

Of course the Leopard version isn't release yet

OSX seems to be a meganeko just like this;

(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8083/1146923856841sp0.jpg)

About Mac-tan, she used to be the generic Mac, but as I found out....she is not the Classic Mac. She just represents the modern Macintosh......

And we always see her have "dispute" on 95-tan.

Windows 95 was created in 1995 of course.


So there's a possibility that the Mac-tan over there is a "System 7-tan".

Yes, she is obviously is an OS7-tan, she represents the modern Macintosh ( or New World Architecture or even New World ROM) and it was created 1991 (ranges from birth of Win 3.1 Win 95.....Win 98 and Mac OS8 was later formed after that; 1997 and 1998).


OSX cats by the way; (from left to right...cheetah, puma, jaguar, panther, tiger)



I really hate to interfere a little though, but that maybe my chance to clear things....


But whatever you choose as characters, its your choice...I really do respect that...that "mac-tan" issue is really confusing since it was never really introduce properly in the OS tan world.

It is really kinda amusing when you have this comic strips :D Have fun Ms. Borealis ;hi
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 11, 2006, 04:20:08 PM
Ah yes, the Macintosh thing is confusing as hell, but then leave it to the Windows-centric original OS-tan artists to undercut all other Operating Systems.  ^___^'

Slowly but surely, we'll patch up the wholes.  Heck, Aurora already created a cute OS1.  ^.^

BTW, as always Aurora, the volume of your work never ceases to amaze me.  ^v^

Don't mind me if I take my time reading it, since I also have to juggle that in addition to finishing up my rendition of 1.0-tan, and preparing for my de facto eviction on another thread (not really, but I still have a week nonetheless).  -v-

C-Chan added the following  3 minutes after last message :

And for the love of ALL THAT IS HOLY....!

WHO - IN - THE - WORLD - IS - THIS?!!!  ;^0^;

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1428/danbooruunfp114222121727842vy7.jpg

Thought I'd ask you guys, since Alfamille first posted it and Aurora is a Mac user.  Looks like OS9-sama, but has Windows,....... thingies,.... all over her....  T__T'
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 11, 2006, 04:57:26 PM
That Mac-tan issue is confusing! I assume you're referring to the one that has long blonde hair and wears all white- she sometimes represents all of Mac OS- such as seen her fight Windows 95-tan in a couple OS-tan comic strips, something System 7 would have done; on the OS-tan wiki page, she is said to represent OS 9 but the alternate design with the blue smiley skirt fell into favor, and I've also seen her represent OS X sometimes. But I favor her representing OS X because of the all-white and simplistic theme Macs (and iPods) usually have these days.

Gets even more confusing when the OS X wildcats appear a couple pages later, but why not? I'm a Mac user! (And the wildcats appear for a plot twist)

And C-chan, the picture you were asking about, that's 95-tan. Could be an early character design for her, or it could be a Mac OS-tan running Virtual PC or undercover to infiltrate the Windows-tans' headquarters! But I'm glad that version of weird robot 3.1 didn't last long!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Ultimaninja on September 11, 2006, 05:23:54 PM
Your zer0Sanity thing is pretty good, and bookmarked!

But the only trouble is reading it backwards, no offense.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 11, 2006, 05:51:53 PM
Yeah, that explanation sounds better (the Virtual PC thing).  
Thank ye very much, Aurora-chan!  I'm indebted to you!  ^.^

Off to the Gallery the picture goes!  ^0^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NewYinzer on September 11, 2006, 07:50:19 PM
Very good job, Aurora! Can't wait to see more, see more, see more, see more...
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: SleepyD on September 11, 2006, 07:58:47 PM
Quote from: "Ultimaninja"Your zer0Sanity thing is pretty good, and bookmarked!

But the only trouble is reading it backwards, no offense.

Yes, yes, I like it too.

Sou, 'Rora, you can link the previous page and next page in the artist's comments section of each of the comics for ease of navigation.  It might be tedious, but better now than when you get like, 100 pages.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NewYinzer on September 11, 2006, 08:03:03 PM
Wow...100 pages. I can't dream of drawing that many!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NewYinzer on September 11, 2006, 08:10:35 PM
Sounds good. What day is it?
*looks, blushes*
Oh dear. Five years ago, and it still feels like yesterday. I remember I was at school, and they wouldn't tell us a thing. They crowded us into the gym, like cattle. I didn't find out until the drive home from school. I prayed for the capture of Osama Bin Laden, but nothing has happened. So many sad memories...

...we must never forget!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Ultimaninja on September 12, 2006, 05:38:18 PM
Yeah...I was sort of in shock, like 1/2 thinking it was some sick joke, 1/2 not accepting it...thank god sis was sick and at home that day @_@

btw, do you upload the comics on any specific day, or just when you have time?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NewYinzer on September 12, 2006, 07:46:11 PM
Yeah...no one blames you.

I just noticed your avatar! The annoyed expression (><) is the exact same as in South Park! And I like it!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on September 12, 2006, 11:53:41 PM
This is what I enjoyed lately from Ms. Borealis XD


 ;019
Title: Yay!
Post by: MisterCat on September 13, 2006, 05:07:03 AM
Thanks a bunch, Aurora Borealis, for sharing those cartoon pages!  They're a lot of fun!  I love the characters' facial expressions and their language, not to mention the scenario as a whole.

*looks forward to next chapter/episode/installment/page/whatever*

Your creation zerOSanity comes at exactly the right time for me, as a big change is in the works:  I've been using Millennium Edition for six years now, but within the next several days I'm supposedly switching to a newer computing system and XP.  Your story will be instructive, as it'll give me a chance to learn more about these two operating systems via their manifestations as ME-tan and XP-tan!

;010

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 14, 2006, 01:12:05 PM
Gyah!!!!  Forgot, I can't access DeviantArt from where I'm currently at.  ;_;

Hold that thought, Aurora!  I'll be back!!!  ^v^

*scurries away*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Ultimaninja on September 14, 2006, 05:22:24 PM
grrr I don't have permission either...

only one way to do it right...
fake signatures, mustaces, overcoats, illegal money

And a ship to the Panama's for when things go wrong and the FBI comes after me...

or I could go to bookmarks and go to the comics...

which to choose....
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: SleepyD on September 14, 2006, 11:28:52 PM
Quote from: "Aurora Borealis"Thank you very much! :D

I got done with page 13 just now, but I can't upload it because DeviantArt changed the directory of categories AGAIN and I cant find the correct category! (err... categories) ARGH!! >___<

Isn't there a comics category somewhere?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: SleepyD on September 14, 2006, 11:39:06 PM
try "Manga/Anime" => "Digital Media" => Doujinshi? or would it be Manga?.......*ponder*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 15, 2006, 01:15:34 AM
Yeah!  Told ya I'd be back!  ^V^

But gyah, spent all my time being wooed by your new -tans.  GAWD, I'm a mess....  >_<

Okay, bear with this poor pig in shambles...  ^__^'

The short short version....

First the no-brainers:
Comic is cute, funny and engaging since it introduces new -tans and put's the existing girls in situations we would not have thought of.  The 2k/Mac partnership is unexpected by us, for example, but charming nonetheless....  ^.^

Thought the comic was bigger (which was why I thought it was so daunting), but that was because Insanity Force and School of Crazies made it look larger.  ^^'

Favorite strip so far:  Comic #8.  Mac is nicely rendered in the first panel (with the fire) and love the sight of her being knocked out by her own apple.  Plus it has QNX-tan doing what she does best.  ^.^

Favorite OS-tan so far:  QNX-tan.  No big surprise there.  ^v^

Most surprising fact:  That you haven't introduced Slackerware yet.  The ponytail and pipe remind me of Juzo-kun's version a little, but maybe you drew her independently?  'v'

Misc Comment:  Your Kattlanna-chan icon is cute, so it's a treat to see her on ever panel.

Now onto the....

Questions:

-What'd you use to draw these strips (feeling a little deja vu, so maybe I already asked you?).  
-And what's your approach to drawing these comics?  To draw so many so quickly with the fine quality I've seen means you have a system going.  For someone who can barely manage a simple chibi a week, I'm curious.  ^.^
-What's with 2k-tan's moustache?
-....hehehe...... and.... the..... OS-tan......fusion..... chimera......  ^^;

And finally....

-Which do you prefer: fingers or none?  ^__^

Hope you'll forgive me for taking so long.  -_-
This past week has been crazy, but this piggy finally has the chance to reorganize and get it together.  ^v^
So from now on, I'll be in the vanguard of your OS-tan fandom.
Cross my heart, hope to die....  -v-

*crosses butt instead, just in case*
[C-Chan's Promise track record isn't particularly great]
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 16, 2006, 11:04:30 AM
Well, it works.  I've just been satisfied and then some.  ^__^

if you draw by hand, you must be really fast and precise.  Zero transfer loss between brain and paper.  -v-
I'm jealous....  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 17, 2006, 09:28:51 PM
Actually I'm not very fast and I usually make at least one major change from paper to computer because correcting something on paper is a lot harder than in Photoshop!

In other news, I got page 13 up and CE-tan is introduced! She's going to be the tour guide! :D

I hope to finish chapter 1 by the end of this month. But on paper, I've gotten past chapter 1 and have drawn the first 3 pages of chapter 2 and some new characters have been introduced. But I'm not telling yet because I don't want to spoil everything! ^_^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 17, 2006, 10:10:46 PM
Holy cow, I see what you mean about 9" inches being too small for CE-chan.  She does look a little big.  ^__^'

But at least now I understand that Tinkerbell reference in your last sig.  ^v^

Panel 3 and 4 are the cutest,... I love the way you make their sideshots for some reason.  ^__^
But just wondering if it's not too late to add wheels to those cannons?  
Sorta didn't know what they were until your comment....  ^v^'
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 17, 2006, 10:37:54 PM
*squeals in delight*

To mark the opening of the new Annex,... ^.^
Title: Cannons!
Post by: MisterCat on September 17, 2006, 11:28:18 PM
So, Aurora Borealis, the plot thickens!  Cannons!  I think there are some ear plugs around here, somewhere....

;026

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 21, 2006, 09:58:39 PM
Iyaaa!  Is it my imagination, or are those poor Windows girls gonna be stuck in those cannons?  ^^'

The expressions on OSX-tan's face in panels 4 & 5 are classic.  ^__^
It's probably because you're a Mac user, but for some reason I kind of like the way you render OSX-tan the most out of all the canon OS-tans (no pun intended from the current comic... ^^').  More often that not, she's just too darn cute.  ^.^

The thing with the Pokemon forum sound awful, considering all the time and effort you must have put in.  Sadly, if it was a particularly LARGE Pokemon forum, it might have been expected just by simple diffusion.  Too many people = too many threads to see/view/read + very little time they'd be willing to invest in learning about new characters.

We, on the other hand, are still a very small forum and [I hope] a bit more appreciative about new characters.  So hopefully our replies to your work have made you not regret posting here.  ^__^
Title: Golly!
Post by: MisterCat on September 21, 2006, 10:12:33 PM
They're really going to do this shot-from-cannons thing aren't they, Aurora Borealis?  Were I OSX-tan, I too would find an excuse to be elsewhere!

o_o

Well, I guess there's nothing to be done apart from waiting for the next page.  I'll try not to worry, but my buddy XP-tan is in one of those cannons!  The poor dear:  She's so excited about it all, but she doesn't even have a safety helmet to wear.  (Maybe she's got a thick skull?  Let's hope so.)

;026

=^..^=
Title: Yay!
Post by: MisterCat on September 21, 2006, 10:47:30 PM
Thank you, Aurora, for your reassuring words!  You have no idea how relieved I am to know they'll all be safe.

;012

This is actually a fun adventure!  Thanks a bunch for sharing your work with us.

;019

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Ultimaninja on September 24, 2006, 05:57:52 PM
I liked the recent one a bit more then the one before it (no offense)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 25, 2006, 10:33:28 PM
EGADS!!  Already at 80%!!!  @o@

The girl is definitely, positively ON FIYA!!!  ^V^

By comparison, let me check the Unix-o-meter.....  Ã,¬vÃ,¬

Unix-sama Stand-alone Pic:  1%

*sweatdrops*  GAH!!  XvX'
How embarrassing....  ^^;

In any case, gambatte ne, Aurora-sama!  ^v^

Here's looking to see QNX-tan reappear again!  ^.^

(http://home.mchsi.com/~toastgirl222/randomstuff/ch-qnxneutrino.jpg)

(Eventually I'll need to work on a Wiki-style avi for her, so perhaps you could consider it my 2nd piece of Aurora fanart.  ^^)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 26, 2006, 08:00:20 PM
Yes, QNX-tan and her coworkers will re-appear again, on page 21 to be more specific! :D

I'm now about 90% done w/ p.15 and about 60% done with p.16! Also just got started on p.18

But I'll need to get into overdrive mode if I want to get p.15-18 done by October 1st!

Rebooting...
Switching into "Overdrive Mode"...
....
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Ultimaninja on September 26, 2006, 09:04:23 PM
I suggest not going into overdrive mode.
You'll only work up to much stress to continue the storyline at any reasonable pace.

Maybe a new comic every tuesday, thursday, and saturday *hint, hint*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NewYinzer on September 27, 2006, 09:47:49 AM
QuoteMaybe a new comic every tuesday, thursday, and saturday *hint, hint*

Nah...go easy on yourself. If you start getting people to believe that there's gonna be one on every tuesday, thursday, and saturday, they'll be mad when there isn't. My advice: make it a weekly cartoon, released every sunday. That way, people won't be staking out on your website just to find out when the next cartoon will appear.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 27, 2006, 04:02:35 PM
I see. I just need to work on pages at a regular pace and I'll be done sooner than I think! In the summertime, I managed to get a page up every three days and even though that was all coincedental, I thought it was a good pace, but I was trying to go into overdrive because I wanted to get done with chapter 1 in the next few days.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Ultimaninja on September 27, 2006, 05:41:36 PM
If you do that people might be upset when you don't continue the pace...
people who know terrible, terrible things...

lol, anyway relax and take your time, its YOUR comic and you need to enjoy making it as much as we enjoy reading it...

no fun if it becomes a hassle...
Title: Aha!
Post by: MisterCat on September 29, 2006, 04:32:38 PM
Yay!

*alerts welcoming orchestra*

*has red carpet and velvet ropes on hand*

*makes arrangements with jounalists for interrupting programs and stopping presses*

*helps dignitaries write very-long speeches*

*waits*

:smoke:

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: brougeXP22 on September 29, 2006, 07:25:27 PM
can't wait for it. your really very talented Aurora  ;010
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NewYinzer on September 29, 2006, 10:50:35 PM
*sets up lawnchair on this thread*
Yeah! Woo hoo!
*Pulls out Terrible Towel*
Woo hoo!
*Twirls Terrible Towel around head*
Woo hoo! I can't wait!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 29, 2006, 11:18:06 PM
I got page 15 finished and up! I decided to finish and upload page 16 tomorrow though.
Title: Oh, my!
Post by: MisterCat on September 29, 2006, 11:25:35 PM
Yay!  Thanks, Aurora!  I see our fearless PC OS-tans are prepared to become little cannonballs!  I wish them good luck and happy landings!

o_o

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: brougeXP22 on September 30, 2006, 10:58:16 AM
Nice. although i had to log in to the website then go find your name but still it's cool
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 30, 2006, 11:12:54 AM
Kudos to the introduction of the OSX GIRLS!!!!  ^V^

GYAH!! They're all great, but you really nailed it on Puma-chan!!!  She's adorable!!!!  ^-^

*squeals in delight*

BTW, you SUUUUUUUUUUUUUURE there's peace between the Windows and Macs?  Cause now there in the best position to dish out some sweet sweet vengeance.... `v'
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: brougeXP22 on September 30, 2006, 11:27:39 AM
XP-tan and the new OSX-tan (can't remember which cat she is...) seem friendly ^_^ and 95-tan isn't so homicidal anymore o_o;;;
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 30, 2006, 03:26:33 PM
Hmmm.... you do have a point, C-Chan. Vengance could be possible but the Windows-tans haven't done anything to leave OS X-tan scarred for life though so that's not necessary, unless she could be doing revenge on behalf of System 7-tan and OS 8-tan (both who almost casualties in the war). But doing so would break whatever armistice was signed and start the war again, and I don't think anyone would want that, now wouldn't they? :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 30, 2006, 03:52:40 PM
Just kidding really.  ^__^

Besides, they're still competitors so a little mischief now and then shouldn't be too unexpected.  It's very hard to guess the trajectory of a human cannonball on the fly, so who would blame the OSX kitty's if the Windows girls,... say,... missed their mark shy of a few feet and landed in water.......  Fufufufu.... ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: brougeXP22 on September 30, 2006, 05:35:42 PM
that's evil ;013  but i like it ^_^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 30, 2006, 06:43:07 PM
Just got page 16 up! Description complete with reference to the pun in the title and a parody of the original! :D

Anyways, the OS X wildcat girls launched the cannons and Palm OS-tan is introduced! Oh yes, and the whole launching the cannons on the docks thing was all part of a pun and reference!

Mac OS X-tans launching the cannons on the docks = Launching something from the docks in OS X!
Title: Wow!
Post by: MisterCat on September 30, 2006, 11:07:24 PM
Whee!  This is fun, Aurora!  All right, it's major fun for the PC OS-tans; yet apparently it's fun for the Mac OS-tans too, who seem well satisfied.

The Mac OS-tans (with your assistance, of course) seem to have thought of everything, including a pilot ââ,¬â€ presumably to guide the PC OS-tans' entire bodies and not merely their palms ââ,¬â€ who doubles as flight attendant.  Multi-tasking is becoming a feature of economy-airline flight, so it's logical the same should be true of present-day cannon flight!

o_o

Thanks again, Aurora, for another thoroughly-enjoyable page of zerOSanity.  I wonder if the island's residents know what they're in for!

;012

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 30, 2006, 11:40:42 PM
Yeah! OS X-tan is the type of person to try to be helpful and suggest weird ideas! And yes, cannon flights should be modernized with today's modern technology! WHEEEEEE!

Progress:

p.17: ~70%
p.18: ~40%
p.19: ~23%

Well, so much for my "Finish Chapter 1 goal by October 1st" goal. But at least I got close. Or should.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on October 01, 2006, 10:30:41 AM
Well you did say you liked Top Gun, so the puns are right up your alley.  ^__^

Excellent job -- midair sequences are hilarious (though shocked CE joined them in the stunt even though she could fly... ^__^), but my favorite is still panel 1.  Something about seeing the OSX girls with cute expressions and lighted matches brings me much joy.... ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 01, 2006, 11:16:03 AM
CE-tan joined them because she's the tour guide and joining the cannon flight was the only way to be able to catch up to the other Windows-tans. And she has her own little cannon too! ^^

Or she may also be a crazy stunt peformer, living on the edge, never backing down from chances like those! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on October 02, 2006, 01:29:59 AM
QuoteQuote from : Aurora Borealis
But doing so would break whatever armistice was signed and start the war again, and I don't think anyone would want that, now wouldn't they? :D

Same here :D


QuoteQuote from : Aurora Borealis

Yeah! OS X-tan is the type of person to try to be helpful and suggest weird ideas! And yes, cannon flights should be modernized with today's modern technology! WHEEEEEE!

Progress:

p.17: ~70%
p.18: ~40%
p.19: ~23%

Well, so much for my "Finish Chapter 1 goal by October 1st" goal. But at least I got close. Or should.

Great timing by Palm-tan to appear by the way  ;010
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Ultimaninja on October 02, 2006, 05:56:10 PM
Your cannon idea reminds me of cannon travel from the:
Secret of Mana theatre...

You get a +10/+10 in awsomeness!
Title: A sneak peek of what's ahead! #2
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 02, 2006, 06:33:49 PM
Thanks! :D

Progress:

p.17: ~80%
p.18: ~52%
p.19: ~23%
p.20: ~23% (I got started on page 20 at midnight today! It's weird, but I have the most potential for productivity around midnight!)

And for the sneak peek:

Between p.17 and p.20, 3 new characters will be introduced and one of the characters from early chapter 1 will reappear. And some of these characters have rivalries of some sort!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Ultimaninja on October 02, 2006, 07:28:57 PM
>.>

You know sneek peaks usually have a few pics...
*hint, hint*

and rough sketches...

ooh, that would be awsome to see some of your rough sketches for the comics...
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NewYinzer on October 02, 2006, 07:43:17 PM
QuoteAnd also ME-tan attempts something really stupid!

As long as it wasn't a stunt from Jackass (TV Show), Jackass (Movie), or Jackass 2 (Movie), I'm in suspense!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Ultimaninja on October 02, 2006, 07:47:07 PM
What about the show Jackass was based off of?
And trigger happy tv??
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 02, 2006, 07:48:42 PM
Hmm... I guess I'll try using some rough sketches for the next sneak peeks then! I could start this time if I can find some good scenes that doesn't spoil what happens! *goes to look*

And no, what ME-tan will attempt is not something from Jackass or such shows!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NewYinzer on October 02, 2006, 07:54:07 PM
QuoteAnd no, what ME-tan will attempt is not something from Jackass or such shows!


Thank Deus! As for your posting, Aurora, you've reached 100 posts!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 02, 2006, 08:22:51 PM
Here are 2 sneak peek scenes!

The first one is from page 20 and the second is from page 19

But these being the versions drawn on paper, sometimes I don't color in things because I want to save some time but it doesn't matter because I always trace the lineart, type in dialogue, color, shade and add backgrounds!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Ultimaninja on October 02, 2006, 08:24:23 PM
wow, congrats Aurora!
Now if only you had 100 comic pages to equal your post number...
lol, jk take your time.

Will we through a party when I reach 200, or are my posts not "intellegent and meaningful" enough for a party >.>

and as for you rough sketches...never knew you drew them on paper...thought you did it all on computer...so how do you color it in, and such like get rid of lines, etc.?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 02, 2006, 08:39:28 PM
Yay for parties! Wow... You joined only about a month ago and you already have more than 170 posts! As for me, I joined in November '05 but didn't start posting until the end of August this year!

I draw things on paper first because it's easier for me and by tracing it, lines are less likely to be shaky.

I color, trace and such in Photoshop. First I create a layer for lineart, one below that for shading and highlighting, 2 layers below that for coloring in the characters (above one for hair, eye and clothes color; below one for skin color), and 1-3 layers for the background depending on how complex or simple it is. But in the editing, sometimes I end up changing some dialogue because I thought of something better that moment or changing things if they didn't turn out too well on paper.
Title: Chapter party!
Post by: MisterCat on October 18, 2006, 10:56:04 PM
Congratulations, Aurora, upon the occasion of your having completed Chapter 1 of zerOSanity!  Yay!  Thank you for this excellent treat!

;010

I love it, especially (in the last few pages) the part where Millennium-Edition-tan crashes!  I've not told Samantha, my computing system, about that particular turn of events:  She uses Millennium Edition, you see; and so the morale problem within her central processing unit is already sufficiently significant.

;026

Anyway, as I may have mentioned previously, the OS Girls in zerOSanity have the most wonderful personalities as well as expressive body/facial language.  The dialogue is clear and witty, too!  The plot is lots of fun; and I can't wait (but I will) to see what happens in Chapter 2.

;019

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 18, 2006, 11:38:03 PM
Thank you! I may have been 17 days past my goal, but I got it done! :D

But what kind of morale problems is Samantha having? I just hope she isn't going through a midlife crisis! My main mac (a PowerMac G3) might be though ;__;

My Powerbook 1400cs definantely is. Has a battery life of only 15 minutes -__- And I wonder if my 540c still works...

As for progress, I may get a new page up in a few days!

p.19 (title: "My Preciousssssss.... bacon!"): ~60%
p.20:~55%
p.21:~45%
p.22:~30%

And so far, who do you think is your favorite OS-tan in the comic?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Pitkin on October 19, 2006, 06:38:29 AM
^___^

Great fun so far, Aurora-san!

My favourite OS-tan so far is the pipe-smoking Slackware-tan! The way she looks in the frame with line, 'look what I found' (page 10 or 11) is wonderful. ^__^

It's quite surprising; I don't know the OS at all, but she's made the biggest impression so far. Maybe the Windows family are losing their grips. :D ME-tan's still adorable, especially with her nice blue parachute... >_>
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on October 19, 2006, 09:31:02 AM
The Windows Family is losing their gripes, eh?  Ã,¬vÃ,¬

Woohoo!  My job here is done!  ^___^

.....

*eyes Pitkin's sig*

Or is it....?  Ã,¬vÃ,¬
*sinister chuckle*

C-Chan added the following  54 seconds after last message :

Won't tire from saying that QNX-sama is my favorite.  -v-
Title: My favorite?
Post by: MisterCat on October 19, 2006, 01:31:22 PM
As you probably know, Aurora, I'm a big XP-Professional-tan fan.  I think you did a marvelous job depicting her!

(I actually have a tan fan circulating air here in the Computer Room a.k.a. bedroom.  Well, all right, it's more on the beige side; but it wants to be tan, I'm sure.  Everybody, sing:  "How many fans could a fan tanner tan, if a fan tanner could tan fans?")

However, after reading Chapter 1 I've concluded my hero in zerOSanity so far is Millennium-Edition-tan.  The poor little dear, she does try so very hard to do things right; but The Fates seem aligned against her.

;026

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 19, 2006, 04:28:45 PM
*dramatically* THE ZEROSANITY THREAD, IT LIIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVEEESSS!

And that's a good tongue twister you thought of, MisterCat!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on November 03, 2006, 02:51:26 AM
I read p. 17-20 earlier on. Nice job Aurora!

Whoah! That's your version of Rhapsody?!  ;015  ;019
Title: Yay!
Post by: MisterCat on November 12, 2006, 02:00:02 PM
Thanks for Page 20, Aurora, the beginning of Chapter Two!  Things in Tamronia are getting curiouser and curiouser....

;010

*sprinkles Ms Borealis with Magical Encouragement Dust*

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on November 12, 2006, 09:32:00 PM
is there a zip file of all of these for us high speed internet impaired users?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 12, 2006, 10:23:58 PM
Sorry, but there isn't because I don't know how to make zip files :(
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on November 12, 2006, 11:38:28 PM
nuuuuu!  >_<


If you have winzip... just select all the files, right click, and send to compressed (zipped) folder.  then you have a zip file!





*wait patiantly staring at you*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on November 13, 2006, 02:40:53 AM
QuoteQuote from : Aurora Borealis

Sorry, but there isn't because I don't know how to make zip files :(


Hey OSX co-user!  ;hi

You dont need to have a WinZip, you just easily drag things around;

http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/zip.html  ;010
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 13, 2006, 04:37:16 PM
Wow! I wouldn't have guessed that zip files could be made so easily in OS X! I thought some sort of software I know I don't have was required!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on December 09, 2006, 04:34:53 AM
Congratulations, Aurora Borealis! This is awesome! With the clever using of OS- and other-Tans, a bit of randomness and the interesting story, zerOSanity becomes my favorite fan-made comic! Keep it up!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 09, 2006, 11:27:50 AM
Thanks! And I hope to get plenty more done soon! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on December 22, 2006, 12:27:49 AM
Loved your version of Red Hat-tan...how bout you include her more often?!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 22, 2006, 11:27:09 AM
I will. She's also going to become a main character! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on December 28, 2006, 11:51:08 AM
Just read the last ones... I can only say WOW . I really need to learn something: Except the unexceptable!! ;174
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on December 28, 2006, 01:02:24 PM
QNX-sama, but that's not surprising eh?  ^__~

I'd nominate DLS-chan and OS3-chan as well, but they haven't shown up in ZS yet.  ^___^;
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 28, 2006, 04:15:41 PM
DSL-tan will first appear on page 28 (yay! That's soon!) But System 3-tan probably won't appear until chapter 4, unless I'm able to squeeze in a good scenario for her to appear earlier. But her introduction will be a "Wizard of Oz"-style introduction!

"Clarus, I have a feeling we're not in Cupertino anymore!"

And DSL-tan will raise some heck later on in chapter 2! Here's part of what I thought would be a good scenario:

After the Jeopardy game and the aftermath, the OS-tans decide to just relax on the beach but it gets very windy for a moment, windy enough that the wind blows RedHat-tan's hat off and she starts to chase after it and DSL-tan joins the chase when she peeks out of OSX-tan's apple (OSX-tan is unaware of all this) and with the wind conditions in her favor, she gets her little hang glider, dives down, catches up with the run away hat and hides under it, right on time when the wind stops

RedHat-tan: There it is!
DSL-tan: (hiding, quietly to herself) yeah. That's right. Get closer.
*RedHat-tan gets closer*
DSL-tan: HAHAHAHAHA! *runs off* (DSL-tan is a very fast runner)
RedHat-tan: That's it! *gets her suitcase, powers it up, gets on and flies after her (her suitcase when flying works kinda like those flying surfboard thingies from "Eureka Seven"), equipped with a taser gun

meanwhile, Tinfoil Hat-tan is nearby

Tinfoil Hat-tan: At last! I am cured of my paranoia and insanity and I can truly enjoy this glorious world--
*sees the chase*
AAAAH! NEVERMIND! I'M GOING BACK TO THERAPY!
*runs off crying in fear*

And I thought it would be cool if a lot of the OS-tans you made could appear in ZS, C-Chan!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on December 28, 2006, 09:23:21 PM
Clarus?  '__'

OMG, I didn't know DSL-chan was a little rascal.  But then she does freeload off OSX-tan's apple, so I should've figured.  ^__^

You once said you'd like to include OS/2-tan at least, but don't forget she is the villain type.  Well,... more like a Mara-from-Ah-My-Goddess type of villain when it comes to comedy stories, so maybe she can still fit right in without causing much trouble.  But it's all up to you, of course.  ^__^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 28, 2006, 10:18:31 PM
Clarus is the Dogcow, an animal Apple made. Was originally a dog that was part of a hieroglyphic-inspired font but people said it also looked kinda like a cow so it became known as the Dogcow (Don't know how Clarus got its name though) and is seen in the print page when about to print something in classic Mac OS. Too bad she got taken out in OSX.

These are only possibilities for some of your OS-tans appearing but...

DR DOS-tan could appear as part of a "The Matrix" parody (red pill/blue pill spoof) and if I can add in a "someone or everyone ends up getting hospitalized" mini arc and if she is the crazy-type, she could be a substitute doctor for the local hospital. Hehehehehe....

QDOS-tan could appear when QNX-tan and friends at the lab experience technical problems with their machines and although they could fix it, they decide it is easier to hire QDOS-tan as tech support (and maybe even join the group!)

One of the older Mac-tans still has a score to settle with Windows 2-tan. She forgot the original reason and the new one is something silly  but she will finally forgive her later on.

Do you have any suggestions, whether it be adding on to the ones I've considered or adding some?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on December 28, 2006, 10:31:22 PM
Hmmm,... well you know it'd sound pretentious if I started making suggestions.  -__-

How about we let our fellow visitors suggest something.  ^__^

Or when in doubt, you know you always have your "amiga" to turn to.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 28, 2006, 10:48:42 PM
That works too. Hmm... and I think I know what you mean by the last thing you said. You want Amiga-tan to appear, don't ya? ^_~

But only if I could think of a scenario for her to appear ;__;

But if I'm wrong, feel free to smack me upside the head ^^;
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on December 29, 2006, 08:30:24 AM
Yes! I realized why I like zerOSanity that much!! It's the randomness! I'm a bit of crazy/random type, so that explains everything!

About the favorite? I'm the number one faithful follower of XP-tan! (But 2k and 95 is fine too ... BTW, is there a chance of 95's appearing?)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on December 29, 2006, 08:41:33 AM
Only to get her butt kicked -- bwahaha!!  ^v^

QuoteBut only if I could think of a scenario for her to appear ;__;

Hehe,... in a random comic, that shouldn't be too hard.  ^__^
And if her 1950's "pizzeria" look doesn't work for you, there's always the new "gala" look I've drawn for her.  ^.^

QuoteBut if I'm wrong, feel free to smack me upside the head ^^;

Ummm...  Well even if I had reason to.....  ^^'

C-chan = 7 inches
Aurora-sama = 66 inches

So unless you can bend down or put me on a stool, I think you're safe.  Certainly not upside.  ^__^'
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 29, 2006, 10:09:41 AM
Quote from: "Exa"Yes! I realized why I like zerOSanity that much!! It's the randomness! I'm a bit of crazy/random type, so that explains everything!

About the favorite? I'm the number one faithful follower of XP-tan! (But 2k and 95 is fine too ... BTW, is there a chance of 95's appearing?)

95-tan could appear as part of a flashback to why the OS-wars started and also appear at home with Inu-T doing... home stuff! ^^


Quote from: "C-Chan"Only to get her butt kicked -- bwahaha!!  ^v^
However, I like your suggestion too! ^^

Quote
Hehe,... in a random comic, that shouldn't be too hard.  ^__^
And if her 1950's "pizzeria" look doesn't work for you, there's always the new "gala" look I've drawn for her.  ^.^

She could work at a pizzeria. Is she a good cook by any chance?

Quote

Ummm...  Well even if I had reason to.....  ^^'

C-chan = 7 inches
Aurora-sama = 66 inches

So unless you can bend down or put me on a stool, I think you're safe.  Certainly not upside.  ^__^'

Hakuna Matata!

Means "no worries!" and I don't have to worry, knowing of that height difference! ^^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on December 29, 2006, 10:17:56 AM
Great ideas, but I think the idea of doing home stuff is better!  Everyday funny stories make us LOL. :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on December 29, 2006, 08:00:34 PM
QuoteShe could work at a pizzeria. Is she a good cook by any chance?

*sniff sniff*  You mean, you no likey the new Gala dress look I made for her?  ;__;

C-chan sad....  ;________;

*cries*

But it's just that her standard shirt looks like a pizzeria tablecloth.  She's a phenomenal artist, a great singer, a talented musician, a surprisingly-good videographer, and above all a charismatic and energetic leader that loves to help everyone and everything.  But I think she's only a mediocre cook.  -v-'

QuoteHakuna Matata!

Means "no worries!" and I don't have to worry, knowing of that height difference! ^^

I know, I had to sit through that Kimba clone 15 times.  -____-;

But yeah, I'm in a better position to worry about getting hit on the upside.  ^___^
Or being stomped or, worse, punted (pigskin and all...).  -v-;
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 29, 2006, 08:19:15 PM
The working at the pizzeria thing was just the first thing that came to mind when you mentioned that. -_-

I just saw your picture of Amiga-tan in her gala dress and it looks very nice!
...

I know! Amiga-tan could be a singer at the pizzeria during karaoke hour and often seen helping others when not doing her artistic jobs! ^^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on December 29, 2006, 09:49:43 PM
QuoteI just saw your picture of Amiga-tan in her gala dress and it looks very nice!

Gyuuuuuh,... arigatou, Aurora-sama!  ^__^
I'm all cheered up now because of that!  *v*


QuoteI know! Amiga-tan could be a singer at the pizzeria during karaoke hour and often seen helping others when not doing her artistic jobs! ^^

Now you're cookin' with FIYA!!!  ^v^

That sounds great -- C-chan approved role!  ^___^
She's a little old-fashioned so she's likely to sing some sweet oldies (think "Carpenters"), but feel free to surprise us.  ^.^

QuoteHydroxypropyltrimonium chloride

That's a dangerous-sounding word for Guar Gum....  ^^;
Title: Avatar change?
Post by: MisterCat on December 29, 2006, 11:59:13 PM
Aurora ââ,¬â€ or, more formally, Ms Borealis ââ,¬â€ your Christmas (a.k.a. Decemberween) avatar is adorable!  I just wanted to say so, before that avatar is retired.

;019

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on December 30, 2006, 03:56:27 PM
*raises hoof*

QNX-sama will appear to mop the floor with everyone?  ^v^

Oh, and you "Rozenified" your avatar as well, ~desu.  ^.^
Hand drawn, too,... very good, but no less could be expected from Aurora-sama!  ^v^
Title: Jeopardy!
Post by: MisterCat on December 30, 2006, 04:20:00 PM
Well, Aurora, I think we know who won't emerge as Smartest OS-tan:  that's right, my good buddy and spiritual advisor XP-Professional-tan (or however her name is written).  Yes, she's supposed to be stupid and most everybody wants to keep her that way.  So she plays the Dumb-Dame Game to please all her detractors and keep peace in the valley, the poor girl.  Alas!

;026

Since she won't be winning anything, I'll pin my hopes on my other good friend amongst the OS-tans:  MacOS-tan (or however her name is written).  She's the one with the long blond hair and the sexy little outfit, yes?  Right.  I like her 'cause she's got Attitude; also, away from her colleagues and the public eye, she reads books on philosophy.

;012

=^..^=
Title: Erm....
Post by: MisterCat on January 05, 2007, 05:46:58 PM
Aurora, what became of Pages 23-26?

;026

=^..^=
Title: Yay!
Post by: MisterCat on January 05, 2007, 08:48:24 PM
Thanks, Aurora, for those links!  See, what I was doing was checking at Kattlanna-chan on deviantART from time to time.  It's all good, though, because now my zerOSanity library file is up to date.

;079

I'm departing for the OS-TAN Forums Reading Room and Thinking Lounge, to digest these new pages you've created.  I love your artwork, computing-system knowledge, sense of humor and story-telling abilities!

;019

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on January 05, 2007, 09:05:36 PM
Thanks! But I decided to stop uploading ZS stuff to my DeviantArt gallery because on my computer, trying to upload stuff there is such a drag -__-

So...was the outcome of the tennis match what you expected? Or the events that followed right after? ^^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on January 06, 2007, 01:40:54 AM
If you ask me, nothing happens the way that a normal person expect it. And that's the the good point of zerOSanity!

And the last page with Jeopardy brings me memories from older days when a similar programme ( or a licensed version of the original) was on one of the hungarian channels. I don't try to predict anything, just watch and enjoy the show! :D
Title: They're always busy!
Post by: MisterCat on January 06, 2007, 01:53:08 AM
Talk about activity!  These gals never stop, do they?

All right, the tennis match:  Indeed, it was very sportsmanlike for Ms Hat to forfeit the match so as not to make her opponent look bad in front of relatives.  I'm impressed!

I suspect she's quite the smooth operator when it comes to just about all situations.  That red hat really suits her, too:  Yeah, she's Miss Cool 2007 all right.

Since my knowledge of operating systems pales in comparison to your own, Aurora, there are undoubtedly any number of things going on which I don't fully appreciate.  For example:  Who's the, erm, palm-tree gal who's looking to get her $5USD back?

No matter, because I'm with my pal XP-tan insofar as I believe in the saying "When in doubt, eat."  As soon as the Jeopardy game is over, she and I are heading for the nearest fast-food place.

I like the game-show question categories!  This is going to be interesting.  You know, these OS Girls sure have lots of stamina:  If it were me, I'd still be convalescing from the cannon/parachute ride.

;012

=^..^=

P.S.:  I really like the way you've built that edgy persona into my Apple buddy OSX-tan.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 06, 2007, 11:57:20 PM
Pizzeria scene, eh.... ?  ^___^

*squeal*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on January 07, 2007, 06:42:42 PM
BTW,  I just finished reading it in its entierty (well what you have so far) very good, but why is there no 3.1sama or dos?  Needs more!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on January 07, 2007, 07:28:47 PM
They haven't appeared yet but will later in the chapter! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on January 07, 2007, 07:31:31 PM
She better...


Im watchcing you....








o_o *stares*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on January 21, 2007, 12:57:32 PM
Took longer than I thought (no surprise because these pages have a lot of panels! p.28 has 23!) but here are p.28 and p.29!

So, XP-tan was first to answer a question right, ME-tan was first to answer a question completely wrong and get penalized for it and Antares-tan is having her own fun raising some heck for the rivals, first taunting them by answering a question when they were about to reach for the buzzer again then she lets the rivals knock themselves out answering the Daily Double question! Yes, she threw out the chance to answer an $8000 question but it's for the sake of cranking up the game up a notch!

But things start to change in p.29 and even more in p.30!

Now how do you think everyone will do?

Stay tuned, viewers!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 21, 2007, 09:59:29 PM
OMG that was amazingly hilarious, and the non-stop facefaulting is priceless in these particular chapters!!!  ^___^

AND DID ANYONE ELSE CATCH WHAT'S ON OSX-TAN'S APPLE?!!!!  @O@

YAAAAAAAAAY!!!  The Diminutive One appeared finally!!!!!  ^v^
Title: 'zerOSanity' rules!
Post by: MisterCat on January 22, 2007, 01:25:58 AM
Thanks, Ms Borealis, for these two new pages.  They're fun!  All of zerOSanity is fun, actually:  insane but fun (like some people I've known).

;012

By the way, have the pages become smaller since you've quit posting them to Kattlanna-chan on deviantART?  (My old eyes seem to think the pages have gotten smaller lately.)  If your answer is "No!" I'll begin worrying, but not before.

;026

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on January 22, 2007, 03:57:00 PM
That's right! DSL-tan has appeared! :D

As to the pages getting smaller, I'm not sure myself. Photobucket may be resizing pictures when I submit them. But if so, DARN YOU, PHOTOBUCKET! >__< But if not, I guess it is just a coincedence pictures are getting smaller. Hmm...
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: SleepyD on January 22, 2007, 06:45:35 PM
photobucket does resize their images. Before they didn't, but if it's a big file, they'll automatically resize.  I use http://xs.to/ for my image hosting needs.  They don't resize, but there's a maximum number of 500 images you can upload.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: SleepyD on January 22, 2007, 07:01:52 PM
i just realized that xs.to has a 2.5 mb file size limit, but most images are well under that limit so you should be fine.  If I recall correctly, photobucket's size limit is 1Mb or 800x600 o_o
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 02, 2007, 04:00:22 PM
I hope this is allowed, bumping my thread even though it has been dead for a little over three months but...

Hey everyone! Remember back when I was drawing an OS-tan fancomic? I'm starting over, all the way back to square one, or should I say page one? But hopefully doing this remake will be for the better!

