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Description
Completion Date: 04-16-11Time Taken: 4 hours
Medium(s):
+ 05 mechanical pencil
+ Sketched in Opencanvas 2.2 (Busts only)
+ Colored and watermark added in Photoshop CS2
Music:
+ Cry Me A River - Justin Timberlake feat. Timbaland
+ Flashing Lights - Chase and Status feat. Sub Focus and Takura
+ Spiritual Spiral - Dralion - Cirque du Soleil
+ Blue - Cowboy Bebop
+ Cold (but I'm still here) - Evans Blue
+ Mother Knows Best - Donna Murphy - Tangled
Comment:
::E D I T::Updated profile and sheet for
New character time is go!
This is Balrog, he's a Slender-snouted Crocodile centaur guy...thing....man....person. He's a mess. Came up with this guy during class on Tuesday because I was bored and wanted a unique taur, and I also want to put him into the #Valley-of-Siyyon club. ITLOOKSSOAWESOMEOMGWANNAJOIN. Anyway, he's a bit of a bio on him, there'll be more later as I flesh out his history more~
Name: Balrog
Nicknames: Bal, Bogrog, Jerkface, Buttbog, Buttrog, Chomps
Age: 28
Birthday: Unknown
Sex: Male
Species: Slender-snouted Crocodile
Rank: Omega
Affiliation: Okeanos
Occupation: Resident Asshole
Skills: Making wood jewelry, fishing, jackassery, intimidation, being obnoxious, picking his teeth and nose
Birthplace: Tributary off of the Kalea River
Physical Description
Hair: Charcoal gray, shaved on one side with a messy loose section that transitions into dreadlocks on the back of his head
Eyes: Orange with black sclera
Complexion: Olive
Height: 3'3" ft. from head to ground, 4 meters in length
Weight: 480 lbs.
Physique: Awkward Powerhouse
Distinguishing Marks: Scars cover his entire upper body on the shoulders, arms, and torso (front). One long facial scar from the corner of his mouth to his ear, and one long scar on his scalp. He also bears several scars on his crocoside near the front legs, on the abdomen side, and tail.
Piercings: Gauged ears
Clothing: None, but will wear bone and wood necklaces from time to time.
Personality
Likes: Tormenting things smaller than himself, lazing about on the river bank, sunning, lurking around in murky water, picking his nose and teeth, fighting
Dislikes: Droughts, getting bested, blue gill, things that climb up trees to get away from him
Quirks / Random Tidbits:
- The spine of his upper body is actually deformed to accommodate his crocodilian lower half. The deformation allows him to use his hands to walk/run since his legs are relatively short. However, with the shape of his backbone it is next to impossible for him to lift himself fully upright.
- He talks a lot of smack but usually never has enough to back it up.
- He is slow moving on land, but can move quickly enough to catch small prey. Water is his natural habitat and he is more at home in it.
Balrog is a generally unfriendly guy due to the fact that he is a raging douchebag. He's a jerk to anyone he comes across, is rude, crass, and just impolite. He has little to no etiquette and forget common courtesy. Balrog does what he wants, how he wants, when he wants; and doesn't really care what anyone says or thinks. He's also extremely territorial, driving off anything he feels is a threat to his stretch of river. Sometimes this works, other times... not so much.
Brief History
Balrog's life started out just as normal and reptilian as one of his kind could get. His mother, an aloof and naturally solitary creature, laid her clutch of eggs and when they hatched she was pleasantly surprised to find them all alive. However, nature saw to bumping off most of her young ones not long after birth; leaving her with Balrog and his three sisters.
Growing up, Balrog pretty much took care of himself, staying within his mother's territory until he got tired of being there and wanted his own patch of river he didn't have to share. He found his own place after much trial and error, many of his scars were received in that time. Now with his own little territory he began to flourish, living the life of a "big bad male" and driving off anyone on his property. However, Balrog's mouth tended to get him into fights more often than not over his territory. His largest scar was given to him by another stronger and much larger male for trying to be a badass tough guy. Even with something so traumatic, that didn't stop him or his diarrhea of the mouth.
Presently, Balrog is still the smarry bastard on "that" stretch of river no one wants to travel. Why don't they? Well, no one really wants to put up with him, that's why.
Songs:
"Death Dealer's Descent" by Renholder
"Disease" by Deathgaze
"Hell Above Water" by Curve
"Angel" by Massive Attack
"The Asshole Song" by Dennis Leary
"Defective Tragedy" by Gazette
Artwork, Balrog © 2011 P. Lolla (*souls-poison )
Textures and scale brush from [link]
Do not use without permission. Artwork and character copyright P. Lolla (*souls-poison ); All rights reserved. Do not alter, copy, and/or redistribute under penalty of law.
