It's a replacer until we have a proper one. This is why we need a mascot,honestly.

No rush,but I imagine that at least one of those future participants would at least announce that they will make something in the future. I can let it run to the end,but bumping to no results is pretty discouraging..

If I count every person who participated in a visual novel thread I made on SG,there would probably be over 100. Just from this post SGVN gained 12 new members,so there definitely is some interest to get at least a few suggestion.

The information required is not something I'm willing to let go of; Both because the artist I collaborate with will simply refuse to draw if I don't provide it,and because I'd like it to be a mascot,not an avatar. In the future,I'll want to create themed content based on his/hers personality.

People are here are certainly not lacking in imagination; There have been numerous contests on SG to design logos and the such that had good responses.

Like I said before,the mascot will serve be the focus of future group content. Also,we want a pretty avatar.

And well,I don't take this too seriously. If all I wanted was a perfect mascot,DA would probably indeed be a better place; however,SG is the community SGVN originated from,so not only there is the idea that most older forum dwellers here already have a background about how SGVN even came into being(even if they are not interested in visual novels),but it also serves as a way to give back to the community SGVN would exist without.

Any other ideas? :| Is there anything I can do to make the contest active?

When I think of a mascot, something like Linux's Penguin comes to mind. Though there's also World Cup mascots which seem to be humanoid..ish, without much of a background.

When I read the requirements, it seems the idea is more inclined to humanoid characters or human characteristics. That's why the OStan comes to mind, as that kind of personification seems befiting for a group mascot.

As contrast, what do you think of characters like Lassie or Chatran? Do have names, distinct personalities, quite the backstory and can indeed do poses and expressions. They don't talk though, no anthropomorphization there.

Sure, I might give it a try! If I come up with anything remotely not lame (+_+) I'll submit it!

Spank you very much, you clearly have an exquisite taste in the arts.

No. Votes are unlocked when there are 20 submissions,to block vote gathering just because there was little to no competition. This is also an invalid submission,so votes for it are not eligible for any tier.

Page was not found Kybaig pls, you're sick, you don't know what you're doing. I think we'll need to have a serious talk young man.

You're always so passive-aggressiv towards me. I know you may be intimidated by my shining and overpowering personality, but fear not, your concerns are unnneeded.

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Oh, ok. How long do you allow an extension of the deadline to go to?

Thanks for the feedback. I guess I should elaborate on a few things, then.

As far as her name goes, there's not really much special significance to it, I just wanted to give her a name that worked for both the character and the group. I'd put her at 14 for age.

So let me go into detail about the whole paper bag characteristic. It's not something she constantly wears over her face, it really only comes into play for her when having to cope with situations where she is having to deal directly with people unfamiliar to her. In a situation where she knows she has a stranger's attention, like in a conversation, she'll use it, and she's fine dealing with anyone as long as it is on (though, for the other person, its pretty strange). It's her way of coping with having the attention of someone she doesn't know, otherwise she kind of freezes up without it. Most of the time when its not necessary, it would just simply sit on her head like a hat, or just be kept on hand.

In regards to how the expressions change, that's just a detail I put in for fun. I never really intended to have it show changing expressions in real time, its just there to detail the kind of expression she's wearing underneath it or reflecting the mood she's in whenever there's a change to the frame state or pose. And she actually has more than one bag on hand, I guess you can just consider them all stacked into one another.

In the case of her boss, she TOTALLY has a loli complex for Veeni. (Nah, I'm kidding.) Actually, she is good at her job, and her manager can sympathize with Veeni's socializing issues, so she just accepts that aspect of her personality and hopes that she can overcome it if she deals with people often enough. And as long as she has the paper bag over her face she has no problem dealing directly with customers. Originally she was hired on because the manager thought that Veeni would be a good draw for customers, and actually asked her if she would take the job, but it didn't quite work out the way she'd hoped.

And that image is still incomplete, I just wanted to use it to help get the character's appearance across. I'm not sure yet what to use for a background, should there even be a proper one.

Something I just wanted to mention Komachi, since there's a little more time left, maybe you can add what game prizes you're offering in the thread title to help bring more attention to it and possibly get more people to participate. I'm actually surprised there hasn't been more activity.

Okay, sorry. English isn't my native language and I just woke up when I made it, so it's bad. I'll try to make a better one :(

This is Pongario Gullivan, but you may call him Poogo. He is a young boy who is a bit bigger that boys usually are at his age (7). There are many jokes about him, which makes him really sad. Poogo doesn't really want to be at home because there he can't be the person that he wants to be, so he travels in forest and plays there. He is really thoughtful. Sometimes he is happy but most of time he is sad.

