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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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I challenge YOU to draw a unique charr face that is still not in the game! Post it here and tell a little bit about it!

Here is my contribution! A female Charr face! I have picked my inspirations from a lot of sources actually to create this…. Avatar (the wide eyes and the nose), Fauns (the wide forhead), Siames cats (the almost non existing stop), Sabertooth tigers (the teeth), Deer, (the ears and horns), Predator (the wiskars, hair, horns and jewelery), dogs (the lip)…. I think that was all of where I got my inspiration from. Note – there is NO inspiration picked from cows!

When u meet this Charr I want one to think “Is this creature good or evil?”. The look of it will signal independency and power yet grace….

I Have now added a very simple side view sketch as well. In a while I’ might add one from the front as well. The angle of the horns is tricky to get right, seen from an angle, when they point up and sideways ath the same time… If u have seen another post I have on the thread; “Deer Inspired horns”… thats the angle idea of the horns on this one… But the ones in this sketch have a polished surface and sharper ends.

Many of the feemale charr also have a very flat face today (wich I dont like), seen from the side… There are only a few that dont have that. This one doesn’t and the straws under the jaw helps creating more volume and shape to it.

Plz say what you think and even better – challenge me!
And – dont forget to VOTE FOR THINGS U LIKE!!!!

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Posted by: Weindrasi.3805

Weindrasi.3805

She looks awesome! I’ll start on a face sketch and post it in the next day or two

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Posted by: DrGravitas.3527

DrGravitas.3527

I agree, very nice work! Sadly, I lack any sort of drawing capabilities myself, but I’d love to see what others in the thread are capable of!

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Posted by: Weindrasi.3805

Weindrasi.3805

Here are mine. I designed the female first, based off the Scottish wildcat. To make the male, I exaggerated the female’s features to make them masculine.

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

Frostfang.5109

Nice work! It’s fun to see other players work and get even more inspiration and ideas from it! I notice U’r sketches, Weindrasi, are also made in black and white wich is good I think! It gives the viewer the oppurtunity to see the picture in the colors he/she prefers in their head… It gives room for some in mind character creation.

I aslo believe its a good way for us players to share our designs ideas with A-nets Charr Design Team and perhaps give them some inspiration apart from what they already have….

Free u’r inspiration! Send in more faces!

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Posted by: Weindrasi.3805

Weindrasi.3805

I think you’ve gotten me hooked on this project, Frostfang. lol!
I agree—I love seeing other people’s charr art. I do hope arenanet pays attention to it, because there are so many ways to make a charr face. It’s a pity our current selection is so limited.
In terms of not coloring the faces, what you say is true—but to be honest, I just avoid coloring because I’m lazy XD
This face is how I would have designed my main, if I’d been able to. The closest thing to it is the female tiger face—but mine has a longer snout, different brow, big back teeth & so-on.
Here’s a challenge for you: If you could redesign your charr character (or, if you don’t have one, a charr character in-game), what would s/he look like?

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Posted by: Chebits.4709

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I wouldn’t mind seeing some extra fluffy charrs xD I understand that they are supposed to be ferocious, but I think a fluff ball Charr would be absolutely hilarious. So like, Lynx cheek fluffs and stuff.

Also, Ibex horns, because they are rad cool.

I just had to chip in xD Here’s a doodle

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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Cool sketch! I like the ibex inspired horns idea!

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Posted by: Chebits.4709

Chebits.4709

Cool sketch! I like the ibex inspired horns idea!

Thanks!

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

Frostfang.5109

Insporation for horns:…. Goat, Gazelle, Antilop, Ram, Deer, Stag….

Inspiration for fur:… pretty much any animal/being that has fur! There are even curly and hairless cats… where u can have cool skin patterns instead! Flame legion are hairless – did ALL harless Charr choose flamelegion or did they shaved them to fit in the tribe?

Inspiration for face:… Fauns, Navi in Avatar, Deer, all sorts of cat breeds wild and tame!

Inspiration for mane/hair: U’r imagination together with all hairstyles on human and horse manes u can possibly think of! Look for styles on trilbal ppl and Indians!

Inspiration for teeth: Anything that has teeth/fangs! Both real and fairytale creatures!

I’ll soon come up with a new face…. A charr that lives in harmony with mother nature….

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Posted by: Henge.3907

Henge.3907

Just a quick drawing at work.

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Posted by: Skye Flyer.9417

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I think Flame legion had their fur BURNED off, not shaved.

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Posted by: LameFox.6349

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The hairless ones are usually the fire elementalist types aren’t they? I think it sort of explains itself. :P

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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OMG! Charr medusa is probably what u’ll think now….

Here is another rough sketch of mine…

Now I have been playing around with the horns/antlers quite a bit… I actyally got the inspiration for the antlers from a plant…. The face is somewhat shorter with influence from a Cougar… I have also got inspiration from Fauns (ears) and elves…. The horns are supposed to be symetrical (even if I have had some problems making them look so).

