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Ninja Please~ <reference sheet journal 2>
13 years ago
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Alright ninjas, great work last week. We have the beginning phases of the three voted mascots. Kotaro, the healing sickle weasel; Viviane, the silent robin hood monkey, Anya, the orphaned tiger assassin. Our ref sheet artist, 
itrollyou, has already started on the design for them < https://www.furaffinity.net/view/9269892/ >
But she needs more information than my template offered haha <The admin is ninja, not an artist>. In addition to the current reference information, more will be added. The more information, the more solid the character is.
- Height
- Weight
- hand/feet or paws
- human legs or animal like legs
- hair or tuft of hair or nothing
- if hair, what color and style
- eye color
- some idea of their ninja attire and/or pedestrian clothes
- some extra details you left out about their appearance (markings, scars, weapon/gear, etc)
- some color pallet of the colors you want and where they are supposed to go. (just something quick in MS paint is fine)
This extra information also gives our other ninjas a second chance to create a reference sheet for the unvoted Fox mascot. Merely comment, and if there is more than one, I'll choose the best one or fuse them together in a way I think is best. Currently we have a healer/close-combat, thief/ranged, and ranged/close-combat. I think a character that had a close-combat focus with some special skill would be awesome, though that isn't necessary at all. The three characters by themselves are very versatile and work well together, any skillset you give your character would improve the team ^w^
Speaking to that last point, I'm really happy how these refs have turned out so far. Each pair together well, the far away placement of the characters are great for stories or art devoted just to them, yet the back stories give excellent room for meeting together, either two at a time or all three. You guys are awesome ^w^ Keep up the great work, and this group will be really successful!
THE REVISED TEMPLATE
Name: Kotaro
Species: Sable < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sable >
Gender: Male
Age: mid twenties
Colors: The coat is light brown with a white underbelly.
Size/Build: Tall and thin. Doesn't look very strong with his thin body, but he is all muscle. Tail falls to his kneelength.
Preferred clothing/ color scheme for clothes: Kotaro prefers white for his ninja attire, as he is used to snowy environments. think http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/.....iser/60358.jpg
Fighting style/abilities: He fights with two small scythes. While hidden, he throws them to take out his enemy. When in close combat, he is very quick with his slashes, preferring to attack then retreat, attack then retreat, until the enemy tires out. He is very adept at healing. He found a golden necklace that allows him to heal minor wounds and restore some strength.
Simple backstory: From the Village of Snow, Kotaro has been a rising star in the ranks of the ninja clan. However, a darkness fell over the village and many citizens fell sick and fallen into a slumber they cannot awake. Kotaro is tasked to find a cure for the illness. It's been several months, but he has gotten word that the disease isn't progressing. But for any hope of the village ever going back to normal, Kotaro must become strong and knowledgeable enough to cure his village.
- Height: 5'9"
- Weight: 145 lbs
- hand/feet or paws: paws for the feet, the hands are the standard paw/hands, like raccoons have.
- human legs or animal like legs: human legs
- hair or tuft of hair or nothing: a tuft of hair that looks like bangs falling just above his left eye
- if hair, what color and style: Same color as his light brown fur
- eye color: Yellow
- some idea of their ninja attire and/or pedestrian clothes: Ninja attire is loose white pants, tight white shirt, and a white jacket; a white mask covers all but his eyes. Two cylindrical containers rest on his back, one containing his herbs and wraps for healing, the other is simply used to store his clothing. Pedestrian clothing is merely the pants and the shirt, his jacket and mask are packed away in the container.
- some extra details you left out about their appearance (markings, scars, weapon/gear, etc): Because of his healing and necklace, he doesn't have scars anywhere. His scythes are simple in design with an 18" handle and 12" blade http://dfairhal7532.commons.hwdsb.o...../04/scythe.jpg
- some color pallet of the colors you want and where they are supposed to go. Well, light brown fur everywhere except where it is white, his torso and neck. Clothes are white. Containers are white. Scythes have a black handle and blade is gray. <I'm horrible with any arting program, including MS paint XD>
itrollyou, has already started on the design for them < https://www.furaffinity.net/view/9269892/ >But she needs more information than my template offered haha <The admin is ninja, not an artist>. In addition to the current reference information, more will be added. The more information, the more solid the character is.
- Height
- Weight
- hand/feet or paws
- human legs or animal like legs
- hair or tuft of hair or nothing
- if hair, what color and style
- eye color
- some idea of their ninja attire and/or pedestrian clothes
- some extra details you left out about their appearance (markings, scars, weapon/gear, etc)
- some color pallet of the colors you want and where they are supposed to go. (just something quick in MS paint is fine)
This extra information also gives our other ninjas a second chance to create a reference sheet for the unvoted Fox mascot. Merely comment, and if there is more than one, I'll choose the best one or fuse them together in a way I think is best. Currently we have a healer/close-combat, thief/ranged, and ranged/close-combat. I think a character that had a close-combat focus with some special skill would be awesome, though that isn't necessary at all. The three characters by themselves are very versatile and work well together, any skillset you give your character would improve the team ^w^
Speaking to that last point, I'm really happy how these refs have turned out so far. Each pair together well, the far away placement of the characters are great for stories or art devoted just to them, yet the back stories give excellent room for meeting together, either two at a time or all three. You guys are awesome ^w^ Keep up the great work, and this group will be really successful!
