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MYO Makoatl Entry #3 - Tarni (Contest Entry)

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:bulletyellow: WINNER OF THE MYO MAKO CONTEST 2015 :bulletyellow:
Official Reference by Sixbane!

I have so much to do but I needed to get my final entry up before the deadline. I need to finish Farsky's personality too. o-O Back to revising.


This girl was just planned to be based off an Epaulette shark (I'm currently obsessed with sharks can you tell), so Farsky could represent the deep water Makos and Tarni the shallow water Makos. Somewhere along the line she became based off Australian animals, and then the country in general

Epaulette Sharks are really cool and both survive out of water for up to an hour and can walk on land with their four paddle-like fins, allowing them to walk over reefs when the tide is out to get to rockpools~
Obviously we have some dingo influence in the design, but all I could find about Aborigine hairstyles was they wear it up in buns sometimes so I went for that. Her horns are based on the thorny devil, and from the research I did the dotwork tattoos on her forelegs are Aborigine symbols for connected waterholes? I thought it was fitting considering the ability of the Epaulette. Also the larger green parts of her hair are actually those cyber goth hair extensions (which I now know I suck at drawing) because I thought they showed some of her actual character through a load of design things.

Username: QuantumNightmare
Makoatl Name: Tarni - Australian Aborigine name meaning 'wave/surf/salt water'
Makoatl Gender: Female
Personality: Tarni is a dancer, musician, mezzo-soprano singer and all round musical talent, playing the violin, piano and flute. She loves losing herself in music, and thinks it even better if she makes others happy by doing so. Though she may appear a confident and sassy girl, and is certainly fully aware of her appeal - using it to great success in her dancing - there's a buried vulnerability to this performer, hidden so well in her mask it's almost imperceptible. Perhaps even invisible to her after so long hiding it, Tarni has a deep-seated anxiety towards being alone, having not had any family growing up. It's not often a problem now seeing as she's a very popular musician and can't really go anywhere without someone talking to her, something she is grateful for. Too reach any sign of this fault in her otherwise perfect composure, - it's rare to see her without her trademark confident smirk after all - you'd have to be very very close, and considering she isn't that interested in getting close with people, it seems unlikely.
She likes to show off and is indeed quite the showman with her flair for colourful and exotic fashion and heavy makeup, describing herself as the doll on which she can try out all the zany designs her mind thinks up on a daily basis and even from her childhood.
Tarni likes sunshine, music and alternative fashion, and dislikes loneliness, cold weather and rules.

Regarding shallow and deep water Makos, those of the shallows are very sociable and have a very vibrant, in your face culture full of music and sun. The deeps, on the other hand, tend to be asocial and rather shy, with a beautiful but subtle culture mostly hidden from strangers. Tarni is the perfect example of a leader of the shallow water Mako culture.

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