Flavour Text Writing

[Muncorn]

So, I enjoy writing flavour texts, and as a consequence of both that, and having written an awful lot of them, I'm decently good at it. However, I know that some people either can't be bothered writing flavour texts, or feel that they can't write one that's good enough. So, I'm putting this here for if people want me to write them for them. So, just like, answer the basic question below, and I'll PM you the result once I've done it.

Disclaimer: I cannot guarantee when the text will be finished. I will try as quickly as possible, but like, ya know, life.

Below are the basic questions. Just like, answer them basically.

Human:

Name; Gender; Age; Height; Weight; Build; Posture; Hair Style; Hair Colour; Eye Colour; Personality; Notable Features (Tattoos, Piercings, etc.); Accent

Tajara:

Name; Gender; Age; Height; Weight; Build; Posture; Hair Style; Hair Colour; Fur Colour; Eye Colour; Personality; Notable Features (Tattoos, Piercings, etc.); Accent

Unathi:

Name; Gender; Age; Height; Weight; Build; Posture; Horn Style (Refer to subnote please*); Scales Colour; Eye Colour; Personality; Notable Features (Tattoos, Piercings, etc.); Accent

IPC:

Name; Gender; Age; Height; Weight; Build; Posture; Screen Type; Chassis Type; Personality; Notable Features (Tattoos, Piercings, etc.); Speech Mannerisms

Skrell:

Name; Gender; Age; Height; Weight; Build; Posture; Headtail Details; Eye Colour; Personality; Notable Features (Tattoos, Piercings, etc.); Accent

I don't do any other species, as Diona are bland, and I don't like, know anything about Vaurcra, nor do I want to really. I'll possibly update this later, depends on how much attention it gets.

*I've forgotten how the Unathi's head stuff works, if someone could explain it that'd be appreciated

Below is two examples of previously done flavour texts, both of my own characters.

Standing at 5'7, Lyanna has a good posture and a light build.. She speaks with a Heavy Elysius accent, normally with a fairly bland tone to it.

Her hair is a raven black, hung down to slightly below her shoulder blades, with a portion often coming round to the front, draping down to the upper portion of her chest.

She has a somewhat fair face, with a small nose and a slight spattering of freckles across the tops of her cheeks. Her mouth is often upturned in a small smirk, even her genuine smiles tending to have that snarky feel to them.

Her eyes are a dark blue, tinted with the same uncaring attitude that belays her general attitude. She tends to keep un unmoving point of eye contact during conversation, never flitting from the person being talked to.

She has a lightly toned body, with an decently sized bust and somewhat broud shoulders, at least from a female point of view. She appears to have slightly muscled arms and legs, though her right arm seems to have a slight angle to it, as if the elbow has been dislocated once or twice.

Along her left arm is pure black tattoo, seemingly just a series of swirling, interconnecting lines stretching from her elbow to her upper wrist,before twisting round her hand, reaching a centrepoint in the middle of her palm.

At 5'3, Niko is outstandingly short, but clearly tries to make up for this by bouncing on his feet all the time, and being extraordinarily ecstatic about nearly everything. He looks fairly thin and bouncy, but seems to have a good poise to him, as if he was some kind of gymnast. He has a Bieselian accent, nearly always with a happy tone to it.

His hair is clearly died, normally being a darkish blue. It's cut quite short, and generally looks well maintained. He has a very round face, and he appears to have a very large, faded scar running down the left side of his face, starting at the ear and ending just around his jugular.

Often smiling, his face is nearly completely covered in pale'ish freckles, from both his cheeks and across his nose, with a few spattering his forehead.

His eyes are a bright green, sparkling with the same persistant jovial attitude he carries around him. They seem never to focus on anything for too long, flittering away excitedly at the smallest distraction, but he still seems to pay attention to everything nonetheless.

His build is thin but fit, akin to that of a gymnasts. He has a few large but fading scars around his abdomen, maybe Unathi in origin, but it's difficult to tell.

Edited August 1, 2016 by Guest

[SierraKomodo]

Personality probably isn't something to include in flavor text - Flavor text is supposed to be /solely/ what can be seen through looking at the character. However, if you mean something like little quirks that can be observed (I.e., one of my characters tends to fidget with her right sleeve cuff alot, as if making sure it's covering her arm completely), that's something that I'd put in flavor text.

