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  1. I am... im gonna play Samurai Warriors 2 Empires for a week and then try to forget my artistic fantasies.
  2. perhaps.. I dont know, they've never helped me any :-/
  3. hehe, I found out specifically the number of characters I had to work with.. and now I just make sure to be breif...


    but in a way, I think that is the "skill" right there... that you HAVE a limited workspace, and you want to put as much of "who your character is" and "where your character comes from" into such a constraining space...


    Like carving a statue from marble... chipping away at the whole, until you have something perfect in its brevity and ability to project and convey meaning and understanding.
  4. Moogie, the problem is, that "copying" is ALL I can do.... :-/

    more to the point, I cant put something (in the scope of "nothing is truely original") original that I come up with in my head, down on paper... even though I can picture it clearly


    so, when I cant even copy something right....well... its like if all you were good at in life was sharpening pencils...and half the time the pencil tip broke the first time someone tried to use it.
  5. I love using the battle kilt as "not a kilt" male sashs/skirts :-D
  6. oh, whew.. good...
    I was worried there for a second. Yea, I wanna read the bio you squeezed/shortened/butchered to fit onto the ID in game :-D
  7. yea...but.

    basically, "grew up" on art/photo manip.... so All im really good at is screwing up other peoples art to make it my own...


    so, when I copied something (from memory or not) I wanted it to be exact... A mimicry of the original, not a mockery of it...
  8. I dont want the "Full length
    ones... I want the 1023 characters or less ones!
    I dont want to read 4 pages per character... just a good solid paragraph..

    Just to get the ball rolling... these are the ones I have on hand (of my own). the first two are my mains, on Triumph, third is my main on Virute.. the rest are just sort of "around" but I love em

    American Dreamgirl ( v )
    Rachael Cole, the self titled “American Dreamgirl”, claims to be the illegitimate granddaughter of Marcus Cole (aka: The Statesman). Though DNA tests were lost under mysterious circumstances, Rachael holds to her statement. Rebuked by the Hero community (notably Ms. Liberty), and ignored by Statesman, the American Dreamgirl began her life of crime out of rebellion. Ms. Cole was implicated in several crimes from assault and battery to armed robbery. Each time she came to court, however, she was quickly acquitted and set free. When she finally was tried, it was for murder one. On the stand, Rachael Cole admitted her guilt openly, and swore she would tear down all that statesman had built. She spent only two nights in the Zig, as help came from an unlikely source: the Arachnos break out. Disappearing onto the Rogue Isles, the American Dreamgirl has begun her bid for power. She will see the destruction of Paragon City, and its protector, no matter the cost.


    Violent Strain ( h )
    Ines Richter was secreted away by her mother’s dearest friend as a baby. With the aid of Maiden Justice, her guardian raised the little girl to the light and the law. As Ines grew, it became obvious that she suffered from a form of light allergy. Her weakness fostered a love for science and technology. She found she had a talent for it, and was able to create goggles to protect her fragile eyes. Once her disability was recognized, Ines began to see Monica Cole more often, and they quickly became close. But when Arachnos foot soldiers were seen in Faultline, Monica confessed to a sad secret: their friendship was not wholly genuine. The Maiden Justice had taken it upon herself to keep tabs on the girl. As the daughter of Edrea and Tyhpus Richter, Ines was the granddaughter of the man now known as Lord Recluse. Revolted by her lineage, Ines crafted a pair of vicious claws, and her goggles, so she might take to the streets. She now protects the light her blood cannot bare from those who wish it extinguished.


    The Riving ( v )
    Mary Kead's *powers* first appeared when she was a child, as voices no one else could hear. Voices screamed to be mutilated and burned by her hands. Begging for things no 5-year old should have understood. But Mary relished their yearning; to be flayed, skinned alive, and burned in sacrifice by her. Three therapists later, Mary was institutionalized and put on suicide watch after carving a deep gash into the side of her face. She raved that her "golden-self" lay just beneath the surface. At 16, she was deemed sane, and released. It lasted less than a week when, in a manic two-day spree, she tortured and murdered over 15 people. Found by undercover detectives with longbow support in a back alley of Kings Row, She had slashed a grisly smile into her own face, saying she "couldn’t be happy enough" the way it was. Mary had shards of some metal protruding from every inch of her body. First thought to be self inflicted, doctors were horrified to discover the rusting and diseased metal came from within Mary's skin.


    Callgrave ( v )
    Archibald Callgrave was one of the original directors of the East India Company. In India, Archie discovered the Talisman of Durvasa, a fist-sized blue diamond strung on a chain of golden bones. Callgrave soon learned of the charm's power. As his wrath flared, his enemies weakened. As he healed, those around him became sickly. Wearing the Talisman, Callgraves have ruled a private empire, father to son, for eight generations. In 1958, Deven Callgrave incorporated the name, and attempted to use his wealth and abilities to remove the Arachnos from the Rogue Isles. Deven was later found murdered. Their holdings on the islands lost, his son Vaden became infamous throughout the US, failing only to produce a male heir. At the last, he revealed the family's secret to his 15 year old daughter, Rani. In those days, she rejected the Hindu artifact. She was born with the ability to channel the spirits of the Callgraves, but has since taken up Durvasa to augment her abilities. Rani currently lives in Sharkshead Isle.


