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#for anyone who struggles with drawing but wants to design some ocs
big-coyote · 2 months
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hi!! this may be a weird thing to ask about but ive decided to make one of my longtime ocs a coyote therian (they were connected to coyotes since the beginning) and i wanted to ask if theres stuff i should avoid when talking abt them or doing character design?
ive done some research on my own looking thru tumblr blogs ran by therians mostly, but i mightve missed some stuff!
for now they show their theriantophy as either wearing a coyote looking onesie (which is the first outfit they ever had) or when wearing other clothes they have a tail keychain on their trousers, so i also wanted to ask if you know of any other things they could have to connect with their theriotype?
again im sorry if this is a weird question! <3
(1/2) Hello! Not a weird question at all, I’m actually very honored and happy you’ve asked! I have quite a number of OCs myself that are also therians or otherkin adjacent lol. Also if anyone else has any ideas they’d like to add/advice feel free to comment or reblog!
As for things you should ovoid I’d recommend straying away from the idea of therianthropy being inherently because of mental illness. While it’s totally okay for your Oc to struggle with mental health problems or other serious topics. I often see the stigma online where people assume being nonhuman or having a alterhuman identity means the person in question must have Schizophrenia, Dissociative Identity Disorder, psychosis, a delusional disorder, etc. And again while I know plenty of nonhumans who have those disorders (I have some of them) and that may effect their identities as a whole, it shouldn’t be the end all be all of their identity you know? Ovoid adding more stigma to both.
Another thing I’d stray away from is the idea of a character being a therian because of spirit animals or any mythology related to closed practices/groups. I’ve seen many indigenous people online speak about their discomfort with the word ‘spirit animal’ and how it’s been adopted into pop culture. Being alterhuman is much more then “I feel connected to this thing/this thing is just like me”, it runs much deeper then that and it is as much as a real identity as something like gender, sexuality, religion, etc. It should be taken with as much care and seriousness as those other identities because it is huge and important part to a lot of our lives.
Lastly I’d recommend avoiding making the character the butt end of the jokes. While the Oc themselves can be funny, have funny things happen to them or have funny experiences as a coyote Therian I’d ovoid making them the punching bag to other OCs. Online it’s not uncommon to see many people misunderstanding and mischaracterizing being nonhuman for a quick laugh. It be very disheartening if an OCs entire existence in a story is just “haha they think they’re a dog, that’s stupid”. Again it’s important to take any identity like being a Therian seriously instead of just being the punch line for a joke or gag.
As for the clothing I think the onesie would be incredibly cute and good to wear as well as the tail! Many therians wear tails, both real and faux fur ones, to feel connected to their identity and feel more comfortable. I’ve also known many therians who were things like jewelry with their theriotype on it, fake animal ears, t-shirts, rings, fur coats, earrings, pins/buttons, etc. Some also like collecting plushies or posters with their theriotype as well, or having stickers on their books or drawing them. Or if you’d prefer a more casual character design you could have a character who doesn’t wear any outward Therian gear and prefers to keep it low key. Both options are very valid and would be interesting to see!
But no matter what I’m sure your Oc is going to be amazing and I can’t wait to see them! Please tag me if you make any art or stories about them, or if you have any other questions feel free to ask again or DM me!
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piccolopapichulo · 2 months
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hi hello i see you have a db oc! very very cute
here is your official gush pass! I am interested to know more about her! DB ocs always end up being cool as heck and I love hearing about them!
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~sincerely, somebody who has like a whole second show's worth of DB OCs
OMYGOSH- ok, im excited, the thing is everything about my oc is pretty much a blur still, i have many ideas but im not 100% sure on anything!! this is her, for anyone who doesn know her yet
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first, the only thing i was sure of was the appearence. i wanted her to have blue-ish skin and pink hair, along with pointy ears.
