Hey! I was tagged by a good friend, ~SpyroSolstice (https://www.deviantart.com/spyrosolstice), and was asked to do this. So today you get to meet this little guy-- Blaze! :D
Anyway, let's get started...
Rules:
1. Post all rules.
2. Write 8 facts about your character.
3. Tag 8 people.
4. Write the name of the character with its owner
1. Blaze was my first ever created Original Character and second character overall-- with Ganim (an LoZ FC) coming before and the well known Darin coming afterwards. He was mostly used in a 2-3 topic RP arc over on DarkSpyro and later on in a couple of less serious "fun" roleplays.
2. Blaze is a Fire-based dragon who had known nothing but cages and
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“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.”
-Voltaire
One topic that I’ve wanted to discuss for a while now is on originality. The difficulty, I’ve found, is that the subject is rather nebulous and deeply personal to artists. Everyone has a slightly different definition in
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6 Tips for Creating Character Motivation
6 Tips for Creating Character Motivation
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Chapter 5 “Characters” – Section 12 “Motivation”
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“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.”
-Plato
I've found that character motivation seems to categorize people into two groups—those for who it comes naturally and those who need to put conscious effort into it. Some people get it without even thinking about what they're doing, while others need to make a plan. Neither group is necessarily better at writing than the other, it's just
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10 Tips on Writing Stories for Young People
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Anybody Can Write a Novel 2.0Chapter 2 “Genres” – Section 6 “YA/Children”
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“Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. […] They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth.”
-E.B. White
A long time ago, I watched an episode of the Cosby Show. In the episode, the protagonist's third grade daughter decided not to go back to school, saying she would just teach second grade when she g
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9 Tips for Overcoming Writer's Block
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Chapter 1 “Beginning to Write” – Section 3 “Writer's Block”
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“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
—Mark Twain
Sometimes we find ourselves at a point in writing where there is simply no motivation. Our muse or creative spirit simply does not motivate us like it normally does. And the trouble is that these moments can las
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6 Tips for Creating an Anti-villain
Anybody Can Write a Novel 2.0 Chapter 5 “Characters” – Section 3.2 “Anti-villains”
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Adrian Veidt:
“I know I've struggled across the backs of murdered innocents to save humanity … but someone had to take the weight of that awful necessary crime [...]”
Jon Osterman:
“[..] I understand, without condoning … or condemning.”
“Watchmen” by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
The final character type in the circle of heroes, anti-heroes, and villains is the anti-villain. This is the antagonis
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"The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight.
Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh.
What do I fear? Myself? There’s none else by.
Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
Is there a murderer here? No. Yes, I am.
Then fly! What, from myself? Great reason. Why:
Lest I revenge. Myself upon myself?
Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? For any good
That I myself have done unto myself?
O no, alas, I rather hate myself
For hateful deeds committed by mys
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Aim for Boring: My Approach to Character Design
First of all, I freely admit that what I say isn't gospel. I am a total amatuer at art and writing. I've learned everything that I know via the internet and a few drawing books. It's just that I appreciate all of the tutorials here on dA that have helped me out, and I want to put a little bit of my own methods back in.
If you were to look at my (currently small) gallery, you'd notice something: all of my character designs are done on a white or simple gradient background. Everyone is wearing a plain t-shirt and the same pants and shoes. Most don't even get the luxury of a full body shot. It can be pretty boring.
Why Do That?
Unlikely tho