{"id":2073,"date":"2017-01-16T18:56:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T18:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2017\/01\/16\/genalovestoons-dangermousse-if-you-ever-need\/"},"modified":"2017-01-16T18:56:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T18:56:02","slug":"genalovestoons-dangermousse-if-you-ever-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2017\/01\/16\/genalovestoons-dangermousse-if-you-ever-need\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

genalovestoons<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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dangermousse<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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if you ever need a creative pickmeup remember that the administrator in tf2 was just this random disembodied old woman voice who announced match info in the game<\/p>\n

but then a young lady did a fan design of her for kicks on her blog and da account full of fanart, and valve loved it so much that they bought the character design from her, and they eventually hired her to draw official tf2 comics for them, and now the administrator\u2019s this big developed character through multiple oneoffs and arcs and stories in the canon and the fan is now an inhouse comic artist working ft for valve<\/p>\n

you never know where your artistic and fandom passions will take you, if you love it and exercise your creativity in fun interesting ways, you never know what could come out of it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Out of curiosity, I went out to find Makani\u2019s original fanart. Here it is:<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s her first official appearance in the comic, made only one year later:<\/p>\n

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genalovestoons: dangermousse: if you ever need a creative pickmeup remember that the administrator in tf2 was just this random disembodied old woman voice who announced match info in the game but then a young lady did a fan design of her for kicks on her blog and da account full of fanart, and valve loved … <\/p>\n

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