    Rock Demon no. 11 ( v )
    Notes: I’ve gotten back to work on my recently abandoned Rock Demon project. Numbers 6-10 have unfortunately become irreversibly good, and I must subdue them and bring them back home for either decommission or a stern lecture. I’ve loosed numbers 11 and 14 on the Earth plane in hopes of doing just that. 11 still worries me, as he is quiet insane. His ability to follow direction is sporadic at best, but he is easily the most purely destructive, malicious and jolly of the children. Must remember to never touch those ludicrous goggles of his again. I don’t know where he found those odd, metal pants, but as he favors them over my newly perfected khakis, I just let him go with it. Kids. – Satan


    Rock Demon no. 6 ( h )
    Notes: Number six is finally finished. I must admit, the handiwork is my best to date, but the personality is… lacking. He seems to do nothing but grunt and light assorted items ablaze. Unfortunately, he also seems to have a bit of the negative streak inherent in my rock demons, namely and irrefutable soft spot for humanity. Unnerving, yes, but I assume he will grow out of it, as did numbers 1-5. Until Carl… no matter, this little beast will surely grow to monstrously evil proportions again once he shatters and ignites enough of the human world. Pants are still a touch structurally unstable. –Satan


    Rock Demon no. 7 ( h )
    Notes: I cant tell if this is a step in the right direction or not. He lacks the sheer mass of earlier models, but I think he maintains the feel. Not to mention, be is slightly more evil than his brethren, and possibly a bit craftier. The mask, alas, cannot be helped. The little angel has trouble breathing in non-brimstone environs. The pants are making progress I think. A little elaborate, but who can truly fault me there. I hate the tail. Terrible judgment on my part. He, however, doesn’t seem to mind lashing his playmates in the eye with the prehensile monstrosity. Ah well, kids. –Satan


    Rock Demon no. 9 ( h )
    Notes: Well, I’ve let loose the ninth rock demon upon the Earth, but, as with the previous eight, he’s starting to develop an irksome penchant for good, thus rapidly shrinking in stature. Ugh, I’ll never get this right. If only the little buggers weren’t so damned cute. On the positive side, I seem to have his the nail on the head with my newest set of non-flammable khakis. In addition, the pants are wrinkle-free AND stain resistant. Hopefully my little bastion of evil will grow out of this phase he’s going through and start destroying those heroes as opposed to joining with them. But he will be comfortable nonetheless. –Satan


    Rock Demon no. 8 ( h )
    Notes: I…I don’t quite know what to make of this one. He’s a bit…off. Too pretty for a sentient mound of demonic substrata. I tried to give him a tad more flair than the previous model but he ended up sort of, well, shapely. I hope he doesn’t get picked on by the other demons. A father-figure/creator god’s last wish is for his progeny to not have friends. The hair is iffy, but the pants are almost perfect. Poor little…it. Er… -Satan


    Lilly Grimm ( h )
    Lilly was a promising grad student trying to create an individual dimensional door system. Late one evening, Lilly had a breakthrough. The experiment imploded, and dragged her down into a dark dimension. She found herself surrounded by small faceless monsters. Before she could react they struck. A flash lit up the world; green fire burned the monsters to ash. “I am the demon, Radiare.” Sitting up in bed, stars still danced through Lilly’s vision. Breathing heavily, Lilly called the only person she could think of, her old freshman roommate. Lacey was the bubbly, flighty, dumb sort of blonde Lilly couldn’t stand. But she was obsessed with the supernatural, and Lilly needed help. They met at a rare books store, and Lacey introduced Lilly to Grimm. Grimm knew about the quantum experiment Lilly had been working on, and was well versed in netherworld magic. He taught Lilly of her mystical link to Radiare, the demon prince who rescued her. With Lacey, Lilly now uses her bond to defend the people of Paragon

    Lacey Grimm ( h )
    Raised in Huntington Beach, Ca, Lacey moved to P-town to, like, further her singing career. She was totally planning to major in vocal music, but fate had these other thoughts in its big old noodle. So, while checking out books on white magic in this icky rare books store, the owner could just TELL how much magic she had all over her. His name was Grimm, and he took her into his back room (not like that!) Ok, so he told Lacey that she had something called the Siren’s Gift. Or something.. anyway, Grimm said she had some cool magic link to the spirit of the ancient Greek sirens, and that with a big ritual, he could turn it into, like totally awesome superpowers. Right ON! It was going to take like a year to get everything ready, so Lacey went back to school, where she met Lilly, a sullen sort of genius. They didn’t get along super, but Lacey did her best to be friends. By the time the ritual was ready, Lacey had compiled an awesome superhero outfit with a scary mask. Of course it worked! Yay, ME…er..HER!
  9. This is something that always makes me curious. On the boards, or personal websites, we are able to make as deep and lengthy biographies for our characters as we want...

