FreeJayFly

Getting into animation stuff (again). Gonna try and be a bit more serious with it; don't know how long it'll last. :'3;;
 

If there's a topic for this already, I do apologise. When I searched for one, there was really only results that only mentioned what I was looking for briefly. I also understand that animals were confirmed for being added later, though this is not just a suggestion for adding animals.
 
I kind of wanted to help broaden the addition of animals, if at all. Mostly in the departments of finding ways to tame or befriend certain animals to sticking by your side and seeing you as their 'alpha' in some cases. With dog food and tuna already being in the game, I can assume that dogs and cats are already two different animals that will make an appearance.
 
So... deviating away from them here for the first part, what about farm animals and being able to lead them back to a location that you set up for them? That, and having a way to create hay bales from tall grass so that you can care for larger animals down the line (or setting up a fenced in area where they can graze). Maybe carrots, apples, or more enticing greens can be used to lure now free roaming bovine, horses, and pigs to a location that you have set up, or if you can get close enough, be able to use a lead rope on them to take them back.
 
Of course, it would be a tricky process if you haven't already cleared the area -- unless you so happened upon one of the preexisting farmlands that have the animals on them.
 
Back to more common household pets -- given the nature of the game, it's highly unlikely that animals that a player would run across would want to trust said player. So how would being able to befriend them work? I imagine that tuna, salmon, or fresh dead rats would be ways to coax a feline friend, whereas dogs would be happy to receive the canned dog food, and other various meat products. On the note of giving meat to the animals, I personally would cook the meat to give to the animals rather than just giving it to them raw -- though I'm sure this could be an optional feature.
 
In any case, I suppose I also wanted to talk about added benefits of having pet companions, so here's a list of things that I have talked about with my fiancé that we think could be viable possibilities:
 
Positives:
All animals being able to be stress relievers, and happiness inducers if interacted with. However, the more work you do with them or for them, the less they make you happy, and can even start to stress you out.
  Cats bringing back fresh dead rats, birds, or lizards (if the devs wish to incorporate more animals than just the standard) as 'presents.'
  Chickens being able to produce eggs for the players (though eggs seem kind of useless due to eggs only being used in soups currently).
  Cows providing milk (and thus allowing the player to possibly make other various dairy products if given the correct tools and learning material).
  Dogs helping the player hunt game and take down zombies (the highest chance of becoming infected or dying due to most likely accompanying the player the most).
  Horses/Donkeys/Mules (or all the above) could be used as pack animals to help carry things that you otherwise couldn't, or... or they can be used for transportation with a decreased item carrying option to help accommodate for player and wanted items. Also has faster speed all around, though still gets fatigued  if running for too long.
  Pigs... ah... other than raising them for slaughter so that you have a good supply of ham and bacon, there's not really much else that I could add onto this, other than their poop makes excellent fertiliser. Negatives:
 
Should animals going in heat be a consideration, then interacting with them will cause stress -- or even injuries if an animal is given the coding so that it can lash out.
  Animal noises (such as roosters crowing, dogs barking, cows mooing, etc.) will attract zombie attention to where you are holding out, or have the animals located.
  Cats and dogs are capable of ruining certain things (maybe peeing on newspapers or clothing -- or tearing up books).
  Upon meeting certain animals (dogs, bovine, pigs) that are unconstrained by fences, they are territorial, and will attack regardless of if you are wanting to tame them or not (this is not to say they cannot be tamed).  
Everything is still a work in progress. I'm just going ahead and spitballing ideas, and am going to add, or elaborate upon some when community feedback is provided. ^ v ^

The whole 'Don't tip unless there's a tipping jar' is not really true. Having eaten out in Dublin many times over the course of the years, I can say that tipping is still something that is prevalent in society. Whenever I eat amongst a group the first thing we do after getting the bill is to chip in for the tip.
 
If you don't tip however you won't get accosted, something that might be the case in America for example. I was also surprised to hear that tipping taxi drivers is a common thing in America, which I can't get my head around...

I love the US but what I hate about is how, like many other countries, it values money and power over human quality of life. Tipping is a means for restaurants, chains, to pay their employees less and not provide them with minimum wage. It's gross, in my opinion, and I wish I didn't have to do it here. We're not okay with giving universal health care but we're fine with paying people's salaries at dinner, it's madness.

Places to visit..... Glendalough... hike on the Wicklow way... the ring of Kerry.... The Aran islands is a must..... the cliffs of moher..... the giants causeway.. The BURREN, if you don't visit the burren, just....  Connemara.....kilmainham gaol (jail)... The Brazen Head pub (the oldest in the country. Around a thousand years old..)  ... Dublinia and christchurch cathedral...     Spend as much time as possible hiking in Wicklow and The ring of Kerry. Traversing Kerry is historically and geographicly beautiful. Much of the fun things o do can be little odd things at the side of the road, I remember one time whilst in Kerry at the side of the road a woman had her great great grandparents farmhouse from the famine in perfect condition and had animals on the farm and it was 3 euro in.I learned a lot more than I did in history class. 
 
