Saw this, thought 'Redwall' lol

yeah, I'd meant it to look a bit more esoteric, with just the robe/cloak wrapped a bit tighter and the hood being taken off but Mary being the artistic godess that she is went a more in-depth(and more able to backstory) route that I couldn't have been happier with!

No name yet? Ah, that is the plight of most of the characters I make, the character comes fairly easy, but the name needs a lot of thought. It has to really fit. To me, she looks like she should have a Welsh name, like Eirwen or perhaps Ceridwen. But I don't know much about the character, so I really can't say for certain. ^^

Great character design =D

she's going to be the other side of the proverbial 'me' coin, offsetting my ocelot. Both girls are VERY close representations of myself, Badger will be a bit more reserved/demure then my Amara is. Anything along those lines might well work -- I'd been working with Ameile and Abigail for now but neither seems to fit too well. A name with the right meaning will reflect better then just picking because it sounds nice.


I'm glad you gave input, would your thoughts change if I mentioned she'll be a bit more pudgy then this picture suggests and tend to wear her longer hair in a loose bun?

Nah, my thoughts still stand, that wouldn't affect the overall personality of the character, plus Badgers are naturally pudgy. She definitely seems like someone of the British Isles to me, going by clothing, hair, and general aura, although any name of Scandinavian origin could fit. Both of those names could fit the archetype, certainly, but like you said, they don't seem to quite fit. If her personality is noticeably more on the calm side than the partner character, perhaps the Finnish name of Tyyne, might work. It comes from Finnish for calm, or serene. But it is fairly odd looking.

Let me point you to a resource I use frequently when in need of a good name: http://www.behindthename.com/

It's a catalog of most every given and surname you can think of, from every country, their origin, and their meaning. It really helps when choosing a name by personality. It shoulds help ya, if'n you haven't been there already ^^

*chuckles* you might've hit the nail on the head with the nationality of names -- I just found Dilys and I love the fact it's a similar meaning to Amara(though worlds apart in pronunciation!)

That's a pretty good fit actually, I can definitely see it ^^
(Not to mention worlds apart in nationality too, isn't Amara an African name? About as far from Welsh as it gets, eh? XD )

Amara is actually German or Latin.

Here she is, including name meaning:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4615349

Nothing wrong with green eyes. Could be more of a species trait if anything.

Purple eyes... however, on a non-albino character are not only infinitesimally rare irl, but waaay too common in fantasy characters.

I'd say go with green.

true, very true. I just would hate for her to be seen as a copy cat(er...copybadger)

The species-based trait route makes worlds of sense to boot! Well played Random Observer! *applauds*

I'm sorry. It's an awesome picture, but all I can think is 'Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger Mushroom mushroom'.

someday I might even let her be the butt of that diddy

I think it looks rather well.

Oh so lovely!! Yay for pretty badger ladies! I like the green eyes...but I bet she would look stunning with gray eyes too ^.^

I will have to put up images of some of the cloaks and robes that I have made, we did used to work in the Renaissance festivals after all <3

yes, yes you do. She'll be seen more often soon too :)

Wow, this is beautiful! So's she.

How'd you do that effect in the background?

Nice work!

...as always(and as the front page states) I am *not* the artist, just the person behind the piece's concept/character. This one(again, not to be rude but as the page states) was drawn by Mary Mouse.

You'd think I'd read these things before I look at the art, wouldn't you?

Sorry about that.