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First of all I must state that this is official Mass Effect concept art and that I take no credit for it. This is copyrighted material. All I've really done is photoshop the male Turian to what I believe a female Turian would look like.Now that that's out of the way, I'll explain my thought process. First thing I tried to do is make her a bit daintier than the male Turian, for this I basically just barely shrunk her and slimmed down some of her features. Then I rounded out some of the spikier bits, which I thought was too much of a male trait. I also figured that the larger mandibles and carapace might both be distinctive male features used to impress females, therefor they would be downplayed in females. I also took the opportunity to give her a smaller jaw.
Also, based on Garrus's line in ME2 "If you were a Turian I'd be complementing your fringe or your hips", so these two features should be the characteristic features in females I suppose, therefore a curved down the fringe a bit to make it appear more like hair. Then I slightly widened and thickened the hips and thighs, a clearly distinctive female feature in most animals.
And finally, I added another make-up square to show her all prettied up. I think that really helps bring it all together and really make her look girly.
And that's it, this should be my last ME gender switch submission, though I am considering designing some clothes and armor for the females in order to help accentuate their womanhood, especially in those that need it like the Krogan.
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Calling me an idiot is no basis for your statement to be correct. My statement was somewhat of a hyperbole. There is no reason a bipedal species would be guaranteed dominance. That is just how it turned out on earth. You could end up with a four legged species that simply walks on their knuckles like gorillas. My statement was based of the works of Stephen Hawking, who theorized there is no reason for life to turn out like it did on earth even under similar conditions.
A big factor for species is luck, one thing we often over look. Neanderthals were stronger, smarter and better adapted to their environment yet humans ended up the dominant species. According to darwins theories we should have not survived a species that had tools, language and possibly religion hundreds if not thousands of years ahead of Homo Sapien sapien.
Let's say there is a species with 4 eyes, two in front, 2 on the side. Several things can happen depending on the circumstances. Lets have 2 of theses herbivores. We shall call them Alpha and Beta. Beta only has one set of eyes due to a genetic defect, also leading to. Lets say in this situation 2 eagles come hunting for these otherwise identical creatures. Because Alpha's eyes are slightly back he sees the eagles first and starts running, leaving Beta reacting too slowly to get away, Alpha's trait of 4 eyes continues as it survives the encounter. Alternitvly, his eyes could misread the eagles intentions and it running alerts them to his presences. Alpha is caught, leaving Beta to continue on his genes of only 2 eyes.
Take a biology class, you might learn something fun.
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You are aware that rabbits are attacked by eagles and they only have two eyes right?
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yes, yes I am. The point of the exercise went way over your head. Let me simplify it for you. Although certain traits may be more efficient, which greatly increases their chances of evolving, efficiency is not the only factor in determining those traits. Yes an 8 legged, six eyed, seven nostril, scaled ape is very very very uncommon, it does not mean that temperature ranges of -40 to 40 degrees Celsius will guarantee bipedal humanoids.
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Read up on those, they list some good sources to get more detailed information on the process. You seem like you would enjoy it.
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Interesting, I also considered something like that, but imagined that there would be soft tissue in between the plates and the would simply expand to the point where the soft tissue is showing. And I'm not even sure if Turians give live birth, it they really are inspired on birds maybe not :/
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They do actually give live birth.
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Pre mass effect evolution comics, this is pretty much what I would imagine to be a female turian, seeing as the official female is kind of a let down being bald and looking more manly than a male turian, I prefer this one.
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I would have assumed female turians would be taller than males, since some species of raptors (as in birds, though late predatory dinosaurs may also have followed this trend) have larger females than males.
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Amazing! I hope that if Mass Effect ever shows female Turians, that this is exactly what they look like.
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i love what you did with this 
do you mind if i use this as a ref for a female turian line art?
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Thanks, and go ahead
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I am SO glad you didn't give her breasts, as avians and all that. She would look weird with them, and she is beautiful how she is! And wow, I didn't realise the collar thing was actually a part of their bodies. XD
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About what was seen in the Dark Horse comics , you can't just say that the one single female's features applies to the species *other females* as a whole that would be somewhat odd would it not?
Well you can say it but it's still odd . I mean some may have a larger crest/fringe or anything that can be seen as a more masculine feature , and some may have slightly noticeable feminine features like softer face/eyes/frame; You know ... DIVERSITY.
Also what Garrus said was hyperbole ; possibly meant to not be taken seriously (even though its what little we've got to work with) Either way this looks quite probable but that's just me being my limited creativeness self but if i was to make a suggestion try looking at their features and link them to associated animal/mammalian species of our world.
In this case turians have avian and reptilian features where as asari appear something a little aquatic possibly evolved along side a water dwelling ape species: note their fringe looks alittle fishy plus if you look closer you could notice something like scales on their heads.
Any ways I like this ,and j.s.u.n{just so you(u) [k]now) I really needed to get that off my chest lul
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I really like this idea, seems more natural and likely for a female. Ive only played the demo for ME2, but I see this as believable. However I would likely bulk up my Taurian character a bit XD but I always bulk her up. Anyways fantastic job, love the fce paint too (except im not fond of pink)
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Heh, I know its been a long time since this was posted, but I have to say i really like this image. Most other female turian images I have seen seem to accentuate the fring, making it way longer, but I think the way she is less showy than her male counterpart seems far more realistic, especially considering the males are flashier in avian and reptilian species here on earth; looking at a turian they could be based on either of those or even a mix.