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Comments: 35
kimivampireprincess [2011-07-12 22:06:09 +0000 UTC]
ohhh my goodness. 8D i simply am IN LOVE with this guy right here~
true, he's a grade A dick, and not really that pleasant to look at...a truly unique, developed and deLIGHTFUL character~
i'll be submitting my character tomorrow (i'll send you a link then~), but i already have her planned out and designed...and i can clearly see the two of them having some disputes. 8D
being a Tarsier (species of primate), she spends most of her days in trees...but she comes down to socialize and prey on insects. her favorite? dragonflies. most notably found on the riverbanks...heheheheh. ;3
she's a complete spazz, along with being a total smart aleck, so once she's out of harms way (amidst her screaming), she'd totally taunt poor Balrog. xD
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soulspoison In reply to kimivampireprincess [2011-07-12 23:17:31 +0000 UTC]
Thanks~
He's one of my favorite personal characters because he's such a quirky little jerk.
I don't think they'll be having all that many disputes considering he doesn't let anything stay or live in his territory. XD;;; He's such an unfriendly dickhole, I think he'd manage some kind of way to drive her away lol~
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kimivampireprincess In reply to soulspoison [2011-07-13 00:13:36 +0000 UTC]
ohhh she's a pest. sure, once she learns that he controls dem waters, she'll search for her meals elsewhere...
but every once in a while she'll toss a rock at him from the safety of her tree, blow raspberries and "use Flee". xD
but yeah, great character, again~
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xNospheratox [2011-05-27 13:40:29 +0000 UTC]
i luv himXDDDD he s not a cliche and i luv thatXD even if he s an asshole, but a very well designed asshole XD
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soulspoison In reply to xNospheratox [2011-05-27 15:20:38 +0000 UTC]
Thanks! XD
Oh man, I totally didn't want him to be a cliche, plus I don't have enough jackass characters. XD
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xNospheratox In reply to soulspoison [2011-05-27 16:02:40 +0000 UTC]
there s never enough of jackass characters XDDDD
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QuorkBirb [2011-05-27 05:00:38 +0000 UTC]
I kinda love this guy in all his douchebagary, not guna lie ;D <3
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soulspoison In reply to QuorkBirb [2011-05-27 15:19:57 +0000 UTC]
Lol, thanks! XD
I love him too but I can imagine that most of the people in the club will end up wanting to strangle him ffffff~
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QuorkBirb In reply to soulspoison [2011-05-27 20:38:23 +0000 UTC]
hahaha well he actually reminds me of my Inez [link] she'd love to play with him xD its almost impossible to get her to hate you, she's so stupid she doesn't know if you're being mean or not
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soulspoison In reply to QuorkBirb [2011-05-28 23:36:22 +0000 UTC]
Lol~ I love her design! A+ for hairlessness!
I imagine he wouldn't play well with her at all. XD; I think he's going to be "that one guy" because of his dickism ffffffffff~
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Hobbes918 [2011-05-27 03:54:58 +0000 UTC]
He may be a jerk but he's an amazing looking jerk. He's both a bit scary and really cool to look at.
The name Balrog makes me want to yell "YOU SHALL NOT PASS"
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soulspoison In reply to Hobbes918 [2011-05-27 15:18:30 +0000 UTC]
Lol thanks! XD Imagine how scary it is seeing that thing in water looking right back at you. FFFFFF
lololololololololol at some point there needs to be a parody image of that~
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Enaxn [2011-04-20 02:20:48 +0000 UTC]
*Gandalf voice* BALRRRRRRRRRRROG. omg I LOVE HIM HE IS FINALLY DONE! Dammit he is SO SO CREEPY! I love his FACE sdfjbvghj it's so... idk I don't even know but I love how he's not just another pretty white boy HE IS UGLY AND OH-SO BEAUTIFUL. I love his history too. I'd both want to and NOT want to tread on his stretch of river <___<. Omg and his desiiiign. I love that he has plugs SO MUCH. It's so neat gahhhh YOU MUST DRAW HIM A LOT OKAY <3333
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soulspoison In reply to Enaxn [2011-04-20 03:14:56 +0000 UTC]
FFFFFFFFFFFF XDDDD
YES HE IS DONE. In all of his messed up glory lawl~ Yanno, I think it'd be really awkward if he were all pretty/perfect bish pie. It just doesn't work. XDDD
I WILL HAVE TO DRAW HIM MEETING SWITCHIE MAYHAPS~
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Enaxn In reply to soulspoison [2011-04-20 03:49:52 +0000 UTC]
HE WOULD BE ALL KAWAIIIIIIIII DESUDESUDESU *sparkles*
FFFF Switchie would be like YOU'RE WEIRD BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE CANDY 8D *is eaten*
dfklvnfkgjb
<333333333333
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soulspoison In reply to Enaxn [2011-04-20 14:56:00 +0000 UTC]
FJDSFLSDFSJDJFSKL OH GOD THAT STRING OF WORDS AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH *is totally about to hear it all weekend*
Oh Switchie~ XD Not all strangers have candy!
