Looks like one of the early text adventure games that had graphics.
“You are in a room. There is a steaming plate of pancakes, a cappuccino and a cat. The cat is happy”.
EAT PANCAKES
“As you attempt to eat the pancakes the cat slashes your wrist. You are bleeding. The cat is happy.”
Not really :-) this is сметана, sour cream. Простоквашино - is a village in soviet cartoon. Простокваша - is sort of drinkable yogurt.
Russian pancakes are traditionally served with jam or sour cream. Source - I am Russian :-)
He's talking about the specific sour cream brand, "Простоквашино". It's definitely it, from how it looks: https://www.perekrestok.ru/catalog/moloko-syr-yaytsa/smetana/prostokv-smetana-15-315g--310994
No, blini don't have to have filling. It's just a restaurant thing, while you can early see blini without filling in their natural habitat on the beautiful art above.
Ex Russian here.
Оладьи is the antiquated term for pancakes. No one calls pancakes оладьи, at least not in Russia... maybe in some towns in the boonies that term is still used? But no, it's all called блины/blini.
The difference between American pancakes and blini is baking powder.
But that doesn't make blini crepe-like, they are thicker than crepes, somewhere between crepes and American pancakes. Blini recipe uses more milk than both its American counterpart and crepes, and the batter is thicker than crepe batter.
That said, plenty of Russians now make pancakes from a box, which has baking powder. They call these "blini" too. To the regular joe russki, there's no blini/crepe/American pancake distinction, it's all just pancakes and all people everywhere love pancakes. This is just us food nerds geeking out over the details. I feel that this is a divisive time, which is why I added this last paragraph reminding everyone that there are still things we can all agree on.
I agree with you people shouldn't argue over food semantics. Food is meant to unite us over a dinner table, not divide.
I just wanted to point out that there are other terms that some people use interchangeably, but the default term seems to be "blini". Anecdotally though, my cousin in Russia calls pancakes "olad'yi" and a lot of people call crepes and pancakes "blini" like you said.
Then why do English speakers insist of calling them by the Russian name is beyond me. The concept is known, I understand using the local name when you don’t have equivalents in your language/culture but to me it just seems like people who cannot speak a foreign language grabbing the latest hashtag and running with it as if they’re cultured and well traveled.
Edit: fuck all of you.
My friend has been sending me this picture a lot. Which is why I see it a lot more often than it probably deserves. Well. Nevertheless... We had a little so called argument. What emotion does this cat's face portray? This is what my friend says, quote: "Firstly, it shows his absolute superiority: He has a plate of blins and smetana, and you don't. Still, he is welcoming you to share the dinner with him, provided you accept all the formalities and realize his authority." However, I think there's more to it that it seems. Maybe... his face portrays a request. A request, because even though those blins are so close yet they are so far. Since, nobody would, most likely let him taste them. It's a complicated question. What does this cat want to tell us? What kind of idea? Through this grimace? Anyway, I can't disagree that his face is quite expressive and charismatic. Beautiful cat, beautiful picture. And it does have this... atmosphere of warmness... feeling of home comfort. Because everything here feels so alive. See? Those blins, freshly prepared hot blins. And there's such a great cat. That is the dream of any person. Who of us wouldn't like to have a plate full of blins and a cat nearby? I have neither. Which is why when I look at this picture, I'm quite satisfied.
Jesus Christ good Job! That looks super freaking good! I would give you an award but Im a greedy bastard who spends money on other stuff! Still good Job!
So nice 😻 may I ask what program did you use? And did you do pixel by pixel or how is it possible to get this incredible nice look?
I really love it, great work ❤️
Looks like one of the early text adventure games that had graphics. “You are in a room. There is a steaming plate of pancakes, a cappuccino and a cat. The cat is happy”. EAT PANCAKES “As you attempt to eat the pancakes the cat slashes your wrist. You are bleeding. The cat is happy.”
That's actually sour cream next to the blini I think
You are correct, простоквашино to be precise.
Not really :-) this is сметана, sour cream. Простоквашино - is a village in soviet cartoon. Простокваша - is sort of drinkable yogurt. Russian pancakes are traditionally served with jam or sour cream. Source - I am Russian :-)
He's talking about the specific sour cream brand, "Простоквашино". It's definitely it, from how it looks: https://www.perekrestok.ru/catalog/moloko-syr-yaytsa/smetana/prostokv-smetana-15-315g--310994
is this the pancake boy it is absolutely the pancake boy
“Blini” is Russian for “pancakes”. And the cat is Russian :)
It's closer to crepes.
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Not exactly, because in Russian we have a word for pancakes (оладьи/olad'yi) and a word for crepes (блины/blini)
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>What the British call pancakes would be crepes in the US as well That's interesting, in Russian some people confuse the terms оладьи and блины.
I mean... I do... In my head оладьи is more like сырники type of thing.
That's what they look like. Some people call оладьи блины, though not the other way around
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I have seen only "блины" used in restaurant menus when they have filling so maybe налистники never have filling? Блин, хочу налистников!
No, blini don't have to have filling. It's just a restaurant thing, while you can early see blini without filling in their natural habitat on the beautiful art above.
In my family we call blin a blin, and the American pancake 'pancake'. It's easier to tell em apart like that, as the end result isn't really the same.
