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Swan Citizen Contest Entry - Misha

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Published: Oct 19, 2013

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_{Name - Misha Vladimir Shereshevski; known as simply Misha by friends and Mr. Shereshevski by his students.
Age - Twenty-seven
Height - 6'6
Weight - 200 lbs
Species - Tundra Swan
Nationality - Russian
Profession - Music Teacher, though this term is a little more broad than one would think. Misha's own preferred choice of instrument is the French horn or the trumpet, however, his range is far greater than this. He is able to teach almost all horns aside from the tuba, of which he himself has but only a moderate grasp over. As for woodwinds he can play the piccolo, clarinet, oboe, and a little flute and though his abilities in this section are excellent, his grasp over the brass horns is far superior. For his more upper class students, Misha is well versed in the harp, piano, pianoforte, violin, and organ; all of which are fairly strong in their own right for his skill. On top of all of this, Misha is also very capable of giving voice and singing lessons. His own voice, while fairly quiet in conversation, is quite powerful and fairly deep. When he is not teaching Misha sometimes does work for operas as an orchestra player or a singer, though no one would doubt that his true passion comes from teaching others the art of music. His extensive range was built up from years of practice; though Misha would be the first to say he is far from mastering even his strongest instrument, despite his current skill. He was the sort of child who was musically gifted, and started learn to play the French horn at the earliest of ages. After learning his scales, Misha was one who could recite songs on his instruments without needing any sheet music, just the tune in his head. And soon enough he would simply being to write his own songs. He found so much joy in this passion, and truly wishes to teach others this same happiness.
Personality - Misha is what you would call a gentle giant. Though he looms over many, he always has a very pleasant smile on his face and would be the first to offer his hand in greeting with a surprisingly gentle handshake. Even though it would appear that Misha always has a sort of drowsy look in his eye, he is quite in fact very alert of his surroundings; he's always wanting to learn more about people, places, subjects of any sort really. It is perhaps his eagerness to continue to learn that make him such an effective teacher as he can adapt to a student by learning more about them and sharing that innocence that is he desire of knowledge. A happy fellow all around, and very kind, but not very avant-garde to be dreadfully honest. Many describe Misha's grasp on fashion to be "akin to that of an old man", though they never mean such words with ill intent. And in truth they are quite right, as Misha's attire does not stray much from rather bland sweaters, khakis, and that scarf of his. Though it can also be proven true that Misha cleans up very nicely; after all one does have to dress rather classy to be in an opera or orchestra. While Misha is mature, as one should be at his age, his still has this infantile quality of a fascination of life, looking upon it innocently and eager to discover more of it's wonders with a child-like amazement.
History - Misha was a child music prodigy from a very loving upper middle class family. His mother and father were always very proud of him and his work and adored his look on life as they found it truly endearing. Growing up into the rather off and fashion blind man he is now, there was a little unease with the extended family. however his professional playing mused with their pride, and they tolerated his ignorance to high culture. Going back to the music, Misha first learned song through the gentle singing from his mother's lullabies. He was barely three years old when he began to sing them back to her. His mother had a very gorgeous voice, and as a boy he would nag her constantly for another lesson. At the age of seven, he discovered his father's French horn, which in all honesty had been a family heirloom passed down through the generations. He asked his father to play it for him, which he complied to with rather basic skill, and almost immediately Misha became fixated on the instrument. He worked constantly at it, and on his eighth birthday he surprised the company gathered to celebrate by playing them a beautiful song on the horn that he had composed himself. From then on his life was filled with discovering new instruments and learning how they worked and learning to love the music as well as learning itself. He turned to performing when his teachers began to push him towards it, but in the end he found much more joy in joining their ranks and teaching the next generation of musicians.
Extra Tidbits - Misha, being an well educated man, is poly lingual. He could always speak Russian and English, Russian being his home language and English being learned as most others spoke it around him. Through school, Misha learned French and Latin as well. Misha himself does have a slight Russian accent which is most noticeable through his "r's", and much more than that when he's very tired, angry (which is rare), or drunk (not as rare). As for his body build, Misha is very strong in his own sense, though he is rather squishy and hardly toned at all.

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A character made for 's contest: www.deviantart.com/journal/Swa…
I'm really glad how this came out! And tired, but still pleased UuU;
I can truly not stop myself from entering these contests! I swear coming up with the characters brings me more joy than the prospect of winning!}

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Pomp-A-Doodles

Oct 20, 2013

hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn this guy!!! * v * Ilovehisnooooose

Nicodeme: *walking into Misha's studio, camera in hand and looking about at all the instruments there* Bonjour? I am looking for Shereshevski? Dis de right place, non?