Without further ado, I presenteth to thee... The new zerOSanity!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Tsubashi on May 02, 2007, 06:28:43 PM
Yay Aurora-sama! It's been awhile seen I've seen ZerOSanity, and it look even better now! Great job!

Added after 51 seconds:

Oh, and I'm sure it's fine to bump this thread, especially since it directly relates to the topic ^__^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on May 02, 2007, 08:44:38 PM
Nice! I especially like ME-tan, she's very cute! ;010 I also have to say I appreciate your patience and effort, in redoing the entire comic...I'd never have the time or attention span to redo 20-some pages XD
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 02, 2007, 09:09:02 PM
Thank you! I never thought I'd have the patience or attention span to do this!

I was reluctant to completely redo everything because at the time I was considering that, I was about to finish page 30, had substantial progress on p.31-34 (which were drawn in Inkscape, as opposed to p.30 and below being digitally drawn in Photoshop) and my drawing has improved considerably since the first few pages and I was originally just going to touch up on those but that turned out to be more difficult than I thought so I decided to do my last resort plan of completely starting over!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on May 02, 2007, 11:15:47 PM
Needs more 3.1sama, always.  

But other then that, awsome.  BTW, it just occured to me what your style most reminds me of.

power puff girls.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on May 03, 2007, 01:41:28 AM
It's hard to believe, but the new style is even better than the old style! Also, there are some new tiny parts to spice things up! A-W-E-S-O-M-E !
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Thurosis on May 03, 2007, 03:05:38 AM
This is a little bit off topic but i found out something interesting (for myself) ^^

Your making here a true funny OS-tan comic !
and i'm (going to) making a totally different/opposite ! ^^"

and it is cool to see how the other people going to make comics too !  XD

(that make me feel like to have a head-on-head-race) XD
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Kami-Tux on May 03, 2007, 05:24:50 AM
Can you maybe use a bigger font so even visually impaired penguins can read the small text?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on May 03, 2007, 01:37:13 PM
Kami-Tux: is that sleep-deprivation or over-caffeination talking again?  Remember, positives first....  T__T

Thurosis:  don't forget that Aurora-san has been making comics for ages now, so "going" isn't applicable.  She's drawn some and then some.... -.-

Everyone else except Aurora:  Thank you for the good reception.  ^__^
Usually I'm first on the scene, but I've been,... out of it recently.... -v-

Aurora:  Beautiful work on your revised first pages.  ^^
Not just in the artwork, which although I did like in the original is certainly crisp and vibrant here, but also in the writing.  I especially like that you were able to go back and redo or add more humor so that it's a particular treat to reread.  ^__^
(I do have one thing to point out, but I'll PM you about that -- should be an easy fix in Inkscape.)

My two favorite scenes:

1)  ME-tan crashing (literally)

2)  Inu-T,... again, don't know why, but the way you drew her was mind-numbingly cute and funny as is.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Thurosis on May 03, 2007, 03:33:09 PM
NO NO NO C-Chan!

the "going to" wasn't referenced to Aurora Borealis! I meant that more generally! to everyone (like you said in your post) !

I already notice that Aurora joined/draw longer than i've (saw the upload day of the pics) ^^

but may i ask C-Chan, why are you " out of it recently"? Are busy caused by the university (where are you at)?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on May 03, 2007, 03:49:05 PM
University?  '__'

HAHA!!!  I've been out of that kinda life for a long time, my friend.  ^__^

Now it's worse, albeit a heck of a lot more rewarding.  ^.^

As for why I've been out of it,..................  I guess you could say I'm in my own little "deep".  Except that I have no intention of pulling myself out of it.

I want to move on to another hobby -- it's always been my dream to either learn Japanese or C++ or both....  Â¬.¬
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 03, 2007, 04:21:57 PM
I certainly have been drawing comics for a while! I first started zerOSanity on February 1st 2006, but me being so lazy, I didn't get the first page up and finished until almost 5 months later -_-

The other reason for the redo that I forgot to mention here is to add in more random stuff! :D

Also more (sort of) new page titles!

p.08: "EVERYBODY PANIC ATTACK!!"
p.09: (okay, this is a really bad one but...) "Fly need to scram!"
p.10: "What's up dock?"
p.11: "Space Cadet reporting for duty!"
p.12: "This could get fairy weird!"
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Thurosis on May 03, 2007, 05:12:07 PM
@ C-Chan

Is there anything where i can help you??? I owe you something, because you helped me out of my "little deep" !

But i can't help you in japanese because i can't speak japanese either... -.-
(I want to learn japanese too)

i can only hear and understand some words like:

Arigatou, daijobu deska ... (i know there is a german accent ) ^_°

maybe you need some rest because you work/do too much things in the last time! To stop something  for a while doesn't mean to give up completely! Everyone need some rest once in a while.
So see the "little deep" as a Vacation!
If you don't come back/out of the "deep" I WILL annoy so long until you will do something!

So if you have some problems just tell me ^^

btw!

@ everyone

** ^_^ ** KEEP UP YOUR GREAT WORKS!!! (C-Chan you too! I know you will get over your deep!)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on May 03, 2007, 09:17:53 PM
Thank you Thurosis,

You are right, I've done too much and naturally I'm burnt (=tired).  This would happen eventually, but due to this reason and that it happened sooner than I thought.  ^^

Last time it took me 2 years to come out of my block and now I'm confident it will take less time.  But when I return, I will be doing something very different than drawing OS-tans.  Hope you'll like it enough so you want need to "annoy" me as you say.  -v-

Don't worry about helping me personally, as C-chan is fully and solely responsible for C-chan.  -.-
If you want to help, please continue to draw as you do and please continue motivating other artists here.  Remember the Golden Rule and treat others as you would like to be treated yourself.  As long as we have people doing that, I'll feel relieved to know my job will be taken care of in my absence.  -v-

And that's all I have to say about that.  -.-

....

Oh and Aurora.....

Weren't you working on another comic a few months ago? -v-
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 03, 2007, 09:34:06 PM
Why, yes there is another comic I was working on! Only up to page 2, I'm not sure if/how it will be continued but I could post it up too!

I am curious about this new thing you are working on, C-Chan!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Thurosis on May 04, 2007, 02:03:51 AM
Quote from: "C-Chan"

Last time it took me 2 years to come out of my block and now I'm confident it will take less time.  But when I return, I will be doing something very different than drawing OS-tans.  Hope you'll like it enough so you want need to "annoy" me as you say.  -v-

;140 how embarrasing! I really forget to write "you" at that sentence!  ;013 (2 whole years !!!!OMG, SO long o_o )

Quote
Don't worry about helping me personally, as C-chan is fully and solely responsible for C-chan.  -.-
If you want to help, please continue to draw as you do and please continue motivating other artists here.  Remember the Golden Rule and treat others as you would like to be treated yourself.  As long as we have people doing that, I'll feel relieved to know my job will be taken care of in my absence.  -v-

^_^ Okay ^_^ I do that anyway hehehe XD
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 20, 2007, 09:42:57 PM
Took longer that I hoped, but here's page 03! I've been in a bit of a slump the past few days not getting as much done as I hoped in a day but today I think I outdone myself!

There's also a surprise on this page. Who can find it? :D


Also progress on other pages:

p.04: 60%
p.05: 50%
p.06: ~20%
There are also some corrections on page 02 I am working on as well.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on May 20, 2007, 10:06:18 PM
Nice! M$ Bob "the Builder" is a funny touch! As for the surprise, I'm guessing it's the note on the fridge in panel 4...but my eyes aren't good enough to read it, XD....Though I can make out XP-chan at the bottom.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Tsubashi on May 20, 2007, 10:12:27 PM
Amazing, Aurora-sama!
It's looking better than ever! InuT-chan looks so cute! I thought the note on the fridge was hilarious ("No more Midnight Snacking, XP-Chan!) and how InuT-chan doesn't say the next line in the song! ^__^
I couldn't find the surprise, though. ;_;

Keep up the good work!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 20, 2007, 10:13:47 PM
Actually the surprises were the note on the refridgerator "No more midnight snacking, XP-chan!" and the references to the "MS BOB the Builder" picture I drew! You both got them right!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on May 20, 2007, 10:35:17 PM
Heehee, to keep Saseko from snacking they'd have to put a padlock on AND have an armed guard XD
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on May 21, 2007, 12:22:07 AM
Gyaaaah, Tsubashi-san beat me to it.  ^___^

Funny bit of trivia... the original did not have BOB-chan (she didn't exist then, if I recall) and Inu-T was watching a sad soap opera of sorts.  Oh how times have changed..... for the better!  ^v^

Fantabulorrific work, Aurora-sama!  ^0^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 21, 2007, 05:43:25 PM
That's right! I'm making a lot of changes, sometimes keeping the general idea of an event the same but with a different outcome (like how Inu-T stayed home and watched TV, but what she was watching and what her mood was happened to be changed) or change an event but keep the same outcome! (can't give any examples yet...)

But bad news! When restarting my computer, ALL of my progress of page 5 is gone! Completely gone when I was almost done! Inkscape won't let me open the file anymore! ARGH! I'll have to start over on that! >__<

Sure, I've made some good progress on that for the past hour but I just hope that doesn't happen again! >__<
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Tsubashi on May 21, 2007, 06:44:32 PM
QuoteBut bad news! When restarting my computer, ALL of my progress of page 5 is gone! Completely gone when I was almost done! Inkscape won't let me open the file anymore! ARGH! I'll have to start over on that! >__<

Ah? NO! That's horrible. What error is it giving you?
Oh well, I guess we can live with the delay, but I know how annoying that can be. -.-
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 21, 2007, 09:12:23 PM
It says that it failed to load the file. I'm in constant fear of completely losing all my work on a file (mysteriously no longer working, having to start over) when ever I quit Inkscape so I keep my computer running for 5 or so days at a time until my computer can't multitask anymore (I have to run X11 in order to run Inkscape -_-) until I restart :(
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on May 21, 2007, 09:16:38 PM
Um Aurora,... is there any way I can look at those SVGs so I can see if I can read them?  (or Tsubashi-san if you want, since he uses it to)

I've still never come across that particular problem of unreadable files, so I'm wondering  if it's just a problem that affects the Mac version.  '___'

Plus the rest of the stuff you have to do strikes me as a little... extreme........ .
It is just like any other app, so what gives with the perpetual (and probably very costly) power consumption?  ^^;
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 21, 2007, 09:49:46 PM
I'm not sure what the factor is that is causing Inkscape to sometime fark up on me like that. Not sure if the Mac version is a bit unstable or if it is because my Mac is kinda unstable in OSX!

The need to keep my computer running for days at a time has to do with my fear of files becoming unreadable when I quit Inkscape. Haven't had anything like that happen with any other program I have used. Things get stranger when my computer reaches a point where it can't multitask because the startup disk (ranges from 770 MB to 0 KB) gets full without using extra resources. But I get used to it after 2 years of dealing with this crazy computer I an using!

But I wonder if sending that SVG to one of you to see if you can read it would work.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Tsubashi on May 21, 2007, 09:53:00 PM
I've had that error once, it was my second newton-chan pic. Though that was caused by a sudden disruption in the power grid ^^'

I don't know what's causing inkscape to run so heavily, I hardly ever have problems with it. Then again, I am running the developmental version...

But yeah, if you want to send the files, I have a few theories after poking through my other file
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on May 21, 2007, 10:00:28 PM
WOW....sorry about your problems...and I hope you can send those files to C-Chan or Tsubashi and they can read them...

If your worried about losing work, I'd suggest backing your image files up onto a CDR after you work on them. Then you could get peace of mind, and be able to shut the computer off.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 23, 2007, 09:50:10 PM
Don't have any CDR's but I do save and make backups every so often and have a new way of working on pages: row-by-row of panels, exporting bitmap version every time I get one or two rows of panels done. That way I should be able to give my computer a rest more often!

Page 4! By the looks of the title, it should be obvious what page 5 will be called! In this page, 5 characters get introduced! The System 1 and 2-tans are the first Mac-tans to appear (I guess Mac OS 9-tan counts too although appearing later in the page), OSX-kun is the first OS-kun to appear (there won't be many of them appearing though. I don't care for them except for Kyurou-kun, OSX-kun and Homeo) and The Smoking Gun-tan is the first website-tan to appear!

Oh, and progress on page 5 is good now! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on May 23, 2007, 10:16:15 PM
I see you took some inspiration the "MS Bob The Builder" pic you drew some time back. It's nice to see some new characters, especially Macintosh System 1 and 2-tan! The Smoking Gun-tan seems like she could be pretty funny, too  ;010

QuoteOSX-kun is the first OS-kun to appear (there won't be many of them appearing though. I don't care for them except for Kyurou-kun, OSX-kun and Homeo)

I don't think the OS-kuns get enough recognition (here I am saying this and I haven't even done a drawing of one yet...*puts on to-draw list*)

I like Mac OS 9-kun (him and ME-tan are too cute together :D ), Homeo is sort of interesting in an sad-crossdressing-and-creepy-semi-incestuous-relationship-kinda way. Importantly, though, he is the OS-kun for my OS, lol. My favorite OS-kun is 2k-kun I guess...

I hope your computer can get a good night's sleep ;)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on May 27, 2007, 12:46:45 AM
*huff puff*

Finally got to this...  ^^;

Wow!  Talk about draft revisions!  ^v^
Whereas before it was mostly about their swirly run, now you've taken the opportunity to:

A)  Embellish on Inu-T's TV viewing.

B)  Introduce more of your original characters

C)  Introduce Sonata-sama!!!!!!!!!  [surprisingly absent from the original]  ^V^

D)  oh yeah, and a small nod to the Mac Manga.  -v-

BTW, just a friendly reminder that we need to get your Inkscape fixed, cause what you're having ain't normal now....  ^___^;
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on May 28, 2007, 12:06:34 PM
MOE!! JAAAA!!!!

Smoking Gun-tan LOL!

I'm just happy finally you introduce Sonata-chan in there ^_^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 28, 2007, 09:40:45 PM
I too am surprised that Sonata hasn't appeared at all in the old version! Well, she would have appeared around page 45 at the soonest but I didn't get that far.

I first started drawing zerOSanity on February 1st 2006 and since I was fairly new to the OS-tans, I obviously haven't made very many new characters but in this new version, I'm going over the old stuff and adding in new stuff, whether it be new events or characters that haven't appeared in the old version!

And The Smoking Gun-tan oughta be an interesting character. She's a friend of Fark-tan's, is an attourney that will take nearly any case, is most fond of the asinine kinds of cases, specializes in declassifying files and always has a folder full of evidence for any case! Most characters are scared of her, knowing that she can use nearly anything someone says or does against them! She saw what you did there!

Almost done with page 5! Right now I'm doing the final stuff like adding backgrounds and such in Photoshop so working on it in Inkscape was a success this time! Hope to get it up tomorrow!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on May 28, 2007, 10:14:48 PM
*sigh*  
Why do I get the feeling that Aurora-san would be perfectly happy driving a Volkswagen Beetle with a torn muffler trailing behind it....?  ^^;

*long siiiiiiiiiigh*

Very well, don't say i don't try to help ya with your vanishing files.  -v-;
Carry on and hope to see page 5 soon.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 28, 2007, 10:54:06 PM
I didn't send the file because I didn't want to seem like a bother to anyone and I'm actually kinda too shy to send it -^^-; (and I thought I was having a bad artist's day, pencil sketch not as good as usual)

But the torn muffler analogy is another story as having a torn muffler  is a REALLY big deal and I'd HAVE to consult someone to get it fixed!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on May 28, 2007, 11:01:01 PM
Ano.......  Aurora-san....... ^^;
Losing 3 hours worth of work and keeping your computer on for 5 days straight to prevent data loss on a program that is generally quite cooperative on everyone else's computer is also a big deal.  ^______^;

Besides, you should've told me about it earlier,... after you said everything was working fine 3 months ago and didn't post anything but glorious artwork ever since, I thought things were finally honky dory.  -v-
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on May 28, 2007, 11:15:55 PM
Inkscape screwing up on me doesn't happen often but when it does happen, it's usually during the worst time possible!- When I'm almost done with something and when I have let my guard down and haven't saved any backups -_-

Luckily the way I work on stuff now will minimize loss if that does happen again.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Tsubashi on May 29, 2007, 12:03:36 AM
QuoteI didn't send the file because I didn't want to seem like a bother to anyone

Aurora-sama, being a bother is what I do. I contribute little and just take up post space. In contrast, you brighten our forum with your creative drawings and sunny, cheerful disposition, not to mention your boundless amiability and unassuming nature! ^-^

Believe me when I say you deserve to impose tasks on me. If there is anything, even the slightest task I may assist you with, do not hesitate to ask. Okay? ^____^

Though I can understand feeling shy. I doubt I would ever show someone my hand sketched little grey blobs (Since that's pretty much what they all turn out as ^^') Though I can't image why you're shy. I'd bet even your worst sketches are masterpieces in their own right!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on May 29, 2007, 03:13:29 AM
ZOMFS HUMBLE TSUBASHI!!!!??
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Tsubashi on May 29, 2007, 01:09:31 PM
Humble? Try truthful ^-^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 05, 2007, 11:12:31 PM
Don't be so modest! You contribute a lot! (actually both of you do, helping keeping the place active, posting feedback, and having also created some OS-tan related characters)

Here's page 5 which I finally got done! I actually was going to submit this yesterday but Safari froze on me (don't worry, I didn't lose anything) and I kinda forgot about it until today -_-

Is your OS running? Well your better catch it!

So the girls get to Sandyville Town and 2K-tan wins the "race" but falls asleep because that's what she gets for getting so little sleep, right? But being the dependable woman, at least she wakes up quickly with no problem! XP-tan tripped because she couldn't stop in time and ME-tan tripped again! As expressed by her angry "NOT AGAIN!!", reference back to page 1!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on June 05, 2007, 11:13:52 PM
needs moar 3.1, but other then that *swoon*

ahem.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 05, 2007, 11:30:08 PM
Of course. Uhh.. Can you wait until page 18 (drawn on paper, I'm all the way up to page 24!) when she gets introduced? ^^;

But now that I'm on summer vacation, Getting there will not take as long!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on June 06, 2007, 12:00:11 AM
well that beats page 34 i soppose -_- *sits and stares at you untill page 18* @_@
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on June 06, 2007, 01:37:41 AM
Well, just looked Part 4 and 5! The changes made the series even better ^^. I wonder what other modifications will be...  ;010
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on June 06, 2007, 08:28:16 AM
Well now that's familiar territory.  Kudos to the new Mac-tan, whom I can confidently say has been given a 40% cuteness enhancement.  ^__^

I also like your other little nuances, like the face 2k-tan puts on as she's falling asleep.  All in all, the general facelift of the comic is proceeding very well.  ^__^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on June 07, 2007, 07:32:15 PM
I like ME-tan crashing and 2k-tan falling asleep  ;010

Mac-tan with a camera...is that coincidental, or a nod to OS X's excellence with video editing?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 07, 2007, 07:49:04 PM
Yup, OS X-tan with a camera is a nod to OS X's excellence with video editing!

And as to what other changes will be made, I won't give out exactly what will happen but I will give out some hints for the next few pages.

p.06: More or less the same but with the addition of another character

p.07: AOL-tan still appears but with a big makeover!

p.08 + 09: Okay, these are more or less the same too but page 09 has a very wacky change to it!

p.10 +11 : Cameo appearances!

And thank you everyone! Glad to know the changes I've made are for the better!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 10, 2007, 11:02:14 AM
Here's page 6!

It looks like Toshiaki's got some explaining to do! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Tsubashi on June 10, 2007, 03:54:05 PM
Yay! Page 6!

Looking good Aurora-sama! Your drawing skills improve everyday, if such a thing is possible! I remember reading this the first time, but goodness the graphics look extremely snazzy now, don't they? I must insist you continue! (If it is not too much to ask ^-^)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on June 10, 2007, 09:59:44 PM
I like Fark-tan and Something Awful-tan (especially her "No, really?" comment!)

"do you think removing the cupholder will improve the efficiency?" may be one of the funniest lines I've read to date! XD

I love Toshiaki's scared expression, heehee...

And Slackware-tan is oh-so-adorable :D

In this page, the dialogue struck me as being just as brilliant as the illustrations! Excellent work!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on June 10, 2007, 10:39:09 PM
WOW!  It brings back memories and at the same time it's mind-blowingly new!  ^v^

In terms of Anime-esque quality, your artwork is very spot-on,... I'm not sure if this was your intention or not in the original Zerosanity, but now your artwork can easily find a home in a TokyoPop publication.  ^__^

I was a little worried before when you said you were redoing your entire comic, but now I see it's for the best as you're really showcasing to everyone what an energized Aurora-sama can really do!  ^___^

(not just art, but humor too,... aside from improving your jokes, you're also incorporating more funny subtleties,... Panel 5 and 8 particularly....  ^.^)

BTW, kudos on the new Fark-tan and SA-tan cameos, and also to the well-executed nod to the original Toshiaki design.  ^__^

Oh, and let's not forget enhancing QNX-sama's cuteness by an additional 45% (I just wish you could've added the star hairpin initially, it looks really good on her...!  ^.^

(and as an obscure PM reference, the arms in Panel 3 and 6 are positioned perfectly... You get 35,000 points for that.... ^v^)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 10, 2007, 11:24:56 PM
In the original, I tried to make it anime-style but that didn't do so well because drawing outlines often turned out shaky. But now using vector graphics, that's a thing of the past for me and now drawings have more of that smooth, anime quality I was going for!

The new Toshiaki looks more like the one in Mac Manga and a some other comics and fan art (although not perverted) but also smart yet clueless as Toshiakis (who I assume represent typical computer users) range from freaking clueless to very skilled! That's why he's doing some advanced technological stuff yet asking about the cupholder! :D And he's more hysterical! MORE HYSTERICAL GOODNESS! Also he now has a very strange quirk that will be revealed on page 9!

QNX-tan did get a little bit of a makeover because I really liked the cyan hair color on your rendition, C-Chan! And she actually did originally have the Neutrino logo hairclip but wasn't visible in the chibis I drew of her. Oh well.

I'm surprised this hasn't been pointed out but Slackware-tan got a makeover too and is more based off of Juzo-kun's rendition.

And of course the other major change was that originally Fark-tan just sarcastically smiled while holding the "Obvious" tag but now spoke in a Fark-style headline and had a little 'conversation' with Something Awful-tan! (who sadly wasn't in the original)

And might as well reveal the rest of the page titles for chapter 1:

p.13: "Can you give me a hand?"
p.14: "YOU'RE GONNA GET FIRED!!"
p.15: "Launch 'em from the dock!"
p.16: "Skyway to the Danger Zone!"
p.17: "Landing to victory!"
p.18: "CRASH LANDING!!"

And I find really cool is that although I added in a lot of stuff, the pace stays almost exactly the same! (well, until page 20)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on June 11, 2007, 08:36:05 AM
QuoteQNX-tan did get a little bit of a makeover because I really liked the cyan hair color on your rendition, C-Chan! And she actually did originally have the Neutrino logo hairclip but wasn't visible in the chibis I drew of her. Oh well.

Waaah! ;^0^;
*sniffles*
Oh well,... I'm still slated to make one more picture with her, so I'll be sure to add it.  ^__^

BTW,... didn't she already have cyan hair in the original?  Cause that's why I made it that color....  ^^'

QuoteI'm surprised this hasn't been pointed out but Slackware-tan got a makeover too and is more based off of Juzo-kun's rendition.

Actually hadn't noticed that cause I was focused more on her face.  But now that yo mention it, yeah the shirt and overalls are definitely from J-kun's design!  ^__^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 14, 2007, 05:19:29 PM
Quote from: C-Chan
QuoteQNX-tan did get a little bit of a makeover because I really liked the cyan hair color on your rendition, C-Chan! And she actually did originally have the Neutrino logo hairclip but wasn't visible in the chibis I drew of her. Oh well.

Waaah! ;^0^;
*sniffles*
Oh well,... I'm still slated to make one more picture with her, so I'll be sure to add it.  ^__^

BTW,... didn't she already have cyan hair in the original?  Cause that's why I made it that color....  ^^'
Yeah, but was a different shade of cyan, originally more of a pastel color but I thought the bright cyan in your rendition looked better! And glad to hear that you still have some picture ideas left! :D

------

Here's not one, but two new pages!


Similar to the old version but the most notable thing is that AOL-tan got a big makeover! She wears a futuristic-style outfit that looks like something from "The Jetsons" because AOL has had a couple Jetsons-themed codenames and she wears a beige coat and black hat, references to another of AOL's codenames, "Casablanca"! (you know, because of the movie?)


Okay, so not everybody panic attacked (bah! XP-tan wasn't being hysterical and 2K-tan didn't say anything!) but still plenty of hysteria ensued! Don't worry, ME-tan will be back up soon!
Title: It's all great stuff!
Post by: MisterCat on June 14, 2007, 05:55:01 PM
I must say, your new and improved zerOSanity is a delight!  I still have the original zerOSanity up through Chapter 2, Page 29; and it's safely tucked away in Mr. Cat's Free Cyber-Lending Library â€" along with the current version.

Say, I've a question:  Do you anticipate OSX-tan throwing any bombs in the new zerOSanity?  I'll understand, if you wish to keep such information confidential prior to official release of any relevant pages.

:smoke:

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 14, 2007, 06:16:10 PM
I haven't seen you in a long time, MisterCat! Glad you're back! :D

And as for OSX-tan throwing any bombs, not yet (I nearly forgot about that! How could I forget something about my favorite of the canon OS-tans?!?! AAAAAAARGH! ) but I know she will at some point!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on June 14, 2007, 06:19:21 PM
AOL-tan is sufficiently problematic, lol! and I like how you added AOL codenames into her design!

All the characters are cute, but Saseko is too adorable (especially in panel 1 page 8) :D But nobody saw me saying that XD

Panicking ME-tan, and QNX Neutrino-tan shooting ME-tan are the high comidic points of page 8!

And I like your Juzo-kun inspired Slackware-tan (and I like how you developed some of her character backstory).

;010
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on June 14, 2007, 11:21:45 PM
@Cat

Wow... now that's a face I've not seen in a long time.... a long time.... -.-

@Aurora

Yeah, I don't recall the original being as verbose, but it does help.  In the original, QNX-sama and Slack-san were just,... sorta there.  Here they have a backstory and a lot of charisma. ^^

*refers to Slack-tan with flailing arms*

*surprise*  Oh, Fark and SA are short?  ^___^;

Except for the pigtails, I would never have suspected that was AOL-tan.  That really is some makeover, but she looks her cutest in chibi form.  ^__^

*refers to cowering AOL-tan before the mighty mouth of OSX-sama*  ^.^

[whispering]  BTW,... think you missed an "is" in the last panel, page 1.  Don't change, just pointing it out.  ^^

One thing that doesn't change is that OSX-sama is still the cutest canon OS-tan of the group.... ^.^

One thing that hasn't changed either is that QNX-sama still rocks.  ^v^

Yet another thing that hasn't changed is that you make the best micro-chibis of all!

*refers to last panel of page 2 w/SA poking ME-chan*

I'll be sure to burn that image to memory.  ^.^

Added after 55 seconds:

Speaking of burn,... won't they like,.... rocket out of there....?  ^^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on June 16, 2007, 08:59:58 AM
Hehe, again, the upgraded versions are very ^^

Best moments:
- AOL's appearance
- Mac's rage (this time, she wasn't KO-ed)
- I know that was mentioned, but the "Is it dead? Poke it with a stick"-style picture with SA and Me
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 30, 2007, 04:58:34 PM

Things get really random here! Toshiaki being a superhero, and 2K-tan getting a fake moustache to dodge XP-tan's wrath!

But this is where everyone starts to part ways. Toshiaki and his 'coworkers' going to save that ice cream on fire; Something Awful-tan and Fark-tan go do what they do best, AOL-tan (not pictured past panel 2) goes off on her own too; and 2K-tan, XP-tan, ME-tan and OS X-tan are going to the docks to get ferry tickets!


A bunch of Vistans appear at OS X-tan's mentioning of "vista" and they start arguing. THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!! (err... Four will work, there being four versions of Vista. Although BBSpot said there were 33!)

The drama between XP-tan and 2K-tan gets solved for the better and OS X-tan makes it to the docks! Alas it is not a happy ending for her as it turned out the tickets were all sold out! ;__;

But I also added in some cameo appearances. Surprise!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on June 30, 2007, 10:04:05 PM
It's so great to see your back with some new pages ;010

Toshiaki and company going to save the ice cream on fire made me chuckle (oddly, I have had flaming ice cream XD)

The Vistan panel is pure LOL!!! (Although, we could get away with six Vistans, for Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate)

Somehow I thought the second page's title was going to have to do with OS X's dock heehee.

And I bet CaptBrenden will be happy to see 3.1-sama made an appearance :) (I also see 92 OSR 2.5-tan, Macintosh System 8-tan and System 3-tan)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 30, 2007, 10:30:29 PM
Thanks! I wasn't really gone in the first place. Although not logged in for more than a week, I was still checking out the place as often as I normally do but decided not to log back in until I had something new to present. Yes I'm weird like that. I have been awfully slow, it taking 2 weeks to finish page 9! But I'm back and with a new avatar too! It's of Vita from "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's" and I picked her because I'm at Vista rank and "Vista" minus the "s" is Vita! (and she's also my favorite of the Nanoha characters)

Huh... There are six versions of Vista?! I knew of Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate but didn't know of the Starter or Enterprise versions 0_0

p. 10's title sorta has to do with OS X and the dock. In fact... The OS 10.x-tans first appear working at the docks with cannons, launching things! In fact, p. 14 ("YOU'RE GONNA GET FIRED!!") and p.15 ("Launch 'em from the dock!") involve such thing!

And congratulations for guessing the cameo appearances correctly! (although for the first answer I assume you mean "95 OSR 2.5-tan")
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 02, 2007, 09:29:41 AM
*grabs checklist*

Oooookay....  -v-

- Aurora-san appearance... CHECK!
- Vibrant and colorful revision to original comic... CHECK!
- Thoughtful and hilarious rewriting of dialogue/humor... CHECK!
- Drop-dead Cute Micro Chibi characters.... CHECK!
- Zerosanity page... CHECK!!!
- SECOND Zerosanity page... DOUBLECHECK!!!
- QNX-sama appearance... DOUBLEPLUSCHECK!!!
- Cameo appearance of OS8-tan, 3.1-sama, 95 OSR 2.5-sama, and OS3-sama.... can I get a TRIPLEPLUSCHECK?!!!



- Seeing dozens of Vistans vying for canon recognition.... Priceless....!  ^___^

I'd say this is fantastic work, but that'd be a redundancy.  Aurora's work is not only perfect but also continuously evolving.  ^v^

BTW, congratulations partner!  ^__^

http://ostan-collections.net/topic-568.html
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on July 02, 2007, 11:21:55 AM
QuoteBut I'm back and with a new avatar too! It's of Vita from "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's" and I picked her because I'm at Vista rank and "Vista" minus the "s" is Vita! (and she's also my favorite of the Nanoha characters)

Ahhh, I was going to ask who that cute character was!

QuoteHuh... There are six versions of Vista?! I knew of Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate but didn't know of the Starter or Enterprise versions 0_0

Not many people do. Starter is aimed at buyers in developing countries and is not available in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, etc. It doesn't use as much RAM or resources. I think the ninja-thing would be good as Starter.

I don't know as much about Enterprise, only that it's even more professional than Business.

QuoteAnd congratulations for guessing the cameo appearances correctly! (although for the first answer I assume you mean "95 OSR 2.5-tan")

Yup. I miss-type weird things when tired XD
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 02, 2007, 12:55:02 PM
Oh yeah, almost forgot,...

Awesomely-cute new avi (well,... to the both of youz,... although Bella-san is not long until she's required,... BY LAW... to display a Sonata-sama one). ^___^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on July 06, 2007, 07:17:32 PM
Quote from: C-Chan*grabs checklist*

Oooookay....  -v-

- Aurora-san appearance... CHECK!
- Vibrant and colorful revision to original comic... CHECK!
- Thoughtful and hilarious rewriting of dialogue/humor... CHECK!
- Drop-dead Cute Micro Chibi characters.... CHECK!
- Zerosanity page... CHECK!!!
- SECOND Zerosanity page... DOUBLECHECK!!!
- QNX-sama appearance... DOUBLEPLUSCHECK!!!
- Cameo appearance of OS8-tan, 3.1-sama, 95 OSR 2.5-sama, and OS3-sama.... can I get a TRIPLEPLUSCHECK?!!!



- Seeing dozens of Vistans vying for canon recognition.... Priceless....!  ^___^
For everything else there is MasterCard! err... uhh... Yeah. Those Vistans sure do have a LOT of competition! Although two of them (Vistake, the seifuku Vistan and Visbou, the ninja) have pretty much became canon, that is not stopping artists from making... geez who knows how many versions of Vistan! The ones on that page are the ones that have a good amount of popularity (except for the one whose shirt just says "VISTA" because I made that one up and the green-haired cat-eared Vistan also known as Frida is actually hated by many but she does have plenty of fanart and is actually one of my favorite Vistans!).

QuoteI'd say this is fantastic work, but that'd be a redundancy.  Aurora's work is not only perfect but also continuously evolving.  ^v^

BTW, congratulations partner!  ^__^

http://ostan-collections.net/topic-568.html
Thank you! Wow... That contest was close! I'm glad our wallpaper won although I did make a huge screwup though on it :(

Quote from: BellaAhhh, I was going to ask who that cute character was!
Well, now you know! :D

QuoteNot many people do. Starter is aimed at buyers in developing countries and is not available in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, etc. It doesn't use as much RAM or resources. I think the ninja-thing would be good as Starter.
I guess that explains why I didn't know there was a starter version. But I too think Visbou/the ninja Vistan would be good as the starter version.

QuoteI don't know as much about Enterprise, only that it's even more professional than Business.
Even more professional? Probably doesn't have the eye candy that the other versions do but that's just my guess.

QuoteYup. I miss-type weird things when tired XD
That's okay! Sometimes that happens to me too! ^^;

----

Here's page 11: "Space Cadet reporting for duty!"

More cameo appearances on this page!

Things seemed hopeless for OS X-tan but the Space Cadet comes to the rescue! Newton-tan is also along for the ride and will have the role as a teacher, giving out little OS-tan related lessons every so often just like she did there! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 06, 2007, 08:42:23 PM
Yo Aurora-san!  ^__^

Guess it's just you and me then....  -v-

QuoteThe ones on that page are the ones that have a good amount of popularity (except for the one whose shirt just says "VISTA" because I made that one up and the green-haired cat-eared Vistan also known as Frida is actually hated by many but she does have plenty of fanart and is actually one of my favorite Vistans!).

Just a reminder that things could've turned out a lot differently if Frida's artist posted in a "different" place.  To each his own, I guess, but with us needing more talent, it's a shame it gets spent in places that don't want it.  -.-;

Come to think of it, I haven't seen Thurosis in quite some time and I last spotted Infinity-san trying to post at Waka again.  ^^;

QuoteThank you! Wow... That contest was close! I'm glad our wallpaper won although I did make a huge screwup though on it

Screw up?  Which one was that, I thought we covered everything?  @__@
If you're referring to the height adjustment, that was just it, an adjustment.  -.-

I wouldn't be so hard on whatever it is, cause in the end it all worked out.
Speaking of which, not including your stuff and Bella's last sketches, there's a bit of an art drought, so would you mind if I posted up our other material?  Just letting you know cause I don't have the final version of #2.  -v-

QuoteEven more professional? Probably doesn't have the eye candy that the other versions do but that's just my guess.

I dunno,... I'd feel pretty cheated if I don't get more eyecandy for the buck.  ^^'
Granted, back when my company was still interested in upgrading to Vista, they didn't exactly have any intentions of using Aero.  ^__^;

QuoteHere's page 11: "Space Cadet reporting for duty!"

QuoteMore cameo appearances on this page!

Things seemed hopeless for OS X-tan but the Space Cadet comes to the rescue! Newton-tan is also along for the ride and will have the role as a teacher, giving out little OS-tan related lessons every so often just like she did there!

I still don't know what to be amazed about,... the awesomely-adorable artwork, or your razor-sharp memory for nearly-obscure details.  ^__^

CE-tan is a no-brainer, and I'd imagine that System 5 and 6-tan would be perfect for this scene, but HOLY COW! you remembered the flying Freespire-tan!  Sugoi x45!!  ^v^

Tsubashi-san will love the awesome-blossom cameo of Newton-tan, and if you haven't realized it already, the number of Apple-related OS-tans now outnumber the Windows ones in Zerosanity 2.0....!!! *cheers*  ^v^

And naturally, who'd forget my favorite pig girl!  ^-^
(w/ her brutish character and that tremendous age complex that'd make 95-tan sound like a teenager... ^v^')
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on July 06, 2007, 09:07:26 PM
Yay! A/UX-tan made an appearance :D

I second C-Chan's amazement with Freespire-tan ^_^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on July 11, 2007, 02:15:25 PM
Nah, you didn't screw up on the wallpaper at all, C-Chan. I did.

I will confess that I forgot to add on the straps to System 6-tan's jetpack! WAAAAAAAH! I don't know how I could forget something like that! Mistakes like that could have been avoided but nooooo I only single-checked everything! I usually quadruple-check everything but I was in a hurry and well... yeah.

Wasn't expecting the flying Freespire-tan, huh? I guess that makes it an even bigger surprise! :D

And yes the Apple-tans outnumber the Windows-tans so far!
....
Calculating numbers...
...
So far, 10 Apple-tans have appeared and 7 Windows-tans have appeared! However, more Windows-tans that have appeared had more than just cameo appearances so far.

----
Page 12! "This could get fairy weird!"

That page title kept the same as in the old version (although now page 12 instead of 13) and some of the dialogue is similar (actually the parts mentioning Tinkerbell except for Palm OS-tan's response are the same!), there are some huge differences too!

Palm OS-tan takes over what was CE-tan's role in the original (BWAHAHAHA! Incidentally they are mortal enemies!) and Palm OS-tan got a complete makeover because I decided to use C-Chan's rendition! (even though it has fairy wings like my old, now obsolete rendition but in ZS, the fairy form is temporary so she can easily go from place to place) She dropped her stylus wand and ME-tan picks it up...

hint: the next page is titled "Can you give me a hand?"

Also almost (more than 90%) done with page 13 which I just might get up later today.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 11, 2007, 10:50:58 PM
OMGROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!  @v@

*MEGA SWOONS!!!*

*passes out for 10 minutes*

============

Added after 28 minutes:

QuoteNah, you didn't screw up on the wallpaper at all, C-Chan. I did.
I will confess that I forgot to add on the straps to System 6-tan's jetpack! WAAAAAAAH! I don't know how I could forget something like that! Mistakes like that could have been avoided but nooooo I only single-checked everything! I usually quadruple-check everything but I was in a hurry and well... yeah.

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!  That's the thing making you lose sleep?!!  ^v^

Oh come now, I thought it was something serious.  -v-
Truth be told, I noticed they weren't there either, but I always assumed (since she was a Terminator) that the jet pack made more sense attached to her body directly rather than as an add-on.   ^^'

QuoteWasn't expecting the flying Freespire-tan, huh? I guess that makes it an even bigger surprise!

Almost as surprising as your Valentine's Day pick with all the half-dozen nifty easter eggs.  ^.^

QuoteAnd yes the Apple-tans outnumber the Windows-tans so far!
....
Calculating numbers...
...
So far, 10 Apple-tans have appeared and 7 Windows-tans have appeared! However, more Windows-tans that have appeared had more than just cameo appearances so far.

YOSH!!!!!!!  ^V^
Now you're definitely representin'.  ^.^

*waves Aurora flag proudly*

*stares at Zerosanity comic*

Whoops... forgot to put on my anti-swooning goggles... gimme a sec.... ^___^;

*mega swoons!!*

Added after 22 minutes:

That page title kept the same as in the old version (although now page 12 instead of 13) and some of the dialogue is similar (actually the parts mentioning Tinkerbell except for Palm OS-tan's response are the same!), there are some huge differences too!

Palm OS-tan takes over what was CE-tan's role in the original (BWAHAHAHA! Incidentally they are mortal enemies!) and Palm OS-tan got a complete makeover because I decided to use C-Chan's rendition! (even though it has fairy wings like my old, now obsolete rendition but in ZS, the fairy form is temporary so she can easily go from place to place) She dropped her stylus wand and ME-tan picks it up...

hint: the next page is titled "Can you give me a hand?"

Also almost (more than 90%) done with page 13 which I just might get up later today.

Hmmm,... where to start.... *ponders*  -v-
Oh right... ^__^

SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!
!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!!!!!!!!!!! ^v^

Am I being redundant?  Hell ya!  Let me say it again for same measure.... -v-

SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SU--

Okay, I'll stop now.  ^___^
Thank you for using Palm-chan, though I do wish you could've told me about it prior so maybe we could've still added more features from your original design.  The wings for sure, but maybe her shirt could've been blue too.

But aside from that, she's looking cute and adorable, and certainly very much in the character I had envisioned her in.  And you've officially drawn her way more times than I have (once and counting), so methinks you'd make a much better parent for that design.  ^__^

Fufufu...

[singsong]  And-I-know-what's-gonna-happen-next...!  ^___^

*dances*

The rest of the comic is top-notch as usual, although I think I should point out the potential blooper in panel 5.  Mac-tan references PalmOS-tan but she hasn't seen her yet, so I reckon you meant to put Newton-chan.  ^___^

Oh, and I should probably point out that you really are releasing these faster than before, and yet still with a tremendous amount of extra detail and clever references.  ^___^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on July 11, 2007, 11:26:57 PM
Quote from: "C-Chan"OMGROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!  @v@

*MEGA SWOONS!!!*

*passes out for 10 minutes*

============
*appears, waves hand in front of face of passed out C-Chan* Uhh... Hello! Are you alright? :D

Quote
QuoteNah, you didn't screw up on the wallpaper at all, C-Chan. I did.
I will confess that I forgot to add on the straps to System 6-tan's jetpack! WAAAAAAAH! I don't know how I could forget something like that! Mistakes like that could have been avoided but nooooo I only single-checked everything! I usually quadruple-check everything but I was in a hurry and well... yeah.

