Who is Marmalade?

Okay, so, who is she?

She’s just your generic orange catgirl. That’s it.

I mean, what she stands for is what matters. I never sat down and designed her, she just sort of… showed up, and she doesn’t belong to anyone.

That’s basically what marmalade.you means, she is yours.

The Origin Story

Marmalade actually started life as “Gothfield”, a character LoRA I found on CivitAI. I wasn’t trying to create a character or anything, I was just messing around with LoRAs and mixing them with other stuff to see what happens.

She never really felt like she was mine - seeing her in different styles and different outfits, it made her feel bigger than “this one specific design”, which is why I wanted other people to have her too.

Later I wanted to make something I could release as CC0 without worrying about rights or ownership, as “Gothfield” was way too close to another orange cat. Riding on the “goth” aesthetic, I was trying to come up with a new name. After some brainstorming with ChatGPT, the name “Marmalade” came up, or more importantly, her nickname, “Mal” - it just sounds goth, but the full name is the opposite. Once she had a name, she kind of became her own thing. I started drawing her myself, making stickers and variations, and slowly she got a bit of a personality.

She’s supposed to be for everyone, so everyone can have their own Marmalade.*

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Why CC0?

Mal in a propaganda poster

I come from a coding background, where open source is just normal. If you like someone’s project, you fork it and build your own thing on top, or help improve it, nobody thinks twice about it.

I got tired of seeing the opposite in some art spaces. The “do not repost, my OC, do not steal” stuff, sure, but also people getting shut out because of how they make stuff. Art should be something we build on together, not lock away, so I want to see what happens if we stop being so precious about it.

So here she is, CC0. I’m sharing everything I can (CSP files, timelapses, code, project files) because it’s way more fun when you see how stuff is made. I want you to be able to pick things apart and build on top of them, same way I do.

She is CC0 (Public Domain)

Marmalade is free for you to use, remix, share, do whatever you want with. You don’t need to ask me or worry about copyright. Credit is nice, but you don’t have to.

Use whatever tools you want. Code, paint, write, sculpt, remix, AI, all good.

You'll see that green eye pop up around the site, or on Marmalade herself. The vertical pupil is a little "0" and represents the CC0 symbol (). If it's there, the file's public domain and you're free to use it.

You're public domain? Yes.

So:

• want to put her in your indie game? Do it.
• want to stream as her? Go for it.
• want to print stickers and sell them? Yes. (give me a link though, I want some too)
• want to completely redesign her? Please.

And if you're still about to ask me if it's okay: it is. I know "free to use" usually comes with a catch, so asking first is a good habit, but you can drop it here. If you ask anyway the answer is yes, I'll just be a little mad you had to ask. 🧡

This site has two parts: The Source is where I drop my files, and In The Wild is where you can show off what you’ve made with her.

Show me what you made!

If you made anything with her (and I mean anything), please send it to me! I’d love to see it, and I’ll put it up on the In The Wild page.

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Just Have Fun

Don’t overthink it, just make stuff with her (and be nice to people).

Now go have fun with her!