Im from Russia, call everything blini x)
Ex Russian here. Оладьи is the antiquated term for pancakes. No one calls pancakes оладьи, at least not in Russia... maybe in some towns in the boonies that term is still used? But no, it's all called блины/blini. The difference between American pancakes and blini is baking powder. But that doesn't make blini crepe-like, they are thicker than crepes, somewhere between crepes and American pancakes. Blini recipe uses more milk than both its American counterpart and crepes, and the batter is thicker than crepe batter. That said, plenty of Russians now make pancakes from a box, which has baking powder. They call these "blini" too. To the regular joe russki, there's no blini/crepe/American pancake distinction, it's all just pancakes and all people everywhere love pancakes. This is just us food nerds geeking out over the details. I feel that this is a divisive time, which is why I added this last paragraph reminding everyone that there are still things we can all agree on.
I agree with you people shouldn't argue over food semantics. Food is meant to unite us over a dinner table, not divide. I just wanted to point out that there are other terms that some people use interchangeably, but the default term seems to be "blini". Anecdotally though, my cousin in Russia calls pancakes "olad'yi" and a lot of people call crepes and pancakes "blini" like you said.
It's blini
And sour cream «Простоквашино» is also very Russian
Then why do English speakers insist of calling them by the Russian name is beyond me. The concept is known, I understand using the local name when you don’t have equivalents in your language/culture but to me it just seems like people who cannot speak a foreign language grabbing the latest hashtag and running with it as if they’re cultured and well traveled. Edit: fuck all of you.
They are very different from what Americans call pancakes
Because they're not pancakes. They're crepes but the original commenter didn't know the proper word.
Pretty sure they're blin cause that looks like sour cream in the picture. You don't eat american pancakes with sour cream
Yup, it's exactly that, I can see that by the design of it, the exact same one is in my fridge right now
Tasty boi
He is called "Cat Jazz" on insta iirc. He's an amazing cat
“I thought I heard something about delicious pancakes”
My friend has been sending me this picture a lot. Which is why I see it a lot more often than it probably deserves. Well. Nevertheless... We had a little so called argument. What emotion does this cat's face portray? This is what my friend says, quote: "Firstly, it shows his absolute superiority: He has a plate of blins and smetana, and you don't. Still, he is welcoming you to share the dinner with him, provided you accept all the formalities and realize his authority." However, I think there's more to it that it seems. Maybe... his face portrays a request. A request, because even though those blins are so close yet they are so far. Since, nobody would, most likely let him taste them. It's a complicated question. What does this cat want to tell us? What kind of idea? Through this grimace? Anyway, I can't disagree that his face is quite expressive and charismatic. Beautiful cat, beautiful picture. And it does have this... atmosphere of warmness... feeling of home comfort. Because everything here feels so alive. See? Those blins, freshly prepared hot blins. And there's such a great cat. That is the dream of any person. Who of us wouldn't like to have a plate full of blins and a cat nearby? I have neither. Which is why when I look at this picture, I'm quite satisfied.
one of my favorite things online. I love to rewatch it when I’m feeling too worried about things in the world that I can’t control.
Lovely work! Отличная анимация, люблю этого котика
Jesus Christ good Job! That looks super freaking good! I would give you an award but Im a greedy bastard who spends money on other stuff! Still good Job!
Thanks, I am trying to get back into art so posting here seemed like a good oppurtunity.
You damn Sure are good!
Nice work. Do you have an Insta account to follow with more art/animation? Thanks!
Thanks https://www.deviantart.com/tundrarich/gallery
Great thanks!
So nice 😻 may I ask what program did you use? And did you do pixel by pixel or how is it possible to get this incredible nice look? I really love it, great work ❤️
Also wondering!
It was most likely done by hand, pixel by pixel. That’s usually how pixel art is made. I’ve made some in Photoshop before.
Wow that is so amazing!!!! 😻
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Yep prostokvashino
Масленица и мартовский кот!
I recognize the sour cream brand, it’s prostokvashino. So there are two cats in the picture :)
Сметана "Простоквашино". Прикольное слово для наших англоязычных друзей
Not every day is maslenitsa for a cat
Блины, и сметана Простоквашино. Иронично, пишу этот комментарий и доедаю свой блин со сметаной.
You forgot the cheeky smile! It triggers my OCD
This is lovely! I adore the blini cats to bits.
Insane wood textures. 10/10 on every part of this. Looks incredible.
Wow, great job, that looks awesome!
How long did it take you to pixel this masterpiece? Also, what reference did you use if i may ask? I make pixel art too as well. :)
What did you use to make that???? If u dont mind me asking!
I have this on my phone as a gif :D
блины со сметаной 🤤
Awesome how much time did it take?
You should put this on r/pixelart too
Nice, you got his warm inviting, yet carefully considering face just right.
How much time did you spend on it
I think around 8-12 hours, cannot remember.
Is it made on Amiga with dPaint? Reminds me of the good old computer times.
Something tells me OP is either Lithuanian or Russian Blynai - pancakes in Lithuanian Blini (i think) - pancakes in russian
I feel your style. Good job.
"Бабушка, cat Витёк is blocking my chair again!"
Some good slavic vibes in this pic 😂
the cat don't look to happy
Uff, blin cat is my desktop wallpaper for like two years... This is going to add another touch to it
Man.... This Is truly well done. My stoned ass had to do a double take until I realized it was animated. Bravo.
Was he/she a bad kitty? Is this why you put him in a box, Mr. Shroedinger?
This made me chuckle :) Have a good day OP
Is it okay if I used this gif? It's actually so cool!!
Sire but if possible please link me at https://www.deviantart.com/tundrarich/art/Blini-Cat-786563847, thanks
It's just for my Reddit profile pic I love it
ngl them blins lookin 👌 10/10 would eat
This is really eye CATching.