New Legend Comes to Life

[TonyComix]

The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is a mythological creature and an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology. Stories of the Yeti first emerged as a facet of Western popular culture in the 19th century.

The scientific community largely regards the Yeti as a legend, given the lack of evidence, yet it remains one of the most famous creatures of cryptozoology. The Yeti can be considered a parallel to the Bigfoot legend of North America. The appellation "Abominable Snowman" was not coined until 1921, the same year Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Howard-Bury led the Royal Geographical Society's "Everest Reconnaissance Expedition" which he chronicled in Mount Everest The Reconnaissance, 1921. In the book, Howard-Bury includes an account of crossing the "Lhakpa-la" at 21,000 ft (6,400 m) where he found footprints that he believed "were probably caused by a large 'loping' grey wolf, which in the soft snow formed double tracks rather like a those of a bare-footed man". He adds that his Sherpa guides "at once volunteered that the tracks must be that of "The Wild Man of the Snows", to which they gave the name "metoh-kangmi". "Metoh" translates as "man-bear" and "Kang-mi" translates as "snowman".

Confusion exists between Howard-Bury's recitation of the term "metoh-kangmi" and the term used in Bill Tilman's book Mount Everest, 1938 where Tilman had used the words "metch", which cannot exist in the Tibetan language, and "kangmi" when relating the coining of the term "Abominable Snowman". Further evidence of "metch" being a misnomer is provided by Tibetan language authority Professor David Snellgrove from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London (ca. 1956), who dismissed the word "metch" as impossible, because the consonants "t-c-h" cannot be conjoined in the Tibetan language." Documentation suggests that the term "metch-kangmi" is derived from one source (from the year 1921). It has been suggested that "metch" is simply a misspelling of "metoh".

Like the legend itself, the origin of the term "Abominable Snowman" is rather colourful. It began when Mr Henry Newman, a longtime contributor to The Statesman in Kolkata, using the pen name "Kim", interviewed the porters of the "Everest Reconnaissance expedition" upon their return to Darjeeling. Newman mistranslated the word "metoh" as "filthy" or "dirty", substituting the term "abominable", perhaps out of artistic license. As author Bill Tilman recounts, "[Newman] wrote long after in a letter to The Times: The whole story seemed such a joyous creation I sent it to one or two newspapers'


And guess what... we have this oh so special legend here! AT TCVR EMPIRE!!! We have captured this creature and it agreed (for the animal lovers) to fight in our league!
Now behold, let it astound your eyes and mind... it isn't as monstrous as people put it, but hell, it's here! The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is now an official fighter!

...when the sheet gets done that is... o.O

BEHOLD THE YETI!

lol, cute little bastard, isn't he?

[BaG 2.0]

Wow...

You really went to the second lowest common denominator for this one? It's the Yeti! He is not meant for a megaman edit, and you use the sprites from Megaman 7!?!? (To me) Those are the worst sprites in the megaman series.

I'm sorry, but out of all of your edits, this is the worst one. It's practically a recolor with some extra detail on the chest. The eyes make him look like a robot, but seance you used a Megaman sprite, I guess thats a given.

I know your busy a lot Tony, but this is just horrible. His head has too many straight lines and his fur looks flat, no texture once-o-ever.

Tony, your a pretty good spriter, thats why I'm being hard on this. I'm forced to give you a 2/10 on this sprite.

Now, in the words of the Nostalgia Critic, "GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!"

[Master Squall]

I like it, also

Originally Posted by BaG 2.0

once-o-ever

lmao

[The Dark Lord]

Wow. That doesn't look like a yeti at all.
Nor anything. It looks like a old white bold man. Who tries to be hip with his shirt open.
I agree with BaG. "GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN!"

[TonyComix]

Before judging whether one is a recolor, you might wanna magnify over him and compare him to the Megaman sprite used to edit for him, and I thought you said the Megaman sprite I used for the contest was the worst one. I can change the eyes to be more animalistic, easily. I was still working around of making his stance more into a gorilla anyways.

Now, for both of you: in the words of the Clayton Christensen: "Something is better than nothing"
lol

[Master Squall]

lol

[BaG 2.0]

Squall, stop spaming.

And Tony, I did magnify it, and I said it LOOKS like a recolor.

[TonyComix]

I know, wanted to give you a random hard time, :P
No worries, I have a pose in the making which I know you'll like a lot better.

[Master Squall]

Originally Posted by BaG 2.0

Squall, stop spaming.

And Tony, I did magnify it, and I said it LOOKS like a recolor.

what?

[SoGGy]

Its A-okay.
Its looks like a Yeti but it lacks of fur.
Looks more like a human that stayed on the mountains too long.
8/10

[TonyComix]

.........

Locked... For now anyways, lost interest in this project after working a bit on it.
Got another project in the works that surpassed this one by far. :P