Ask about the above OC's VISUAL DESIGN

Posted 5 years, 7 months ago (Edited 1 year, 6 months ago) by RadiantRaindragon

Hello and welcome!

This is a question game specifically for talking about characters' physical appearances. Their outfit? Their hairstyle? Their scars? An accessory they always wear or a sword they always carry? You get the idea.


15/02/2019:

To help clarify what kinds of questions are allowed in this game, I've made a list of correct and incorrect examples! Hopefully this should help out anyone who's stuck thinking of a question!


Format example:

Person 1's post: Why does Spike have a necklace of house keys? Edit: Adder got the scar during a criminal job that went a little wrong.

Person 2's post: Where did Adder get that scar from?

You can post IC if you want the next person to question a specific character, or you can post OOC and let them pick for themselves. If you post IC, try to stick to characters that have something noteworthy in their designs - while there's nothing wrong with more plain characters, it can be hard to think of an interesting question about them.


-Rules-

1. Stick to the theme of the game. Your post must include at least one question related to the character's design. You are allowed to ask non-design questions as extras.
2. Don't be rude or passive-aggressive towards other people or their characters in any way.
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If you break rules: Depending on the severity of the situation, I may either PM you with a warning or immediately ban you from the game. Regardless of severity, you can be banned if you repeatedly break rules.

Talus Databuffer

Is there any significance to the color choices of white and purple for Colin'shair, and eyes? Or were they chosen purely for aesthetic purposes?


As a tanky Paladin, heavy armor is just sorta a thing that needed to happen, but the reason he never takes it off is because its sort of a disguise for him. He's a Warforged, made with technology thats sort of a lost art, and he's kinda scared that some engineer would see him, and want him strapped down to a work bench, and taken apart. A bit irrational, but he deals with it by making sure no one sees him. As for why white and gold, it was sort of inspired half and half by the dice set I got for him, and because I wanted him to look more like a recognizable paladin, than a generic knight.

Nef Lilina

Why do you choose armor as a design choice? Is there a reason why Talus wears armor all the time? Also, why do you choose silver and gold as the colors of his armor?

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Her species has horns because the horns are always part of the drakmoth's skull. Their horns are made of crystals, except the extremely rare flame horns, which are made out of unnatural flames. The sword pupil is a very ancient trait, which means that only very few drakmoths have it. It was more common in the ancient drakmoth times. In response to the last question however, that's close enough. The gradient in her antennae, fur collar, and tail is colored just like the sky, and her body is colored to resemble that of bubble gum ice cream.

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 Njal Jansen Caine

Are the blue rings in her clothes a reference to the blue ringed octopus? If yes, did you design them before or after you came up with the octopus thing? And it's easy to see her design in general is very octopus themed, so was it something you had planned from the start? What kind of other clothes does she wear/what kind of fashion style does she go for? Oh, and has Batty gone through any redesigns or concept stages where her design was different? 


It's 99% because of #aesthetic (he consumes a lot of BL and totally got the idea for that haircut from there) but he really does have a few small scars near his eye! They're a result from being stabbed with a fork to his eye's side in kindergarten, and aren't exactly big or anything so he doesn't really go out of his way to hide them? There used to be a running joke Njal is hiding scars until one day they realize he really does have scars there lol

I'm starting to lean towards the idea that he will manage to conquer his demon seal and take over it, but as a result he no longer would have the appearance of a human! So I guess he would get his tail in control too, but it's not like he could really make it disappear in the first place then, heh. 

RadiantRaindragon

Why does he like to hide his right eye underneath his hair? Does it have something to do with the scratch marks/scars there? Also, where did those marks come from?

Will he eventually learn to control his powers enough to hide his dragon tail?


Yep! When I wrote Draorture's story/history, I created a set of runes that matched each letter on the alphabet, creating a new writing 'language' for them. When spoken it just sounds like regular English, but the English alphabet was hard for the dragons to write because of the more curving/flowing letter shapes. So they created a different alphabet that uses mostly hard-edged symbols.

