Diwata living in a tree near Keith’s place. Shy around strangers. Always smells like flowers.
nice
Myan: What is that?
Keith: Something good.
Tammy: What took you guys so long?
Cruz: Yeah! It's finally time to commence my Plan Number 1...
Cruz: Happy Birthday Myan!
It’s awesome that I learned a lot about drawing birds, but I’m getting tired of drawing feathers. Still, it’s the only way to get better at drawing them…
Heh Myan. Seriously though, can you blame her?
Other birds she possibly transformed into:
Oh yeah, Cat Nine also got featured in Drunk Duck, yipee!
Myan: That's weird. When I'm a human, it's like, natural.
Hibi-Hibi: Sorry about that! I only put the knowledge of how to be a human in your collar.
Myan: And then something about different animals and instincts. Anyway, we decided to practice.
Hibi-Hibi: That's not gonna work Myan...
Myan: wheeee
Hibi-Hibi: That's great Myan! (finally..!)
Hibi-Hibi: She forgot, did she?
Myan: whooooo
What’s that? More details? Ok! Had some trouble drawing owl Myan but I’m still glad it turned out ok, I guess. I’m still not sure how to draw the patterns on the feathers.
And Myan’s on Tumblr now, apparently.
Myan: So what do I do?
Hibi-Hibi: Let's try it their way.
Hibi-Hibi: F-fly!
Hibi-Hibi: nngg..!
Myan: Do you want me to jump?
Hibi-Hibi: ..ugh. Yeah.
Sorry if it’s not obvious, Myan’s drinking milk. Trying to at least. I dunno, whenever Hibi-Hibi’s appears, the comic’s prone to flashbacks. Maybe she came from Lost or something.
Drawing people is hard enough. Drawing multiple people in the same panel is harder. Drawing them on a table on a specific angle complete with background and props…. damn. Welp I’m still glad I did it and I’m somewhat satisfied with this, compared to my earlier attempts. Also trying out that leafy shadow effect, but I need more practice with it. And yes OWL MYAN. MYOWL. HOO HOO. I don’t really know how to draw owls but it was fun looking at pictures of them.
On other news, I have a job now. Don’t know how it will affect the updates, but it’s gonna be tougher to work on them during the weekdays. My current job involves sitting in front of the computer most of the day too… at least I get moneys, yey. If you want to be updated exactly when the comic updates, try subscribing to the RSS, or maybe following me on Twitter or Facebook, if that’s your thing.
[[Myan "drinking" milk by licking the straw]]
[[Myan noticing something]]
Keith: Uh, so-
-how did you get here?
Tammy:This better be worth the trouble earlier.
Cruz: Mmf!
Myan: Well...
Hibi-Hibi: I don't like this, but...
Hibi-Hibi: ...this is the fastest way to get anywhere!
Knowing the job description is always important.
Hibi-hibi: Hullo Myan
Hibi-hibi: Is something bothering you?
Myan: I wanna go with him but I'm stuck guarding this tree!
Hibi-hibi: Oh Myan, I can't force you to stay here all day.
Hibi-hibi: Just visiting now and then will be enough.
Myan: So...can I go?
Hibi-hibi: Wellll...
Reference to this page. She really has to watch where she’s going. This time the windows are shutter type, if it’s not obvious.
[[Hibi-hibi sitting midair]]
Hibi: Since we're done her, I'll be going home now.
[[Hibi-hibi looking malicious and whispering]]
Hibi: Which will be bird free tomorrow.
[[Hibi-hibi flies away]]
Hibi: Tata everyone!
[[Hibi-hibi slams into the window]]
<<WHAP>>
[[Keith opens the window's shutters, looking amused. Hibi-hibi looks dazed.]]
Keith: Here
Hibi: Thank you.
Keith: So, I have a cat with a magical collar. Now what?
[[Keith surprised by Myan who's looking very hungry]]
Myan: Foooood
Vote Pic!
I’m trying out ComicPress on my other(secret) website. Could be useful when I get my own domain name someday, too bad catnine.com is taken though. Looks good so far, but I still like how the site looks on ComicGenesis. Might have to look for other content management systems and learn some php or something.
