KDE will be 30 years old this year and Katie updates her look!

[mayumi@plasmatrap.com]

@kde@floss.social 2001 version looks so depressing in comparison to the later iterations. I'm glad she's happy now​​

[amici@fribygda.no]

@kde Oh my satan. 30 years. And to think I only heard about you guys a few years ago, yet instantly learned to love your work.

Good job! Keep going, we need you!

[erininstereo@tech.lgbt]

@kde quick nobody draw her making out with xenia

[misscatfish@mastodon.social]

@kde her 2001 design is a little scary but thats okay we stan a scary queen

[opensauce@fosstodon.org]

@delawen @kde ...what?

[zvava@bbs.619.hu]

@kde estrogen is amazing

[mast0d0nphan@beige.party]

@kde Me just realizing her horns are Ks

[kiefac@eattherich.club]

@delawen @kde lmao i'm pretty sure that's countershading and not underwear. the Squidward dress code

[vasilisthechu@tech.lgbt]

@kde Sma-

[glitchyzorua@wetdry.world]

@VasilisTheChu @kde BAD.

[stragu@mastodon.indie.host]

@kde @bunny_jane 🤩

[nikthechampiongr@ohai.social]

@VasilisTheChu @kde bad!

[neotheta@toot.finfur.net]

@kde I really like this new look!

[karb@bark.lgbt]

@kde

Omd, the jump from 2001 to 2012 xD

Digging her new outfit tho, would wear something like that myself

[citrusui@mastodon.social]

@kde bring back that 2001 design you know you want to. It's so cool

[inabox@tech.lgbt]

@kde are you going to sell me that hoodie or what?!

[f4grx@chaos.social]

@kde please tell me a real artist made that.

[f4grx@chaos.social]

@kde what the F is this?

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@f4grx @kde Looks like a resize I think? Possibly the original was very low resolution (perhaps from an old icon file left over somewhere?) rather than the original source which may not have been kept.

[curtmack@floss.social]

@f4grx @kde looks like scaling artifacts from something like Waifu2x (which is not gen AI). Also, it's from 2001.

The 2026 art is rough, but also doesn't look like AI. You can clearly see clean brush strokes throughout the art, which is not something you would expect in AI-generated art. My guess is that the version in the second image was a quick-and-dirty draft, and then the artist made the cleaned-up art in the first picture.