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[Ilmatar]

I love drawing and I draw things that I love. So I'd love to draw Edwin, now. But the problem is.. what's his hair like? In both BG1 and BG2 portrait's he has his hood on, so I can't figure out what it's like, and I can't make up my mind on the matter either!

He's not bald, he said it already in one lovetalk. But is his hair long or short or something inbetween.. what do you think? Please feel free to post reference pictures, if you can find one that matches your view - it would probably help me make up my own mind and then draw him!

I have a few suggestions.

Wavy but not very long:
http://www.screensav...ons2/irons1.jpg

Combed back Phantom-style <3:
http://www.gerard-bu...p?image_id=8645

Or even shorter, still wavy:
http://www.hughjackman.cinemastar.us/index...kman%20(45).jpg

I couldn't find any decent pictures of long hair on men at the moment, but long hair is a very good alternative, too, IMO.

So what do you think of Eddie's hair?

[Laufey]

I've always had a hard time deciding this myself. By gut instinct, I'd say either pic 1 or pic 3, because I just can't see him with slicked back hair. Or long - not hugely hippie-style long though.

Would love to see your picture once it's done.

[Aion]

Aye, either 1 or 3 would do, I'd say.
Maybe he has a ponytail....

Er...don't mind me. I just like braiding...^^;
Perhaps add a hair flirt? Just suggesting! ^^;

*scurries off*

Edited by Moongaze, 04 July 2005 - 12:07 AM.

[Ilmatar]

Thanks guys, I agree with you: no slicked back hair for Eddie.

Perhaps add a hair flirt? Just suggesting! ^^;

Oooh absolutely! I hope we'll get some of that, too, when the flirts finally come out.

I made two quick scetches of Eddie to figure out what his hair should be like. I'll show them to you, too, because I still can't make up my mind!

With long hair aaaand with short hair.

I think both short and long are pretty damn good alternatives, but.. I think long hair is more Eddie, somehow..? I usually don't like long hair on men, but this time I think it's a wee bit better. Or what do you think?

Edited by Ilmatar, 04 July 2005 - 05:02 AM.

[Aion]

Yes, I have always imagined Eddie with longer hair. After all, he is quite proud of it.

[Laufey]

Thanks guys, I agree with you: no slicked back hair for Eddie.

Perhaps add a hair flirt? Just suggesting! ^^;

Oooh absolutely! I hope we'll get some of that, too, when the flirts finally come out.

I made two quick scetches of Eddie to figure out what his hair should be like. I'll show them to you, too, because I still can't make up my mind!

With long hair aaaand with short hair.

I think both short and long are pretty damn good alternatives, but.. I think long hair is more Eddie, somehow..? I usually don't like long hair on men, but this time I think it's a wee bit better. Or what do you think?

Long hair, I agree that it's somehow more *him*. Very nice sketches, btw.

[Minarvia]

Definately long hair like in the second drawing. Does seem very like him, being proud of his hair. Also, when you get a pic of his body after his abduction, his hair is a little long and seems to suit him.

[Laufey]

I really like the longer hair one.  Gives him a bit of pompousness, but definitely invites teasing/messing up.  I'd love to see a hair flirt . . . maybe even one where you could joke around with Edwin and make him believe you want to cut some of HIS for a talisman of your own?  ("Oh no . . . only a pound or so will do for the best magic.  Don't you love me?")

I really like your sketches though, Ilmatar.  I think you're really talented!    I'd love if you finished a more detailed version and then allowed us to use it as an alternative portrait for him.

I like the idea of a hair flirt, I'll see what I can do about that. The idea of messing it up is very, very tempting.

[Ilmatar]

I like the idea of a hair flirt, I'll see what I can do about that. The idea of messing it up is very, very tempting.

Alright! That's what I'm talking about. So how are the flirts coming, btw? Not far from completion, I hope?

I just kicked Bodhi's ass for the final time and got to see Edwin's picture in his body's description, and as Minarvia said, it looked good. Even tough the man himself was dead. I really felt like crying my eyes off. The whole thing from the kidnapping to resurrection was wonderfully written - especially the journal parts. Thank you!