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!  That's the thing making you lose sleep?!!  ^v^

Oh come now, I thought it was something serious.  -v-
Truth be told, I noticed they weren't there either, but I always assumed (since she was a Terminator) that the jet pack made more sense attached to her body directly rather than as an add-on.   ^^'
I never really considered that! Now I don't feel so bad about that anymore!

Quote
QuoteWasn't expecting the flying Freespire-tan, huh? I guess that makes it an even bigger surprise!

Almost as surprising as your Valentine's Day pick with all the half-dozen nifty easter eggs.  ^.^
Oh yes, drawing that was fun with all the surprises and such! Need inspiration for another crazy super group picture like that!

Quote
QuoteAnd yes the Apple-tans outnumber the Windows-tans so far!
....
Calculating numbers...
...
So far, 10 Apple-tans have appeared and 7 Windows-tans have appeared! However, more Windows-tans that have appeared had more than just cameo appearances so far.

YOSH!!!!!!!  ^V^
Now you're definitely representin'.  ^.^

*waves Aurora flag proudly*

*stares at Zerosanity comic*

Whoops... forgot to put on my anti-swooning goggles... gimme a sec.... ^___^;

*mega swoons!!*
Wow! Two mega swoons in the same post! It's a record!

Quote
Hmmm,... where to start.... *ponders*  -v-
Oh right... ^__^

SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!
!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!!!!!!!!!!! ^v^

Am I being redundant?  Hell ya!  Let me say it again for same measure.... -v-

SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!
SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SUGOI!!SU--
86.4 SUGOIS?! That is also a new record! WHOO-HOOO!

Quote
Okay, I'll stop now.  ^___^
Thank you for using Palm-chan, though I do wish you could've told me about it prior so maybe we could've still added more features from your original design.  The wings for sure, but maybe her shirt could've been blue too.

But aside from that, she's looking cute and adorable, and certainly very much in the character I had envisioned her in.  And you've officially drawn her way more times than I have (once and counting), so methinks you'd make a much better parent for that design.  ^__^
In the drawn-on-paper version, Palm OS-tan looked like a combination of the two with hair in pigtails and wearing an aviator hat and a genie outfit but when I started working on page 12 in Inkscape, I realized I liked your rendition better so I decided to use that instead!

Quote
Fufufu...

[singsong]  And-I-know-what's-gonna-happen-next...!  ^___^

*dances*

According to page 13, YOU ARE CORRECT!!

(http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/10307/normal_zs13.jpg)
http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/displayimage.php?pos=-6376


QuoteThe rest of the comic is top-notch as usual, although I think I should point out the potential blooper in panel 5.  Mac-tan references PalmOS-tan but she hasn't seen her yet, so I reckon you meant to put Newton-chan.  ^___^

No, it's not quite a blooper. It is a bit strange but of course there is the possibility of characters meeting in the past before the start of page 1 and that moment was much like in the old version before there was a Newton-tan

Quote
Oh, and I should probably point out that you really are releasing these faster than before, and yet still with a tremendous amount of extra detail and clever references.  ^___^
Thank you! I've gotten a lot more efficient with Inkscape and am also down to using no more than 3 layers in a picture! (I still remember the days when I first started and pictures had an average of 12 layers, being so used to Photoshop and whatnot) However the downside is that working with vector graphics has almost turned me into a perfectionist who puts too much detail in things (such as micro-chibis) that would get mostly lost when the picture is exported as bitmap -_-
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on July 12, 2007, 12:02:20 PM
Great work!

QuoteThank you! I've gotten a lot more efficient with Inkscape and am also down to using no more than 3 layers in a picture! (I still remember the days when I first started and pictures had an average of 12 layers, being so used to Photoshop and whatnot) However the downside is that working with vector graphics has almost turned me into a perfectionist who puts too much detail in things (such as micro-chibis) that would get mostly lost when the picture is exported as bitmap -_-

I use tons of layers w/PS. I do have to admire you working with vector graphics since...

*real quiet-like*

They kinda scare me...

XD

QuoteSo far, 10 Apple-tans have appeared and 7 Windows-tans have appeared! However, more Windows-tans that have appeared had more than just cameo appearances so far.

All you need is a few more Linux-tans  ;010
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 13, 2007, 01:44:48 AM
*pops in*

Okay, last stop for the evening!  And we naturally end it with a bang!  ^v^

QuoteI never really considered that! Now I don't feel so bad about that anymore!

Thatta girl, that's the spirit!  ^__^

QuoteOh yes, drawing that was fun with all the surprises and such! Need inspiration for another crazy super group picture like that!

Well there's a bit of a holiday drought now, but it'll be Halloween before you know it.  ^.^

QuoteIn the drawn-on-paper version, Palm OS-tan looked like a combination of the two with hair in pigtails and wearing an aviator hat and a genie outfit but when I started working on page 12 in Inkscape, I realized I liked your rendition better so I decided to use that instead!

Thank you Aurora-sama.  ^v^
Admittedly, though, I think PalmOS-tan with pigtails would've been cute too.  ^.^

Oh well, I'm still indebted to you for drawing her so well.  ^___^

QuoteNo, it's not quite a blooper. It is a bit strange but of course there is the possibility of characters meeting in the past before the start of page 1 and that moment was much like in the old version before there was a Newton-tan

Okay.  ^___^;

QuoteAccording to page 13, YOU ARE CORRECT!!

BUUYEAH!!!!!!!  Now we're cookin' with FIYA!!!!!!! ^V^
Have I ever mentioned before how extremely perceptive you are?  ^___^
That's exactly how Palm-chan acts, talks and takes over your hand!  It's so absolutely perfect.... I think...... *sniffles*,...
,,,, I got something in my eye!  ;^___^;

*runs off and cries tears of joy*

Panel 1 and Panel 6 are epic, but she definitely looks the prettiest in Panel 2.  Meanwhile, not far behind, OSX-tan looks her best in Panel 4 and her cutest in Panel 8 alongside a A/UX-tan just chillin'.

And I see you brought back the cannons, now with wheels!  ^v^

And judging from her comments,...

[singsong]  I - know - whose - gonna - show - up - next...!  ^v^

QuoteThank you! I've gotten a lot more efficient with Inkscape and am also down to using no more than 3 layers in a picture! (I still remember the days when I first started and pictures had an average of 12 layers, being so used to Photoshop and whatnot) However the downside is that working with vector graphics has almost turned me into a perfectionist who puts too much detail in things (such as micro-chibis) that would get mostly lost when the picture is exported as bitmap -_-

Tell me about it, once you have full control of where every detail can go and how it can be positioned, one involuntarily tends to go nuts after a while.  But hey,... according to some people, perfectionism is good, and in your case it's making your revitalized comic shine like a phosphor flare.  ^v^

And I'm certainly glad you're getting increasingly better at inkscape, meaning you'll be able to pull off even more cool effects with less tweaking around.  And yes, I only use layers now when producing frame-by-frame animations,... which will be rare now that I plan to try Synfig for tweening.  ^.^

Keep up the extravagantly-awesome work, Aurora-sama!  ^v^

QuoteI use tons of layers w/PS. I do have to admire you working with vector graphics since...

*real quiet-like*

They kinda scare me...

XD

*collects final specimen*  Woohoo!  ^.^

Oh now, don't be such a scaredy cat!  ^__^

Betcha you're put off vector graphics due to Photoshop's tools,... they're not really real vector tools as much as they are just hooks to get you to buy Illustrator.  ^___^;

When you try something as neat, simple, nonosense and free as Inkscape, you'll see why we admire the little vector graphics tool that could!  ^.^

Although now that I think about it,...

You already have some reference material, ya know.  ^________^
(hope you found the easter egg)

QuoteAll you need is a few more Linux-tans

Oh right, there were relatively few of them in the original.  ^v^
Okay, the pig casts his ballot too.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on July 19, 2007, 02:05:39 PM
So, you claim to know who's going to show up next in zerOSanity? Huh? Well listen here as I tell you that you are....

CORRECT!!

Page 14: "YOU'RE GONNA GET FIRED!!"

Cheetah-tan, Puma-tan, Jaguar-tan and Panther-tan appear to carry out OS X-tan's plan involving cannons! Also Newton-tan attempts to explain how it is possible for there to be an OS X-tan and OS 10.x-tans.

I've also snuck in some 'easter eggs' in the page! Who can identify them? :D

Yeah, and the comic does need moar Linux-tans. I know at least 5 will be introduced in the later part chapter 2. And speaking of chapter 2, here are the page titles so far!

(start of ch.2) p.19: "Don't be such a jerky!"
p.20: "CHILL OUT?!"
p.21: "A wish that would have been handy"
p.22: either "Order on the court!" or "Don't get on my last serve!"
p.23: "Time to meet your matchpoint!"
p.24: "The elements of fire, water and surprise!"
p.25: "For whom do the bombs toll?"
p.26: "What's the BIG DEAL?!"
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 19, 2007, 04:50:36 PM
P-P-P-P-PU-P-PU-PU-PU.......

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PU-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

I JUST SPOTTED A GLARING SPELLING MISTAKE!!!!  IT'S NOT PUMA-TAN, IT'S PU-CHAN!  ^V^
YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!  PU-CHAN IS HERE!!!!!  PU-CHAN!!!  PU-CHAN!!!  PU-CHAN!!!  PU-!!!!!  ^V^

TIME TO SWOON?

NO, BETTER!!!!!  ^-^


*C-chan explodes*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on July 19, 2007, 06:17:34 PM
A pig exploded in my thread. I AM NOT CLEANING THAT UP!!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Tsubashi on July 19, 2007, 08:29:23 PM
*Starts cleaning*

Great job Aurora-sama! I love Newton-chan trying to explain all the OS X-tans. Kawaii!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 21, 2007, 01:28:44 AM
*reassembles*

Thank you, Tsubashi-dono....
I'll take it from here.  ^___^

But like I was saying.....  -v-

...PU-CHAN!!!!!!  PU-CHAN!!!!!!  PU-CHAN!!!!!!  PU-CHAN!!!!!!  PUuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-CHAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!  ^V^

Aurora-sama, just for the same of drawing not ONE but TWO Pu-chans, I hereby YANK the Internets from whoever had it last, and hand it to you.  ^.^

Additional points are offered for the significantly revamped, witty and stylish redesign of the OSX Girls introduction.  I know that the biker girl motif was meant to make them look cool and all, but honestly -- especially with the fog effects, the uber-sharp coloring and tandem match lighting -- I feel they look a lot cooler now than ever before.  ^___^

These gals have style, making it more of a shame they're not the main characters.... ;^__^;

I can confirm the jaw-dropping cuteness of a confuzzled Newton-chan.... ^.^
(betcha even Tsubashi-dono never envisioned the mileage we've been able to get out of her!)  ^v^

And as for Easter Eggs.... it may be because I'm feeling particularly dumb today, but I can only spot one.....  ^^;

(That Palm-chan is next to ME-tan and also has a mini helmet on her... ^.^)
Title: Hello!
Post by: MisterCat on July 21, 2007, 03:46:24 AM
I just thought I'd drop in to pass along my greetings to Ms Borealis and thank her for the new, improved zerOSanity.  Thank you!

;hi

My computing system Samantha, who speaks to me at noon on every other odd-numbered Thursday, told me just the other day that she really likes zerOSanity -- which is a coincidence because I do, too.  Keep up the excellent work!

;019

One other thing Samantha and I talked about was the dearth of Ubuntu-tan images throughout the universe.  We've seen two, neither of which was especially impressive (we decided) and we're wondering if one of the Linux-tans you mentioned introducing in zerOSanity later on might turn out to be Ubuntu-tan.

:smoke:

=^..^=
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 21, 2007, 07:32:25 PM
Might be a good time to point out that if one searches "Ubuntu' in our Picture Gallery, slightly more than two hits show up.

Granted of course, the world could always use an Aurora rendition of Ubuntu-tan, or her other sisters Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Edubuntu, as well as cousins Gobuntu, Nubuntu, Fluxbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Uberyl, Pioneer, Linux Mint, etc, etc, etc, etc,.... etc.... -v-
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on August 09, 2007, 12:09:07 PM
Quote from: C-Chan*reassembles*

Thank you, Tsubashi-dono....
I'll take it from here.  ^___^

But like I was saying.....  -v-

...PU-CHAN!!!!!!  PU-CHAN!!!!!!  PU-CHAN!!!!!!  PU-CHAN!!!!!!  PUuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-CHAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!  ^V^

Aurora-sama, just for the same of drawing not ONE but TWO Pu-chans, I hereby YANK the Internets from whoever had it last, and hand it to you.  ^.^
Yippeee! Free internets for me! But too bad for the last person who had it though! ^^;

QuoteAdditional points are offered for the significantly revamped, witty and stylish redesign of the OSX Girls introduction.  I know that the biker girl motif was meant to make them look cool and all, but honestly -- especially with the fog effects, the uber-sharp coloring and tandem match lighting -- I feel they look a lot cooler now than ever before.  ^___^

These gals have style, making it more of a shame they're not the main characters.... ;^__^;

That's right. They were originally wild, biker girls in the old version to go with the wildcat theme sort of but also because back then I kinda had no idea what their personalities were like. But you are to thank for contributing to the 10.x-tan's personalities!

QuoteI can confirm the jaw-dropping cuteness of a confuzzled Newton-chan.... ^.^
(betcha even Tsubashi-dono never envisioned the mileage we've been able to get out of her!)  ^v^
Newton-tan is an interesting character with lots of potential! But if the 10.x-tan thing was confusing enough, how about she tries to explain the crazy System Software, Finder and Multifinder numbers of the pre-System 7 Mac OSes? BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Now that's confusing! (although I now mostly understand it!) :D

QuoteAnd as for Easter Eggs.... it may be because I'm feeling particularly dumb today, but I can only spot one.....  ^^;

(That Palm-chan is next to ME-tan and also has a mini helmet on her... ^.^)

Ehh... not really but good guess though. The correct answer is actually the funky backgrounds that appeared when the wildcats introduced themselves! The blue background is a reference to the default Aqua desktop, the pinstripes appear as pinstripes were abundant in 10.0-10.2 (got toned down in 10.3 though) and the metallic background behind Panther-tan is a reference to the brushed metal theme becoming common in Panther.

Quote from: MisterCatI just thought I'd drop in to pass along my greetings to Ms Borealis and thank her for the new, improved zerOSanity.  Thank you!

;hi
You're welcome!

QuoteMy computing system Samantha, who speaks to me at noon on every other odd-numbered Thursday, told me just the other day that she really likes zerOSanity -- which is a coincidence because I do, too.  Keep up the excellent work!

;019
You're lucky! When my computer talks to me, it's usually telling me my startup disk is nearly full ¬__¬

But I will keep working on zerOSanity! The craziness is only starting!

QuoteOne other thing Samantha and I talked about was the dearth of Ubuntu-tan images throughout the universe.  We've seen two, neither of which was especially impressive (we decided) and we're wondering if one of the Linux-tans you mentioned introducing in zerOSanity later on might turn out to be Ubuntu-tan.

:smoke:

=^..^=

There are four renditions that I know of: A "Betty Boop"-ish one, Juzo-Kun's, Kami Tux's and Bella's renditions. Cool character but I can't really think of a role for her at the moment ;__;

Quote from: C-ChanMight be a good time to point out that if one searches "Ubuntu' in our Picture Gallery, slightly more than two hits show up.

Granted of course, the world could always use an Aurora rendition of Ubuntu-tan, or her other sisters Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Edubuntu, as well as cousins Gobuntu, Nubuntu, Fluxbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Uberyl, Pioneer, Linux Mint, etc, etc, etc, etc,.... etc.... -v-

I've heard of Ubuntu and her sister OSes but I didn't know there are also many other *buntus! @__@

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Hold on to your helmets, folks! Here's page 15!
"Launch 'em from the dock!"

OS X-tan, A/UX-tan, Palm OS-tan and the Windows-tans blast off for adventure! Tiger-tan appears to tell them things are okay! 10-4! (which I can imagine being her catchphrse in ZS!)

The next page will have a couple parodies in it plus the first guest appearance in ZS!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Tsubashi on August 09, 2007, 01:35:39 PM
Oooh! How I love ZerOSanity. Great job on everything!
I'd say more, but due to pressing matters, I would be in much trouble if I don't leave right now! Gomen nasai!
*Bows Apologetically*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on August 09, 2007, 11:38:16 PM
QuoteThat's right. They were originally wild, biker girls in the old version to go with the wildcat theme sort of but also because back then I kinda had no idea what their personalities were like. But you are to thank for contributing to the 10.x-tan's personalities!

Well no, thank YOU for listening to me.  ^___^
Not everyone has the willingness or patience to sit through the senile rambling of this old pig.... -v-

QuoteNewton-tan is an interesting character with lots of potential! But if the 10.x-tan thing was confusing enough, how about she tries to explain the crazy System Software, Finder and Multifinder numbers of the pre-System 7 Mac OSes? BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Now that's confusing! (although I now mostly understand it!)

Just in case anyone doubts your the undisputed Mac Master.  ^.^

QuoteEhh... not really but good guess though. The correct answer is actually the funky backgrounds that appeared when the wildcats introduced themselves! The blue background is a reference to the default Aqua desktop, the pinstripes appear as pinstripes were abundant in 10.0-10.2 (got toned down in 10.3 though) and the metallic background behind Panther-tan is a reference to the brushed metal theme becoming common in Panther.

Oh yeah, wouldn't have guessed that in a million years.... ^_______^;
On the other hand, hook me up with another flying Freespire-tan, and, Oh Baby, I'm there!  ^v^

QuoteI've heard of Ubuntu and her sister OSes but I didn't know there are also many other *buntus! @__@

Fufufu.... ^.^

Well naturally, for every popular Linux distros, there's bound to be fans and look-alikes.  ^___^

PCLinuxOS, for example, has not only kid sister SAM-chan, but also Granular, Karoshi, MiniMe and so on.... ^.^

QuoteHold on to your helmets, folks! Here's page 15!
"Launch 'em from the dock!"

QuoteOS X-tan, A/UX-tan, Palm OS-tan and the Windows-tans blast off for adventure! Tiger-tan appears to tell them things are okay! 10-4! (which I can imagine being her catchphrse in ZS!)

Can we say TIGER-SAMA FTW, boys and girls?!!!!!  ^V^
I knew you could.... ^___^

No but seriously, Palm-chan in Panel 2, Panther-sama/Tiger-sama in Panel 3, Mac-san in Panel 8 and the gang in Panel 9 all take the cake for cutest elements of this page!!!  ^V^
And did I forget to mention that PU-chan totally works as a micro chibi?  Zutto kawaii!!!!!!  ^V^

Notice also that your new art direction definitely adds more dynamism to your comic.  The original was great, but this one definitely feels more polished, better choreographed and well-researched, right down to the clever 10-4 reference!  ^__^
This is superior work and one that evolves in leaps and bounds!  ^v^
If you've improved so much within hardly a year, you'll be an unstoppable juggernaught of flawless artwork and crafty wit by next.... ^___^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on August 13, 2007, 04:38:26 PM
Thank you! And I'm willing and patient enough to read what you say because you have a lot of really wise, OS-tan related stuff to say! :D
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Page 16: "Skyway to the Danger Zone!"

First guest appearance and song parody here! Also QNX-tan, Slackware-tan and Super Toshiaki appear again for some sillyness!

Progress on ZS is going great! Just two pages away from the end of chapter 1 (and sketched on paper, I'm up to page 29)! Almost done with pages 17 and 18, and started working on pages 20 and 21 today in Inkscape and I'm almost halfway done with both!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on August 13, 2007, 10:10:55 PM
iPod Shuffle-tan makes me guffaw. :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Gussy Keniji on August 13, 2007, 10:23:57 PM
I wasn't expectin a Team Rocket appearance (needless to say that makes this awesome automatically, for Team Rocket needs justice, they're so underrated in the pokemon anime)

And iPod-Shuffle-tan is cute :3
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on August 13, 2007, 11:05:11 PM
SUGOINESS x  13!!!!!!!!  ^V^

[C-chan liking Zerosanity,... big surprise there]  -v-

Funny thing is, I was just thinking the other day why we hadn't seen iPod-tans in this comic yet.  Lo and behold, we have Shuffle-chan breathing new life to your Top Gun reference (wasn't really felt that much in the original).  ^.^

Absolute favorite scenes..............!!!!!!  ^V^

aka

C-CHAN CHECK!!!!!!!!!!   ^-^

1)  Palm-chan transporting ME-tan in the lead is positively classic, and a tribute to the exponential growth of your creativity in this version of the comic.  ^.^

2)  iPod Shuffle-chan singing.  Someone who's cute as a button (no pun intended) deserves a Mini design....  ^.^

3)  QNX-sama

4)  QNX-sama again....  Although in fairness, all 3 look hilarious staring at that whirling... thingy.....
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on August 13, 2007, 11:22:05 PM
I thought Team Rocket appearing would be most appropriate because on the last page, OS X-tan and A/UX-tan said they were blasting off... and well... yeah! But I also think they are underrated and that the anime doesn't do them any justice :(

Page 16 has the same title as in the old version and is a spoof of a song from "Top Gun" however in this new version, iPod Shuffle-tan sings it! (in the old version, that was only the page title) Hey! Apparently I'm improving on making parodies and references!

iPod Shuffle-tan will be a recurring character and she is really random and likes to sing spoofs of songs! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on August 14, 2007, 12:06:31 AM
Sou sou, I can live with a reoccurring Shuffle-chan!  ^____^

And planning to do the same with Pu-chan when it comes time to work on Inkscape tutorials.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on August 18, 2007, 03:41:23 PM
I finished chapter 1 and here are the last two pages!

p. 17: "Landing to victory!"

p.18: "CRASH LANDING!!!"

Not much to say about page 17 but in page 18, 3.1-tan and DOS kitty appear, and ME-tan uses a wish. However she still crash-lands because she's ME-tan (BWAHAHAHA! just kidding!) and she didn't wish for a safe AND painless landing! Them genies can be tricky, can't they? :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Tsubashi on August 18, 2007, 03:55:16 PM
Yay! More ZerOSanity! ^V^
Nice job finishing Chapter 1 so quickly! I really liked the old version, but I really really like your new touch ups, way to go!
Oh, and I'm sure Captain-san will be by before long to rain praises upon your uber-cute rendition of 3.1-sama! Kawaii!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on August 19, 2007, 11:46:37 PM
GYAAAAH!!! Aurora-sama, you're trying to make me blow up again!  ^___^
But no prob, no prob.... I'll wait to see the QNX cliffhanger before I test out my new Thermonuclear Exciting Porcine Explosion Apparatus (or "TEPEA").  ^^;

As usual, you're willingness to present Palm-chan and cute and lovable new ways is always much appreciated.  And clearly her second wish granted came off as unreliable as ever!  ^v^

It is still a bit of a culture shock to see 3.1-sama in your comic, but hey it works!  ^v^
Then again, her boat was obviously pretty quick, given she just bought the tickets prior to the girls being launched from the cannons.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on August 20, 2007, 03:20:09 AM
p16; It's Rocket-dan!  ;015  Never really quite expect for an appearance  ;019

p17; nice :)

p18; 3.1 appearance! She's on Breezaby Island ?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on August 20, 2007, 12:47:12 PM
....wait a minute, aurora-san, did you just chuck the poor falling Emuii on top of 3.1-chan?
o_o

Oh we're in trouble now....
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on August 20, 2007, 04:36:42 PM
Nah, I'd never do that! Besides, if that happened, 3.1-tan would have also appeared on the last panel on page 18.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on August 29, 2007, 05:39:14 PM
Page 19! "Don't be such a jerky!"

And chapter 2 gets off to a really weird start! :D

But is it horribly out of character for 2K-tan to say "PWNED!!!" out loud? ^^;

Btw, viewers, what was your favorite part or event of chapter 1?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on August 29, 2007, 11:00:14 PM
QuoteBtw, viewers, what was your favorite part or event of chapter 1?

You know that's not a fair question :...( There are too many!

I have to say, in general, how great not only the illustration, but also the dialogue, was ;010 More Apple-tans and a more developed Slackware-tan were a nice touch, too!

No doubt chapter two will be just as great (though I'm still waiting for Linux-sama... ;012 )
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on August 30, 2007, 01:07:22 PM
Yep, agree, not fair question,... but I'll be biased in expressing my adoration for Palm-chan and Newton-chan, and naturally of course QNX-sama.  ^.^

For example, the latest comic was fantastic, but Palm-chan's pint-sizedness added the mandatory CUTE factor.  (I'm venturing to guess that she's responsible for the disappearing jerky.  ^.^

BTW, is DSL-chan still living in Mac-tan's apple?  ^__^

QuoteBut is it horribly out of character for 2K-tan to say "PWNED!!!" out loud? ^^;

If that were the case, she'd be outta character for agreeing to keep that mustache on.  Don't worry.  ^____^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on September 06, 2007, 01:29:37 AM
* rushed to look the missing parts *
* got PWNED!! by zerOSanity *

Earlier I thought that version 1 of zerOSanity was awesome... but version 2's Awesome Level is OVER NINE THOUSANDDDD!! (Sorry, overused joke, but that shows my true feelings...)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 09, 2007, 01:07:06 PM
Eheheh... Nearly forgot about 2K-tan wearing a fake moustache and not taking it off until later!

And DSL-tan still does live in OSX-tan's apple! She'll first appear on page 24!

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This took a lot longer than I thought because I've been working on other OS-tan things but here's page 20: "CHILL OUT!!"


However it was 3.1-tan who took XP-tan's beef jerky! Based off of a suggestion from another user several pages back in my other thread.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 09, 2007, 01:20:31 PM
QuoteAnd DSL-tan still does live in OSX-tan's apple! She'll first appear on page 24!

WOOHOO!!!!!!!  ^V^
Mac-tan still has freeloaders!!!!!!  ^.^

I still remember this suggestion pic I collaged for you that started it all...

(http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/10570/DSL-Mac.jpg)

QuoteThis took a lot longer than I thought because I've been working on other OS-tan things but here's page 20: "CHILL OUT!!"

However it was 3.1-tan who took XP-tan's beef jerky! Based off of a suggestion from another user several pages back in my other thread.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!  For some reason, you made 3.1-sama look stunning in this particular page!  ^v^
Not sure if I ever complimented you previously on her beachwear, but it works......... damn well!  ^v^

Kinda sad to see my Sister (the Pig Girl) go, but I'm sure you'll compensate with more great cameos later.  ^.^

ME-tan's downed expression is very cute, and the background behind her during her freezing boasting is fantastically rendered!  ^____^

On a scale of kiloton explosions, I'd give this page a.....   ^v^

VOLCANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

*C-chan explodes!!*

(http://www.150.si.edu/images/8volcano.jpg)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on September 09, 2007, 01:47:47 PM
...err...Calm down, now, piggy. Don't want to scare the newcomers ^-^;
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on September 09, 2007, 01:50:53 PM
LOL, I love ME-tan's "Chill out? No problem, heck, I can freeze-"

And 3.1-tan is incredibly cute :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on September 09, 2007, 02:36:26 PM
*SWOON*

SO MOE IM GONNA DIE!!

Finaly, and awsome comic goes gold as the best character ever is introduced! Even her beach wear is gothic loli XD (tho, she is seen wearing school swimsuit quite often..) but regardless! and to steal XPs jerky! Brilliance! Tho any jerky that can keep XPs hunger at bay will feed her for weeks...  

I definitly think she should become a major character as aroura draws her so uber cute.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 13, 2007, 06:44:25 PM
Don't worry, C-Chan. The Space Cadet will return later!

And with 3.1-tan stealing XP-tan's beef jerky, I am confident that the role of a troublemaker towards her youngest sisters could suit her well! :D

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Page 21: "A wish that would have been handy"

2K-tan scolds ME-tan for trying to freeze, ME-tan gets angry but gets distracted by a tennis match somewhere and goes off to find it. Palm OS-tan's flaw of not being very good at wish granting is pointed out and to prevent that from happening again, ME-tan makes a wish about it but she is all out of wishes! Oops.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 13, 2007, 11:49:25 PM
Hold that thought, I'll be right back!!!  ^v^

*offers raincheck swoonage*

*SWOONS!!!!!!*  XvX
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on September 14, 2007, 04:25:42 PM
RYARGH! GOGOGO! >w<
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 19, 2007, 08:05:34 PM
Gyaaaaaah! This took a lot longer than I was hoping but here's page 22!

p.22: "Don't get on my last serve!"

It is the matchpoint of a tennis match with two rivals competing, RedHat-tan vs. Saba-tan! Also as an added bonus: 95 OSR 2.5-tan appears with her rival 98-tan! Their appearances are a reference to the 4Koma series that introduced 95 OSR 2.5-tan, especially to the 4Koma strip where they face off in a tennis match with 2.5-tan winning 40-15. This match will also contain "Mario Power Tennis" references! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 19, 2007, 11:44:23 PM
OMG, ZOMG!!!  @v@

Aurora-dono, you're far too cruel.... ^.^

First you increase the adorability-factor of Saba-tan and RedHat-sama to frighteningly-explosive levels, in what will surely be a superior remake of the original.  ^___^

Then you make a very effective first cameo of Hacchan!  ^v^

And then.....

YOU INTRODUCE THE GODDESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^
With such a cute and alluring smug face that's to die for,... not to mention that witty and well-executed reference to that 4Koma.  ^___^

I knew it,... you want me to explode, dontcha?  ;___;

Well okay, I shall not disappoint!!  ^v^

*loads himself into cannon*

*cannon fires*

SWOOOOOOOONAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

*C-chan explodes in distance*

(http://www.possible.com/images/atomic_cannon_in_action.jpg)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on September 20, 2007, 09:20:43 AM
Hacchan's finally made an apperence :D

Great as always!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on September 20, 2007, 03:44:40 PM
foolish pig, the goddess was introduced several pages ealier and aquired xps delicious bacon, but a 95 OSR 2.5-tan is fine too.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 20, 2007, 04:43:52 PM
Hey C-Chan, when you used that cannon, did you by any chance land on a tropical island? :D

I for one welcome 3.1-tan and 95 OSR 2.5-tan! They're two of my favorite of the Windows-tans!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 21, 2007, 12:52:51 PM
Fufufufu.... poor Captain is stuck in a time warp.... This is the 21st century!  And new, exciting and modern times call for a new, exciting and modern Goddess, which thou can seeketh through Windows 95 OSR 2.5-sama!!!  ^v^

It can't be helped,... evolution and all, you know....  -v-

QuoteHey C-Chan, when you used that cannon, did you by any chance land on a tropical island?

*C-chan checks and notices he's lying over 3.1-sama in a bathing suit, surrounded by a large sandy beach*

Oooh!!  You're right!  Baka C-chan is reliving Zerosanity!  ^v^

[brownnosing to 3.1-sama]  Ooh sorry, I meant to say YOU'RE the goddess all hail Windows 3-sama, er, no Windows 3.1-sa--

*SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP SLAP!!!!*

QuoteI for one welcome 3.1-tan and 95 OSR 2.5-tan! They're two of my favorite of the Windows-tans!

*C-chan staggers away blue and beaten*

Speaking of which, have you given any thought to the bow idea for OSR 2.1-tan?  I was thinking of expanding a little on that last OSR 2.5-sama drawing by adding 2.1-tan in the background facing in the opposite direction, aiming her bow menacingly.  Would make for a cool promo.... ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on September 21, 2007, 10:17:17 PM
QuoteFufufufu.... poor Captain is stuck in a time warp.... This is the 21st century! And new, exciting and modern times call for a new, exciting and modern Goddess, which thou can seeketh through Windows 95 OSR 2.5-sama!!! ^v^

Nooooo!!! Bow to The Queen Mother Unix-sama!!! The Goddess for all times :D

Or at least worship at the altar of The Nobelist and Most Ancient DEC Family...
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 23, 2007, 09:21:01 PM
Ah yeah, of course.... but UNIX-sama is more than just a goddess....

She's...... ^___^

.
.
.

*quickly crams through Greek mythology book*

A Titaness.  ^___^
YEAH!  Love the sound of that!  ^v^

*drools....*  ^U^

Then again, also says here that the Titans gave birth to the Gods,... but then the Titans themselves were birthed from.... oh ho ho.... "Gaea".... ^___^

Now it all makes sense.... -v-

*worships UNIX-sama*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on September 24, 2007, 05:20:17 PM
UNIX-sama is as Yggdrasill, the tree of life from which all of the world rest.


...i know my homeland's mythology -w-
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 24, 2007, 06:11:15 PM
Incidentally there is a Linux distro called Yggdrasil...

Yggdrasil Linux-tan, anyone? :D

Alas I still have page 23 to finish as well as a massive group picture I just started today so it could be a while before I plan to make one. (although I sorta know what she'd look like)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on September 25, 2007, 02:45:44 PM
QuoteUNIX-sama is as Yggdrasill, the tree of life from which all of the world rest.


...i know my homeland's mythology -w-

Sweden...?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on September 25, 2007, 03:10:10 PM
Norse, to be precise, but yah, that's the same thing so yeah.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 26, 2007, 07:24:55 PM
Quote from: C-ChanSpeaking of which, have you given any thought to the bow idea for OSR 2.1-tan?  I was thinking of expanding a little on that last OSR 2.5-sama drawing by adding 2.1-tan in the background facing in the opposite direction, aiming her bow menacingly.  Would make for a cool promo.... ^.^

I thought that would be cool!


I can't really contribute to the conversation as to who the OS-tan goddess is but I've got another page to ZS up!

The matchpoint round of the tennis match with Saba-tan vs. RedHat-tan begins! Saba-tan serves perfectly, and does a smash shot but RedHat-tan counters with her powershot!... Goodness gracious great tennis ball of fire!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on September 26, 2007, 09:21:50 PM
needs moar 3.1sama, dont fail me noob-hammer!

Still, classic scean is classic.  a saba is fine too.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: infinity_zero on September 26, 2007, 09:58:09 PM
Ha~ Good Idia.
OS-Girl tennis and Super Shot!? ~ha
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 27, 2007, 10:01:59 AM
Stand-by for Swoonage Bombardment!!!!  ^v^

*starts a-chargin' ma swoonage*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 30, 2007, 05:38:27 PM
3.1-tan will return in a few pages, but in the meantime, here's page 24!

p.24: "The elements of fire, water and surprise!"

Saba-tan counters with her own powershot! The other girls (2K-tan, ME-tan, OSX-tan, XP-tan and 95 OSR 2.5-tan) watch but ME-tan ends up distracting Saba-tan; and RedHat-tan takes advantage of the moment! It's game, set and match!

And how about this for a radical change? In the old version, RedHat-tan forfeit the match because she felt it was the right thing to do, with some of Saba-tan's sisters watching and whatnot... But this time she doesn't (and ends up winning)! The latter of the outcomes was what I was going to have happen in the original but decided to do the former because it was less expected! Of course this time I picked what is now less expected! BWAHAHAHA!

However unfortuneatly, I made a huge screw up that I didn't notice until I started editing the page in Photoshop: I FORGOT TO ADD IN DSL-TAN! ARRRRRRRRRRRGH! >__< *slaps self*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on September 30, 2007, 05:54:51 PM
thats cheating and poor sportsmanship of her -_-
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on September 30, 2007, 09:14:41 PM
Fufufu.... I do have to admit,... it kinda reminds me of the little incident in the 2004 Olympic marathon, where a Brazilian runner had his lead ruined by a ,.... *cough cough* "protester" *cough*.... ^o^;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/3610598.stm

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.... ¬v¬

Well,... in any event, shading Olympic secrets and shinanigans aside, it's still your usual Zerosanity goodness.  ^___^
Art direction is still new-and-improved, and I particular have to give thumbs up (hoof up?) to all the visual effects in the background.  ^__^
And admittedly, I do like this outcome better, since I was never 100% behind the forfeit thing (seemed kinda like a cop out).  ^.^'

(Besides, one could also blame Saba-chan for being so easily distracted.)  >v<

Many kudos go to that adorable hint of OSR 2.5-sama.... ^__^

However........... -v-

*C-chan engulfs in flames*

YOU FORGET DSL-CHAN?!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

*flaming eyes*  ---> &o&

Unforgivable!!!  Everyone's favorite stowaway must be drawn immediately!  &__&
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on September 30, 2007, 10:01:51 PM
I wasn't really in favor of RedHat-tan forfeitting the match either. Just did that for the sake of doing something really unexpected! ^^;

AND I'M STILL SO SORRY FOR FORGETTING TO ADD IN DSL-CHAN! I'll just have to sneak her in the next time there is an opportunity to!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on October 09, 2007, 01:45:50 PM
Tennis?

Nil! I've been missing a lot of fun from zerosanity lately! Cool as always Aurora-hime!

Say, did you ever consider them wearing a different outfit in a special occasion like this (sports)  ;073
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 09, 2007, 06:28:16 PM
I'm not sure if I really did consider that or not! ^^;


Still haven't finished page 25 but here's a snippet from it in progress!

...With DSL-tan in it because I forgot to add her in when working on page 24! This will show I haven't forgotten her this time! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on October 10, 2007, 11:04:44 PM
WOOHOO!!!!!!!!  ^V^

I hereby absolve you, Aurora-dono!!!!!  That there's some good DSL-chan.....!  ^___^

BTW, call me strange, since I'm not exactly an OS-kun advocate....
But seeing your picture gave me some inspiration for a DSL-kun, or DSL-chan's kid brother.  I hardly have the time at this very moment, but would love to try my hand at making a picture of the two of them at some point.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on October 11, 2007, 02:09:42 AM
Ehehe~ Now I have the impression that DSL-chan is in fact DCL-chan (Damn Cute Linux ^^) I wonder what will be her role ...
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 11, 2007, 05:44:41 AM
For now she will appear from time to time but later she'll stir up some trouble!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 14, 2007, 11:18:57 PM
That DSL-kun sounds really cute! Can't wait to see him!
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*pant pant*

Tried to finish this up as quickly as I could with what little remaining energy I have but... here's page 25: "For boom do the bombs toll?"

and since I am in a hurry, for now I'll just paste the description I gave in the gallery: "95 OSR 2.5-tan congratulates Saba-tan and RedHat-tan for their tennis match but all is not well when an explosion occurs behind the palm trees! EVERYBODY PANIC!!

Or is there no need to? OSX-tan actually returns to the scene of the explosion with her camera! (With Newton-tan questioning this decision) Apparently, OSX-tan may know something the others don't!"
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on October 15, 2007, 10:48:10 AM
Uh...oh...from the sound of that "moe moe" I'm guessing the OSX-kuns are involved ;)

Fark-tan yelling everybody panic! is great, and I think that OSX-san and OSR 2.5-san are especially cute ^_^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on October 15, 2007, 01:29:25 PM
QuoteThat DSL-kun sounds really cute! Can't wait to see him!

Girl,... you're not kidding.  ^____^

Just a word of caution, though,... I'm still operating under my old size standard for DSL-tan.  ^__^'
So if she's damn smaller than her Zerosanity appearance, expect DSL-kun to be even smaller still.

(I'm talking giant CE-tan by comparison, here.  -.-)

QuoteOr is there no need to? OSX-tan actually returns to the scene of the explosion with her camera! (With Newton-tan questioning this decision) Apparently, OSX-tan may know something the others don't!"

YAAAAAH!!!  THE OSX-kuns!!!!!  ^V^

I'm hopping more OSX kitty cameos, but no way could they have traveled to the island this quickly.  ^^;

So I'm hedging my bets on a couple of classic Macs putting the big ol' cats in their place.  

In any event, comic is still fantastic!  Kudos this time go to A) Mac-tan's hair flowing in the wind (very nice look here.... ^.^), B) Newton-chan panicking, and C) anything with the OSR 2.5-sama.  ^___^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 22, 2007, 10:42:38 PM
When you do draw DSL-kun, will you also add in DSL-tan and CE-tan for comparison? :D
----

Waaaaaaah. Another post-and-run!

But I finished page 26 which answered the question of page 25's title! But now, there's another question going on... "What's the BIG DEAL?!"

The bombs tolled for the OSX-kuns! One tries to flee but Macintosh System 6-tan (aka 6.0.x-tan, Antares-tan) takes him down and she and some other girls (Cheetah-tan, System 5-tan, System 4-tan, Sonata, The Space Cadet) celebrate this victory against perversion!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on October 22, 2007, 11:16:31 PM
QuoteWhen you do draw DSL-kun, will you also add in DSL-tan and CE-tan for comparison?

Well DSL-tan is a given,... I want her to sit next to DSL-kun teaching him how to use TuxPaint or something (a bit top-heavy for the actual system, but possible to use).  If she's about the age of a young teen, DSL-kun would be about the age of a late toddler (3 or 4), so we're definitely talking half-size at least.  It certainly would give new use to that Tux plushie bag that she carries around.  ^^

I am still debating whether to include CE-tan or not,... VERY tempting, but,.... well,.... only time can tell.  ^______^
Definitely want to create a drawing that makes you want to glomp from the cuteness overload and make you let out an extended "Awwwwwwwwww".  ^.^

QuoteBut I finished page 26 which answered the question of page 25's title! But now, there's another question going on... "What's the BIG DEAL?!"

QuoteThe bombs tolled for the OSX-kuns! One tries to flee but Macintosh System 6-tan (aka 6.0.x-tan, Antares-tan) takes him down and she and some other girls (Cheetah-tan, System 5-tan, System 4-tan, Sonata, The Space Cadet) celebrate this victory against perversion!

WAAAAAAAAIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!  ^V^
SO YOU DID HAVE THE OSX Girls after all!!!!  (well okay, just one, but still.... ^.^)

This is terrific!  A perfect nod to the Mac House, and how the tables turn when the number of girls FAR exceeds the guys living there! ^v^

I love the way you drew Antares-tan (especially when she's all dark and brooding, then instantly butters up when she sees Mac-tan), but I definitely never thought I'd see the day when she wears a swimsuit.  ^v^

(the polka-dots remind me of the old classic Mac texture)

As usual, your micro-chibis take the cake as far as visual wow goes -- definitely love the cute Mac celebratory triumph over perversion (and his less than thrilled face in that scene).  System 5-tan's appeared before, but would that be System 4-tan's first cameo?

