Talks Machina 14: Onward to Vesrah

is the fourteenth episode of Talks Machina. Special guest Kit Buss answers questions about how she came to be an official artist for Critical Role. Liam O'Brien, Taliesin Jaffe, and Marisha Ray discuss with Brian Wayne Foster.

Announcements

 * The episode and GIF of the Week is sponsored by QualComm to promote an upcoming Power Rangers film. There will be Nerdist giveaways.

Talks with Kit Buss

 * Kit joins remotes via video from England where it's 3 a.m.

{{Talks Machina question
 * askee = Kit
 * question = What are some of your biggest artistic influences?
 * asker = Aegis_of_Ages
 * ep = TM1x87
 * timecode = 16:06
 * answer =
 * Kit grew up reading Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse comics and that influence shows especially in her teenage artist years. At university she got into anime, and that influences her work. Since then she's gotten into other European comics such as Sky Doll.

{{Talks Machina question
 * askee = Kit
 * question = What was the inspiration for Lillith? Have you told her story further after she parted ways with Vox Machina?
 * asker = Tiamat_ZX
 * ep = TM1x87
 * timecode = 18:25
 * answer =
 * Lillith's voice was inspired by the Doll from the Bloodborne RPG.
 * Her story lives on. Some of it has been in a home game with Mark Hulmes as DM.{{fn|In May 2015 she brought out Lillith for the first time: tweet. Lillith appeared in Sept 2015 in the episode {{ep|1x25}}.}} Lillith is also housemates with Wendy Sullivan Green's character, the faun druid Clover.
 * Hopefully in the near future, Kit will manage to publish a comic featuring Lillith.{{fn|Since then she has released 4 issues of Cloven: Bloodlines about Lillith's story here.}}}}

{{Talks Machina question
 * askee = Kit
 * question = What is your least favorite thing to draw?
 * asker = ThatGamerGrl
 * ep = TM1x87
 * timecode = 20:26
 * answer =
 * Joints of a humanoid body (on feet and legs in particular).
 * Liam asks if this is why she went with hooves, and Kit replies, "Yeah. Busted."}}

Part II

 * They digress about the Popeye musical starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall. Brian briefly leaves his chair.

GIF of the Week
Winner: Nick Stauffer (then @Chasimar on Twitter); GIF of Sam making fangs with his fingers turning into his Rakshasa costume.

Prize: Red Critical Role t-shirt and a How do you want to do this? wristband.

Part III

 * Taliesin removes the stuffed bird from his shoulder with his mouth to everyone's great amusement.

Fan Art of the Week
Winner: Ryan Johnson; 3-D model of Liam as Vax.

Prize: East Indian Rosewood Hero vault from Wyrmwood Gaming.

Thank My Guests

 * Melinda Blaze
 * Leave Him O'Dryin'
 * Tallelujah Jafar

Quotations

 * Kit: Most artists are visual sponges; we see things we like and amalgamate [them].}}
 * Marisha: We don't need a host, we're good!
 * Marisha: I wield the raw forces of nature, motherfucker!
 * Taliesin: If we've learned anything about me it's that I will put anything in this studio in my mouth at this point.
 * Brian: This is my favorite episode of whatever the fuck this show is. This is what happens when friends try to put on a talk show.
 * Liam: Vox Machina is a family because we're a family.

Trivia

 * Dani Carr first time mentioned on Talks.
 * Story of Maxwell James trying to light up with a lighter an electronic candle for 30 minutes straight.