He is wearing white t-shirt and grey trousers. He would like to have more colourful clothes but those are only clothes that he can afford (He'd really like to have one green hoodie). His hair is blonde and skin is light colour. His clothes are clean because he doesn't like dirty things.

He plays in a forest, near a small river. He likes this place the most because it's so pure and nobody else knows this place. He plays ball. The Ball is red because he loves that colour. He is jumping to the air, trying to catch the ball. He also has a hobby, watching birds. He has a notebook full of bird drawings. His favourite bird is pheasant because it's so majestic. He dreams about having his own pheasant, preferably the male one, because he is really colourful.

His t-shirt should be coloured in colour fbecec and pants should be bfbebe. His face should be dbba7b and hair should be ffec50. His eyes should be fdfcf1 with small 030303 dots in them.

Now he has found a mission in his life. A mission that he may complete. This mission is to become a mascot and become popular so nobody would make fun over him or say that he is too different. This is the only way he could become a popular and happy guy. (Sorry for not so good drawing) :)

Finally have the time to add in more details!

Her name is pronounced like the french Jeanne (j-Ahnn). Her age would be around 16-18. She's around 165cm (5 feet 4 inches) tall.

Personality wise, she's indeed a cheerful and carefree person. This is not without reason - as the hero she's one of the strongest existence in her world (plus she's protected by Jera), so her carefree nature is nurtured by the fact that very few things can actually pose a danger for her ever since she's young. Put it bluntly, she kinda lacks a danger sense!

She's very curious and likes to see new things, which drives her love for adventures. As someone with the hero destiny, she also has some affinity with battles and finds brawling with monsters quite fun. She definitely doesn't mind spanking the monsters she meets in her adventures if they won't behave! That said, her biggest hobby is painting and as long as the monsters would stay still long enough for her to finish painting them, she'd let them off easily...

Her world is one where heroes periodically appear every few generations, so people are rather used to the concept of heroes. In fact, with the routine appearance of heroes the world is largely at peace, with the monsters mostly keeping to their own territory (and panicking when Jeanne appears to paint their house). Her parents are alive and well, and pretty much let her do her thing. After all, she's strong enough to take care of herself - nothing to worry about!

NOTE: This is the updated, final version, barring addenda or rewrites which may be required for validation.

Took slightly longer than expected, apologies.

1) Her name, in her native language (Martian), is unpronounceable by humans. Before coming to Earth she decided she wanted to be called "Audrey" after her favourite human actress.

2) Martians are a humanoid people with a great deal of similarity in their overall body structure to humans. However, there are noticeable differences. Their skin is green with a slight scaly quality to it. They each have a pair of antennae protruding from the area just above their foreheads; around 6 inches long for males and 4 inches for females. These antennae are in fact the Martian sexual organs and, while some kissing, cuddling, fondling, etc takes place during their sexual encounters, the "action" (both stimulating pleasure and reproduction) occurs through the contact of the polar charged antennae of male and female.

They are naturally hairless, however hair augmentation surgery has become trendy, especially among wealthy females, since the Martian encounters with Human culture. Both men and women tend to be slightly built, less muscular than even average human specimens, due to Mars' lower gravity and a cultural preference for intellectual over physical activities. For similar reasons as well as greater bodily efficiency, Martian females tend to have quite minimal breast tissue, as the amount that they must nurse their children is considerably less than that of a human female. The low gravity has also lead to the height of an average Martian being somewhat more than that of a human.

Martian lifespans are approximately 50% longer than humans, but they go through the same general life cycle patterns of growth and development.

Baring the above in mind, Audrey is 23 years old, but is physically more similar to a 15 year old human female. She is taller though than most 15 year old human girls, standing at 5'9". She has shapely hips but is otherwise fairly lanky, her bosom virtually non-existent. She has had the hair implantation surgery, giving her reddish brown hair which she has styled into a bob. She wears fashionable human clothes while she stays on Earth (explained below).

3) Personality-wise, the most striking feature of Audrey is how at once intelligent and yet naive she can be. She is chronologically older than many of the humans she will mingle with in her day to day life on Earth and she has generally been more intellectually stimulated by Martian culture and learning than the average human would be. Thus, she tends to be more intelligent and mature than those around her. However, she still has some youthful naivete about her and, what is more, she is constantly surprised to learn how humans sometimes fail and other times exceed her expectations.

