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I DO NOT DO COMMISSIONS OR REQUESTS.

Thank you. If you're an artist, I will do an art trade, but that's as far as it goes.

- Polecat

]]> ~TCPolecat7 http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/27078843/ http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/27078843/ Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:12:47 PDT

I have been tagged by Hypercat Z to do this:

1. Pick 5 OCs (original characters) of yours
2. Ask them 8 questions
3. Tag 3 other people


OC list: Tasha, Lady Helen Callisto, Charles "Voodoo" Winbourne, Qari, Velma Yuu


Questions:

1: Since we have your names, let's start with Species. So, what are you?


Tasha: Human or Skunk base, and with my nanites I can be any species I want.

Callisto: Human or Bunny, depending on world. Occasionally I use a draconic form.

Voodoo: Buncha freaks... I'm human.

Qari: Unknown species of lizard.

Velma: Sheep.


2: Occupation, or "What do you do for a living"?

Tasha: Freelance inventor.

Callisto: Wizard and council

Voodoo: Professional Wrestler

Qari: Um... I'm between jobs right now, but I tend to do some sidelining as a bouncer.

Velma: College Student. I'm training to be an Archeologist.


3: Sex and sexual orientation?

Tasha: I'm female, and Bi-sexual.

Callisto: Female, and while technically none of your business, I'm a Lesbian.

Voodoo: Straight man. I ain't getting it on with NO other dudes!!

Qari: Um... Mostly straight tho I've... dallied *blush*

Velma: I woulda said straight but I met this one girl....


4: Okay, since you've got me as an artist, what're your thoughts on BDSM, and what's your orientation there?

Tasha: Oh you can bet I'm into BDSM!! Mostly subby, but I switch a good bit.

Callisto: Dominant. BDSM is fun at times, and occasionally I can be convinced to submit, but those are rare individuals.

Voodoo: Pshhh. I like to tie my girlfriend up, does that count?

Qari: I've been called submissive. I'm still kinda new to the whole thing... Tho I keep ending up in Pony Boots....

Velma: I've dabbled a bit, tho I seem to do okay as a switch, I end up being the one all tied up most of the time.



5: So you have a favorite fictional character, and if so who?

Tasha: Gotta go with Pepe Le-Pew. I may never want to be the target of his affections, but the old shows made me laugh.

Callisto: I don't watch television or movies. Admittedly I found Gandalf from "Lord of the Rings" fascinating.

Voodoo: My older cousin Max. (Um, any chance of a more well known character?) Alright fine. I grew up watching "Hulk" Hogan on TV, and wanted to be like that when I was a kid. Happy now? (Close enough....)

Qari: I never really thought about it... I guess I'd have to say Skeeve from the "Myth" series of books.

Velma: Who else? Indiana Jones!! Okay... maybe a bit of Laura Croft cause she's a woman too, but Indy has got her licked hands down. (That gives an kinky mental image there). What? NONono!! Not like that!!!


6: Okay, here's an easy one. What's you're favorite color?

Tasha: Green... No Blue... uh....

Callisto: Violet

Voodoo: Green and black.

Qari: Um... I have to choose just one?

Velma: Eggshell Blue.



7: Do you have any pets?

Tasha: Not counting the girls that end up on my leash?

Callisto: I had a raven familiar when I first learned magic, but he long left.

Voodoo: Travel around too much, so no.

Qari: No, not really. Tho there is this stray cat I like to feed.

Velma: Not allowed to have pets on the quad, tho if I could I'd get me a puppy....



8: Last question. What's your favorite way to dress (IE: Outfits, general attire, etc)?

Tasha: It's situational. If I'm going out, a nice Qi-pao. If I'm staying in, just jeans and a cami. Almost always tho it comes with a corset and high heels.

Callisto: I am never seen without my full gown. If I must be modern, I have a lavender leather business suit I wear.

Voodoo: Pshhh, women. Jeans and a T-shirt and my combat boots.

