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I imagine that the scene on the lower part of the drawing happened a LOT between these two.
This is what their reunion in Sly 4 would have been like if that game hadn’t been written by fanboys who cared more about inserting fuzzy T&A in the game than they cared about writing half-decent female characters (and good stories to go with them). Seriously, this game wasted a GREAT opportunity to showcase these two interacting as platonic buddies. I imagine him teasing her about that old crush pretty much every time Bentley and Carmelita are out of earshot.
As you’ve probably figured out by now, I have a thing for imagining what happened “behind the scenes” in my favorite series. XD I loved how Bentley and Penelope’s love story played out. But I think it would have been a bit better if we had gotten more scenes with them interacting as buddies and growing closer before Penelope’s shining moment of romantic badassery at the end of the Pirate level. Also, I think it would make sense for Penelope to be more upset by her initial screw ups in the field than she let on. So I like to think that Bentley reassured her while he helped her get the blinding dust out of her eyes and, after having his first real in depth conversation with her, came to see her as a friend/person first instead of just viewing her as a potential girlfriend. And that she warmed up to him after he stopped being so damn pushy and just treated her like a normal person.
Sly 3 Screencap re-draw
I just dug up one of my first attempts at humanizing the Sly Cooper cast because it fits in with the current “Re-Draw a screen cap” trend.
Basically, I wanted to see how well my humanized versions worked within the context of an actual scene from the game. I also tweeked it to focus more on the characters than the background (that’s why the drawing cuts off the vault and shows Bentley & Penelope’s faces)
I like to think that they did this in their free time both during and after the events of Sly 3.
This was one of my first times coloring with a digital tablet. Coloring around the original linework instead of tracing it produces a neat look. But it’s a bit of a pain in the ass to stay within the lines.
Also, I love these two together. And one of Sly 4’s MANY faults was the way it just pretended that their friendship never existed at all. Seriously, screw that stupid game.
Nobody touches that turtle… but me!
25 Days of Sly Gifs — Requested by Sagittasluminis [3/25]
This was a quickie comic I did in about 15 minutes (that’s why the panels are uneven) This scene is something I imagine would have happened in Sly 4 if it hadn’t been written by people who suck at character writing (specifically FEMALE character writing).
Just felt like uploading some old Bentley/Penelope fluff
I saw some footage from Playstation Move Heroes and I noticed that the Bentley design in that game included a hovering wheelchair. And I like to believe that this was his primary motivation for building it. …..yeah, I know. I’m a huge sap. ^_^;
If Sly 2 ever got remade, I would love to see Bentley get a bowling attack.
What is that?
Well, it's starts with a running start, and then with the square button he'd fall into his shell and knock over any enemy in front of them.
Like uh... like this!
Here’s your intermittent reminder that Penelope the mouse
is introduced as explicitly a better RC specialist than Bentley
a top-tier engineer and mechanic
so good at dogfighting than when she became a combat pilot “at a young age” she was instantly elevated to celebrity status
very convincing at pretending to be a different age and gender???
apparently wasn’t lying about being a trained boxer
can hack pretty good
easily matches and contends with Bentley’s intellect and could, therefore, plan heists pretty good
just fuckin picked up a sword and used it to murder a guy who had dedicated his life to being an old-timey pirate captain, and, by extension, swordfighting.
Penelope could kick the ass of the collective Cooper Gang at any point and the only reason she doesn’t is to be polite
Hello! I haven't been able to been able to be as active on tumblr lately because online school is ahhhhh but. For a random Sly Cooper headcanon: after the events of Sly 3, Penelope and Bentley both study the Thievious Raccoonus. Penelope learns how to do a bunch of master thief moves like spire jumps and railwalks and becomes "the new Sly"
That’s okay!!!!!! I don’t wanna pressure you!!!!
