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Phoenix Rising Part 2
16 years ago
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Oh, 
mikewolfkin is so going to hate me for this...
After three years of sticking with the cat representation, I've finally decided on a character change, but not a drastic one. Per my previous phoenix entry, I've decided to fuse my cat and phoenix characters together into what one might call Anthrofelis phoenicia, part phoenix, part cat (but mostly cat in appearance). The idea here is that he is not truly a phoenix, but almost one, striving to be one, and would identify very strongly with a true phoenix as a symbol (see my previous entry on phoenixes). He has the partial appearance of a phoenix, but mostly the personality of the cat character.
What this means: take how my cat character looks as a baseline, and the only changes are changes in color, and the addition of transient wings. The previous fur color was Russian blue, but the new one is a combination of a deep brilliant purple for most of the outer body, followed by the colors yellow, orange and red going inwards down the face. In other words think of a cat's head that is mostly purple stopping below the eyes, then does a smooth transition from yellow to orange and finally to brilliant red for the lower jaw and entire chest (think how a cat's belly is a lighter color than the rest of it starting with the lower jaw, and you'll get what I mean). Arms and legs are mostly purple with a yellow to orange transition starting at the inner elbow/knee joints and working its way to the red chest. The fur would be ever so slightly more feathery in appearance than normal, but not by much. The new wings are fully avian in appearance, and are quad colored, starting with purple on top and going yellow-orange-red to the tips of the feathers. Overall appearance of the wings (and the rest of him) is mostly purple, and has the appearance of living flames of these colors. They are also transient, only appearing when at the extreme height of positive feelings or combative frenzy. He cannot fly with them. The long coat/clothing has now changed color from indigo to a brighter blue indigo, almost the color of starlight. Finally, the new name: Rilind Azan Aden Algernon Ostargi (prefers the nicknames "Trip" and more formally, "Triple A". The first and last names are Albanian and Basque, respectively, meaning "rebirth" and "aurora", but he is quite North American in nationality/mannerisms. Oh, and Asperger's Syndrome stays too. To sum up, color changes and wings, but no other major changes.
mikewolfkin, if you are reading this, and are already in a terminal stage of the original model, don't bother with these changes, I just had to make note of this, since it is a pretty big move in official character. And thank you for keeping at this all this time, regardless of your reaction to this.
In other news, I've had a fast past two weeks, and my job search has picked up. That's about it. I hope everyone's alright. C'ya.
<note: this journal is subject to change for two days while I iron out the quirks of this.>
mikewolfkin is so going to hate me for this...After three years of sticking with the cat representation, I've finally decided on a character change, but not a drastic one. Per my previous phoenix entry, I've decided to fuse my cat and phoenix characters together into what one might call Anthrofelis phoenicia, part phoenix, part cat (but mostly cat in appearance). The idea here is that he is not truly a phoenix, but almost one, striving to be one, and would identify very strongly with a true phoenix as a symbol (see my previous entry on phoenixes). He has the partial appearance of a phoenix, but mostly the personality of the cat character.
What this means: take how my cat character looks as a baseline, and the only changes are changes in color, and the addition of transient wings. The previous fur color was Russian blue, but the new one is a combination of a deep brilliant purple for most of the outer body, followed by the colors yellow, orange and red going inwards down the face. In other words think of a cat's head that is mostly purple stopping below the eyes, then does a smooth transition from yellow to orange and finally to brilliant red for the lower jaw and entire chest (think how a cat's belly is a lighter color than the rest of it starting with the lower jaw, and you'll get what I mean). Arms and legs are mostly purple with a yellow to orange transition starting at the inner elbow/knee joints and working its way to the red chest. The fur would be ever so slightly more feathery in appearance than normal, but not by much. The new wings are fully avian in appearance, and are quad colored, starting with purple on top and going yellow-orange-red to the tips of the feathers. Overall appearance of the wings (and the rest of him) is mostly purple, and has the appearance of living flames of these colors. They are also transient, only appearing when at the extreme height of positive feelings or combative frenzy. He cannot fly with them. The long coat/clothing has now changed color from indigo to a brighter blue indigo, almost the color of starlight. Finally, the new name: Rilind Azan Aden Algernon Ostargi (prefers the nicknames "Trip" and more formally, "Triple A". The first and last names are Albanian and Basque, respectively, meaning "rebirth" and "aurora", but he is quite North American in nationality/mannerisms. Oh, and Asperger's Syndrome stays too. To sum up, color changes and wings, but no other major changes.
mikewolfkin, if you are reading this, and are already in a terminal stage of the original model, don't bother with these changes, I just had to make note of this, since it is a pretty big move in official character. And thank you for keeping at this all this time, regardless of your reaction to this.In other news, I've had a fast past two weeks, and my job search has picked up. That's about it. I hope everyone's alright. C'ya.
<note: this journal is subject to change for two days while I iron out the quirks of this.>
mikewolfkin
~mikewolfkin
Color changes are no big deal, I do textures last. As for geometry, I haven't finished it yet, and the more changes you make, the more I will have to learn about the newer Lightwave interface, which is something that I need to do anyway. I just got the upgrade installed today, so I am ready to get some practice in. Honestly, when you said part cat, part phoenix, my mind went to something like Synnabar's character. Kind of like http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2000479/ but yours sounds quite a bit different, so iron out the changes you want to make and just let me know. Don't worry about it.
