What goes into designing an EQ character?

[Sage Truthbearer]

Have you ever wondered?

Well, here are all the various sections of art, made in Photoshop, that are applied to the 3D figures you see in game.

Take as an example the NPC Tserrina Syl'Tor.

Here we have the pattern for the wings.

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And here is the pattern for the upper arms...

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and the forearm.

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...and the face, which wraps around the head.

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...here is the pattern that makes up the chest...notice it's only half....it wraps around the body, joining at the front and the spine.

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...the dress.

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The way it looks in 3D StudioMax, the 3D program used to model her (and to apply those boxes of art to the figure).

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The final result..

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