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Named Wolf - Tahlia

🕑 Added 2022-06-20 23:38:07 +0000 UTC

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Ruaidri

I can't take credit for the idea, someone else mentioned she should have a name from that area and I ran with it. :P I don't think it's a super Portuguese name, I think it actually comes from Hebrew or something like that, but at the very least I don't think it would sound too out of place in that general area and I did find it on a "Portuguese names" site so I'm counting it, hah.

Steve

I was thinking why Portuguese until I had the brilliant insight to look up the location of the native habitat of a maned wolf. It seems that it lives in South America with its largest range in Brazil. So, that answers that.

Ruaidri

Oh, I used the same method I always do. If I want to name a character I'll typically start by searching baby-naming sites, searching through names by meaning until I find one that both feels appropriate somehow and also means something relevant. The only difference this time was that I limited to Portuguese names, or at least names that could reasonably be found in that general area, so it look longer to find one I liked. None of them really had both a relevant meaning and a nice sound, so I eventually gave up and just started looking for names that kinda sounded nice without thinking about the meaning too much. I found myself eyeing Tahlia and thinking it sounded decent, and only after considering it a good choice for a while did I notice it also sounds a bit like tall and that pretty much sealed the deal.

Steve

I thought you cleverly thought through names until you created both a great name and a name to pander to your idea of long. I am curious how you arrived here seemingly by accident. Still a great name regardless.

Flao

Hehe. Now she's a Named wolf -w- Thanks for giving us punsexuals something to work with ;P

Jo (FuzzyDerg)

Long best girl :3

Pojodan

Hi Tahlia! You're pretty.

SneakyLupine

I like it its clever and I might have read it as a certain alien's name on first glance lol...

Eddie SanHusky

"Not counting ears" XD

DSG

Hey, I see the progress you're making on that front, you may get there yet! :D

Ruaidri

Man, I wish I could paint this well! :P But yeah, thanks! This style tweak definitely seems to be hitting it off well with people so far, it's got some advantages!

Ruaidri

That mane really makes the back view pop nicely I think. It kinda disappears from the front- I might fluff it out to the sides a bit so it's more visible from the front as well, kinda feels like we're missing out!

Ruaidri

I put those in because it's a fairly important part of a character to know- I've often been faced with having to run back and contact people when I noticed their ref sheet doesn't show the paw pad colour, which is moderately annoying so I put it in to cover all the details. But I don't mind one bit if the pawsluts get a kick out of it either. x3

Fal Chavamee

Beautiful name! And damn she pretty from the back! Such a lovely girl.

DSG

Huzzah! Now I don't have to copy-paste ™ anymore! Also, if it hadn't been for a little bit of aliasing, I would have guessed this was digitally painted by hand.

DjArcticwolvers32

Sexy

Pentalis

I will blame your subconscious for coming up with a name that sounds like "Tallia" anyway xP great name too Edit: nice paws, thanks for that little snippet ~v~