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Post by sera on May 30, 2005 19:07:40 GMT -5
Yes, i'm 10 away from the 200th Naa. i'm hoping/planning to finish some of the breeding sketches i have done soon (( curse you ff xi, for eating my time!!!! <<;; only not, b/c i <3s you!!! )), tho i'll note that i'm also learning the ropes for this org at the same time. <<;;; anyways! so, this will be open, probably at least until i get the breedings done and reach 200 or until i realize it's been open too long. ^^ so take your times. i will give you a heads up before i close it.
so, onwards to teh contestness.
!! design-your-own naa contest !!
this is a no holds bar deal. pretty much all of the rules are out of the window for this one contest. you can literally design anything with this naa. however! if you pick something that i have said no way to before, you're lowering your own chances. you can ask for anything, but i'm still going to have to draw it and, generally, there's a reason i say no to stuff. hehe i'll do my best to duplicate the winning entry. at the end of this post i'll be keeping a list of things you might want to keep in mind whilst writing, because certain things may require a real twist in naa history and i may not be able to do that at this time.
i retain the right to edit, close, change, do wotever i need to this contest at any time and for any reason, whether or not i disclose it. and, there's my little disclaimer, so ppl will stay off my case if i have to do something they don't like. <<;;;
: entries : all entries need to include the form at the end of this post. you can enter a picture, a description, a poem, story, wotever. a more developed idea for the naa, physical and personality-wise would be nice, but this is really a 'wot catches my fancy' sort of thing.
: rules : 1. all of your naa must be up on pages. 2. i will NOT do anything crude or vulgar. 3. you can have up to two entries.
: form : Name: E-mail: All Naa paged: Description:
: things to know : 1. there can only be ONE ki'rriel of any element at a given time. 2. known ki'rriel's: sun, earth, ice, death
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Post by Nyx on May 30, 2005 23:41:32 GMT -5
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Post by ferabird on May 31, 2005 7:34:35 GMT -5
I saw what I think was a pencil shaded picture of one of your Naa and simply had to submit ideas to this contest. They're not particularly odd really, no extensive physical mutations. What I really wanted to see is how they'd come out based on that lovely pencil shading. And with these creative markings they would be so lovely! I know you mention personality ideas and such for the Naa, but I'm not sure if I know them quite well enough to go about writing anything extensive yet. Is there any insight to their behavior that you can provide me that is not on their site? : form : Name: Ferabird E-mail: ferabirdATyahooDOTcom All Naa paged: None yet! Description: If I could request a naa of my own, I would definately have to ask for a beastie with no odd mutations or anything of the sort. Just some creative coloration. I'm a fan of the regrettably extinct quagga. But smile my friends, they are trying to breed and recreate these lovely creatures! Below are several pictures I grabbed up for you, that well display the coloring.
: form : Name: Ferabird Email: ferabirdATyahooDOTcom All Naa Paged: This'll be one of the first! Description: Alright... I know there are similarities between okapi and quagga, but there are distinct differences too. And as we're allowed to each submit two ideas if I read the rules properly I figure why not? This would also be such a lovely coloration to see you work with. I hope you find yourself inspired!
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Elara
Orchard Phoenix
I'm only here until my passport expires...
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Post by Elara on May 31, 2005 17:11:22 GMT -5
Name: Elara Email:Wyrmofmist@mac.com All Naa Paged: don't have any yet *pokes breeding* ^-^ Description: Element: I don't know much about these but just for kicks how's about Extravagant Storm Face plate: a plain gold plate with royal blue cheetah like streaks coming from the eyes Ears: narrow, mainly emerald tipped with sapphire Tail: like a horse's, perhaps long and trailing- the main color could be white with blue, green centered spots around the tips Body: mostly white with sapphire stockings and emerald tipped, white wings Random inspiration: webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/i/sects/15/peacock-spread-01.jpgdanny.oz.au/travel/new-zealand/p/2101c-peacock-pukeko.jpgwww.camacdonald.com/birding/PalawanPeacock-pheasant(PC).jpgwww.travelsinparadise.com/czech/trebon/pictures/trebon-peacock.jpgExcerpts from: www.winshop.com.au/annew/Pavo.htmlThe peacock has long been a symbol of immortality, said to be from the annual renewing of its feathers; but this is common to all birds, or from the fact that its starry tail rendered the peacock sacred to Juno, the immortal queen of the heavens, and thus in classical times, as in the days of chivalry, an object of adjuration. But there is also a curious belief that the flesh of the peacock will not putrefy even though kept for a considerable time. As an outgrowth of this belief the peacock became the emblem of immortality, because the spiritual nature of man - like the flesh of this bird - is