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lonemaximal — Freefall by-nc-nd

Published: 2009-01-24 15:34:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 783; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 2
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Description Character design for a Beast Wars AU RP over here --> [link]

Name: Freefall
Allegiance: Neutral with mostly Maxi tendancies
Job: (self proclaimed) Aerial Technician
Alt Mode: Flying Squirrel
Quote: "Gravity, why do you hate me so?"

Poor Freefall's living with a curse he isn't even aware of. Since learning about the organics of Earth, Freefall became fascinated with how such simple creatures could mimic the advance traits Transformers possess, like flying, digging and swimming. Put simply, dumb animals being able to do things Transformers can do fascinates him to no end.

The one creature that really caught his attention was the flying squirrel. Seeing them "fly" between trees, Freefall wondered how a fuzzy mammal without feathers could do such a thing. What the poor bot didn't realise was that they were actually gliding, not flying. Still it was too late. To further aid his research Freefall quickly decided he must adopt the flying squirrel as his alt mode.

Now Freefall can usually be found leaping off tall Cybertronian buildings trying to get the darn alt mode to fly. Either he still hasn't figured it out, or he's too proud; either way, Freefall is making it his life's mission to finally fly.

Personality wise, Freefall's as polite as they come, which is a good thing as he often has to apologise to the unfortunate civilians he lands on. Frequently. He's also very opinionative and hates to be told he's wrong.

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Golly, that was fun

I tried something new this time. Photoshop. Yus. That colouring style in Photoshop where you paint under the background layer. Gotta say, it was way quicker than ma old Paint Shop Pro. I may be converted. O_o

Oh yah, those eyes on his head: squirrel eye goggles. Vital, I tell you!
Any tips or comments are welcome.

Freefall design and concept was created and belongs to me.
Transformers, Beast Wars and the like do not.
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Comments: 10

tajniwolf [2009-02-14 05:25:49 +0000 UTC]

oh, lol

The character concept is awesome

Dive, squirrely, DIVE!

-TW

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lonemaximal In reply to tajniwolf [2009-02-14 17:02:15 +0000 UTC]

*Luffles Taj* Thankee.

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Fadura-lotti [2009-01-27 15:35:39 +0000 UTC]

Mwuahah, another poor soul soon to be converted to the darkside that is Photoshop! *Steeples fingers and schemes*

Evilness aside- issa squirrel! Squirrel squirrel squirrel! He looks so fluffy I could just scoop him up and cuddle him like the thing that is cuddly. Cuuuuute! Also, his color scheme is neato, although I might be biased seeing I have discovered I have a thing for oranges now. >.>

You might want to get some references while drawing beast modes, however. A squirrel's head is often rounded, a domed forehead that narrows down to a tiny nose and mouth leaving it's head to be vaguely teardrop or egg shaped. Asides from that minor detail however, the squirrel looks quite cool.

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lonemaximal In reply to Fadura-lotti [2009-01-29 13:36:06 +0000 UTC]

*Glees at happy scheming Fad* At least you'll see him coming, unless of course he plummets on you. Thankys!

And I did use proper referencing for the flying squirrel. I got an encyclopedia on it! Flying squirrels are actually a LOT different from conventional squirrels and have smaller heads and look more mousey than regular squirrels. I know, I was really surprised. I thought it would just be a squirrel with wing flaps, but the body structure is entirely different.

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JaggidArt [2009-01-25 15:10:48 +0000 UTC]

He sounds fun! Good name choice, too. I have a flying squirrel TF, too. A femme, though, named Lightwing.....not-so-good name choice, because she was originally a dove. Then I discovered I had too many freakin' birds. XD

I like his 'goggles'. Nice touch

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lonemaximal In reply to JaggidArt [2009-01-25 23:00:17 +0000 UTC]

Haha, well you can never have too many characters. Lightwing's a nice name for a flying squirrel, kinda emphasizes the way they glide.

I'm glad you like the "goggles". I was wondering whether to omit them or not.

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JaggidArt In reply to lonemaximal [2009-01-27 09:41:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank goodness. I'd already 'ublished' her name, so I had to think of an animal it would fit that wasn't a bird

Did I menton, btw, that Freefall's history is probably one of he most interesting and original thought up? Well, it is Very clever...and quite amusing, too

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lonemaximal In reply to JaggidArt [2009-01-29 13:41:12 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like you made a good choice.

And hey, thanks a lot. ^_^

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Azuita [2009-01-24 15:39:11 +0000 UTC]

The bushy parts of the body are well detailed
The coloring is awesome too.

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lonemaximal In reply to Azuita [2009-01-24 16:09:50 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thank you very much.

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