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[Llandru]

Sorry, wrong thread. *searches vainly around for the delete button*

Modifié par Llandru, 20 octobre 2009 - 04:06 .

[DalishRanger]

Mn... I don't really think about attractiveness, though I have made what some would consider attractive characters. I just go with what looks interesting. I tend to gravitate towards darker skin and hair, but I'll make sure to spice things up once in a while. I'm also very fixated with thick eyebrows for some reason, so I'm happy when there's the ability to edit eyebrows individually. I'm also sad DA:O only had about four or five different base eyebrow shapes, but oh well.

[X2-Elijah]

It certainly does matter. The character's ace has to reflect his intentions and ideology. As an example, with my mage you can easily see that he is used to the arcane arts and power, is somewhat sneery to any opposition (a bit overconfident), but in the core, a decent, good-willed elf.

[Bloodvixen]

I agree with X2-Elijah. I try to create a char with a face that for me is a reprensentation of them, their personality, their life. But this is them at the start of the game. They will change and grow as Kytori will evolve.



As her confidence grows, the slightly lost and forlorn look on her face will be replaced by something more confidant - as she well have found purpose.



It be nice to be able to chance the char image in the game as it moves on, To represent that, but ah well, can't have everything.

[Wilterna]

Great characters, Deviija, Riot Inducer, Yenaquai and Pinface

While I agree about implementing personality, I don't do it too much with things that can't be helped by the character itself. After all, you can't tell by someone's face that they're a sadistic bastard. And it's not like baddies, or mine anyway, WANT it to show .

I think I make all my characters beautiful in my eyes because I think of them as my children (not that they resemble me) but no matter what they do, there's something I love about them. The darker ("evil") characters are flawed or sad individuals, the good-hearted ones have their dark sides but they try. Either way, they have some quirk or endearment, strength or weakness of personality.

But for the most part I see what you guys mean. Like,the sadness in my blood mages' eyes, as he continually struggles with the morality of using the dark magic, but he's a perfectionist and since he's most proficient in that art, he feels stuck with it.

My female city elf warrior/champion has no make up and her hair up, going for practicality over all. Like the choices she'll make at first- she's been hardened and jaded by her past but I think eventually she'll become more compassionate, try to make up for her more callous decisions instead of the fastest and painless approach, but she'll still use coercion, since that's what she learned in the alienage.
Unfortunately I can't as actively participate in this thread because I can't upload my character yet .

I'm impressed with the creativity of these characters in these threads . Do tell more if you guys have em.

Modifié par Wilterna, 20 octobre 2009 - 10:45 .

[Korva]

Often the characters I make for RP are only a rough sketch in my head, physically speaking. Physical details just aren't overly important. But when a game forces allows me to fiddle with details, I can get terribly indecisive, because I'm no good at envisioning and creating faces. So I'm rarely really satisfied with a self-made PC. Generally, I dislike girly/pretty characters and try to stay clear of them. A natural, mature and/or competent look is much more important, maybe with a quirk or two.

I don't believe in reflecting personality in those aspects of physical appearance that are innate, like hair color (not every redhead is fiery), facial structure or hair/eye color. Bearing, facial expression and artificial features like tattoos, ornamental scarring, hairstyle or makeup are another matter of course since those can be deliberately changed. It can be fun to fiddle with that to help get the desired result.

In Dragon Age, I wanted my human and dwarven noble warriors to have at least a slight "family resemblance" to the related NPCs we know of so that restricted some options. The human here "had to have" brown hair and eyes and a slightly hooked nose. With the dwarf it was harder since only male relatives are known and as I said I'm not good an envisioning physical details. So I just gave her a fairer coloring because her brothers are fair, though my normal preferences run to darker coloring. It's also important to me that non-humans I create don't look human because I believe that would cheapen them -- I guess it helps that I don't care for "pretty" characters so I'm not tempted to make my non-humans "human-pretty". The most memorable dwarven ladies on this forum are those whose creators really tried to make them look dwarven, and the results are impressive. I tried to achieve the same with mine: big mouth, big nose (though not grotesquely so, to avoid the face being overly dominated by it and becoming a caricature), compact face, low thick brows, strong neck and jaw. She is the character I'm most satisfied with, actually.