Qari: Um... More like that weird guy. I like my jeans and t-shirts too... tho I prefer bare feet.

Velma: A loose fitting sweater and a miniskirt and heels. Nice classic look there.


Thank you all for your time.
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Tagged to... whoever wants it.

]]> ~TCPolecat7 http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/24578376/ http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/24578376/ Mon, 04 May 2009 05:31:22 PDT
[link]

Yes, it's a roleplaying game. Yes I bought it. Yes it's that damn good.

Seriously tho, knowing my interest in maids (One only has to look at my art to confirm it), a friend sent me this link. They were sold out of the hard-copy for months, and finally, the past few weeks, they went back into print. I finally got my much anticipated copy, and read it....

I'll admit I was blown away by this RPG. I figured it'd be kinda silly, maybe a bit fun to screw around with, get a few ideas, maybe some nice manga/anime pictures (Since it's essentially a translation of a Japanese game), and just stuff away on some shelf. I was floored when I actually read it. Partly because the art (what little there is) isn't that great. But as I read, the sheer depth in this simple to play game blew me away.

The concept is simple. All the players play a maid, the GM plays the "Master", and everyone goes from there. Leave your shame at the door (they actually recommend that in the forward), bring some D6s, and get ready for some truly odd fun. This is a game that can be as serious or light as you want it. Designed intentionally to replicate the fan-service styles of the "Harem" animes, it skirts a PG/PG-13 line, and tosses out random tidbits that are truly laugh worthy.

Now before I gush all over it, there are downsides:
1: Most everything is determined randomly. This can lead to all sorts of confusion as you end up with tables and tables of what the die rolls can mean (Fortunately you're free to ignore a lot of them if you so choose. A majority of them are alternate rules).
2: If anyone isn't totally comfortable at the table with the idea of playing obviously sexualized females, the discomfort level could get pretty high. This is for people with little to no shame about playing a sexy female character with friends.
3: Going along with that, it's easy for such things to go overboard and into "creepy" levels rivaled in some Hentai (a point the book even jokes about in some places, referencing Bible Black and Uritsukidojo... which the latter I'm sure I misspelled).
4: The chaos is such that the GM can loose control VERY easily, and since in this game the GM essentially plays a character themself (The Master of the manor/mansion/spaceship/whatever), they can get swept up or just blown away.
5: Pre-planning is damn near impossible, since random events (which anyone can initiate for a cost) and general insanity means the players (and even the GM) will go way off track practically before you get started...

Simple truth. if you're looking to play a hero in some big game... actually this might be for you. I think the only real thing the game can't do... is let you play a male. The system is extremely flexible, and with the optional content included you can do almost anything (it's technically 3 books in one. In Japan it was released as one main book and 2 supplements. They combined them into one massive book for the translation, topping at over 200 pages). While it says "maids" on the cover, the general rules are so simple they could easily convert everyone to schoolgirls, or ninja, or whatever. Heck, the pre-written scenarios include ones where the PCs are Shinto Priests guarding a shrine and a "sentai" style 5 maid "team" to take down the evil maids taking over the world (the latter done with tongue firmly planted in cheek). This game was designed to be taken as seriously, or not, as you damn well please.

Overall I cannot recommend it enough. Get it, love it, play it. Hell, even if you just roll dice and try to see how many wacky messed up maids you can make, you'll enjoy it. If you don't... then that stick is planted far too firmly in the mud for me.

- Polecat

]]> ~TCPolecat7 http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/21974194/ http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/21974194/ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:52:07 PST
For those of us who draw, enjoy, participate in, and otherwise interact in, she was also a sort of Patron Saint of the BDSM community. She wasn't the status quo; she wasn't blonde, she didn't have DD breasts, and she hardly looked innocent. All those were hallmarks of the star before her, Marylin Monroe. Instead she brought smokey dark eyes, short cut black hair, and a modest bust-line accented by a slim waist and long legs to die for. She dressed up in all sorts of attire, and always seemed to have a secretive smile that spoke of secret seductions off camera. She seemed to happily get done up in light BDSM situations, usually with other similarly attired ladies, and made it seem like they were all enjoying it to some extent.