But back to the topic.. I've been scetching the portrait a bit, and I have a really good feeling about this. And yes, it's long hair!

Edited by Ilmatar, 05 July 2005 - 04:24 PM.

[Laufey]

I like the idea of a hair flirt, I'll see what I can do about that. The idea of messing it up is very, very tempting.

Alright! That's what I'm talking about. So how are the flirts coming, btw? Not far from completion, I hope?

I just kicked Bodhi's ass for the final time and got to see Edwin's picture in his body's description, and as Minarvia said, it looked good. Even tough the man himself was dead. I really felt like crying my eyes off. The whole thing from the kidnapping to resurrection was wonderfully written - especially the journal parts. Thank you!

But back to the topic.. I've been scetching the portrait a bit, and I have a really good feeling about this. And yes, it's long hair!

Glad you liked the abduction. The Dead Edwin pic was courtesy of Ophidia, and I agree that it looks very good. As for the flirts, I've written a number, the problem is really deciding what number to stop at for now.

[Ilmatar]

Can't wait for those flirts! I finished ToB, too. The ending was hilarious, Edwin was sweet, dialogue was ingenius (who ever wrote Dekaras's lines, MARRY ME, that's was bloody brilliant ), and the whole thing was absolutely, undoubtetly the best - romance - ever. THANK YOU. And now because you, Laufey and the rest, enslaved me as an Edwin fangirl, I've been drawing all day.


***EDIT:
I posted some Eddie-drawings here:
http://www.shsforums...showtopic=16297

Edited by Ilmatar, 09 July 2005 - 01:20 PM.

[Laufey]

Can't wait for those flirts! I finished ToB, too. The ending was hilarious, Edwin was sweet, dialogue was ingenius (who ever wrote Dekaras's lines, MARRY ME, that's was bloody brilliant ), and the whole thing was absolutely, undoubtetly the best - romance - ever. THANK YOU. And now because you, Laufey and the rest, enslaved me as an Edwin fangirl, I've been drawing all day.


***EDIT:
I posted some Eddie-drawings here:
http://www.shsforums...showtopic=16297

Hee hee, I wrote Dekaras' lines of course - I wrote all the dialogues. Don't think you want to marry me though, seeing I'm another female. Thank you for the kind words!

[Minarvia]

You've got a number of flirts, Laufey??? Give 'em already!!! Then you can still keep writing more and then we can just download the 'updated version' of his flirt pack, right?

[Laufey]

You've got a number of flirts, Laufey???  Give 'em already!!! Then you can still keep writing more and then we can just download the 'updated version' of his flirt pack, right? 

Well, perhaps so. We'll see when the programmers have time to set them up - and I won't forget about the hair flirt, I promise!

[Ilmatar]

To be honest, I like the shorter hair better.  I think it makes him look slightly less "grown-up," and let's face it, Eddie really acts like a little boy sometimes, and it's adorable.  Plus, of course, my own preference for short hair.  I also like the way you've got it smushed up against the headband thing... all mussed and cute-like.  D'awwww!

A good point there. I personally prefer shorter hair myself, but for Edwin.. somehow it just seems easier to picture him with long hair. It was very, very difficult indeed to make up my mind on which style to use.

So, Laufey-- we gonna get a shave flirt for Eddie?    I'd love to see him without his beard for once...

Haha! I bet the PC could TRY.. but I don't think Edwin would let her shave him. xD

Call me silly, but I'd love to have a flirt, perhaps before he invites you into his bed for an erotic onslaught, where you ask him "So, who wears the pants in this relationship?"  And he looks around like it's a big secret, and if no one is looking he lifts the hem of his robes just enough so that you can see that he's wearing traveling pants underneath them and then he makes some snarky comment.  Hehehe. 

... well, it amuses me, anyway.

It would amuse me too! You know, I've always imagined that he has to have a pair of pants under his robe - come on, he IS an adventurer, all that walking and fighting and sleeping outside..

But hey, thank you! Glad to hear you like my stuff.

[Laufey]

Definitely no shaving of Edwin's beard, no way. He'd never put up with it. I agree about pants, it's quite possible he wears them underneath the robe.