Freebie Portraits

Ehene

I know you're very busy, but if you ever get the time, I'd be honoured to have my portrait done.

He is a horned satyr. His lean, muscular silhouette is a dance of sinuous curves and twists, winding their way up and around as if woven from fibres. Almost six feet tall, Ehene stands with a rigid posture and a loose stance that suggests a coil ready to spring. A whirlwind of auburn curls does little to obscure the dark, spiralling horns that frame his cinnamon-dusted face. A warm, viridian gaze emerges from his crinkled, smile-wrinkled eyes, a gaze that shifts around and hardly lingers upon anything for more than a moment. A flash of pearly white teeth makes for a striking contrast against his olive skin. A hint of colour peeks out above his clavicle, a hidden illustration obscured somewhere. His broad shoulders match his wide hips, the former ending in calloused, ink-stained hands. The latter suddenly become long, powerful legs, covered in ruddy auburn fur and capped with ebony hooves.

Kiet

wtf ehene is a guy?

Ehene

Kiet said:

wtf ehene is a guy?

... yes

Leliel

@Jinsun I think it's a pretty accurate representation, don't you? C:

@Naoma Here you are, lovely! Hope you like it.

@Ehene I'd like to give him a hug!

Jinsun

@Leliel that is fucking adorable!

Leliel

That's exactly  what is going to happen (again) the next time I see you IC too! So, you know, the annual firecracker bombing.

Ehene

@Leliel I'm going to explode. That looks amazing and I am so happy. Thank you!

Krypton

*psst* Your Tumblr "About Me" link to League Confessions is definitely not the URL you intended

Leliel

Oh my gods rip thank you friend I ammmm gonna fix that :X Looks like I swapped them around, thank you!
@Ehene I'm glad you like it~

Shayde

I really love this last batch of portraits. They're gorgeous

Trey

@Ehene is a guy??

Ehene

Trey said:

@Ehene is a guy??

For the second time in this thread, yes. Do people really think Ehene is a girl?

Antonius

I mean... You chose a girl's name, so what exactly do you expect?

Ehene

Antonius said:

I mean... You chose a girl's name, so what exactly do you expect?

Ehene isn't even a real name, let alone a girl's name. To be honest, I don't really care either way, but I do find it surprising.

Taryius

Names that end with a vowel are historically feminine. There are some exceptions, but when you start rolling off common male and female names you'll see that general trend. 

One big exception to this is when written with a silent vowel at the end, usually a silent E. The vowel isn't pronounced so the rule of masculine names ending with a consonants sound still stays accurate. Examples, Dave, Jake, Blake, things like that.
The reverse is true with feminine names where it ends in a silent consonant but ends with a vowel sound. Typically an 'H'. Examples, Sarah, Leah, Hannah.

This is only really true for European names or western names with European origins. The main reason for this is that an 'A' was the ending for the female form of most Latin names and words, and so this has passed down to some derivatives of those names. Interestingly, female names are more likely to be of a French or Latin origin than male names.

Additionally, there is a tendency for female names to be formed out of male names, and one way this happens is by adding a suffix to the end, again typically an 'A', 'Ina', or 'Ra'. Examples, Alexandra, Georgina.

Completely off topic from this thread, so sorry about that, but I've heard a lot of people ask why their people think they are female or male when they aren't. It's a lot of subconscience thought and relating this made up name to similar names you've heard in your lifetime. Anywho, there ya go.

Ryzeth

Pfft there's loads of European / Western names ending in vowels that are male. Even more if you start going into Italian / Spanish names (if you're counting that in your 'European' listings), not just 'some exceptions' but a LOT of names don't adhere to that. Even more still if you're counting y as a vowel in such cases.

Ehene doesn't sound feminine to me, but I guess it comes down to how you'd pronounce it too. Andrea is a 'feminine' name, yet also a male name when pronounced slightly differently to the norm. 

Kythra

I thought Ehene was a dude too until this came up. Oops. ._.

Ryzeth

Kythra said:

I thought Ehene was a dude too until this came up. Oops. ._.

He is.

Kythra

*a chick. My bad. My mind is auto correcting me to a dude now. This is like Karren and Miriew all over again for me.

Kyrra

My mind is still blown that Karren isn't a girl.

Naoma

OMG I love it! Thank you!!!!!

Leliel

@Senoske by private request. Sorry, I know it's not colored in the same way as the others, but I had done it that way and actually didn't like how it turned out and thought this looked a bit better. Hope you like!

Leliel

So, I'm closing this thread indefinitely--I just have kind of run out of time and need to focus on my summer class and the few jobs I get that pay. I will almost definitely reopen it when I have time again, perhaps in the fall. Thank you to everyone who's asked for a portrait so far, they were very fun to do and great practice for me! 

If you want to continue to support me/get character art you can still order from me at any time for credits or cash. Full color portraits with shading and highlights are only $5, and I'm keeping my commissions thread open to display the rare pieces that are ordered from within the community. Thanks guys, I love you all!

Trey

@Ehene is a guy?

Sholen

@Leliel you still doing freebies? *flutter*

Leliel

Sholen said:

@Leliel you still doing freebies? *flutter*

Oof sorry for the late reply, haven't been around so much! Sadly no, I'm the typical college student and ran out of time to do freebies. On the other hand, I'm opening a few slots in a new thread, and it's still fairly inexpensive!