Oh, and kudos to bringing back Sonata-san!!!  ^v^
Now she can finally be reunited with her old companion Mac-tan.  ^__^

.....

Although with her around,.... wouldn't that also increase the risk of OS-9-tan cameos?  @v@'
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 23, 2007, 09:45:31 PM
Quote from: "C-Chan"
Well DSL-tan is a given,... I want her to sit next to DSL-kun teaching him how to use TuxPaint or something (a bit top-heavy for the actual system, but possible to use).  If she's about the age of a young teen, DSL-kun would be about the age of a late toddler (3 or 4), so we're definitely talking half-size at least.  It certainly would give new use to that Tux plushie bag that she carries around.  ^^

I am still debating whether to include CE-tan or not,... VERY tempting, but,.... well,.... only time can tell.  ^______^
Definitely want to create a drawing that makes you want to glomp from the cuteness overload and make you let out an extended "Awwwwwwwwww".  ^.^
I can picture the heartwarming, super cuteness now! ^^
Also I'll like DSL-kun because he's younger-looking and smaller than his female counterpart :D

Quote
WAAAAAAAAIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!  ^V^
SO YOU DID HAVE THE OSX Girls after all!!!!  (well okay, just one, but still.... ^.^)

This is terrific!  A perfect nod to the Mac House, and how the tables turn when the number of girls FAR exceeds the guys living there! ^v^
BWAHAHAHAHA! Wasn't expecting one of the OSX wildcats, weren't ya? And with some Mac House, "Mac Manga"-inspired goodness! (also makes me wanna continue Mac Party! *sniffle*)

QuoteI love the way you drew Antares-tan (especially when she's all dark and brooding, then instantly butters up when she sees Mac-tan), but I definitely never thought I'd see the day when she wears a swimsuit.  ^v^

OSX-tan saw what she did there! :D (but yeah, OSX-tan can be considered an ally to her) and I guess I added in some slightly unintentional irony with Antares-tan wearing a swimsuit! ^^;

However I did add in some intentional irony elsewhere on the page. Any guesses? :D

Quote(the polka-dots remind me of the old classic Mac texture)
The usage of polka-dots will be a reccuring theme.

QuoteAs usual, your micro-chibis take the cake as far as visual wow goes -- definitely love the cute Mac celebratory triumph over perversion (and his less than thrilled face in that scene).  System 5-tan's appeared before, but would that be System 4-tan's first cameo?
Yes, that is System 4-tan's first appearance. And you noticed OSX-kun getting increasingly angry as the page progresses!

QuoteOh, and kudos to bringing back Sonata-san!!!  ^v^
Now she can finally be reunited with her old companion Mac-tan.  ^__^

.....

Although with her around,.... wouldn't that also increase the risk of OS-9-tan cameos?  @v@'
Heck yeah! I plan on doing that later in the chapter or in chapter 3. Her introduction will  of course involve the 'identity crisis' in some crazy way. Such as what if the OSX-kuns found her and although she is not too keen on their perverted ways, she appreciates the attention but Sonata gets jealous (missing the attention) and goes to do something else but then later realize they want their roles back because too much attention actually drives OS-9-tan crazy!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on October 24, 2007, 01:16:05 PM
You have to love that face of OSX-kun on columns 3 and 6.  ;088


Although,  I wonder if that OSX-kun is Puma-kun?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on October 24, 2007, 11:42:30 PM
QuoteI can picture the heartwarming, super cuteness now! ^^
Also I'll like DSL-kun because he's younger-looking and smaller than his female counterpart

Well, if it worked for Homeo, it'll be perfect here.  
(besides, the old Tom Thumb fairytales came to mind)  ^__^

BTW, that reminds me.... -v-
How tall did we agree CE-tan would be?  Did you settle on 12 inches or 16 inches?  'v'

Just making a couple of calculations here for maximum "Wow" factor.  ^__^

(makes sure M$ isn't around to sue)

QuoteBWAHAHAHAHA! Wasn't expecting one of the OSX wildcats, weren't ya? And with some Mac House, "Mac Manga"-inspired goodness! (also makes me wanna continue Mac Party! *sniffle*)

Don't cry now.  By the time you finish Zerosanity and I all my scheduled works, for sure I wouldn't mind giving it another go.  ^^

However,....

...you've got to keep me posted more often, even if it's to tell me you're too busy to work on something.  Just to keep communication flowing.  ^__^

QuoteHowever I did add in some intentional irony elsewhere on the page. Any guesses?

Hmmmm... tough cookie.  ^^'

1)  A/UX-chan only blasted off the island a few pages ago, but is back here again on the ground? ^^;
2)  Antares-san is a Terminator, but is reciting a AD-209's phrase from Robocop?  ^_____^'
3)  System 5-tan is not causing mischief.

Best I can do.  ^.^;

QuoteHeck yeah! I plan on doing that later in the chapter or in chapter 3. Her introduction will of course involve the 'identity crisis' in some crazy way. Such as what if the OSX-kuns found her and although she is not too keen on their perverted ways, she appreciates the attention but Sonata gets jealous (missing the attention) and goes to do something else but then later realize they want their roles back because too much attention actually drives OS-9-tan crazy!

Alright!  ^v^
"I'll buy that for a dollar!" [translation: "I approve"]  ^.^

QuoteAlthough, I wonder if that OSX-kun is Puma-kun?

Lesse.... -v-

"Eenie meenie minie.... MOE!"  ^o^

......yep, Puma-kun.  *snicker snicker*  ^_______^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on October 25, 2007, 06:31:40 AM
Oops! I forgot that Homeo is also shorter and younger-looking than his female counterpart. But unlike Homeo, DSL-kun's sister does not practice any uhhh.... relationships with him :D
---

1'0'' for CE-tan (just seems right and that's how tall she was in your Annex Project)
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And as for guessing the irony in page 26, WE HAVE A WINNER!! THAT'S A BIG DEAL!! WHOO-HOOOO!

The second guess is correct and exactly what I was going for! :D

The other two guesses were good too but the first one was actually more of a blooper on my behalf (It looks like I didn't think my plan all the way through!) and the third one... Well it is strange that the Mac House's prankster hasn't caused any mischief upon being introduced! But she will later!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 02, 2007, 10:52:38 PM
Just a progress update but I'm almost done with page 27 and here are some new page titles, up to page 33!

 p.28: "End this with a boom!"
 p.29: "Ella es tu amiga"
 p.30: "Cat got your tail?"
 p.31: "Monkeygirl business"
 p.32: "Contest this!"
 p.33: "Switching to collide"

And there's another thing I'm working on- a "special episode" that is a response to Leopard not supporting Classic and that the Classic Mac OS is dead... Or is it?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on November 03, 2007, 01:57:09 PM
How did this slip past me!?!?! Sorry I didn't post sooner : |

Once again, great page! My favorite part is the *always frighteningly hot XD* Antares-tan! And in a miniskirt! :D

And guessing from those titles, I'm hoping soon we'll see Miggy-sama and Darwin-chan! And hopefully Rhapsody-san too :)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on November 05, 2007, 02:36:12 AM
Quotep.29: "Ella es tu amiga"

That's my cue to go and hire a mariachi band.  ^___^

Please wait for me, kudasai..... -v-

*runs off with wad of cash*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Gussy Keniji on November 05, 2007, 10:24:31 PM
Ack, why haven't I posted in here yet O_o;

But in anycase, these are some great pages of epic ROFLs, I await to see what awaits the Mac tans in the next page(s) with great anticipation doodette
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Techno the fox on November 06, 2007, 04:41:16 PM
ZerOSanity, One of my favorite Os-tan comics by a member of this board. ^-^

Quick Reviews:
Pg.25

Those aren't bombs, it's C-chan looking at pics.
*rimshot*

Pg.26
Bwahahah.
Looks like the Osx-kuns have been caught.
(I keep finding myself attracted to Antares-tan for some reason)

Quote from: "Aurora Borealis"p.27: "Topsy pervy!" (but don't be fooled by the title. This page is completely SFW!)
p.28: "End this with a boom!"
p.29: "Ella es tu amiga"
p.30: "Cat got your tail?"
p.31: "Monkeygirl business"
p.32: "Contest this!"
p.33: "Switching to collide"

Huh, Amiga?
She's gonna be in it too? ^_^

I Eagerly await the next episode.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on November 06, 2007, 08:19:41 PM
hahaha Win!  She should have been like "someone sent us up the bomb"
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on November 06, 2007, 09:28:40 PM
Bwahaha! I like how Cheetah-tan's all ready to...erm...O___O

Seeing OSX-san freak out is thoroughly funny XD And then when 3.1-sama is all calm-like telling OSX-san the bomb's lit....

LOL!!!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on November 08, 2007, 10:56:47 PM
QuoteOSX-kun finally snaps and for that, he must deal with Cheetah-tan, a crazy dominatrix-type character!

BWAHAHA!!!!!!  ^v^
Yep, that does bring back memories no?  ^___^

Not sure if this was intentional, but that thing in the background behind OSX-kun looks like a haunted face.  ^.^
Also love the little sequence where OSX-kun gets dragged away by Cheetah-san.  `v'

QuoteOSX-tan goes berzerk, thinking that OSX-kun was enjoying his punishment but then quickly tries to explain to the Windows-tans (and RedHat-tan) what has been going on but forgot that bomb was still lit.... Oops! But thanks to 3.1-tan for pointing that out!

Funny sequence of course (you know I love this stuff all the time... ^.^), but just wanted to point out the very subtle effects that I think highlight your growing mystery of this tool-of-the-trade.  The spark of the bomb has the right illumination effect to give it that extra flare (no pun) -- especially in Panel 6 the lighting looks especially realistic (even if it's only a 8-point star).  The addition of the Radial Gradient on the bomb (with the right position and color), as well as the properly blurred explosion, also shown a keeness in detail that is really adding gorgeous touches to this comic.  My award for best character poses go to both 3.1-sama in Panel 9 and OSX-tan's throwing scene in Panel 11.  ^v^

I really want to hurry up and cover Pattern Gradients in my documentation, since you would clearly work wonders with them.  ^.^

QuoteAnd you are correct, Bella! Amiga-tan will be introduced on page 29 and Darwin-tan will be introduced on page 31! However I still haven't gotten Rhapsody-tan to appear (even though I've gotten up to page 40 sketched) yet

WOOHOO!!!  ^V^
I still remember when you were trying to figure out how to insert Amiga-sama in the original Zerosanity.  ^__^
Course, Zerosanity Redux is so full of OS-tan cameos and overall winnage, I had nearly forgotten that she hadn't shown up yet.  ^.^

QuoteAlso, good joke there, Techno! Although C-Chan doesn't explode anymore, he has switched to melting into desserts!

Yeah,... might do that after a while, until I get bored and consider switching to rendering myself into hand creams.  ^v^'
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 13, 2007, 11:25:35 AM
Quote from: "Bella"Bwahaha! I like how Cheetah-tan's all ready to...erm...O___O
Uh oh! I think I unintentionally added in a double meaning there! 0__0

Quote
Seeing OSX-san freak out is thoroughly funny XD And then when 3.1-sama is all calm-like telling OSX-san the bomb's lit....

LOL!!!

3.1-tan is kinda oblivious due to her not very expressive nature and an add-on to that in ZS is that she has gained a "been there done that" attitude over the years

Quote from: "C-Chan"

BWAHAHA!!!!!!  ^v^
Yep, that does bring back memories no?  ^___^
Yes it sure does!

Quote
Not sure if this was intentional, but that thing in the background behind OSX-kun looks like a haunted face.  ^.^
Also love the little sequence where OSX-kun gets dragged away by Cheetah-san.  `v'
Yeah, the haunted face in the background was intentional! I also really liked doing that little sequence where OSX-kun gets dragged away! But is it seriously wrong that Cheetah-tan is one of my favorite of the OSX-tans because of the crazy stuff she's done? :D

Quote

Funny sequence of course (you know I love this stuff all the time... ^.^), but just wanted to point out the very subtle effects that I think highlight your growing mystery of this tool-of-the-trade.  The spark of the bomb has the right illumination effect to give it that extra flare (no pun) -- especially in Panel 6 the lighting looks especially realistic (even if it's only a 8-point star).  The addition of the Radial Gradient on the bomb (with the right position and color), as well as the properly blurred explosion, also shown a keeness in detail that is really adding gorgeous touches to this comic.  My award for best character poses go to both 3.1-sama in Panel 9 and OSX-tan's throwing scene in Panel 11.  ^v^

I really want to hurry up and cover Pattern Gradients in my documentation, since you would clearly work wonders with them.  ^.^
I'm glad you really like how that turned out! I have been experimenting with the blur effects and gradients, something I learned how to do only recently. Oh geez, I remember when I first used Inkscape, I only knew how to use the pathmaking tool and the edit nodes tool!

Quote
WOOHOO!!!  ^V^
I still remember when you were trying to figure out how to insert Amiga-sama in the original Zerosanity.  ^__^
Course, Zerosanity Redux is so full of OS-tan cameos and overall winnage, I had nearly forgotten that she hadn't shown up yet.  ^.^

Confirmation of Amiga-tan appearing in ZS: (http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/10307/Amigatan_mini.png)

A small snippet from page 29!

Quote
Yeah,... might do that after a while, until I get bored and consider switching to rendering myself into hand creams.  ^v^'

At least when you switch to turning into hand creams, you don't have to worry about most people trying to eat you. Except for small children who don't quite know the difference between pudding and hand cream!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on November 13, 2007, 11:32:55 AM
*sees chibi Amiga-tan*

*puts up hooves*  Okay!  Time for a test run!

This is not a drill!

Repeat!  This is not a drill!!!  ^0^

Cream rendering in 5....

4....

3......

2.........

1...............

Cream off!  We have cream off!!  ^V^

*C-chan renders self into hand cream*

(http://www.firstaidwarehouse.co.uk/pic/280x280/07/65/atrixo_hand_cream_100gm_765.jpg)

Added after 1 minutes:

[hand cream talking]  Actually,... why not stick that cute Amiga-tan graphic as one of the Wiki Logo's microchibis?  It's okay to reuse artwork, after all.... I did say to keep it simple.  ^___^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 13, 2007, 08:55:36 PM
Thank you for your words of wisdom, almighty talking hand cream! I'll do that!

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Page 28: "End this with a boom!"


This is also the start of a new story arc, with a trip to the nearest pizzeria!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on November 13, 2007, 09:31:18 PM
QuoteThank you for your words of wisdom, almighty talking hand cream! I'll do that!

Any time, my dear.  ^__^
Now do please open me ASAP, as I'm feeling claustrophobic.  ^.^'

*container starts fidgeting*

QuoteThings went "Topsy pervy" on the last page but now things are going topsy turvy on this page! OSX-tan NOT getting aggressive after getting scared, The Smoking Gun-tan appearing to cause a scare of her own, and 2K-tan has problems of her own involving Pizza-ko!

This is also the start of a new story arc in ZS, with a trip to the nearest pizzeria!

*puts 2 and 2 together*

PIZZERIA TABLE CLOTHS!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!1  ^V^

*dances to and fro*

I - KNOW - WHAT - THAAAAAAAAT - MEANS!  ^-^

Bless your heart, Aurora-sama!  I shall be indebted to you for up to forever!  ^__^

Now then, just wanted to say that before you disappear for the night.  I'll have a small review about your latest comic in a minute....

Added after 20 minutes:

I'm gonna follow a new format today....

PANEL 1:  Fufufu... I see Cheetah-sama is holding on to.... something.... ^.^
I've come to realize, though, that Sonata-sama hasn't spoken a word yet.

PANEL 2:  BOOM.  ^__^

PANEL 3:  You're definitely following world-reknowned chibi facefault conventions here!  Every day, as time goes on, your comic grows in overall slickness.  ^v^

PANEL 4:  6.0-tan looking cute, but it was hard to tell right off the bat that that was her rocket launcher.  Maybe shifting the handles sideways might've given a better visual clue.

PANEL 5:  Mac-tan looking unusually cool and graceful,... oh wait, maybe not,... fufufu.  ^__^
The microchibi of 6.0-tan would be perfect for the Wiki logo, btw (just the head portion sticking curiously out of the chest would work great!).
Kudos to your clever use of a Linear Gradient.  ^___^

PANEL 6:  More cute chibis.  Though it has OSR 2.5-sama, I think RedHat-sama looks the cutest here.  Incidentally, her graphic would also be a great addition to the Wiki Logo.  One of the best parts about Inkscape is that I can easily reuse art wherever it can help speed up development.  Don't tell anyone, but my DSL-tan's head owes a lot to that vector sketch of MorphOS-tan.  ^.^

PANEL 7:  Well,... nothing much happening here.  Quick question, though:  how did you generate the sand texture?

PANEL 8:  After seeing so many Macs, it's hard to get my eyes adjusted to those Windoze colors.  ^___^'

PANEL 9:  Smoking Gun-tan still has a bit of 'granniness" to her, but 3.1-sama is drawn very nicely here.  ^__^
I have to say, though, that Gun-san's line would've been better placed right after 2K-tan accuses XP-tan of eating "all the pizza before returning", and then talking about someone coming with her in Panel 10.

PANEL 10:  Yeah, like starting off with "Someone's got to come with you, but not me" or something.  Still, her expression is dynamite here, and the Pizza-ko's cameo is simply genius!   Not bad drawing her either,... your drawing style does her much justice.  ^^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 13, 2007, 10:29:32 PM
*Lets C-Chan out of hand lotion container* There ye go!

Cheetah-tan was still holding on to the rope that she used to tie up that OSX-kun. Sonata will have a significant part of her own later when OS-9-tan gets involved!

Never considered using the micro-chibis from ZS in the OS-tan wiki logo! I do like the suggestion involving Antares-tan/6.0-tan although I thought having her happily fly out of the treasure chest would have worked too.

But reusability of vector graphics is wonderful thing which I do all the time! I confess to doing as much redrawing as the average very low-budget anime producer! BWAHAHAHA!

The sand texture was easy to generate. Did it in Photoshop.

*Made tan shapes for the shape of the ground --> Rasterized
*New layer above rasterized beige shapes
*Went back to beige shape layers, selecting each shape and pouring white over them in the new layer
*Back to new layer--> Set mode to "Multiply" --> Set master opacity of layer to 40% --> Use "Add noise" filter to whole layer (monochrome setting, amount: 40%)

The Smoking Gun-tan does have a bit of an older woman look because she is serious and wants to dress the part as she is a cop + lawyer! (And the grey hair in a bun does add to that) But there may be a scene later when she takes off her glasses and/or lets her hair down to see what she really looks like!

The part with 2K, XP and The Smoking Gun didn't turn out its best due to limitations of space :(

While I do not understand most of the non OS-tan characters from Futaba, I like Pizza-ko and felt like adding her in! ^^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 18, 2007, 07:21:20 PM
I've got good news and bad news...

The bad news is that I tried to upload page 29 to my gallery but couldn't. But the good news is I was at least able to upload it to my Photobucket gallery which will do for now.

Did I mention that page 29 is now up?

Takes place in the Byte Me pizzeria where Amiga-tan is singing "Rock Lobster"! And OSX-tan decides to come with XP-tan to the pizzeria where they meet Amiga-tan! Toshiaki also reappears and the second panel contains several cameo appearances! :D

ROCK LOBSTER!!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on November 18, 2007, 08:08:34 PM
Oh my freaking gosh!  ;010 Great panel, or the greatest panel?

Lesse...in the second panel I spy Bluebottle, 95 OSR 2.5, Fedora, Phantom, TRS-tan (Or something...I forget...), and last but not least, my two favorite OS-tans (by association with my favorite OSs, that is,) Homeko and Ubuntu-sama! Hope we see more of them!

And I can honestly say I get the whole Rock Lobster codename/B52 song reference.... I have the cassette lying around somewhere, even XD

And Miggy-sama is too cute! I mean, tooooooo cuuuuuute! I nominate her for most adorable character to appear in ZerOSanity!

Oh yes, and Byte Me made me LOL!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 18, 2007, 08:35:42 PM
Thank you!

With the guesses on cameo appearances, you are mostly right. Got 5 out of 7 correct (I added in a couple very obscure OS-tans. heheheh...)

They are: Ubuntu-tan, Bluebottle-tan, Phantom of the Macintosh, Amiga-tan (obviously), 95 OSR 2.1-tan (your guess was close but hey! You knew it was one of the 95 OSR 2-tans!), Homeko (who is also enjoying the yaoi she's reading!), TRS DOS-tan and KanjiTalk 6-tan.

ROCK LOBSTER!!

And "Byte Me" will be even weirder when you see its logo on the next page!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on November 18, 2007, 10:36:29 PM
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^
AURORA-SAMA, I WAS WRONG!!!!!!!!!! I SHALL NOW BE YOUR SLAVE FOR... get this....

THREE MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!  ^0^

*lovingly renders self into more hand cream,...*

(http://www.smiss.cn/smissEnglish/silk%20cosmetics/HandCream.jpg)

*but is still somehow typing a response*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Techno the fox on November 18, 2007, 10:41:55 PM
Arrgh, You've got that song stuck in my head now... >.<

ROCK LOBSTER..


Now for reviews..

Hey, now you can say you've had all of my favorite Os-tans in your comic.
Inu-t
Homeko
Generic mac-tan (Aka OSX-Tan)
and Leopard.

Plus the addition of Miggy-sama in it.

You've made me a very happy fox. ^-^

ZerOSanity is Very Very close to (if not already) #1 On my list of favorite Os-tan comics.

Smoking Gun-tan scares me...If she were to get ahold of my history folder.........................................*Faints*


Wait, the way Amiga-tan is talking....Does she work there?
Miggy-sama working in a pizzaria, now that's something I didn't see comming. XD


Yaay for cameos!
.........
I...I...I just can't resist anymore....

DON!!!

*hits the nearest object/person*

Quote from: "Aurora Borealis"And "Byte Me" will be even weirder when you see its logo on the next page!

._. Oh really? I'm almost afraid to look...


Hey, C-chan turned himself into hand cream.
That's a new one.

Okay, I'm out!
*Rides out of the thread on a turtle shell*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on November 18, 2007, 11:14:14 PM
QuoteI've got good news and bad news...

BAD NEWS FOR AMIGA-DONO IS FORBIDDEN!!!!!!!  WE MUST RECTIFY IT IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!  ^0^

QuoteThe bad news is that I tried to upload page 29 to my gallery but couldn't. But the good news is I was at least able to upload it to my Photobucket gallery which will do for now.

Oh,... okay, then that's rectified already.  That's just a server move hiccup is all,... a real KUDOS to Fedora-dono, btw, for making the move quickly and painlessly this time!  ^v^

*hand cream magically applauds Fedora-Tan*

QuoteDid I mention that page 29 is now up?

And what a thing of beauty this is!  ^v^

And the fact that you uploaded it in its original size too helps a lot in bringing out the beauty of this,... hands down,... you're absolute greatest ZeroSanity of all!!  And not just cause it features Miggy,... but because you really helped bring her to life so magically!!!!  ^V^

Watch me savor each and every panel slowly.... ^__________^

PANEL 1:  Right off the bat, a gorgeous close-up of Miggy-chan, looking bright, jovial and confident as she should!  We don't get to see her ponytail yet, but much obliged to you for capturing her rainbow eyes and 50's-style checkered shirt beautifully!  ^v^

As we discussed before, although I originally drew her as an artist (even though i did have her in mind as a "Jane of all Trade"), she really is more of a singer and musician (owing to the use of the original system), so this role fits her like a glovee!  ^.^

Oh, and I admit I never heard of a song until now, but I loved this panel enough to go to Amazon and sample it.  Not bad,... not really my cup of tea either, but imaging Miggy-san's sweet voice helps a lot. ^___^

PANEL 2:  Not only do we see the return of the uber-cute Amiga microchibi, but turns out you have a whole nest of them!  ^V^
You and Bella-san named them all, but I did recognize all of them except for KanjiTalk-tan.  '__'

The Buntu cameo is much appreciated, but love Bluebottle-chan and OSR 2.1-san especially just cause they're uber rare and in need of more love.  And love the very appropriate pose for TRSDOS-tan,... yeah, she'd definitely wouldn't be able to stand Miggy-chan's bright and happy music.  ^.^

Just so you know, this panel embodies the best part of Zerosanity Redux.  I like more not just because of the excellent artwork, but also because you can now cameo such a rich tapestry of characters, and make it all work VERY FLAWLESSLY!!  ^___^

PANEL 3:  Micro-chibi Toshiaki walking underneath a dock. With a rock. Likely not caring about a clock...... Cute.  ^__^

PANEL 4:  Toshiaki exclaiming.  About now the fact that this is a vision sequence should catch on to the average reader, as we all know that the real Toshiaki is playing around with Slackware-san and QNX-sama.  ^.^

PANEL 5; A rock.

PANEL 6:  Miggys-chan singing.  ^___^

PANEL 7:  WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^
Seriously,... I'm not sure if this quaifies as my favorite panel, but I just LOVE IT!!!!!!  ^V^
For one, it lends the vision sequence that kind of cool, music video feel for it (this is perfect for her, since she's an 80's girl.... ^^).  Then there's the fact that her face and pose kinda remind me of Eureka from Eureka Seven, and that just makes me LOL wholeheartedly.  ^__^
And then,... of course,... the fact that she has to bend down to be just barely eye-level to Toshiaki is,... well,... intoxicating.  ^_____^
And the shading is intentionally darkened to simulate being under the dock.

So yeah,... all these factors combined make for what can be safely called "C-chan bait".  ^v^

PANEL 8:  [singing along] ROCK LOBSTER!!!!!!!!  ^V^

PANEL 9:  [continues singing]  ROCK LOGSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^
Maybe this one qualifies as my absolute favorite panel!  The pretty background!  The vibrant smile!  The arched eyes!  The slight sway to her hair!  The apparent swagger to her hip!  The clenched fist rallying her audience to join!  Her left hand easing off delicately from the guitar!!  This panel lives, breathes and has Amiga-chan writted all over it!!!  This is above words of praise!!  Only divinical words can properly describe this!!!!!!!  ^V^

PANEL 10:  Okay,... drop-dead cute micro-chibis aside.....

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.
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"Byte" Me...

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UBER ROTFL!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

PANEL 11:  Again, much much obliged to you for doing just justice to Miggy-chan's height.  ^__^
All their shoulders are just a little too far behind their necks given that the camera angle is looking at them squarely from their sides.  Still, at this point, it's hard to care about that minor detail.  THIS IS TOO CUTE!!!  TOO PRETTY!!!!  TOO AWESOME!!!  I seriously have not laughed, cried and swooned -- SIMULTANEOUSLY -- as I have with this panel!  ^V^

I told someone before that great artwork is nice and all, but Anime did not get to where it is on the quality of its artwork alone.  Without the incredible depth of its stories, the endearment of its humor and the richness of its characters, Anime would really just be an assortment of moving pretty pictures that would get boring after a while.

In my eye that makes you far better than I, cause you not only draw your characters in what is now a definite Anime style, but go to a lot of trouble to bring them to life as well so that they become more than just mere one-shots.  Don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that, cause that, my dear Aurora-dono, is a talent that demands respect.  ^___^

Thank you very much for joining us and being by our side for so long.

*C-chan bows before Aurora*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on November 19, 2007, 09:20:00 AM
Absolutely wonderful!

The inclusion of Toshiaki is brilliant!

Amiga-tan looks very cheerful and friendly!

Bluebottle-tan looks very...happy to have her bottles. ^.^  (*sniff*  I'm proud of the drunken one.)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: windowsgirl on November 19, 2007, 11:33:24 AM
ABSOLUTLEY WONDERFUL! I LOVE IT!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 19, 2007, 10:57:08 PM
Thank you all for your words of such kindness!
---

I'm not gonna ask what is exactly in your history folder, Techno but you probably don't have to worry about The Smoking Gun-tan getting you! She's most likely in the Sosumi Courthouse (another place to appear that will eventually appear in ZS) doing lawyer stuff or doing her other job as a police officer chasing after more notorious people like Something Awful-tan!

Amiga-tan doesn't actually work at the pizzeria but she likes to be there for karaoke time as well as do volunteer work there!

And don't be afraid, the Byte Me logo won't be objectionable although it will be weird! :D

Should post up a couple previews for page 30! Or maybe 3 because the next page is the big 3-0 and I would have gotten past how far I managed to get in the old version!

... It's getting late. Will continue this post and response later.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 22, 2007, 10:38:42 PM
BWAHAHAHA! It did turn out there were a lot more microchibis where that came from! (the page 29 preview) I especially liked how TRS DOS-tan turned out- She's hiding under her towel because she can't handle the cheerfulness and I was also going for a "There are weirdos looking at me" look! And did you also notice System 5-tan was doing the "bunny ear" trick on Miggy? :D

And on the next page there will be another microchibi cameo appearance, but this one will be a guest appearance!

Actually... uhh... Although it is true that Toshiaki's appearance is part of a dream sequence, he actually does appear in the pizzeria later! (However I won't say for what reason. Let's just say that it's lunch break time!)

The last things you said, C-Chan are so kind and I never thought I would deserve such praise!

---

And here's the preview for page 30!

1. The situation that makes page 30 live up to its title
2. 3.1-tan with DOS Kitty
3. The 'Byte Me!' logo
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on November 23, 2007, 12:24:18 AM
QuoteI especially liked how TRS DOS-tan turned out- She's hiding under her towel because she can't handle the cheerfulness and I was also going for a "There are weirdos looking at me" look!

Exactly!!  ^v^
That was pure dynamite!  ^__^

QuoteAnd did you also notice System 5-tan was doing the "bunny ear" trick on Miggy?  

OMG!  No!  That's awesome!  ^v^
See, it's little easter eggs like that which really make your comics shine!  ^^

QuoteActually... uhh... Although it is true that Toshiaki's appearance is part of a dream sequence, he actually does appear in the pizzeria later! (However I won't say for what reason. Let's just say that it's lunch break time!)

I'm still WAY enamored with PANEL 7!!!!  ^V^
So yeah, I'll be praying hard for an encore.  ^_________^

QuoteThe last things you said, C-Chan are so kind and I never thought I would deserve such praise!

No on the contrary, I feel my words fall short of what you really deserve.  ^^
You're doing great, so please continue improving and having fun doing so! ^v^

BTW, not sure if I said this before, but the reason I asked about the sand is because a lot of these textural effects can also be produced in Inkscape using the Pattern Fill.  I'll cover that one very shortly,... I don't like using it too much, but wherever it can be used wisely it can really work wonders!  ^__^
(e.g., CE-tan's wings in that DSL sibling picture)

QuoteAnd here's the preview for page 30!

More cute micro chibis for the chest!  ^v^

And I finally see this mysterious logo,... I'll call it,.... the Pizza Pacman.  ^.^

....

In any event, kinda ran out of steam so I'll call it a night.  ^^
I'll get to whatever's left out their to respond later.  ^____^

*snore*  -___- Zzzzz
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 23, 2007, 10:08:02 AM
Now that you mentioned the Byte Me logo as the Pizza Pacman, I realize that it looks sort of like a Picasso-style Pacman (the smiley face is the front view, the missing piece on the side looks like a side view) in the form of a pizza! :D

AND HERE IT IS! PAGE 30! THE BIG 3-0!


The farthest I got in the old version was page 29, but now I just surpassed that in zerOSanity Redux! Whoo-hooo!

Anyways... Saba-tan reappears, taking orders and serving at the pizzeria with 3.1-tan and DOS Kitty first in line! However DOS Kitty leaves 3.1-tan's sight to bite Saba-tan's tail! But after that, she and 3.1-tan have a sweet reunion! But possibly too scared to continue (and having a hurting tail), Saba-tan asks for Amiga-tan to temporarily take over her job! However I hope what just happened wasn't horribly out of character for Miggy 0__0
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on November 23, 2007, 03:05:09 PM
Saba has a flavr, and it is delicious :3

I must say, altho it always is made of win, that this is the purest form of win seen in zerOSanity to date.  The Mario cameo was unexpected ._.  I half expected a Wii tan to be with him.  The polished reflective floors look good. Only thing I can say is perhaps drop a few movement lines between sabas legs in frame 6 to emphisize the movement.

Added after 21 seconds:

oh and

Nyaaa~ :3
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on November 23, 2007, 06:53:29 PM
The Resident Ninja Pirate has been away from this thread for too long.
The Resident Ninja Pirate has now read all posts made until now.
The Resident Ninja Pirate's comment on the material in this thread is:

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Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on November 24, 2007, 12:59:05 AM
Congratulations, Aurora-sama, for reaching 30 pages! Keep up the good work! Your style is made of randomness and win ^^ With all the references and stuff, it has an awesome feeling!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on November 24, 2007, 03:05:33 PM
Ooh! Bouncing Tsuruya! The bouncing Tsuruya is so mesmerizing! *__*

Anyways thank you all! (And I will be able to do the changes that you suggested, Captain)

....
....

Pretty bad timing for me to say this is being put on hold! And right when I got to page 30! ^^;

But... Now I am working on a holiday special!

This is part of the cover page to the special! Now for a little bit of information about this special in question. I will give out quite a bit because tis the time to be generous for me but of course I won't give out too much because hey I'm not THAT gener-- I mean... I don't want to spoil things too much! :D

1. It will be in 4Koma form using chibi characters (to make it less time consuming)

2. RedHat-tan is picked to play the role of Santa

3. Lots of characters will appear, just like the rest of ZS!
    3A: Most of these haven't appeared yet!
    3B: Quite a few of these will be Linux distro-tans!

4. There will also be several OS-tans playing the role of elves! Most of these are the shorter OS-tans but there will be an exception because nothing says "This is zerOSanity" like having a 6ft. tall elf girl! ;006
    4A: These elves will also sing if I'm able to write a quick, half-decent 'musical'

5. There will also be references to a couple other OS-tan comics!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on November 24, 2007, 05:02:12 PM
QuoteBut... Now I am working on a zerOSanity holiday special!

Cool! From your hints, I know it's going to be awesome!

And Redhat Santa is cute  ;010
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on November 24, 2007, 11:16:59 PM
Okay, time to see what swoonable material awaits me here.  ^^

*starts typing*

Added after 42 minutes:

QuoteThe farthest I got in the old version was page 29, but now I just surpassed that in zerOSanity Redux! Whoo-hooo!

I'm so proud of you!  ^0^

*hugs Aurora-sama*

QuoteAnyways... Saba-tan reappears, taking orders and serving at the pizzeria with 3.1-tan and DOS Kitty first in line! However DOS Kitty leaves 3.1-tan's sight to bite Saba-tan's tail! But after that, she and 3.1-tan have a sweet reunion! But possibly too scared to continue (and having a hurting tail), Saba-tan asks for Amiga-tan to temporarily take over her job! However I hope what just happened wasn't horribly out of character for Miggy 0__0

Well, of cours I'm gonna love this either way.  ^___^
But admittedly, Page 29 is still king in my book.  -v-

Time for my review:

PANEL 1:  You have to love it when Mac-tan leers at people.  ^.^

PANEL 2:  Fufu!  Now THAT'S the Mac-tan from the old Mac Manga!  ^v^
Yep, XP-tan should do well to behave herself in the presence of so much compressed psycho energy.   ^.^
Cameo of Mario was unexpected,... but it works in a pizzeria setting.  ^__^
Love your use of reflective surfaces,... now that I think about it, I've never done this before in any of my drawings.  'v'

PANEL 3:  Wah?!  Saba-tan is serving pizzas now?  Guess she did that tennis match on her lunch break, huh?  ^.^

PANEL 4:  Ditto for 3.1-sama, since she was just still in Panel 28.  Though you can probably imagine that both her and Saba-tan tagged along with Mac-tan and XP-tan.  ^^

PANEL 5:  3.1-sama looks cute here.  The background is a bit unusual though,... something perhaps with stylized question marks could've worked there.

PANEL 6:  BWAHA!!!!!  I knew that would happen eventually with so many cat characters around!!!!!  ^V^
I do agree that at least a few more "legs" (disjointed ones, that just kinda hover in midair to simulate blurring).

PANEL 7:  Ditto from Panel 6.  ^____^

PANEL 8:  Bad DOSKitty!  ^0^
Still, gotta love that dynamic background!  ^-^

PANEL 9:  Ditto on the bakcground!  ^.^

PANEL 10:  Ditto x3 on the background -- very 60's Love & Peace.  ^^'
Microchibi is also great as well,... as you can see, there's more than enough to choose from for the chest.

PANEL 11:  Height differential has earned C-chan's Uber Seal of Approval!  ^__^b
Wow! she must really be hurt to ask the volunteer karaoke singer for help!  ^.^

PANEL 12:  Some stylized violins in the background would've been perfect here.  Quick!  Someone call the WAAAAAAAAAAmbulance for Saba-tan!  `v'

PANEL 13:  Miggy-chan looks very pretty and gentle in this shot, and you can definitely feel the sincerity from her.  ^^
But her reply does strike me as a little verbose for someone more down-to-earth.  She's more the kind of gal that would say "Don't worry,... I may be an old granny, but I'll help anyone in need."  ^__~
Don't be afraid to make Amiga-chan a little age conscious or height conscious, as she has no problem with either.  ^^

PANEL 14:  Same here, I think you can omit the "...taking orders and..." part and still convey the message well.  Saba-tan, though, earns considerable cute pointage here.  ^.^

QuotePretty bad timing for me to say this but zerOSanity is being put on hold! And right when I got to page 30! ^^;

But... Now I am working on a zerOSanity holiday special!

Umm,... you do realize that's like postponing pure win to make room for maximum winnage, right?  ^^;

QuoteThis is part of the cover page to the special! Now for a little bit of information about this special in question. I will give out quite a bit because tis the time to be generous for me but of course I won't give out too much because hey I'm not THAT gener-- I mean... I don't want to spoil things too much!

1. It will be in 4Koma form using chibi characters (to make it less time consuming)

2. RedHat-tan is picked to play the role of Santa

3. Lots of characters will appear, just like the rest of ZS!
3A: Most of these haven't appeared yet!
3B: Quite a few of these will be Linux distro-tans!

GYAAAAAAAAAAAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^
RedHat-sama reprises her role as Santy Claus!!!  Since it brings back fond memories, this MORE than pays for price of admission!  ^_________^

In any event, I do look forward to your first all-chibi 4-koma.  As you know, it's a popular method of making knee-slap comedy!  ^v^

Plus I'm very happy to see that a lot of these will be Linux-tans (and Unix-tans, I assume as well... ^^) especially since these past few months have offered a TON of new material to work with.  ^___^
Compared to the same time last year, 2007 has truly seen a bountiful Linux-tan harvest!  ^0^

Quote
4. There will also be several OS-tans playing the role of elves! Most of these are the shorter OS-tans but there will be an exception because nothing says "This is zerOSanity" like having a 6ft. tall elf girl!

I only know of ONE 6-foot tall beauty who's cheerful and gentle enough to to play the role of an elf.  ^___^
Suffice to say, my swoon sensors are going off the chart!  ^v^

Quote4A: These elves will also sing if I'm able to write a quick, half-decent 'musical'

The genius behind the iPod Highway to the Danger Zone and the Amigan Rock Lobster has DOUBTS over her musical abilities?!  @o@
That's unheard of, Aurora-dono.  ^______^

Quote5. There will also be references to a couple other OS-tan comics!

Mac Manga, for sure.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on November 25, 2007, 04:59:50 PM
Forgive me for not commenting on your page, Aurora!

Sassy OS X-tan is great! She looks so cute and devious in that first panel ^_^

Befuddled XP-tan is adorable too, and the cameo of Mario...I didn't see that coming XD

DOS kitty attacking the "sever" Saba-chan is hilarious! And how sweet is Miggy for helping her out! As far as I know Amiga never was a "server" back in the day...oh well, it can't be that tough ;)

Added after 3 minutes:

Woohoo! I'm GNU/Linux!!!

*starts tearily singing "We are the Champions"*

*Runs of to take care of business*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on November 26, 2007, 01:38:46 AM
"While it is true that I mainly help out Vintage OS-tans, I'll actually help nearly anyone, so what it is that you need "

Very noble of Amiga-tan.  She looks great there at p.30

Since Mario made a small appearance. I was wondering if Aurora would include "Maron".

NIN.TEN.DO   ^_^"
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on November 26, 2007, 11:21:42 AM
Maron?  '__'

Is that anything like this....?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Giana_Sisters
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Post by: Alfamille on November 29, 2007, 01:08:34 AM
Quote from: "C-Chan"Maron?  '__'

Is that anything like this....?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Giana_Sisters

Nope, Maron as in the one who sings in the Legend of Zelda series...

(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5628/malonartoosih6.png)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on November 30, 2007, 12:20:13 AM
Oh great,... I still have Ocarina of Time not even half-played, sitting in my Wii's Virtual Console.  ^^'

Still, no way in high heaven I would've guessed that, not with all the characters I've had to absorb these past few months (just trying to remember all the girls in Mahou Sensei Negima is enough to fry my brain... ^^;).

QuoteWoohoo! I'm GNU/Linux!!!

*starts tearily singing "We are the Champions"*

*Runs of to take care of business*

Oh,... how could I have missed that?  ;___;

*CHEERS!!!!!!!!!*  ^V^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 01, 2007, 09:12:54 PM
Here... It is at last! I was hoping to get pages 3+4 up with too but for now this will have to do...

The first 2 pages of the holiday special!

Some notes about it so far:

1.It is in 4Koma format (and vertical) and read right-to-left.
2. I actually do not know what 64 Studio-tan's eye color is (not shown in the picture of her created by Bella) so I had to guess.
3. there are an assortment of cameo appearances including references to Thurosis' OS-tan forum comic (a series I like very much!) and another guest appearance...
4. This took WAY longer than I thought! X__X
5. It looks like RedHat-tan has some explaining to do!
6. This special takes place 5-6 months ahead of the main ZS series.

