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Found Character #2 Abzu Champions

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Inspiration for my character  This is a lamp I found right outside the Com building.  When looking at the top part of the lamp I noticed that it looked similar to the horns found on a ram. The slight curve to the right and the twirl in the middle made me consider the possibilities of what creatures I could add it to. Character traits/Theory  Abzu champions are a warrior race of dragons with ram horns. They value honor and war, often competing of territory. After becoming an adult, a coming-of-age ceremony is held where they receive the challenger's scarf to as proof, they are now an official warrior. As a warrior they must vow to never interrupt established duels.                                                                                        Theory Gameplay                                                                       During the game Abzu Champions will be enemy characters found in the underwater caves known as the Abzu depths. These skillful and agile creatures use

Found Character #1 - Amaterasu

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                                                            Found Character #1 8/25/2023                                                                             Inspiration for my character  This storm drain found behind Cottrell featured a series of unique patterns that enticed me to look deeper into it.  At first started drawing the different circles on paper to see if I could make anything out of it. I eventually noticed that some of the circles featured a humanoid like torso that I could work with. Religious Concept  Behind the torso I noticed a ring which gave me the idea to make my character a deity of some sort. Furthermore, there are many examples of God-like beings in Japanese mythology that have symbolic rings them like Asura and Raijin. With this in the back of my mind and the boiling sun on the back of my neck I finally decided what character I should make. Thunder God Raijin Asura  I found that drawing my own take on Amaterasu, the Shinto goddess of the sun, was a tad