Suichiro

My gallery doesn't support linking to the showimage very well, so you have to link directly to the image file itself. I'm *guessing* that you're referring to this pic:


And yes, she has the capability for such. Everyone's characters are likely not just simple one sided personalities and mine is no different. I just don't generally write stories about her, so people don't know.

Check out Vertical Studios' videos. They're generally considered some of the best.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Aralcox

This one isn't music video related, but I've always liked it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w5_Vg5ULDg

These rules mean nothing. There's no point in having them. If people want to play nice with everyone else then that's fine, but we shouldn't even bother with rules in the first place. Call them guidelines or suggestions and let everyone in to participate for the whole year. What was the point of eliminating artists again? So that we deny them access to this event only to turn around and play "let's pretend that didn't happen" with other entrants at random? It's unfair to those who were eliminated previously as well as to those who are still in.

I am if anything a moderator at heart. In all the years I've been running boards and keeping the peace, I've learned that you simply cannot have a lapse in judgment because of personal feelings. Rules are there for a reason and if you put them into place, you absolutely must follow them. If you don't want to follow them, then just don't have them. You cannot have it both ways. Someone always gets caught in the cracks. People already have this year.

This is simply wrong. If you want to vote for Shia, vote for Shia.

Wait, I don't think that could have been less confusing.

Whomever wins this month, do they get immunity for October? Yes or No?

If nobody gets immunity for October, why are we voting?

If nobody is going to be voted out this month, doesn't that mean Shia's immunity is worthless?

I'm not understanding this at all. >_<

It's too hard to tell what you mean by fire in the eyes. I've always just assumed that her eyes lost any pupil and simply glowed intensely.

They turn red or perhaps hot white.

Mel's horns are supposed to be more forward facing, though I'm not particularly picky about it. The horns are something that seem to be a favorite amongst artists to play with.

Mel's horns change size the more and more she's controlled by the BURN. They get longer as she falls into madness but they also get shorter the more she regains her composure.

The ears are pretty much right, yes.

I mean that the forehead bangs are an iconic part of Melanie's look. I designed her to be recognizable without any part of her outfit at all, as I feel like a good character shouldn't need their outfit as part of their design. Without them, she doesn't look the same so there's a midpoint to balance between having them and playing with them for artistic expression.

I chose that face because of the green eyes. Although it's pretty close to what her actual face should be like. Melanie is a faerie, more accurately a pixie, so her features are naturally elfin and delicate. Massacre Mel is a bit more mature looking so her face filled out more, but she should still sharp.

Depends on how you work them. She does tend to get more demonic as she goes mad, though I've never added the large canines to her. I tend to use a more subtle canine tooth that's sharp and aggressive, but still physically the same size as the other teeth.

It's more a matter of it being too large as it distorts the face. After a certain point, it starts to destroy her feminine features. I like exaggerated emotions, but I feel there's a comfortable point that this went past.

The clothes burn away. Duh.

At that point, Mel's skin washes over with the supernatural darkness of her black magic so that it's nothing but a swirl of pitch black shadow with visible splits and tears in it where her inner core of fire seeps out, like lava on an active volcano. Her fae blood mixes with the elemental nature of fire and she becomes similar to an ifrit. Since Melanie is a Fire/Dark corruptor and I like to tout that she was the first (Fire/Dark even in Beta) her ultimate form has the elements of such.

Since I also have a crusade against black outfits, I think it's amusing to have a supernaturally black segment of her look as well.

This is as close as I ever got to a look I was happy with in the game, though it's only because I'm frustrated with the character creator that I finally settled on it. If I had my way, I would have something much more akin to the Vulcan pictures I linked earlier.


:3 is my cat smile. I use it to indicate my general happiness at the same time as a sly look. Cats are never entirely innocent and nether am I.

I know some people have more of an idea of what their characters are like and what they're not like, while others don't really care as much. I'm one of the few that's very picky with my character because, one, I'm an artist myself. Two, I'm actually pretty picky with everyone's characters. Finally, three, believe or not, I've had Melanie for over 13 years. She's a character that I had throughout high school and college, my artistic muse and a personal mascot. She existed long before this game ever did, so my passions go well beyond the limitations of it. This new 'evil' version of her is relatively recent though still around 4 years old.

OMG, you're going to go crazy from boredom there. o.O


Go as a Meat Doctor! LOL