The Blarney Stone (Irish: Cloch na Blarnan) is a block of carboniferous limestone[1] built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) from Cork, Ireland. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of thegab (great skill at flattery). The stone was set into a tower of the castle in 1446 The word blarney has come to mean "clever, flattering, or coaxing talk"
 
Ireland is a multi cultural society and 75% of people support ame sex marriage. A referendum will be held on this early 2015.
 
IMPORTANT! Things to know about Irish people and ireland.
 
 
when an Irish person says "what's the craic" (pronounced “crack.”) or "that was great craic" they are not talking about drugs.Craic is a Gaelic word, with no exact English translation. The closest you get is “fun.”  
 
Never turn down a cup of tea, it is a federal offence, well should be. If a person offers you tea it's rude to not accept. Tea is to us as coffee is to Americans.
 
​Irish people curse to emphasise things they say, cursing is also a national pastime 
 
Everyone outside the suburb limits of Dublin is a culchie (an Irish version of redneck.) (they are all farmers, you can't understand them when they speak, they think they are better than people from the city, they will attack on sight and as of 1967 the Irish government has given orders for them to be shot on sight, only problem is the only people with guns in Ireland are farmers. OH no Catch 22 alert. Everything said there was a total fact
 
Never say that you are Irish if you have family that emigrated to __ from Ireland. The locals will hate you and in their minds will think of all the american stereotypes ever. Even If they know you are Canadian. To us there is no difference.
 
We have all the crappy american pop music and shitty TLC and MTV programmes, thanks for infecting us America. But we also have crappy British pop music! 
 
The only cure for a cold is flat (non fizzy) 7up. THE ONLY CURE.
 
Insults can mean we like you. It is all we know.
 
We are not all religious and there is only one real conservative religious campaign and they supported civil unions, so yeah..... 
 
Our president was an avid smoker of weed in his youth.
 
Our president is who we want to lead our  country, the Taoiseach (prime minister) is the one we all hate who has power.
 
Our most dangerous wild animal is a fox and deer, no joke.
 
You listen to FM104 to smile. You turn it off when the pop music starts.
 
We have one `skyscraper`it is 17 stories.
 
Nobody can speak Irish.
 
We pretend to be smart.
 
We invented the tyre
 
Our ancestors, the celts, invented Halloween.
 
we invented whiskey
 
We invented the study of seismic waves.
 
we designed the submarine
 
invented the tattoo machine 
 
invented to word boycott
 
portable defibrillator
 
Radio therapy and dozens other things 
 
The Chinese government loves us
 
DON'T TIP PEOPLE IN RESTAURANTS. unless there is a tip jar
 
Here people say  “I’ll be there in five minutes”... Try five hours.
 
Many people in Dublin have Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French and Scottish ancestry. Because the Celts came to Ireland from Scotland  and the Vikings (who founded Dublin) came from Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark, Sweden) And the Normans came from France, who surprisingly were also decended from Scandinavians.  
 
The origional 

I... I made a helmet. 
 

 
Also robot.
 

 
Also spaaaaaahs. But I made it on Construct because I'm lazy and haven't learned any coding yet.
 

 
 

 
 

If there's one thing I'd have to say I'm a bit iffy on, it's their chin.. Maybe it's just the perspective but the chin just seems a little too forward/jutting out?
I dunno.

The chin isn't the problem... I think it is the jar line that extends a bit too far back^^

I mean, it should end at the ear and not go beyond it

Getting into animation stuff (again). Gonna try and be a bit more serious with it; don't know how long it'll last. :'3;;
 

Getting into animation stuff (again). Gonna try and be a bit more serious with it; don't know how long it'll last. :'3;;
 

Getting into animation stuff (again). Gonna try and be a bit more serious with it; don't know how long it'll last. :'3;;
 

Did a portrait of my dog who passed away 2 days ago.
 

Mountain study.
 

I made some stupid little Valentine's Cards that feature mine and my fiance's characters. Thought I'd post them here since it's really what I've been working on recently as I've been taking a break from comic planning and writing. :'3
 

I made some stupid little Valentine's Cards that feature mine and my fiance's characters. Thought I'd post them here since it's really what I've been working on recently as I've been taking a break from comic planning and writing. :'3
 

For some reason I work better at night.
 

Gotta work out some clothing flaws with this one, but I do like the way it's coming out...
 

Almost done

... ' u ' I was wondering if there was an art thread that I could post to.
 
Also, @Flachzang: it certainly is a good improvement. * u *
 
Here are some things I'm working on:
 
 
Most of it is for a webcomic that I have launching in another two weeks. There's only one thing in there that's completely unrelated... mostly because it's more Pokémon related...