[Skull132]

Personality probably isn't something to include in flavor text - Flavor text is supposed to be /solely/ what can be seen through looking at the character. However, if you mean something like little quirks that can be observed (I.e., one of my characters tends to fidget with her right sleeve cuff alot, as if making sure it's covering her arm completely), that's something that I'd put in flavor text.

 

He probably means the latter. Personality gives way to general mannerisms, which are valid salad for flavourtext, as long as their description is kept objective. Tone of voice is also fair game, though technically not visually observable, it can be used to describe a character's general demeanour.

[coolbc2000]

I'll bite, let's see if you can do the Legend

Human:

-Mark Syion;

-Fourty-nine(But he looks much younger);

-6,4ft;

-180 pounds;

-Heavy build, goes to the gym almost every day;

-He stand strong, but with manners and pride;

-CIA hair style, a little grey but not alot;

-Black hair;

-Green eyes;

-He is a nice guy, but is serious when he needs to be, he is not there for the money, he is there to end his contract and have loads of laughs on the way;

-On his back is a tattoo of a Shark, above it is written "We are in it for the Pride and Gold", he wears a Diamond ring on his wedding finger;

-Speaks with a Irish/Posh accent;

[SierraKomodo]

Alright, let's toss one out and see what comes out:

Human:

Name: Ariana Eshlian

Gender: Female

Age: 27

Height: 162 cm (5'4")

Weight: 54kg (119 lb)

Build: Toned

Posture: Somewhat withdrawn but steady. Arms tend to be close to body.

Hair style: Loose, shoulder length

Hair color: Auburn (red-brown)

Eye color: Jade green

Personality quirks: Tends to fidget with and tug on her right sleeve, almost always wears gloves.

Notable features: (Only visible without gloves/sleeves): Robotic right arm, similar to skin tone but obviously prosthetic.

Accent: Generic Tau Ceti, subtle hints of spanish/latino.

[Jboy2000000]

Tajaran

Name: Poslan Kur'yer-Isra

Gender: Male

Age: 19

Height: 160 cm (5'3")

Weight: 62 kg (136 lb)

Build: Lithe

Posture: Straight, limp in the right leg.

Hair style: cut down to match the length of the rest of his fur

Hair color: Grey

Fur Color: Grey

Eye color: Brown

Personality quirks:

Notable features: Round burns on his chest and neck. (Only visible without gloves/sleeves): Scar on his right ring finger that stops fur growing in it's spot.

Accent: Normal Tajaran

[SierraKomodo]

For anyone who might want an example of what can come from Muncorn, here's what was put together for Ariana (With some slight tweaks on my end to best fit the character):

 

https://goo.gl/nLPOs4

At around 5'4", Ariana has a lightly toned build, and loos to weigh about 119 pounds. Whilst she tends to look fairly happy, she's often a little withdrawn, fidgeting often with the cuff of her right sleeve. Her accent is quite clean, but contains hints of old Spanish tones.

Her wavy auburn hair reaches down to a little below her shoulders. She has a diamond shaped head, with a slightly pointed chin and smallish ears.

Wearing fairly minimal make-up, she tends to smile with only the corner of her mouth. Her face seems devoid of many imperfections, barring a small spattering of freckles across the bridge of her nose.

Her eyes are a jade green, tending to edge away from the focus of attention, though still keeping eye contact if need be.

Her build is fairly light, though still seemingly muscled in some sense. She has wide hips and a slightly smaller bust, with a lightly tanned skin tone, clearly hispanic in origin.

Starting a little below her right shoulder is a clearly prosthetic arm, with a pseudo-skin covering it from the joint. A slightly paler tone than the rest of her, it otherwise looks fairly authentic, barring the faint wiring along it.

Her right hand is part of a clearly prosthetic arm, with a pseudo skin covering the entirety of it. A slightly paler tone than the rest of her, it otherwise looks fairly authentic, barring the faint wiring along it.

[Coalf]

Well nobody did IPC yet so FIRST.

Also snowflake alert.

Name; R.U.R

Gender; Female

Age; 30

Height; 5'8

Weight; The weight of a TV on a robot body? Like around 100 kilograms or something?