Additionally she is fairly self-conscious, owing to the stage she is in her life (though older, she is still in the pubescent period for Martians) as well as the lonesome experience of being a Martian among humans. This is amplified by the fact that she adores human culture, and thus the feeling of being out of place or falling short by human standards is heightened.

She is fairly out-going, curious, and eager to learn. She loves to meet new people and have new experiences, especially singularly human ones, however sometimes her self-consciousness does get in the way.

4) In this particular instance I picture her sitting at a desk in her room, #2 pencil in hand, with a large book open on the desk in front of her. However, she is not looking at the book but slightly to the side of it where her cellphone sits, with a forlorn expression on her face. The desk and her seated form is slightly off-center, to the left of the viewer. I imagine the vanishing point being the corner of the room diagonally behind Audrey, such that we can see some of the wall that would be to her right, as well as the wall directly behind her. The wall on her right (the viewer's left) would feature a large bookcase full of books. On the wall behind her (to the viewer's right) sits a large Victorian vanity, with an intentionally generic sounding sports team pennant for the "National Sports Team" hung on the wall to the left of the mirror. Audrey is wearing a private school uniform (white blouse, loosely tied striped neck tie, and plaid skirt (possibly not visible)... the blazer could potentially be hung on the back of the chair, if that would not make the picture too busy).

5) I think pastel colors would be appropriate for this. Beyond the stipulation above that her skin is green and her hair reddish-brown, the rest could be open to interpretation.

6 and/or 8) As noted, or at least implied, above, Audrey comes from a fairly wealthy Martian family. In fact, her father is one of a small handful of Martian diplomats currently residing on Earth. Each diplomat along with his or her family, and various support staff were sent to establish a diplomatic mission in each of the capitals of the provinces of the United Earth Federation (at some point before the first encounter between humans and Martians, Earth formed a one world government).

Audrey's family is sent to Chicago, the capital of the North American Compact (a union between the former countries of the United States, Canada, and Mexico). Although her Martian schooling exceeds that of most humans with doctorate degrees, both the Martian and human diplomats felt it useful for the children of the Martian diplomats and their staff to mingle with people who at least appear their same age. This would give the Martians greater knowledge of human culture and history, while it might hopefully accelerate the pace at which humanity comes to grips with the new reality where not so little green men really do exist.

Owing to her love of learning, curiosity, and near obsession with human culture and history, Audrey was all too happy too go along with this plan. Though, it should be noted that after the initial excitement dulled slightly, she did begin to feel a mild nervousness as she was already at least slightly aware of the differences between her and the humans she would be around. However, in general, she was expecting to pretty much fit right in with the humans who she thought would be characters from her textbooks come to life almost.

As it turns out, after arriving, both the feelings of excitement as well as self-consciousness would continue to rise. She was living a dream... a world of novelty to discover... and what was more a HUMAN world. However, at the same time, she struggles with feelings of inadequacy and non-acceptance which stem both from her unusual appearance and manner, as well as from racism towards Martians.

Ann, Annie - she doesn't really have any nicknames beside these. As for grayish tone in her eyes, it's a color that some blond people have, somewhat inbetween blue and gray; generally there are 3 types of eye color, which are blue, green and brown (and red as a result of no pigmentation), so this particular color can be considered as a variant of blue eye color. Plain girly shoes, well, I'm not an expert in fashion, so I used this to describe simple shoes without any excess details on them, like, shoes that would fit her overall image.

I didn't mean she constantly has this smile on her face, that would look weird. This smile is a way for her to seem friendly, to express her friendliness when someone is around her, talking to her, etcetera. She wouldn't smile with no reason. And she's not a complete loner; she lives in a village (or small town, if you like), where everybody knows each other. It's just a natural way of things - she maintains social contact with the others. It's not like she forces herself; she was born there and has been living in this community since that time, it is all natural and normal to her. But too much socializing tires her, so she frequently tends to walk out of the village, whe she can be alone, like, watching the scenery, birds flying, and stuff, and stuff. She likes that.

Cliff is not really necessary; she can be sitting somewhere at a meadow, if this would be more convenient to draw and would fit the frame. Let's see what I can do about the sketch..

By celestial sphere coordinates I was implying that there is a real place where I'd like her to live.. if she was real. But I've never been in that town myself, so I can't say exactly if it really fits my description of her village or not. So it doesn't really matter. All I know is that it's really beautiful scenery there.