    But, what happens when we only have 1023 characters to work with...

    so, Im curious... how has everyone broken down their character's history, personality, look, relationship status, sun sign, shoe collection and PuR water filter so that it all fits into their ID card in game....
    feel free to put as many of them as you want... I love to read the cliff notes
  10. ((questions.... Does she go by "Belle" now that shes an adult? You only use the nickname once, but since you've stuck with the "Izzy/Issabelle" balance up till now, it stands out. It made me take pause for a moment to make sure we were still talking about the same person, especially since the jump in age occured at the same time. I like how it springboards through time... but I hope in future episodes you will go back into her past with more "elaborate" flashbacks. Perhaps "Part 2: the earlier beginings of things from before ;P. I just dont want to see all her past (all that defines her) lost in a present climate of "action".... also, if three years ago the Doc died... isnt that rather close to the Rikti invasion? He was expecting death, and died peacfully... but perhaps was he able to help in the war, and thus burn his flame that much brighter that he would end so shortly afterwards?

    I like it, though I hope, as I said, to see longer peroids of flashback in future posts.))
  11. Likely not as good as the original, though Khepie.

    I dont know, I guess Im down on it, cause even if i went on memory, its still basically copying something else.. it isnt original.... so it should be exact :-/


    ...that along with the deepseated fear that Im still no more capable of drawing something original, makes it easy to cut this piece down :-/
  12. well, if Samo says it, it must be so.. :-P
  13. if I make it any brighter, you can see all the screw ups :-P

  14. is not that good guys... I said be nice, not flatter me

    she doesnt even have a face (i dont remember what the original one looked like)
    and any like... hard lines at the top, and soft blend at the bottom, is purely the fault of the "blend" feature in Photoshop... cause the color isnt actually full enough, so the blur kept washing away the image... so I eventually got fed up and started coloring in the parts that the fade got rid of :-P
  15. woah... thats excelent, Supes...

    once you get the color in its gonna get my "Marvelous" rating ("marvelous" rating is a trademark of Empress inc. and may not be used or otherwise reproduced without worshiping me.)
  16. I finally put something I did myself up on DA

    it isnt really "superhero/villain"... but I dont really have anyone else to dump it on, to see what someone thinks.

    http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49665105/


    if its crap.... be nice
  17. well.... *nuts* then.... :-/


    I still think its an awsome piece.... makes juggy look like a cross between Kratos, the Hulk, and Super Hyde from LXG

    *this is my sexy face*
  18. It might be easier just to make a clean break :-/
    gah, I dont know...

    since you CANT get the nickname you want.... id say go with your real name (or some easy variation), its better that people know its YOU than anything else.
  19. its cool (actually i havent seen a bad one yet)....


    it just makes me kinda sad that everyone draws/CCreates her as "all grown up"...

    she cant be a youth? or at least a teenager?
    I like the idea of a young hero in the "established characters" list...

    it seems like all the other dev/mod characters are all immortals or otherwise have been around forever...experenced and long-lived...

    I just would like to see a character a little closer to home...
  20. did you change the original?
    I admit, I cant tell the difference (first link and new link)

    Is it a little brighter on the face? or is that just my computer?
    the picture is still beautiful(the face is marvelous), but the "little hue change" hasnt seemed to make an impression on me.... (uless Im just missing the original, and trying to compair the new one with itself:-P)
  21. I hope not.. that character sucked.


    I really just see her as running under her own moral code, i.e. she doesnt care (or possibly even comprehend) the use or value of "the law":
    "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato (427-347 B.C.)

    I have a feeling that shes the sort of person who hunts those who "Get around the law"... mobsters, faceless muggers and rapists... people who are never caught.
    And I do not think she is batman, who would always try to "put people behind bars"... I think she sees the value in removing people for the betterment of everyone. Not to say she goes out and kills people... but I think she Is a 'hero' more inline with The Crow, than the current crop we have in Paragon.

    "Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."
    Ernest Hemingway


    I dont think she fights as a mercenary... she doesnt fight for money and power. That just.... doesnt seem to fit.
    I still think she fights to right some personal wrong. Its just that doing so is neither good or honorable, it is revenge or vengence.. pure vigilantism. At the same time, it isnt truely evil.. those she kills, or otherwise destroys, are not good people (whether visible to the rest of the world or not). they may not deserve the punishment she gives them... but I have a feeling, that they do.
    I think shes out there at night, because she feels its necessary... its a calling.




    "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
    - Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)
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    Plus, on the short shirt option? It put the chest emblem on the pocket-area, instead of the front, and I was disappointed by that.

    [/ QUOTE ]

    thoroughly agree!
    constantly dissapointed in the little things... like why we cant mix and match detail patterns (at least on the "tops with skin) options... it would be nice to be able to go Tops with skin>Desire>fire stripe...

    and such like.