If the above is not obtainable (which I understand entirely) perhaps something similar to hair selection number 3 (from the Bases and templates - Freshling section.)
- eye selection number 4 (from the Bases and templates - Freshling section.)
♪ Markings: - Artists choice. - It was (beautifully I might add) suggested that perhaps with his messy love for finger painting he could have clumps of paint attached to his fur.
♫ Racial Features: His horns are small nubs,(Which probably will not grow much bigger as he grows older) his ears are overly large, his nose is large and dominates his facial features, his lips are large and quite feminine.
♪ Personality: -Overly Enthusiastic / Excitable; Iggy finds everything exciting, the whole world is an open book to iggy and he's eager to read every page! -Loud; Unfortunately Iggy can be pretty intense, he has no such as an 'indoor voice' -In your face; Impossible to ignore or avoid, once Iggy has latched himself onto you it is very hard to shift him! -Irritating; This is a matter of opinion, but he is very full on and many can find that trait annoying within others. -Sensistive; When he is rejected he has a tendency to take this to heart, he will be quieter than normal and try and find someone he knows for comfort (he won't tell them why he is upset as he doesn't like to burden others) -Cuddly; Self explainatory - Snuggle beast.
♪ Favorite things: -Dance mat; you don't see them often except for in arcades (and as these are not common, he makes the most of them when he finds one) -High energy activites; Swimming / Racing / Gymnastics / Hiking / Rock climbing / Dancing! -Techno Music;the beat is so catchy! -Cuddles; mentioned before perhaps, but most assuredly worth mentioning again! -Collecting Cute things; he's a sucker for anything cute! (I may have had a bit of a problem with hoarding , but he's working on his control now)
♪ Likes: colours, dancing, dressing up, painting,(this will hopefully progress as he grows, his artistic skills will become important to his character) making a mess.
♪ Dislikes: Going to bed, mornings, other nightmares being sad, military-like organisation. (he enjoys some order, not regemented)
♪ • Positive and negative traits; +; +Happy - it takes alot to get him down. +Positive - he is a glass half full kinda fella! +Enthusiastic - everything is AWESOME. +Friendly- Friends are the family you choose, and are thefore very important to Iggy. +Could sell ice to an Eskimo / Very good Bartering skills (And if you didn't want the thing he's selling 9/1o people would buy it just to shut him up.)
-; -Bothersome - he isn't very good at reading peoples feelings, he is unsure of when enough is enough. -Irritating - he can be insistent and repetitive. -Doesn't understand personal space - overall he isn't very good at reading other people, he wants to please and be liked, but his approach can be rather full on. -Reading over people's shoulders. - (This is a personal pet peeve of mine, felt it suited Iggy quite well.)
♪ • General hobbies; *Dancing, He is a huge fan of interpretive dance, he would express himself through dance all the time if he could get away with it! *Painting, Well his type of painting is handprints on the canvas, but he loves them. (He is definitly improving everyday, his goal is to draw/ paint at least once a day and get better!) *Doing Bakesales to raise money for things, Small business oppurtunities excite him.
♪ • A general description of their personality and how they see the world; To Iggy the world is just a Place to have fun, He was sad when he realised he like many others, were left as soul stone in the cahce as a fallout from the war, and as a result he didn't have any parents, he gets a little jealous and can have a tendency towards acting up when he sees other fledglings out with their parents, he can get on people's nerves very quickly and would love to have a senior / junior nightmare to calm him down and teach him the ways of the below.
♪ • What are they motivated by? -Music, Music is his form of self reward, He sets himself goals, 'If I do an hours worth of homework I can listen to 2 songs, BUT if I do 2 hours worth of homwork I can listen to 5, He has a short attention span, and this keeps him going. -Friendship, he will do anything for a friend, he seeks their companionship so much that he is willing to do almost anything to keep them.
♪ • How their life at the Academy is likely to affect their personality; He doesn't enjoy the early mornings, as he has a hard time switching off and spends alot of time up at night, Because of this he has a tendency to zone out when in class - (But his teachers being ever vigilant caught this and are helping him find ways to control his sleep pattern; Breathing exercises, Timetables, Bedtime rituals.) Being at the academy does help him focus better, when he isn't at the academy, (Holidays, weekends etc) he finds the lack of structure makes him a bit flaky and unsure of himself, and he has very poor time-keeping skills. He also finds the Academy allows him to interact with the other races more and he finds this very exciting. (though his full-on approach to friend making does not allways fare well with others)
♪ • How they fit into their Academy House; Iggy chose Arkham for his love of everything creative, Arkham gives him much needed structure, without stunting his natural need for exuberence.
♪ • How they feel about their Race; He enjoys being an Imp. Iggy appreciates how they all look so different! He has a tendecy towards jealousy when he sees Imp Families as it reminds him of what he hasn't got and what he craves, he will likely in the future jump headfirst into relationships as a means of seeking love and affection.
♪ Abilities; Iggy isn't very good at very much except dancing,and his art (Neither are anything special yet, but he intends to practise these with all his heart.)
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 12:27 pm
Backstory; He was left at the Cache as a soul stone, a Fallout from the war, the only Physical Memory he has of his Parental unit is a tuft of hair that managed to make itself attached to his soul stone, that became his comfort blanket, and sensory need for him when distressed. He carries it round in his pocket and rarely leaves home without it.
