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Balmung

Internet Sleths: Can you find my adopted character's original background?

It seems quite appropriate! I adopted
from
Lichfang
Lichfang
back when he stopped drawing cubs. I thought it was a real pity to let such a nice character go unused, so I bought her.

She used to have an original character sheet that seems to have been long lost. I was wondering if somebody might be able to dig it up somehow on some archive site.

Of course something new can be invented, but it just seems appropriate to look into the origins of one's adopt :)

Thanks for Lichfang's pictures, a couple extra details:

Full name "Izhara", artist name back then "DeadnFurious", date 2015.

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Added: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
 
Lichfang
2 months, 3 weeks ago
I couldn't find much in my search, but I found 2 old traditional sketches of her I made forever ago.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/2ueylutpxc22bjx9gf2mc/AD...
Balmung
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Much appreciated! I didn't expect you to have anything because I'm quite sure I already asked you years ago, but this is a very welcome surprise :)

This post was inspired by this journal here: https://inkbunny.net/j/563084

And I thought, maybe somebody happens to have saved the old character sheet in an archive somewhere. Might as well ask!
Karmandel
2 months, 3 weeks ago
That's one reason I don't like e6 and its ilk. People only upload images and not the context like character sheet info; I actually put a bit of effort into submission titles and descriptions, and sometimes they do link back to inkbunny for that, but if the original submission is deleted, it's all lost. You might be lucky and find the image somewhere, but chances of finding the info are sadly much smaller.
Balmung
2 months, 3 weeks ago
But on the other hand, e621 does an amazing job of tagging stuff.
Karmandel
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Well, yes, "tag what you see". Sometimes it would be better to tag what the commissioner intended, if you ask me. (They didn't).

But of course, if you are looking for a picture that seems to show something specific, you don't need to care about back stories and stuff. Even if the picture was really intended to show something else. So it works for fapping purposes, I just don't like that they more or less steal people's commissions to get views.
Balmung
2 months, 3 weeks ago
I see merit in both approaches.

"Tag what you see" is great for searchers, who don't know the story behind the picture and just want to find something that looks kinda like this.

But I understand that this steps on toes and really offends people in some cases. I think these days e621 has a way to specify "lore" tags to deal with this problem exactly.

I upload all my commissions to e621 because I think the more eyeballs the better. Sometimes people have interesting feedback and questions about the pictures there too.
alphamule
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Oh, very much agree with goals of both the TWYS and lore systems.

Without TWYS, you get soooooo much more trolling and outright chaos than with.  It also makes searches far more consistent.  Of course it also makes sense if you're focusing on a visual search database.

Without lore, you lose the intent that isn't visibly apparent in the image, regardless of if the damn characters say so in the speech bubbles of a comic.  Just as a specific example.  XD  Lore also allows for specifying something personal like identity or relationships.
XPAuthor
2 months, 3 weeks ago
As long as you can figure out what their definition of the tag is. Sometimes it makes less sense than it should.
Balmung
2 months, 3 weeks ago
There are some quirky ones for sure. Like the what_has_science_done one.
alphamule
1 month, 2 weeks ago
I try to link to (and upload) lineart or sketches if I find it, but yeah... It's just not the focus of the site.  Normally, they don't qualify because of quality requirements, but they ARE allowed if part of a progression.  Might have to remind/ask staff to review it, though.

I also try to include descriptions and other context, but most don't do it.  It kind of sucks.  :(

Source links are sort of why I absolutely loath SK.  Well that, and the other 100 things they do (or don't) to screw with artists.

Also, if something doesn't get uploaded to e621, it's bound to either vanish due to site closures or the like, or only exist on Boorus with awful tags like Paheal, within 10-15 years.
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