The 2017 Ultimate CAAA Character Challenge [Happy New Year!]

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Re: The 2017 Ultimate CAAA Character Challenge [Happy New Ye

Postby Sunlitsecrets » Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:16 pm

What do you enjoy reading about in character bios?
I love seeing the reason behind a character's name and reading about their strange and interesting quirks.

What makes you want to read a characters bio?
I thought about it for a bit and I think the bios that I knew I had to read when I saw them were kind of like really great first lines in books - the first sentence caught my attention and made me curious to know more. Sometimes this was a quote from the character themselves? I don't really know, it's so late where I am right now and I'm really tired. Sorry if my half-asleep musings make no sense. XD
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Re: The 2017 Ultimate CAAA Character Challenge [Happy New Ye

Postby TheSongOfTheStars » Tue Feb 07, 2017 4:30 am

Username: TheSongOfTheStars
How many characters do you own? Currently 43 so I'm in tier two
What challenge(s) will you be attempting? Character keeper. Basic Bio. Short Scenario. Snap Shot. Tag you're it. A hundred Avatars
Link to the thread, website, sta.sh, etc. where you will be keeping your progress: The Awkward Woodchips
Any additional questions or information: I'm constantly shifting my characters around so the count will probably go up. Also I personally created all the characters except Rin Soong.
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Character Keeper 100%
Basic bio 100%
Short Scenario 80%
Snapshot 100%
Tag You're it! 100%
A hundred avatars 100%
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Re: The 2017 Ultimate CAAA Character Challenge [Happy New Ye

Postby Lya » Tue Feb 07, 2017 8:04 am

♣ Update Post ♣


    I'm done with Balancing the Books. ♥
    Now I must hope that I won't find any more characters hiding in the dust. ^^"
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Re: The 2017 Ultimate CAAA Character Challenge [Happy New Ye

Postby Solanum » Tue Feb 07, 2017 8:08 am

What do you enjoy reading about in character bios?
I like getting to know the character. Not really the basic stuff, but the personality, the history, how the two are linked and have influenced each other. I know I don't add it to my own bios that often, but it's the added little things that show off weird quirks, or other little snippets of information that really sells a character for me.
It makes them instantly more complicated, and more well rounded, for me anyway.

What makes you want to read a characters bio?
Depends on what you mean here... From an appearance perspective, something nice and clean. Something that doesn't try and draw the eye this way and then that way, and then this way again and is just all over the place. I like for each section to have its place, and for that to be contained in a nice clean format.

In terms of content... An interesting history, definitely. If I'm curious as to where the character came from, I'm more likely to read it.

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My character count has gone up a fair amount XD
Need to recount how many I have, particularly if I'm adding on some RP/non official characters to that count as well now.
Going to be... interesting... for sure.

@Lya - Grats on the complete task! <3
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Seeping through the cracks
I’m the poison in your bones
My love is your disease
I won't let it set you free
Til I break you

You’ll never know what hit you
Won’t see me closing in
I’m gonna make you suffer
This hell you put me in
I’m underneath your skin
The devil within
You’ll never know what hit you


I tried to be the lover to your nightmare
Look what you made of me
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Look what you made of me
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Re: The 2017 Ultimate CAAA Character Challenge [Happy New Ye

Postby weegeestar5 » Tue Feb 07, 2017 8:22 am

i found ms paint friendly bases on dA... now i have 3 more ocs rip

What do you enjoy reading about in character bios?

*bangs fists on table* gIVE ME OC DEVELOPMENT!! GIVE ME OC DEVELOPMENT!!
i always love ocs w/ realistic & unique personalities. personalities fitting w/ their histories as well... yes. little oc quirks and headcanons also make my life. well-rounded personalities also make my life too tbh
oc interests too... i love them aaa
AND DID I MENTION OC RELATIONSHIPS?? bc good lord do i love oc relationships. give me friendships & rivalries & romantic partners & enemies and just.... oc relationships are so fun rip

What makes you want to read a characters bio?

ummm i think one thing is it being? broken up a bit. like at least line breaks and stuff bc i dont really like looking at huge walls of texts w/ no paragraph breaks haha [rip my easily strained eyes]. also text being of a decent size but tbh that's more bc of my eye problems than anything else
as for the actual bio... i really like to see well-developed ocs!! like nice well rounded personalities yes. and interesting personalities

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Re: The 2017 Ultimate CAAA Character Challenge [Happy New Ye

Postby TheSongOfTheStars » Tue Feb 07, 2017 8:32 am

I went through my characters again and ended up with a grand total of 45, I changed my form, so hopefully it stays like that.

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Re: The 2017 Ultimate CAAA Character Challenge [Happy New Ye

Postby The Pirate Dragon » Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:27 am

If anyone's interested in joining me, I'm doing a personal challenge called "Art, Art, Art" where I get each of my characters at least three pieces of customized art. It would be interesting in character care, but it wouldn't get you any raffle tickets or anything since it's just something personal.
I'm not really active here anymore. Please don't ask for my pets or OCs!
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Re: The 2017 Ultimate CAAA Character Challenge [Happy New Ye

Postby Solanum » Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:56 am

I've been tempted to do something like that myself, but with 5 pieces.
Since the existing challenge requires 5 anyway, I figured it would be a nice balance to ones where they already had some of the pieces. But I'm not sure, since I have to buy all my art so I don't want things to be too pricey for me to actually do :/

As it stands, I'm not sure what I'm really doing for Snapshot, and I've made little progress with the others.
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I will be here
when you think you’re all alone
Seeping through the cracks
I’m the poison in your bones
My love is your disease
I won't let it set you free
Til I break you

You’ll never know what hit you
Won’t see me closing in
I’m gonna make you suffer
This hell you put me in
I’m underneath your skin
The devil within
You’ll never know what hit you


I tried to be the lover to your nightmare
Look what you made of me
Now I’m a heavy burden that you can’t bear
Look what you made of me
Look what you made of me
I’ll make you see
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Re: The 2017 Ultimate CAAA Character Challenge [Happy New Ye

Postby ki-neko animura » Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:07 am

The Pirate Dragon wrote:If anyone's interested in joining me, I'm doing a personal challenge called "Art, Art, Art" where I get each of my characters at least three pieces of customized art. It would be interesting in character care, but it wouldn't get you any raffle tickets or anything since it's just something personal.

I am doing something similar to this. But instead of getting each character Three pieces I want to try and get each character at least ten pieces total. That is both old and new art.
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Re: The 2017 Ultimate CAAA Character Challenge [Happy New Ye

Postby Solanum » Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:21 am

Does anyone ever find that while they're developing characters, they really want to expand that character's universe and have more of those characters designed?

Weird phrasing there, but basically I've been working on Icarus recently, and I've been really thinking about his past and those in it. Now I want characters that fit in there XD But at the same time, I'm like... Well would I use them, or do I just really like writing for Icarus? XD
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I will be here
when you think you’re all alone
Seeping through the cracks
I’m the poison in your bones
My love is your disease
I won't let it set you free
Til I break you

You’ll never know what hit you
Won’t see me closing in
I’m gonna make you suffer
This hell you put me in
I’m underneath your skin
The devil within
You’ll never know what hit you


I tried to be the lover to your nightmare
Look what you made of me
Now I’m a heavy burden that you can’t bear
Look what you made of me
Look what you made of me
I’ll make you see
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