Luckily the next pages will be quicker!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on December 01, 2007, 10:15:55 PM
Wow! I can't believe 64 Studio-tan made it into the comic! And in such cute form! Good guess with the eye color too; I'd have likely made them blue myself  ;010

That second panel is chock full of easter eggs
*puts on reading glasses*
Lesse....I see Momonga, RISC, Panther, Mac, Fark, A/UX, QNX, SkyOS, 3.1, XP, Mac OS 6, Palm, iPhone, and PCLOS-tan...and the forumites I think are Aurora, Tsubashi, Thurosis, Nejin, C-Chan (on PCLOS's head,), Bella (in my non-NT avatar, that is ;) ), and Kami-Tux...and is that the Capt. next to 3.1-sama?

I love the lighting! It's simply incredible!

Poor Fedora-san :..( If only she knew what her sis was up to, though, eh?

They're so cute, too :D Especially Fedora-san!!

I can't wait to see where this is going, and you inspire me to finish my own holiday pic!
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Post by: Tsubashi on December 01, 2007, 10:24:11 PM
Gah! The Great Bella-sama has beaten me to posting, and took all my words! ^v^
Though, wait. You forgot Newton-chan, Bella-sama!

Great Job Aurora-sama! Excellently done! I absolutely adore your characters; so kawaii!

You know, Methinks it's about time for an avatar change, your Pics are too cute to resist! ^o^
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Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 01, 2007, 10:42:14 PM
Oh! So close, Bella! You were almost 100% correct with those guesses! The fairy girl next to the Space Cadet (A/UX-tan) is actually Apple Newton-tan. (who she is often seen with. Both are from the Apple family but now are wanderers due to getting evicted as a cost-cutting measure during the OS-war. And I think that these fellow wanders should stick together!) Incidentally as I was typing this, Tsubashi pointed out the correct answer! ^^

As to where things will be going, I can barely give out anything about what will happen next because they'd likely be spoilers but I feel like I give out this much for what happens next: RedHat-tan confesses to being sorry that she hasn't spent enough time with Fedora-tan, and another character will be introduced!
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Post by: C-Chan on December 01, 2007, 11:27:27 PM
GYAAAAAAAH!!!  I concur with Tsubashi-dono!!!!  Bella-dono beat us to it!!!  ^V^

Aurora-dono (why am I calling everyone by "dono" now?), this - is - simply - AWE - inspiring - SOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

*placeholder SWOON*

Added after 24 minutes:

C-CHAN PANEL CHEEEEEEEEECK!!!!!!!
(I will forfeit my own personal bacon to whoever gets this reference*  ^^

===================================


Beautiful job as always,... that's your 300th straight awesome job to date! ^^

Incidentally, speaking of mangas, I remembered what i told you the other day about bringing characters to life through story, and rekindled a forbidden interest that I hoped would never resurface....

But.....

....

I may try my hand at mangas after all.  ^___^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on December 02, 2007, 04:00:15 PM
QuoteC-CHAN PANEL CHEEEEEEEEECK!!!!!!!
(I will forfeit my own personal bacon to whoever gets this reference* ^^

...........?

QuoteOh! So close, Bella! You were almost 100% correct with those guesses! The fairy girl next to the Space Cadet (A/UX-tan) is actually Apple Newton-tan. (who she is often seen with. Both are from the Apple family but now are wanderers due to getting evicted as a cost-cutting measure during the OS-war. And I think that these fellow wanders should stick together!) Incidentally as I was typing this, Tsubashi pointed out the correct answer! ^^

Ah, I plead distraction with Tsubashi's awesome signiture! :P

I can see where the two would be good buddies, though ;)

QuoteIncidentally, speaking of mangas, I remembered what i told you the other day about bringing characters to life through story, and rekindled a forbidden interest that I hoped would never resurface....

But.....

....

I may try my hand at mangas after all. ^___^

I envy anyone who can keep a comic or manga going...Huuuuge thumbs up to Aurora  ;010
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Post by: Alfamille on December 04, 2007, 03:19:10 AM
I love how she illustrate panels 4 and 8. The expression on Fedora-san's face was full of win!  ;)

I can see Aurora's improvement, angle-wise and plot-wise ^_^
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Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 06, 2007, 05:35:42 PM
C-Chan was asking about why 64 Studio-tan changed her clothes the second time she appeared, well in between panels, she put on her coat so to get ready to go outside!

With comics (and sometimes animation), not everything needs to be drawn. Sorta like how Mandy (from "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy") mentioned that she wasn't seen programming robots because that would be really boring to the audience :D

And now, the next two pages!

RedHat-tan gets abducted out of nowhere and taken into an airship! But it is this time that she admits that she hasn't spent enough time with Fedora-tan. And somehow, Linux-tan is involved with this abduction incident!

Next up on the zerOSanity holiday special: It is revealed that RedHat-tan was picked to play the role of Santa! However how will she react? Plus 6 characters that appeared in the main series reappear and 3 new characters appear!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on December 07, 2007, 01:12:16 AM
QuoteC-Chan was asking about why 64 Studio-tan changed her clothes the second time she appeared, well in between panels, she put on her coat so to get ready to go outside!

With comics (and sometimes animation), not everything needs to be drawn. Sorta like how Mandy (from "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy") mentioned that she wasn't seen programming robots because that would be really boring to the audience

Aaa sou sou... ^__^
I get it now,... plus I figure that since space is at a premium in 4koma panels, you really can't worry too much about doing every possible transition.  ^^
Looking at that comic page again, though, made me LOL.  ^v^

QuoteRedHat-tan gets abducted out of nowhere and taken into an airship! But it is this time that she admits that she hasn't spent enough time with Fedora-tan. And somehow, Linux-tan is involved with this abduction incident!

Time for another C-CHAN CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECK!!!!!!!!  ^V^
(and no bacon for Bella-san.... ^^)

As you said before, this feels a little simpler than tabs 1 and 2, but it'st still very well executed!  I will never grow  tired of saying "great job"!  ^v^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on December 07, 2007, 04:35:28 PM
Part 3:

Poor Redhat-tan...again! And she's crying...

I hope my sappiness isn't contagious!

But the whole Airship thing, and her being questioned in the dark reminds me of an old spy TV show or movie!

*hears Mission: Impossible theme in background*

But she's missing her hat...does that make her red___-tan? XD

Freaked-out Redhat-tan discovering that Linux-sama is somehow behind this is hilarious! Though I do wonder why Linux-sama is behind this...perhaps they're bringing her back to celebrate the holidays with the *nix family :P
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 10, 2007, 09:40:10 PM
Waaaaaaah! Now I am so ashamed of myself right now. With writing the story for the ZS holiday special, I was doing really well until I got near the most important part of the story and suffered a writer's block and I don't feel like I can continue anymore on the holiday special. Such a shame too. I had four pages done and another two almost done but all to have been done for nothing. I was way too ambitious. That is also why I gave up on the Apple ][ 30th anniversary picture as well ;__;

May have to scrap the project completely and resume with the main series or another special episode I had planned that I was able to finish planning.

Or... Since I know I cannot meet my goal of finishing the holiday special in comic form by the 25th, how about I just type the rest up as a fanfiction with suggestions and input from you readers out there?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on December 10, 2007, 10:17:54 PM
I vote for option three (typing the rest up as fanfiction with input from readers).
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on December 11, 2007, 10:06:08 AM
Aurora-dono, I don't think it's shameful to have writer's/artist's block -- damn, otherwise I'd have my head in the ground all the time.  ^^;
But I do wish you were more willing to ask for help, cause that way we can help you finish if you want it finished.  I felt my brain would explode if I had to do the entire Wiki logo myself, which is glad you were willing to volunteer it's completion,... so for once, let's return the favor?

I second the fanfiction idea, but only because it will serve as a sort of script.  I'll help you draw the remainder of the holiday special comic -- no doubt you remember that I'm not bad at doing it.  ^___^

I'd also like to help finish the Anniversary special as well, if only because it looks all but finished as is!  @v@
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Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 11, 2007, 12:41:06 PM
Really? You'd be willing to do that? Help me with this project? Because I have a long way to go!

I'm in a tough situation because once again my weaknesses when it comes to story writing have gotten the better of me. I've got several ideas planned out for the storyline although I'm not entirely sure how to put them together smoothly nor am I sure how to complete the story.

When I get the typed version up (I'll make a new thread for this so it doesn't get completely buried in this one), critique, suggestions and ideas will be strongly encouraged!

And if you want to help me with drawing the comic part, C-Chan, can you help me starting on page 5? I mainly need help on the storyboards.
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Post by: C-Chan on December 11, 2007, 01:01:11 PM
Sure.  Geez,. you sound like I'm a total stranger or something.  ^___^

I probably won't be able to do anything overly fancy like with our Mac Party strips, but I'm sure I can come up with something nice.  ^.^

*quietly beckons Aurora-dono to PM area*
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Post by: Bella on December 11, 2007, 10:12:27 PM
That sounds like a great idea!

I should be nobody to talk, but when I get hung up, I always try to give the project a rest for a day or two, assess where I'm going wrong, and give it another try. In vector sketching, I nearly gave up on my Unix holiday picture, but I let it sit on the shelf for a day and tried a different approach. Try not to get stressed out about it not getting finished in time or that it won't end up like you hoped...and have fun!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 25, 2007, 03:23:08 PM
Here it is at last! Pages 5 and 6!

Why RedHat-tan was abducted is revealed: she was picked to take the role of Santa! However Linux-tan's and Slackware-tan's decision is rather questionable! But at least she isn't the worst candidate, right?

note: In the panel with all the DOS-tans, the purple-haired girl is ROM DOS-tan, a character newly created by C-Chan.

Also, many many thanks to C-Chan for helping me out so much with the holiday special when I nearly gave up!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on December 25, 2007, 04:06:05 PM
OMG! What a Christmas surprise!

Panel 1: NoHatLinux-tan freaking out is always funny XD And Linux-sama is very pretty here!
panel 2: O____O
*Humna humna humna...!*
ZOMG, Slackware-chan is lookin' good! Please tell, what is on her tee shirt...? Upon further inspection, it looks like "Unix rocks" :P
panel 3: Uh...oh...Linux-sama must be thinking of...
panel 4: SCO-CHAN! I knew it XD Okay so I didn't, but it fits well! SCO panicking is golden, and I see she's still on her crutch! Slackware-chan is still looking...unusually hot...and NoHatLinux-tan is sweet laughing.

Second comic, panel 1: LOL! RedHat-tan (cause she finally has a darn hat on :P) is adorably dwarfed by BarbieLinux-tan :D
panel 2: Miggy-sama as a giant elf! I'm having flashbacks to the movie Elf!
panel 3: Awww! The DOSes are too adorable! DR DOS-san wouldn't be calling RH-tan "kiddo" cause they're both children of Novell, would she? I wish I could read what PTS DOS-chan was saying, but it's mighty small. Though I did make out "for" as the first word, and "this" as the third. The others I can't figure out.
panel 4: QDOS-chan...so cute I'm gonna die! O___O

I can really see where C-Chan's influence on this one ;) Great job, you guys!
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Post by: C-Chan on December 26, 2007, 12:14:19 AM
*pops in*  

FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

*flops over keyboard*

I'm pooped...... just gimme a sec for me to recharge my battery, and I'll be back to full response mode......  @________________@

*passes out*

Added after 4 hours 17 minutes:

First off, many thanks go to Aurora-dono for not giving up on her spin-off comic, and for allowing me to help her with its semi-completion.
Even though she still wanted to pile on too much on herself, at least she was willing to let me help her for a change and thus live-out the true spirit of Christmas.  ^___^

Secondly, I also have to apologize A) for cutting her original story script a lot for practicality, and B) for turtling along even with a much-reduced page count.  Aside from the fact that I had quite a lot more responsibilities than I expected prior to the holiday season, I'm also not as fast as I used to be and probably bit off more than I could chew.  ^^

Still,... did manage to sketch/up 5 pages just in time for the 25th -- and even though you only see 2 up now, if won't be long before Aurora-dono finishes post-production on the remaining 3.  And I can assure you, you're in for a major treat from the both of us.  ^_____^

BTW, Bella-san, thank you for that review.  Hold that thought, though, as I'll respond to it in proper tomorrow,  ^v^

(and besides,... you ain't seen nothin' yet!)  ^___^

*starts giggling with glee*
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Post by: C-Chan on December 27, 2007, 01:52:59 AM
Darn,... had to sacrifice my response in this thread to make room for the two other ones I owed people.  ^^'

Not to worry though, as there'll be plenty of time to touch base on details here.  -v-

Just so the night isn't entirely fruitless, how about a small sneak peak of what's to come?  Normally Aurora-dono is as secretive as a clandestine intelligence agency when it cones to her artwork... but since half of it is my own in this particular instance, I can't help but to "leak" a little of it.  ^.^'

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Post by: C-Chan on December 27, 2007, 09:55:28 PM
kay, time to get back to some unfinished business, before I try to finish up my FCL-tan fanart. ^^

QuoteHere it is at last! Pages 5 and 6!

Why RedHat-tan was abducted is revealed: she was picked to take the role of Santa! However Linux-tan's and Slackware-tan's decision is rather questionable! But at least she isn't the worst candidate, right?

Is it too late to say sorry for the unnecessarily-long delay in getting my part done?  ^^;

Just as an aside, thank you for the wonderful lighting work you did, and also for adding the arms to the DOS-tans.  In retrospect, though, I wish I had supplied you with vectorized fonts, since a lot of the specialized ones I used didn't not transfer well.  For example, the word "free" got cut off from RH-chan's text bubble in Panel 1, Page 5.  ^^'

Quotenote: In the panel with all the DOS-tans, the purple-haired girl is ROM DOS-tan, a character newly created by C-Chan.

Fufufu... actually, ROMDOS-chan is about a whole year overdue.  I meant to draw her, paired with my take on FreeDOS-chan, immediately after my chibi DRDOS-tan and QDOS-tan.  Figured since the DOS-tans would make perfect elves (since they're all so horrifically-short ^v^;), this would be my last chance to show her off before the new year.  ^___^

ROMDOS-tan is the second-shortest DOS-tan, clocking in at about 116cm, but still dwarfing QDOS-tan's diminutive 94cm frame.  She has the ability to control, manipulate and disable electronics, and loves to wear fake cybernetics (as well as a futuristic monocle) to play the part of mechanical "Beastmaster".  Personality-wise, while she's not necessarilyt an introvert, she's often too deep in her technical eccentricities to worry much about a social life.  She's also a tad hot-blooded, and is one of the few DOS-tans who are both willing and able to fight against aggressors head-on (if the situation calls for it).

QuoteOMG! What a Christmas surprise!

And trust me, you ain't see nothin' yet!  ^v^

QuotePanel 1: NoHatLinux-tan freaking out is always funny XD And Linux-sama is very pretty here!

Linux-sama's pose and expression were accidental, but it kinda worked no?  It's so rare to see Linux-sama smile and chide, after all.  ^^

Quotepanel 2: O____O
*Humna humna humna...!*
ZOMG, Slackware-chan is lookin' good! Please tell, what is on her tee shirt...? Upon further inspection, it looks like "Unix rocks" :P

Like with the main Zerosanity, I tried hard to help Aurora continue the tradition of nodding to artists' contributions.  The "Unix Rocks" was pure Bella-sama fanservice in this case.  ^.^
Other similar nods to other people will appear later on.

Quotepanel 3: Uh...oh...Linux-sama must be thinking of...
panel 4: SCO-CHAN! I knew it XD Okay so I didn't, but it fits well! SCO panicking is golden, and I see she's still on her crutch! Slackware-chan is still looking...unusually hot...and NoHatLinux-tan is sweet laughing.

Fufu... Why do I smell the prospect of Slackware yuri?  ^v^'
Actually, that's not SCO-chan panicking,... but rather just appearing like the raging, sue-happy loony that Slack-san and RH-san envision in their mind's eye.  ^___________^;

Quote
Second comic, panel 1: LOL! RedHat-tan (cause she finally has a darn hat on :P) is adorably dwarfed by BarbieLinux-tan

I had a lot of fun sketching up that panel.  *lecherous laugh*  ^__________________^
The Santa hat was added both for story purposes AND for practicality, since the hat helps reduce the number of hair strands that need to be drawn.  ^v^

Quotepanel 2: Miggy-sama as a giant elf! I'm having flashbacks to the movie Elf!

I figured someone would come across that reference.  ^.^
Had mucho fun sketching that panel too.

Quotepanel 3: Awww! The DOSes are too adorable! DR DOS-san wouldn't be calling RH-tan "kiddo" cause they're both children of Novell, would she? I wish I could read what PTS DOS-chan was saying, but it's mighty small. Though I did make out "for" as the first word, and "this" as the third. The others I can't figure out.

This one was my first nightmare to sketch up,... don't know what came over me drawing so many characters at once, but I would do so again later on.  I didn't even draw the arms or anything,... Aurora-dono had to do that in post-production.  I honestly don't know how Aurora-sama produced the disco-dancing scene (back in Page 1) so quickly.  ^v^;

DRDOS-tan just happens to call everyone who's younger than her "kiddo",... and given her age, that's over 95% of all living, breathing OS-tans.  ^____^;
But the Novell thing is also an interesting aside too.  ^.^

PTSDOS-tan is a bit of a contrarian and prankster (and also a lover of pointing out the bleedingly-obvious, which is okay since few people can understand her anyway), so she's actually not saying anything in line with what the other girls are saying.... ^^;

Ð"ля меня эÑ,о весьма необычный способ знакомсÑ,ва.

Quotepanel 4: QDOS-chan...so cute I'm gonna die! O___O

And she's tiny to boot,... I know, I must be mad.  @v@;
Not sure if you remember her profile, but she's a bit of a "dim" girl equipped with an almost miraculous ability to repair machines (and certainly has the size to step inside even common appliances).  As her full acronym implies, she's not adverse to getting "down and dirty" as long as the job gets done quickly.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Gussy Keniji on December 28, 2007, 01:07:55 AM
*Teleports in*
Well now, Am I late're what?...my problems with puncuality aside...

QuoteJust so the night isn't entirely fruitless, how about a small sneak peak of what's to come? Normally Aurora-dono is as secretive as a clandestine intelligence agency when it cones to her artwork... but since half of it is my own in this particular instance, I can't help but to "leak" a little of it. ^.^'
I lol'd at how Acme-chan has written the most 'spam' outta all of her fellow viruses, from the looks of this it's shapin up to be a real treat, I would ask as to why their writting spam...but then I might spoil whatever surprise you have in store

Quotepanel 3: Awww! The DOSes are too adorable!
I agree! the DOSes have melted my heart of manliness <3

Quotepanel 4: QDOS-chan...so cute I'm gonna die! O___O
*Already dead from QDOS-chan's cuteness*

QuoteAnd she's tiny to boot,... I know, I must be mad. @v@;
Not sure if you remember her profile, but she's a bit of a "dim" girl equipped with an almost miraculous ability to repair machines (and certainly has the size to step inside even common appliances). As her full acronym implies, she's not adverse to getting "down and dirty" as long as the job gets done quickly. ^.^
Aww a tiny mechanic <3 I always did have a soft spot for the mechanically inclined girls...
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on December 29, 2007, 01:46:32 AM
QuoteI lol'd at how Acme-chan has written the most 'spam' outta all of her fellow viruses, from the looks of this it's shapin up to be a real treat, I would ask as to why their writting spam...but then I might spoil whatever surprise you have in store

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!  ^0^
How I wish you could see the later comic panels!!!  You'd be so proud!!!  ^-^

*begs Aurora-dono to permit the posting of the storyboards*  ;^____^;

QuoteAww a tiny mechanic <3 I always did have a soft spot for the mechanically inclined girls...

Fufu... ^.^
Well,... if you ever wanted a diminutive Osaka-clone messing around inside your desktop,... she's your girl.  ^____^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on December 29, 2007, 12:23:57 PM
Quoteufufu... actually, ROMDOS-chan is about a whole year overdue. I meant to draw her, paired with my take on FreeDOS-chan, immediately after my chibi DRDOS-tan and QDOS-tan. Figured since the DOS-tans would make perfect elves (since they're all so horrifically-short ^v^, this would be my last chance to show her off before the new year. ^___^

ROMDOS-tan is the second-shortest DOS-tan, clocking in at about 116cm, but still dwarfing QDOS-tan's diminutive 94cm frame. She has the ability to control, manipulate and disable electronics, and loves to wear fake cybernetics (as well as a futuristic monocle) to play the part of mechanical "Beastmaster". Personality-wise, while she's not necessarilyt an introvert, she's often too deep in her technical eccentricities to worry much about a social life. She's also a tad hot-blooded, and is one of the few DOS-tans who are both willing and able to fight against aggressors head-on (if the situation calls for it).

I love the DOSes. I'm a bit sorry I haven't drawn any yet :..(

QuoteLike with the main Zerosanity, I tried hard to help Aurora continue the tradition of nodding to artists' contributions. The "Unix Rocks" was pure Bella-sama fanservice in this case. ^.^
Other similar nods to other people will appear later on.

Woohoo! I've finally gotten fanservice!

QuoteFufu... Why do I smell the prospect of Slackware yuri? ^v^'

*tick*

*tick*

*twitch*

I'm outta here!

*jumps out of thread*

QuoteActually, that's not SCO-chan panicking,... but rather just appearing like the raging, sue-happy loony that Slack-san and RH-san envision in their mind's eye. ^___________^;

Oh, okay...still hilarious!

QuoteDRDOS-tan just happens to call everyone who's younger than her "kiddo",... and given her age, that's over 95% of all living, breathing OS-tans. ^____^;
But the Novell thing is also an interesting aside too. ^.^

Heh....she doesn't look old...

But I've learned here the physical age of an OS-tan is more often that not deceptive ;)

QuotePTSDOS-tan is a bit of a contrarian and prankster (and also a lover of pointing out the bleedingly-obvious, which is okay since few people can understand her anyway), so she's actually not saying anything in line with what the other girls are saying.... ^^;

Ð"ля меня эÑ,о весьма необычный способ знакомсÑ,ва.

Hmmm...she's saying something about this being a strange way of meeting them...?

I'm a little unclear about it, actually ;)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on December 29, 2007, 06:23:46 PM
I'm just poppin' in to say that the latest Christmas comic installment is absolutely adorable!  RedHat-tan's expressions are wonderful!

I look forward to seeing the virus reindeer in context!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 29, 2007, 11:50:54 PM
Mostly done with pages 7 + 8 and hope to get them up tomorrow (or later today depending on your timezone. It's still the 29th where I am as of this typing).
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Exa on December 30, 2007, 03:29:08 AM
Nice! Now zerOSanity even has a website! You're awesome, Aurora-sama! A great site for a great series! ^_^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Kami-Tux on December 30, 2007, 06:57:21 AM
heh, neat site...

Oh, and have I told you that your holiday Special is simply awesome?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on December 30, 2007, 11:04:22 AM
QuoteBut check out what I've also been working on today!

Neat!

If you don't mind me asking, are you using some kind of site builder or using HTML? Cause I've done both to make sites (very little of the later, mind you)...
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 30, 2007, 11:16:39 AM
I used HTML. For the past 5 years, I have made websites, all made from scratch using HTML. I didn't know that site builders existed until recently ^^;
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: zjhentohlauedy on December 30, 2007, 11:53:09 PM
website is nice  ;010  GUD jOB!

HEHEHE i'll need to read MOAR zerOSsanity i guess!  :/
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on December 30, 2007, 11:54:05 PM
Working on this holiday special has given me a huge liking for the DOS-tans! QDOS-tan would be my favorite because she is SOOOOOO adorable! :D PTS DOS-tan would be another favorite because of her very quirky behavior!

Actually, you did draw one of the DOS-tans, Bella. I remember that "1984" re-enactment picture involving Mac System 1-tan and PC DOS-tan!
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Pages 07 + 08 up!

RedHat-tan accepts the mission, and under the condition that her little sister gets something really nice while she is away. So, RedHat-tan isn't a scrooge after all!

And on page 8 is a little musical sequence!

My favorite part of these two pages is panel 3 page 8-  The goal is to get the coal, in the right place; not PC DOS-tan's face! XD

And anyone notice the 'easter eggs' in the above panel? :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on December 31, 2007, 02:08:17 AM
Aurora-dono, thank you thank you thank you for the excellent post-production on 7 and 8!!!!!!!  It's looking fa-bu-lous!! ^v^

And looking forward to seeing how well you do with this website,... I do vaguely recall the other one you had set up a long time ago.  ^___^

Anyway, sorry to post and run, but burnt myself out with another pic so need to rest.  But will be back later to run a commentary here and reply to anything else I have to miss.  ^^;

Oh, and in case Bella-san beats me to the punch....

PTSDOS-tan says the following:

Page 7 Panel 4:  
АÑ,асный

Page 8 Panel 2:  
Ñ...ороший мальчик
Ñ...орошая девушка
Ñ...ороший цыпленок


*falls asleep on keyboard*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Gussy Keniji on December 31, 2007, 10:49:43 AM
Simply extraordinary, Aurora-dono, not only do you get pgs 7 and 8 up, you also give us this ZS website as well, kudos to you!

Hm, it seems FCL-chan's hat is a hot item on christmas lists this year, and that lil scen with PS-DOS-tan is both funny and cute dood-ette.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on December 31, 2007, 11:50:33 AM
Comic 7, panel 1: Eeeek! I'm gonna use a phrase for FreeDOS that I haven't used before. So. Moe. I'm. Gonna. Die. I mean, she's like a kawaii supernova in that picture!
2: Yay! RHL-tan is going for it! All the chibis are very cute, too.
3: Awww...poor RHL and Fedora-chan :...( I think my drama is wearing off on those around me :P Anyhow, very sweet.
4: DRDOS-tan is really cute for being...old... :P And I noticed one of the DOSes mentioning, "your not technically a doctor" XD

Comic 8, panel 1: Woohoo! A musical! (I'm kinda working on one too XD) Firefox-ko and Thunderbird-ko acting as helpers, excellent! I notice a bit of company placement as well!
2: Okay, let me make it clear all the DOSes are equally adorable! Still, she's looking cute checking the gifts. I see Aurora's hat, a Wii, and FCL-tan's hat. Judging by what C-Chan said, I'm thinking the tags say something along the line of "good girl/boy/chicken"
3: ZOMG! QDOS-chan shoveling a heap of coal onto PCDOS-chan's face is hilarious! Your right, she is a bit "touched in the head", eh?
4: Miggy-sama the giant elf is cute loading up the sleigh on the runway!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Kami-Tux on January 01, 2008, 09:28:18 AM
This penguin likes the new page very much! FreeDOs-tan looks really cute on the first panel. The DOS-elves are still something I can not get over! They look great! QDos-tan showeling the coal is an awesome cast for the position.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 01, 2008, 04:56:29 PM
Okay, I'm back.  Time for my Commentary ^___^

QuoteRedHat-tan accepts the mission, and under the condition that her little sister gets something really nice while she is away. So, RedHat-tan isn't a scrooge after all!

Might be the font again, but we're missing the "like" at the end of RH-tan's speech bubble.

QuoteAnd on page 8 is a little musical sequence!

Lyrics by the Great Aurora-dono, btw!  ^v^

QuoteMy favorite part of these two pages is panel 3 page 8- The goal is to get the coal, in the right place; not PC DOS-tan's face! XD

This was actually the last panel I vector-sketched, and for some odd reason the easiest one to produce.  ^___^
Whereas in pages 5 & 6, I only employed Pattern Fills once to cop-out on PTSDOS-tan's hair, here I used them generously during the song sequence and to add that "dirty" look to the coal. ^.^

QuoteHm, it seems FCL-chan's hat is a hot item on christmas lists this year, and that lil scen with PS-DOS-tan is both funny and cute dood-ette.

Fufu... aside from the Wii, I was a bit stumped as to what other gifts could come out of the assembly line.  Due to the FCL-tan craze, I figure it was a perfect choice.  ^____^

QuoteComic 7, panel 1: Eeeek! I'm gonna use a phrase for FreeDOS that I haven't used before. So. Moe. I'm. Gonna. Die. I mean, she's like a kawaii supernova in that picture!

My preconcept for FreeDOS-tan had her as the wise yet cutesy-putesy type (very Tomoyo-from-CCS-like), so I'm still inclined to draw her with those kinds of expressions.  ^.^

Quote2: Yay! RHL-tan is going for it! All the chibis are very cute, too.

Originally I employed cheap white NPC figurines with their heads (not unlike how they do it in Excel Saga and Di Gi Charat) to capture the celebration, but Aurora-dono went full force and drew them all with proper clothing.  ^____^

Quote3: Awww...poor RHL and Fedora-chan :...( I think my drama is wearing off on those around me :P Anyhow, very sweet.

Didn't want Fedora-chan to completely disappear from the comic, so figured this'd be a perfect chance for a cameo.  ^__^

Quote4: DRDOS-tan is really cute for being...old... :P And I noticed one of the DOSes mentioning, "your not technically a doctor" XD

This was an unintentionally-elaborate picture of DRDOS-tan that I think came out quite nicely.  ^^

I know the comments from her kids are a bit illegible, but PTSDOS-tan is supposed to be saying "cool".  ^___^
The "you're not technically a doctor" comment refers to the fact that "DR" does not refer to 'doctor" but just "Digital Research".  Hasn't stopped the ol' girl from practicing the medical trade, though.  ^^;

QuoteComic 8, panel 1: Woohoo! A musical! (I'm kinda working on one too XD) Firefox-ko and Thunderbird-ko acting as helpers, excellent! I notice a bit of company placement as well!

Actually, Firefox-ko and TBird-ko are delivery girls of sorts.  ^____^'
Company Placement is completely random.......... yeah...... although I do at least admit a little....... "advertisement ploy"....... for ZaReason.  ^^;

Here we also see ROMDOS-chan doing what she does best.  ^____^

Quote2: Okay, let me make it clear all the DOSes are equally adorable! Still, she's looking cute checking the gifts. I see Aurora's hat, a Wii, and FCL-tan's hat. Judging by what C-Chan said, I'm thinking the tags say something along the line of "good girl/boy/chicken"

Corrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrect on all accounts!  ^v^
But PTSDOS-tan does have a mischievous streak, so she switched the Good Boy and Good Girl gifts around (why shouldn't the girl deserve a Wii, and the boy a pretty wand?), and marked the chicken hat for a REAL chicken (and not FLC-tan).  

Quote3: ZOMG! QDOS-chan shoveling a heap of coal onto PCDOS-chan's face is hilarious! Your right, she is a bit "touched in the head", eh?

Just a bit.... ^___^'
But she's so small, you have to love it anyway.  ^.^

Quote4: Miggy-sama the giant elf is cute loading up the sleigh on the runway!

Not sure what Aurora-dono had planned, but I wanted to stress the point that all this is taking place on an airship.  Here you only get a small hint at that, but in Page 9 it's a helluva lot more obvious.  ^_____^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on January 02, 2008, 12:20:28 PM
I'm so behind at commenting on everything! D:

Anyway, I really like how the comic is progressing.  It's still super-awesome!  I'm glad that Firefox-ko and Thunderbird-ko could be involved.

Quote from: "C-Chan"Corrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrect on all accounts! ^v^
But PTSDOS-tan does have a mischievous streak, so she switched the Good Boy and Good Girl gifts around (why shouldn't the girl deserve a Wii, and the boy a pretty wand?), and marked the chicken hat for a REAL chicken (and not FLC-tan).
Oh, lord.  That poor chicken.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 04, 2008, 12:32:48 AM
QuoteOh, lord. That poor chicken.

Hehe... you didn't think I was going to let the beleaguered fried chicken references off the hook, eh?  `v'

In any event, I hear post-production on Page 9 is mostly done.  Page 10 is in the works, although I'll see if I can make the process a little more,... transparent from here on out.  ^___^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on January 06, 2008, 02:40:35 PM
Here is page 9!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on January 06, 2008, 03:05:17 PM
Hurray for reindeer virus-tans!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 06, 2008, 11:49:57 PM
Thank you for posting up Page 9, Aurora-dono.  As always, you did a very remarkable job with post-production.  ^^

Just two things,....... one, couldn't we make it just a tad bigger?  The detail on the reindeer virus-tans, plus the things the DOS-tans are whispering, can hardly be seen.  ^^;
Then again, I guess it'll be normal size once Page 10 is complete.

And two, check your RH-tan text bubbles in Panels 3 and 4.  You're missing more dialog again -- especially in Panel 4, RH-tan is supposed to end with "Dash Away All" which is from the original Christmas song.

Speaking of which, turns out time was fleeting during the weekend as well, and aside from that the two week hiatus dulled my senses a little cause it really took quite a while to get back into the swing of things.  Sorry to say, my current contribution is pitiful and you [Aurora] might as well get back to work on the regular ZS (or some other pic) while you wait.  

But since I did promise our viewers transparency, here's the progress so far.  ^__^

(http://ostan-collections.net/annex/Images/zs05b_beta1.png)

Sorry if I have to post and run, but got a big day tomorrow.  Take care, y'all.  ^.^

*creeps away from thread*

Added after 1 minutes:

Oh right, and current roster:

PTSDOS-tan, DOS/V-tan (I've always wanted to sketch her like that), MSXDOS-tan w/ QDOS-tan.piggybacking on her.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on January 07, 2008, 07:22:35 AM
Page 9 might appear smaller than usual because I posted it up on Photobucket.

More missing dialogue?! I don't understand how that's happening! (Although I did manage to add in the word "trouble" at the end of what RH-tan was saying in panel 1. But I didn't know words were missing in the last panel because I didn't quite get the reference to the original song. My bad.)

I do have some more ZS to work on to keep me busy while I wait for page 10 to get done. I am working on a 3-page special that is in response to Netscape getting discontinued.

What a bummer, really. Used to be the most powerful browser on the market and lost nearly all of its userbase (had more than 80% of the browser market in 1996, now only ~0.6%) to Internet Explorer. Netscape was the first browser I used and used it from 1998 to 2003 until I switched to IE. I'm a traitor!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on January 07, 2008, 10:34:43 AM
Aww...it's okay.
Learn your lesson already, and USE FIYAR WITH FOX! -w-
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 07, 2008, 01:24:53 PM
I should note that Firefox is kinda/sorta/maybe a conceptual successor to Netscape, so by using the beloved -ko you're continuing the memory of Netscape.  ^^

On the other hand, I despised Netscape back in the 90's, and hated IE too, so I can't say I share your pain.  ^^;
I definitely welcomed Opera, but before that I was a big Colombo fan!  ^v^;

QuotePage 9 might appear smaller than usual because I posted it up on Photobucket.

Ack....  X___X

....

Well.... I suppose you could always supply close-ups of particular panels upon user request.  I'd hope that Gus-san, i.e., would want close-up shots of his beloved viruses.  ^__^

QuoteMore missing dialogue?! I don't understand how that's happening! (Although I did manage to add in the word "trouble" at the end of what RH-tan was saying in panel 1. But I didn't know words were missing in the last panel because I didn't quite get the reference to the original song. My bad.)

Eep!  I didn't even notice the "trouble" part.  She's actually supposed to say "Quarantine", which is the virus-tan's equivalent of a gulag.  TvT;

I'm using Liberation fonts, and within Inkscape Text boxes at that so that means there's an imaginary boundary that text can't flow out of.  Since it's likely that whatever OSX is using to replace them is too big for these bounding boxes, it's clipping some of the text.  

Next page, I'll provide two copies -- one with regular text, the other with permanent vectorized text.  However, I'd also suggest reducing the font, or increasing the of the bounding boxes just to make sure the words are there but simply out of view.

Seems to only be a problem with RH-tan, so I'll supply her dialogue wherever I see clipping:


And just for kicks, here's the original poem I based that off of:

QuoteWith a little old driver so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles, his coursers they came,
And he whistled and shouted and called them by name:

Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Dunder and Blixem!
To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall! and off and off we will fly!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!

QuoteI do have some more ZS to work on to keep me busy while I wait for page 10 to get done. I am working on a 3-page special that is in response to Netscape getting discontinued.

I'm also simultaneously working ona project for my brothers, so that also explains the small delay.  But don't worry, as Christmas already passed and we've already deployed the most relevant aspect of the story, so we're just finishing up for the sake of having one completed manga in our midst.  ^____^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on January 07, 2008, 06:30:26 PM
QuoteHere is page 9!

A bit small, but from what I can see this is shaping up to be the most
interesting and visually stunning installment yet  ;010

Ah, Virus-tan, leader of the viruses. I love when she calls the DOSs tasty, and says, who else could break into people's privacy in only a matter of hours!

The Viru-deer are adorable (OMG! Adorable Viru-tans, adorable DOS-tans, I's having a cuteness overload @__@)

The Kernel Panic is a witty name for the airship, and the moon, airship and clouds are very well drawn!

QuoteBut since I did promise our viewers transparency, here's the progress so far. ^__^

Eeek O.O

PTSDOS is so cute (and saying spam from what I translated), as are QDOS and MSXDOS-tan. DOS/V-tan has a certain elegance about her, however...

QuoteI do have some more ZS to work on to keep me busy while I wait for page 10 to get done. I am working on a 3-page special that is in response to Netscape getting discontinued.

What a bummer, really. Used to be the most powerful browser on the market and lost nearly all of its userbase (had more than 80% of the browser market in 1996, now only ~0.6%) to Internet Explorer. Netscape was the first browser I used and used it from 1998 to 2003 until I switched to IE. I'm a traitor!

I never used Netscape much...but gosh, that is a bad turn in fortune (from 80% to 0.6%!)

It's looking like Firefox **could** have the potential to do the same with the current market, however...
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on January 07, 2008, 08:49:38 PM
QuoteIt's looking like Firefox **could** have the potential to do the same with the current market, however...
Really?  I thought Firefox was doing really well.  More and more people around me are switching to it.  Even some of the local universities are dumping IE for Firefox.

Personally, though, I've never touched Netscape, so I don't know any of its benefits/drawbacks.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on January 07, 2008, 09:14:18 PM
IIRC, Firefox has ~16% of the browser market which is pretty darn good considering that it has the second largest percent and has been around for only a few years. Although IE is still in the lead with ~76%, that number has fallen from its peak ~95% in 2003!

Makes me wonder... Could IE eventually be condemned to the same fate as its first serious competitor?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on January 08, 2008, 07:01:04 AM
That would be a blessing to all of man, pig, ninja, pirate and all kinds of hybrids-kind. Let us all hope for a glorious victory for our favorite canine!
At least i THINK foxes are classed as canines...
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 09, 2008, 12:41:36 AM
Sorry peoples,....

I've been in a bit of an artistic rut lately (mind occupied with other things), so haven't drawn or posted much lately.  Will try to make up, even if it involves reliance on half-assed commentary.  ^^;

*sighs pitifully*

QuoteAh, Virus-tan, leader of the viruses. I love when she calls the DOSs tasty, and says, who else could break into people's privacy in only a matter of hours!

Oh right,... even in that comic, that should be "Viru-tan".  ^^;
But yeah, her inclusion was kinda a last minute thing, after Aurora and I agreed that viruses were going to play the part of reindeer.  Previously it was going to be a mishmash of flying characters that REQUIRED introduction,... but virus-tans instead just offered complete subservience, PLUS that excellent reason why they're best suited for the job.  ^^

Oh and yes... they're using Spam mail to propel themselves around the world.  ^v^;

QuoteThe Viru-deer are adorable (OMG! Adorable Viru-tans, adorable DOS-tans, I's having a cuteness overload @__@)

Yeah, the identity of the elves was also pretty unknown in the early script, although making both groups based on actual OS-tan groups made sense in the end.  A lot of potential to draw rarely-drawn characters in adorable ways.  ^.^

QuoteThe Kernel Panic is a witty name for the airship, and the moon, airship and clouds are very well drawn!

I can't recall where I heard the name "Hindenpanic" for a blimp, but just recalled it at the time and snuck it in as a semi-appropriate geek reference.  ^^;

QuoteEeek O.O

PTSDOS is so cute (and saying spam from what I translated), as are QDOS and MSXDOS-tan. DOS/V-tan has a certain elegance about her, however...

Fufu... I was worried that it wasn't the correct spelling in Cyrillic.  ^^;
MSXDOS-tan was a pleasure to sketch, although not sure if it was my fault but she ends up looking a lot like the pink-haired [and wastefully-short) protagonist of Girls Bravo.  

DOS/V I thought could benefit from a little elegance, given her meager drawings thus far have fallen a little short of that.  I can probably imagine her character's improved a lot now that she can mingle more with family, much like how PCDOS and MSDOS improve when they're together.

Any slight appearance to Lafiel from Crest of the Stars is my fault.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 13, 2008, 08:55:39 PM
Quick update!

Page 10, PANEL 1 vector sketch complete with flying colors!  ^___^

(http://ostan-collections.net/annex/Images/ZS05b_beta2.png)

Added after 5 hours 44 minutes:

UPDATE:

PANEL 2 READY!!!  ^___^

(http://ostan-collections.net/annex/Images/zs05b_beta3.png)

Added after 1 minutes:

Yeah, I'm finally on a role!  ^__^

Nevertheless, I do want to call it a day, but will definitely finish one more panel tomorrow, than the last one on Tuesday.  After that, Aurora-san will take over and I'll proceed at a steady pace with Page 11.

BTW, Aurora,... ran out of space, so couldn't fit in some witty dialogue.  Feel free to suggest something else.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on January 13, 2008, 11:23:13 PM
Time for a little review!

Panel 1: Ha ha! I know what PTS DOS-tan is saying! She is saying "Spam?"! And that there is about the extent of my ability to read Russian. DOS/V-tan's appearance in the panel is the cutest rendition of DOS/V-tan I've ever seen! And the whole panel shows off how short the DOS-tans are or how tall Amiga-tan really is! *chuckle*

panel 2: I suggested a scene with GS/OS-tan and Chainsaw Linux-tan appearing because I could see those two as friends as both are good with multimedia and use their weapons in an artistic manner! (And can use them to help out a frozen ME-tan!) :D

Those reindeer girls still pouring out the papers?! That can't be good for the environment! 0__0
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on January 13, 2008, 11:40:01 PM
By the end of this thing, PTS DOS-tan is going to be my favorite of the DOS-tans.  

