After the first two of C-chan's drawings, he began drawing "chibi" OS-tan images in order to propose preconcept designs for a number of new OS-tan characters, without the labor-intensive delay of drawing full-body characters. Averaging about two chibis per weekend and with the designs being too simple to require much Photoshop post-production, the exercise steadily got him more and more accustomed with Inkscape.
Once he returned to creating another image with full-body characters, the drawing time was cut-down significantly.
The portraiture, featuring [once again] AmigaOS-tan with her older sister C64-tan posing for a picture, still shows some dated design elements, but at least is a bit more streamlined and dynamic than his first AmigaOS-tan attempt.
Amiga-tan continues to wear her boingball outfit, but C64-tan is wearing the undecorated tunic portion of her old military uniform (back when she was in the service of the old Commodore Family fleet). Presumably she wore a naval cap as well as a huge collection of badges and medals, but either lost most of those things or simply doesn't need so much "bling" on her present-day civilian self. The Naruto-style headband is not part of her clothing, but just a gimmick meant to show how up-to-date she [thinks she] is about Anime pop culture references -- with any luck, she's probably wearing a Code Geass prop by now.
Incidentally, the cap that Amiga-tan wears is also the last vestige of her old cadet uniform from the 1980's, which is why it features the now obsolete Amiga logo.
[Note: a pesky disclaimer is still in there somewhere, but is now at least better hidden.]
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RAF
Thank you.
As for the C64, my roommate has always wanted one, like an actual one...he's used emulation, but wants an actual Commodore. I've never gotten to experience the C64 yet, but I hope I do someday. I also wanted an Amiga 1200 for Christmas last year, but I didn't get one. So I'll stick with WinUAE.
And thank you... yeah, even millions of years ago when I first published this drawing (circa 2006), I did get a lot of praise from her unique eyes -- and indeed, I hadn't seen any anime girl with that design choice prior to that, and never did afterwards. It's kind of a small point I'm proud of,... or well, as proud as you can be for archaic and forgotten character designs.
Oh, and you both have great tastes I see.
The C64 is infinitely-easier to get a hold of on eBay, so your roommate shouldn't have any problem securing a little breadbox for less than $100 (give or take some caveats, of course). The Amiga, on the other hand, is a bit more rare, but they're out there to some degree. ^__^
Not sure how many of the successor projects are still around, though... I was tracking MorphOS and AROS for a while. ^^
Yeah Amiga-Tan's rainbow eyes inspired me to do a slight redesign on the eyes of one of my OCs...she's a biomechanical angel, and since the rainbow eyes looked to me like the reflecty effect you see on some camera lenses, giving her purple/blue eyes a rainbow sheen to them (and adding an iris aperture visible behind her pupils) might complete the biomechanical effect for her. So thanks!
Thanks, I know...we do have good tastes, especially since we both love retro game music and gaming.
That makes sense that the Commodore 64 would be so easy to acquire, because it was the best-selling personal computer of all time, and as a result tons of them were probably made. As for securing an A1200, that machine was produced between 1992 and 1996, as opposed to between 1982 and 1994, so only four years as opposed to twelve years of production is certainly a reason why it would be more scarce. I have seen A1200s for sale on eBay or Craigslist for about as much as an Xb0x 360 with one of the larger hard drives ($250 to $300-ish) and that often included the monitor, the mouse and usually a large amount of old games. In addition the Amigas produced later on (like the A600 and the A1200) can be modified to accept an 8GB solid-state drive to replace their old, failing hard drives, and you can apparently hot-swap Kickstart ROMs as well. I still wanna stick with WinUAE or Amiga Forever though...
Hmm...have you seen the AmigaOne project? They were slated to release the Amiga X1000 by the middle of this year, but I'm not sure how well that's going.
The best combination is of course pig ponies: [link]
Oh, and no problem, that sounds like it would look really cool, and I'm still glad that even after all these years, people still find Amiga-tan's design appealing. ^^
I did have other drawings of her, though, including an unfinished one in her "cadet" years (meant to represent her during the 1980's):
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And also representations of Commodore 128 and the VIC-20:
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Ah, $250-ish is not a bad price for a working vintage device... but admittedly, isn't exactly a throwaway price either. So yeah, at least for now it might be more cost effective to stick with emulators, and maybe just land the hardware casually over the course of time (maybe you could get yourselves a Commodore PET for some really hardcore retro gaming).
Oh, and that AmigaOne project has been slating a release for like forever, ever since I drew Amiga-tan. That's the problem with the Amigans, they're always a victim of endless empty promises, and they're loyal enough to put up with all of it. It's sad how a great OS got stuck with a never-ending series of dolts who sell it. XD
This one has a special place in my heart as my first large-scale vector image that did not suck [much]. The irony being that I only spent a few hours on it... it was meant to be a quick pick-me-up for a C64-loving friend of mine back then who needed a cheer, and it turned out to have been my best picture to that date. So it's true that sometimes good things happen when you least expect it.
I can't say that I'm not the least bit curious as to how the Amiga scene has faired recently, especially offshoots like MorphOS and such. ^^