Imagine this Female Charr as a Spellcaster, Guardian or Ranger….
Feel free to use my pictures btw… Change them, get inspired,… improve them…. put color onto them…

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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More Playing with horns…. another rough sketch… Inspired from Water Buffalo and Piercings… There’s nothing special about the face actually on this one…

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Posted by: Bathos.6341

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Here’s my entry for this thread.

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Posted by: Nimmi.1650

Nimmi.1650

All I could ever ask for in a Charr is a slick non-grizzled young looking male face and ram shaped horns. ;~; Excuse the quick sketch! <3

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Posted by: DrGravitas.3527

DrGravitas.3527

Clearly, we have a lot of talent here on this forum!

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Posted by: Regenerator.7326

Regenerator.7326

since charr seemed to be based on wild animals, here is my shot.

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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Bathos and Nimmi! Awsome pictures and cool ideas!

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I think many of us wants to see some sort of ram inspired horns in the future, including myself. Creating those pose a great challenge to teh team though I think….

Make them too low and they will clip with shoulder armour…
Make them too close to the neck and they will clip with hair, neck and head gear…

Thaye have to go somewhat up and out to “work” without clipping stuff I think. And to do curled horns that both look good and works with armour pose a great challenge I think…. I gave it a very quick try…. Hree comes another very rough sketch.

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Posted by: Worgrak.3918

Worgrak.3918

Ooooh
I think I’ll drop something here soon-ish ^^
We might give the desing team a nudge in the right direcion ?

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Posted by: Choker.7563

Choker.7563

I tried make nice steel horn for charrs,
but then, i went lazy.. Next time i try draw more better.

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Posted by: Nimmi.1650

Nimmi.1650

Thank you Frostfang! All of your concepts, as well as everyone else’ in this thread are most lovely. :3

My friend Sour and I sketched these together. She sketched the more awesome looking ones , the bottom left two. :P I did the right two. We did the top left corner together haha. :DDD I couldn’t bring myself to colour or clean up though….u___u;

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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Nimmi! Really nice gazelle horn style u have there! Me like indeed! I also like the face of the one with the somewhat torn looking style with dread-ish braids! It has an almost faun looking profile and eyes wich is beautiful I think!

And Choker u’r idea is also cool! Very Charr-ish!

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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U got me inspired Nimmi! In this sketch I have combined the features of one of your sketches with some of mine from the first sketch… I kind of like it:) I wouldnt like to meet this one in an angry mode in the woods….
Just to clarify… those things over the eyes are not horns but wiskars predator style kind of…

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Posted by: Nimmi.1650

Nimmi.1650

Looks rebel Frostfang! She’s definitely a Charr I wouldn’t want to run into! :3 (In a good way of course, haha).

I have some more. These aren’t drawn by me, but my bestest friend Sour. She unfortunately does not have a computer that can run Guild Wars 2, so she doesn’t have an account or anything to post these pretties. :( She loves the Charr tons though and finds this a fun challenge. :)

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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Awsome pictures and Ideas!!… I really like the 3:d from the top with deer like horns!

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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I couldnt resist but to continue to work on the last sketch I did and make a re draw on a clean paper and add some color to it…. Plz say what u think…

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Posted by: Chronoschain.7543

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Here’s mine, straight from MS Paint.

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Posted by: Henge.3907

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Another work sketch. Thinking along the lines of a pristine and jeweled Charr

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Posted by: Nayah.9410

Nayah.9410

This last one makes me think of somekind of genie with the goatee. Sadly my drawing skills are lacking to contribute, but I am following this thread with big interest. Keep up the good work!

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Posted by: Henge.3907

Henge.3907

Here’s another…. I’m new to drawing Charr (or animal things in general) but I do love the Charr

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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I have a sugestion on how to create greater diversity to horns in the future…. I dont know if this is the right thread but it all has to do with the look of charr so I post it here.

- Size: Scale the horns smaller bigger. (Already exists today)

- Color: Choose from some natural colors like white, pale beige to to brown shades to gray and black, some warm tones and some cold. It doesnt have to be a huge number of tones.

- Decorated (or not): Choose to have decorated horns or not. And if u choose to have the decoration, there could be a choise of material for it (to choose the color) like Iron, Bronze, Silver or Gold.

In the example I have drawn I’m using the last charr face I did… I have played around with color, size and decoration… I still have the same horns/antlers though…

Pls say what u think of this.

It’s almost like Sylvari have body patterns where they can choose colors. And then they have glow wich they can choose intensity and color on…. They have quite a number of ways to be unique in their “special, racial” characteristic…

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

Frostfang.5109

Drawing charr faces is really hard I have noticed… And I end up mixing all sorts of styles when tryig… Therefor as I’m working on my next sketch I have figured out some good themes that one can focus on….