Penelope also tried learning shadow power, but being a bright white mouse it didn’t really work out…
One interesting thing I LOVE about the Holland Level in Sly 3:
So I’ve talked before about how every Sly Cooper level is based on the personality of the character who owns it.
Generally, this means that the level’s color palette will be based on the villain’s color palette! You can see this very clearly in Karin Madan’s concept art for Sly 1:
But then you get to the Holland level. You’re introduced to the Black Baron, whose color palette is obviously BLACK and RED.
So you go into the level expecting to see a lot of black and red. The Contessa was another black-and-red-themed character, and her levels had RED SKIES and BLACK SHADOWS, because that’s how Sly Cooper level design works.
But then…. you don’t see that?
Instead, the level’s color palette full of purple…
Gold….
And light blue skies.
Because the levels are based on the personalties of the character who owns them! Purple, gold, and blue aren’t the Black Baron’s colors–but they ARE Penelope’s colors!
Wow I can’t believe Bentley Slycooper invented character development
penelope didnt punch anyone except for sly bc she doesnt want to be charged after she breaks their teeth
also bentley and her are sickingly in love and give eachother sickingly cute nicknames change my mind guess what you cant
yeah it's furry wife again. in the past eight months i've been on-and-off doodling about 278271 different minor variations on her sly 3 design... and i think i've finally settled with a design and style i like?? aaaa
This scenario is the ONLY thing that could persuade me to purchase Sly Cooper 5 if Sanzaru ever makes it. Because it is pretty much the only way to salvage that mess of plot holes and character assassinations that made up Thieves in Time.
P.S. For those of you who are too young to get the “Dallas” reference, here’s the scene that my comic is stealing from spoofing.
Whoa, Sly Cooper designs be upon ye. Sly, Penelope and Carmelita, of course. Then Sly and Carm fankids, and Sly's folks!
I've been busy, UwU.
Sly 4 was a fever dream and didn’t happen.
Please imagine with me the potential for The Contessa to make a comeback. Imagine her forcing Penelope into a hypnotic, spice induced state where both her and Bentley’s intelligence and knowledge were stolen/abused for Cyrille Le Paradox’s scheme for time travel. But the only reason The Contessa was on board to work for Cyrille was because she wanted to get back at Bentley. He was the one responsible for ripping Sly, Murray, and Carmelita out of her control. She had some interest in getting back at Sly too, but Bentley was her main target.
If only Thieves in Time was written better. :’( Penelope and Bentley did not deserve what happened… And there were so many cool opportunities WASTED.
penelope doodles!! she definitely awakened my love of techy ladies
trying to find a consistent way of drawing her with … some limited success?? in my sly she looks basically the same as her sly 3 design but she’s kinda scrappier and also probably has adhd because i must project
breaking through loooong art block and experimenting with a looser line art style (a bit inconsistently here) and i think i might not hate it actually
still gonna set up that discord group i’ve talked about btw!!! just been struggling with bad internet and some health stuff hhhhh
doodle of the Girls while wifi was down
my bisexual awakening was this obscure furry. i like her sly 3 design but i wanted to tweak it a bit idk. when i first played this game i thought she was a dog?
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the ideal cooper gang 🤘😔🤘
fuck it various sly character's handwriting / how they'd sign they're names. sly, bentley and murray's are based on their canon handwriting. i feel like penelope would have big round messy handwriting. carmelita has scrawly but pretty cursive but signs her name like a doctor. dimitri presented without comment (full view for better quality bc tumblr is terrible)
(my 12748 unfinished projects watching me do this: *shocked pikachu*)
reuploading for valentines day and because i'm being very slow drawing new things. also because i'm incredibly starved for Content of these two
Tried to do a little redesign for Penelope, it felt weird to me how she didn’t look similar in the cutscenes to the look her 3D model has, so I tried to make her look like a combination of both yee!
BENTLEY AND PENELOPE ARE SO CUTE I LOVE THEMMM
I sure hope nothing bad happens to them…