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ok i gave in by tawnycatz

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ok i gave in

Postby tawnycatz » Sat Aug 03, 2024 8:10 am



I really like this character, and a lot of others like him, so I've seen a number of furry-ified versions in my time. Usually he ends up a cream or yellow cat. I've seen a few monitor lizards, and a number of snakes (usually not a specific species, but they tend to look rather python-ish in form). I really liked seeing people turn him into reptiles; I just think it works for his character. Though it does raise one important question: if, as a human, his eyes become that of a serpent or a cat, then if he's a serpent/cat, would his eyes become human? Food for thought.

...Anyway..

I thought it was a real shame I've never seen anyone use d'albertis' python (also known as just d'albert's python) as his design base.

All of the snakes have a lovely brassy tone to them and dark heads, but some are far more vibrant (fresh shed?) and look more golden or orange, while others are almost entirely black. They're very shiny and iridescent too! Very pretty snakes. They have just enough color variety that I thought it would work very nicely with a sort of timeline. The third design was meant to be even darker, but I didn't like it as much when paired with clothing. Maybe I can reuse it for endgame appearance?

This wasn't meant to get as complex as it did. I had just wanted to get the idea out of my head. Unfortunately this quickly became three different versions of him (instead of my original plan of two), technically four different versions if you count the scrapped one, and multiple outfits for each. I don't even want to draw him as a furry but I've put so much time into this I basically have to commit now.

My oekaki handwriting is horrible so here's the more important notes, plus stuff I didn't write down in there:

- designs 2 & 3 have a brown overlay layer above them at 58% opacity
- head, hands, and legs for 2 & 3 are painted on a layer above the overlay. Shoulders on 3 are also above overlay.
- hair, eyes, belly scales, and claws are above the overlay and not affected by it. aka their colors stay the same
- the only difference between 2 & 3 is that 3 has a darker head, neck, and shoulders
- the palette for 2 & 3 labelled "scales (colorpicked)" is so one can theoretically avoid having to mess with the brown overlay and just use those. as opposed to using a different specific palette and another specific color overlaid on top of it at a particular opacity to get the exact right hue. however it was colorpicked right from his scaly body so who knows how accurate they are :(

- 1 is meant to be 1998 and before (so 1960 - 1998)
- 2 is post-arklay (still '98) through to end of re4 (200...4? i dont want to look that up. 2004, 2005, whatever)
- 3 is like uroboros era, end of re4 through to the volcano whoopsies
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Re: ok i gave in

Postby P0stHum4n » Sat Aug 03, 2024 8:20 am

These are gorgeous? I actually would love to get something like this LOL these snakes are gorgeous ?? :0
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Re: ok i gave in

Postby tawnycatz » Sat Aug 03, 2024 8:23 am

ItsAsher0 wrote:These are gorgeous? I actually would love to get something like this LOL these snakes are gorgeous ?? :0


thank u... i love these snakes SO much and thanks to a friend i have this character bouncing around in my skull so i had to turn mr. albert into a snake immediately
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Re: ok i gave in

Postby Kenjaku » Sat Aug 03, 2024 8:24 am

This is so much better than the Albert Whisker pun I see so often. The snake species name goes so perfect, and it really translates to his design well. A+ work
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Re: ok i gave in

Postby tawnycatz » Sat Aug 03, 2024 8:53 am

Boghound wrote:This is so much better than the Albert Whisker pun I see so often. The snake species name goes so perfect, and it really translates to his design well. A+ work


ah, thank you! I don't mind Albert Whisker / Meowbert Whisker / any variation thereof, esp since a lot of times people are purposefully being silly with him as a character, but I wanted to try something that could be more serious!

If I had to turn him into a cat, I'd probably have him as some sort of normal leopard with him shifting into a more melanistic coat after arklay. Maybe not fully a black panther, but close.

I don't think I'd want to make him a housecat. I actually find it hard to think of a cat I think would fit him! Lions and tigers feel too burly, cheetahs too frail, housecats too domestic, and most smaller wild cats -- sand cats, jungle cats, mountain cats, even lynxes and such -- have too much housecat feel. I mean, I don't want to fight a very wild jungle cat, but it's significantly less frightening than a lion or jaguar.
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