Pick one and try to make a face/horns/hair – or anything charr from that… Perhaps even just write about u’r idea if u cannot get it on paper…

- Frost-themed (a Charr from the shiverpeaks….. parhaps)

- Bioluminessence (perhaps warpaint, glowing dots on horns… Piercings, jewelery)

- Exotic (a Charr from the rain forest… perhaps)

- The super “Charry” charr (look at what all of Black Citadel architecture is all about…)

- The Young or cute/handsom looking Charr

Good luck fellow charr lovers!

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Posted by: Henge.3907

Henge.3907

And another. Hand cramped up, so image the other horns are there.

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Posted by: Henge.3907

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Drawing charr faces is really hard I have noticed… And I end up mixing all sorts of styles when tryig… Therefor as I’m working on my next sketch I have figured out some good themes that one can focus on….

Pick one and try to make a face/horns/hair – or anything charr from that… Perhaps even just write about u’r idea if u cannot get it on paper…

- Frost-themed (a Charr from the shiverpeaks….. parhaps)

- Bioluminessence (perhaps warpaint, glowing dots on horns… Piercings, jewelery)

- Exotic (a Charr from the rain forest… perhaps)

- The super “Charry” charr (look at what all of Black Citadel architecture is all about…)

- The Young or cute/handsom looking Charr

Good luck fellow charr lovers!

kitten you for making this thread….

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Posted by: Henge.3907

Henge.3907

Handsome charr?

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Posted by: LameFox.6349

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As a side note, I’d actually like to see more with the horns sawed/filed off. Tankers, submariners, pilots, or just soldiers who worried about giving the enemy leverage over their neck. Given the culture seems to value practicality it seems fitting, but right now I think there’s only one option (and only male isn’t it?).

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Posted by: Volantius.4809

Volantius.4809

here’s a quick sketch of this Charr I made
I was interested in giving my charr a sweet innocent lion-like look. I made him as a elementalist-typeish kind of charr.
This charr is almost childlike.

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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Her comes 2 more sketches… One is just a cartoon-ish presentation of a fun idea… To put a birds nest in the horn of a charr…

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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When it comes to black female charr I Think the color is a bit too gray to be “Panther black”. The Male charr is fine but the female charr seems to be old due to its color – amost like an old chimp. The tail and arms is actually far more gray than black, on the female charr…

I wish the Panther black would have a vague blue-ish shimmer to it to be truly “Panther black”. It would look really Beautiful! See the Pictures below…. Female charr today with far too much gray on the tail and arms (the chest could be somewhat Bright but not as gray as today)… And the old chimpanzee to compare their color. And the Black Panther wich have the color the female charr should have IMO…

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Posted by: Weindrasi.3805

Weindrasi.3805

Drawing in class keeps me from getting fidgety. Today’s doodle is a more animalistic take on my main…

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Posted by: Brutalistik.6473

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Drawing in class keeps me from getting fidgety. Today’s doodle is a more animalistic take on my main…

Looks like a Final Fantasy guardian summon.

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Posted by: Weindrasi.3805

Weindrasi.3805

Drawing in class keeps me from getting fidgety. Today’s doodle is a more animalistic take on my main…

Looks like a Final Fantasy guardian summon.

I’ve never played, so I wouldn’t know. Neat though

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Posted by: Weindrasi.3805

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This picture isn’t finished, but eff… drawing armor makes me want to scream and I’m just done today.
From left to right… Thorn Gorecrow, Raigra Gorebutcher, and Centurion Nyoka Gorefell. Eventually I’ll add a couple more warbandmates and… heaven forbid… color the blasted thing.
I wish I could have Nyoka how I visualize her in my head, in-game. In my brain, she has an almost Flame-Shaman esq look, because her father was a shaman and she inherited some of his traits. One day maybe… if we get more cc options

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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Could we plz come up with NEW ideas here…. nothing that already exists… that’s the whole point with this very thread…

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Posted by: Weindrasi.3805

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Guys… maybe I’m going mad but… don’t the new charr faces look like some of those in this thread? I swear, the first new female facial option looks almost exactly like my second sketch submission, of the single female head. Even the little forehead spikes are there—just where I put them, and the muzzle looks similar. And the lynx face looks like the one Chebits drew. If arenanet is using this thread for inspiration, that’s super cool.

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Posted by: Frostfang.5109

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Totally agre Weindrasi! Thats the whole plan with threads like this… Maybe they got some inspiration from here, maybe not, but at least we can see the similarities… and that’s kinda cool isnt it!

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Posted by: DietPepsi.4371

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Male Charr concept.

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You stand to benefit more from making friends than making enemies.

Also I hate my user ID.

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