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(kinda spired by them) i wasn't sure if she should be some kind of demon, or half demon half android! or something. the only thing i'm sure about is she is some kind of demon thing. she also started as just a self insert to draw with piccolo, but i also wanted her to be kind of her own thing! (this is why her hairstyle is pretty much the same to mine irl)
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i also thought of her personality when making her design, i wanted her to be like a mischevious demon, like a trickster in some way, with a morally gray nature so i gave her her characteristic eyebrows and made the outline of her eyes thicker, to give her that look i saw in other characters
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i also struggled with her outfit, i made a bnch of color variations until i decided for one lol
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another thing i struggled a ton with was her name. i wanted a name that could be normal for a character in dragon ball to have, but also felt unique. im still not sure on what to name her, for now she´s "Eudaemonia" or Dai for short (Eudaemonia argus it's a species of moth!) but im not 100% happy with it and if we're talking about her backstory.... i brainstormed many, many ideas. like, for some reason she was excilled from the demonn realm and reached earth but wasnt evil fo some reason, or she met someone who defeated her and changed her evil demon ways! or maybe she's half demon android (no idea how that would work) and was on earth to begin with? aaannd i think that's all, ty for reading my ramblings lol
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larkermarker · 7 months
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Some spooky month oc refs
Ok wooo this was a long time coming. I have 6 & 1/2 of these guys and I’ve tried to draw them all in the same style like three times. Tried to do this once last December and again in March. Got two of them done so far a few days ago.
I’ll start with some of the first characters I made (or headcanoned a design for) all the way back in November of 2022.
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Character info and some extra doodles below if you want :p
Levi Sulphur
My boy. My pride and joy. His initial character did a 180 from a grumpy college student to a college student struggling with what he wants to do with his life. Levi’s a sweet guy who is a bit socially awkward. He tries his best not to inconvenience anyone. Even if that includes burying his feeling so he’s not a bother. He’s there for other people if they need a shoulder to cry on. He does have a jealousy problem that he’ll never admit. Who wouldn’t be envious of all the people around him that have their life together when he doesn’t?
Levi doesn’t have a job but he lives with his dad and younger brother. He loves to game and watch movies, especially with his brother. The two of them have a close friendship. Levi volunteers for almost anything to get himself out there and to maybe meet new people. Volunteering at a special event a certain candy store was hosting may have also lead to him developing a big dumb crush on a certain clerk. He commonly gets mistaken for his uncle so Levi and the police are very well acquainted by now.
Ethen “CB” Sulphur
Yeah this is where the “6 and a half OCs” comes in. CB is just Costume Bob from the fifth episode that I’ve shoved a bunch of headcanons into. I gave him the name “Ethen” before we knew the background vamp guy was named Ethan. I didn’t want to change my hc name since he and Levi’s names are a play on the demon Leviathan. So I just refer to him as CB to make things less confusing.
The nickname CB in my hc came from his mom when he was younger. Nobody knows what it actually means besides her. And one could only try to guess since Mrs. Sulphur is no longer around. His personality is basically the same from the episode he originally appeared in. Just gave him an interest in demons and Mokey’s Show. Also he tries to help others around him but he ends up getting in trouble most of the time due to bad luck. Also his open book and defensive attitude doesn’t tend to help. He also doesn’t have many friends outside of his older brother and Susie. CB gets jealous over how well others can befriend his fellow peers when he struggles to fit in. CB has a grudge with the Hatzgang but can’t do much about since he’s older then the trio and doesn’t want to come across as petty against kids younger than him. No matter how much he wants to, especially with Roy, punt them into the sky. So overall he’s not a bad kid he just has terrible luck in general.
My hc is that for Halloween CB went as a demon from the Mokey Show’s Christmas specials. He doesn’t think much about his actions before he does them.
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himbosuplex · 2 months
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idk if anyone is interested in hearing about my digimon AU boys but
but if anything this serves to sort of hammer down some details about them since I'm going through the process of drawing all their main designs.
I originally came up with them when I was playing through the Cyber Sleuth games many years ago, and kind of connecting in my head different ideas from different medias approaches to Digimon and the Digital World.
The general premise is that in the Digital World, there is an entire subcommunity of Digimon that are - for all intents and purposes - professional fighters. They compete in different ranks of the Digital Colosseum, but unlike other tournaments, this is entirely organized by Digimon, for Digimon, with no humans involved. No human trains a competitor, there are no tamers, no Digidestined, it is part of the greater society of Digimon that just exist on their own without human intervention.
The focus is on four specific members of a faction (Taiji-gun/ 太極軍) that is managed and run by Dido, a Lilithmon. Most of the fighters in the faction are essentially rescues as opposed to scouted - some were abandoned, rescued from black market sellers, or other generally abusive situations. Eventually the plot branches out from the initial "tournament arc" to involve excursion into the human world as well as a looming threat that is corrupting Digimon's code.
