Resource Guide for the Avatar Arena (cleaning up now)

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September 2018 - the Arenas are back! I'm going to clean up the guide, remove outdated sources (put those under spoilers for now) and relink if anything moved. Will be adding alternatives and new content soon - please feel free to tell me if you'd like something added!

When I'm doing my entries for the Arena, I'm using a number of sources to try to make it work, both on and off Gaia. This thread is a link list to threads on Gaia and to other sites that have proved helpful for me (since I'm not all that creative on my own >_< ).
Suggestions what to add are welcome, of course!
New additions to the guide have this little gif next to them:


Contents & About

Making your avatar...:
-Item guides A-B
-Item guides C-Z
-[Animal] item guides
-Other helpful threads and posts in the Gaia forums

...and adding a description to it:
- Naming your character: Name Generators A-G
-Naming your character: Name Generators H-Z
-Background story: Name Generators
-Terminology
-Checking your description
-...and if all of the above fails...

And last but not least:
-Reference Picture

-Banner

-Whitelist

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Item guides A-B:
*Updated, check "spoilers" for older threads. New guides to be added*


Accessories:


Goggles, Goggled Headgears, Monocles and Binoculars List

Glasses, Spectacles, Sunglasses, & Shades Guide

Whimsical Guide: Shoe Clips, Sleeves and more!

To the Neck! Item Compilation

Heads Up! Hair Accessories & More

Pocketwatch, Watch and Clock Items List

Mask Items List

Animal items (for the human base):

Megitsune // A Fox Item List

Rabbit Item List

Backgrounds:

Background Items Catalog



Body Modification:

Make-up, Injuries & Facial/Muscle/Bust Definition
Items List

BARE SKIN ARM MODS GUIDE

Koto's massive Ear and Tail list

Master Skins List (And Guide To Potions)

The Body Modification Guide II
- extensive list of item poses that change parts of your avatar's body

The Ultimate Leg Mod List

Sitting Leg Mod Guide

"Lend me a Hand" - The Ultimate Arm Mod List
-and here are the arm mods.

The Definitive Eyes and Faces List
Eyes and other facial features, plus make-up items

In Your Face! Facial Accessories Guide
- includes eyes, mouth, nose, tattoos and make-up (currently not updated)

KEMONOMiMi ❋ a catalogue of ears

SHOWIN OFF DEM' TITTIES! (The Great List of Boobs!)

The Angel and Demonic Wings List

The MONSTER-sized Monster List
- all sorts of body mods and other items to create the Gaia monster of your dreams

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Item guides C-Z:


Colour guides:

★NEW List of Colour Scheme Guides★


Companions:

Animal Companion List 2.0

Cosplay Item Guides:

☽ Sailor Moon Items Guide ☾

The Ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh! Item List

The Ultimate Final Fantasy Item Reference List

Pokemon List, For Those Who Gotta Catch 'em All

Hair guides:

The Ultimate Hair Guide

✂ Hair Trimming Items: a guide/list ✄

Hair Combos - a gallery

►►Hair Items List//

The Comprehensive Haircuts Guide
- shows the different hair styles you get when using Sainte Ciel: Agape and Hoarfrost Pass: Centurion (Cicero's Discipline), or a combination of both.

Hair Bangs, Ponytails and Other Extensions 2.0

The Mane Guide to Manly Fuzz
-beards and body hair

Other:

Say what? [Speech/Words item list]
-list of Mood Bubbles that contain words


-my own guide of all things underwater

Asian Items List

CLOTH MODIFICATION ITEMS
-list of items that change the look of other items

Complete List of Gaia Avatar Mounts and Rides
- all vehicles and animals your avatar can ride/sit on

Gaia Vehicle Items List
- similar to the above, but includes background items

Winged Shoes Layering Guide

A Guide to Hidden Poses

The Bloody Guide
- everything red and sticky

All items related to WOUNDS

The Multi-Pose Item Cross-Index


Weapons and other handhelds:

List of Gaia Guns and Munitions

Way of the Warrior: A complete sword list

The Eternal List of Scythes!

Gaia Musical Instrument Items List

Gaia Book and Notepad Items List

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[Animal] item guides:


The Master [Animal] Item List

[Animal] Eyes

What [Animal] Can You Be?
- list of skins

The [Animal] Arm/Leg Mods and Hidden Poses List
Hasn't been updated in a while.

Other helpful threads and posts in the Gaia forums:


Made for Each Other
- this is a thread to post two or more items that match each other. Not a guide per se, but good for getting a little inspiration.

Page three in this very thread
- a neat little trick for layering bracelets, watches and tattoos. Thank you Mirastella smile !

Avatar Making Guide
-for beginners, mainly, but still worth a look

A Friend in Need :: a place to borrow and lend items
-ready to submit, but you can't afford that one final item? This is the thread for you, then.

