LAST EDITED ON 04-06-04 AT 08:53 AM (EDT)
 
>>Sara looks *quite* adorable as a salusian (Though personally, thanks
>>to the images of Asrial I've seen, I always imagine a humanized
>>salusian as having larger primary ears.)
>
>It's the difference between drawing and dealing with an actual
>photograph. Working with a real picture, the idea (for me, at least
>:) is to make whatever I do blend as well into 'reality' as I possibly
>can. My first tries at those pictures had the primary ears being
>larger, but they looked obviously fake. Making them smaller
>and less pronounced (and trying to blend them into the existing
>hairlines) makes them look more real. (And if anyone is curious,
>they're raccoon ears in both images. They were the easiest ones to
>work with.)

That's something I didn't think of, actually, the realisticness of the ears to the images... (And for the record, that wasn't meant to be a criticism of the pictures...sorry if it came off that way. Opinions of art are always a personal thing. I've seen pictures that I thought were horrible, but the artists were perfectly happy with their (to my eyes) terrible art style. To each their own.

>>(And Trigger? Personally, I don't like Gil with the facefur. Maybe
>>because I've watched him for years without it and I don't like
>>change.)
>
>His having a beard this season allowed me to go as Grissom to the
>Halloween party at work last year without having to shave my own
>beard, so I'm all for it.

Well, changes in hairstyle and beard status are always a personal taste, so whatever floats yer boat. :)

>>Anyhow, very good, everyone's just as they should be (Well, the CSIers
>>at least, except for a slight variance on Cath..but then, she has good
>>days too.)
>
>We're all a little confused at the "why isn't Cath bitter like she is
>on the show?" comments. I mean, sure, she has bad moments--they all
>do--but the base of her character as I see it is just self-assured and
>determined with a healthy dose of 'you wouldn't BELIEVE the shit I've
>seen' that just adds to her air of experience. Translate that to
>UF, where the how and why of how she got where she is (and, no,
>not going to go into that now, so don't ask :) isn't quite so
>brutal...and I think we've got her character down pretty solidly.
>Besides, she's too much fun to have her be sour all the time.

Well, that's always true. we're basing our opinion of Cath solely on what we've seen of her on the show, so we don't have your VIP worldview of her to go by. :) Cath is the one who's got the most reason to be bitter on the show, and if you've changed her past to fit UF, well, then all bets are off, aren't they? :) She certainly seems to have a healthier relationship with Lyndsay. I don't remember what season it was, but there's one where it's Lyndsay's birthday and Cath is all angsty about why she didn't want a birthday party. It was a good episode...one of the few where I've actually seen gil having *fun*. He got Lyndsay a chemistry set. :)

Edit to add:

That said, Cath certainly has the quirkiest sense of humor of the group, and I hope she's kept that. :)