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Linea24ParticipantI have two separate characters for you. One I have a inkling of a background for, the other I have absolutely no idea for.
Linea24Participant@Herr D: It’s supposed to be a mixture of the two, actually, but I can see where you’re coming from. Next time I do a drakan, though, I’ll put something between the hair and the head.
I’ve decided to redo my very first character I posted: Lilac/Linea. I’ve put the original two pictures together as well as the two new ones I just did. Also, I’m going to enter it in the transformation contest.
Original:
Take 2:
For those of you who don’t know, Lilac Rose, who is the cat, is the original form and Linea, the human, is the alternate form.
Linea24ParticipantOk, I’m going to go ahead and post profiles of each of the Felian races that have already appeared in my gallery, with a picture and a short description of each. There are both male and females of each race, but I only put the female because I’m not very good at either posing or dressing the men. Again, I greatly welcome any advice on the picture or the background information.
Drakan
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(I know, she looks like she’s scowling, but the highlight I put on the lip didn’t work on so well.)
Drakans are dragon-like humanoids with features from both dragons and faeries. They have wings that grow from the middle of their back. Their wings vary from bat-like wings to dragon-like wings. They have retractable claws on their hands and non-retractable claws on their feet. Their eyes are very similar to fairies, in that they have no visible irises. Their two most notable features, aside from their wings, are their skin and hair. Their skin is very thick, tough to pierce, and is highly resistant to high heat and fire. Usually, their skin is determined by the color of the wings. Their hair is almost always translucent and a mix of yellows, reds, and oranges.
Drakans have a long history, much of it spent with the dragons & Volcano Felis and defending themselves against the fairies. The fairies and drakans dislike each other strongly, mainly because that both of them are avian races living near the sky.
Drakan society is militaristic, but is concerned more in defending themselves than conquering. The young are raised by their family until they reach the drakan equivalent of 16 years of age, which is when they are able to fly successfully and breathe one of four forms of “energy”: lightning, fire, poison, or frost. Once they leave the care of their family, they receive a face marking in the form of the “energy” they can breathe. Sometimes, when a drakan is born at the same time as a dragon, that drakan is deemed to be “linked” to the dragon–mentally linked to where they can operate as one entity if they want– and is named a dracoguide and receives a dragon tattoo on their right arm.
Linea24ParticipantOh wow. That is a very beautiful story. I like how you also incorporated Antia and the moon into the story. I really like how you treat the characters you write about, too. It’s as if you’re exploring the whole picture while also keeping the story centered on the character.
Linea24ParticipantOk. I should try something like that. Thanks!
Linea24Participant@Anarchangel Thanks for pointing that out. I thought of changing the color of the hair, but I couldn’t do it because any other color or shade I tried looked wrong.
Linea24ParticipantDill?
Linea24ParticipantHere’s the second portion of the larger picture that’s also going to include the fairy I posted yesterday. Again, I greatly appreciate any critiques.
I know in the first part it says dragon, but I couldn’t really figure out how to do anything but the tail. Instead of a dragon though, I made the other character a drakan, which is essentially a combination of a fairy and a dragon.
Also, the charred wing is where the fairy hit the drakan, and is the reason why she is falling.
Linea24Participant@Anarchangel: Thanks! And your secret not-so-manly sentence is safe with me…as far as the internet goes.
Linea24ParticipantThanks Nug!
Linea24ParticipantThanks, all! I just did what I do on my drawings and shaded where I felt there needed to be shading.
@Toroq: Thanks. I’ll try to catch it next time. But the one overlapping the hair- I couldn’t figure out how to hide it.
Linea24ParticipantFortune
Linea24ParticipantCan you do this one? I would love to see what you come up for it.
Linea24ParticipantOk, I just finished this one portion of a much bigger picture I want to do. I wanted to try shading my character for once, so I did it on this one. If anyone has any suggestions or critques, I’ll gladly accept them.
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Linea24ParticipantThanks, Harlekin!
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