[...] When this particular character started to become almost a 2nd main (if that's even possible) [...]

Speaking of the okaseki sisters (commissar kate, colonel selene), especially kate.. she is as some players know, the hottest avatar I've ever seen.

It's also worth noting that some faces aren't possible anymore. Kate's is among them. When I redid 8, the restrictions on chin height had changed, and I wasn't able to draw the chin up to the old height.

A basic rule about female chins (aesthetically speaking, irl / in general) is softer is feminine, and square is masculine. Softer jawlines were possible in the past, but not anymore.

I'm not sure if CCP periodically adjusts the restrictions per race, to ensure variety over time, but unless the chin thing is allowed again, a Commissar Kate clone (and 7's face, which I never retouched), are simply impossible now.

This is 8's old face. It really, really hurts to admit this, but I miss it a lot. I don't even bother asking for help from CCP because I know changing it is practically impossible, for the technical attention required and the settings being lost forever, more than likely.

I'm kind of sad now.

I'm a lifelong artist. I don't recall why I started Achura (oh yeah, my roommates told me to), and aside from that, there was no irl motivation for starting with Achura base features.

Each race in EVE has different restrictions on the topography of the face (as you know). I suppose it's to maintain a distinct look for each one, and I have to say it's successful.

The last generation of avatars didn't draw me in, and I didn't spend much time on them.

http://www.eve-avatars.com/?rain6637
http://www.eve-avatars.com/?rain6638
http://www.eve-avatars.com/?rain6639

This latest gen of avatars, however, had more promise, so I spent more time.

Their features were restricted somewhat, so I didn't try to fight that to make them look like anyone in particular. I did, however, follow some basic artistic / facial geometry guidelines to make them attractive, starting with 6636. Placement of the eyes, mouth, and width of the nose, softness of the chin... all made to look appealing using the rules I observed in my art.

I spent a resculpt copying that character's face to 6635, and meant to do the same to the rest of the rains. But after successfully reproducing 6's facial features onto 5, I realized I was losing their individual identities.

Their RP is they are exact clones of another character of mine, but it turns out I'd prefer them to look slightly different.

My other resculpts include this character, who has that unmistakable (and indelible) Eskimo / North East Asian look. So I went with it. Didn't try to subdue it at all. She's proud of her heritage.

Another one is this Deteis femme, who I made every effort to kill that damn Deteis chin. I see a lot of Deteis women who got hit with the big chin gene, which I think is a shame.

As for why women avatars... I don't know. I seem to always pick the strong female characters. It was the Rogue in Diablo, femme Shep in Mass Effect, Female vault dwellers in Fallout.

Oh, though I do have a thing for brunettes with fair skin and ice blue eyes. So if I ever allowed myself to idolize any of my characters, I'd have to say it is this one.

a.) b.) c.) d.) e.)

Random examples of successful Khanids pulled from Newedenfaces

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Pyralissa

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This is another resculpt of mine, an Achura who I decided would go full Geisha. I made her nose somewhat beakish, to make her more personable / down to earth / realistic.

That's really nice work - loads of personality. I can certainly see where you are coming from when you say you characters tell you how they think and feel. I'm starting to think my portraits are a bit bland.

I always seem to screw up the eyes for example and never notice until after I've finished. Did the same with this one but I'm not that bothered with this character because all she does is research.

I asked my roommates what their motivations were for the look of their femmes, and they both said basically the same thing: they played with it until deciding 'welp, that's as good as that's gonna get."

The supposed psychology behind this is that babies and adolescents naturally have disproportionately large heads, so their facial features are grouped tighter in relation to the overall dimensions of the head. When adults have this going on, their faces register as adolescent (and therefore youthful), despite being older. Throughout their years, even.

Just the guys who make girls, now. When you make that girl do you make

a.) The girl of your dreams. Meaning it'd be a dream come true if she were real and ... actually would speak to you?

b.) The girl who got away...because she ran a helluva lot faster than you?

c.) A close approximation of mumsy at age 18?

d.) Your neighbor's wife...the one with marksmanship experience?

e.) YOUR wife, girlfriend or sister?

Thanks for responding. This has had me curious for a very l o n g time.

My alt is based on a **** star.

I'd like to add that Kate's and Selene's skin tones are no longer available to Achura either. They got removed when CCP made the skin tones persistent across all the races/bloodlines. I never intend to change them either as they are relics from the old system.

All my female avatars are fierce black chicks. Because I'm pretty sure in a past life I was a black drag queen.