The main stable
Cygnus
(Zurumon - Pagumon -PicoDevimon - Devimon - LucentVamdemon* ) *OC Alternate Form of Vamdemon from being converted to a "benign virus" during evolution.
Cygnus was hatched as a DigiEgg by a Tamer who was disappointed to have a Virus. He was tolerated as a baby, but upon evolving to Pagumon, his Tamer actively disliked him. His mischief, while generally less malicious than wild Pagumon, caused enough issues that shortly after evolving to PicoDevimon he was abandoned by his Tamer and their link severed. Dido found him while the athletes she managed were out on a wilderness training trip and she took him in before he could become cold-hearted and dangerous. He has trust issues and struggles to work with new team-mates and has a rather aggressive rivalry with Clione. He initially evolved to Devimon while in a "Friendly Fire" match against Clione, netting him the win but injuring Clione badly. His resulting guilt softened his attitude towards his teammate and their rivalry became much friendlier. He's missing a horn that was snapped off by a Devidramon. He and Clione are rarely apart from each other.
Clione
(Poyomon - Tokomon - Patamon - Angemon - HolyAngemon)
Unlike Cygnus, Clione has never had a Tamer - he was being sold in the black market Digimon trade to Tamers who wanted Digimon for illicit uses such as illegal hacking, "bait" monsters for Digimon training, or code disassembly. He was weak and shy early on and went unsold for so long he was marked for deletion, avoiding it narrowly when he was finally rescued. It took him quite awhile to break out of his shell, and not until the addition of a wild child PicoDevimon to the faction did he start developing a competitive drive. Clione has never felt as negative towards Cygnus as Cygnus did towards him early on, beyond annoyance at the other Digimon's aggressive need to compete with him. Even after being injured by Cygnus accidentally in a junior tournament, he still regards him with affection and finally evolves to Angemon when intervening to protect him from an attacking Devidramon. Unlike his peers, he doesn't stay in his Perfect or higher forms because it tires him out due to, as an Angemon, having a dramatically stronger natural power than most Digimon.
Regulus
(Punimon - Tsunomon - Elecmon - Leomon - BlackLeomon* - BanchoLeomon) *Regulus briefly is forced into an evolution to MadLeomon by corrupted data, going berserk for a time until he's neutralized into a variant of his original form.
Regulus, along with team-mate Bootes, was originally a bait monster for training up Digimon for the Digimon equivalent of dogfighting. Tamers and Hackers participating would often buy black market Digimon to use as living punching bags for their competing Digimon. Regulus was rescued when he was an Elecmon and due to his experiences has always been very stoic and humorless. He's the odd man out in the group of four due to his inability to build relationships, and it's not until he realizes how strongly Bootes feels about him that he starts to open up. His secret weakness is back scratches, which will get him to purr - something that he finds very embarrassing.
Bootes
(Pitchmon - Pukamon - Betamon - Ogremon - Etemon - MetalEtemon)
Bootes was a bait monster in the same fighting ring as Regulus and was rescued along with him. Habitually terrified as a baby, he began to develop a loud, obnoxious personality once he was rescued. He deeply admires and respects Regulus, who he views as both the perfect athlete and perfect opponent and wishes to be like him. When he makes a sudden change from aquatic Digimon to an Ogremon, Dido surmises it's due to his desire to be like and fight Regulus, and unintentionally embodies the natural rivalry that Ogremons and Leomons have towards each other. Even as an Ogremon (and later Etemon), Bootes loves water and swimming. Despite being a Virus type, he's incredibly friendly and loves his teammates, though none as much as he loves Regulus.
Perhaps once I'm done with the design documents of these guys I'll post more about other Digimon in their orbit.
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captain-melloartblog · 3 months
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🧠 For Copycat, and Cricket!