It's nice to see GS/OS-tan and Chainsaw Linux-tan being so helpful...or, at least trying.  I see by the various implements stuck in the ice that ME-tan has some pretty serious freeze goin' on.  Thank goodness for Christmas gifts!

QuoteI could see those two as friends as both are good with multimedia and use their weapons in an artistic manner!
You're right!  They'd make wonderful friends!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 14, 2008, 02:24:06 PM
QuotePanel 1: Ha ha! I know what PTS DOS-tan is saying! She is saying "Spam?"! And that there is about the extent of my ability to read Russian.

I hear that.  ^^;
I'm worried about ever having to put her in situations where more dialogue is required, since I depend on phrase books for her dialogue here.  -v-;

QuoteDOS/V-tan's appearance in the panel is the cutest rendition of DOS/V-tan I've ever seen!

I wanted to draw DOS/V like that for a LOOOOOOOONG time!  Just like with OpenBSD-tan, she was a character that I think needed just another teaspoon of Moe.  ^__^

Plus you know how attracted I am to underrepresented OS-tans.  ^.^
*cough**cough**cough*OSR 2.5-sama*cough**cough*

QuoteAnd the whole panel shows off how short the DOS-tans are or how tall Amiga-tan really is! *chuckle*

Well,... both actually.  ^^;
DRDOS-tan is roughly around.... say.... mmmmm..... 140cm tall, but is still the tallest of them all.
So at 183, Amiga-san towers over her, and is literally TWICE QDOS-tan's height.  ^o^

Quotepanel 2: I suggested a scene with GS/OS-tan and Chainsaw Linux-tan appearing because I could see those two as friends as both are good with multimedia and use their weapons in an artistic manner! (And can use them to help out a frozen ME-tan!)

And here I have to apologize again, since I compressed that 6 panel scene into 1.  ^^;
But I really didn't want to have Aurora divert too much attention away from regular Zerosanity.

QuoteThose reindeer girls still pouring out the papers?! That can't be good for the environment! 0__0

Ehhh,.... they're biodegradeable.  ^___________________^
That's the only way they can fly anyway [since spam is so full of hot-air, and all...]. ^V^

Besides, look below.....

There are enough trees there to make more than enough reems of paper!  ^___^
(BTW, as you'll see with the SVG, I used a pattern fill to make the trees.  So whereas before it might have taken 5 minutes to copy and paste the same shape (and more resources needed to render them all), now it only took 1 minute to make 5 rectangles filled with the same trees.  ^.^)

QuoteBy the end of this thing, PTS DOS-tan is going to be my favorite of the DOS-tans.

My my, everyone really likes the little Russian cutie.  ^___^

Just for a little bit of trivia, PTSDOS-chan's hair style is modeled after Aleksandra Mazur, the 2006 Russian Beauty Contest winner:

http://en.rian.ru/photolents/20060726/51842595.html

While I wouldn't say she's the prettiest person in the world, that title (in my mind) does go to another very special Russian lady.  ^___________^

*squeals with delight and blushes*

QuoteIt's nice to see GS/OS-tan and Chainsaw Linux-tan being so helpful...or, at least trying. I see by the various implements stuck in the ice that ME-tan has some pretty serious freeze goin' on. Thank goodness for Christmas gifts!

Yeah,... BSOD Begone was a last minute name I stumbled upon literally, since I wanted something a lot more witty than just "AntiFreeze".  TvT

QuoteYou're right! They'd make wonderful friends!

I think I have room for at least one more of your characters in the coming pages.  ^___^
Won't say whom, but will probably be unexpected.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on January 14, 2008, 04:47:46 PM
Awwww...the DOSes are as cute as ever...Miggy-sama is...as humna humna as ever :D

And GS OS and ChainsawLinux-tan I wasn't expecting! And trying to unfreeze ME-chan no less. BSOD Begone made me LOL!

QuoteI hear that. ^^;
I'm worried about ever having to put her in situations where more dialogue is required, since I depend on phrase books for her dialogue here. -v-;

I didn't recognize what she was saying at first, but then I realized it was a Cyrillic translation of spam :P

QuoteI wanted to draw DOS/V like that for a LOOOOOOOONG time! Just like with OpenBSD-tan, she was a character that I think needed just another teaspoon of Moe. ^__^

Plus you know how attracted I am to underrepresented OS-tans. ^.^
*cough**cough**cough*OSR 2.5-sama*cough**cough*

Underrepresented? Then you must be in love with CTSS-sama! XD

QuoteMy my, everyone really likes the little Russian cutie. ^___^

Just for a little bit of trivia, PTSDOS-chan's hair style is modeled after Aleksandra Mazur, the 2006 Russian Beauty Contest winner:

She certainly is my favorite DOS-tan as well!

The braids+glasses+attitude=adorable! :P

QuoteWhile I wouldn't say she's the prettiest person in the world, that title (in my mind) does go to another very special Russian lady. ^___________^

*squeals with delight and blushes*

...Milla Jovovich?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 15, 2008, 11:00:01 PM
QuoteAwwww...the DOSes are as cute as ever...Miggy-sama is...as humna humna as ever

Fufu... I'd say that's my line, but sharing is fundamental.  ^___^
*squeals*
Plus DragonflyBSD-tan has dibs on her too.  ^.^

Funny thing, though,... the file is not accessible from the server.  Hopefully my file space isn't leaking.  ^__^'

QuoteAnd GS OS and ChainsawLinux-tan I wasn't expecting! And trying to unfreeze ME-chan no less. BSOD Begone made me LOL!

That you can think the magic of Aurora-dono for -- wouldn't have occurred to do that pairing either, although it makes sense seeing it in practice.  ^.^

QuoteI didn't recognize what she was saying at first, but then I realized it was a Cyrillic translation of spam :P

Do you know if there is an actual word for "spam" in Russian?  'v'

QuoteUnderrepresented? Then you must be in love with CTSS-sama! XD

Naaaaaaaaaaaaturally!  ^v^
I mean I wish I could fit one of the ancient OS-tans in the story, but since everything's already planned out I'm afraid that's not possible.

With the exception, maybe, of GECOS-san.....

...

...Okay, I'll see what I can do.  ^.^

QuoteShe certainly is my favorite DOS-tan as well!

The braids+glasses+attitude=adorable! :P

I don't think I've touched on her attitude as much as I've wanted to, but I think the comic hints at it a little.  ^^

Quote...Milla Jovovich?

uhh.....

....

Liked her in Fifth Element, and great actress/model etc all around, but in this case.... well,......  you're very very close.  ^.^

It's none other than Russian Volleball Superstar and All-Around Goddess!!!!

Number Eleven!!!!!!!

GAM THE GREAT, EKATERINA GAMOVA!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

(http://loaflet1.narod.ru/photo/Others/others_003.jpg)

*crowd bursts into cheer*

YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!  ^0^

And to stay relevant to the forum, here's a Japanese documentary about her.... ^.^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9PuHCenmeE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki5ORdM0gAc&feature=related

(complete with Maaya Sakamoto music!!  ^v^)

Added after 8 hours 57 minutes:

OH, AND PROGRESS UPDATE!!!!!!!

PAGE 10, PANEL 3 VECTOR SKETCH IS FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!  ^v^

(http://ostan-collections.net/annex/Images/zs05b_beta4.png)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on January 16, 2008, 12:11:49 AM
The OS 9s are getting gifts!  Hurrah!  Sonata-sensei's expression is wonderful! ^__^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 16, 2008, 08:49:27 AM
Thank you, Siya.  ^^

This pairing was also Aurora-dono's idea, only this time she also had in mind giving OS-9-tan a single-panel cameo.  So this one, I'm happy to say, is butcher-free.  ^.^

As for a commentary,...

It may not be readily apparent, but that's a microphone inside OS-9-tan's gift box.  Now the reason why the OSX-kuns are looking confused is that they've customarily always wound up being delivered to OS-9-tan -- and while they originally intended their gig for OS9-oneesan, after about 6-7 years they've gotten used to tormenting the dark-haired "oneesan".  

So now that the package isn't mixed up anymore,... well...  ^^;
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on January 16, 2008, 01:42:07 PM
QuoteDo you know if there is an actual word for "spam" in Russian? 'v'

If there is I don't know of it...

QuoteNaaaaaaaaaaaaturally! ^v^
I mean I wish I could fit one of the ancient OS-tans in the story, but since everything's already planned out I'm afraid that's not possible.

With the exception, maybe, of GECOS-san.....

...

...Okay, I'll see what I can do. ^.^

Oh, well I think a lot of the oldies like to keep to themselves... ;)

QuoteIt's none other than Russian Volleball Superstar and All-Around Goddess!!!!

Number Eleven!!!!!!!

GAM THE GREAT, EKATERINA GAMOVA!!!!!!!!!! ^V^

Aha! I should have known it! She's like...6' 8'' or something :P

QuoteOH, AND PROGRESS UPDATE!!!!!!!

PAGE 10, PANEL 3 VECTOR SKETCH IS FINISHED!!!!!!!!!! ^v^

Ooooh! OS9-tan and Mac OS 9-tan! Both looking very cute :D

Freak me out as it may, I LOL'd as the "MoeMoe Stripe Troupe" on the box...XD

QuoteIt may not be readily apparent, but that's a microphone inside OS-9-tan's gift box. Now the reason why the OSX-kuns are looking confused is that they've customarily always wound up being delivered to OS-9-tan -- and while they originally intended their gig for OS9-oneesan, after about 6-7 years they've gotten used to tormenting the dark-haired "oneesan".

So now that the package isn't mixed up anymore,... well... ^^;

LOL...
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 17, 2008, 09:50:39 AM
QuoteOh, well I think a lot of the oldies like to keep to themselves...

The majority do, yes.  ^__^
But GECOS-tan is too dynamic a character to lock away in that convent (oh sorry, I meant "Mainframe Guild".... ^.^), so I'm leaning towards making her a CIOST member.  She'd kinda be to the CIOST what EXEC-tan is to the Binteji Renmei; an elderly member that the younger OS-tans can look up to.  Course, it wouldn't work quite that smoothly,....  Â¬Â¬;

QuoteAha! I should have known it! She's like...6' 8'' or something :P

...

*covers cheeks*

*blushes*

*squeals*  ^V^

6'9" officially.  ^___^

But very very very very pretty (even with her athletic wear, but more so in civilian wear) and from what I've heard not as annoyingly self-conscious about her height (a very admirable trait, considering how much attention she grabs otherwise).  Perfection at its best!  ^0^

*sings off-key love song*

Here's hoping she and her team get Gold in Beijing!  ^-^

QuoteOoooh! OS9-tan and Mac OS 9-tan! Both looking very cute

Freak me out as it may, I LOL'd as the "MoeMoe Stripe Troupe" on the box...XD

Thank you Bella-san.  ^^
I wanted to really drill down on the similarity between OS-9 and Sonata-san,... to the point that if Sonata-sensei cut her hair, and OS-9 dyed hers, they'd could practically pass for identical twins.  ^.^
(hmmmm... maybe a story idea?)

The originally name for the OSX-kun's perversity was the "MoeMoe sha! Chippendales", but that sounded too,... proprietary (plus there's some nasty history tied to it).  ^^;

The more generic "Strip Troupe" sounds about right, and has a slight rhyme to it.  ^___^;
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on January 17, 2008, 11:08:51 AM
Been reading 3 pages for an update. I really like Aurora-hime's work on the holiday special so far!

RHL-san's concern towards Fedora-san, a cameo for Linux-tan, a C-chan newly inspired DOS,  ++'s Viru-tan cameo.

Quote
Quote"...Okay then, how about I sweeten the deal?
You lend me some of your minions for the night, and I'll file the necessary paperwork to see if I can pull those generals of yours out of Quarantine."

"I see now why YOU are a woman of bussiness. Very well, I shall consent to the conditions of this trade, oh POSIX-compliant creature dressed like Santa"

I really feel quoting that (from the 9th page) for the whole thread. I like Viru-tan's elitist-type of response to RHL-tan's corporate-esque approach. Viru-tan's speech makes her look respected and more importantly-a fun to see, rather than seeing her as a character which provides a threat. It was actually a nice touch on the following panel in which she gave a witty line in that made the two little DOSes go -_-" . Thumbs up to Bella on that one!  ;010



My greeting is so late I guess, but still a late happy birthday to Aurora-hime.


....oh and C, thanks for the 10th page. It was nice seeing a cameo of OS-9 tan and Sonata-sensei  ;061
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 17, 2008, 11:55:38 AM
QuoteBeen reading 3 pages for an update. I really like Aurora-hime's work on the holiday special so far!

RHL-san's concern towards Fedora-san, a cameo for Linux-tan, a C-chan newly inspired DOS, ++'s Viru-tan cameo.

Aha, you made it!  ^^
Plus "Aurora-hime" sounds better than "Aurora-dono",... wonder why it never occurred to me before.  ^.^

*puts on Notes*

ROMDOS-tan was the alst DOS-tan to be drawn in some way, so I figured the comic would be the perfect medium for her to make her debut.  There are still some new characters waiting to appear, so hang on to your hats!  ^___^

QuoteI really feel quoting that (from the 9th page) for the whole thread. I like Viru-tan's elitist-type of response to RHL-tan's corporate-esque approach. Viru-tan's speech makes her look respected and more importantly-a fun to see, rather than seeing her as a character which provides a threat. It was actually a nice touch on the following panel in which she gave a witty line in that made the two little DOSes go -_-" . Thumbs up to Bella on that one!  

Ahh,... you used "Quarantine" -- very good.  ^.^
Not sure what more ++ had in mind for Viru-sama, besides the description you gave me -- but since I've always viewed her as the Queen of the Viruses, I always made it a point to think of her as being classy and elitist, despite the fact that she leads a pack of misfits and troublemakers.  ^.^

In fact, that "thank you" drawing I made with her and BeOS-chan is a bit sacriligious, as she would never stoop to the level of a waitress (unless it was part of a ruse to ambush a Windows-tan).  ^.^

Couldn't decide whether to give her the sword or the glave, but settled on the glave since it made her look more "Linux like" (cause she's visiting a Linux airship, after all).  Plus I get the feeling her weapon can morph into various shapes, a take on the adaptability of viruses.

The DOS-tans used to get hounded by viruses all the time, so no way are they gonna trust her.  (although RH-tan couldn't care less)  ^.^

Quote....oh and C, thanks for the 10th page. It was nice seeing a cameo of OS-9 tan and Sonata-sensei

Thank you, Alfa-san.  ^___^
But I prefer to call her "OS-9-sensei".

You know.... just to keep with the whole "identical twin" thing.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 27, 2008, 01:56:58 AM
Haven't posted on of these in ages, but finally got around to working on the last panel.  ^___^

A very heartwarming scene....

(http://ostan-collections.net/annex/Images/zs05b_beta5.png)

....just as long as you watch where you step.  ^^'
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on January 27, 2008, 02:03:47 AM
panel 3 review:Hahaha! OS-9-tan sure is happy about getting the gift that actually is to her (and also being exempt from perverted antics that Christmas) but Mac OS 9-tan... ehhh... Not so much!

OSX-kuns: Huh? Onee-san is a blonde again? And why doesn't she look too happy?-- Uh oh...

panel 4 review: Wow! Excellent use of forced perspective with panel 4!

---

Uhh... C-Chan, remember when we were doing that Mac Party comic last year? Is it okay if I continue it again? I still remember all the suggested ideas! :D (Of course I will still continue my part with the ZS holiday special!)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on January 27, 2008, 02:18:29 AM
That's awesome!  I....I just like it a whole bunch!  I don't know what else to say.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 27, 2008, 02:21:11 AM
QuoteOSX-kuns: Huh? Onee-san is a blonde again? And why doesn't she look too happy?-- Uh oh...

LOL!  ^___^
BTW, I added someone else to that scene.  Only YOU know who it is, though, due to SVG exclusivity.  ^___^

Quotepanel 4 review: Wow! Excellent use of forced perspective with panel 4!

Thank you, it's my kind of picture!  ^v^
I really have to tha--

....

[freaks]  ZOMG!!!!!!  AURORA-HIME!!!!!!  WATCH--  WATCH WHERE YOU'RE STEPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;^0^;

QuoteUhh... C-Chan, remember when we were doing that Mac Party comic last year? Is it okay if I continue it again? I still remember all the suggested ideas!  (Of course I will still continue my part with the ZS holiday special!)

Sure, I wouldn't mind at all.  ^___^
Not sure how often I can contribute, but for sure I'll be glad to help.  Would be a good way to get those two first pages published finally.  `v'

QuoteThat's awesome! I....I just like it a whole bunch! I don't know what else to say.

*observes where Siya-san is standing*

Mmmm...... you're good.  -v-
Now help me stop Aurora-hime from standing on the grass.  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Kami-Tux on January 27, 2008, 09:27:29 AM
Heh! This penguin squawks something about the 4th panel being just insanely cute, nearly kernelpanics and waddles off.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on January 27, 2008, 10:44:00 AM
Awww, cute! I concur that this is a great job with perspective!

Hmmmm...is it just me, or is Cascade-tan looking especially Mikuru-esque?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Techno the fox on January 27, 2008, 01:06:47 PM
Aaah! It seems It's been a while since I've last been to this topic.


Starting with the first pic on this page.
The DOSes are really cute as elves, So is Miggy-sama, though she sticks out just a bit I can't possibly argue with someone as beautiful as her. ^_^

Second one: Y'know, I'd never really heard of OS-9 until I started reading ZerOSanity. Sonata doesn't look too thrilled about her present. XD

Third one: Oh My Gosh...Sooooo Cute ^___^
*Pulls out a small sign that reads "Watch your step, small linuxes" and sets it down*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 27, 2008, 05:51:30 PM
QuoteHeh! This penguin squawks something about the 4th panel being just insanely cute, nearly kernelpanics and waddles off.

And to think that the Penguin God has DSL-tan (or -kun?) in her old laptop (or as she calls it, her "Craptop").  ^.^

QuoteAwww, cute! I concur that this is a great job with perspective!

Had to practice that if I ever HOPED to even fathom the thought of a Damn Small comic.  ^^

QuoteHmmmm...is it just me, or is Cascade-tan looking especially Mikuru-esque?

Cascada-chan?  Looking like Mikuru-chan?  Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah......  ^v^

*quickly hides Bunny Mikuru prop*

(http://benippon.com/shop/i/FIG-MOSH-MikuruBG110.jpg)

QuoteStarting with the first pic on this page.
The DOSes are really cute as elves, So is Miggy-sama, though she sticks out just a bit I can't possibly argue with someone as beautiful as her.

*lecherous laugh*

Believe you and me, the sticking-out part was 120% intentional.  ^________________^

*drools*

.
.
.

*keeps drooling*

I do have to thank Aurora-sama for coming up with the idea -- I wouldn't have thought of that myself.  ^^

QuoteSecond one: Y'know, I'd never really heard of OS-9 until I started reading ZerOSanity. Sonata doesn't look too thrilled about her present. XD

Whoops d00d!

You missed one (the one with ME-tan, GS/OS-tan and ChainsawLinux-tan).  The OS-9/OS9 piece is actually the 3rd panel.  ^___^'

QuoteThird one: Oh My Gosh...Sooooo Cute ^___^
*Pulls out a small sign that reads "Watch your step, small linuxes" and sets it down*

Good thinking.  ^.^
Now I can go ahead and process my encore photo shoots.  ^___^
*calls up CE-tan*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on January 28, 2008, 05:50:10 PM
Quote from: "C-Chan"

QuoteUhh... C-Chan, remember when we were doing that Mac Party comic last year? Is it okay if I continue it again? I still remember all the suggested ideas!  (Of course I will still continue my part with the ZS holiday special!)

Sure, I wouldn't mind at all.  ^___^
Not sure how often I can contribute, but for sure I'll be glad to help.  Would be a good way to get those two first pages published finally.  `v'

I actually could use some more ideas right now ^^;
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 28, 2008, 05:53:19 PM
Here's one,....

Publish page 1 and 2.  `v'

No one's ever seen the finals yet.  -v-
(and all I have are the vector sketches...)

(http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/10570/normal_Macparty2c.jpeg)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on January 28, 2008, 06:25:45 PM
^That is in progress right now! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 30, 2008, 09:51:40 AM
Perfect.  ^^

Oh, and almost forgot to post this old pre-release:

(http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/10570/normal_CiderHouse2a.jpg)

Definitely vintage stuff, since you and I HAND-DREW this one.

*sighs nostalgically*

Ah yes,... the old 'Shopping these....
Believe you and me, I love Inkscape, but once in a blue moon I crave the unpredictability of raster-based graphics.  ^^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Dos on January 30, 2008, 10:27:22 AM
I like it i think it  funny lol
-Dos
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on January 30, 2008, 04:44:20 PM
^ Those were done is PS? Really?!

Very funny, though! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on January 31, 2008, 12:22:10 PM
Well okay, I did use some Inkscape in the first one (to vector sketch).  However, converted it to a PNG, then passed it on to Aurora-hime for actual drawing and shading in PS.  I received them once more to handpaint the backgrounds (landscaping is about the only thing I can do decently enough by hand), then shot it right back to Aurora-hime for post-production.

With Comic 2, we swapped roles:

Aurora: hand sketched
C-chan: inked  and colored
Aurora: BGs and shading (in Inkscape this time)
C-chan: post-production
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on February 04, 2008, 04:44:59 PM
A reminder that main series of ZS isn't dead despite there not being a new page in more than 2 months:

Darwin OS-tan appears and places an order for a pizza with a special topping. Something rather unusual, live bugs to be exact! While waiting, she reunites with OSX-tan! Meanwhile outside, Fark-tan sets up her own hot dog stand! The "Weeners" logo is a giant version of the "Weeners" tag from Fark!

And... I FOUND CARMEN SANDIEGO!! :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Ultimaninja on February 04, 2008, 06:36:12 PM
Not bad...

will take me awhile to get refamiliarized with the series, but the pages on this page are pretty good.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on February 04, 2008, 10:21:17 PM
QuoteA reminder that main series of ZS isn't dead despite there not being a new page in more than 2 months:

YESSS!!!  Now I can sleep in peace knowing that Aurora-hime has not, indeed, forgotten about ZS Redux.  ^___^

*initating C-chan hyperactive hyperdrive review*

PANEL 1:  AMIGA-SAMA!!! LUV U!!  ^o^
PANEL 2:  Micro Chibi 3.1-sama.  ^^
PANEL 3:  Very very charming take on the adorable young monkey girl.  And her pet,.... echidna?  ^.^
PANEL 4:  AMIGA-SAMA!!!!!  *drools*  ^u^
Darwin-chan is cute here too!
PANEL 5:  AAAAH!!!!  Forgot Darwin-tan's tail!  ^^;
Micro-chibi Miggy is to die for.  Carmen brings back many fond memories.  ^.^
PANEL 6:  Hyper happy Darwin-tan!!  Can't go wrong there.  ^___^
PANEL 7:  Oh, so she's a short one.  Figures, since she's pratically Inu-T's Mac counterpart.  ^.^
PANEL 8:  Much smiling going on here.
PANEL 9:  Well,... I suppose I should be happy that it's not Foobies-chan selling the weeners.  There'd be something very very very very wrong about that.  ^^;

*pulls emergency brake*
*gets propelled screaming towards a computer console*

QuoteNot bad...

will take me awhile to get refamiliarized with the series, but the pages on this page are pretty good.

Nice to see you around these here parts, pilgrim.  ^__~
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Techno the fox on February 04, 2008, 10:26:01 PM
Quote from: "C-chan"Whoops d00d!

You missed one (the one with ME-tan, GS/OS-tan and ChainsawLinux-tan). The OS-9/OS9 piece is actually the 3rd panel. ^___^'

Ohohoho! I didn't miss it. I saw it, just forgot to put it in my last post (lazy lazy). Anyway, my opinion: Cute, I see Chainsaw Linux-tan's putting her instruments to good use. I also see something here that ties it to the FOSA. (BSOD Begone!)


Quote from: "C-chan"Publish page 1 and 2. `v'

No one's ever seen the finals yet. -v-
(and all I have are the vector sketches...)

I'm going to save my comments on the Mac Party Manga for Aurora's new thread....But, I wonder if I could talk Sasser-tan into getting me a copy of those top-secret files you keep hidden away in the back of your computer.
(Sasser:I'm in ur PC, hijacking ur files.)
Heheh JK.

ZerOSanity's latest panel:
Ooh, DarwinOS-tan shows up. They're still in the Byte Me pizzaria, which is really starting to make me hungry...Just not for darwin's pizza....
A family reunion between OSX-tan and DarwinOS-tan. (awww)
And Fark-tan's decided to open up her own buisness, I wonder how this will turn out.

If (and that's a big IF) I ever manage to create stuff for mugen. (I'm currently studying up on it.) The Byte Me Pizzaria and the FOSA kitchen are going to be my first OSC based stages.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on February 04, 2008, 10:48:11 PM
Actually, that's a pet platypus that Darwin-tan has. A horned platypus that is!

Yeah, Foobies-tan starting the "Weeners" hot dog stand would be even scarier although more 'accurate' (Fark rarely, if ever uses the "Weeners" tag anymore but Foobies does). Even scarier would be if Fark-tan tried to make a spin-off restaruant with a similar naming convention to the Byte Me called... the "Fark this!" or "Fark you!" ;006

As for how Fark-tan's hot dog stand will do, well... gotta stay tuned for next time!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on February 06, 2008, 01:52:57 PM
Neat, a new ZS panel! Amiga-sama's looking as great as ever, and Darwin-chan is a great surprise (along with her pet platypus!)

OMG, we found Carmen Sandiago! I remember playing that game, too, on my 98 box, heehee...

Panel 8 is really sweet, and we get to see OS X and Darwin-chan's resemblace! Though technically, I can't help but think OS X-san should be calling Darwin-chan "Darwin-sama/sensei" :P

Fark-tan selling weeners is funny, too. I wonder how it'll turn out XD
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Kiso on February 06, 2008, 04:20:30 PM
Oooh... that looks awesome... I like it as much as the earlier ones.

Keeep up the good work! *thumbs up*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on February 09, 2008, 11:46:01 PM
Quote
Ohohoho! I didn't miss it. I saw it, just forgot to put it in my last post (lazy lazy). Anyway, my opinion: Cute, I see Chainsaw Linux-tan's putting her instruments to good use. I also see something here that ties it to the FOSA. (BSOD Begone!)

Fufu... well actually, this comic panel got that BSOD Begone antifreeze first.  I just donated that to the kitchen.  -v-

QuoteIf (and that's a big IF) I ever manage to create stuff for mugen. (I'm currently studying up on it.) The Byte Me Pizzaria and the FOSA kitchen are going to be my first OSC based stages.

It's great that you're working to learn how MUGEN games work.  Considering I want to study to become a Linux developer (there's no such thing as an old *Nix guru), I can't help but encourage anyone's efforts to learn something creative, fun and constructive.  ^^

If you want another level idea, consider the Bella Boost picture I'm making for Bella-sama.  It's over at my Concoctions thread.  ^___^

QuoteActually, that's a pet platypus that Darwin-tan has. A horned platypus that is!

Oooh, sorry.  Platypus... forgot....  ^^;

QuoteEven scarier would be if Fark-tan tried to make a spin-off restaruant with a similar naming convention to the Byte Me called... the "Fark this!" or "Fark you!"

*gasp*  Aurora-hime, language!  ^0^

QuotePanel 8 is really sweet, and we get to see OS X and Darwin-chan's resemblace! Though technically, I can't help but think OS X-san should be calling Darwin-chan "Darwin-sama/sensei" :P

Fufu... depends on your stance on the matter.  ^___^
Everyeone knows where I stand on Mac-tan's personification.  ^v^'

QuoteOooh... that looks awesome... I like it as much as the earlier ones.

And Aurora-hime has a LOT of earlier ones too.  ^___^
She's been around almost as long as I have,... it's unbelievable how time flies when you're having fun [I heard somebody say...].  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on February 11, 2008, 07:42:19 PM
"Valentine's Day misadventure: To dare open the loveletter?"


AOL-tan brings along a 'nice lady' that delivers a valentine to 98-tan. However, AOL-tan is unaware that the so-called 'nice lady' is a virus-tan! Upon recieving the loveletter, 98-tan is in a dilemma: To open the letter or not? ME-tan and AOL-tan want her to, 2K-tan advises against it and 95 OSR 2.5-tan is jealous that she didn't get a letter!  (oh, but only if she knew...)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on February 11, 2008, 11:29:47 PM
You have to admit, Loveletter-tan's character design is one of a kind.  Like a futuristic nun.  ^.^

Excellent job on the sketch, Aurora-hime.  ^__^

Granted this holiday pic won't be as character-packed as the party one from last year, it's still looking like a winner.  Time to show us what Aurora is capable of in '08.  ^.^

Oh, and thanks for always helping me spread the influence of the Goddess OSR 2.5-sama!  ^___^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on February 11, 2008, 11:48:57 PM
QuoteAOL-tan brings along a 'nice lady' that delivers a valentine to 98-tan. However, AOL-tan is unaware that the so-called 'nice lady' is a virus-tan! Upon recieving the loveletter, 98-tan is in a dilemma: To open the letter or not? ME-tan and AOL-tan want her to, 2K-tan advises against it and 95 OSR 2.5-tan is jealous that she didn't get a letter! (oh, but only if she knew...)

AOL-tan delivering a virus to 98-tan...? Why am I having a total 90s flashback XD

Nice job. I remember the cute Valentine's day pic you did last year, so this'll be a second success :)

QuoteYou have to admit, Loveletter-tan's character design is one of a kind. Like a futuristic nun. ^.^

"Futuristic nun"...I wasn't gonna be the one to say it ^///^

QuoteOh, and thanks for always helping me spread the influence of the Goddess OSR 2.5-sama! ^___^

*By proxy for Unix-sama, throws book at C-Chan*

Thou shall have no strange Goddesses before thee! Except for maybe Multics-sama...grrrrr....

*book hits me*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on February 12, 2008, 02:25:34 AM
HAH!  This is hilarious!  XD

I'm sorry for such a short response, but my recent role-play binge has left me a bit retarded for the night.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on February 13, 2008, 09:34:45 AM
QuoteNice job. I remember the cute Valentine's day pic you did last year, so this'll be a second success  

That reminds me.... how about I repost last year's Valentine's pic?  ^___^

(http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/10307/os-tan_valentines_special.jpg)

Ahhhh.... sweet sweet Aurora Moment nostalgia.  ^.^

Quote*By proxy for Unix-sama, throws book at C-Chan*

Thou shall have no strange Goddesses before thee! Except for maybe Multics-sama...grrrrr....

*book hits me*

Oh no,... hath thou not heardeth of Ye Olde Adventures of Mini-Goddess?  ^______^'

............

...................

.........................

*gets encyclopedia volumes thrown at him*

Quote
I'm sorry for such a short response, but my recent role-play binge has left me a bit retarded for the night.

Poor Siya-san is 'tarded.  ;___;

Come on, snap out of it buddy!  You're gonna be needing all your wits when you start coloring Parsix-sama!  ^0^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on February 14, 2008, 01:11:10 PM
Quote
You have to admit, Loveletter-tan's character design is one of a kind. Like a futuristic nun. ^.^

Look closely on Siya's thread. As I mentioned, her outfit looks like someone we knew... :P

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Darwin OS-tan appears and places an order for a pizza with a special topping. Something rather unusual, live bugs to be exact! While waiting, she reunites with OSX-tan! Meanwhile outside, Fark-tan sets up her own hot dog stand! The "Weeners" logo is a giant version of the "Weeners" tag from Fark!

Reuniting with OSX-tan. Nice

Amiga-tan was given a simple yet fun role. Very nice to see her again. Darwin-chan is simply cute.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on February 14, 2008, 09:11:09 PM
AWESOME BLOSSOM, ALFAMILLE-SAN IS BACK!!!!!  ^V^

Hold on tight, d00d,... I'll get back to you soon.  ^___^

(I had forgotten how hard it is to juggle between two forums... ^^; )

Oh yeah, and Happy Hearts and Candy and Unearthed Flowers Day, y'all!  -v-
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on February 15, 2008, 02:31:06 AM
Quote from: "C-Chan"AWESOME BLOSSOM, ALFAMILLE-SAN IS BACK!!!!!  ^V^

Hold on tight, d00d,... I'll get back to you soon.  ^___^

I just can't help giving comments on the latest illustrations. (http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/11498/z089.jpg)

*waits for your PM*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on March 09, 2008, 04:49:02 PM
I really need to do better than updating once a month x__x

Fark-tan's got some customers and business is booming! First up is Secchan then 95 OSR 2.5-tan who challenges her to a hot dog eating contest and then Hacchan joins in too!

Secchan is introduced, 95 OSR 2.5-tan and Hacchan reappear for some rivalry goodness!

And as it was mentioned: Just be glad that it's not Foobies-tan running the "Weeners" stand!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Dos on March 09, 2008, 11:58:00 PM
It cool but i only seen dos only in xmas.
-Dos
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on March 10, 2008, 04:05:28 PM
Yo Aurora-hime!  Long time no see a ZS page.  ^___^

DO I even need to explain how cute the latest strips are anymore, or can I just cute straight to a description of the weird and wacky why I'm gonna swoon?  ^^'

Oh okay,... I'll detail very quickly.  ^^'

PANEL 1:  Notice how the pouting Chibi Secchan serves as an efficient heart melter.  ^v^
PANEL 2:  Consequently, this ones your best [psycho] Secchan drawn ever!  Fark-tan's nonchalant expression is also pretty cute.  ^^
PANEL 3:  Okay, I take it back.  This one's the cutest Secchan ever drawn by the hand of Aurora-hime!  ^___^
PANEL 4:  ...but OSR 2.5-sama just mops the floor with her in the cute department.  *drool*  ^.^
PANEL 5:  Seeing the sister reunited finally is kinda nice.  Hacchan's left hand, though, looks a bit clawlike though, but their faces are great here.
PANEL 6:  And of course, a ZS comic can't be complete without the mandatory MicroChibis!  *drools at micro OSR2.5-sama* ^V^
PANEL 7:  I know the TotalFark reference spells trouble,... is a transformation in the midst?  @o@
But her expression here is priceless (pun intended!)  ^v^
PANEL 8:  Note one, but TWO sets of micro chibis!  Aurora-hime,... you're too cunning.... ^^'

*C-chan swoons,... massively*

QuoteIt cool but i only seen dos only in xmas.

Well yeah, it's hard to draw you and all your many many MANY sisters all the time!  ^^;

Now you swooon too!  ^v^

*drags down DOS-chan to the floor*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on March 10, 2008, 04:17:10 PM
QuoteI really need to do better than updating once a month x__x

I'm just in awe that you can keep a comic going...I'd never have the patience!

QuoteFark-tan's got some customers and business is booming! First up is Secchan then 95 OSR 2.5-tan who challenges her to a hot dog eating contest and then Hacchan joins in too!

Haha! Secchan's "they all must die" comment was...scarily funny. And in panel 3 Secchan is looking very cute :3
And I didn't know OSR 2.5-tan was such a glutton. But if she wanted a real challenge, she would have invited XP-tan and FreeBSD-tan to a competition!

Money-grubbing Fark-tan is funny, as is the last panel..."don't be a weenie"...LOL!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on March 10, 2008, 08:00:08 PM
Quote from: C-ChanPANEL 7:  I know the TotalFark reference spells trouble,... is a transformation in the midst?  @o@
But her expression here is priceless (pun intended!)  ^v^
Unfortuneatly, no. One must ask for TotalFark-tan's services as well as paying. Sorry, no crazy 6ft. tall, streetlamp-wielding (and usually mustard-covered) catgirl for you!

QuoteWell yeah, it's hard to draw you and all your many many MANY sisters all the time!  ^^;

Now you swooon too!  ^v^

*drags down DOS-chan to the floor*

Oh yes, the DOS-tans! They're quite the fun bunch of characters! However at the moment I don't have a lot of ideas involving the DOS-tans planned out. I'm open to suggestions! Ideas can appear in chapter 3, when the 'storyline' becomes more decentralized, allowing for more skits, appearances of characters.

Quote from: BellaHaha! Secchan's "they all must die" comment was...scarily funny. And in panel 3 Secchan is looking very cute :3
And I didn't know OSR 2.5-tan was such a glutton. But if she wanted a real challenge, she would have invited XP-tan and FreeBSD-tan to a competition!

Money-grubbing Fark-tan is funny, as is the last panel..."don't be a weenie"...LOL!

Scarily funny was exactly what I was going for with Secchan's "They must die!" comment, also a nod to Secchan's hatred towards... well, you've read some of those really weird comics involving Secchan, haven't you?...

OSR 2.5-tan isn't really gluttonous but she is really competitive against the 98-tans and would try and make anything a competition!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on March 11, 2008, 06:05:15 PM
QuoteOh yes, the DOS-tans! They're quite the fun bunch of characters! However at the moment I don't have a lot of ideas involving the DOS-tans planned out. I'm open to suggestions! Ideas can appear in chapter 3, when the 'storyline' becomes more decentralized, allowing for more skits, appearances of characters.

Ooooh...I'm a bit short on ideas now, but hopefully we might see some more obscure-yet-interesting OS-tans :D

QuoteScarily funny was exactly what I was going for with Secchan's "They must die!" comment, also a nod to Secchan's hatred towards... well, you've read some of those really weird comics involving Secchan, haven't you?...

I don't recall reading any of the comics, but trust me, Secchan's reputation precedes her O___o

QuoteOSR 2.5-tan isn't really gluttonous but she is really competitive against the 98-tans and would try and make anything a competition!

Oh....for a moment there I forgot about the 98-tans/OSR 2.5-tan rivalry!

QuoteAlso updated zerOSanity the website yesterday

Yay! I see my favorite crazed Unix fangirl Slackware-chan there :D
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on March 15, 2008, 03:37:56 PM
p.33 "Switchin' to collide"

Fark-tan appears as TotalFark-tan to her friend Slashdot-tan who... started a flamewar and LOST!! So she orders some more comfort food to deal with such loss. Meanwhile, the Mac System 4.x-tans appear, flying to the pizzeria using magic (4.2-tan can still use her magic) but 4.2-tan crashes into the wall, leading to iPod Shuffle-tan reappearing and System 4-tan and 4.4-tan join her in singing a spoof of "Switchin' to Glide"!

I also take back what I said earlier about TotalFark-tan not expected to appear but she did! A change I made when working on this page after I posted up that comment, realizing that she could appear to her friends too! ^^;
---

New page titles up to the end of chapter 2:

p.34: "Unphased?!"
p.35: "Confusion is a state in the reunion!"
p.36: "Relative theory"
p.37: "It takes just one to make a difference"
p.38: "An unforgettable Linux experience!"
p.39: "A disgruntled outlook on life"
p.40: "Join in the fun, OSR 2.1!"
p.41: "That girl is gonna whale on you!"
p.42: "Someone needs a debugging!"
p.43: "The OS formerly known as Lindows"
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on March 16, 2008, 04:25:35 PM
Oooh, a new page...

Panel 1: Hey, TotalFark-tan and Slashdot-tan make an appearance. This means Linux-tans cannot be far away...
2: A nice closeup of Slashdot-tan. I'm not %100 sure why Slashdot-tan eats so much (I know it has to do with bandwith), but I wonder if it's too late for her to get in on that hotdog eating contest with OSR 2.5 and 98-tan...?
3: TotalFark-tan is looking nice here...
4: No wai! Slashdot-tan...losing a flamewar? But she's from the flamewar capital of the known universe! She's looking cute, as is TF-tan with her "sad" tag.
5: I didn't know Mac system 4, 4.2 and 4.4-tan could fly. They're looking very cute and colorful here
6, 7, and 8: Seeing 4.2-tan crash and stager about is funny! I didn't think Macs could crash :P
9: Awww, an adorable iPod-tan :3
10: Hey, a musical scene! Even though, I'll admit, I don't get the reference...now I know how everyone feels with my parody pix ^///^

QuoteNew page titles up to the end of chapter 2:

p.34: "Unphased?!"
p.35: "Confusion is a state in the reunion!"
p.36: "Relative theory"
p.37: "It takes just one to make a difference"
p.38: "An unforgettable Linux experience!"
p.39: "A disgruntled outlook on life"
p.40: "Join in the fun, OSR 2.1!"
p.41: "That girl is gonna whale on you!"
p.42: "Someone needs a debugging!"
p.43: "The OS formerly known as Lindows"

Oooh...I see Linux-sama, Whale-tan, and Lindows-tan coming....

As for what you said about being open for suggestions, I actually have a few fun ideas for Linux-sama and Solaris-tan. I can post them if you're interested ;)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on March 16, 2008, 04:43:13 PM
Lulzworty materials detected ahead. Keep it going, lass. -w-
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Kiso on March 18, 2008, 08:25:29 PM
*comes out of AWOL mode*

Ditto that N-O.... I ditto every word you said.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on March 19, 2008, 06:31:09 AM
Then...do you Ditto THIS?
(http://faqsmedia.ign.com/faqs/image/ani132.gif)



BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *dies of laughter*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on March 25, 2008, 10:11:52 AM
Nice to see Sechan on page 33. (I actually like her better than Hachan).

Is that an iPod Shuffle-tan on the 9th panel on page 34?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on March 25, 2008, 11:25:24 AM
Hey now, you tricked me!  I thought you said TotalFark-tan wasn't going to show up?  ^___^
But the latest ZS comic looks as wonderful as always, and the new alternate Macs,... well,... certainly know their "cute"!  ^.^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on March 25, 2008, 06:58:37 PM
Quote from: BellaOooh, a new page...

Panel 1: Hey, TotalFark-tan and Slashdot-tan make an appearance. This means Linux-tans cannot be far away...

I hope so. ZS needs moar Linux-tans.

