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Draw my Chimera please?

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rayvenredfield

rayvenredfield

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Hey everyone, just hoping someone might like to try drawing my Chimera character "Unknown" ^w^

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1489764/
It can be feral or anthro, it doesn't matter, (although Anthro would be preferred) and feel free to play around with his colors a bit.

The only thing color-wise i ask that you please leave the same are his spots and the spikes on his back. Otherwise his colors are fair game.

As far as his overall design, Feel free to try different tails on him too if you don't like the Cobra tail. I'm up for suggestions.


If you do decide to draw him, Please send me a note or page shout with the link so i can see it! 83 I don't check the forums often! D8
 
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rayvenredfield

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Stratadrake said:
Interesting ref. I am no fan of second-person descriptions though. Could you describe it in third?
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Ummmm. . . . what more description do you need? o.o; if ya don't like the written desc, there's a visual ref for you to use >.>;

Not only that, i have no clue how to give third person descriptions.

EDIT: Sorry in advance if that came off as a bit rude x.x;; I've been up near 24hrs now and I'm a tad grumpy. *heads off to bed*
 
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Stratelier

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No offense taken. I view second-person narration itself as merely a lame, shallow attempt to create a sense of immersion for the reader.

Wikipedia links if you have the time to read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_narrative
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-person_narrative
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_narrative
Third-person narrative
...The participants within the narrative are understood to be distinct from the person telling the story and the person to whom, or by whom, it is read.
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Third-person isn't hard at all; heck, half of your existing creature's description could pass as third-person already. Writing in third-person is like being a reporter and cameraman. Just as the people watching news are separated from the actual events by wonders of broadcast television, as a narrator in third-person you are separated from whatever you're describing by a barrier (known as the fourth wall).

How is this for comparison?

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The odd, hyena-shaped creature stood at arm's level, perhaps three to four feet high and with a snakelike tail easily that long counted by itself. A pair of large, furred, bat-like ears crested its otherwise serpentine head, complete with a flat jaw to emit a stunning hiss and conceal its hollow, venomous fangs. Standing on four slender legs, the front set larger and more strengthened than the rear, each foot bore a set of gleaming, razor-sharp talons. The build of this creature's frame suggested that, to those in the know of such matters, it was a male.

A blue mane flowed from its head, turning to yellow fur spotted with patches of blue across the length of its midsection, save for a ridge of blue scales streaming down its spine, accompanied by a set of four glowing, daggerlike spines jutting out from between the shoulders. Flowing down the hindquarters, fur yielded to scales upon the tail, the lay pattern forming a set of bands, lines striping in paralell to the creature's length.
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shebawolf145

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Stratadrake said:
The odd, hyena-shaped creature stood at arm's level, perhaps three to four feet high and with a snakelike tail easily that long counted by itself. A pair of large, furred, bat-like ears crested its otherwise serpentine head, complete with a flat jaw to emit a stunning hiss and conceal its hollow, venomous fangs. Standing on four slender legs, the front set larger and more strengthened than the rear, each foot bore a set of gleaming, razor-sharp talons. The build of this creature's frame suggested that, to those in the know of such matters, it was a male.

A blue mane flowed from its head, turning to yellow fur spotted with patches of blue across the length of its midsection, save for a ridge of blue scales streaming down its spine, accompanied by a set of four glowing, daggerlike spines jutting out from between the shoulders. Flowing down the hindquarters, fur yielded to scales upon the tail, the lay pattern forming a set of bands, lines striping in paralell to the creature's length.
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WHOA...how would you like to write something like that for my fursona...0.o

I'd would even pay you if I had moneys....

Oh and I love your chimera btw...I might just have to give him a try.
 
rayvenredfield

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Stratadrake said:
No offense taken. I view second-person narration itself as merely a lame, shallow attempt to create a sense of immersion for the reader.

Wikipedia links if you have the time to read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_narrative
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-person_narrative
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_narrative


Third-person isn't hard at all; heck, half of your existing creature's description could pass as third-person already. Writing in third-person is like being a reporter and cameraman. Just as the people watching news are separated from the actual events by wonders of broadcast television, as a narrator in third-person you are separated from whatever you're describing by a barrier (known as the fourth wall).
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Well thank you for the help and information ^_^ but i'm no reporter or cameraman ^^;;
Second person is how i was introduced to RP, so that's what i tend to type descriptions in.

and to be honest, i don't see much of a difference from your version and mine aside from some rewording here and there and moving bits and pieces around.
But i guess like you said it was pretty much third person to begin with *shrugs*
 
Stratelier

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Shebawolf145 if you like the character design I do hope you are thanking Rayvenredfield and not me.

rayvenredfield said:
and to be honest, i don't see much of a difference from your version and mine aside from some rewording here and there and moving bits and pieces around.
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Like I said before, there's not that much difference between the two (at least in terms of sentence and paragraph structure); it's just the separation between reader and material being told.

As for RP'ing, I have had limited experience with roleplaying but it was in the contexts of non-structured, freeform forum roleplaying, so everything was written out in the third-person anyway, like different chapters of a collaborative novel. I get an impression you are referring to the more traditional, structured archetype of RP'ing (Ã* la D&D) where the game-master is responsible for the majority of describing events to players?
 
rayvenredfield

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Stratadrake said:
As for RP'ing, I have had limited experience with roleplaying but it was in the contexts of non-structured, freeform forum roleplaying, so everything was written out in the third-person anyway, like different chapters of a collaborative novel. I get an impression you are referring to the more traditional, structured archetype of RP'ing (�* la D&D) where the game-master is responsible for the majority of describing events to players?
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Nooo, the type of RPing I'm refering too is between more then one person in IMs, where each person types out their actions as well as reacting/responding to the person's actions before them and so on.
Something like this.

Rayven said:
*Rayven looks around the room curiously as he makes his way towards a place to sit, ears flickering about with the different sounds of the area*
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BLANK said:
*BLANK watches the new comer as they make their way into the room, getting up they make their way towards him, taking a seat at near by and offering a hand to shake in greeting "Hello my name is BLANK, might i please sit with you and chat?"
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If that helps that is. Otherwise I'm not sure how else to describe it what I mean.
Of coarse one person has to set things in motion, but it just goes from there in many different directions depending on who all is involved.

As far as RPing is concerned for myself, I don't really like forums, they're too stagnant and can take forever to get anywhere. I like IMs where it happens as you type and you don't have to wait long periods for a response.
 
shepherd

shepherd

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It was my intention to get the lineart of your character done this weekend. Mother Nature has stepped in and slapped me with a cold, so I'll be a bit delayed. Still working on it though!
 
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