Tiergan

Adding you to the list!

I am in the "It's a non-issue" camp. While I would have personally liked to see them stick with Thief instead of Rogue in terms of naming scheme -- (I'm with Askier in that Rogue makes me think of WoW :V) I don't really see how the difference in name is really going to have that much of an impact on our RP, flavor-wise or not. Like many people have said, we all know that Rogue is actually Thief just under a different name. There's very little stopping anyone from rolling up a rogue and just RPing them as a charming, sticky-handed thief. Anyone who would give you shit for it is likely someone you wouldn't want to RP with in the first place. We'll never really know what Yoshi-P's true motivations were for deciding to go with the word Rogue. It could have been because he thought city-states wouldn't stand for a thieves' guild. Or because he felt the word rogue was more PC or maybe he looked at WoW and had a delusional moment where he thought the word rogue would be more popular with NA-audiences. At the end of the day, if your rogue character saunters up to me and acts like a thief, talks like a thief, and walks like a thief, I'm going to just accept that he or she is most likely a thief. ... and hug my gil purse closer to myself. :C I feel like it's stretching things to say that suddenly Limsa is be much more dull, because due to Yoshi's comment, the city now has the manpower to shutdown a thieves guild that never existed in the first place. There are numerous quests in game that make it obvious that all the city-states, Limsa included, have a crime problem in one way or another. I don't think we should let what the city-states would have done in the hypothetical situation of a thieves guild existing dictate what our RP is like.

Tablets can be a bit of an investment - and on top of that, you have to hunt down programs to use and learn how to use those at the same time. I would sketch with paper and pencil until you feel like you're in a nice, sort of confident place where you're ready for both the cash investment and the time investment in learning some new computer programs. At the end of the day, if you want to get your start with learning how to draw, then it doesn't actually matter what you use. Pencils, paint, tablets -- they're all just tools and none of them are make the process of growing as an artist any faster or simpler. The only thing that can do that is lots of practice and remembering that practice doesn't have to look perfect -- it just has to help you get better.

Oh my god that huge-eyed squirrel.

Due to discussion in game, I challenge Osric (and all the rest of you folks) to a cute-off. ADORABLE ANIMAL PICTURES GO!

Drawing with a tablet is easier and yet not easier at the same time. It's easier because if you're drawing with a tablet, you're obviously using a digital art program and can undo mistakes, paint right over them with ease, or just do a whole lot of stuff that you couldn't do with just pencil and paper. That said, drawing with pencil and paper or any traditional medium will always feel a lot more natural. I've been using a tablet for 15 years and just when I delude myself into thinking that I can sketch just as naturally on a tablet as I can on paper, I bust out my sketchbook and immediately whip out a whole bunch of drawings way faster than I ever would on the computer. The only tricky part is, if I make mistakes, I have to spend time erasing them or transforming them into something that's not a mistake anymore -- with digital I can just hit Undo. :V Using a tablet for the first time has a pretty awkward learning curve, because you have to get used to looking up at the screen instead of down by where your hand is (unless you're rich and get a Cintiq :V) -- but it gets easier and easier the more you use it.

Tiergan considers himself Zaius' rival until he receives the occasional reminder that they're not really rivals.

I actually have no idea. If you need plenty of notice before hand, I can poke you when I'm about 5 spaces away from reaching ya.

Will do!

Praise Bryn and her wise knowledge! I was once a repeat offender until she taught me her wiki wisdom. And, you know, taught me how to wiki to start with.

::quietly saves images of everyone for uh.. for reference. Yes. Anatomy practice and stuff.::

I would make a bunch of level 1 alts and run out to the wilds to fight something with each one.

Damn - these look really sweet. Would not want to mess with this guy. :V

You don't have to feel bad at all! These commissions literally help me buy groceries and pay rent. Without them and my other freelance work, I would have an impossible time making ends meet. I am honestly just grateful people both like my work and are willing to wait even though I have been taking longer with the second job on my plate.

Welcome to the RPC! Glad you are already starting a wiki. Some of us (me *cough cough*) ravenously devour them for interesting character info.

To Leilani, pretty much anyone with a life experience different than hers is fascinating ballad worthy material. Feel free to hit me up with a PM!

Welcome to Balmung and the RPC!

Orphan of the Twelvewood.

Leilani is a 15 year old! She isn't really a brat and isn't really a street rat (she has a massive, massive family :V), but if she tumbles into your character and detects even the slightest hint that Salvius has been adventuring, she WILL incessantly follow Salvius around trying to wring every drop of legendary story out of her due to her 'job' as an 'aspiring bard'. My schedule is slightly clusterfucked though. :V So sometimes I have trouble getting in game on a consistent basis.

On more than one occasion, I have caught myself thinking "Oh my god, that would cost SO MUCH GIL. ;_; ...Waitasecond."

I'm pretty sure the game just wants me to have Celeste Green chocobos.

No worries, you have plenty of time to decide.

List updated again! Forgot to add someone from September 1st that poked me via e-mail. Sorry, Stromyer!

Shucks, thank you! :blush:

Not brave enough to post pictures of myself outside of cosplay, so you all get me as Lucina. (Plus random person in a wig. Whoops! :V)