Quote2: A nice closeup of Slashdot-tan. I'm not %100 sure why Slashdot-tan eats so much (I know it has to do with bandwith), but I wonder if it's too late for her to get in on that hotdog eating contest with OSR 2.5 and 98-tan...?
You are correct, it does involve bandwidth- more specifically the "Slashdot Effect". But she's not in the contest though. Contests she would be in would be more hostile and she's not in the mood now after losing that flamewar which leads to...

Quote4: No wai! Slashdot-tan...losing a flamewar? But she's from the flamewar capital of the known universe! She's looking cute, as is TF-tan with her "sad" tag.
Slashdot-tan losing a flamewar?!?! Pretty scary, huh? She is the master of flame wars! (although that title could almost also go to Fark-tan, known to also say controversial things to get people to fiercely debate against each other)

Quote6, 7, and 8: Seeing 4.2-tan crash and stager about is funny! I didn't think Macs could crash :P
Unfortuneatly it is true- Macs can crash! Mine often does crash when leaving Classic Environment for some reason :(

And there was a time when running System 7.5 and I encountered the Sad Mac. Scared the heck out of me back then because I was so young ;__;

Quote9: Awww, an adorable iPod-tan :3
Yup, that's iPod Shuffle-tan; a recurring character that appears to sing spoofed versions of songs! :D


QuoteOooh...I see Linux-sama, Whale-tan, and Lindows-tan coming....

As for what you said about being open for suggestions, I actually have a few fun ideas for Linux-sama and Solaris-tan. I can post them if you're interested ;)
You're mostly right, although on "An unforgettable Linux experience" it is Linux XP-tan that appears! But yes I am interested in those ideas with Linux-sama and Solaris-tan!

Quote from: AlfamilleNice to see Sechan on page 33. (I actually like her better than Hachan).
I too am one of the few people who likes Secchan better than Hacchan. Hacchan is an okay character IMO, but I really like Secchan for her extreme and random craziness! :D

QuoteIs that an iPod Shuffle-tan on the 9th panel on page 34?
Why, yes it is!

Quote from: C-ChanHey now, you tricked me!  I thought you said TotalFark-tan wasn't going to show up?  ^___^
But the latest ZS comic looks as wonderful as always, and the new alternate Macs,... well,... certainly know their "cute"!  ^.^

Didn't intend to trick you there but she wasn't going to appear at first but after posting that, I got back to work on that page in Inkscape and decided to change my mind and have TF-tan appear because Slashdot-tan is one of her friends so why not have TF-tan appear to friends as well as subscribers?

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PAGE 34!

While 95 OSR 2.5-tan, Hacchan, Secchan and Slashdot-tan are chowing down on hot dogs and such, 4.2-tan realized she crashed into the wall because she's now human! After an exchange of remarks, the Mac System 4.x-tans enter the pizzeria with a headline from TotalFark-tan!

4.2-tan was unfazed by the fact that she failed to phase through the walls!

It is also noted that almost no one knows that the Mac System 5 and 6-tans have those alter-egos. They're pretty much secret identities and let's just say they know who each other really is because they set up a mutual secrecy pact to keep such secret between them. However Leopard-tan being the time-travelling genius she is, is the only other one who knows that (AND can confirm it!)but is nice enough not to tell.

Another note is that the Mac OS 8 and 9-tans had very different past selves and identities (okay, maybe not Mac OS 9-tan so much as the only differences between Mac OS 9-tan and 8.7-tan were the height and their hairclips!) but do not use them anymore.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Kiso on March 26, 2008, 03:28:30 PM
Oh... that one is nice... I like it. Though, for some reason, I only laughed after reading the last panel. I wonder if that was the intent. lol

In any case, it is still a good job, as much as the earlier ones, that if not better.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on March 27, 2008, 06:23:10 PM
Yay, a new panel! I gotta say my favorite parts were the chibis eating the hot dogs, 4.2-tan in general (she's so cute!), System 4-tan saving the falling iPod-tan in the background, and TotalFark-tan :D

QuoteI hope so. ZS needs moar Linux-tans.

Hear hear!

QuoteSlashdot-tan losing a flamewar?!?! Pretty scary, huh? She is the master of flame wars! (although that title could almost also go to Fark-tan, known to also say controversial things to get people to fiercely debate against each other)

Yeah, but Slashdot-tan has a way of initiating flamewars, not between rival factions, but fellow users of Linux :P

QuoteUnfortuneatly it is true- Macs can crash! Mine often does crash when leaving Classic Environment for some reason

And there was a time when running System 7.5 and I encountered the Sad Mac. Scared the heck out of me back then because I was so young ;__;

Yeah, but what OS doesn't crash or kernel panic?

Haha, I remember having my 98 machine bluescreen and stuff when I was young...I would always go into conniptions about killing the computer @____@

QuoteYou're mostly right, although on "An unforgettable Linux experience" it is Linux XP-tan that appears! But yes I am interested in those ideas with Linux-sama and Solaris-tan!

Ooooh, Linux XP-tan...and yeah, there's rife comedy out there with Solaris and Linux-sama...

QuoteI too am one of the few people who likes Secchan better than Hacchan. Hacchan is an okay character IMO, but I really like Secchan for her extreme and random craziness!

I've always liked Hacchan a bit more.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on March 28, 2008, 09:28:21 AM
It might sound blasmphemous, but I kinda like System 5-tan in her 4.2 form.  She looks so darn adorable.  ^^

Same for System 6,... Terminators are fun and all, but they don't hold a candle to quadruple pigtails.  Nothing short of quintuple pigtails can beat that!  @v@

I do love the little detail with the iPod-chan being propelled into the air (and being caught later on) -- in that sense, ZS is inheriting quite a bit from the Mac Manga already.  ^^

And I still see TotalFark-tan... @v@
Yeah no, I was tricked.   ;010
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on March 30, 2008, 01:40:34 PM
Not much to say except, OM NOM NOM.


I need a good picture for that.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on April 11, 2008, 10:26:36 PM
Quote from: KisoOh... that one is nice... I like it. Though, for some reason, I only laughed after reading the last panel. I wonder if that was the intent. lol

In any case, it is still a good job, as much as the earlier ones, that if not better.

The last panel was intended to be the punchline that brings the whole page together. That was what I was going for.

Quote from: BellaYeah, but Slashdot-tan has a way of initiating flamewars, not between rival factions, but fellow users of Linux :P
Hmm... And I thought that Slashdot-tan would have been friends with most of the Linux-tans =|

QuoteYeah, but what OS doesn't crash or kernel panic?

Haha, I remember having my 98 machine bluescreen and stuff when I was young...I would always go into conniptions about killing the computer @____@
Same here!

Quote from: C-ChanIt might sound blasmphemous, but I kinda like System 5-tan in her 4.2 form.  She looks so darn adorable.  ^^

Same for System 6,... Terminators are fun and all, but they don't hold a candle to quadruple pigtails.  Nothing short of quintuple pigtails can beat that!  @v@
BLASPHE--

err... uhh...

4.2-tan has the advantage over Mac System 5-tan by being able to meet outsiders, being visible and human! However she has to be cautious with pranking as she probably won't get away with it as nearly as well.

And unlike Mac System 6-tan, 4.4-tan does not need to deal with the likes of ANTI-tan or WDEF-tan! However... 4.4-tan is shorter and has to seem weaker and slower than she really is.

Ha ha... Reading your comment instantly gave me inspiration for a potential ZS short:


System 6: I am so much better than that 4.4-bouzu! I am taller, faster, stronger and more dependable! I do not need to hold back in conflict either! And I have 6 pigtails! 1, 2, 3, 4, 6! Ha, I hear that's a BIG DEAL to her!

(4.2-tan appears in the background and bursts out laughing)

4.2: (approaches) And don't forget you're more scatterbrained! Tee hee!


(The number skipping was intentional, btw!)
QuoteI do love the little detail with the iPod-chan being propelled into the air (and being caught later on) -- in that sense, ZS is inheriting quite a bit from the Mac Manga already.  ^^
You mean zerOSanity is becoming more perverted? 0__0 (surely you mean Mac Party Redux?)

QuoteAnd I still see TotalFark-tan... @v@
Yeah no, I was tricked.   ;010
BWAHAHAHAHA!
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Some of the other Mac-tans (and Darwin OS-tan) encounter 4.2-tan and 4.4-tan! Mac System 2-tan (correctly) suspects who 4.2-tan and 4.4-tan really are! (but too bad no one would believe her. No one ever considers System 2! She is the totally misunderstood genius.)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on April 12, 2008, 09:16:15 AM
Looking delicious there eh!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on April 12, 2008, 11:28:24 AM
QuoteHmm... And I thought that Slashdot-tan would have been friends with most of the Linux-tans =|

Who's to say they wouldn't like her? But perhaps she just brings up a lot of rivalry between them....

Kinda like a troublemaking friend who'll make an offhand remark regarding one Linux-tan, and at the same time really frazzle/make envious another...or something...

Quote4.2-tan has the advantage over Mac System 5-tan by being able to meet outsiders, being visible and human! However she has to be cautious with pranking as she probably won't get away with it as nearly as well.

Oh, that's right, System 5-tan cannot be seen by anyone outside of the Mac family, right?

QuoteAnd unlike Mac System 6-tan, 4.4-tan does not need to deal with the likes of ANTI-tan or WDEF-tan! However... 4.4-tan is shorter and has to seem weaker and slower than she really is.

Er...maybe I'm missing something...but who are ANTI-tan or WDEF-tan?

Sorry if it's something really obvious and I'm being a moron :P

QuoteSystem 6: I am so much better than that 4.4-bouzu! I am taller, faster, stronger and more dependable! I do not need to hold back in conflict either! And I have 6 pigtails! 1, 2, 3, 4, 6! Ha, I hear that's a BIG DEAL to her!

(4.2-tan appears in the background and bursts out laughing)

4.2: (approaches) And don't forget you're more scatterbrained! Tee hee!

Haha! Looks liek System 6-tan needs to brush up on her math.

QuoteHAHAHA! I made a reference to my original comic series in the title!
*ahem*

Some of the other Mac-tans (and Darwin OS-tan) encounter 4.2-tan and 4.4-tan! Mac System 2-tan (correctly) suspects who 4.2-tan and 4.4-tan really are! (but too bad no one would believe her. No one ever considers System 2! She is the totally misunderstood genius.)

Ooooh...my favorite part is seeing the Macs meet their long-lost sisters,  uber-adorable System 3-chan, and seeing System 1-tan hugging...System 6-tan...? :3
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on April 12, 2008, 12:04:02 PM
Quote from: "Bella"
Who's to say they wouldn't like her? But perhaps she just brings up a lot of rivalry between them....

Kinda like a troublemaking friend who'll make an offhand remark regarding one Linux-tan, and at the same time really frazzle/make envious another...or something...
Ah... I see! That works!

Quote

Oh, that's right, System 5-tan cannot be seen by anyone outside of the Mac family, right?
You are correct.

Quote

Er...maybe I'm missing something...but who are ANTI-tan or WDEF-tan?

Sorry if it's something really obvious and I'm being a moron :P

Both are malware against System 6.

ANTI-tan is her arch-enemy and a scary, sometimes homicidal doctor.

WDEF-tan would not actually be much of a threat at all but she would be very childish, persistent and annoying! But sometimes System 6-tan would be glad to see her... To take out her frusturation on without feeling any pity or remorse! ;006

QuoteHaha! Looks liek System 6-tan needs to brush up on her math.
Maybe but the problem is mainly that she is scatterbrained!

Quote

Ooooh...my favorite part is seeing the Macs meet their long-lost sisters,  uber-adorable System 3-chan, and seeing System 1-tan hugging...System 6-tan...? :3

AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAHAHAHAHA! err.. *cough* *cough* *ahem*

No, that's Ahiru-chan dressed as a spy! (Ahiru-chan/Mac System 2-tan has two ponytails on the same side and has a strong resemblance to System 1-tan)

1. System 6-tan is over with the other Mac-tans as 4.4-tan
2. Ahiru-chan is slightly (2 cm) taller than System 1-tan. System 6-tan is 60 cm taller than System 1-tan! :D


HAHAHAHAHA!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on April 13, 2008, 12:32:43 PM
QuoteBoth are malware against System 6.

ANTI-tan is her arch-enemy and a scary, sometimes homicidal doctor.

WDEF-tan would not actually be much of a threat at all but she would be very childish, persistent and annoying! But sometimes System 6-tan would be glad to see her... To take out her frusturation on without feeling any pity or remorse!

A homicidal doctor! Whatever happened to the Hippocratic oath?! :P

And WDEF-tan is like her own personal punching bag, eh?


QuoteMaybe but the problem is mainly that she is scatterbrained!

Scatterbrained, I know that feeling...(see below)

QuoteAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAHAHAHAHA! err.. *cough* *cough* *ahem*

No, that's Ahiru-chan dressed as a spy! (Ahiru-chan/Mac System 2-tan has two ponytails on the same side and has a strong resemblance to System 1-tan)

1. System 6-tan is over with the other Mac-tans as 4.4-tan
2. Ahiru-chan is slightly (2 cm) taller than System 1-tan. System 6-tan is 60 cm taller than System 1-tan!


HAHAHAHAHA!

*facepalm*

Ahiru-chan! I must have forgotten to screw my head on the right way. O__o
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on April 15, 2008, 10:52:17 PM
I feel like I'm neglecting my ZS.  Bad C-chan!  Bad piggy!  No treats for you!  >.<

Quote4.2-tan has the advantage over Mac System 5-tan by being able to meet outsiders, being visible and human! However she has to be cautious with pranking as she probably won't get away with it as nearly as well.

For one thing, we know she can't fly.  >v<

QuoteAnd unlike Mac System 6-tan, 4.4-tan does not need to deal with the likes of ANTI-tan or WDEF-tan! However... 4.4-tan is shorter and has to seem weaker and slower than she really is.

Shorter probably, but NOTHING with four pigtails can ever be weaker and slower.  ^^

QuoteSystem 6: I am so much better than that 4.4-bouzu! I am taller, faster, stronger and more dependable! I do not need to hold back in conflict either! And I have 6 pigtails! 1, 2, 3, 4, 6! Ha, I hear that's a BIG DEAL to her!

(4.2-tan appears in the background and bursts out laughing)

4.2: (approaches) And don't forget you're more scatterbrained! Tee hee!

Ah,.... 6-san has pigtails?  I thought it was all just straight out hair, based on how we did it in Mac Party......  @@'

....

Well,... once you past five, they're practically DREADLOCKS at that point.  ^^;

But yeah,...  it's a commonly-known fact that more pigtails=Win.

Look at mine....

*wags tail*

That means I was born with Win.  ^___^

Quote(The number skipping was intentional, btw!)

Invisible pigtail?  *GASP*  @@

QuoteYou mean zerOSanity is becoming more perverted? 0__0 (surely you mean Mac Party Redux?)

Oh, I'm sure I can pick up stuff that can look perverted,... if you tilt your head a certain way and squint REEEEEEEAL hard.  ^^'

But yeah, that's what I meant.  ^^;

QuotezerOSanity p.35: "Confusion is a state in the reunion"

HAHAHA! I made a reference to my original comic series in the title!
*ahem*

Some of the other Mac-tans (and Darwin OS-tan) encounter 4.2-tan and 4.4-tan! Mac System 2-tan (correctly) suspects who 4.2-tan and 4.4-tan really are! (but too bad no one would believe her. No one ever considers System 2! She is the totally misunderstood genius.)

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!  Awww man, how could I have not seen this earlier?  Aurora-hime, you have to start offering delivery service for your comics.  ^.^

This is an outright WONDERFUL way to introduce (well,... reintroduce,... except for 3-chan who still hadn't appeared in ZS) all the Classic Mac-tans!  ^v^
Also adds fuel to the mystery of what the middle number girls ate,... cause they're all so HUGE compared to their shrimpy older sisters.  @@'
Then everyone shrunk again,... then with the arrival of the OSX kitties everyone sprouted back up.  These genes are all out of whack, I tell ya....  ^^;

I love how 2-chan's raincoat even makes her look like a duck, and the cute way 1-chan introduces her in Newsspeak.  ^^

But the all-around CUTE prize has to go to my beloved 3-chan,...  She exhibits a level of shocking genkiness that can be felt on some Richter Scales!!  ^V^
And all the while maintaining that cutely antiquated feel that's SOOOO unlike kids these days.  I mean seriously, how many now keep scrapbooks? ^__^
(MySpace/Facebook pages don't count.... >.<)

QuoteA homicidal doctor! Whatever happened to the Hippocratic oath?! :P

Surprised you don't remember her.  She was one of Gus-san's last virus-tans.  ^^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on April 16, 2008, 11:04:00 PM
Quote from: "C-Chan"

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!  Awww man, how could I have not seen this earlier?  Aurora-hime, you have to start offering delivery service for your comics.  ^.^
Okay then. That will cost you $500 ;006

Quote
This is an outright WONDERFUL way to introduce (well,... reintroduce,... except for 3-chan who still hadn't appeared in ZS) all the Classic Mac-tans!  ^v^
Actually, 3-chan did get a cameo appearance on page 10 although she didn't get introduced until this page.

Quote
Also adds fuel to the mystery of what the middle number girls ate,... cause they're all so HUGE compared to their shrimpy older sisters.  @@'
There actually are some technical details behind that. For example, System 4.2 is 5x bigger than System 4.1!

Quote
Then everyone shrunk again,... then with the arrival of the OSX kitties everyone sprouted back up.  These genes are all out of whack, I tell ya....  ^^;
...Then back down again because of Puma-tan. Then back up then down again at least based on my guesses:

Cheetah: 175 cm
Puma: 137 cm
Jaguar: 167 cm
Panther: 173 cm
Tiger: 165 cm
Leopard: Varies but she is shown to be shorter than Tiger-tan.


btw, what are your guesses?

Quote
I love how 2-chan's raincoat even makes her look like a duck, and the cute way 1-chan introduces her in Newsspeak.  ^^
Glad you pointed that out- that was what I was going for! :D

QuoteBut the all-around CUTE prize has to go to my beloved 3-chan,...  She exhibits a level of shocking genkiness that can be felt on some Richter Scales!!  ^V^
And all the while maintaining that cutely antiquated feel that's SOOOO unlike kids these days.  I mean seriously, how many now keep scrapbooks? ^__^
(MySpace/Facebook pages don't count.... >.<)
Real scrapbooks seem to be a thing of the past these days ;__;
---

Updated zerOSanity the website again, summaries and character info are up to page 25 and all page titles so far are up (to page 43, the end of chapter 2)

And here's a hint to what the next page will be like: It will take a turn for the sappy!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on April 17, 2008, 06:50:48 PM
QuoteOh, I'm sure I can pick up stuff that can look perverted,... if you tilt your head a certain way and squint REEEEEEEAL hard. ^^'

But yeah, that's what I meant. ^^;

Perverted humans!

QuoteThen everyone shrunk again,... then with the arrival of the OSX kitties everyone sprouted back up. These genes are all out of whack, I tell ya.... ^^;

Well, the OSXs technically aren't "Macs", they're Unixes. But I thought the Unixes were on the shorter side...except for the BSDs, which are quite tall...@___@

QuoteAnd all the while maintaining that cutely antiquated feel that's SOOOO unlike kids these days. I mean seriously, how many now keep scrapbooks? ^__^
(MySpace/Facebook pages don't count.... >.<)

Oooh, ooh, I kept a scrapbook! Several, actually. But...I'll let you guess what happened to that hobby. : \

QuoteSurprised you don't remember her. She was one of Gus-san's last virus-tans. ^^

Oh yeah, now I remember her!

QuoteThere actually are some technical details behind that. For example, System 4.2 is 5x bigger than System 4.1!

You mean, it took up 5x more disk space, or used 5x the memory?!

QuoteCheetah: 175 cm
Puma: 137 cm
Jaguar: 167 cm
Panther: 173 cm
Tiger: 165 cm
Leopard: Varies but she is shown to be shorter than Tiger-tan.

I'd say that sounds about right...fun fact, though, I'm about the same height as Jaguar-tan (just a bit taller)!

QuoteAnd here's a hint to what the next page will be like: It will take a turn for the sappy!

Ooooh...

*gets pancakes ready*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on April 18, 2008, 07:52:54 PM
Quote from: BellaPerverted humans!

QuoteWell, the OSXs technically aren't "Macs", they're Unixes. But I thought the Unixes were on the shorter side...except for the BSDs, which are quite tall...@___@
Yeah, Although it works a lot like the Classic Mac OS on the surface and borrows heavily from it and I was and am aware of OSX's Unix origins, I didn't use to consider Mac OSX to be a Mac OS  but rather just some fancy Unix masquerading as a Mac OS. I confess, I was one of those disgruntled Mac OS 9 users who didn't upgrade by choice T__T

That suddenly made me think... Could the classic Windows OS be considered as some fancy DOS OS with a GUI? And that Windows NT and its descendants are remade variants of VMS?

And I thought that most of the Unixes were on the taller side 0__o. Ah well, it's natural for lineages to have their 'odd ones out', like how you described the Unix-tans having dark hair and glasses but there are major exceptions like the BSD-tans (except for NetBSD-tan), Darwin OS-tan, Solaris-tan and QNX-tan have bright colored hair and don't wear glasses (okay, although QNX-tan does)

QuoteYou mean, it took up 5x more disk space, or used 5x the memory?!
The system itself was 5x bigger but I do not know how much higher the hardware requirements were. They probably weren't much higher as 4.2 didn't exclude any further models (4.0 excluded the Mac 128k, 4.1 excluded the Mac 512k)

QuoteOoooh...

*gets pancakes ready*

Here you go!

p.36: "Relative theory"

For a moment, let's look at a couple OS-tans who are less fortunate and hardly or don't have a family...

ZS takes a turn for the sappy when Windows 2.0-tan appears and stumbles upon the crowd of Mac-tans (and Darwin-tan) happily chatting with each other, reminding her of a happy family she and Windows 1.0-tan have not had in a long long time! As she cries, Amiga-tan and Windows 1.0-tan appear to comfort her.

I also want to point out that the last panel is very important: As you may know, the Windows 1.0 and 2.0-tans were exiled and I assume they cannot be with their descendants. Although XP-tan is nearby, she is distracted and completely unaware of what was going on behind her.
---

next up: Another website-tan will be introduced into the series and she will interact with Toshiaki!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on April 18, 2008, 08:13:41 PM
*sniff*  This page is a real tear-jerker.  

A real awesome tear-jerker!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on April 18, 2008, 08:26:39 PM
QuoteBWAHAHAHA!

XD

QuoteYeah, Although it works a lot like the Classic Mac OS on the surface and borrows heavily from it and I was and am aware of OSX's Unix origins, I didn't use to consider Mac OSX to be a Mac OS but rather just some fancy Unix masquerading as a Mac OS. I confess, I was one of those disgruntled Mac OS 9 users who didn't upgrade by choice T__T

I didn't know you were a big fan of the Classic Macs. On the good side, however, I'm sure the OS Xs are quite a bit stabler....

QuoteThat suddenly made me think... Could the classic Windows OS be considered as some fancy DOS OS with a GUI? And that Windows NT and its descendants are remade variants of VMS?

I've always considered the 9x Windows family to be nothing but DOS with a GUI; I mean, it's not a very accurate description...a lot of features were added that made it separate from DOS, but then again they could be run in a DOS mode without the GUI...

And the NT OS family are quite stable and advanced compared to their 9x counterparts; I think this is because of its VMS heritage, although this really isn't anything that can be proven...

QuoteAnd I thought that most of the Unixes were on the taller side 0__o. Ah well, it's natural for lineages to have their 'odd ones out', like how you described the Unix-tans having dark hair and glasses but there are major exceptions like the BSD-tans (except for NetBSD-tan), Darwin OS-tan, Solaris-tan and QNX-tan have bright colored hair and don't wear glasses (okay, although QNX-tan does)

My reasoning behind believing a lot of the Unixes to be on the small side is because of Unix being a "small OS" ;)

Of course, this would really only apply to the original Unix, System V and Plan 9 side of the family; I suppose the BSDs would be quite tall, though (since BSD is considered more advanced and refined than System V Unix)

The dark hair and glasses thing was really just a reference to Unix-sama; but, I have to say, it's quite possible Solaris-tan wore glasses as a youth (back when she was SunOS-chan:)

http://pony.tail.net/toko/toko13.jpg

QuoteFor a moment, let's look at a couple OS-tans who are less fortunate and hardly or don't have a family...

ZS takes a turn for the sappy when Windows 2.0-tan appears and stumbles upon the crowd of Mac-tans (and Darwin-tan) happily chatting with each other, reminding her of a happy family she and Windows 1.0-tan have not had in a long long time! As she cries, Amiga-tan and Windows 1.0-tan appear to comfort her.

I also want to point out that the last panel is very important: As you may know, the Windows 1.0 and 2.0-tans were exiled and I assume they cannot be with their descendants. Although XP-tan is nearby, she is distracted and completely unaware of what was going on behind her.

Awww, poor 2.0-chan; when I heard this page was gonna be sappy, I should have known she'd be involved. I'm glad she has her mother, and has found a new family in the Benteji Renmei, though.

And I guess it's extra sad that XP-san is is the same room with 2.0-chan, and they don't even know of their relationship :..(

Favorite parts:
2.0-chan, of course! She's likely my favorite Windows-tan; if I may say it again, she's just manically delicious. Seeing Miggy, 1.0-tan, and 2.0-chan together is great, too; as is seeing the "traitor" XP-san listening to an iPod-tan! Haha! Even she's not fooled by the Zune.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on April 19, 2008, 09:30:38 PM
QuoteOkay then. That will cost you $500

...Jamaican dollars?  ^___^

QuoteActually, 3-chan did get a cameo appearance on page 10 although she didn't get introduced until this page.

Time for a quick trip down memory lane.... ^^

(http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/10307/zs10.jpg)

Oh yeah, there she goes.  ^.^

QuoteCheetah: 175 cm
Puma: 137 cm
Jaguar: 167 cm
Panther: 173 cm
Tiger: 165 cm
Leopard: Varies but she is shown to be shorter than Tiger-tan.

btw, what are your guesses?

Hmm....

*ponders

180
145
167
175
166
Varies

Right back at you.  What'cha think? ^__^

QuoteGlad you pointed that out- that was what I was going for!

QUACK QUACK!!!!  ^0^

QuoteWell, the OSXs technically aren't "Macs", they're Unixes. But I thought the Unixes were on the shorter side...except for the BSDs, which are quite tall...@___@

*thinks of Solaris, IRIX, BSD-sama, HP-UX, AUX, etc, etc,...*

Come again?  @v@;

QuoteOooh, ooh, I kept a scrapbook! Several, actually. But...I'll let you guess what happened to that hobby. : \

I'm surprised,... that's almost like photography.  ^^

QuoteBWAHAHAHA!

FOOBIES-chan looks a bit....... perverted there.  ^.^

QuoteYeah, Although it works a lot like the Classic Mac OS on the surface and borrows heavily from it and I was and am aware of OSX's Unix origins, I didn't use to consider Mac OSX to be a Mac OS but rather just some fancy Unix masquerading as a Mac OS. I confess, I was one of those disgruntled Mac OS 9 users who didn't upgrade by choice T__T

Yeah, I remember back when OSX was kinda like the "Vista" of its day.  So many die-hard Mac users seemed allergic to Cheetah-san,... with good reason, given her slight.... instability.... ^^'

QuoteThat suddenly made me think... Could the classic Windows OS be considered as some fancy DOS OS with a GUI? And that Windows NT and its descendants are remade variants of VMS?

Yeah, don't think its a matter of "could" rather than "is".  ^.^

Quotep.36: "Relative theory"

For a moment, let's look at a couple OS-tans who are less fortunate and hardly or don't have a family...

ZS takes a turn for the sappy when Windows 2.0-tan appears and stumbles upon the crowd of Mac-tans (and Darwin-tan) happily chatting with each other, reminding her of a happy family she and Windows 1.0-tan have not had in a long long time! As she cries, Amiga-tan and Windows 1.0-tan appear to comfort her.

I also want to point out that the last panel is very important: As you may know, the Windows 1.0 and 2.0-tans were exiled and I assume they cannot be with their descendants. Although XP-tan is nearby, she is distracted and completely unaware of what was going on behind her.

WOW!!!  This is an amazing panel!!  ^v^
It's a tearjerker yes, but so cute and charming!  And it has the greatest concentration of my favorite characters in it!!  Amiga-sama,... Win2.0-chan.... 1.0-san... 3.0-chan.  All the latest Macs!  Plus a witty cameo of Zune-chan!!!  

I'll take this panel by panel.... ^___^

#1:  You know I always love your Micro Chibis.  ^.^
But 2.0-chan especially looks adorable as one.  ^v^

#2,3,4:  NOOO!!! My poor 2.0-chan is crying!!  ;^0^;
Who made her cry?!!  UNFORGIVABLE!!!  ;>o<;

*grabs a club and searches for offenders*

#5:  AMIGA-sama!!!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

*EXPLODES*

What a fantastic pose of hers.  ^___^
And 1.0-san looks great too... I love how you made her speech true to character.  ^.^

#6: I'd be lucky to see those beauties comfort me as well.  ^v^

#7:  More Micro Chibi action.  ^____________^
I definitely love how XP-tan seems oblivious to everything, including the two media player-tans fighting on her shoulders.  ^.^

QuoteMy reasoning behind believing a lot of the Unixes to be on the small side is because of Unix being a "small OS"

Of course, this would really only apply to the original Unix, System V and Plan 9 side of the family; I suppose the BSDs would be quite tall, though (since BSD is considered more advanced and refined than System V Unix)

That's about right.  ^___^
It's no surprise that Plan 9 is short, since she's a lot closer to her mother than most of the modern Unices.  ^.^

QuoteThe dark hair and glasses thing was really just a reference to Unix-sama; but, I have to say, it's quite possible Solaris-tan wore glasses as a youth (back when she was SunOS-chan:)

Right on.  ^^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on April 20, 2008, 06:06:47 PM
QuoteYeah, I remember back when OSX was kinda like the "Vista" of its day. So many die-hard Mac users seemed allergic to Cheetah-san,... with good reason, given her slight.... instability.... ^^'

This I didn't know, either...I mean, I had heard Cheetah was a bit rough to work with...

Little did they know that OS X would launch Apple back into consumer popularity ;)

QuoteThat's about right. ^___^
It's no surprise that Plan 9 is short, since she's a lot closer to her mother than most of the modern Unices. ^.^

Oh yeah...Plan 9-san is supposed to be, like, 5' 3''?
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Alfamille on May 14, 2008, 12:41:21 PM
Quotep.36: "Relative theory"

For a moment, let's look at a couple OS-tans who are less fortunate and hardly or don't have a family...

ZS takes a turn for the sappy when Windows 2.0-tan appears and stumbles upon the crowd of Mac-tans (and Darwin-tan) happily chatting with each other, reminding her of a happy family she and Windows 1.0-tan have not had in a long long time! As she cries, Amiga-tan and Windows 1.0-tan appear to comfort her.

I also want to point out that the last panel is very important: As you may know, the Windows 1.0 and 2.0-tans were exiled and I assume they cannot be with their descendants. Although XP-tan is nearby, she is distracted and completely unaware of what was going on behind her.
---

next up on zerOSanity: Another website-tan will be introduced into the series and she will interact with Toshiaki!


Its been a long time since I saw her as one of C's illustration. I've always like how C designed her hair along with fair looks.

Good to see her in ZS. Being the one who knew everything about the Windows family from the beggining  ;010
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 22, 2008, 06:50:08 PM
With my necromancy skillz, it lives once more!

However, ZS will be rewritten and simplified considerably. The storyline of the OS-tans on a summer vacation travel will be reduced or eliminated for reasons of simplicity:

1. Although it helped organize the gags, skits and randomness incorporated into ZS in the beginning, it started to get convoluted as I added in a lot of characters (which was one of the downfalls of the original ZS), so I decided to cut it out before it was too late.

2. Because events and characters' appearances were organized very specifically, if I wanted to add in some new characters or gags or whatever, I may have to squeeze them in more than 40 pages ahead of where I currently am. By reducing organization, I can squeeze in recently-thought up stuff much sooner than if I stayed with the organized storyline.

Page 36 was the end of ZS Redux chapters 1 and 2; page 37 is the start of zerOSanity 2.5 (containing the last few pages of what was originally still going to be in chapter 2) which will be the transition into "zerOSanity- Take 3" (chapter 3 and onwards, implementing the much simplified storyline I had in mind).

Pages 1-36 will still remain. It's just that these later pages will transition into and take a simplified approach.

I've also got back into working on ZS to balance out all the sappy stuff I have written. I really like sappyness but still being a cheesy comedy person, I feel the need to balance it out with... cheesy comedy!

page 37: "It takes just one to make a difference"

Don't be fooled by the inspirational-sounding title! This page is just as cheesy as most of ZS and even contains implied crude humor!

Toshiaki consults BBSpot-tan about proofreading his paper. BBSpot-tan notices a typo and laughs like crazy about it! Toshiaki is not amused though.

BBSpot-tan's rambling in the last panel explains the double meaning of the page title! (And that particular typo of the word 'public' really is a BBlooper that has occured multiple times)
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on June 22, 2008, 11:07:43 PM
IT LIIIIIVES!


...and a seesaw demon rejoiced! :D

Added after 3 minutes:

As much as the sacrifice of the storyline is going to be mourned, I understand how a faster-paced, gag-based comic would be a much more appropriate approach.  I can't wait to see what else the improved zerOSanity has in store for us!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on June 23, 2008, 05:29:22 AM
"pubic download", Toshiaki?
*pff*
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on June 26, 2008, 03:49:19 PM
Hey, good to see a new page! I think it's good to try to go for a more simple approach, I really do...

Panel 1: Oooh, a very nice scene here with Toshiaki and BBSpot-tan. I'm really liking BBSpot-tan, she's cute in a way...
2: Much cuteness still...
3: Uh...oh...Toshiaki misspelled "public"? What could it be...Pulic?
*Thinks*
*Thinks*
*lightbulb goes of*
4: OHSHI-! I am feeling that my salty language and loose fanservice has had a most bad impression on Aurora-san. Forgive meeeeeeeeee!!!
5: Speaking of the very inspirational title, BBSpot-tan's speech here sounds like a public (oh gawd I hope I spelled this right) service announcement of sorts. Only YOU can stop embarrassing typos!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 26, 2008, 04:37:37 PM
Quote from: "Siya"IT LIIIIIVES!


...and a seesaw demon rejoiced! :D
IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIVE! MUAHAHAHA!

Quote
As much as the sacrifice of the storyline is going to be mourned, I understand how a faster-paced, gag-based comic would be a much more appropriate approach.  I can't wait to see what else the improved zerOSanity has in store for us!

I'm going to miss having the full storyline too. I have had a couple major plot twists even planned out too. Since this may not be implemented anyways, I will reveal some of the things I originally had in mind: Conflict with enemy characters!

That's right. Some serious conflicts between the OS-tans and a group of malicious hackers and their virus machines of doom (this was planned out back in 2006, before there were virus-tans). What I originally had in mind for chapter 4 involved the hackers attempting to take over television and brainwash the OS-tans to do their bidding.

The OS-tans all would have teamed up against the hackers in a televised, theatrical showdown!
...

Then, in what would have been chapter 5, the hackers would have returned again, this time attempting to take the OS-tans by brute force. Those remaining would have fought against the (then stronger) hackers to get the others back!

I'm just going to keep things moderately simple with a decentralized series of silly mini-plots! (but some continuity will still remain)

Quote from: "NejinOniwa""pubic download", Toshiaki?
*pff*
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA

Ecchi thoughts are bad!

Quote from: "Bella"Hey, good to see a new page! I think it's good to try to go for a more simple approach, I really do...
I agree. But too bad it has taken me this long to try something more simple, considering that too often I am bogged down with overly ambitious and time-consuming ideas x__x

Quote
Panel 1: Oooh, a very nice scene here with Toshiaki and BBSpot-tan. I'm really liking BBSpot-tan, she's cute in a way...
2: Much cuteness still...
3: Uh...oh...Toshiaki misspelled "public"? What could it be...Pulic?
*Thinks*
*Thinks*
*lightbulb goes of*
Aha!

Quote
4: OHSHI-! I am feeling that my salty language and loose fanservice has had a most bad impression on Aurora-san. Forgive meeeeeeeeee!!!
Not really. I do have a crude sense of humor as well. I've just felt more daring lately, straying away from the silly cheesy comedy for just a little bit. Page 36 took a turn for the sappy! And now page 37 took a turn for the umm... crude!

But page 38 will be back to the random cheesyness!

Quote
5: Speaking of the very inspirational title, BBSpot-tan's speech here sounds like a public (oh gawd I hope I spelled this right) service announcement of sorts. Only YOU can stop embarrassing typos!

P-U-B-L-I-C. Very good!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on June 26, 2008, 07:20:12 PM
QuoteEcchi thoughts are bad!
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g239/NejinOniwa/Mahoro_REVERSE.jpg)
I think elsewise! >:3
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 27, 2008, 01:12:30 PM
Page 38: "An unforgettable Linux eXPerience!"

Linux XP-tan (masquerading as XP Pro-tan) appears at NT's, ME's 2K's and XP's summer house. However her cover is blown when Inu-T points out that she didn't finish her beef bowl!

In other news, hey look! Inu-T reappears, last seen on page 03!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: NejinOniwa on June 27, 2008, 01:57:39 PM
/i/nsurgents, in my /osc/ comics?
It's more likely than you think!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: CaptBrenden on June 27, 2008, 02:20:58 PM
mmmm beef bowl....

I think I might walk down the street to get one
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Gussy Keniji on June 28, 2008, 11:20:42 AM
Quote from: "NejinOniwa"
QuoteEcchi thoughts are bad!
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g239/NejinOniwa/Mahoro_REVERSE.jpg)
I think elsewise! >:3
BIZARRO BIZARRO BIZARRO (Tasteless Sealab referance)

...In anycase, been awhile and I come back to see a highly prosperous comic becoming even more prosperous, excellent work dood-ette. And also...

~nom nom nom nom nom delicious beef bowl is delicious
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on June 29, 2008, 11:54:48 AM
Haha! I really love Linux XP-tan here. Seeing her confuse Inu-T was quite hilarious :D

But in the end, she proved that she is a Linux-tan through and through; she just couldn't down as much RAM as her idol, XP-san.

While all the chibis are adorable, I find panels 1 and 12 are especially cute!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on June 29, 2008, 03:25:57 PM
Alrighty,... have I been here lately?  ^^

*runs checksum*

....

Nope, have not.  Okay.  ^.^

*starts typing furiously*

Added after 1 hours 6 minutes:

 
Quotep.36: "Relative theory"

For a moment, let's look at a couple OS-tans who are less fortunate and hardly or don't have a family...

BWAHA!!  I just had to look at that picture again!  I LOVEZ IT!!!  ^.^

QuoteHowever, ZS will be rewritten and simplified considerably. The storyline of the OS-tans on a summer vacation travel will be reduced or eliminated for reasons of simplicity:

1. Although it helped organize the gags, skits and randomness incorporated into ZS in the beginning, it started to get convoluted as I added in a lot of characters (which was one of the downfalls of the original ZS), so I decided to cut it out before it was too late.

Poor Aurora-hime.  ;___;

Well in fairness, that did kinda help cause the Zerosanity Xmas Special to implode.  Fewer chapters yes, but still too many characters.  ;.;

At this point really I would say definitely try what's best.  After all, the new Mac fairytale is pretty narrow in scope compared to ZS, and yet is very brilliant.  ^.^

Quote2. Because events and characters' appearances were organized very specifically, if I wanted to add in some new characters or gags or whatever, I may have to squeeze them in more than 40 pages ahead of where I currently am. By reducing organization, I can squeeze in recently-thought up stuff much sooner than if I stayed with the organized storyline.

I think we said before that a skit-based story would definitely enable the exposure of more new and interesting characters (and character interactions) than adhering to a predefined script.  ^^

Best of all, you wouldn't necessarily be limited to present day stuff -- you could make scripts several years in the past or many years in the future.  ^.^

QuoteI've also got back into working on ZS to balance out all the sappy stuff I have written. I really like sappyness but still being a cheesy comedy person, I feel the need to balance it out with... cheesy comedy!

Touche.  ^>^
Although I wouldn't necessarily call it cheesy, just plain comedy.  ^^
QuoteNow... zerOSanity 2.5 has begun!:


page 37: "It takes just one to make a difference"

Don't be fooled by the inspirational-sounding title! This page is just as cheesy as most of ZS and even contains implied crude humor!

Toshiaki consults BBSpot-tan about proofreading his paper. BBSpot-tan notices a typo and laughs like crazy about it! Toshiaki is not amused though.

BBSpot-tan's rambling in the last panel explains the double meaning of the page title! (And that particular typo of the word 'public' really is a BBlooper that has occured multiple times)

Alrighty!  And it's off with a bang!  ^__^

See what I mean?  Who in the world would think that Toshiaki and BBSpot-tan interaction were possible, or even integral to the original ZS plot?!  And yet here I am, LMAOing to this!  ^v^

PANEL 1:  Good first frontal shot of BBSpot-tan -- the ponytail really accentuates the cute expression.  We got some palm trees going in the background -- despite your "simplifying" things, the detail's pretty effective and definitely enhances the whimsical theme of the comic.  You'll have to tell us how you did the wavy pattern on the tablecloths,... perhaps utilizing a tried and true technique?  ^___^

PANEL 2:  Cute
PANEL 3:  Cuter
PANEL 4:  CUTEST!!!  That's awesome how you have her vandalizing his paper, while laughing maniacally.  ^___^
PANEL 5:  *gasp* She's short.  @@
Evidently, though, she's a strong proponent of the adage that NO small amount of embarrassment ever escapes the ever watchful eyes of internet users.  ^^;

All around, this is a great start to your new ZS format, and now I definiely can't wait for your next round of ingenious little shorts.  ^v^

Quote4: OHSHI-! I am feeling that my salty language and loose fanservice has had a most bad impression on Aurora-san. Forgive meeeeeeeeee!!!

