Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-12736261-20140717142131/@comment-10734109-20140823043302

I decided to change Amber into a boy and redo her (or his) bio so that the ratio of male to female characters is not so unbalanced, and also so that we would have a fourth male character for the boys' dorm room. I hope that this is okay! :) I also drew Andrew (used to be Bella) to the right of him since we don't have a visual reference for him yet (I also boosted up his height). I'll probably work on drawing all of the characters.

Either way, I think that all of our male characters will be much more compatible with each other than the girls will be xD.

But, like, Andrew should develop a crush on Emery throughout the story //shot



'''Note: I did change quite a bit about this character to balance him out a bit more and add more variety to our collection of characters (particularly the group of boys). I hope you guys still like him!'''

Name: Emery Woods

Gender: Male

Age: 14

Birthday: December 17th

Ethnic group(s): European

MBTI type: ESTP (so many T's in an art school xD)

Positive personality traits: Bold, rational, social, honest, original, humourous

Negative personality traits: Insensitive, impatient, dislikes rules and may take risks out of sheer boredom, impulsive, easily bored

Character overview: Emery is very prone to try new things, and the arts are no exception. When he applied for the school, he appealed to every aspect of it (art, music, theater) rather than centering on just one. It was mainly his musical ability, however, that allowed him to get in. He's been practicing guitar since he was in second grade, and, needless to say, has excelled rapidly to a fairly impressive level. In middle school, he used to be part of a band called "The Recharged Alpacas" and played hockey with his older siblings (who were on the high school team). However, since the middle school did not have a hockey team he settled on soccer instead (and ended up preferring it anyway). Recently, though, he realized that in order to persue a career in the arts he would have to focus less on sports, even though he found it to be a tough decision.

Emery loves being in the middle of the action, and is always looking for a new experience. Since he can get tired of anything that requires time and patience (excluding music), it's common for him to complete tasks as quickly as possible and to jump back and forth between these tasks, which can bring his grades down. He also loathes any projects that have a strict set of guidelines with a burning passion, and usually only gives them a half-hearted attempt. He also is not fond of people who insist on following directions ("goody-two-shoes" xD), in a way, and finds people who talk about school related topics, or "nerds" for that matter, to be a bit boring.

Even though he's not really the one for those kinds of situations or people, Emery can still be very friendly towards other people, and does not have an extreme amount of trouble making friends (with who he wants to, of course). Naturally, others will have to understand his impatience if they want to work on something with him or even have a conversation, since he believes philosophical or emotion-based discussions are a waste of time. It wouldn't be a surprise if he were to directly tell you that he didn't care much for a certain conversation topic. If the two of you were to hold a conversation, he would much rather talk about something that's going on currently or about a topic he's interested in.

It's also not uncommon for him to joke around a lot, even if it is during school (we have a class clown now, gaiz).

Physical description: 5'11", Red/auburn hair, freckles, blue eyes, pale skin, dresses in clothes that are either very casual or appropriate for sports (he hasn't purchased much new clothing recently)

Likes: Sports (soccer in particular), playing guitar (and singing), sketching, 70's rock music, action adventure films (explosions=awesome), watching sports on TV (so manly, brehs)

Dislikes: "Nerds" (Farid pfff), loud dogs, snobs/single-minded people (Janika pffffff),

Strengths: Drawing action poses (particularly fight scenes), playing guitar, singing (to an extent), soccer

Weaknesses: Making food, sculpture, being clean and orgainized, drawing faces, completing tasks/projects, keeping interest in something

Other: Has a fear of deadly diseases (even if they're not common in America) and being mugged