ARA - Tentacle Test

I want to see tutorials from u

BusterSlug

There is another reason why Ara is perfect in sex art, a naive, innocent, and socially-awkward sexy female sythnoid. I bet anyone would love to take advantage of her. Tricking her into understand about organics' 'rituals'. Hey, your art, your character.

What was the difference?

Spartan277

Maybe she'd be more comfortable if they were cybernetic tentacles?

Mellenius

I think in a way, following this rule can make a character feel more special/respected. Of course, a tease always comes appreciated <3

Diverclores

They're tentacles and they're purple. I'd say I'm ok with this.

Nicoya

Anyway to get the old version as well? I liked the tease

DjDankRoast

The edit looks great :D

I'll be honest, as much as I like the idea of seeing more hardcore stuff of ARA, I have absolutely no objection to keeping her in low-level teasy stuff. As I've gotten to know her through the art you've made, and what you've told us, I feel it best suits her and going further would... dilute that lore and personality. Here's hoping ARA never changes. :D

Silvador

I'm not sure. Some pieces in the past had her being kind of sexually playful in a very softcore capacity and even those felt uneasy. Maybe it has to do with her personality, the AI, always in conflict for the story I have in my head, that settling on how she'd make those decisions wasnt ever finalized.

FluffKevlar

Yeah as I responded to Volpe above, I had to try it out to know my limits I think. Even this picture might be just one inch too far, but I knew hardcore stuff was still a no-go. Thanks!

FluffKevlar

Yeah you pretty much hit the nail on the head honestly. Again, I just had to draw it before I really knew how I exactly felt about it. Even this is, at least with the bottom tentacle, touching maybe 0.1% too far. I might just erase that part, or give her tight clothing on bottom. And pretty much agreed with the eventual sex, too. If I were to do porn with her it'd be quite some time after character development, and only in a romantic kind of capacity.

FluffKevlar

I always love ARA and have enjoyed what you've done with her. I see her more in the 'Softcore' area where teasing is prominent and no actual penetration is displayed and think this works very well for her as she has an awesome personality you made for her. Her personality makes the teasing and such much more interesting as it isn't that she is trying to tease or if she is teasing it is not with the same reasoning that a biotic creature would be doing so. I like what you did here as there is a story as to why she is there and think that is what works for ARA instead of just 'here is a pinup' each image works more having some context as to why she is in the situation.

Francis Wyvern

Out of curiosity, when did you first start feeling ARA was a no go for porn? Was it a thought process during her inception or later? I'd genuinely like to know your initial thoughts on this :) As for prawn of ARA, I really have no strong opinion on it one way or another (and would most likely ask for Warning instead sorry ARA...err.. sorry Warning.... errr sorry to both of them I think XD)

Murphyslaw

You must counterbalance this with ARA bellyrubs.

Tesseract

I'm actually kinda surprised with how I view this, I feel like a couple of the previous comments said; uneasy, weird, nervous, etc. I guess I can agree and say that considering how you've said that you try to avoid outright porn with ARA that it feels so weird seeing this. That, and ARA just feels too innocent to really be involved in something like that. So, for what it's worth, yeah, I agree that I'd rather keep ARA the way she is, as a pretty, innocent, and tasteful character. Then again, I feel that way about Tala in Denali, despite the fact we know exactly how that's gonna go. That being said, I absolutely love her reaction and facial expression, it's really cute.

ExtremistLine

That was before her personality was established, and Scappo actually apologized later once Fluff's stance on her was solidified.

Volpethrope

Honestly, I do feel a bit uneasy looking at this. It bothers me how much people have continued pushing for smut of ARA despite your insistence of her role and your artistic integrity. Almost all of your other characters would be fine for this, but no, apparently the more off-limits something is, the more it some people want it. At the very least, I'm glad to hear that this "edging closer" helped you more concretely define your limit for her. Personally, I still don't even like "implied sexy-stuff" with ARA, as you put it. That tentacle at the bottom looking like it's preparing to penetrate her makes me really uncomfortable. Even non-canon and off-screen, the idea of ARA being forced into this is unsettling. I'll just imagine that she breaks free and storms off in a huff. I've said it before, but it bears repeating: the only way I think I could feel comfortable with ARA becoming sexually active would be through story and character building, when you finally get around to making your main comic. If she has some sort "awakening" to gain independence and voluntarily enters a relationship, that would be fine then. Outside of that, I guess... inspecting herself would also be okay? Not really masturbation, since she has no desire for that. That might be a bit more on the side of "this is just lewd for the sake of it," but at least she'd be consenting.