Build; Thin, Her clothes kinda hang on her

Posture; Straight as can be

Screen Type; White background with a simple pink face to display basic emotions

Chassis Type; A standart TV head IPC

Personality; Friendly, pacifistic and an pretty vocal SJW (Synthetic Justice Warrior) but when confronted backs down, intimidated easily

Notable Features (Tattoos, Piercings, etc.); The color of her entire chassis used to be white, now it's more of a washed out white, some of the paint is completely stripped

Speech Mannerisms; Speaks with a bit too colorful female voice, since she lacks any additional voice modules she has to make up for it by making inner sounds (using a quick vent instead of a sigh, turning her screen on and off instead of a blink), tends to speak too quickly for herself

[Mcfluff]

Human

Name: Layla Starr.

Gender: Female.

Age: 22.

Height: 172cm.

Weight: 58kg.

Build: Skinny.

Posture: Straight and orderly.

Hair Style: Covers right eye, slightly above shoulder length(Overeye short).

Hair Colour: Black.

Eye Colour: Very blue.

Personality Quirks: Never shows her teeth while smiling. Sarcastic, can be insulting.

Notable features: Cyan heart tattoo on right hand, black outline.

Accent: I dunno, whatever the Lowell City accent sounds like.

[Ricky_the_banshee]

Human

Name: Curel Wald

Gender: Female

Age: 32.

Height: 185 cm (6'1")

Weight: 64.14 kg (137 lb)

Build: Athletic

Posture: Straight

Hair Style: Right eye is covered, ponytail rests on her left shoulder.

Hair Colour: Blonde.

Eye Colour: Sky blue.

Personality Quirks: Sadistic, calm at first glance, furious when triggered

Notable features: Silver necklance, sensuous yet soothening voice. Her eyes are surrounded by a dark eyeliner.

Accent: Standard Sol accent, very rough accent in Gutter.

http://puu.sh/qmteO/eb950814d3.png Here is original FT as a reference. Have fun writing it, Mun!

[SierraKomodo]

Ready for another one?

Name: Rasine Ha'kim

Gender: Female

Age: 33

Height: 180 cm (5'11")

Weight: 68.04 kg (150 lb)

Build: Stocky/strong build, well toned. Looks like someone who did a lot of heavy lifting and working with heavy machinery in her time. Does /not/ look like a Helga Von Bodybuilder

Posture: Good posture, with the exception of focusing most of her weight on right right leg, clearly favoring the left leg. She always walks with a limp in said left leg.

Hair Style: Loosely tied back.

Hair Colour: Dark blue-gray/steel, almost black.

Fur Colour: Dark blue-gray/steel, lighter than her hair color. Fur color is darker along her back/spine/outside of her limbs, lighter along her chest/stomach.

Eye Colour: Dark bluish-gray.

Personality: Very reclusive, and quick to anger, but also fiercely loyal to her few friends and family, and dedicated to getting her work done and giving it her best, despite her injury. Very rarely, if ever, smiles, typically has a scowl on her face.

Notable Features (Tattoos, Piercings, etc.): Very subtle scarring on her left leg, with patches of fur that don't quite look right and clearly grew over said scars. Very clearly Zhan-Khazaan in heritage.

Accent: Typical Tajaran accent, with clear influences from low-class Biesel miner types when speaking Basic or Gutter. Siik'maas shows accents from the eastern continent, Kal'Tiiv area.

Visual reference for things like hairstyle and typical facial expression. And her favorite beret:

[Dragonspare]

here goes my main boy

Name: Jack Mitchell.

Gender: Male.

Age: 27 (people says that he looks order just for his beard)

Height: 6'1 ft (187 cm)

Weight: 178 lbs (81 kg)

Build: He has a somewhat strong build, he hasn't gone to the gym in weeks, but he still fights regularly.

Posture: He stands like a normal person would, bu not too straight or too low, almost all of the time he has his arms crossed with a little smirk, no one is sure if it's a cocky smirk or a happy smirk.

Hair: Jack has a somewhat messy but clean hair, a little pompadour on front, the ponpadour is very small, and often, the messy rest of the hair steals the highlight.

Hair Colour: Dark brown.

Eye Colour: Very dark brown, someone who is not that far from him would think that they're black.

