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Y'all wanted a name, so I gave her one. I genuinely didn't pick the name because it sounds like "tall", in fact I didn't even notice until I was already thinking about it for a while. But I'm not gonna complain either, it's stupid in just the kind of way I love. :P

So, there you go! Named maned lady.

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Bloudin Ruo

Perfect name! Nice choice :D

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~

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.

Fal Chavamee

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

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

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

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!

DSG

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

SneakyLupine

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

Pojodan

Hi Tahlia! You're pretty.

Flao

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

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.

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 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

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.