Volpethrope

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Saif-999

Yeah that's pretty close actually in a couple ways. It's certainly non-canon, which just means it didn't actually take place; it's still in-character, and her expressions, voice and face show that questioning-innocent/confused look that I feel is appropriate to her if she HAD run into this situation. I don't think that I would ever draw ARA in raw smut, and this picture hasn't inched me closer or changed my mind about it. If anything, it's made it more certain that I won't. While I do like this pic, it's mostly for that 'teasing amusement' feeling I get from her character that I feel has always been present ever since the 'space maid' picture. She can either be consciously aware of smug fanservice, or be innocently put into an embarassing/sexy situation without it being outright graphic/crude/"hardcore" as I keep saying. It's not like I'm restraining myself from doing said porn, I really have no desire to do it, and the only way I could confirm that is to kind of inch closer while staying in-character and in-theme to her character, without 'selling out', even though that phrase here is a little useless, given how many like her already. Thanks!

FluffKevlar

Do love Ara in any capacity. Standards are a good thing to stick to though

Kurai Kitsune

I also support you for not wanting hardcore stuff with ara as I also find it giving her more character depth than just being a "sex object" and I like that about her.

Heh, you know my stance on all this, so you definitely know how I feel.

Blaasz

Yeah... to be honest I feel kind of "nervous" about this (I know that sounds weird but hear me out). See, Ara has always been one of my favourite female characters in general because of how innocent she is even while she is so beautiful (in design? I mean she was designed she's a machine, but it feels weird to say that since other characters I feel the same way about aren't machines so while they're art and were 'designed' it doesn't feel right to say that about them as a character rather than as art) and pretty in her own right (similar to why and how I feel about the character Krystal from starfox, even though yes she's sexy and I have liked just about all art of her, I feel like any art portraying her as less innocent than we know she is, is not something I see as canon to her character, and a travesty of character portrayal at best) and most of the time that natural (again, not really 'natural' in her sense but you get what I mean) beauty usually ends up getting abused for porn or at least ends up in sexual relationships which -- still -- are there as art FOR porn because "porn sells". Even if in-character and in-story a character's sexual endeavors wouldn't be construed as dirty because of them being strictly a loving monogamous relationship, as viewers we're still getting to see every private thing, and that'd be truly dirty if it were real. But sometimes to truly understand a character you have to mentally take their place to see how you would feel in their stead (exactly how actors "become" the character they are playing, ironically it works the same way for literature, movies, or still-life art). And while I get that this particular art is more of a test to see how you feel about it (frankly I'm glad you feel as you do. if you didn't and wanted to press further with more sexual stuff with Ara, I'd be a little disappointed since I don't feel that's appropriate for her either), but on the side I kind of feel like maybe you'd also see this art as "non-canon" for her just because of how uncomfortable you felt with the results of this art? I don't know, I'm just speculating based on what I know of you as a person and as an artist so far, but I feel like that's pretty close to how you'd feel about this.

Kraton Haddock

Completely understand, though I'll welcome hardcore Ara with open arms if it ever happens..

Justin Wilson

I still would love to see ARA in more hardcore stuff, but she's your character Fluff! Just know that, if you ever put up a hardcore pinup option for ARA, even as just a test, I'm *so* voting for it.

LifeWulf

I think Ara is my favorite because she is nothing but a tease <3

Stalizar

When should we expect the update on the ARA daki? Also I'm quite content with the way you are handling ARA, it's probably the reason she's my favorite of your characters!

Ion

I don't know. I like the suggestive nature of it all without it being downright porn. I like to think this is all happening at the same time that Warning, Ayn, and Vikna are all experiencing their interaction with the "tentacle culture" but i kind of enjoy and respect ARA being purely fanservice and absent from the excessive porn. I feel 9t what sets her apart from everyone else. She's kind of innocent, being an anthroid and it doesn't really fit her given that so many other characters already fill that niche. Still. It's a cute picture.

Evangellos

Closest one to ARA snu-snu >:3 You always surprise us Fluff!

SVKwolf

I remember a picture series involving ARA with tentacles and dawn by Scappo that went pretty far.

Synariel

I failed my own test!

FluffKevlar

Oh man, I love your tentacles :D <3

I think it's healthy to keep some characters away from full-on porn. Sometimes it's better to tease and leave some to imagination rather than "desecrating", in a sense, a character so much that it becomes boring.

BeingHappy

I love how cute she allways is

chaoz legends

I will ask however, what is the tentacle on her leg connected to? Cause I think the bottom one wraps around her body? >u>

KHVathiel

I personally think it's great what you're doing with ARA. I'm glad to see you keeping the integrity of the characters in mind whenever you draw them. Awesome work once again :D

Rangoon

Oh my Fluff im so excited! Thanks a lot:D

Stand behind you and your decisions m8! That's also a reason why we enjoy your content, you have limits and standards that help make your content unique. Rest easy! I hope ;;

KHVathiel

You're just trying to establish another zone-tan so people draw smut, admit it! ;P

legojohn

Sure. That's what we have WARNING! for.

Cylianthe (Falkiveurr)