This is what I knew of Ms. Page before her death. Much of it were thanks to the observations and introductions (via pictures and print) from Brian Yelverton, who at the time ran a furry "homage" to the infamous Ms Page known as the "Bunny Pages". It was the first mag my art ever saw print in.

However what I didn't know was revealed to me with various articles and obituaries about her death.

I found out Bettie Page was her real name (Stupid I know, but I always assumed it was a Nom De-Plume). I found out she came from a less then happy childhood. I found out she was married 3 times over the course of her life, each one ending shortly after in divorce. I found out she had no children of her own. I found out that when she vanished from the scene it was due to a deep depression, which only got worse after the divorce of her second husband. I found out she came to be a very devout Christian (I think Baptist, but I have no confirmation there) late in life. I found out she always refused to have photos taken of herself later in life because she wanted people to remember her as she was back then.

In short, the smiles and enjoyment I always saw in Ms. Page on the film wasn't in her life. I feel kind of guilty that I got so much enjoyment (I'm intentionally avoiding the word "pleasure" here folks) from her photos and renderings, which was obviously something that she did not. I always thought she vanished at the height of her popularity to retreat to private life and enjoy some privacy. I always pictured her happily married in her old age with a passel of kids, partly because she enjoyed them and partly from a husband who couldn't keep his hands off her.

All those were wrong. She died alone at the age of 85 from a heart attack that landed her in a coma before quietly succumbing. On one hand it seems wrong to just draw a picture of her in some sort of homage. Yet in some way it seems also right, as that's the way she wanted us to remember her.

Either way, I hope our "Patron Saint" and muse finds the happiness she was denied in this life in the next. God Bless and Rest in peace Ms. Page, you will be remembered and forever immortalized by those you brought joy to.

- Polecat

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- Polecat

]]> ~TCPolecat7 http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/21074091/ http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/21074091/ Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:29:36 PDT
The picture is finally finished. You can find it here: [link]

I finally told myself to just draw it. To stop stewing about it and DRAW the damned picture. The date I drew it was... October 19 2008. This was not planned. I hadn't checked or even remembered the exact date. But somehow it came through on THAT day.

A year later I still miss him. I still tear up a bit talking about him. But this is my way of finally saying goodbye I think. And I'm glad I was finally able to do it now.

If anyone wishes a larger copy of this, please let me know and I'll send it to you via e-mail. Also, if anyone can find a way to forward this to his family, I'd appreciate it.


- Polecat

]]> ~TCPolecat7 http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/18182952/ http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/18182952/ Mon, 05 May 2008 15:21:06 PDT [link] ). Now I know how complex it was to draw it, so I can only imagine the sheer amount of work that went into COLORING it!! Check it out, it's definately worth seeing!!

[link]

And a big "THANK YOU!!" to Yomero for this awesome color job!!

- Polecat

]]> ~TCPolecat7 http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/17842576/ http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/17842576/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:39:30 PDT [link] ) for coloring my picture "Booby Trap". He was nice enough to color it twice, one of the versions even including the little story I did up for it. Check 'em out!

That said, I get a few people asking about coloring my work form time to time, so I'm going to make it official. Because I work in purely black and white, ANYONE is invited to color my work. There are only 2 rules to this:

1: My signature MUST remain on the picture.

2: Drop me a link or send me a JPG of it for my own records.

That's it.... Honest guys. I LOVE it when folks color my work, as it's a skill I never cultivated. I just like snagging a copy for my own records (I keep a file on my HD of every pic someone colored for me).

That's it. Check out Mike again for the lovely colors. I'll drop a favorite on anyone in DA who does a color work for me as well.

- Polecat

]]> ~TCPolecat7 http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/16827190/ http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/16827190/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:01:00 PST [link]

Next Auction, 50,000 Hits!!

