Ah hah, a group of what I assume is all your archetypes in their standard furry appearances? I did have a quick glance through your gallery a while ago, seeing if I could find just a 'standard' appearance for everyone. You weren't lying when you said you had archetypes across a range of different series.

I assume everyone's dress sense was all your own inspiration. And I have to say that I really like the variety involved here. You could say formal dress and suits and skirts and coats all jump to mind. But then you have Iwigu the Bull and Yhini the Horse on the edges there sporting rather different, yet still oddly fitting apparel. I assume it all fits within their archetypes, and kudos to you for making them all fit in this dress up idea. I can certainly see how the archetype way of thinking benefits a picture like this, and because of that, I think I like something about each individual character, as opposed to just having one clear favourite. It seems like a good way to keep characters balanced too.

Oh, I just noticed you're all one of the primary and secondary colours too. Aren't I clever?

Each character has a ref sheet as well. They are deeper in my gallery.

Exilo the Wolf: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8623924/
Uzira the Lioness: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8623932/
Avise the Rat: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8623940/
Oqiky the Hare: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8623953/
Iwigu the Bull: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8623958/
Ynihi the Horse: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8694786/

The ref sheets have a bit of information on the characters, though it might be a bit outdated by now. This pic is just them looking spiffy. And yeah, most of them have got their primary and secondary color. Iwigu’s secondary color is a darker brown though, and Oqiky’s secondary color has changed to gold.

There are little things that reflect their characterization. Avise having a little bowtie instead of a long tie, Exilo having his coat buttoned, Ynihi wearing a midriff rather than anything formal, Oqiky being the only one in a dress. Yeah, little inside jokes. Even the positioning is important (Exilo is closest to Uzira).

I put so much into the characters, so many inside jokes that are never noticed, but they help with the character building.

My apologies for not getting around to responding to this sooner, MsUzira. Busy few days, lots of things happening, little time for the computer.

Anyway, I went and had a look at all of those links you provided me for your ensemble. I really like the cute style of the art there. It's pretty simple, but because of that it certainly does its job as a reference sheet well, clearly highlighting the colours and markings. I'm going to guess that everyone's little symbols for their colours all link up to their character in some way too, though they mostly seem a bit more like inside things. Though I kinda get yours, Oqiky's, and Iwigu's. I'm also in the process of listening to everyone's songs too. I never considered a 'theme' for a character. Yet something else to think about, eh?

I also went and read all of those little chunks of information you listed in there too. It was certainly an interesting read. I knew, in theory, what you meant when you mentioned your character creation method involved everyone taking different aspects, and it would keep everyone from getting same-y. But I'm really impressed by everyone taking all these different ways of thinking. Exilo being pragmatic and level-headed. You, Uzira, being more emotionally based as his opposite. Avise being a bit darker, more shy, more of a loner. You mentioned Yhini being his opposite, with freedom and anarchy and things. Crazy and outgoing vs shy and reclused. Oqiky and Iwigu, I guess are together too. What with Oqiky being really optimistic and I guess kind, and then Iwigu sounds rather introverted, like he's perfect in his eyes and he's all he needs and cares about.

Something I have to say I noticed from all that information: you wrote "the other personality that's running around in Exilo's brain" on your profile page, but I wasn't really sure how to interpret that. But now I think I understand, what with the info you provided on Exilo and Uzira's page:

Exilo is a character, like you. He was the first, the main guy. I see he has his own profile on FurAffinity too. And then you came about, originally as an antithesis of Exilo, and became your own character over time. You have your own account on here too, which you mentioned is for hosting all of the pictures that MrExilo has commissioned for him. You mentioned you were a different personality too, so I imagine I would probably get a fairly different response were this image on MrExilo's gallery and I were talking to him, too.

That's certainly an interesting way of doing things. If you have multiple characters, and they're so prevalent, and different enough from each other that they end up becoming something of themselves, then that's certainly saying something about the strength of your characters and this method you're using. It's nice to see a friendly Lioness character coming to life as opposed to, say, a race of robots bent on human destruction like so often seems to be the case with these things, eh? Heh.

Oh, and in regard to colour, you actually got a different interpretation of my question. I do like how everyone has their primary and secondary colours though, yes. But what I meant was, I noticed how everybody takes a colour from what, artistically, is known as the primary and secondary colours. You have yourself taking red, Avise taking blue, and Iwigu taking yellow. Which also happens to be one person in every pair. And then you have Exilo taking green, Oqiky taking purple, and Yhini taking orange. And every pairing is also contrasting colours. Red and green. Yellow and purple. Blue and orange. I like that a lot.

I feel a bit bad turning this comment to something about myself, but I just wondered if I could run some stuff by you in regards to character things I have been thinking about myself. I haven't really got anyone else to talk to this about, so I would really appreciate if you could lend an ear. Of course, no problem if not. And, thank you too, for all the help, direct and indirect, you've given me so far in this matter. It's really been helpful.

It’s fine. I’ve been busy. You can call me Uzi too.

Like I say, I put far too much into the character. It’s almost a I mean… I have regular stuff for my characters: Favorite Animal, Nationality, Favorite Color, Secondary Color, Third Color. Then I have Favorite Metal, Preferred Guns (for military settings,) Favorite Historical Warrior Archetype, Theme Song. Heh… WAAAAY too much.

The Signature Symbols all represent the characters and have other nods. One reason I love the Heart for me and the Spade for Exilo is, if you turn a Heart upside down, it kind of looks like a Spade. The symbols on those ref sheets are a little outdated though. Iwigu, Oqiky, and Yhini have a new symbol, which appears on their My Little Pony.

Iwigu’s is an anvil: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10082542/
Oqiky’s is a crystal ball: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10082464/
Yhini’s is a flame: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9767327/

And I have a heart, Exilo has a spade, Avise has a water drop/tear drop.

It’s a little complicated. Exilo is a bit crazy. He talks to all his characters, but especially me. And sometimes, he remains “in character.” Eh, it’s complicated. Had you been talking to Exilo, he would be having some different responses.

Oh, yes. Everyone takes from those colors as their main color. They also take six of the seven colors from the rainbow. I combined Indigo and Violet for Oqiky to get purple, because otherwise it’s too similar. And yeah, the pairings are contrasting.

I would be happy to hear about your characters. You can either tell me in this comment or send me a note. Whichever you would rather.

Heh, Uzi. And you're a feline too. I wont bother you with the reason why, unless you want to hear, but that's pretty darn funny you should mention that.

Nah, I don't think that sounds like too much in a character. I mean, real people have these things, these interests and likes. If a character has them too, then that just makes them even more believable, right? I have to admit, I haven't considered much of that stuff myself, but it's certainly all things I feel like looking into in the future, once I have a baseline character set up.

The heart upside down looking like a spade, huh? That's actually pretty clever now you mention it. A cool nod between yourself and Exilo, contrasting characters. I could sort of understand everyone's symbols, besides maybe Yhini's. Though I like most of the new ones more, given what I know about them from the references. They seem more relatable to their personalities/traits, I feel.

Nah, I don't really believe there's such thing as having a crazy way of thinking. Just being misunderstood, am I right? I mean, if you're so very prevalent in his mind, then I think I would find it stranger if he didn't think about you or talk to you. And hey, it's just another way of showing how alive as characters you all are, right?

Anyway, thank you very much for being willing to listen. I shall send my thoughts and notes as a, well, a note. To keep this from getting clustered. I'll do so now. Thank you again for listening!