Scratch

cheddargirl wrote:

Lucario621 wrote:

http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af54 … chcat2.png

I added a bit more.

Now, I've started a bit of the head (looks like a robot xD). The head can turn for nice playability    Also the arms can now turn for playability too    Just like the tail...

Unless you guys have any better suggestions for eyes, I'll just keep on working 

And to make sure the body is good and structural, I have built a good amount of this in real life to test things out. Like the arms. There's a peg to connect the arm with friction, and a peg without friction (so it would fall to a 180 degree angle rather than 90). So before it was the second, but I fixed it so it was the first, so that's good...

Something about that face looks a bit wonky to me. I think it's because the face looks too flat whereas the snout juts out from the Scratch Cat's head. Maye you should move the eyes one stud back into the head?

Hmm, good point. I didn't think about that.

Firstly, I replaced the nose with this piece:



(in black)

That should help it stick out. And I'll look into the eye issue.

Last edited by Lucario621 (2010-08-26 20:24:12)

I'm trying to figure out how to do the whiskers... but I don't have many ideas...

cheddargirl wrote:

Lucario621 wrote:

I'm trying to figure out how to do the whiskers... but I don't have many ideas...

The LEGO Scratch Cat the the MIT Media Lab has the whiskers sticking out near the nose, so maybe those thin, long black LEGO pieces sticking out from near the nose? 

If it were me, I'd use black tring for whiskers, wedged between two blocks. 

Yeah, the thing is... I DONT THINK THOSE WHISKERS WERE LEGO DX.

There is this one piece, "OUTER CABLE 176MM", but I don't have the piece, and it's obviously too long (longer than the big green piece).

My main idea was to use this piece:



But I can't seem to find a good way to attach it well...

cheddargirl wrote:

Maybe an angular brick to attach the whiskers to the face?
http://cache.lego.com/images/factory/pa … 7021_8.jpg

Yeah, I did something like that. It doesn't look that good though 

XD, I'm quite amused, this is slowly turning into a LEGO building topic. 

Yayyyyy

I do appreciate your efforts, because I can tell you're not really a lego builder too much yourself but you do have a good sense of design 

Maybe I'll just skip the whiskers....

Sell it!

(before responding to this remember it's joke  )

Last edited by militarydudes (2010-08-27 21:35:03)

littletonkslover wrote:

militarydudes wrote:

Sell it!

I think she wants to keep it, and won't sell it until she gets better and makes more than one 

Hmmm. I know it's technically illegal to sell fan art, I wonder if it's technically illegal to sell a plush of a character that isn't yours. 

But legality aside, I probably won't be selling any plushies until I get my hands on a sewing machine.

ihaveamac wrote:

CCW

Cool, Creepy, (and) Weird

XD, thanks. 

littletonkslover wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

littletonkslover wrote:

I think she wants to keep it, and won't sell it until she gets better and makes more than one 

Hmmm. I know it's technically illegal to sell fan art, I wonder if it's technically illegal to sell a plush of a character that isn't yours. 

But legality aside, I probably won't be selling any plushies until I get my hands on a sewing machine.

It probably is illegal 

you people are gullible 

cheddargirl wrote:

militarydudes wrote:

littletonkslover wrote:

It probably is illegal 

you people are gullible 

Not so sure about that. People have received lawsuits from selling fan art. 

Very true .A.

Lucario621 wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

militarydudes wrote:

you people are gullible 

Not so sure about that. People have received lawsuits from selling fan art. 

What about giving away fan art? 

The subject of fan art is a rather double-edged sword because it becomes an issue as to who really has ownership over the piece. Strictly speaking, copyright of a fan art piece is owned by (1) the company who owns the characters/creative idea presented in the piece and (2) the artist(s) who created it. For example, if I make a Yu-Gi-Oh! fan art, I technically have copyright over that piece, but so does the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kazuki Takahashi.

For the most part, most companies like fan art because they think of it as free publicity, usually most don't make a move against fan art unless money is involved (for example, like selling fan art prints on eBay), and even cases like that is rare.

Now the subject of giving away fan art for free... That might depend on the case at hand. To my knowledge, though, I don't recall a case of an artist being sued for giving away fan art for free or in an art trade. I think, in cases like that, it would be a pretty hard case to prove that giving away free fan art would cripple the profit making of a company.

littletonkslover wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

Lucario621 wrote:

What about giving away fan art? 

The subject of fan art is a rather double-edged sword because it becomes an issue as to who really has ownership over the piece. Strictly speaking, copyright of a fan art piece is owned by (1) the company who owns the characters/creative idea presented in the piece and (2) the artist(s) who created it. For example, if I make a Yu-Gi-Oh! fan art, I technically have copyright over that piece, but so does the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kazuki Takahashi.

For the most part, most companies like fan art because they think of it as free publicity, usually most don't make a move against fan art unless money is involved (for example, like selling fan art prints on eBay), and even cases like that is rare.

Now the subject of giving away fan art for free... That might depend on the case at hand. To my knowledge, though, I don't recall a case of an artist being sued for giving away fan art for free or in an art trade. I think, in cases like that, it would be a pretty hard case to prove that giving away free fan art would cripple the profit making of a company.

I don't think it'd be an offense. For instance, my friend likes the anime Sailor Moon. If I gave her fanart of it for her birthday, I doubt that'd be unlawful.

Well, I was thinking more along the lines of giving away free prints on a massive scale (like at an anime convention or something). But even then, I'm not sure.    But I don't think giving it away as a b-day present is problem. 

Pbajtime wrote:

mwah its cute:3

do u like to sew?

Yep, I do. It sometimes get tiring, though, and it's annoying when I prick my fingers by accident.