His very bright clothing covers the darkness under the surface, occassionally he'll slip and do something very unlike him, such as Strike out at a friend, or have a tantrum if he doesn't get his way etc.
All he truely desires in life is to find someone who will love him and care for him. He really would like to follow the Imp tradition of having a big family, he feels like their is a hole in his chest that only loved ones would fill (But for the time being he hoards Plushies to fill that void.) He is okay with that fact it is expected for him to make friends within his own race, but he admires the other races greatly, and would love to get to know them more.
Prompt: Your Nightmare sees an abandoned plushie sitting on the ground by a tree in the courtyard. It looks nearly new and kind of expensive! What does your Nightmare do after they notice it?
Iggy walks up to the base of the tree in the courtyard, he notices the plushie and looks left and right, and behind him, shiftily, He reaches into his Imp plushie bag and pulls out a notebook, balancing it up to cover his doings he sits down and picks up the plushie inspecting it widely, he test's it's cuddliness and gives it an unsure sniff, He has an incredible Hoarder instinct especially when it comes to Plushies, satisfied he decides to name it Bert and puts him gently into his bag repacking the book. Noone has to Know.
Returning to his Dorm room, it felt like the Plushie was scremaing from inside his bag, drawing attention to it's whereabouts, Iggy felt so guilty, sweat dripping down his forehead he ran to his dorm advisor and confessed to taking the toy, He felt so bad, he knew how upset he would be if someone else had found one of his plushies! He handed it to his advisor and ashamedly returned to his bed, he laid down and looked at the ceiling, his own plushie gathered in his arms around him, he was happy he had done the right thing, but it didn't stop him wishing he hadn't, and that made him feel particularly bad!
Daily Drabbles written by SalemsCloset From the Old thread.
*What is your nightmare's motto and how do they live up to? When everything else has got you down, Do a Little dance and the world feels allright again.
*What is your Nightmare's most predominate positive trait? His Postitive attitude. Their strongest negative? Incredibly Insecure and Irritating. And how do these two traits effect each other in their personality? His Positive attitude is completely overshadowed by his insecurity, he'll say something happy immediately followed by, Is that okay?
*There is life after school. What does your nightmare want to do? Iggy is in that playful stage where he's not sure whether he wants to be a race car driver / ballerina / firefighter / Actor / pop star / doctor Etc. Can they accomplish it? He could possibly achieve a reasonable goal, but nothing with too much studying involved. Are they surprised that their life takes an unexpected turn for better or for worst? Iggy's Future will definitly involve some sort of dancing in his career, but Who knows where life will take him, he's still little :3
Your first post is good, though that's really the easiest part! Moving on to Iggy's appearance, I will say that many of our colorists will likely have trouble with his hair. If you could link your images as well, since they're so big, it might be easier for the few of us who have slower internet to see them! If you could also go ahead and choose which ears/horns/face you'd like out of the customs forum, that would also be a big help. If you want any of these to be custom, please note that in your post. I don't think a picture of his room is needed in here either since it has nothing to do with his appearance.
As for your second post, please note we do require you to expand upon the positive and negative traits to help us understand how they fit in with his personality. You also have a number of random capitalizations in your sentences that need to be fixed. You say that Iggy loves art, but is he ever going to expand on this besides fingerpainting? Since he's an Imp, it might be a pain to get all the paint out of his fur as well. Maybe you should add that as a possible addition to his description!
I highly doubt a freshling would be allowed by the caretakers to have access to energy drinks, especially since he's energetic enough! His hoarding would also likely gain some concern, since it's a possible fire hazard, so how would he deal with this? He would likely be given some help sleeping, especially since it's affecting his studies. Since he is a freshling, he would not be allowed to leave the academy without a caretaker, and for the most part this does not happen. His need to make friends with a hybrid is a little concerning as it comes off as a little insensitive, though he is only a kid. How would he feel if the hybrid was offended by his need to be friends?
You have a really long run on sentence for how he feels about his race. Please fix this as it's a little hard to understand. I don't think other Imps would take kindly to him stroking their fur, and it comes off as a little creepy. How would Iggy react if his relationships that he jumped headfirst into kept failing or ending badly?
Your mention of him having a mean punch makes no sense with his character. He has shown no violence thus far and it is really out of place. Maybe you should mention his art instead? Or is he really good at games to collect all the plushies he has? Expand on this please.
There is a large problem with this tuft of fur you have mentioned. The stones in the cache have been there a long time, and considering there are likely animals living there as well, it would likely not be from any of his parents, but rather from one of the animals. Even then, it would likely be removed before his stone was activated, because it's unsanitary. Again, your mentions of him having a dark underside is completely out of left field. You haven't mentioned this at all about him, and it doesn't make sense with his personality. You also have a few grammar issues in this section as well, such as "their" needing to be "there". It isn't expected of him at all to make friends with his own race, as the Academy just encourages friendships in general.
On to your prompt, it needs to be redone. You have spelling and grammar issues throughout that make it rather difficult to read. You're welcome to keep the same prompt, but please redo it so it's legible. It also doesn't fit in too well with his personality, so it really does need to be touched up.
Please quote me when you're ready for your next critique, and PM me if you have any questions.