Personality: He has an easygoing and friendly personality, he can be challenging and mock everyone that touched the wrong nerve or knows him on a bad moment, sometimes, when he's sitting and someone who doesn't likes him talks to him, he doesn't even turns, showing disrepsect towards the person that's talking to him.

Notable Features: both of his arms are synthethic (Bishop Cybernetics), his right arm is severaly more re-fitted and updated from the base product, on the oposite, his left arm seems a brand new model, unupgraded, both of his arms seems polished and taken care of.

In his right cheek, just below the right eye, there is a little burnt scar

Accent: Jack talks somewhat quick and skipping some letters on his words, making him a "ignorant" to some people, he talks in a slight irish accent too, and he always in a joke tone, except when the setting doesn't lets him

[SierraKomodo]

here goes my main boy

Name: Jack Mitchell.

Gender: Male.

Age: 27 (people says that he looks order just for his beard)

Height: 6'1 ft (187 cm)

Weight: 178 lbs (81 kg)

Build: He has a somewhat strong build, he hasn't gone to the gym in weeks, but he still fights regularly.

Posture: He stands like a normal person would, bu not too straight or too low, almost all of the time he has his arms crossed with a little smirk, no one is sure if it's a cocky smirk or a happy smirk.

Hair: Jack has a somewhat messy but clean hair, a little pompadour on front, the ponpadour is very small, and often, the messy rest of the hair steals the highlight.

Hair Colour: Dark brown.

Eye Colour: Very dark brown, someone who is not that far from him would think that they're black.

Personality: He has an easygoing and friendly personality, he can be challenging and mock everyone that touched the wrong nerve or knows him on a bad moment, sometimes, when he's sitting and someone who doesn't likes him talks to him, he doesn't even turns, showing disrepsect towards the person that's talking to him.

Notable Features: both of his arms are synthethic (Bishop Cybernetics), his right arm is severaly more re-fitted and updated from the base product, on the oposite, his left arm seems a brand new model, unupgraded, both of his arms seems polished and taken care of.

In his right cheek, just below the right eye, there is a little burnt scar

Accent: Jack talks somewhat quick and skipping some letters on his words, making him a "ignorant" to some people, he talks in a slight irish accent too, and he always in a joke tone, except when the setting doesn't lets him

 

I don't think Muncorn's still doing this.

[Dragonspare]

here goes my main boy

Name: Jack Mitchell.

Gender: Male.

Age: 27 (people says that he looks order just for his beard)

Height: 6'1 ft (187 cm)

Weight: 178 lbs (81 kg)

Build: He has a somewhat strong build, he hasn't gone to the gym in weeks, but he still fights regularly.

Posture: He stands like a normal person would, bu not too straight or too low, almost all of the time he has his arms crossed with a little smirk, no one is sure if it's a cocky smirk or a happy smirk.

Hair: Jack has a somewhat messy but clean hair, a little pompadour on front, the ponpadour is very small, and often, the messy rest of the hair steals the highlight.

Hair Colour: Dark brown.

Eye Colour: Very dark brown, someone who is not that far from him would think that they're black.

Personality: He has an easygoing and friendly personality, he can be challenging and mock everyone that touched the wrong nerve or knows him on a bad moment, sometimes, when he's sitting and someone who doesn't likes him talks to him, he doesn't even turns, showing disrepsect towards the person that's talking to him.

Notable Features: both of his arms are synthethic (Bishop Cybernetics), his right arm is severaly more re-fitted and updated from the base product, on the oposite, his left arm seems a brand new model, unupgraded, both of his arms seems polished and taken care of.

In his right cheek, just below the right eye, there is a little burnt scar

Accent: Jack talks somewhat quick and skipping some letters on his words, making him a "ignorant" to some people, he talks in a slight irish accent too, and he always in a joke tone, except when the setting doesn't lets him

 

I don't think Muncorn's still doing this.

 

Well, he said that he may get to it sometime, it's better than nothing

[LilSh4]

Human-

Name: Charlie Stough

Gender: Male

Age: 60 years

Height: 180cm(5'11")

Weight: 63kg(138.9lb)

Build: Medium

Posture: Straight

Hair Style: CIA

Hair Colour: Black and graying

Eye Colour: Blue-gray

Personality: Quiet, orderly

Notable Features (Tattoos, Piercings, etc.): Prosthetic right arm

Accent: Bieselitte