The elf I am not satisfied with, DA elves generally look too close to "human" for my liking and it does not help at all that skin tone, complexion, hair color, eye color and hairstyles are shared across all races, or that most female hairstyles cover up the ears. It's not so easy to make an elf who's somewhat "alien" -- but then the DA elves do look pretty "human" sadly.

The mage is still heavily WIP but with her I am breaking my usual "no makeup" policy (hate the stuff) because I want to give her a flamboyant look. Mages sort of exist outside some normal societial mores in this setting, she'll never really fit in and she knows it. So she indulges those flamboyant tendencies to a degree with tattoos and some makeup, though she's anything but irresponsible or foolish.

Modifié par Korva, 20 octobre 2009 - 09:39 .

[smore006]

For my first character, i'm always trying to achieve as much resemblence with myself as i can, so the beauty is not a necessity in that case (my avatar is on the left is supposed to be me, only he turned out a few years younger).



For the rest of my chars, i always try to keep them relatively good looking and being to to their race and possibly background.

[death_knight250]

I agree with the thought of imposing some of the personality of a character into their appearance.



I do tend to create characters more on the good looking side, but if it makes sense for them to look more rugged then i will create a less appealing character.



My character, as a human noble, was intended to be a more square jawed kind of handsome, he is attractive but doesn't really know he is. He doesn't disregard his appearance, as his position would not allow him to, but he doesn't really check himself out in the mirror in the morning, evidenced by the stubble. He is more focused on his duty and his training.

[Valthier]

I didn't really set out for beautiful or ugly or even anything in particular (except with my forum avatar, which I tried to base looslely off myself and was thus of course going to be quite a handsome lady) - I just jumped into the creator and started changing the defauls face. I tended to sort of form a personality in my mind as I was doing so then go back and tweak their face to suit it more. Though I suppose doing that I ended up with mostly attractive (to my eye) characters since I never really set out to make one that looked ugly.

Take my mage Tristan (social.bioware.com/5832/albums/5044/333) for example. He looks a bit gaunt because I ended up deciding it suited him to be able to take people's eyes out with his cheekbones but I still find him appealing to the eye.

[Wilterna]

Korva wrote...

I don't believe in reflecting personality in those aspects of physical appearance that are innate, like hair color (not every redhead is fiery), facial structure or hair/eye color. Bearing, facial expression and artificial features like tattoos, ornamental scarring, hairstyle or makeup are another matter of course since those can be deliberately changed. It can be fun to fiddle with that to help get the desired result.

Exactly! Or making good characters have blonde hair,and evil dark hair.

I commend you on making your PCs look related to the NPC family, I don't think I could do the same. Even for role play reasons. But, I could always blame the characters' unique appearence on the grandparents/great grandparents. Sometimes things like random green eyes skip a generation.

[Valsira]

Because I find it difficult to visualise things I didn't really have any definite ideas of how I wanted my characters to look before I started playing around with the CC. With my avatar I first just made a character that I liked the look of, but then I realised that she was too pretty and not dwarfish enough, so I went back and tweaked some of her features until I got something I was satisfied with. Making my characters' appearance reflect their personality isn't something I worry about too much because it doesn't really make sense. I guess I strive for a more average look rather than making my characters particularly attractive or not.

[minkivonki]

I usually make one character look like me (bald with a beard) but other than that I don't really find the appearance that important.

[Wilterna]

I'm not sure I get the trend of making yourself in RPGs. I understand it to an extent, but I don't think I could do it. I've tried it, but I just ended up doing the character over again. Doing my own features seems boring to me since I already have them! And I want to take a walk through someone else's shoes- making up different personalities and faces.