For copycat it’s her design and personality! I really do love drawing her and giving her most cat or frog like poses or expressions and drawing her most epic poses as she such fun character to draw as I enjoy writing out or Roleplaying her personality because she such an chill also fun and bugs bunny like character who chaotic and jerk but mostly can be sweet when she wants to be but mystery and creepy
For cricket it’s mostly because when I first made her awhile back she wasn’t blosc oc but just oc and she Vent oc, but later I wanted just change her Character give her interesting but really sad story about having family member you thought was role model and so some you trust only now find out they are not what they seem and never cared as she learns but also learn to fight for herself and struggle a bit but now stands up and know what she must do even finding love and new family beside family doesn’t mean blood, family can be with anyone and still have close bond that’s what happen to cricket who struggle and had worse childhood and life but she able fight back and get through and final was saved one person who literal put there life on line for her who was flirting but guy didn’t know better which was XR but the moment he met Cricket had no idea what do since he never put in this situation but he had change him which lead him saving cricket and giving her better life and never realize that he found love and that best feeling he ever had and cricket so thankful for him and giving her a life she always wanted which why love cricket for a character I made who has past I made but made me feel that her struggle is hard and world is tough place but best thing you can do is fight back and try to live
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briarbramble · 9 months
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Lil personal update I guess
So I’ve decided that I’m gonna build up a huge backlog of stuff to post for like AU’s, fanfic and my PMD vis dev project and stuff before posting it publicly (basically outside of discord or DMs with friends/mutuals) because uhh well I’ve realised that the second a lot of people like something I do and Expect things of me my brain immediately freaks the fuck out.
Especially because now I have actually quite a few skilled artists who follow me which feels… incredibly lucky? Like omg thank you but oh fuck I better not fuck this up kinda thing? I’m nervous every time I post in case I disappoint them and the other people who follow me.
I know that sounds really stupid but ahh I don’t know? I’m honoured such skilled people, people who skill that is like a personal, ultimate goal of mine, like my ideas and work so much, and I feel like I need to deliver on an unspoken promise I’ve given?It’s a strange feeling that’s hard to describe but I promise that it’s my own hang up, it’s nothing any of these people have personally done 😅
But basically when people Expect things of me my brain goes into task paralysis mode and it’s really hard to break out of it. My brain basically treats “fun thing I really want to do” as a demand and then pathologically avoids it despite me desperately wanting to do it! It’s an aspect of AuDHD executive dysfunction that is the bane of my existence and there’s not much I can do about it other than reduce how much perceived demand X task has.
It takes the wind out of my sails, makes my passion die when I don’t want it to and just leads to a bunch of unfinished/abandoned projects and disappointed people who like my work. And one of my goals this year is to either complete a project or complete a small segment of a project and even the latter goal I’m finding to be difficult.
So sorry people who want fic where I like… write about and explore Mineru as a character (we’re severely lacking here I know 😭) or people who followed me for PMD but it’s Breath of the Wild content, you might be waiting a little bit longer until I conclude specific ‘stages’ of the projects. Of which I’m working on different projects simultaneously to prevent my brain from getting bored of them.
If I end up having the flame die anyways and not finish anything then I’ll publish everything I’ve written and all my planning while being upfront that I might not go back to it because I know some of you will want to read/see it anyways!
This is also why I’m sadly not participating in Art Fight this year (but perhaps I will participate in NaNoWriMo since writing is WAY easier for me).
I’d absolutely love more than anything to do so, especially since I have a lot of spare time on my hands now for the first time in like… ever. It’s just so festive and fun? It’s great! But sadly my brain just short-circuits and doesn’t let me finish things. Perhaps one year if I manage to find a way to circumvent this problem then I can join in!
BUT! In the spirit of the art-giving season I’ll be randomly gifting free art of my mutual’s OCs or favourite characters to them since I still want to draw other people’s ocs and show my mutuals I appreciate them! Anyone waiting on a comm & promised gift art from for me is of course being prioritised! If I’m unsure if you’d want any art from me I’ll DM you to ask first before starting a drawing! So it won’t be completely out of the blue!
I’m just a very slow artist and I can’t keep up with a largish workload, I struggle with consistency and re-learning my skill as a painter & designer that had regressed has taken a toll on me as well as managing my chronic illness/disabilities, so I hope you all understand 💖
Thank you so much for sticking around and being patient, especially my friends who keep telling me to take my time! I am just endlessly grateful for all of you!
And thank you so much to the friends who let me write walls upon walls of text about my AUs, blorbos and art projects asjhdfhgd you are The Best!
