Tagged by Zlden

Sorry for my radio silence. I'm not really drawing, but I am lurking around

ANYWAY I was tagged by thanks bud

RULES
① post these rules
② post 8 facts about your character.
③ tag 8 other characters
④ post their names along with their creator’s avatars.

Tagged by Zlden to do 8 facts about Kludge, which you can read Zlden's answers here.

1. Kludge is a kludgy mishmash of dog/dragon/lizard/somethin' I dunno. I usually shorten it to dog/dragon because people usually count dragons as lizards. Inspiration for being a mash of animals, and his tail tip design, is reminiscent of my favorite artist whose art I looked up to so much before their whole internet existence died many years ago.

2. His main skin can be fur, scales, or a mix of both. It's up to artist interpretation and free will, just like his options of mixing and matching his various body parts. His skin can also change hue within blue and green.

3. He can shed/regrow limbs. It can take up to a day to fully regenerate depending on what or how much has been removed. Because of this ability, he can eat parts of his body if he's hungry or bored. He mainly goes for his tail because it's easier on him (eating other limbs of course means less dexterity and mobility), and tastes better whether cooked or raw. In his opinion though. He's not sure how it would taste for you. No one's ever tried except him.

4. Kludge's tail is prehensile and very strong. He can sit on his tail with proper posture as it can hold his body weight (and a little more). He also likes hanging from things like tree branches and whatnot. This strength is probably why it tastes better.

5. I have some secret ideas for him.. not really secret, but things that I think is unnecessary to mention and put on reference sheets. Just things that I like to think of. One is that not wearing glasses for a long amount of time gives him temporary hypnosis powers (complete with winding blue/pink/turquoise swirls as sclera) but also makes him hella dizzy. The other idea is that he can store small objects in his skin because he can regrow skin over it, almost like absorbing it. It does look really silly depending on what is being stored so he doesn't really do it that much.

6. He has an older brother who's a badger/dragon hybrid that belongs to my QP partner. I've yet to make an official drawing of him and only have a couple scraps in my sketchbook. They both hatched from eggs from different parents a few days apart from each other. No one really knows or cares how it all works, but they're self-proclaimed brothers.

7. Kludge's tail is almost always moving. It's hard to mention into a reference sheet, especially since I only really expect static art of him, but his tail moves slowly from side to side normally. Imagine him as an idle 3D sprite just standing around or something, ha ha. Anyway, other movements go along with his expressions. This is the reason, other than money issues, why I opted not to have a tail for my fursuit. Having a brainwave-controlled tail of some sort would be ideal..

8. The word "kludge" means "an ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fulfill a particular purpose", "a system and especially a computer system made up of poorly matched components", and "solution that is clumsy, inelegant, difficult to extend, hard to maintain", amongst other things. Very fitting.



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