Djeser posted:

I wouldn't want to see that because it's best to watch this sort of thing from afar. It's a lot different to quietly observe a rhinoceros from afar (and snicker at it) than it is to have an angry rhinoceros charging at you.

I agree, though, that the incidental details are some of the most disappointing, because it's where you could be really creative and show what things rides would make for themselves but it's just human stuff all the time.

Maybe they're just complete hacks who can't make technology that doesn't derive from human technology, being human 'technology' themselves. So despite being terrible at using them, they just can't come up with a better bed than a human bed, or a better chair than a human chair.

JosephWongKS posted:

But Miranda Leek Thunderbark said that “However, we have technology that is far more advanced than any humans". Are you calling her him a liar, hmm?

Iced Cocoa posted:

JosephWongKS posted:

But Miranda Leek Thunderbark said that “However, we have technology that is far more advanced than any humans". Are you calling her him a liar, hmm?

Djeser posted:

I'm saying rollercoasters are assholes with inflated egos and superiority complexes who think that being rollercoasters make them better than humans. Based on Railrunner, that's not far from the truth. So of course they'd think they had amazing technology when all they can do is make equivalents of human technology.

Dreggon posted:

Why wouldn't you just roll along on your wheels instead of using them as feet

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Dreggon posted:

Why wouldn't you just roll along on your wheels instead of using them as feet

SSNeoman posted:

EDIT: Holy poo poo guys check out the book's Amazon page. ()


...I kinda wanna read that last one

Angrymog posted:

Were they crystals that made its wheels grow long and thin?

Iced Cocoa posted:

She also talks about tails. Tails! They do not have tails, they have a long body!

I know it has been said several times now, but if this were a story about dragons and other mythological creatures it would be generic fantasy whatever, but it would be better than this travesty.

Iced Cocoa posted:

The thing is that they've always been roller coasters. Most of the actually good colored art predates her DA account. She joined DA about 2 years ago, but the book was published in 2010. Add at least one more year to come up with this, wrote and do illustrations.

crowfeathers posted:

If you had paid attention you'd know that their wheels magically shift to a new position when they stand on rails, and that's when those come into play for transport.

Pick posted:

I think a lot of the confusion comes from the fact that I am not convinced she has ever actually seen a roller coaster.

Djeser posted:

Maybe she's like Rodney and loves roller coasters despite never having gone to an amusement park in his life.

Write What You Know!

SC Bracer posted:

But he was a roller coaster engineer...Miranda, how the hell did he work on coasters if he'd literally never been to an amusement park ever in any capacity???

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I decided to lie like a trained actor trying out for a specific part in a big-time movie.

No More Toast posted:

I have just read this entire thread and want to thank Miranda Leek for bringing this glorious creation into the world. It would make an excellent gag gift but at £13 it's just too much.

I just have one complaint. Why the hell is it called 'Amusement Park Between' instead of 'the Amusement Park Between'? This has been bugging me for 37 pages- the latter sounds so much better.

Mr.Radar posted:

Or for that matter, why is it the "Amusement Park Between"? What is it "between"? I think Bobbin Threadbare has exactly the right idea by changing it to "the Park Beyond" which makes much more sense considering that the realm is supposed to be the afterlife for amusement park rides.

Triskelli posted:

Just finished this horrific story. What chafes me the most is that there is the core of an excellent story here if all the anthro was stripped out. A land where all carnival constructions live on in silence, repeating their same routines as in life and reflecting their personal history would be fascinating. Say a full colosseum or jousting ring with disembodied suits of armor engaging in deadly combat, circuses with clown shoes walking around and overflowing popcorn makers, or amusement rides rolling around on their own. Not smug faces, no sighs, no talking: just a go-kart nudging the kind that got lost here and emitting a forlorn beep.

...hold on a second let me open up a word document...

Mercedes posted:

Isaak looks up from his drink with a smile and says, “You're right. I'm only here because of you. I might as well allow you goons to lavish me with money as I keep your asses out of jail.”