THE REVISED TEMPLATE
Name: Kotaro
Species: Sable < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sable >
Gender: Male
Age: mid twenties
Colors: The coat is light brown with a white underbelly.
Size/Build: Tall and thin. Doesn't look very strong with his thin body, but he is all muscle. Tail falls to his kneelength.
Preferred clothing/ color scheme for clothes: Kotaro prefers white for his ninja attire, as he is used to snowy environments. think http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/.....iser/60358.jpg
Fighting style/abilities: He fights with two small scythes. While hidden, he throws them to take out his enemy. When in close combat, he is very quick with his slashes, preferring to attack then retreat, attack then retreat, until the enemy tires out. He is very adept at healing. He found a golden necklace that allows him to heal minor wounds and restore some strength.
Simple backstory: From the Village of Snow, Kotaro has been a rising star in the ranks of the ninja clan. However, a darkness fell over the village and many citizens fell sick and fallen into a slumber they cannot awake. Kotaro is tasked to find a cure for the illness. It's been several months, but he has gotten word that the disease isn't progressing. But for any hope of the village ever going back to normal, Kotaro must become strong and knowledgeable enough to cure his village.
- Height: 5'9"
- Weight: 145 lbs
- hand/feet or paws: paws for the feet, the hands are the standard paw/hands, like raccoons have.
- human legs or animal like legs: human legs
- hair or tuft of hair or nothing: a tuft of hair that looks like bangs falling just above his left eye
- if hair, what color and style: Same color as his light brown fur
- eye color: Yellow
- some idea of their ninja attire and/or pedestrian clothes: Ninja attire is loose white pants, tight white shirt, and a white jacket; a white mask covers all but his eyes. Two cylindrical containers rest on his back, one containing his herbs and wraps for healing, the other is simply used to store his clothing. Pedestrian clothing is merely the pants and the shirt, his jacket and mask are packed away in the container.
- some extra details you left out about their appearance (markings, scars, weapon/gear, etc): Because of his healing and necklace, he doesn't have scars anywhere. His scythes are simple in design with an 18" handle and 12" blade http://dfairhal7532.commons.hwdsb.o...../04/scythe.jpg
- some color pallet of the colors you want and where they are supposed to go. Well, light brown fur everywhere except where it is white, his torso and neck. Clothes are white. Containers are white. Scythes have a black handle and blade is gray. <I'm horrible with any arting program, including MS paint XD>
- Height: 4'10"
- Weight: 110 lbs
- hand/feet or paws: human-like hands and feet (like a monkey)
- human legs or animal like legs: human legs
- hair or tuft of hair or nothing: http://myhairstyles.org/images/2009.....ppy-layers.jpg
- if hair, what color and style: black but has a dark purplish glare http://fashionsup.com/highlights-wi.....with-dark-hair
- eye color: light purple
- some idea of their ninja attire and/or pedestrian clothes (markings, scars, weapon/gear, etc) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9214193/ her 'pedestrian wear' is tribal based. she has a sash that holds homemade bombs and a small backpack to carry goods in. scaring from nose to mouth and tongue and some reaching to her jaw and neck.
- some color pallet of the colors you want and where they are supposed to go. (just something quick in MS paint is fine) ((since im making it i can do that on my own later lol))
Weight: 36kg
Hands and feet: Human-like
Legs and feet: Animal-like (Fox)
Hair: Simple tuft of hair down the middle
Colour of hair: Same colour as his head fur
Eye colour: Gray
Ninja attire: A large black coat with white detailing the edge and a high collar that covers his snout, with sleeves overshooting his hands. Bandaged legs and feet, with the bandages trailing from behind. Pedestrian clothes would be whatever he likes/ fits the moment.
Extra details: Wields a large (for his size) bladed three-pronged boomerang along with razor wire attached to kunai. Wears a lens on his left eye that let's him see where his wires are.
Abilities: Fights at medium range, tossing his boomerang and kunai a short distance away from the enemy while never actually coming in physical contact with them. VERY fast and athletic thanks to wind ninjutsu (which also allows his boomerang to return to him wherever he is).
Backstory: Nobody knows where this mysterious child came from, though rumors abound about his past. He seems naive, but is much more knowledgeable than his looks let on. Friendly and bubbly, he acts like anyone would expect a child of his age would, though he acts more mature around Gus close friends, and it's not the false kind of maturity, either. The only thing he's let on about his family was that they weren't around anymore and that he chooses not to remember them.
