/------------------------------------------\ | CARBUNKLIAN CHARACTER APPEARANCES | | | | | | Last Updated: 09/28/2003 at 11:40 PM EST | \------------------------------------------/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************* * Carbuncle * ************* Hairstyle: Front - Slightly messy, with a few stray spikes; Back - Long, flows down to mid-back, tapering off to form a point at the end Outfit: Small legless glasses (Light Blue), Necklace w/Peace symbol, Low-cut, long-sleeved, flared-at-the-wrists shirt (Teal), Ring (Left Hand, Middle-4/Ring-5: Blue) Bell-bottoms (Khaki) Mistakes: Glasses should be transparent; glasses look distorted due to perspective of head; hairstyle not taking gravity into account ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *********** * Diamond * *********** Hairstyle: Front - Short and spiky, held in place by headband; Back - Long ponytail, held in place by ? Outfit: Headband (Grey), Open Normal-Sleeved Shirt (Dark Blue), Fingerless Gloves (Dark Grey), Cargo Pants (Green) Mistakes: Headband should be behind ears instead of in front; not sure what is holding ponytail in place (headband, or something else?) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************ * Sapphire * ************ Hairstyle: Front - Neatly combed, curly, mostly hidden under beret Back - Layered, long, down to mid-back, flares out towards the end, is wider than the rest of her body Outfit: Beret (Red), Pearl Necklace (White), Sleeveless Midriff Shirt (Light Blue), Bangles for wrists (Gold), Rings (Left Hand, Middle-4/Ring-5: Red; Right Hand, Index-4 & 5: White/Clear; Right Hand, Pinky-4/Ring-5: Green), Short Shorts (Indigo), Bangles for ankles (Gold) Mistakes: All bangles should be loose; Hairstyle distorted on right side due to perspective of head; Little "thing" in center on top of beret should be hidden behind ears ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As my characters above can have four fingers or five depending on how they're drawn, the position of the rings on their fingers may vary - I have added a number beside the finger they wear the ring on to show which finger it should be on depending on how many fingers they will have in the picture. For an example of Carbuncle's front hairstyle, it's similar to the front hairstyle of Wolfey (my site's mascot - A picture of him can be found at http://wolfeden3.tripod.com/pictures/WolfeDen3.gif). Both Carbuncle and Diamond's shirts are not tucked in and should be longer at the bottom than they appear to be in the image; Their pantlegs should end at equal points for both [immediately above the feet, and so their feet may not be visible depending on how they're standing]. Excluding Diamond, the front parts of each of their hairstyles are not shown in this picture. Also, all of them have three-tone hair colors, made up of two colors each (not shown in any of the pictures) - The "odd" color, which appears in both the back and the front, and a color slightly darker than their fur in the middle. The hands and feet for all three may look distorted - I'm lucky the modified toes came out half-decent; it was IMPOSSIBLE, however, to make the fingers look right (they should NOT be short OR pointy, as they appear to be in the image). Also, to an extent, they are anatomically incorrect - The most important areas affected by this are the eyes, the face, and the chest. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since color names vary, consider the colors used in the image to be the "correct" colors, and not the ones mentioned within this text file. "Mistakes" corresponds to glitches leftover in the images after uploading them for the last time - Some were impossible for me to redo due to image structure, and some I'm just too lazy to fix after all that uploading =P ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The *original* image that these three (temporary) portraits were created from was drawn by McT (the site is no longer up =( ). Without this image, I wouldn't have had anything to get my characters' appearances or outfits set up (thank you, McT!). Modifications from the Original Image Were: * Converting all outline colors to black (for clarity) * Adding different colors for the fur on the tips of the ears, back of the hair, chest, and back of the tail (to match up with the colors used on the FF8 version of Carbuncle - The body type is from FF9) * Reducing "gemstone spike" in the forehead (which appears mid-summon, I think) to the "normal" one * Adjusting nose to make it look "normal" ("normal" being the triangular shape often seen in animal character pictures) * Enlarging mouth and removing lip cleft to make it look more "human" (so my characters can speak properly, much less sing =P) * Thinning out of forearms and wrists * Removal of claws on hands and feet, replaced with actual fingers and toes (same as above, but for music =P Uh...I doubt they're dexterous enough to play music with their FEET, but there's always going to be a talented one out there that can pull it off ^_~) * Added clothing (self-explanatory ;P) Also, as these were modified without permission (I was impatient and wanted to get the images NOW, before I forgot about this _again_ ^^;), I don't plan to keep them up here for long (they'll be removed once I get OFFICIAL artwork for them - Hopefully, that will be soon...).