GYAH!!  Bella-hime has corrupted Aurora-hime!!  @.@
Yessireebob, that would explain things.  -.-

Indeed, the only way to cure her now is to get more C-chan exposure. After all, my drawings and stories are so chock-full of tender moments and PG-rated goodness, they might as well be from Studio Ghibli.

Take for instances my completely unsuggestive Abraxis/Fried Chicken Linux pic, or my Windows CE/Damn Small Linux portraiture.  ^.^

QuoteThat's right. Some serious conflicts between the OS-tans and a group of malicious hackers and their virus machines of doom (this was planned out back in 2006, before there were virus-tans). What I originally had in mind for chapter 4 involved the hackers attempting to take over television and brainwash the OS-tans to do their bidding.

The OS-tans all would have teamed up against the hackers in a televised, theatrical showdown!

Ooh,.. I was wondering if there was going to be some enemies at some point.  ^__^

QuoteI'm just going to keep things moderately simple with a decentralized series of silly mini-plots! (but some continuity will still remain)

Well now you can have them fight on demand.  ^___^
I still loved seeing our brief cameo of Viru-sama.  ^^

QuotePage 38: "An unforgettable Linux eXPerience!"


Linux XP-tan (masquerading as XP Pro-tan) appears at NT's, ME's 2K's and XP's summer house. However her cover is blown when Inu-T points out that she didn't finish her beef bowl!

In other news, hey look! Inu-T reappears, last seen on page 03!

OMG!!!  LINUX XP-SAMA IS TOO KEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWTTTTTTTTTEEEEEE!!!!  @V@

*head explodes*

Sorry,... I keep doing that in all your threads.  I'll get that...

*starts cleaning up*

Barring the fact that thse doesn't mind trespassing in private property, Linux XP-tan is such an adorable thing -- certainly have to love the new dress you made for her. ^___^

I imagine that aside from not finishing up the beef bowl, she probably also started washing dishes,... something the real XP-tan might be too gorged to do (and probably just sticks them straight into the dishwasher).  ^^;

Any appearance by Linux XP-tan is dynamite, but NT deserves high grades for her overly cute shots as well, including those in Panels 2 and 9 which are my absolutely favorites ("WAAAAAAAAA!").  ^____^

Speaking of which, your backgrounds are still very detailed.

Do please tell us how you did the grass and the pyrotechnic background in Panels 11/12.  ^__^
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on June 30, 2008, 12:14:57 AM
Quote from: "Bella"Haha! I really love Linux XP-tan here. Seeing her confuse Inu-T was quite hilarious :D
She was convincing at first...

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But in the end, she proved that she is a Linux-tan through and through; she just couldn't down as much RAM as her idol, XP-san.
...Until that happened. She cannot consume as much as XP Pro-tan can! Likewise, Linux XP-tan is revolted by yaoi- so her attempts at imitating Homeko would work until someone shows her some yaoi... ;012

Quote from: "C-Chan"
BWAHA!!  I just had to look at that picture again!  I LOVEZ IT!!!  ^.^
That's one of your favorite ZS pages, isn't it? :D

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Poor Aurora-hime.  ;___;

Well in fairness, that did kinda help cause the Zerosanity Xmas Special to implode.  Fewer chapters yes, but still too many characters.  ;.;
Hmm... Just about everything that was to be in the ZS Xmas Special was planned out although it included some characters that had not been made until much later (such as eCOS-tan and Atari DOS-tan). It's a shame the Xmas special never got finished ;__;

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At this point really I would say definitely try what's best.  After all, the new Mac fairytale is pretty narrow in scope compared to ZS, and yet is very brilliant.  ^.^
Thanks! And I guess that sometimes less is more? ;012

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I think we said before that a skit-based story would definitely enable the exposure of more new and interesting characters (and character interactions) than adhering to a predefined script.  ^^
So true! And that was exactly why I made this change.

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Best of all, you wouldn't necessarily be limited to present day stuff -- you could make scripts several years in the past or many years in the future.  ^.^
That could be really interesting! Truth be told, pages 40-43 do take place in the past from the current ZS time! (although only about one hour in the past...)


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Alrighty!  And it's off with a bang!  ^__^

See what I mean?  Who in the world would think that Toshiaki and BBSpot-tan interaction were possible, or even integral to the original ZS plot?!  And yet here I am, LMAOing to this!  ^v^
You're right! Being confined to a strict storyline may not allow for random stuff like this!

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PANEL 1:  Good first frontal shot of BBSpot-tan -- the ponytail really accentuates the cute expression.  We got some palm trees going in the background -- despite your "simplifying" things, the detail's pretty effective and definitely enhances the whimsical theme of the comic.  You'll have to tell us how you did the wavy pattern on the tablecloths,... perhaps utilizing a tried and true technique?  ^___^
I can't exactly recall what technique I used with the wavy tablecloths. I think I did use the technique I learned for making a checkerboard pattern  but manually bent the squares depending on the folds of the cloth. It's pretty tedious T__T

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PANEL 2:  Cute
PANEL 3:  Cuter
PANEL 4:  CUTEST!!!  That's awesome how you have her vandalizing his paper, while laughing maniacally.  ^___^
She is crazy indeed! And also kinda demented (there are some demented BBloopers there!) and the blooper she pointed out also indicates that she's certainly not the most mature character around...

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PANEL 5:  *gasp* She's short.  @@
Not that short (but then again, your standards of short/average/tall are very different from most), she is about 5'4'' [163 cm] which is the US female average height. Although yes she is short compared to Toshiaki and of course short compared to TotalFark-tan and Barbie Linux-tan!

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Evidently, though, she's a strong proponent of the adage that NO small amount of embarrassment ever escapes the ever watchful eyes of internet users.  ^^;
Yup! I myself have even pointed out and taken screenshots of some potential BBloopers on news articles!

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All around, this is a great start to your new ZS format, and now I definiely can't wait for your next round of ingenious little shorts.  ^v^
I'm back full force working in ZS! :D

However the downside is that I still have the first OS-tan Flashbackstory Chronicles story to finish. But sketched on paper I am almost all the way through. I'll just devote a little bit of time (up to one hour) a day each day to finish it up so I can get it done while still working on ZS.

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GYAH!!  Bella-hime has corrupted Aurora-hime!!  @.@
Yessireebob, that would explain things.  -.-

Indeed, the only way to cure her now is to get more C-chan exposure. After all, my drawings and stories are so chock-full of tender moments and PG-rated goodness, they might as well be from Studio Ghibli.

Take for instances my completely unsuggestive Abraxis/Fried Chicken Linux pic, or my Windows CE/Damn Small Linux portraiture.  ^.^
*looks at mentioned pictures again*

Very very cute and I did not see anything suggestive about them! Really! I was quite baffled when someone thought the CE + Damn Small Linux pic was suggestive!

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Ooh,.. I was wondering if there was going to be some enemies at some point.  ^__^
Did you think ZS was going to be all sunshine, randomness and cheerful misadventures? ;006

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Well now you can have them fight on demand.  ^___^
I still loved seeing our brief cameo of Viru-sama.  ^^
That could work.

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OMG!!!  LINUX XP-SAMA IS TOO KEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWTTTTTTTTTEEEEEE!!!!  @V@

*head explodes*

Sorry,... I keep doing that in all your threads.  I'll get that...

*starts cleaning up*

Barring the fact that thse doesn't mind trespassing in private property, Linux XP-tan is such an adorable thing -- certainly have to love the new dress you made for her. ^___^
Well... Linux XP-tan's dress is not completely new. It's a variation of the dress she wore in Bella's second depiction of Linux XP-tan (also paired with DreamLinux-tan)

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I imagine that aside from not finishing up the beef bowl, she probably also started washing dishes,... something the real XP-tan might be too gorged to do (and probably just sticks them straight into the dishwasher).  ^^;
Ahahahahaha!

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Any appearance by Linux XP-tan is dynamite, but NT deserves high grades for her overly cute shots as well, including those in Panels 2 and 9 which are my absolutely favorites ("WAAAAAAAAA!").  ^____^
So you are fond of Linux XP-tan despite the fact that she is a total wannabe? ;012

Panel 9 was also my favorite appearance of Inu-T in all of ZS (although she has only appeared on pages 02, 03 and 38.)

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Speaking of which, your backgrounds are still very detailed.
Somehow they took less time to make than usual. Best of both worlds! Detailed backgrounds that were also fairly quick to make! :D

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Do please tell us how you did the grass and the pyrotechnic background in Panels 11/12.  ^__^

Did both in Photoshop.

Panel 11: Used a blue and a much lighter blue linear gradient, added some green and white brush strokes and added in a few sparkles from a sparkle/snowflake-like brush

Panel 12: Used a similar blue gradient- but with more contrast between the shades of blue and it was also a radial gradient situated near the center of the panel. Using the pen tool, I made a several-pointed starshape, colored it white, rasterized that shape layer and used a strong Radial Blur filter (set to 'Zoom'). Then used a light green and translucent/moderately opaque brush and applied it around the edges of the white blurred starshape. Finished with orange and white star + sparkle shapes with the brushes.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on July 01, 2008, 10:23:42 AM
Quote...Until that happened. She cannot consume as much as XP Pro-tan can! Likewise, Linux XP-tan is revolted by yaoi- so her attempts at imitating Homeko would work until someone shows her some yaoi...

Oh man...now that'd be lolworthy. XD

QuoteThat's one of your favorite ZS pages, isn't it?

I second this! Win 2.0-chan = pure win.

QuoteWell in fairness, that did kinda help cause the Zerosanity Xmas Special to implode. Fewer chapters yes, but still too many characters. ;.;

Hmm... Just about everything that was to be in the ZS Xmas Special was planned out although it included some characters that had not been made until much later (such as eCOS-tan and Atari DOS-tan). It's a shame the Xmas special never got finished ;__;

Wha? The VMS-sama fangirl herself was going to be featured?

I'm sad it never got finished, too... :..(

QuoteYou're right! Being confined to a strict storyline may not allow for random stuff like this!

I find myself a bit tired with strict storylines, as well....perhaps I should adopt a looser timeline with my future comics...?

QuoteI can't exactly recall what technique I used with the wavy tablecloths. I think I did use the technique I learned for making a checkerboard pattern but manually bent the squares depending on the folds of the cloth. It's pretty tedious T__T

Wow, that's good you have the patience...I wouldn't, I don't think...

QuoteNot that short (but then again, your standards of short/average/tall are very different from most), she is about 5'4'' [163 cm] which is the US female average height. Although yes she is short compared to Toshiaki and of course short compared to TotalFark-tan and Barbie Linux-tan!

Aha! So I am taller than usual. Lawl.
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Yup! I myself have even pointed out and taken screenshots of some potential BBloopers on news articles!

Really? Did they show up on the site?

Quote*looks at mentioned pictures again*

Very very cute and I did not see anything suggestive about them! Really! I was quite baffled when someone thought the CE + Damn Small Linux pic was suggestive!

I thought FCL-tan + Abraxas-tan was suggestive in a puppy love kinda way or something...XD

I didn't see anything going on with the CE + Damn Small Linux picture, though.

QuoteWell... Linux XP-tan's dress is not completely new. It's a variation of the dress she wore in Bella's second depiction of Linux XP-tan (also paired with DreamLinux-tan)

I thought this rung a bell with me ;)

QuoteDid both in Photoshop.

Panel 11: Used a blue and a much lighter blue linear gradient, added some green and white brush strokes and added in a few sparkles from a sparkle/snowflake-like brush

Panel 12: Used a similar blue gradient- but with more contrast between the shades of blue and it was also a radial gradient situated near the center of the panel. Using the pen tool, I made a several-pointed starshape, colored it white, rasterized that shape layer and used a strong Radial Blur filter (set to 'Zoom'). Then used a light green and translucent/moderately opaque brush and applied it around the edges of the white blurred starshape. Finished with orange and white star + sparkle shapes with the brushes

I figured you used PS. Very nice job!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on July 01, 2008, 11:59:47 AM
Quote from: "Bella"
Oh man...now that'd be lolworthy. XD
I'll add that into ZS- Take 3, and even make it one of the first pages!

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I second this! Win 2.0-chan = pure win.
Thirded!

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I find myself a bit tired with strict storylines, as well....perhaps I should adopt a looser timeline with my future comics...?

If a looser timeline with your stories would suit you better, I say go for it!

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Aha! So I am taller than usual. Lawl.
Me too! (although only slightly)

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Really? Did they show up on the site?
No, I never got to submitting them though.

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I thought FCL-tan + Abraxas-tan was suggestive in a puppy love kinda way or something...XD
That explains why a possible 'shipping' between the two was mentioned!

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I figured you used PS. Very nice job!

Those kind of backgrounds are much easier to do in PS. However, buildings and such I make in Inkscape (although in the earlier pages I made the mistake of trying to make those in PS. Still works, but takes so much longer)
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Upcoming pages have been added in, redone or reordered. And I'll even give hints of what is to come!

new lineup of upcoming pages:

p.39: "Join in the fun, OSR 2.1!"
p.40: "A disgruntled Outlook on life"
p.41: "Knock knock-- THUD"
p.42: "It's my project and I'll try if I want to, try if I want to!"
p.43: (no decided title yet)
p.44: "That girl is gonna whale on you!"
p.45: "Someone needs a de-bugging!"
p.46: "The OS formerly known as Lindows"

p.39-43: 95 OSR 2.1-tan appears and meets 95 OSR 2.5-tan, 98-tan and 98SE-tan! There is also a flashback with AOL-tan and Outlook-tan trying to get to 2.1-tan's house. And 2.1-tan tests out her experimental teleporter!

p.44: Someone was foolish enough to mess with Whale-tan...

p.45: XP Pro-tan asks Darwin OS-tan about that 'special' topping she ordered back at the pizzeria. I'll give you a hint: It was bugs! :D

p.46: Linspire-tan appears-o! Includes mentioning of her former identity-o!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on July 02, 2008, 02:09:30 PM
Here's page 39!

It's 95 OSR 2.1-tan!

She's the very obscure, steampunk + cyberpunk Windows-tan who likes to make electronic gadgets even though they often backfire ;012
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 02, 2008, 02:17:14 PM
GYAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!  CUTENESS!!  ^__^

Darnit, while I'm off struggling to keep up with all the material, the kewtness just keeps piling on and on,...

Alright, I know where to start first.  ^.^

*starts typing*

*squeals INTENSIVELY with joy!!!*

*explodes!*
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Bella on July 02, 2008, 03:44:22 PM
Panel 1: Those chibis are almost obscenely adorable @_______@
2: All I can say is...OSR 2.1-tan is one of the coolest Windows-tans. EVER. I love everything about her design, right down to the archery...perhaps even I bit more than OSR 2.5-tan!
3: More adorableness here! Especially Secchan! ^_^
4: Fark-tan is lookin' sassy XD
5: Yay! The 2 OSR sisters! I wonder if they're going to team up in the contest :P

Wonderful work, as always!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 02, 2008, 05:44:25 PM
QuoteThat's one of your favorite ZS pages, isn't it? 

That and,...

*grabs guitar*

[singing off-key]  ROCK LOBSTER!!!  ROCK LOBSTER!!!!  ^V^

QuoteHmm... Just about everything that was to be in the ZS Xmas Special was planned out although it included some characters that had not been made until much later (such as eCOS-tan and Atari DOS-tan). It's a shame the Xmas special never got finished ;__;

QuoteWha? The VMS-sama fangirl herself was going to be featured?

I'm sad it never got finished, too... :..(

*C-chan guilt trip meter rises*

*rises*

*rises*

*pops and splatters mercury all over the floor!*

Aw, alright alright, I'll try and restart it again.  I suppose it would be a shame to cut it off like that.  ^^

This time I'll post the sauce publicy over at FOSA Lite, just to get more of an active environment going. 

Means I may have to shelve zOS-sama for a while, but at least we'll get to star UNIX-sama very briefly!  ^.^

QuoteI can't exactly recall what technique I used with the wavy tablecloths. I think I did use the technique I learned for making a checkerboard pattern but manually bent the squares depending on the folds of the cloth. It's pretty tedious T__T

Ah darn, I made you bend the patterns by hand.  ;__;
Sorry,... have since learned a lot of more useful techniques to use in these circumstances.  I've attached a SUPER BRIEF tutorial on the new approach that I hope can help you with future comics.  ^^

QuoteNot that short (but then again, your standards of short/average/tall are very different from most),

Darn right.  ^-^

Quoteshe is about 5'4'' [163 cm] which is the US female average height.

Still?  ^-^;

QuoteAlthough yes she is short compared to Toshiaki and of course short compared to TotalFark-tan and Barbie Linux-tan!

Woohoo!  I needz more wedding rings.  ^w^

QuoteHowever the downside is that I still have the first OS-tan Flashbackstory Chronicles story to finish. But sketched on paper I am almost all the way through. I'll just devote a little bit of time (up to one hour) a day each day to finish it up so I can get it done while still working on ZS.

Well, you never let us down as far as sheer output of sugoiness.  I'll trust you then that you can handle all this like the back of your hand.  Inside your shoes, I'd probably be sobbing and begging for mercy.  ^^;

QuoteVery very cute and I did not see anything suggestive about them! Really! I was quite baffled when someone thought the CE + Damn Small Linux pic was suggestive!

To translate-quote one of the comments made at +Nijiura+.

"These children.... look tasty."

Guessing this was supposed to be what CE-chan was thinking.  ^____^;

QuoteWell... Linux XP-tan's dress is not completely new. It's a variation of the dress she wore in Bella's second depiction of Linux XP-tan (also paired with DreamLinux-tan)

Aa sou sou,... my memory be dry these days.  ^^;

QuoteSo you are fond of Linux XP-tan despite the fact that she is a total wannabe? 

If that were the case, I wouldn't like ReactOS-tan either.  But at least neither signed any patent protection POC.  -v-

I'm wondering if she'd know a bit of a Russian?  '__'

QuotePanel 11: Used a blue and a much lighter blue linear gradient, added some green and white brush strokes and added in a few sparkles from a sparkle/snowflake-like brush

Panel 12: Used a similar blue gradient- but with more contrast between the shades of blue and it was also a radial gradient situated near the center of the panel. Using the pen tool, I made a several-pointed starshape, colored it white, rasterized that shape layer and used a strong Radial Blur filter (set to 'Zoom'). Then used a light green and translucent/moderately opaque brush and applied it around the edges of the white blurred starshape. Finished with orange and white star + sparkle shapes with the brushes.

You go, Aurora-hime!  ^__^
I always said you had a wonderful way with backgrounds.  ^__^

QuoteI find myself a bit tired with strict storylines, as well....perhaps I should adopt a looser timeline with my future comics...?

Gyaaah! The DEC Story's in jeopardy!  @o@

QuoteAha! So I am taller than usual. Lawl.

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QuoteI thought FCL-tan + Abraxas-tan was suggestive in a puppy love kinda way or something...XD

Yeah it wasn't anything hard,...  ^^
Certainly not nearly as suggestive as my FCL/Abraxas Utena cosplay pic.  ^^;

QuoteMe too! (although only slightly)

Whoops.  Got another one!!  ^_________________________^

*starts pushing platform lift towards Aurora*

Quotep.46: Linspire-tan appears-o! Includes mentioning of her former identity-o!

Ah, so this is what you were talking about earlier!  ^^

Hmmm,... indeed, this might complicate things, depending on what Xandros-san does to Lin-chan.  Will she get "lynched" instead?

*laughs at own bad pun*

QuoteHere's page 39!



A possible challenger appears! It's 95 OSR 2.1-tan!

She's the very obscure, steampunk + cyberpunk Windows-tan who likes to make electronic gadgets even though they often backfire

PANEL 1:  Have to concur.  Patented Aurora Chibisâ,,¢ are the best thing to enjoy after a long day's work.  ^^

You gotta love those timid little 98-tans.  ^^

PANEL 2:  WOW!  The casual wear really works for her!!!  ^V^
And the tubed pigtails... *SHOCK*

OMG!!!  Could it be possible,... that might heart could have room for MORE than just OSR 2.5-sama?!!  @v@;

PANEL 3:  Why does this picture remind of that Braidy show thingy (Braidy Bums, Braidy Bunch, or whatever its called)?  With cute expresssions like that, OSR 2.5-sama has no fear of being displaced by her older sister.  ^^

The expressions on Slashdot's face,... yeah, that's pretty much the standard issue look on people's faces when they see any of the OSR-tans.

"Who?"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!  ^V^

Since Hacchan's exclaiming the same name, I'm guessing she's had a run-in with 2.5-sama's senpai before.  ^__^;

PANEL 4:  Baby, you have NO idea.  ^_____^
But wait, wasn't she in Goddess TotalFark-sama mode not but a few panels ago?  @v@'

Panel 5:  Whoops, this can't end well.  ^^;
Now,... did we agree that OSR 2.1-sama is a great archer, or was that just me being crazy, kooky ol' C-chan?  ^^;

Quote2: All I can say is...OSR 2.1-tan is one of the coolest Windows-tans. EVER. I love everything about her design, right down to the archery...perhaps even I bit more than OSR 2.5-tan!

Nope,... unless Bella-hime is crazy and kooky too, I think we're set.  ^__^

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<___<

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>___>

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Yeah, she should be a'ight.  ^____^;

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Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on July 17, 2008, 02:35:12 PM
Sorry I have been so slow with responses lately. I'll respond to whatever I can here...

Quote from: "Bella"
2: All I can say is...OSR 2.1-tan is one of the coolest Windows-tans. EVER. I love everything about her design, right down to the archery...perhaps even I bit more than OSR 2.5-tan!
Sweet! Introducing her in ZS has boosted her popularity! I agree, OSR 2.1-tan sure is cool and she is my favorite Windows-tans along with OSR 2.5-tan! (and in a close second are 2.0-chan, 3.1-tan, 97-tan and Secchan)

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5: Yay! The 2 OSR sisters! I wonder if they're going to team up in the contest :P
As a matter of fact, yes they will! You know, to even the playing field!

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Wonderful work, as always!
Thanks!


Quote from: "C-Chan"
That and,...

*grabs guitar*

[singing off-key]  ROCK LOBSTER!!!  ROCK LOBSTER!!!!  ^V^
ROCK LOBSTER!!

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*C-chan guilt trip meter rises*

*rises*

*rises*

*pops and splatters mercury all over the floor!*

Aw, alright alright, I'll try and restart it again.  I suppose it would be a shame to cut it off like that.  ^^

This time I'll post the sauce publicy over at FOSA Lite, just to get more of an active environment going.  

Means I may have to shelve zOS-sama for a while, but at least we'll get to star UNIX-sama very briefly!  ^.^
Yay! The Xmas special will be recontinued!

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Quoteshe is about 5'4'' [163 cm] which is the US female average height.

Still?  ^-^;
I'm kinda surprised too, considering all the grown hormones in meat these days. Surprisingly, a lot of the girls at my school are shorter than average (the shortest girl is about 4'8"), maybe except for this one girl who was in my English class last year and she was 6'0" and this other girl in my PE class who was an estimated 6'1"-6'3".

On the other hand, I have seen very few guys there shorter than 5'9"...

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Well, you never let us down as far as sheer output of sugoiness.  I'll trust you then that you can handle all this like the back of your hand.  Inside your shoes, I'd probably be sobbing and begging for mercy.  ^^;
I've been doing so much OS-tan and comic stuff nearly everyday for the past months and I'm surprised I have suffered only one burnout day!

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To translate-quote one of the comments made at +Nijiura+.

"These children.... look tasty."

Guessing this was supposed to be what CE-chan was thinking.  ^____^;
HAHAHAHAHA!

QuoteIf that were the case, I wouldn't like ReactOS-tan either.  But at least neither signed any patent protection POC.  -v-
Patent protection? Hmm... Did Linspire by any chance sign a patent protection thing, hence why you're not very fond of  Lin-chan?

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You go, Aurora-hime!  ^__^
I always said you had a wonderful way with backgrounds.  ^__^
The colorful, psychedelic kind are my forte! However I fail at drawing most scenery (sure, I can render clouds through PS's Clouds filter, know how to render sand, make grass with the grass brush and can draw palm trees but that's about it)

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Ah, so this is what you were talking about earlier!  ^^

Hmmm,... indeed, this might complicate things, depending on what Xandros-san does to Lin-chan.  Will she get "lynched" instead?

*laughs at own bad pun*
No, it's not that because I planned out that page before the announcement of Linspire being bought out by Xandros but at some point I'll make a page that involves that.

Poor Lin-chan and Free-chan. I wonder if they would try to rebel against their 'mistress'?

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PANEL 1:  Have to concur.  Patented Aurora Chibisâ,,¢ are the best thing to enjoy after a long day's work.  ^^

You gotta love those timid little 98-tans.  ^^
Don't forget the angry Slashdot-tan! :D

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PANEL 2:  WOW!  The casual wear really works for her!!!  ^V^
And the tubed pigtails... *SHOCK*

OMG!!!  Could it be possible,... that might heart could have room for MORE than just OSR 2.5-sama?!!  @v@;
OSR 2.1-tan FTW, right?

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PANEL 3:  Why does this picture remind of that Braidy show thingy (Braidy Bums, Braidy Bunch, or whatever its called)?  With cute expresssions like that, OSR 2.5-sama has no fear of being displaced by her older sister.  ^^
"Braidy Bums" HAHAHAHA!

You're probably thinking of the Brady Bunch because of the characters appearing in the squares like that!

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The expressions on Slashdot's face,... yeah, that's pretty much the standard issue look on people's faces when they see any of the OSR-tans.

"Who?"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!  ^V^
They are THAT obscure in the OS-tan world, aren't they? ;012

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Since Hacchan's exclaiming the same name, I'm guessing she's had a run-in with 2.5-sama's senpai before.  ^__^;
Yes! She is 2.5-tan's comrade and is also dangerous! Not intentionally dangerous but what ever she is making tends to backfire, hence she is dangerous!

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PANEL 4:  Baby, you have NO idea.  ^_____^
But wait, wasn't she in Goddess TotalFark-sama mode not but a few panels ago?  @v@'
Fark-tan may have actually contradicted herself if the OSR-tans are as obscure as mentioned! But nothing is supposed to be too obscure for Fark!

Yeah, she was TotalFark-tan but when by herself not chatting with friends/subscribers, she typically defaults back to Fark-tan.

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Panel 5:  Whoops, this can't end well.  ^^;
Now,... did we agree that OSR 2.1-sama is a great archer, or was that just me being crazy, kooky ol' C-chan?  ^^;
I agreed with OSR 2.1-tan being a great archer! At least that is something she can do well!
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I'm almost done with pages 40 and 41! Expect those to up soon.
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 18, 2008, 12:20:20 AM
Oops,.. outta time.  But hold that thought!  ^_____^

*C-chan slumps over keyboard and SNORES*  -.- Zzzzzzzz
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on July 18, 2008, 12:37:59 AM
That's okay. I am also out of time, due to the fact that I need to sleep now and the weather sucks. Stupid thunderstorms! *sigh* The downside to desktop computers (what I'm using) is that you are at the weather's mercy! >__<

It's a post-and-run, But I got these two pages done in record time!

p.40:


p.41:
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Siya on July 18, 2008, 08:51:17 AM
Poor Outlook-tan and AOL-tan! D:

Great job, Aurora-san!
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: C-Chan on July 18, 2008, 03:13:34 PM
Okay, back.  ^.^

QuoteROCK LOBSTER!!

This calls for a REPOST!!!!!!!  ^V^

(http://ostan-collections.net/imeeji/albums/userpics/10307/zs29%7E0.jpg)

WAAAAAIIIIIIII!!!!!! ;^v^;

*swoons*

...

*reanimates*

BTW, congratulations on your 40th ZS comic panel!  Given that there was an alpha version, it still strikes me as amazing how much volume of creativity has come out of your hands!  You truly are one in a million, Aurora-hime!  ;^____^;

*resumes swoon*

QuoteI've been doing so much OS-tan and comic stuff nearly everyday for the past months and I'm surprised I have suffered only one burnout day!

Aaaaaaaaah,... youth is wasted on the young.  ^____^
Except in Aurora-hime's case, in which case it's well-employed and then some.  ^.^

QuotePatent protection? Hmm... Did Linspire by any chance sign a patent protection thing, hence why you're not very fond of Lin-chan?

Oro?  You didn't know?  It's not like I wouldn't belittle Lin-chan for no good reason... OvO

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=512

A full year in retrospect it was a very crappy decision, as Linspire didn't protect its customers (or few shareholders) anyway.  The Xandros deal (of which none of them was consulted with) was literally a slap in the face to all of them.

Yep,... another good example that differentiates "living" from just "surviving", in this case, keeping the company alive long enough to cash in some big bucks, and then just run with it, all the hard work that went into building the brand be damned.  -v-

QuotePoor Lin-chan and Free-chan. I wonder if they would try to rebel against their 'mistress'?

I'm sure Free-chan might.  ^.^

QuoteOSR 2.1-tan FTW, right?

Why not?  ^___^

OSR 2.1-tan FOR THE WINE!!!!!!!!  ^V^

...

That is what you meant, right?  ^____^'

QuoteThey are THAT obscure in the OS-tan world, aren't they?  

I still remember how the +Nijiura+ reacted to my OSR 2.5-sama portraiture.  Might've been the first person outside the original 4koma artist to draw her in anything else.  ^__^

So glad she has some much coverage here.  ^-^

QuoteYes! She is 2.5-tan's comrade and is also dangerous! Not intentionally dangerous but what ever she is making tends to backfire, hence she is dangerous!

I see,... so I can literally lose life and limb if I ask for french toast?  ^^;;;

QuoteYeah, she was TotalFark-tan but when by herself not chatting with friends/subscribers, she typically defaults back to Fark-tan.

Wow,... how very "Hulk"-like of her, right down to the instant size shift.  ^^;

TotalFark SMASH!!!!!!  >0<

QuoteI agreed with OSR 2.1-tan being a great archer! At least that is something she can do well!

Perhaps the only thing she can do that won't blow up.  Unless she sticks experimental stuff on it.  ^^;

*knocks on cardboard*

QuoteThat's okay. I am also out of time, due to the fact that I need to sleep now and the weather sucks. Stupid thunderstorms! *sigh* The downside to desktop computers (what I'm using) is that you are at the weather's mercy! >__<

I hear that.  ^.^

I have a UPS connected to my little Shuttle KPC, and loads of little laptops everywhere, so no worries here.  However, my DSL connection gets a bit funky when there's thunderstorms, so at least my net experience is at the weather's mercy.  ^^;

QuoteIt's a post-and-run, But I got these two pages done in record time!

Well now, that's amazing if you got TWO full comic panels done in so little time. ^__^

Ever thought about exchanging brains? ^.^

Comic 40:  Ahh, this has to be the sweetest profile of OSR 2.1-sama I've seen yet! I really get a sense of how much detail you put into her elaborate hair style and ribbons.  ^___^

The dialog is a bit verbose, but then she does strike me as the verbose type (kinda like System 6-san, no?).  ^______________^

Regarding the middle narration, I was thinking maybe it can do without the last bit, since AOL-tan already repeats that below.

It can be like:

"[rest of narration] ...and OSR 2.1-tan is one of AOL-tan's few remaining friends.

But..."
[/list]

And then we let the actual girls do the talking.  ^___^

Speaking of which, since they're both very tired, maybe AOL's bit can be shortened just a bit.  Like so:

"This competition... *pant pant* ... doesn't even matter anymore.  Let's just deliver it together....[/list]

As for the artwork itself:

1)  Love how well you made them look exhausted.  ^__^

2)  Love the wheatfield!  Is that also in Photoshop, or did you use Patter or Live Effects in Inkscape?  ^.^


Comic 41:
PANEL1: Awesome!  hadn't seen microchibis in over 10.... panels.... ^___^

I see OSR 2.1-sama has a very neat trellis above the house entrance,... but what's with those brown sticks on each side?  

PANEL 2 and 3: Cute, and do like the way you change the angle there in the third panel.  Outlook-tan's hand, though, has that stroke bordering her figures, making it look puppet like.  At least the top 4 digits should have the stroke removed -- you can even cover it up using another path the same color as her shaded skin if need be.

PANEL 4 and 6:  Oh no... wait,.... these two take the cake for best profile of OSR 2.1-sama.  Is like SOMEONE pulled her over and unleashed a can of Cute Ass on her!  ^_____^


GAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Need...... to.............. draaaaaaaawwwwww..... X________________________X

I think I do like her in that uniform -- or at least that's the one I would use for any archery pic I might have for her.  ^.^

But as always,... I have to remind myself....

Get it together... Get it together... Get it together...   >.<

PANEL 5:  Again, good work on giving AOL-tan that look of utter despair and suffering, without losing her looks.  Only OS-tans, I tell ya.... ^___^

PANEL 7:  OMG!  An OSR 2.5-sama microchibi, cute letter content, and homages to the old Windows button theme!  You might as well just knock me out with a hunk of beef.  ^.^

*MASSIVE OVERDOSE OF SWOONAGE!!!*

...

Just one problem.  Your watermark is out of place, no?  ^___^'
Title: zerOSanity!
Post by: Aurora Borealis on July 20, 2008, 08:54:53 PM
Quote from: "C-Chan"Okay, back.  ^.^

This calls for a REPOST!!!!!!!  ^V^

[insert repost here]

WAAAAAIIIIIIII!!!!!! ;^v^;

*swoons*
It's a classic!

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...

*reanimates*
Did you just explode again? ;012

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BTW, congratulations on your 40th ZS comic panel!  Given that there was an alpha version, it still strikes me as amazing how much volume of creativity has come out of your hands!  You truly are one in a million, Aurora-hime!  ;^____^;

*resumes swoon*
Thank you so much! I think you are also one in a million as well, you have made a lot of brilliant characters with rich and deep backstories and of course there is the Annex project that you made that is simply awesome, even genius! And although the original thread died a year ago, all the ideas still live on!

Oh yeah... the alpha version of ZS... Since that was 29 pages, technically the latest page up is page 70! However, ZS Alpha wasn't very good- hence why I started over and ZS is back, better than ever!

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Aaaaaaaaah,... youth is wasted on the young.  ^____^
Except in Aurora-hime's case, in which case it's well-employed and then some.  ^.^
Thanks! :D

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Oro?  You didn't know?  It's not like I wouldn't belittle Lin-chan for no good reason... OvO

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=512
Oh my gosh! That explains it all! Linspire signing that Patent Protection contract, liscensed some things from Microsoft that were incorporated into Linspire. Incorporating things from MICROSOFT into a LINUX DISTRO and contributing to the FUD being spread!

I also understand how/why SuSE-tan and Xandros-tan also have bad reputations!

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A full year in retrospect it was a very crappy decision, as Linspire didn't protect its customers (or few shareholders) anyway.  The Xandros deal (of which none of them was consulted with) was literally a slap in the face to all of them.
Darn... What was the point of Linspire doing all of that to betray their customers?  ;014

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Yep,... another good example that differentiates "living" from just "surviving", in this case, keeping the company alive long enough to cash in some big bucks, and then just run with it, all the hard work that went into building the brand be damned.  -v-
I see now! That is just so wrong but I know that is not the first time in the business world that has happened. Far from the first.

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I'm sure Free-chan might.  ^.^
Yeah! Because she wants to be FREEspire! FREE!!

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Why not?  ^___^

OSR 2.1-tan FOR THE WINE!!!!!!!!  ^V^

...

That is what you meant, right?  ^____^'
No, it's "For the Walrus!" or "For the Waffles!"

Nah, seriously it is "For the Win!"

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I still remember how the +Nijiura+ reacted to my OSR 2.5-sama portraiture.  Might've been the first person outside the original 4koma artist to draw her in anything else.  ^__^
Were a lot of them like "Who?..." or "What?..."

BTW, the artist of that 4Koma does have another comic series on +Nijiura+, it is called ふたã,Šã¯ãƒŸã,¯ã,·ã,¢ ("Futari wa MikuShia"/ "We are MikuShia"), a "Futari wa Pretty Cure"-inspired crossover comic starring Miku Hatsune from "Vocaloid 2" and Shiatien from "Beatmania IIDX" teaming up!

And on page 4, is a throwback to that artist's OS-tan comic with the page that had Linspire-tan in it!

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So glad she has some much coverage here.  ^-^
We're not gonna let someone as cool as her fade into obscurity!

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I see,... so I can literally lose life and limb if I ask for french toast?  ^^;;;
Uhh... Let's not try that out. But the backfiring of her machines isn't usually to that extent, they usually go up in smoke and/or create showers of sparks with the occasional bursting into flames!

It reflects how OSR 2.1's purpose was to introduce USB support and that the difference between OSR 2.1 and the previous 95 release. However OSR 2.1 did not do a very good job with what it was supposed to do ^^;

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Wow,... how very "Hulk"-like of her, right down to the instant size shift.  ^^;

TotalFark SMASH!!!!!!  >0<
The Incredible Fark! XD

"TotalFark SMASH!!!"
"huh?"
*TotalFark-tan appears with "STFU" cup, hits it over my head*

x___x

Ha! I got hit by her and I'm not even a TotalFarker!

QuotePerhaps the only thing she can do that won't blow up.  Unless she sticks experimental stuff on it.  ^^;
That could actually make for a good strategy!

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I hear that.  ^.^

I have a UPS connected to my little Shuttle KPC, and loads of little laptops everywhere, so no worries here.  However, my DSL connection gets a bit funky when there's thunderstorms, so at least my net experience is at the weather's mercy.  ^^;
At least you are more fortunate than me when it comes to computer usage under the weather!

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Well now, that's amazing if you got TWO full comic panels done in so little time. ^__^
Started page 40 on Monday and finished working on it in Inkscape on Wednesday, started page 40 on Tuesday and completed both pages last night! It only took me a couple days! Normally working on a page takes 1-2 weeks (because of other things to work on as well) but I stayed completely focused through both pages and I'm impressed with myself!

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Ever thought about exchanging brains? ^.^
If swapping brains weren't risky business, maybe!

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The dialog is a bit verbose, but then she does strike me as the verbose type (kinda like System 6-san, no?).  ^______________^
The verbose dialog was unintentional (ughhhh... I'm not very good at dialogue) but for those two characters, it seems to work!

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Regarding the middle narration, I was thinking maybe it can do without the last bit, since AOL-tan already repeats that below.

It can be like:

    "[rest of narration] ...and OSR 2.1-tan is one of AOL-tan's few remaining friends.

    But..."
    [/list]

    And then we let the actual girls do the talking.  ^___^
    I guess the last part in the narration was redundant. And it is better for the girls to do  the talking!

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    Speaking of which, since they're both very tired, maybe AOL's bit can be shortened just a bit.  Like so:

      "This competition... *pant pant* ... doesn't even matter anymore.  Let's just deliver it together....[/list]
      Okay! That is shorter AND more effective! I will redo the dialogue on this page and use your suggestions!

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      As for the artwork itself:

      1)  Love how well you made them look exhausted.  ^__^

      2)  Love the wheatfield!  Is that also in Photoshop, or did you use Patter or Live Effects in Inkscape?  ^.^
      I did the wheatfield in Photoshop. I didn't know I could do something like that in Inkscape!

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      PANEL1: Awesome!  hadn't seen microchibis in over 10.... panels.... ^___^
      I think page 40 is one of the first pages that does not have any microchibis in it! o_o

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      I see OSR 2.1-sama has a very neat trellis above the house entrance,... but what's with those brown sticks on each side?  
      Oh... Those brown sticks were supposed to be poles holding up the power lines. Poorly-made power line poles...

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      PANEL 2 and 3: Cute, and do like the way you change the angle there in the third panel.  Outlook-tan's hand, though, has that stroke bordering her figures, making it look puppet like.  At least the top 4 digits should have the stroke removed -- you can even cover it up using another path the same color as her shaded skin if need be.
      It does look weird. I wasn't completely sure whether to keep those strokes or not and well I guessed wrong -_-  But that's not a problem because I can easily fix that in Photoshop without starting over on anything.

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      PANEL 4 and 6:  Oh no... wait,.... these two take the cake for best profile of OSR 2.1-sama.  Is like SOMEONE pulled her over and unleashed a can of Cute Ass on her!  ^_____^


      GAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Need...... to.............. draaaaaaaawwwwww..... X________________________X
      Awesome! You'd do that? :D

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      I think I do like her in that uniform -- or at least that's the one I would use for any archery pic I might have for her.  ^.^

      But as always,... I have to remind myself....

      Get it together... Get it together... Get it together...   >.<
      Of course you'd want to get it together... get it together... if you are already swamped with other drawings to work on.

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      PANEL 7:  OMG!  An OSR 2.5-sama microchibi, cute letter content, and homages to the old Windows button theme!  You might as well just knock me out with a hunk of beef.  ^.^

      *MASSIVE OVERDOSE OF SWOONAGE!!!*
      Watch out... That can be arranged! No... I'm not going to do that. I want to save my steak so I can eat it!

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      Just one problem.  Your watermark is out of place, no?  ^___^'
      Yes but it was intentional for that page.
      Title: zerOSanity!
      Post by: NejinOniwa on July 21, 2008, 04:08:57 AM
      QuoteYou might as well just knock me out with a hunk of beef.
      A hunk of beef...you want her to hire a handsome bodybuilder chap to smack you?
      ...you don't make any sensPARTY HAAAARD
      (http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g239/NejinOniwa/Suzumiya%20Haruhi%20no%20Yuutsu/SOS-DanEmblem-PARTYHARD.gif)
      Title: zerOSanity!
      Post by: C-Chan on July 21, 2008, 12:52:12 PM
      What the @$&# is that?!!!!!!!!!  @___@

      Ahhhhhhh!!!!  Ovo

      *epileptic seizure*
      Title: zerOSanity!
      Post by: Aurora Borealis on July 21, 2008, 07:48:48 PM
      I have no idea what that is! :D
      Title: zerOSanity!
      Post by: Gussy Keniji on July 21, 2008, 11:12:54 PM
      Why can I not look away, head t'ward the LIGHT!