Colour pallet: Burnt red fur across his whole body with white bellyfur and lower chin (like a generic fix, basically).
-Child: I don't feel a child would have trained/gathered his skills, nor the intelligence and maturity in his backstory. While this makes for a great personality and interesting character, it makes it hard to compare to the other characters. The current youngest character is in her late teens, and while at first i had reservation for this, her backstory explained that she was in an assassin clan from an early age. Most likely, she has had over ten years of experience in this rough environment. Also, with such a small size, his stamina would be called into question. He, i feel, wouldn't be trusted to do the types of missions he would excel at, according to your reference.
-The backstory: I'm always concerned with original characters that have a murky background. While a good bit of mystery is intriguing, it is really hard to connect with an enigma. There also is no explanation for why he fights. Kotaro fights to gain knowledge about curing his village, Viviane the monkey fights against an oppressive group of colonizers that is taking land from her village and making it hard for them to survive. This drive really helps explain the character.
-Abilities: I have a slight issue with personal elemental ninjitsu ^^; I really should have explained this in the journal actually, this is my fault. In early Japanese folklore, powers and mystical events in nature were explained through either the supernatural beings like gods and demonic creatures, or through artifacts that had curses/blessings imbued within them. Such as Kotaro's necklace that has mild healing abilities. If he parts from his necklace, he will not have that mild healing ability anymore. If you do choose to keep this kinda overpowered ninjitsu, I would ask that you contain it to the bladed Boomerang.
And... the large bladed boomerang: While this is a great weapon, as seen in Inuyasha and other animes, I'm not sure how useful this would be for a ninja. This is the one I'm least concerned about, mind, just want to be certain the limitations are listed. This is heavy to have that much metal. And also with this much metal, there is either the issue of acquiring the expensive weapon and the durability if it wasn't made by a great blacksmith. Also, since it is a large boomerang, this would not be a useful weapon in a forest or semi-urban environment. I feel a lot of these problems could be solved if it was reduced in size, perhaps no greater than three feet in diameter... which actually reminds me of his stature... But that relates to the child critique.
The parts I loved about this reference (because this wasn't all bad haha) are as following:
Razor wire kunai: This reminds me of Rurouni Kenshin and early Naruto! I absolutely love the versatility of a blade attached to wire, this can be used as a ranged attack, increasing momentum in close range, setting traps, containing fighting spaces. In addition to all this, the wire and the knife can be used independently of each other, which can prove very useful in the lifestyle of a ninja. This is what the fox mascot is going to specialize in no matter what, it is an amazing weapon!
The lens: Not only is this incredibly useful for the wire kunai, lens always look really cool haha. It also adds to the intelligence your backstory alludes to. This is something I would want to build on, actually.
The smarter than he looks part of your backstory: I actually would love a strategist in the group, because i feel the other characters, while intelligent, are mostly lone wolves and would not work together as effectively as they could. If there was a character that could unify these ninjas together, that would make the team twice as grand. And smart characters are fun to write for :D But, not just the intelligence part of this, I enjoy the more intelligent than he appears aspect. I would want his character to appear normal in wisdom thorugh actions, words, and appearance, though when the situation gets serious or someone says something wrong, he would pipe up with something on a different level than the conversation haha.
His ninja attire: While somewhat garrish, this is a good sense of mystery. while the original group of ninjas would hide in the darkness to qiuckly dispatch their foe, toward the end of the samurai/ninja era there would be ninja for hire just like samurais. They would fight or acquire what they needed without the need for the standard method. With his outfit, he could easily conceal the wired kunais to surprise his enemies even in mid-battle. He also, I admit, looks pretty cool haha. I would ask for sleeves that don't surpass the length of his hands, but it would be very loose. And also, i feel the trailing bandages are somewhat cliche' and not very useful for combat or speed. I wouldn't want to trip on it haha. I know if Kotaro met him he would be very concerned about your loose bandages haha. You know what, the loose bandages would be there until he meets Kotaro so that scene can happen :3 Or rather, if this character is the most appealing, or contains the most amount of traits I want to keep.
All in all, I felt the ref needed a lot of work to fit the context of what I want for the group, but otherwise it was a pretty interesting character :3 I did try to imagine situation that would keep this character as close to the original as possible, but I don't really like there being a child at the same level as these older characters. Even with the late teenager, there will be scenes that I plan that will point out her age as something of a slight flaw. but then again, all traits have flaws, right?
I didn't mean to go all editor on your character, but i felt it was necessary. Perhaps the next person to read this will see the type of character I am looking for. I'm truly sorry i didn't offer that to you, that was bad of me. I hope I didn't come across as disliking the character, because I know characters can be personal. This character simply cannot work for this job. Oh dear, just like a business. I don't feel bad anymore.
This character's resume was insufficient for the job required. Though you have good qualifications, we will not be asking you to join us at this time.
Was that better? Sorry for the ramblings >w< I'll stop now haha