OS-tan Collections

Yeah, so I though it was time for me to start a thread for my own art,
instead of just spamming the other threads.
Haven't been drawing much lately but still I got some stuff post.

I'm trying to keep this thread much as possible OS-related and hopefully I won't spam this with MSPaint stuff.

Yeah so the art. *puts on some elevator music*
First a couple weeks old sketchy.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/skts32copy.jpg
In the same drawing session I experimented with some styles.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/xpport1.jpg

Some We-tan.
http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2007/349/e/3/We_tan_by_Wizth.jpg
Chibified We.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/wechb1c.jpg

Going to upload more when I get something drawn.(can take some time)

Oh, lastly. Some christmas themed drawing.
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/xmasxp1copy.jpg)

*quickly pops in*

Well,... it's no User Gallery, but I'm game with this.  ^___^

Good job!  And what a way to make a memorable Grand Opening than with an Xmas pic of this calibre.  -v-

*quickly pops out*

-_- oy, another one..

oh well, good art anyways, so its forgiven

Quote from: "C-Chan"Well,... it's no User Gallery

You know what?...

... I just created myself an user gallery.
21 images have been uploaded.

Quote from: "CaptBrenden"-_- oy, another one..

oh well, good art anyways, so its forgiven

Is it wrong to make threads like this?

Ive expressed my views on it before in other threads like it.. it is not against the rules, but i feel its better to use the existing anyone can post threads.    Hence why I dont have one.  But its up to you.

QuoteIve expressed my views on it before in other threads like it.. it is not against the rules, but i feel its better to use the existing anyone can post threads. Hence why I dont have one. But its up to you.

Personally I think categorization like this is a good thing, actually - I've never been one for organizing things but when it comes to the digital, which can be so easily lost altogether if you don't - and besides is much easier to organize in the first place - I've learned the lesson that you'd better if you want it available when you need it.

Oh, and personal liking from Resident Ninja Pirate on these, VonDaab. There has always been a lack of (good) WE-tan art, and seeing more of it always makes me happy. GJ! ^_^

Fufufu... don't worry, VonDaab.  ^___^
If the Captain gets all serious and guilt-trippy and stuff, it's because he loves you to bits, and doesn't want to see you sprout your wings and leave the nest so to speak.  ^v^
Besides, I searched high and low and still can't find an "Anyone's Art Thread", just a place to get free cookies (and no, that wasn't technically my idea).  ^V^

I will say that creating too many threads can be detrimental to one's own health -- not that you have to worry since this is just your first, and from the sound of it the "only" thread you'll ever need.  ^^

But I speak through experience, because when I got here this place was a veritable ghost town and needed some activity fast.  With the exception of a few predecessors I never met, it seems to me like I was the first to draw an original OS-tan, so of course it didn't hurt to create an "Amiga OS-tan" thread and then eventually a "Palm-chan" one.

But things evolve, and thankfully artwork started getting churning more regularly in the forum.  By the time I got to PTS-DOS-tan, I was already swamped with threads, and moreover single character threads had become obsolete given that new and original characters were becoming the norm of OSC..  So I had to agree to consolidate my efforts, first in the Annex Project, then once that was retired to the Wiki I settled down with Concoctions and have been happy ever since.  

There's also the user gallery too -- and I thank you for opening your own!  ^V^ -- but that's basically to post your own work as, in practice, very few people actually leave comments.  ^^;

This discussion part occurs here, and like Nejin-said, a little organization helps a lot.  Even within a single thread, it's often impossible to backtrack on previous work (I have to wade through 50 pages to find one of Aurora's old pics), so imagine the nightmare of having to sift through 200+ pages for anything!!!  @v@

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Moral of this Wall-O-Text story:  Please don't sweat the small stuff, and just draw.  -v-

^
'nuff said.

Woohoo! You've got a thread and gallery now! :D

I love the XP/Inu-T Christmas pic! They're two of my favorite Windows-tans! I look forward to seeing more of your work in your new thread....

Hmm... been a while since I updated this.
Main reason is that I haven't drawn any OS related in a long time.

Only thing I can now post is a sketch I did today in electronics class.
Somekind of Su-47 mecha musume thingie, drawn without any reference so theres kinda nothing that resembles the real thing.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/su47.jpg

Nice sketch! Even though I don't know much about mecha musume ;)

Awesome Blossom!  Almost thought VonDaab forgot his own thread.  ^.^'

May just seem like a sketch to you,... but you do realize this is a very historic occasion, no?  Our first home-brewed Mecha Musume!!  ^v^

*pops champagne bottle*

And a cute one too boot (complete with VonDaab's trademark cat-like expression), plus its based off a very impressive experimental plane.  I used it quite a lot back when I played C&C Generals (well okay,... one of its Mods that sadly never got finished).  