Jameson laughs heartily lifting his drink to you. “Here's to the future.”

Isaak lightly taps Jameson's beer glass with his own. “To the future.”




Isaak's suit pocket vibrates. He holds a finger up to excuse himself from the table so he can take the call. The young, blonde companion in response pulls out a pocket mirror and reapplies her make-up. Once outside the restaurant, he presses the phone against his ear and answers, “This is Isaak.”

The voice on the other end of the phone call causes the wrinkles around Isaak's eyes to crease in vexation. He squints and with his free hand rubs his forehead to soothe the building headache.

“I'm on my way.” He finally says, ending the call and stuffing the phone into his suit. Isaak heads back into the restaurant and up to his driver. “Get the car for me please? I need to make an appearance.” He says. “Afterwards, you can drop the girl off at her place or your place, I don't give a poo poo.” Isaak smiles, wearing the mask to hide his true emotions.

The driver chuckles. “Of course sir.” He says as he leaves out the front.

One of Isaak's bodyguards hands him his coat and scarf, which he puts it on. Isaak then walks to his table and addresses the young woman. “I must be off. I do thank you for your company.” He nods to one of his men and the bodyguard escorts her out.



As Isaak walks through the police station, he feels the angry eyes of countless police officers burning holes into the back of his head. It made him feel powerful. He effectively made the police's job twice as hard if they ever had any hope of charges sticking. Isaak made his way into interrogation and immediately made his presence known. “Hello Detectives. That will be enough thank you.”

Isaak looks at Jameson and notices he has a mist of blood on his neck and cheek. “Hey there Sharky.” Jameson says.

“Be quiet. Not another word until I get you alone with me.” Isaak says tersely. His anger is bubbling up inside, but nothing shows on his face.

One of the detectives leans back in his chair and snarks. “I wouldn't even bother councilor. This is open and shut.”

“Did I not make myself clear Detective?”

The detective holds his hands up defensively. “Alright, alright. We'll be outside.”

When the detectives leave the room Isaak turns on Jameson, his fury barely contained. “What the gently caress did you do this time Jameson?”

“Relax Shark, no body, no crime.”

“No body no-” Isaak puffs through his nostrils in agitation. “Jameson, I need to know everything you know, so that I'm fully prepared just in case you hosed up and poo poo hits the fan.”

“Brother I'm telling you not to worry. I've been in this game for like thirty years. I know how to cover my poo poo up. Everything is already taken care of.”

Isaak glares at Jameson, thinking of what to do next.

Force Jameson to tell Isaak what he knows.

Trust Jameson has everything under control.

JosephWongKS posted:

Triskelli posted:

Just finished this horrific story. What chafes me the most is that there is the core of an excellent story here if all the anthro was stripped out. A land where all carnival constructions live on in silence, repeating their same routines as in life and reflecting their personal history would be fascinating. Say a full colosseum or jousting ring with disembodied suits of armor engaging in deadly combat, circuses with clown shoes walking around and overflowing popcorn makers, or amusement rides rolling around on their own. Not smug faces, no sighs, no talking: just a go-kart nudging the kind that got lost here and emitting a forlorn beep.

...hold on a second let me open up a word document...

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Some anatomy practice with ShadowtrackFuckdoll. I haven't drawn her in a while. It looks like she's enjoying one of her favorite activities, a long hot shower.

lol, I didn't put breasts on my female coasters to arouse. When I first started drawing my coasters, they all looked the same and I was sick of others asking if the character was male or female. The most obvious way to feminize anything is give it a more organic form, as in busty and curvy.

Madoushi posted:

I'm torn between 'no way that's supposed to be a roller coaster vagina' and 'what the gently caress else could it possibly be'.

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The linea nigra is that vertical line on your belly, a pregnancy trademark that shows up on moms-to-be of all stripes.

