EVE General Discussion

I'm a lifelong artist. I don't recall why I started Achura (oh yeah, my roommates told me to), and aside from that, there was no irl motivation for starting with Achura base features.

Each race in EVE has different restrictions on the topography of the face (as you know). I suppose it's to maintain a distinct look for each one, and I have to say it's successful.

The last generation of avatars didn't draw me in, and I didn't spend much time on them.

http://www.eve-avatars.com/?rain6637
http://www.eve-avatars.com/?rain6638
http://www.eve-avatars.com/?rain6639

This latest gen of avatars, however, had more promise, so I spent more time.

Their features were restricted somewhat, so I didn't try to fight that to make them look like anyone in particular. I did, however, follow some basic artistic / facial geometry guidelines to make them attractive, starting with 6636. Placement of the eyes, mouth, and width of the nose, softness of the chin... all made to look appealing using the rules I observed in my art.

I spent a resculpt copying that character's face to 6635, and meant to do the same to the rest of the rains. But after successfully reproducing 6's facial features onto 5, I realized I was losing their individual identities.

Their RP is they are exact clones of another character of mine, but it turns out I'd prefer them to look slightly different.

My other resculpts include this character, who has that unmistakable (and indelible) Eskimo / North East Asian look. So I went with it. Didn't try to subdue it at all. She's proud of her heritage.

Another one is this Deteis femme, who I made every effort to kill that damn Deteis chin. I see a lot of Deteis women who got hit with the big chin gene, which I think is a shame.

As for why women avatars... I don't know. I seem to always pick the strong female characters. It was the Rogue in Diablo, femme Shep in Mass Effect, Female vault dwellers in Fallout.

Oh, though I do have a thing for brunettes with fair skin and ice blue eyes. So if I ever allowed myself to idolize any of my characters, I'd have to say it is this one.

Thanks. 8 was actually an unsuccessful attempt at cloning 6 again. I cloned 6 onto 9, and jumped straight into trying it again (with 8)... but the process is hard on the eyes, and I got sloppy.

Observation is an artistic skill, and when you're doing it, your eyes are basically doing physical work. It takes its toll.

I felt relieved after 8 turned out different than I had planned, and she's the one that made me realize I should keep variety in their faces.

6638. I plan to revisit her face, though. Not to make her look like 5/6/9, but adjust a few things. Her nose is maybe a bit too wide, and her lips slightly thin.

I made my characters based on what I find attractive. My logic is that it is more enjoyable to stare at a female's... assets when in station than a male's, at least for me.

I tried to replicate me sainted gran'mudder, may she rest in peace.

For me, none of those really. Not at least consciously.

This character was resculpted a little while ago and certainly didn't fit any of the OP criteria originally. Nor does she now.

Of the three female characters I have, each of them are different and I didn't initially put much thought into any of them. When this particular character started to become almost a 2nd main (if that's even possible), I just thought she 'deserved' more effort than whatever the CC generated for the start of the creation process.

What kind of fanservice questions are these ffs....

Hell yes it's possible.

Got about fifty girls, and I love all of 'em the same, bang bang

That's a very interesting way to apply artistic techniques to avatars. I think you were quite successful across the board. In regards to the cloning, I really wish CCP would give us some slider values to work with alongside the push/pull format.

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My alt is based on a porn star.