- Polecat

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- Polecat

PS - Please check my scraps section for a sketch I need feedback on, especially form other artists. Thanks.

]]> ~TCPolecat7 http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/15168099/ http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/15168099/ Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:40:22 PDT
For those who hadn't heard already, a fellow artist and good friend died on 19 Oct 2007. Big Daddy Cruel ( [link] ). His real name, at least according to the obituary, was Robert M. Stonelake. But I'll admit that's a name I didn't know him by. I knew him by the name he used online, Shane Wildhartt. I knew him by his characters, by his art, by the conversations and ideas...

I will confess, hearing about this death hit me hard. In an odd way, and for a reason I couldn't immediately understand, it hit me harder then any death, family or non, I'd dealt with to date. I realized why a little later. This was the only death I'd dealt with I hadn't been prepared for. When my step-father died, but we knew it was coming. Great Grandmother's had been coming for many years. Step-mother, again we had an inkling. Ammari, another artist and dear friend, saw it coming months in advance.

This time? Nada. A shot from the blue, a blindside that reminds us that life is precious. As the old saying goes "Tomorrow is promised to no one". This reminded us all of that. Maybe it also hit me a little harder because Shane was roughly the same age I am. Born March of 73. I'm only a few months younger, coming in at July in 73. We're the same age... *bang* There's another warning shot across the bow. Sure, I knew Shane was sick, had been for a while, but it was under control, to my knowledge. It was slowly but steadily getting better, or so I was told. Maybe that's the point too. Everyone else I knew intentionally started distancing themselves from other people. Shane didn't. Hell, Shane was the sort who would draw you in and treat you like family. I know he did me. I imagine Cheska is in the same boat there, but I won't presume to speak for her in this instance. Maybe he knew, but wasn't going to tell us. He told me once when he had to visit the hospital for something routine to not really tell a few people, so they wouldn't worry. Maybe we all weren't worried enough...

That's a lot of maybes, isn't it? Maybe isn't important tho. Remembering him is. An old saying I got from, of all things, a comic book comes to mind. "No one is truly dead until they have been forgotten by those who loved them". I'm sure I didn't remember that statement exactly, but you get the point. So what do I remember?

Potential. That's clearest to me. I remember how much potential he had. He himself, as a person, as an artist. I met him, I talked shop as an artist. We batted ideas around, inspired each other, came up with silliness. Hell, just two weeks ago we were discussing what Holloween costumes our characters would wear!! I met his characters, in art and words. I was allowed to visit them, meet the all but huge family of his characters. Shane, Snow, Shannon, all the brood, etc. It sounds kind of silly, I know, but those characters were as much a part of him as he himself was. There were a lot of them to meet. The world his characters existed in, the things they did, the relationships. The stories yet unwritten, that's a big kicker too. Ideas left unused, a storyline we were slowly working on, building and building to a crescendo... one that will never come now. Sure, it was fetish related (we shared that interest) but that really doesn't make a difference. It was still ideas, stories, tall tales, and other nifty vignettes. Things we'd planned and plotted and worked together on. His art I'll miss. How he always seemed to have stuff waiting to show me nearly every week (or at least when his arms weren't bothering him from the medical treatments). The way we'd go over them, and like a person once did for me, pointing out minor mistakes, helping him come up with ways to constantly improve. Or his insights on my own art, noticing little details that weren't immediately obvious, or catching a mood or an expression differently then I anticipated. Always an insight to something new...

All of that gone now. The greatest work of art known to man, the lives we lead, has finished. The creator (No matter what name you call him by) has finished his work, put the hammer and chisel away, and taken his work home with him. I only hope that when my time comes, I'll be able to meet him again. Meet his family, both real and imagined, and once more continue to learn and create among the heavens.

