Creative Escapists: Help with a Character?

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saluraropicrusa

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i've been trying to redesign a character of mine for some time now, with no luck. now i've gotten sick of trying, or even thinking about it, so i'm looking for outside help. if you've got ideas, suggestions, any kind of help, it's much appreciated.

for reference, i want the character (Muninn) to be a bird-like creature, with a dark color scheme (black feathers, maybe, like a crow or raven). he's an excitable, affectionate, playful and sometimes mischievous character. he loves to eat just about anything but more specifically meat, fish and bacon being his favorites. he's meant to be a somewhat silly character, as well as, possibly unconventionally, adorable. he might also end up having a brother (Huginn), but that character would look quite a lot like him so i only need a design for one.

i might (and only might) consider ideas for an anthropomorphic design for him but he's meant to be an animal (he can't even speak, aside from maybe imitation).

(if this post seems a little lacking/lazy it's because i wrote a whole (better) post before but when i tried to post it i got a 404 and what i wrote was lost forever)
 

Amethyst Wind

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Comically undersized wings and a predisposition to sticking his tongue out the side of his mouth?
 

lRookiel

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Don't ask me, I'm a pale white vegetarian who is not affectionate or playful. I'd tell you to make some sort of grim reaper vulture shit...
 

saluraropicrusa

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Amethyst Wind said:
Comically undersized wings and a predisposition to sticking his tongue out the side of his mouth?
perhaps. although i'm not going to eliminate his ability to fly right off the bat.

lRookiel said:
Don't ask me, I'm a pale white vegetarian who is not affectionate or playful. I'd tell you to make some sort of grim reaper vulture shit...
you don't have to be at all like my character to help me. i mean, vultures are awesome looking birds, so i'd be open to incorporating vulture elements into his design.
 

Amethyst Wind

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saluraropicrusa said:
Amethyst Wind said:
Comically undersized wings and a predisposition to sticking his tongue out the side of his mouth?
perhaps. although i'm not going to eliminate his ability to fly right off the bat.

lRookiel said:
Don't ask me, I'm a pale white vegetarian who is not affectionate or playful. I'd tell you to make some sort of grim reaper vulture shit...
you don't have to be at all like my character to help me. i mean, vultures are awesome looking birds, so i'd be open to incorporating vulture elements into his design.
Wasn't suggesting that he can't fly. More that his tiny wings are flapping in a way that makes flying look silly.

Big body + tiny wings but can still fly = how?
 

saluraropicrusa

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Amethyst Wind said:
Wasn't suggesting that he can't fly. More that his tiny wings are flapping in a way that makes flying look silly.

Big body + tiny wings but can still fly = how?
so he'd be like a bumblebee?
... well, i'll keep it in mind, at least.
 

Texas Joker 52

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So, he has avian qualities, akin to ravens and other smarter birds... Maybe hes rather easily distracted by all manner of shiny things. It could even tie into the fact that he's easily excited.

Otherwise, I'm not exactly sure what to suggest, really.
 

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I'd personally keep him in his animal shape, I'd suggest since most of the traits you've given so far are childlike you make him pretty much a child's mind in a bird's body, so as well as all you've already said he'd be naive and either emotionally dependent on someone or desperate for attention from someone older and maturer.
 

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saluraropicrusa said:
(if this post seems a little lacking/lazy it's because i wrote a whole (better) post before but when i tried to post it i got a 404 and what i wrote was lost forever)
If you use Firefox or Chrome, go download "Lazarus: Form Recovery" and you'll never have that problem again.