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Naming your character:
Name Generators A-G


All-in-one:

Fantasy Name Generator
- lots of fantasy options, but also contains sci-fi and ethnic names, plus names for places, titles and such

Avatar Name Generator
- mostly fantasy and ethnic names

Random Name Generator
- again, mostly fantasy and ethnic names



Alien & Sci-Fi:

Alien Name Generator, 90's
Alien Name Generator, British
Alien Name Generator, Retro

Star Wars Name Generator

Superhero Name Generator

SciFi Name Generator
Great generator that let's you choose a universe in which a name is generated.



Angels:

A Listing of Angels
- not a generator, but an extensive list of different angels



Anime:

Check out the "all-in-one" and "modern" section for Japanese name generators, too!

Magical Girl Title Generator
Magical Knight Title Generator

Mecha Namer

Kaiju Name Generator
"Names that sound like the Japanese monsters we all know and love."



Cute:

Christmas Elf Name Generator

My Little Rainbow Shortcake Name Generator



Fantasy:

Fantasy Name Generator
(Another) Fantasy Name Generator

Quirky Fantasy Name Generator
Retro Fantasy Name Generator
Retro Warrior Race Person Name Generator

Dragon Name Generator

Dwarf Name Generator

Elf Name Generator

Fairy Name Generator
(Another) Fairy Name Generator

Hobbit Name Generator

Mermaid Name Generator

Vampire Name Generator
Goth/Vampire Name Generator

Werewolf Name Generator

Witch Name Generator

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Naming your character:
Name Generators H-Z


Historic:

Medieval Female Name Generator
Medieval Male Name Generator

Pirate Namer
Pirate Name Generator
Pirate Name Generator (another one)

Victorian Name Generator
-works for Steampunk, too!



Modern:

Quick Name Generator
Modern Name Generator
The Character Name Generator
- let's you choose from a number of ethnicities

French Female Name Generator
French Male Name Generator

Japanese Female Name Generator
Japanese Male Name Generator

Korean Name Generator
Korean Female Name Generator
Korean Male Name Generator



Steampunk:

Victorian and Steampunk Name Generator
The Steampunk Name Generator
Steampunk Name Generator

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Background story: more Generators

Got that name for your character? Great ^^. Time to give them some background:


Anime:

Anime Power Generator
Lets you create super awesome attacks for your anime style character.

Magical Burst Magical Girl Generator
Instant Magical Girl Generator
These generate a name plus a whole background story.

Martial Arts Move Generator
Martial Arts Contest Generator



Fantasy:

The Forge
Lets you create names for areas, beasts, spells and lands. Has some really neat functions other sites haven't.

Magic Generators
Spells and enchantments, potions and artefacts, and all your occult needs!

Magic School Generator
Think along the lines of "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry" ^^.

Class Generator
Let's you generate class names for Cyberpunk, Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Steampunk.

Fusion Class Generator
Let's you generate class names for genre crossovers.



Science-Fiction:

Bomb and Missile name generator

Technobabble Generator

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Terminology

This section is for finding help when writing a description that tries to fit a certain era or genre - not always easy, especially when English isn't your first language (as that's the case for me):


Word lists:

Old West Slang

Victorian Slang - Lower Class and Underworld
How to Speak 19th Century
- both also great for Steampunk!



"Translators":

Talk like a Pirate
Post like a Pirate
Pirate Monkeyness
- these three all work the same - put in your "normal" text, and it will be translated into pirate talk!

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Checking your description


Character count tools:

You can use 500 characters for your description. Gaia lets you know when it's too long, but not by how many characters. So, it's trial and error - or using one of these:

A free online character count tool
Character Count Calculator Form
Cut & Paste Character count



Spell checkers:

Spellcheck24
Spellcheck
Free Online Spell Check

...and if all of the above fails:

♣ Kuyusi's Arena Description Shop! ♣
Kestrad's Avatar Description Service
- two talented writers that will do the description for you.
Check out the forum those two threads are in for more "Writing Shops".

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This section is mainly of interest to those who enter the Cosplay Arena, so I'll refer to that when talking about "arena" here:


Guides:

Guide - Putting up a Reference Image
- very basic guide on how and where to upload your reference picture. For Arena beginners.



Gaia Services:

Let's Animate the Arena!
Service by Sineaed that creates an animated reference picture for you.



Online Animated Gif Makers:

Need more than one picture as reference? No problem, make two or more of them into an animated .gif, and upload that!

Gickr
Gifninja
Gifpal
Make A Gif
Picasion

A little sidenote - if you got problems with making a .gif, drop me a note. If I got the time, I'll probably be able to make it for you.

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Here are some banners to link to the thread:

Code:

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Whitelist:


Thank you for contributing!

-2_twins in a ball
-Mirastella Crowley

And I really hope I won't need a blacklist ^^...

[Emelius]

WOW~ thanks for posting this! This will be so helpful to me :3 I sometimes get totally lost when it comes to finding items for avatar ideas. I'm stoked now ^_^ heart

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Emelius

WOW~ thanks for posting this! This will be so helpful to me :3 I sometimes get totally lost when it comes to finding items for avatar ideas. I'm stoked now ^_^ heart

Glad you find it useful ^^, thank you for the feedback!

[Kuyusi]

Fab thread concept, dear! ^-^