I love the idea of jewellery on the cheek pieces, even if not a native idea to turians it could easily have transferred across cultures from humans. As for the 'make-up', I love it. Most turians wear some sort of face paint as tribal markings or similar, why shoulnt the females face paint accentuate her feminine features? Again; love it. Definitely one for the favourites
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Thanks, my thoughts exactly. Males are generally much flashier than females, it makes little sense to accentuate aesthetic features in females if it doesn't serve a practical purpose.
The make-up has had mixed reviews but this is the first time I get compliments on it xD.
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I never understood what's with their hunched backs... D:
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Palaven is apparently a planet which is pretty much radioactive. The species that live on the planet evolved to have exoskeletons to protect them from the low radiation, so the carapace is an organic shield against its effects.
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Yeah, yeah. I know. Just the backs are weird.
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Lol, yeah. ^.^ They're unique, but sometimes they strike me as ugly.
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Love ur avatar. Seriously. Tangled all the way!
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Excellent job!
I'm glad that you took on this task with a scientific mind, rather than just applying a human female appearance to them. That was something that bothered my slightly about the Asari, being not only humanoid, but pretty much just "blue women with funky hair." That two different species that evolved on different planets would looks so nearly identical is extraordinarily unlikely. I've always liked the suggestion from ME2 that they unconsciously use telepathy to appear attractive to other species. That seems like a useful evolutionary trait for a races that breeds primarily with alien races who have different ideals of beauty.
But I digress. Excellent work!
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Nice aversion of the 'normal' method of feminizing aliens.
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I think this would pretty much be it. I read somewhere that there are really few differences between the males and females, that the only really noticeable thing was that the females didn't have extending fringe.
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This is actually really impressive, i especially like how you took in alot of factors in changing the gender, such as the quote from garrus. Also, bleh, don't listen to sasuni, i mean, really, why in the world would something with a carapace need breasts? The mammaries are exclusive to mammals.
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First Female Turian: [link]
Thought I would share this with anyone who did a serious concept for the female Turians
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Is that a confirmed female? It looks a bit disappointing, but you can see that some of the stuff I mentioned did correlate with what that image shows.
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well, it's confirmed as far as Dark Horse comics go, but it is the first time a female Turian is actually seen, and yes, most of what you said was correct. I am still not 100% sold that all female Turians are "bald" considering the fringes on their heads are supposed to protect them from radiation...
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Pretty good. I like it for the most part... but I (personally) think the head-fringe thing could/should be just as long as the male's, if not longer... but maybe have it curve down when long? Eh. I dunno
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i think you hit it right on the spot
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It'd probably hurt though 
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On a more serious note, I also think the females would have either very short fringes or no fringes, because that's very similar to how a lot of birds are ( simplest example - compare the comb roosters have with the comb hens have.)
I also think a female turian would be shorter; other than that, not that many differences with the male, except probably the voice, the face markings and maybe the eyes.
(And yes, I actually do find her attractive.)
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Nahh females have fringes, in the game Garrus was all, "You're not a Turian, but if you were I'd be complimenting your fringe," if you're a female character.
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That's why you complement it. They don't have one.
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Apparently, a female turian is shown in the Mass Effect Evolution comic, and it doesn't have a fringe. Maybe Garrus is straight for humans, but gay for turians?
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Faving this for reference on my part; I understand this is a derivative work.
I like the facial paint and piercings you gave the female; I also like that you didn't add breasts to this very avian species!
It drives me nuts when people do. TURIANS AREN'T MAMMALS DASNDADJNSDJEFFFF
Anyways great job. Maybe a female's crest is brighter, if shorter, than a male's? I know Garrus comments that if Shepard were a turian he'd be complimenting her on her crest. So it does seem as if that's still an important feature to them.
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I took that in mind into the curved, and probably, well taken care off crests. In the animal world, bigger features are usually related to males, unless the female is entirely bigger than the male, which I took into consideration for making the female salarian.
Thanks btw, I actually made these ME females out of my own curiosity
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It's nice to see a more scientific approach to the genders rather than just sticking human tits on every alien female.
Very good work with a solid background for why you did so. ^_^
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Thanks, its nice to see someone appreciate the approach ^^
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While playing ME 1 and 2 I always figured turians have very little sexual dimorphism and some of the "male" turians who ran into were female and humans just can't tell the difference. Kind of like people thought all spotted hyenas were male because the females have a pseudo penis.
Shepard: In all my years travelling this galaxy, I have never once ran into a female turian.
Garrus: You have, the turian council member is female.
Shepard: What?
Garrus: As well as Executor Pallin and Joram Talid. It's pretty obvious.
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Is that dialogue you included actually in the game? I think that would've stood out more for me. Maybe I never got that dialogue, Garrus rarely spoke to me since I couldn't romance him (and didn't want to 
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Nah, it's a hypothetical conversation.
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I think the Turian female could use a bit more to make it look feminine.
If you labeled it adolescent male I could see it also.
But with aliens in the nude, it probably does make it difficult, and Id imagine Turian women would wear different clothing, and hopefully have lady-like voices.
Its still great work.
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I figured that the details that make females stand out would mostly be their different attitude, voice and clothing style. And though its not very evident, I imagine Males might have slightly more colorful bodies, or at least in certain portions of their bodies.
Thanks btw
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