Not a hard plane to get a hold of pictures of:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/S-37_3_-_cropped.jpg)

...But as you can see, you pretty much got it right from memory.  Right down to the fact that it's actual designation is S-37 (confusing, eh?  ^^; )

BTW, don't know much about firearms, so I'm wondering what it is that she's holding that looks sorta/kinda like a sniper rifle.

First Mecha musume of OSC? oh wow.

The rifle is a Dragunov SVD, Designated marksman rifle(even though the term DMR wasn't even invented when this gun was first made).
I did it aswell from my memory, so don't expect it to match with the real one.

Even though SVD and Su-47 has nothing to do with each other, both of them being from totaly different times, I later read that the main cannon GSh-30-1 of the Su-47 was indeed a really accurate gun.

oooh,... so I was right about the sniper rifle part.  ^^
Should've realized that, since that's the gun one of the characters from Gunslinger Girl uses.

And as far as I know, the SU-47 does employ stealth technology.  So, to back up your claim....

Stealth = sniping

Berkut = Stealth

hence

Berkut = sniping.

Good move.  ^.^

Woah, nice images you go there... I liked the Russian plane-themed sniper girl sketch and the Xmass IMG the best.

Anyways, good job on all of these... no really... I mean it!

Hopefully seeming more of these my inspire me into making some of my own OS stuff.

QuoteHopefully seeming more of these my inspire me into making some of my own OS stuff.

Sounds great!

We are a very creative bunch around here ;010

Happened on friday:
*VonDaab gets home and boots his computer*

VonD: "Gee, I wonder what the interwebs has to offer me today"
*Clicks on browser icon*

Web Operator(?): ..."Oh, No you le won't" *Disconnects*

VonD: "OMGWTFBBQ!?"


The connection was cut off for 2½ days.
So I was without internet connection the weekend, how irritating.

Nevermind that.
I have been drawing, though nothing OS related.(in my opinion, there is no need for me to start posting irrelevant drawings in this thread)
At moment its my usual: No ideas ->No motivation ->Waste of time ->Annoyed ->Totaly not getting anything done ->Still annoyed.

Here I present a question, what way to go?
Any suggestions what to draw?

I've been testing the Mecha Musume thingie some. Currently, planning on
somekind of StuG III Ausf.G-tan, though StuG-tan has been already done like hundred of times.

Quote from: "Kiso"Hopefully seeming more of these my inspire me into making some of my own OS stuff.

*crashes thru a wall* OH YEAH!
It's always good with new art.
Inspiration? define it. Most people use the "lack of inspiration" just as a reason for their laziness. Henceforth, I have been using "lack of ideas" instead, eheh.

Gah! it's 00:48 and I already promised myself not to scan skribbles like this. meh, so this is some really early concept sketch of StuG-tan.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/stugtan1.jpg
Some idea of making it bit more original by it being the StuG model that was in "wide" use in Finland in WW2.
I need to practice drawing tanks.

Oooh. Mecha musume. Hm hm hm -w-

If you want things to do, be sure to check in to the FOSA Preamble - hopefully we'll catch you there. Otherwise I have little ideas, and those I do have I hog for myself for the moment. -w-

Tiny tiny update.
Today on the way home I saw this one streetAdvertising with some lady dressed in a dress that looked like a bottle of some energy drink brand.
I came to think of "Energy drink-tan".
Lately I've been aswell playing on some Oekaki board, so I ended up making Energy drink-tan.
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/52875.png)

HOLY SMOKES!!!! Our very first Beverage-tan to boot!!!!!!!  @v@

Dang, VonDaab!  With all these pioneering feats, I'm gonna have to call you the Trailblazer soon.  ^____^'

This looks like an MSPaint job, so it's fabulously drawn in that context (and I do recall you have a bit of a cult following in the MSPaint thread, so  I think you know what I mean). That indentation around her waste freaks me out a bit though (like some invisible hand is pinchingher belly), but I assume that's from the shape of the energy drink bottle, no?  Would be nice to have her cap more visible, so it's easier to recognize that she's a sports drink.  ^.^

BTW, what's the brand name called?

Trailblazer..?

It's made with an Oekaki software, not mspaint.
If this would've been a MSPaint drawing, then I would've made it much better. meh.

Yeah her waist thingie is the forms of the bottle.
Cap got cut of because of the size limitations the Oekaki canvas had.
The real world Bottle: (http://www.hartwall.fi/modules/image/images/7B43D790A3F2470D8511D1AD3F72AE46.JPG)

Yeah, it's called ED, Energy Drink. I've never tasted it because im not really into the energy drinks.
I made her logo she got on her chest "ÖD". Just because I wasn't sure of the "copyright/advertising/or something issues" of the Oekaki site I originaly posted this picture on.

