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Tarynn Character Album

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Bit of a ramble ahead!

Been thinking a lot about voices since I did that faux character album for Subeta. It's not something we think about a lot given Felarya is expressed almost exclusively in a visual medium. In a Japanese anime, I wouldn't hesitate to chose little known voice actress Rieka Yazawa (myanimelist.net/people/11330/R… to voice Tarynn after her performance as Kon Futaba - strong, low and with frustration seeping into various words. To get a feel for her voice try watching Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru, and listen to her joint performances in www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh5zMW… and www.youtube.com/watch?v=lps7Ea…

So, to the character album! Although I like her voice in those songs they aren't the tracks I would choose to feature. Instead, I would choose a song by Mariko Honda from Nichijou and by Miyuki Sawashiro from Arakawa Under The Bridge. As character albums tend to only have four songs, two being karaoke versions, it would look something like this:

1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul8oKj… - Tarynn no Gag Hyaku Renpatsu
2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTHlpu… - Title Nante Jibun de Kangaenasai na
3. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxNF2… - Tarynn no Gag Hyaku Renpatsu (Off Vocal)
4. Title Nante Jibun de Kangaenasai na (Off Vocal) (Can't find a copy)

The inherent anger and frustration of those songs suit Tarynn to a tee. Just imagine those being sung by Rieka Yazawa, with the lyrics suitably changed and the Miyuki Sawashiro number extended, and that's the album! Please, tell me what voices you envisage for your characters - I'd love to know!

(Bigger fullsize picture here - oi39.tinypic.com/ta1ow0.jpg - was pretty happy with the way this came out, along with a new shading trick for hair I picked up)
Felarya belongs to :iconkarbo:

//Edit: Spruced this up in a number of areas for the wiki - the colouring, lineart and anatomy! Here's a copy of the fullsize depiction of her - i.imgur.com/6Sz84Iu.png (Also, if you're interested, I've started to picture her English singing voice sounding like Shirley Manson of Garbage fame... But not her speaking voice, not sure how I'd feel about the Scottish accent!)
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PrinnyDood-Abides's avatar
Huh, I missed this one the first time around, and I must admit I did a double-take when I saw Globfish in the comments.  Then I saw the date.  :XD:

Anywho, this is a very interesting premise overall, and now that you mention it, I do 'picture' my characters speaking in a very distinct fashion that probably doesn't quite fully translate to the written word.  I may just have to do a 'my characters sound kinda like-' journal at some point, so thanks for the inspiration.  :D

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Oh right!  The picture is fantastic as usual, with a wonderful sense of motion (even if she's not enjoying it) and your trademark lively expressiveness I've come to expect.  Great work!  :D