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329 [2011-04-17 15:57:55 +0000 UTC]
OH wow, this is the first time I've seen a alligator/human mix before and I am impressed. I really like it, it's different and unique. Not to mention the bitchy aditude that drives everyone away and you didn't even put the famous "soft side" to him. I Just LOVE it. I hope to see more of him in the future, maybe even lil' snippets of comics of him. What do you plan on doing with him? He's suppose to go in that one group right? <.< correct me if I'm wrong.
What gave you the idea to make him, let alone come up with such a crazy and outrageous name? OuO I'm sorry if I'm asking a lot, I'm just truly curious about this character.
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soulspoison In reply to 329 [2011-04-17 16:06:57 +0000 UTC]
Wow, thank you! ; u ;
I didn't want to make him cliche and give him that "under my jerk is a nice dude" personality. Its kinda played out, and I wanted a character who's just mean all the way through. XD
There will hopefully be more of him if time allows! But we'll see~ Yup! I want to put in in Valley of Siyyon just waiting on a response from one of the mods so I can go ahead with the application.
Lol! I was dead bored in class, and when that happens my mind just starts to wander. And I started thinking about centaurs and making a new one. I've already got several horse based ones, two feline ones, and a pleathora of naga characters; so I really wanted something that wasn't the atypical. And bamf! Crocodile popped into my head and then out popped Balrog. XD
His name is actually taken from a character in Street Fighter! In the US he's called Vega, but in Japan he was called Balrog~
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329 In reply to soulspoison [2011-04-17 16:35:38 +0000 UTC]
OH wow...You've won just so many respect points from me. I never really get a chance to get replies from some of the popular artists. I really do like this character, he's so badass! I can see him hiding in the murk, all of a sudden, BAM, he jumps out and scares the shit out of lil' kids and steals their stuff when they drop and run. XD
You know, that happens to me a lot, the boredom thing. I have more interesting things happen to me when I'm bored than when I'm actually trying to think. <.< especially when I dream....it's a great inspiration tool. MY MIND MAKES NO SENSE.
Hm....I'm not all into street fighter but I watched some of it. I hate when the U.S. changes their names so damn much. It bothers me to go and look at a game that was GREAT and had good names and they just fuck 'em up. U.S. messes up a lot of good things.
You don't know who my mind is running wild with what this guy could do...sorry....I'm just really impressed...
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soulspoison In reply to 329 [2011-04-17 17:31:16 +0000 UTC]
Fff I'm hardly popular! XD But I do try to reply to everyone that comments on something of mine~
It always makes me happy when people actually like my characters, it means that they're actually interesting beyond their face value yaaaaaaay! *high fives self* Lol, that sounds like him. He does enjoy putting the fear into things smaller than him, so scaring kids would be right up his alley.
Dreams are a wonderful source of inspiration! The subconscious is pretty awesome when you need ideas~ Some of the more personal things I do relate to dreams or just things that are really deep.
Yeah, that's the unfortunate thing about a lot of games. :C Like how we don't get some of the secret bosses or cutscenes in the rpgs bah. But that's what the internet is for! XD
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329 In reply to soulspoison [2011-04-17 23:21:55 +0000 UTC]
You're such a awesome person. I'm glad to have been able to talk to you for a bit. :3 I can't wait to see more of your art up and about. I'll be sure to comment on the next one just to talk XD I'm a derp like that.
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soulspoison In reply to 329 [2011-04-18 01:26:20 +0000 UTC]
Bah, I'm really not. XD I just try to be nice to people is all~
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Katzy [2011-04-17 08:45:44 +0000 UTC]
This guy is sounds like a real jerk, but he's got a damn awesome design.
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soulspoison In reply to Katzy [2011-04-17 15:23:37 +0000 UTC]
Thanks!
Yeah, he's a total jerk~ XDDD
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The-Ricemaster [2011-04-17 02:56:22 +0000 UTC]
Haha, what an asshole. A well-designed one, but still an asshole. xD
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RegentShaw [2011-04-17 02:54:43 +0000 UTC]
Ah yes, diarrhea of the mouth. A condition from which I suffer from on a regular basis. (I go through a lot of mouthwash HA)
He looks like an awesomely badass character, and its SO NICE to see a taur thats not your basic cat/dog/chair taur character. And the fact that you had the presence of mind to have him have a fucked up spine to make it a bit more believable makes me all happy with my logic OCD. XD
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soulspoison In reply to RegentShaw [2011-04-17 15:25:44 +0000 UTC]
I'm so sorry.. :< Is it.... terminal? *shot*
RIGHT? Not that I mind the usual horse/cat/dog taurs, but something different is always nice! ajfsljfsl omg I couldn't give him a straight spine. IMAGINE HOW AWKWARD THAT WOULD LOOK.
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