incorruptible. ... Jupiter\Zeus fell in love with Io, the beautiful daughter of the River God Inachus. Io was a priestess in the temple of Juno (Greek Hera), wife of Jupiter, and hence the Queen of the heavens. Jupiter's love for Io was either due to her beauty or the spells of Lynx [DCP p.219]. Jupiter is supposed to have come down in a cloud and slept with lo. In this disguise he hoped that his jealous wife, Juno, would not notice his escapade, but the all-seeing Juno became suspicious and found out. Jupiter pleaded ignorance and in order to put his wife off the scent; changed Io into a heifer. Juno pretended to be deceived and asked Jupiter, to give the heifer to her as a present. As soon as Juno received this gift, she placed the animal under the guard of Argus. Argus Panoptes "who sees all" was "all eyes". He was a giant covered with one hundred eyes from head to foot (the term Argus-eyed means watchfulness and jealousy). Jupiter wanted to liberate Io which meant having to kill Argus. Argus never slept; he always had fifty eyes open and fifty closed in sleep. Jupiter asked Mercury if he could help release Io from her plight. Agreeing to do so, Mercury disguised himself as a shepherd's boy and made friends with Argus and succeeded in charming the giant to sleep with the sound of his flute. Mercury and then cut off Argus' his head. To honor Argus, who had served her, Juno distributed his eyes over the tail of her favorite bird, the Peacock, whose plumage was thenceforth so brilliant. These eyes can now be seen as the eyes in the tail of the Peacock, a constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Post by Cel Theory on May 31, 2005 17:23:09 GMT -5
Name: Celarania E-mail: awanotherworld[at]yahoo[dot]com All Naa paged: I don't have any to page Description: hmm... maybe duality? I just got Jekyll and Hyde, so it's on my mind. Swirling light gray and near black throughout teh Naa
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Post by ixris on Jun 1, 2005 8:49:48 GMT -5
So, I had this almost finished typed up, and what do I do? I accidentally press 'restart' with my foot. e__e *** YOU FEET! *RETYPE* X__X Name: Lilu E-mail: ixris.42@gmail.com All Naa paged: *eyes your sketchpad* oh yes. all of them are on pages. But not on the computer. XD; Description: Okay, GIANT DESCRIPTION OF DETH! try #2. XD; Action! This naa (whose gender shall be up to sera, but who shall be referred to as 'he' for the rest of the description for simplification) has a long coat full of curls, similar to that of a Bashkir Curly horse on earth. The mane, which is long and curly also, has various cables, cords, jacks, and flexible pincers (because naa lack thumbs, and they're necessary, trust me XD) integrated in, either naturally ( ) or by some slightly psychotic self-imposed surgery ( ). These cords/cables/jacks/pincers/etc are directly linked into jacks in the back of his neck and the information to and from them is fed directly from and to (respectively) his brain via the spinal cord and brain stem. They seem to have a life of their own, but only due to very very very minute amounts of telekinesis in the naa (he can only move the jacks/etc because they're linked into his nervous system, which might not be telekinesis, but robotics. up to you. whichever clashes less with history XD). His tail is like that of a lion: long and thin with a tuft of curly fur at the end. There are random strips of his fur missing, not by some freakish horrible scar from the past, but from the elusive naa barber XD. The coat is shaved nearly to the skin, where there are quotes of great thinkers and satirists in binary in some form of ink (probably not all of them are permanant, as there are many good quotes out there. XD). The most prominant of these wraps around one of his legs, and states for the world to see it: 01001101011010010111001101110100011000010110101101100101011100110010000001100001011100100110010100100000011000010110110001101101011011110111001101110100001000000111001101100001011000110111001001100101011001000010000001101001011011100010000001101110011000010111010001110101011100100110010100101110 (which, for those of you who can't read binary, is "Mistakes are almost sacred in nature.") and 01100011011011110110011101101001011101000110111100100000011001010111001001100111011011110010000001110011011101010110110100101110 (which is "cogito ergo sum ).
This naa is most likely a sub-data element (if that even is one. XD) and has a real "thing" for record-keeping and a head for numbers and important crap. Conversely, he has the personality quirks of a complete hermit and doesn't like dealing with others, because they usually just want to use his 1337 5killz for something. XD; Constantly worried about being taken advantage of, he tries not to form many bonds with others and has a ridiculously ascerbic wit.
In the off-chance that data has no set "coloring" (I don't know if it does. XD), I see him as having a black mane and tail tuft, with tawny brown coat and black "stockings", very much like a buckskin horse. <3 Because buckskins kick butt and you know it. He has a black dorsal stripe with some degree of "fishboning" (the color bleeds in stripes down the rib cage). Also, he has a series of packs and strap-on pockets on his back, legs, whatever, which carry any number of floppies, CDs, flash drives, data crystals, etc etc etc, as well as a book or two (either fiction or history, in all likelihood).
