Over the years I have been interested in the kind of characters you can make with EVE character creator and just how flexible it is or is not. It, of course, has its limitations, but you can create some rather unique characters with it if you set your mind to it. A lot of players will just go with what the EVE character creator spits out for them and do not really do that much ‘’character creation’’ at that stage. It can be understandable as a proper character creation can take 2-5 hours, give or take. So it all depends on how invested one is in making a more unique/interesting character. I hope to see more creative approach in this regard, and hopefully this thread will inspire (or not) players. In any case it will be a kind of a study on the characters of EVE.
I’ve saved up a number of well-made characters here and there over the years, and just generally been attentive when in local. I feel like it deserves its own topic.
This is not a thread about character portrait art (we already have a good one for that). Nor is this a racial lore thread. Nor how to use the character creator. Plenty of tutorials and info can already be found on the internet on those topics. This is more about looking into the uniqueness and commonness of characters of each bloodline in New Eden. To exhibit the variety possible. To understand the possibilities and maybe motivate players to create more unique characters for themselves.
Where have I looked up characters besides the ones I’ve saved over the years — Jita and Amarr locals are a great source for masses, then language channels, other locals, help channels, killboards, old corp/alliance mates, contracts. And a few from over here on the forums.
I am going to start with Gallente, Ni-Kunni, and Deteis bloodlines, as the former 2 are the races of my own characters. And I also have a bit of a personal interest for the Deteis. So these 3 will be the first I will deal with, but my goal is to treat all the races eventually.
As I analyze and post images for illustrating the races, I have excluded characters with masks or faces otherwise hidden and faces that are turned more than 45º away from the camera. Also, unfortunately, I will not be posting portraits with sunglasses on (unless they are sufficiently see-through). There are a lot of cool characters with sunglasses on (my own main included), but as it is, those things hide significant facial features. Face has to be clearly distinguishable and visible to more than 90%. I will not identify characters by name, and in the vast majority of cases I don’t know the name, as I just saved the portrait anonymously.
And as we all know – all rights to work/images portrayed belong to CCP.
PS. I will try to do this in a more comprehensive way, so it will take time till I’ve managed to cover all of the bloodlines of New Eden. I will progress as I get the time, as I’m not too involved with the game at this period in my life. I have work and life and relationships. But this is something that will also help me stay connected, I feel.
I want this to be more of a ‘character encyclopedia’ type of thing or a place where one can take a look and get a general idea about the way one bloodline looks, its extremes, and what can be done with any one race. Will see how it turns out.
CONTENTS
Deteis – post no 2
Deteis females – post no 3
Gallente – post no 4
Gallente females – post no 5
The Khanid – post no 6
Ni-Kunni – post no 7
For those looking for basic info on EVE character creator:
For those looking to get the quick background lore on EVE bloodlines:
For those looking for some tips and exmaples on how to create an intresting character portrait:
