Artist's commentary
Cultural Exchange
Awhile back cptlfrghtr asked for a drawing of OS/360-tan (second from left) and OS/ES-tan (Soviet clone of OS/360, pictured here at the far right) eating a box of marshmallow Peeps together. Because his birthday was coming up I decided to go all-out and include MTS-tan (far left) and DOS/ES-tan (Soviet clone of DOS/360, second from right) as well, because the more mainframes the merrier! (Technically there's a fifth here — points to whoever can figure out who she is.)
I also went all-out with the interior design because it's a dream of mine to be able to achieve full mastery of schlocky 1970s (and 50s, and 60s) design elements. The same goes for the coloring and aging effects - compare and contrast with the un-vintage-ized version.) I'm pretty pleased with the outcome, though in hindsight I may have used a little less yellow/gold.