Madoushi posted:

I'm torn between 'no way that's supposed to be a roller coaster vagina' and 'what the gently caress else could it possibly be'.

quote:

Q: Kristen, can you talk a little about the different approaches you tried out for the female charr before settling on the final design?

Kristen: As a team, we had many discussions regarding the direction of the female charr, and a lot of that back-and-forth was in the form of thumbnail sketches and theoretical debate. These discussions centered around the tension between making the female charr attractive to the playerbase while still making it look like part of the same race as the male charr.

Much of the problem was in making the female charr more universally attractive, which leans towards a more human appearance. Those initial designs explored the tension between an acceptable human notion of beauty and an animalistic design that is cool, but just too “creature” for the average player to find engaging. This exploratory process brought about one model design that was indeed more humanoid and catgirl in appearance. It had the back leg joint articulation of the charr, but stood much more upright, had a human neck, slender arms and almost hand-like paws—and, yes, breasts. The problem with this design, though, was we were trying to find a solution between both goals, which meant we didn’t really satisfy either. The human part of our charr catgirl wasn’t human enough to be cute, and the charr part of her wasn’t charr enough to be fierce, let alone look like a female of the same race. So while this experiment was very important for visualization, in the end it didn’t give us the result we wanted.

By this point we knew we didn’t want a catgirl, but there was still another conundrum to solve. The males of the charr race are large, overly muscular, brutish, and monstrous. We couldn’t give the female of the race the same hulking masculine proportions, because then there’d be no real way to see any gender difference. But how do you make a smaller, less muscular, less imposing member of the race feel just as powerful as their male counterparts?



Q: So how did you strike that balance and create something that was both feminine and charr-like?

Kristen: Well, when I started designing the female charr, I definitely wanted her to feel just as fierce as the male of the race. She had to feel sleek and agile while at the same time have an appearance of strength and power. By thinking in terms of movement, it became clear the answer was in optimizing nuances. Yes, she had to be large and robust like the male, but we could tone down the testosterone by really extending her body lines to gracefully flow from the top of her head to tail tip.

I didn’t see any reason whatsoever to give her less clawing power, so I rebuilt the sabers on her hands and feet and brought out the padding design. The face and horns were designed with style and movement in mind, but also incorporated markedly more feminine cat-like features instead of the more monstrous male features, though there will be those options too. The horns don’t have a particular direction to denote gender; they just have to look cool. The female’s tail, however, has long hair. This was a very specific thing I wanted to include, as I love the sweeping feel to the long hair, and it’s an easy detail to note from behind in telling whether the charr is male or female.

Finally, there was the matter of the chest. It really didn’t make any sense to have boobs on a charr female, particularly with all the effort we took to make her sleek and fierce. We thought they should have no breasts at all or at least hide them under some fluffy fur. Above all else, we needed to be true to the race, of course! There was still some debate, however, so I gave them a choice: either be subtle and downplay the breasts (it wasn’t a point of the race, anyway) or go full-on realistic. Yes, that’s right —none or six!!

But really, the armor augmentation required for six boobs would be just as ridiculous, so none it was!

SSNeoman posted:

Miranda's problem in this case, and one she is stubbornly refusing to acknowledge, is that her murdercoasters all basically have the same head. This makes them look identical because their silhoutte pretty much is. Rather than fixing this by giving them heads of different shapes and sizes,she instead defaults to the lazy "add boobs" method.
Incidentally, this (and I cannot believe I'm saying this) contradicts her story's own internal logic.

Iced Cocoa posted:

I'm pretty sure Fuckdoll is actually not pregnant, given that for a time about a third of Miranda's gallery was all pregnant roller coasters and it was just Angeltrack. What's happening here is that Miranda has drawn Angeltrack for so long as pregnant that the linea nigra is for her something that everyone has. Somehow she had also figured it's a crack rather than a line, which makes it more disturbing anyway. I guess she saw the line when looking for pregnancy references, but now she has forgotten why she added the line in the first place and Fuckdoll gets the line just out of habit as she has drawn Angeltrack so much more than Fuckdoll.