Trailblazer = "pioneer"

Oekaki, eh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oekaki

Aa sou,... now that you mention it, I do recall SleepyD talking about that every once in a while.  Very well, stand corrected -- looks fantastic for an Oekaki drawing.  -v-

*stares at bottle*

Yep, I knew it.  ^___^

Now you have to figure out which new pioneering effort you're gonna launch next....

VONDAAB LIST OF PIONEER-TANS:
======================

-Barcode
-SU-47
-ED Energy Drink
-???

A drink-tan! I like her "cap" :P

BTW, did you draw your avatar?

Quote from: "Bella"BTW, did you draw your avatar?

That I did, Oekaki this one too.
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/52562.png)

Oooh, awesome! I really like the stylized look of it...

Pepsi-tan, fresh from the factory.
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/53342.png)

Let me guess,... Oekaki again, right?  ^____^

Haven't been a carbonated drink fan in decades, but doesn't mean I can't appreciate another cute beverage-tan.  This one has a more streamlined look (no visual tummy pinching) and visible cap -- and that trademark pout to your characters is still to die for.  ^__^

But whereas ED had a face that demanded cuddling, Pepsi-tan's expression very appropriately seems to say to me "I demand you pay me tribute in kidney stones!".  ^v^

Pout? My characters?
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/53387.png)

Yes, it's made with Oekaki.

StuG III AusfG-tan.
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/53443.png)
As a small note, even if this is the finnish version of the StuG, as far as I know none of them had the Armor "skirts".
I still added them because I like them.

You have Silentapproval, you art is immediatly accepted hello hey hello! :D  Or something like that. Keep up the good work, Von Daab.

Wow, nice works! I really like your StuG III AusfG-tan (even though I'm not quite sure what she is...a tank?)

Quote from: "Bella"I'm not quite sure what she is...a tank?)

Yes, a Light tank/Assault Gun/Tank destroyer, StuG was pretty much used for everything.

Light heh, she weights "only" 23tons...

Nice-o!  OSC Mecha Musume #2!! VonDaab's on a roll!  ^^

Aside from wielding the really HUGE anti-tank cannon, I've always wondered what a gal would look like wearing an armored skirt.  ^^

BTW, this image looks a lot finer (resolution-wise) than the previous Oekaki images.  Did you have the chance to draw this on a bigger canvas?  Or is my imagination just going rampant again...?  -.-'

Heh thanks, it's a bigger canvas this time.
And the gun is the 75mm StuK L/48, the primary weapon of the Stug.
I just modified it a bit to make it look like a rifle.

Instead of spamming the Source Fource thread, I'll post the this final version here.
Personal remake of "ISV Super Gal" of the Source Fource.
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/isvcolor1-1c.jpg)
Edit: the first ISV sketch.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/isvlol1.jpg

Diggint thru some old stuff and found one Whale-tan sketch.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/whale001.jpg
And a NetBSD chibi.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/netbsdchibi1.jpg

QuoteInstead of spamming the Source Fource thread, I'll post the this final version here.
Personal remake of "ISV Super Gal" of the Source Fource.

If life were fairer, they'd have hired you to be the Source Fource artist.  ^^;
After seeing copyright-infringing Lego knockoffs, and crappy cartoon vector blobs, your take is light years ahead of any of them at their most well-drawn moments.  -v-;

Like the two hidden sketches, btw.

Quote from: "C-Chan"If life were fairer, they'd have hired you to be the Source Fource artist.

Haha, no thanks, I'd never work for M$.

But seriously, the art, or pretty much everything in that Source Fource thingie is pretty horrible, so it's not that hard to exceed their quality standards.

Now we only sit and wait for more "fan art" of "SoFo" to appear and see if the designers of SoFo are going to steal it or something similar.

*grabs some popcorn and waits for some Intarweb Drama(C)*

Yes, I am bored... orz...

Ooooh! You actually did the impossible: make Super Gal cute! I really like how you shaded her, is gives in a very soft and three-dimensional kind of look!

And I really liked your sketches! I liked Whale-tan...but chibi NetBSD-tan is especially cute! Just...something about the look on her face really gets to me.

I'm gonna start a petition for a colored version ^_^

To quote a Code Geass episode I just watched,

QuoteI really have a hard time understanding these things with "super" in front of them.

And like, WHAT THE HELL IS ISV ANYWAY!?

Also, GJ VDaab. Your heart meter has increased. -w-

Uh huh...

Might be time for a small sketch update.
I don't usually post unfinished stuff but this one just doesn't seem to get finished so I might just post it.
StuGIII-tan:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/stugtan1unfin.jpg
Also, small doodle I did in electronics class. Electrode tube-tan:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/eletrodtan1crp.jpg