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CHARACTER DESIGN: Should I become a *Normal* species?
13 years ago
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With all the trouble I've had getting my character drawn, despite providing some of the best references I could think of, EVERYONE wants to draw him with a kangaroo body and it makes me kind of want to turn my character into a normal species instead of a unique one.
If I did that, I think I could easily get a ton of people to draw him. Problem is it wouldn't be *him* at that point.
And as strange as it is to say, I refer to my character as "him" when talking about him, not as "me." He is a species that I created from scratch over ten years, slowly evolving minor details as time went on.
At the same time when I envision myself as a furry, or animal, or character, it is inevitably "him." I become him. He is a new "me."
And now, as I progress on my experiments , I am becoming two different embodiments of "me."
If I ever make a fursuit I guess it would have to be a hybrid of the two selves.
But that would only be a suit; my true self would, in the end, still be the two forms of me.
If I did that, I think I could easily get a ton of people to draw him. Problem is it wouldn't be *him* at that point.
And as strange as it is to say, I refer to my character as "him" when talking about him, not as "me." He is a species that I created from scratch over ten years, slowly evolving minor details as time went on.
At the same time when I envision myself as a furry, or animal, or character, it is inevitably "him." I become him. He is a new "me."
And now, as I progress on my experiments , I am becoming two different embodiments of "me."
The mad scientist and his creation.If I ever make a fursuit I guess it would have to be a hybrid of the two selves.
But that would only be a suit; my true self would, in the end, still be the two forms of me.
Jaggers
~jaggers
I think you should keep him the same if hes already unique! Jaggers gets confused for all sorts of things but I kinda like that. I just rely on reference art when I get comissions... =)
Rooth
~rooth
I have this problem with Rooth'roo, though to a lesser extent. He's not as morphiclly distinct from a true roo than your Wildroo is. But I would say if it bugs you, don't change his look, change his name. Obviously having 'roo' in our name causes people to draw conclusions that, while understandable, are inaccurate.
Zexidous
~zexidous
Same with me, both about the references and about the self (to an extent), but I say to keep yourself. Maybe try to get references with show detailed portions of the parts you really need to emphasize.