Thank you for listening. I needed to say it, even if I can barely see my screen. I ask that you spare me your condolences. If I'm this broken up over a friend I never knew face to face, I can only imagine how he affected those family and friends who stood by his side. Send your condolences to them... just as mine... ]]> ~TCPolecat7 http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/14682297/ http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/14682297/ Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:24:20 PDT
he rules:
1. 8 random facts about tag-ee.
2. Tags should be in a journal/blog.
3. At the end of the post 8 more people are to be tagged and named.
4. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged.

Okay. eight random facts, let's see...

1: I served 6 years in the US Navy as a Fire Controllman (Which basically meant I got to fix radar systems and point missles and bad guys)

2: I'm one of only 3 or 4 members of my family who does not live in the State of Maryland... Both Mother AND Father's side.

3: Motion is more important then beauty. If a person knows how to move well, it trumps LOOKING good (Tis is ESPECIALLY true if high heels are involved. ^_^)

4: I'm still a kid at heart. I collect toys and action figures, pull 'em out of their packaging, and pose them on nearly any available flat surface in my apartment bedroom (Current faves: The Transformers "Alternators" line and Stickfas)

5: I don't drink soda. Period. I drink the occasional juice, but I mostly only drink water (And Cappuccino if it's REALLY good, but in all honesty that's hard to find here stateside. They spoiled me in Europe for that). And despite being 34 years old at the time of this writing, I DO NOT drink alcohol, PERIOD!!

6: The best food in the world, in my opinion, is from Greece, makers of my absolute FAVORITE mealtime food: Gyros!!

7: I'm a video game junkie, but not a big fan of online/multiplayer games and MMOs. Despite that, I am a member of 2 MMO games: City of Heroes/Villians, and just recently (Thanks to my roomate) World of Warcraft.

Primaries on each (I have more, MANY more. I suffer from Alt-itis):

CoX:
Virtue Server:
Tasha Polecat (Emp/Rad Defender)
Doctor Tasha Polecat (Bots/Traps Mastermind)

WoW:
Thorium Brotherhood Server:
(Subject to change, I'm still very new)
Qarrel (Orc Warlock)
Rexanne (Blood Elf Paladin)
Thistlemane (Tauren Druid)

(And whatever you do, DO NOT blindly start chatting or inviting me into groups or guilds. That's the surest way to get ignored. I tend to solo play a great deal.)

8: I'm a long time sci-fi fan. I all but grew up on Star Wars, and to this day I am a dyed-in-the-wool Doctor Who fan (One who, before the new series, could name all the actors who played the Doctor. I will again in time, just gotta learn the new guys names. ). And for the record, Ace was the best companion the Doctor had in my opinion, tho the new girl, Martha is starting to pull a close 2nd... and Rose? She's down there with Tegan, I just didn't like her.

And that's 8. Gee, I rambled a bit towards the end there, didn't I? Oh well. Now to finish off this insipid chain letter of a tagging process (Which I only participate in because it's silly fun and no harm to anyone)...

Once more, the person which tagged me is Yomerome

The victims:

BigDaddyCruel
ARNie00
CheskaMouse
DACantero
rubbervixen
Sozokureed
SuichiTanaka
we-r-nomad


Honestly I don't care if any of them actually do it themselves, personally I feel they have no obligations to continue this if they don't want to, but what the hell. If anyone was already tagged earlier, just ignore me, I didn't know and haven't been keeping track.

I'm outta here!

- Polecat

]]> ~TCPolecat7 http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/14653843/ http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/14653843/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:52:14 PDT ) and commenting on the pics.

Next pic at 25K... Hey, this one snuck up on me faster then I expected. Thanks again for everyone's support!

- Polecat

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Not bad for an artist who's got a medical problem with mah shoulder, ne? Anyway, thanks for the visits and the hits...

- Polecat

]]> ~TCPolecat7 http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/12829685/ http://TCPolecat7.deviantart.com/journal/12829685/ Thu, 03 May 2007 15:38:34 PDT
Anyway, enjoy folks.

- Polecat

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