What's RC?
 
Anyways, I can't really vote because I prefer Dr. Pepper over all.

If there's a topic for this already, I do apologise. When I searched for one, there was really only results that only mentioned what I was looking for briefly. I also understand that animals were confirmed for being added later, though this is not just a suggestion for adding animals.
 
I kind of wanted to help broaden the addition of animals, if at all. Mostly in the departments of finding ways to tame or befriend certain animals to sticking by your side and seeing you as their 'alpha' in some cases. With dog food and tuna already being in the game, I can assume that dogs and cats are already two different animals that will make an appearance.
 
So... deviating away from them here for the first part, what about farm animals and being able to lead them back to a location that you set up for them? That, and having a way to create hay bales from tall grass so that you can care for larger animals down the line (or setting up a fenced in area where they can graze). Maybe carrots, apples, or more enticing greens can be used to lure now free roaming bovine, horses, and pigs to a location that you have set up, or if you can get close enough, be able to use a lead rope on them to take them back.
 
Of course, it would be a tricky process if you haven't already cleared the area -- unless you so happened upon one of the preexisting farmlands that have the animals on them.
 
Back to more common household pets -- given the nature of the game, it's highly unlikely that animals that a player would run across would want to trust said player. So how would being able to befriend them work? I imagine that tuna, salmon, or fresh dead rats would be ways to coax a feline friend, whereas dogs would be happy to receive the canned dog food, and other various meat products. On the note of giving meat to the animals, I personally would cook the meat to give to the animals rather than just giving it to them raw -- though I'm sure this could be an optional feature.
 
In any case, I suppose I also wanted to talk about added benefits of having pet companions, so here's a list of things that I have talked about with my fiancé that we think could be viable possibilities:
 
Positives:
All animals being able to be stress relievers, and happiness inducers if interacted with. However, the more work you do with them or for them, the less they make you happy, and can even start to stress you out.
  Cats bringing back fresh dead rats, birds, or lizards (if the devs wish to incorporate more animals than just the standard) as 'presents.'
  Chickens being able to produce eggs for the players (though eggs seem kind of useless due to eggs only being used in soups currently).
  Cows providing milk (and thus allowing the player to possibly make other various dairy products if given the correct tools and learning material).
  Dogs helping the player hunt game and take down zombies (the highest chance of becoming infected or dying due to most likely accompanying the player the most).
  Horses/Donkeys/Mules (or all the above) could be used as pack animals to help carry things that you otherwise couldn't, or... or they can be used for transportation with a decreased item carrying option to help accommodate for player and wanted items. Also has faster speed all around, though still gets fatigued  if running for too long.
  Pigs... ah... other than raising them for slaughter so that you have a good supply of ham and bacon, there's not really much else that I could add onto this, other than their poop makes excellent fertiliser. Negatives:
 
Should animals going in heat be a consideration, then interacting with them will cause stress -- or even injuries if an animal is given the coding so that it can lash out.
  Animal noises (such as roosters crowing, dogs barking, cows mooing, etc.) will attract zombie attention to where you are holding out, or have the animals located.
  Cats and dogs are capable of ruining certain things (maybe peeing on newspapers or clothing -- or tearing up books).
  Upon meeting certain animals (dogs, bovine, pigs) that are unconstrained by fences, they are territorial, and will attack regardless of if you are wanting to tame them or not (this is not to say they cannot be tamed).  
Everything is still a work in progress. I'm just going ahead and spitballing ideas, and am going to add, or elaborate upon some when community feedback is provided. ^ v ^

It may be likely that what that could refer to is no special zombies like what Left 4 Dead has with the Boomer, Smoker, Spitter, Hunter, and other things -- basically, no mutational strains that would make them more than what they currently are. My fiancé actually chimed in as I was looking this over, though, and said that perhaps that the zombies could go ahead and kill off the animals, with their zombification process not effecting them at all because of the different biology.
 
Another thing that came to mind, is since animals do have a different biology, they could be infected, and depending on the animal's disposition toward a player, their bite could also contribute to zombification, though have no negative effect on the animal. However, I feel like this would be a rather cheap and unnecessary option depending -- or some people might actually like it.
 
Though, it is still up in the air, so maybe there could be zombie animals. :'D I don't much hold my breath for it, to be honest, however.

That would be tense.
 
Also, the dog or pets could be used as tools (by the game) to move the zombies too. If you spotted a dog you might have to kill it. Because of hunger (dogs associate people with food) a starving dog may well follow a person back to his safe house.
 
A dog doesn't understand the implications of 20 zombies following him.

Imagine being on a scavenging run. You hop a fence into a backyard... and there's the family dog. Not only are you probably going to be running for your life, but the barking is going to pull Zeds in from everywhere. Love the idea, I really hope the implement it.