Also, Sera, I'm not too familiar with the naa history and stuff, so you can smack me about if this doesn't fit in with like, anything. But I imagine more along the lines of he volunteered for/requested/etc all the integration into his nervous system, in order to bring him closer to the masses of data in the world, rather than someone did it to him against his will. I can see him getting fed up with the back-asswardness of the ier he was born to and went off to seek the world, met some humans, and it went from there. XD;
Meanwhile, your brain can stop having seizures, because I'm done now. >_>; *COUGH*
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Post by ixris on Jun 1, 2005 9:05:44 GMT -5
And because that last one was SO RIDICULOUSLY LONG ;, have a new post. XD; Name: Lilu E-mail: ixris.42@gmail.com All Naa paged: *hums* i'm waaaiting... XD for one. Description: Here he is, folks. The rare and elusive HAIRDRESSER NAA. >_> For those of you who wondered just how your naa keeps his mane so short, or her tail so nicely braided, here is your answer. There are several stylist naa in existance, this just happens to be one of them. They're a sub-art elemental, as they view their work as an expression of the soul of the naa they're working with. The stylist naas are usually white with red and blue swirl-like markings, similar to a barber shop pole (XD *cracking self up, sorry XD*) only more "artsy". These naa usually are very well-groomed, as they care very much about their appearances and are often laden down with at least one bit of shiny things, since they charge for their services whenever possible. Stylist naa also have opposable thumbs and slightly more dexterous toes, and no claws, not never. This one in particular is a male, though slightly effeminate looking, so he might be confused for the opposite gender XD. He, like other stylists, has a white body and spiralling stripes of red and blue. His hooves are black, his eyes are whatever color. His mane and tail are a dark grey color, many locks of which are braids that have been braided together with others and secured with precious beads and other baubles. Actually, his mane is largely short-cut, like that of a zebra's, with longer braids and such. >_> The tail has the braids of hte braids. He wears a silver cuff around his back left leg, which has some extensive engravings of scissors and the like. He has a similar cuff on a front leg, which is dark grey cloth, and holds his scissors, combs, and other tools of the trade. He has some silver piercings in his ears and some blue and red feathers in his tail, which is like a horse's. XD;. I'm such a dork. *THAT*
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Post by Nyx on Jun 1, 2005 10:40:51 GMT -5
Geez, the first one is even more morbid than the ones I was thinking up
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Post by mythhorse on Jun 1, 2005 18:34:33 GMT -5
Name: MythHorse E-mail: myth-horse@tripod.com All Naa paged: I have none, so… ya. Description: Ice type, glow in the dark. Glowing lazar powers. Wisdom of the ancients. Regal looking with blue ting and bling. Diamonds, and sapphires everywhere. Has a frozen carnation. Purple eyes.
Name: MythHorse E-mail: myth-horse@tripod.com All Naa paged: I have none, so… ya. Description: Sun type. Warrior like. Armor, horn, blades. Strategizer. Like a knight of Camelot’s brave steed. Black pearls everywhere. Claws. Built like an Arab warhorse/racehorse cross. Rearing.
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Post by sera on Jun 8, 2005 6:25:56 GMT -5
this is still open. ^^
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Post by IvySpring on Jun 8, 2005 9:11:34 GMT -5
Name: IvySpring E-mail: torturetomboy@yahoo.com All Naa paged: none Description: I was thinking possibly something like a Naa that resembled a butterfly. I found this particular butterfly that I really liked. I could only find one picture: putfile.com/pic.php?pic=6/15808572236.gif&s=x2 If the Naa could have almost all black legs, a black head, and black tail. Then everything else (middle body section, mane) could be a bright blue. The Naa could even possibly have wings matching the butterfly's colors. I think it would look really neat!! *giggles* (I had to modify this, because the picture wasn't working...sorry)
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Post by Dawby on Jun 8, 2005 9:23:07 GMT -5
: form : Name: Dawbia E-mail: elizabeth_nowik@alum.shu.edu All Naa paged: www.geocities.com/empressdawby/cp/naa.html Description: Okay, I was thinking an Indiana Jones naa, since I have an unnatural obsession with Indiana Jones and want him to be my husband, (NOT Harrison Ford, just Indy) but then I remembered my other "husband" and decided I want a film noir naa. Like, a Humphrey Bogart-The Big Sleep-Sam Spade type naa. Must be greyish, of course, and a fedora and/or smoking cigarette would be appropriate, but other than that, I'll let the artist be um, artistic.
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Post by sera on Jun 14, 2005 21:08:44 GMT -5
these are some great entries! ^^ you guys are going to make this really hard on me!! lol
and still open. . . ^^
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Post by sera on Jun 24, 2005 9:10:49 GMT -5
sstttillllll open. *bumpage*
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Post by Dawbynesses on Jun 24, 2005 9:12:27 GMT -5
*Cries*
no more competition!!!
*stands guard*
no more entires allowed. yeah. um... *hides*
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