Stopped using the Flex nib for my Wacom Pen cause it’s very worn out and I only have one. I’ll miss it cause gives the pen more friction than usual. Thought that my drawings are gonna look a little different because of that but I find it a bit easier to draw now since I forgot that I’ve been practicing with the normal nibs since my old tablet, and I think I can draw faster now too.
Used a reference picture, but second panel’s still hard to draw. Haven’t had much practice with two or more people touching/interacting yet, but still very happy with the result. Also had some difficulty with Tammy’s pose on the second to the last panel. Whenever there’s a difficult or unfamiliar pose, I try to draw it on my sketch pad first. Usually it’s much better than what I can do on the computer itself. So I tried tracing my drawing, and it looks pretty good.
[[Hibi floating beside Keith]]
Keith: While she's like that, why don't you fix them Hibi?
Hibi: I'd love to, but casting that spell took a lot out of me.
[[Tammy and Myan hugging each other and giving Keith the puppy dog eyes]]
Tammy: She's fine the way she is!
Keith: But--
[[Tammy explains a bit about people]]
Tammy: People aren't gonna care if she has them because magic isn't real.
Hibi: <<ehem>>
Tammy: You know what I mean, they'll be in denial, and they'll try to rationalize it.
[[Tammy posing like a mermaid, and Keith getting all worked up]]
Tammy: I should know, I'm a mermaid!
Keith: No you're not!
[[Keith sees her point]]
Keith: O-kay you got me there.
Sorry for the delay, but here we go. Check out the site, added a leaderboard ad from Project Wonderful, and a comment system for the archives!
Cat Tiger Myan’s back! Bravo, bravo!
Ah, figured it out why it isn’t updating. Had something to do with the features I mentioned above.
Notes (10/22/2014)
While the different animal ears/tail are great to give Myan some “variety”, I won’t be using them that much, if at all, in the future.
[[Hibi-hibi looking disappointed]]
<<sigh>>
Hibi-hibi: Let's try that again. This time turn into a human and...
[[Hibi-hibi floating beside Tammy and gesturing towards her]]
Hibi-hibi: ...copy what she's wearing!
[[Tammy covering her breasts with her arms]]
Tammy: If she gets my undies right we're gonna have a problem.
[[Myan looking enthusiastic]]
Myan: Alright, here I go!
<<POOF>>
[[Myan transforms into a tiger girl wearing Tammy's clothes but with slightly different colors]]
Myan: Tada!
Anyone remember this? Kept it simpler than the older one, as I do NOT want to go through animating all those frigging stripes if I ever decide to do something like that again. Haven’t actually designer her tiger form properly yet though, so it’ll probably be refined later on.
Notes (10/22/2014)
Boo to you, past self! Those stripes were awesome! And I dunno why I was feeling lazy back then since this time, I didn’t have to animate it! Booooo, hissss!
[[Hibi-hibi and Myan standing on the bed]]
Hibi-hibi: Let's talk about your collar.
[[Hibi-hibi crossing her arms]]
Hibi-hibi: Picture in your mind what you want to be, then you WILL be.
You have to really want it though.
For now, let's start with...
<<POOF>>
[[Myan transforms into a tiger]]
Hibi-hibi...Paying attention first.
Myan: Grr.
[[Cut to Tammy and Keith, with Keith putting on a hard hat]]
Tammy: What's with the hard hat?
Keith: Just in case.
Sorry for the delay, had an on/off fever since the first week of April. After that a friend came over, so yeah. I might try making two pages this week if I can.
I guess that’s Hibi’s favorite idiom, heh indeed. Oh and beware birds and mice everywhere!
Notes (10/22/2014)
Did she just give Myan a quest, with a down payment to boot? Best NPC ever!
[[Hibi-hibi floating nearby Cruz]]
Hibi-hibi: Anyway, with this, I get to do something good too.
Cruz: Like killing two birds with one stone?
[[Hibi-hibi looking a little psychotic.]]
Hibi-hibi: Heh.
[[Hibi-hibi pointing at Myan dramatically]]
Hibi-hibi: So Myan, will you become my avenger?
[[Myan on top of Keith's head and Keith reacting to her claws]]
Myan: SHOW ME YOUR ENEMIES!
Keith: Stop.Scalping.Me.