Help & Guidance => Member Made Tutorials => Miscellaneous Tutorials => Topic started by: greenart6 on July 29, 2015, 04:10:28 am
Title: Ghostly's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: greenart6 on July 29, 2015, 04:10:28 am
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: Warriorstrike on July 29, 2015, 04:30:09 am
Very interesting topic- and a helpful one, too. I've used some of the methods you've mentioned, but there are a couple that are surprisingly new to me. Another method I've used is one based on a particular quality of the character, such as a continuous habit, character trait, or some sort of clue about their life that others may or may not know about them (I think you touched on this.) I've also taken a normal, simple name and tried rhyming it- whether it does or doesn't make sense, some of the names have turned out pretty cool.
Anyways, thank you for typing this up for us. I know I have trouble sometimes thinking of new, unique names for my characters, and I'll be sure to refer to this guide if I'm ever in a tough spot again.
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: Panzram on July 29, 2015, 04:41:18 am
This is very helpful. I always seem to have trouble when naming characters and I will definitely refer back to this when the time comes for me to name another. All of these techniques are very new to me and I never even thought of keyboard smashing or picking out names from gibberish pieces. I'd like to thank you for creating this guide and I'm sure so many others will find this very useful as well.
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: FizzyPaws on July 29, 2015, 04:41:49 am
Oooh! Great tutorial that will help so many floofs! I was actually planning on covering this in a Character Tutorial that was going to make as soon as I go back to my dad's (I don't have FH at my mom's. Her computer died at the ripe old age of 6. :(...). Looks like you already do! Here is also a great website, which includes African names that would fit into a TLK theme! http://www.20000-names.com/index.htm (http://www.20000-names.com/index.htm) I use it when naming characters quite often, and it also shows the meaning of the name too. Haha, because Google translate can become quite tiring.
+Floof for this.
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: WolfQueen on July 29, 2015, 05:01:12 am
This is a very helpful tutorial. I always have trouble naming my characters, but your advice really helps me in the process. Thank you for making this!
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: alexterri on August 01, 2015, 05:11:47 am
Most of my characters have names that are words from different languages [said language usually being something like Swahili for lions or Greek for wolves]
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: greenart6 on August 04, 2015, 07:08:49 pm
Thank you guys for all the comments! <3 I've added a few links for both naming and creating characters in general.
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: ritat on August 06, 2015, 06:10:35 pm
I can't believe I just looked at this now, it is so creative and 'crazy' in a good way. :D I took use of this and the third method is my favorite. I usually use french names for my characters, like Mondelivre and Genevieve. Thank you for sharing! I'l give you a nuzzle, I believe this took you awhile to type. c:
+Nuzzle.
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: magicfairy on August 06, 2015, 09:31:36 pm
I love this! And by the way I have a few suggestions for the overused names.
-Storm -Lightning -Thunder -Rain
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: Blackhisst on August 07, 2015, 12:53:39 pm
Thanks, this is a quite helpful topic.
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: greenart6 on August 23, 2015, 02:39:35 am
Thank you guys! <3 And I'll add those overused names you suggested, its kinda odd how they all seem to be related to space/weather/elements :o
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: Echoing harmony on August 23, 2015, 02:48:55 am
This is a very nice topic. I will have to try out these methods. Thanks for sharing, Turtlex.
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: Avani on August 24, 2015, 09:41:32 am
Woah, thank you so much for making this tutorial! This is exactly what I need! Naming characters can take me a while, mostly because I am quite picky and I want something unique or not too common. Finding a suitable name is actually really important to me and I am also picky when it comes to how a name is spelled. I have used a few of these methods, but most of them are new to me. I am excited to try them out and see what names I come up with/stumble upon. If there is one thing I need, then it is definitely more unique female names. Again, thank you! + Nuzzle
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: hcj2000 on November 14, 2015, 06:26:37 am
Interesting topic never seen these methods. One method I used was I was created a mare/female horse and if your like me I am not creative with names so what I did was I used google and typed 'Female horse names' XD google always helps me
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: Rostova on February 13, 2016, 11:07:43 pm
Oh my gosh thank you, i can finally come up with names! :P
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: OutofBreath on February 15, 2016, 04:24:12 am
This is a great turtorial! :D It will help me a bunch in future character making!
Title: Re: Turtle's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: greenart6 on March 24, 2016, 07:02:39 pm
Late response but thank you guys! <3 I'm glad this has been helpful!
Title: Re: Ghostly's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: amythealpha on March 24, 2016, 07:26:38 pm
Thank you so much! This is really helpful! :3
+nuzzle
Title: Re: Ghostly's Guide to Naming Characters
Post by: Wyldercat on March 25, 2016, 03:36:17 pm
I wish I found this a bit sooner, this is very useful! Keep it up, Goat!