Tawa Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 [ Creature Related Character ]Name: Ziggy DiamondDustGender: MaleAge: AdultSpecies: Diamond DogEye Color: Red, left pupil is larger than the rightPhysique & Colors: Muscular for a diamond dog, long thick Moderate azure fur with a Dark azure face. Has a diamond stud earring in his right ear. Wears a large black leather collar studded with diamonds and a black jacket with a red and blue bolt on itResidence: Under Roughrider RidgeOccupation: Shining Rock Star ( actually a Gem Trader for a day job )Likes: Rocking Out- Obviously!Loud Music- Because how else would you be able to hear it?Shiny Objects- Especially those that he can wear.Screaming Fans- What use is rocking without an audience?Traveling- He calls it "touring"Dislikes:Classical Music- Where is the passion? The guitars? The drums? The VOLUME??Pulling Carts- Why should a rock star like himself pull carts around?Mornings- The morning sun is a very annoying when when most of your life is spent underground!Chocolate- He's allergic to it! Bleh!Character Summary:PersonalityHe's rough and rowdy with a loud booming voice that's great for hawking gems but never for normal conversation. Don't count on Ziggy to understand the meaning of a library voice or even indoor voice. A big show off with his music, loves the stage, and being under the spot light. Ziggy's somewhat gullible, believing anything positive said about him even in sarcasm as fact and easily duped in bartering his gems. It's probably why he's rarely stocked with the high quality gems. He's doting to whoever appears to take a liking to him, especially as a fan of his music but doesn't show much care or concern for those who aren't. He believes himself to be too busy and important to spent much idle chatter when the topic isn't about music or himself.Occupation and HobbyIn order to be more than just a rocker that would sleep all day and jam all night long, Ziggy actually has a day job. Every couple of days, he pulls a cart full of diamonds and gems dug up by the other diamond dogs and trades them with neighboring towns for an assortment of goods. He accepts just about anything from fresh baked goods to interesting trinkets. Diamond dogs aren't exactly picky about what they get from the surface when living underground. Ziggy in particular just wants to be done with trading all the gems in his cart to hopefully get a lighter load and spent his free time with his much loved hobby of playing guitar and singing. He does have a soft spot for trading gems for musical instruments and fashionable collars though and will go into full bartering mode for them.Ziggy's true passion is rocking. His guitar's never far from his hand, be it hanging on the side of his cart or swung around his back. A rock emergency could happen at any time and he's certainly not going to be empty handed when that happens! When the time is right, or when no one's going to nag him for not doing his job, Ziggy likes to take out his guitar and start jamming as loud as he can. There no need for a mic with the natural volume of his voice for better or worse. Luckily his singing isn't just shouts and growls but more about diamonds and love instead. If there's not much in his cart, Ziggy will sometimes empty it and flip it over to use as a small impromptu stage for spur of the moment concerts. Someday, he'd love to form a real band and go touring in Fillydelphia and Talonopolis.ExtraZiggy owns a red/orange sunburst early archtop electric guitar similar to the Gibson ES-125 model that was made in Rockwington. Image refs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Awesome so far!! I'm jealous!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Looking fantastic so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manestream Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I'm excited to see our first Diamond Dog in the works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawa Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Alrighty, updated his character sheet! It's pretty much complete now. I just need some final word on if the electric guitar and Ziggy bolt is acceptable. If not, I can easily change it.Thanks for the comments everyone, I'm having a lot of fun creating this guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Are electric guitars acceptable?The idea of it is fine... I'm just trying to think if we would have electricty or not.... I'm really not sure. It certainly could work because maybe the guitar is hand crafted piece from Rockwington? Since they're very rustic and artsy compared to the industrious Talonopolis. I've made the decision yes, their will be electricity. So your guitar will be fine. C:Is the Ziggy bolt symbol acceptable?Perfectly acceptable.This all looks really great, Approved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawa Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Sweet, thanks!I'll keep the electric guitar rather low-tech and stick with the early models like the Gibson ES125. They're more like electric acoustic guitars with hollow bodies and only the basic knobs so you don't always need an amp to get a nice sound.And after reading up on the Talonopolis and Rockwington descriptions, I've decided that it being from Rockwington would be most appropriate. Probably had to pay a lot of fine diamonds for it! I'm sure Ziggy would have had a few jam sessions with the griffins before traveling across the desert again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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