The runes on Draorture's collar translate to 'dragon' and is commonly seen on every collar belonging to a dragon king, though some choose to have their names carved onto it instead, and others have certain sayings/mottos written onto them. 'Dragon' is the only rune word I've actually memorised. XD

Guardy

Do the runes on  Draorture's neck thing translate to anything/have any deeper meaning?

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He likes keeping his knuckles warm because he sustained some damage to his hands a few years back by means of seriously overdoing it with the whole magic thing, and they tend to get a bit stiff when it's cold, but he also enjoys manual dexterity and being able to grab things properly. 

That hair color is definitely rare, but not super rare. Maybe 5% of all mages? Considerably less among the general populace, but it's such a well-known thing people usually assume it's more common.

RadiantRaindragon

Guardy (It's been a while, so I'll jump in now!)

About Severin: Is there any particular reason he chooses to wear fingerless gloves instead of regular ones? Also, is white hair a common thing among mages in his world, or is it unique just to him?


I think the only reason I chose his eye colour was because I like green eyes and regular cats can have that eye colour, but it does also connect him with witches, which fits his background.

Cheyenne-Dra

So about your character Trickster. Did you decide on his eye color based on the fact the fact that green eyes usually known to be mystical and magical, and during the Salem witch trials, having green eyes was a way to identify if someone was a witch?

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The purple markings come From being part Notochice. A bug like monster I also created. And he dresses himself in purple because he believes he should be king/ruler. Since purple is considered to be a royal color, I thought it suite him. And he's bald because when he was a child, he was constantly experimented on, thus they injected him with a liquid that would make it so he can't grow hair. This way they can open up his head whenever they wanted.

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Alexg47

I have two questions, are those white streaks in his hair natural and why is his eye colour different from his alternate universe counterpart? 

@ person below, you can ask about anyone. 

Edit: Actually no, that's just a coincidence.   

jellyfishstars

Was Sulfur's design inspired at all by any of the Nintendo princesses? It's mostly the hat that kind of gives me the idea, but she's a pretty cute character!


(Ask me about anyone!)

Answer:

Naturally like that! The world they're in allows for ah, "unnatural" natural hair colors LOL

manyface

@jellophish 

is cremes hair naturally like that, or did she dye it? if it's the latter, has she dyed it other colors before? 


joy: tbh the first time i drew the blue hair streaks, they were kinda meant to be like, highlights of the drawing? but then i went with it and it's her natural Mermaid Hair Color

neptune: he can take the helmet off, but helmets r a part of the species culture? and he just looks like a blue... friend. blue furry. a pal


Armin RadiantRaindragon

manyface

Joy - Are the small blue-ish streaks in her hair dyed, or naturally that way?

Neptune - Does he always keep his space helmet on, or does he ever remove it? What does he look like behind the helmet?


Armin has more skill with wielding swords, as he learned at a young age. Also, when he was younger they hadn't invented guns yet, so he hasn't grown up with them, nor does he have much familiarity with them. He can use guns if he wants to, but swords are just a more personal preference for him.

I like to experiment with ideas! In my worlds, humans don't change a whole lot when they become vampires, other than getting the characteristic fangs and crimson eyes. If a human had a darker skin tone when they were human, that wouldn't suddenly change when they become a vampire. Same goes for hair colours. Along with that, I don't really like 'stereotypical' things. It's more fun to mess around with different concepts and ideas, especially for vampires. (However, there is such a thing as going too far COUGHTwilightCOUGH.)

muwi

RadiantRaindragon Why does Armin prefer to use swords in a modern setting?

And why isn't he pale like stereotypical vampires?

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they are his horns! i assume they probably help with the whole detection of movement thing actually.

Alexg47

What are those things on Enyou's head, are they part of his body and if so what do they do?

@ person below, you can ask about anyone.

Edit: There isn't any special reason, she saw one while vacationing and thought it looked cute and that she had to have one.