Maybe it's to make yourself the hero? (another thing I don't understand) Or just to immerse yourself in the game world and really try to put yourself in those situations? Explain, because I don't get the draw.

Modifié par Wilterna, 20 octobre 2009 - 02:21 .

[caspertjuhh]

I think this character looks very.. sad, serious, sober maybe? hey, three s's

[oddbasket]

Must look like a supermodel.



Just kidding, pretty ones are nice, but most importantly fits the character to be played, eg. I won't want a pretty beardless dwarf warrior.

[Arcalide]

I find it fascinating that so many talk about making PCs look like themselves. For me it's about creating someone other than me to play in that world. A chance to get away from boing old me and be something different.



I do however find that you cant really make 'ugly' characters. Messing about with most settings, even making 'chubby' faces with flat noses, I have to admit that they all have a kind of 'charm' about them.



This I think comes from the fact that the faces all tend to be symmetrical when created. As humans we find this symmetry to be asthecticly pleasing. I wish there were more options in the CC so you could make that wonky nose, or have one eye slightly lower than the other, or even just give than really bad pores.

[Wilterna]

Agreed, Arcalide. I don't get it either.

Oh, you can make a pretty wonky nose. It's not that hard to make an ugly face, it's just hard to make it ugly and realistic looking. I've rarely seen ugly avatars on this site, but when I do, you can tell they just went crazy with the sliders, trying to make it look REALLY bad. Like, Nosferatu ugly.

Modifié par Wilterna, 20 octobre 2009 - 03:10 .

[Arcalide]

It's not believable ugly like the beggars round my area. I still think it needs an option for big pores and spots, or do they all have tons of clearasil?? Maybe it's from being splatted with blood all the time? Who needs mud and face masks when you have a blood bath.

[Novasurge]

Well, I usually try to make my characters have a sort of serious or experienced look to them. Like they've seen a few battles before I started to play them. I usually don't try for pretty, cute or handsome characters. In fact, I try to make my guy characters as rugged and haggard as possible, haha.

[Haussier]

I try to make my in game characters ppl that you could see as a main character. I don't like making my avatar overly attractive or ugly for that reason.

[Eshaye]

Wilterna wrote...

I'm not sure I get the trend of making yourself in RPGs.

It's not a trend more like a preference or just something that naturally makes sense. I've always done this ever since I was very small watching my favorite cartoons on tv I'd always imagine myself being one of the main characters. When I read a book I always superimpose myself on the protagonist or one of the other characters.

It's not something I really think about it's just easier to get into the story, I'm not sure why other people make themselves in RPGs but to me it's just a matter of viewpoint, I like to look at the unfolding events from the first person not the third person.

[BluesMan1956]

Uh, when playing single player, I will always choose an attractive female over a male.  When interacting with actual people, I prefer to look more or less like myself so I don't come across as creepy.... oh .. wait... that assumes that I don't come across as creepy in real life!

[Display Name Matt]

In regards to the people curious about why some people create characters that are akin to themselves I would definately have to agree with Eshaye in the regards that it feels more natural for me to take on the story in my perspective. I am fully capable and have played other games as different characters but if I have the option on the first play through to embody a character similar to myself I will always take it. The game tends to feel more real to me, and the connections I make in the game and to my character become far more rewarding and intense. The reasoning behind my choice to do so could stem from many reasons I'm sure, but in my opinion might have to do with my life experiences to an extent.

Either way on the subject of the original poster the actual physical appearance of my character matters much less to me then way I interact within the game world. That being said I dont care to look overly attractive and would much rather look as "real" as I can. The eyes of my character are the most important aspect for me to get perfect as that is where I feel the most connection to myself.

Let me also just say that I am almost always a lurker of forums, but the community around here is made up of very insightful, respectful, and interesting people and has made me feel more comfortable posting.

Thanks for reading this.

[Arcalide]

Creepy lol. I don't think appearance affects that, just some people are and other's aren't