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thygoddessouijathicc · 4 months
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so I have a little problem
lately I’ve been struggling a lot with my sona.
that may sound weird, surely I have a solid sona, what else could be the character on all my pfps designed to look like me.
funny thing, that’s not my sona (it was once and it kinda also isn’t NOT) that is an OC named Planchette who’s more of a self insert kinda but also not-? Planchette is complicated but the point is she isn’t a sona.
so what is my sona: simple answer. There’s multiple and I can’t choose between them.
you may have seen fishbowl Ouija floating around in art and stuff. Fishbowl is far closer to being my sona but the design is more symbolic and while fishbowl is undoubtedly me, as a sona she doesn’t really work as her design is a lot to be desired. While fishbowl will still be used… I am not a fishbowl by any stretch and it’s not a very solid design the outfit is usually just whatever I’m wearing.
another idea I’ve had is an anthropomorphic lizard. I am a lizard, this much is true. But no matter how I think of the lizard design I don’t overly like the look it’s too generic and weird. Not in that lizard personas are common more in that they aren’t for good reason lizards, especially the species I’d use (quince monitor) is hard, for me at least, to make look cool enough. It seems simply hard to draw and bland. Maybe I’ll figure this one out someday, however.
my finial main idea is mixed. Basically, a porcelain or rag doll. This one in terms of design is probably the strongest either way I go. It’s more distinct and marketable and a character. But it’s a bit weird and the context for drawing myself as a doll is actually very bad and not a way I want to present myself. It’s very much about not feeling like I am my own person and I don’t like it. But the design is cool and distinct. While fishbowl Ouija was first designed in a similarly negative connotation of feeling alone, it’s far different and far better than this.
I could also go for something much weirder in either something far more simplistic or going way over the top with a weird angelic statue look.
honestly this whole thing is confusing and upsetting me and I’d like some feedback
I’ve been considering using multiple sonas and switching based on context and mood.
So anyway- yeah- anyone got any advice on what the balls is going on?
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Welp, time to toss in my own ocs into the mix.
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Meet Adelynn Murphy and Alexis Angel everyone!
Adelynn is the main character for a fic I plan to write (unnamed for now), a sequel fic taking place nearly 50 years after the Dark Revival. While I'm writing, feel free to send me any asks regarding dear Adelynn and/or Alexis.
It's gonna be Bendy/Ink Demon x oc because I'm not normal about him.
[Notes for those who maybe can't read what I wrote under the cut]
Adelynn Murphy (26-ish years; she/her)
Adelynn is an animator for ArchGate Films working on the new 2022 Bendy series reboot. Despite being a usually silent and reserved person, she's got a close, almost familial relationship with the rest of the Bendy team, willing to fight for and alongside them in tough times. So when a company merger between ArchGate and tech giant "Innovation" threatens to sack the entire Bendy team in a mass company lay-off along with her boss having mysteriously vanished, Adelynn will have to return to an uncomfortable figure from her past in order to find her boss and save her team's and her's livelihoods.
She's gonna wish she hadn't gone back to him.
Can be intimidating.
A usually quiet person until you get her to talk about her interests, the she won't shut up
She is South African-American
Quite close with her boss
Fascinated with creepy characters (design-wise)
can get anxious quite easily
A monsterfucker in denial
Her favourite characters are Bendy and Alexis Angel
Alexis Angel (Ageless; she/her)
"Born for the stage and starlight, Alexis greets the stage with a coy wink and goofy smile, entrancing the audience and a certain lil' devil darling with her heavenly voice and blessed dance moves"
Alexis Angel was created as the love interest for the Dancing Demon himself for the 90s hit series "The Hellish Tales of Bendy the Dancing Demon". Despite getting mixed reactions during her debut, Alexis is remembered fondly nowadays and has amassed a massive cult following, which allowed her to return to the newest reboot.
Regardless of how one might feel about her, it cannot be denied that the chemistry between her and Bendy is electric!
....Almost like he got a say in what he wanted her to be like....
Sounds a little like Minerva Mink
Love Interest to Bendy
Competitive rival to Alice Angel
A lil' shit disguised as a femme fatale
Loves to dance, especially with Bendy
Main difference between Alexis and Alice is that Alice tries to stop Bendy from getting into trouble- Alexis is usually in trouble with him from the get go.
Ink Demon Approved
The Jessica to Bendy's Roger. Though far more mischievous they are both. Alexis loves Bendy with all her angelic heart.
Adelynn Angel (she/her)
....And like it always does, everything goes horribly wrong.
Adelynn is trapped in the world of the Ink Machine with 3 main goals in mind: Survive, Find her boss and Figure out what's going on. While doing that, she uncovers the past of her boss and the studio and even begins to grow close with some of the denizens of the Ink World, especially with a certain demon she struggles not to think about, considering he's as much in her head as she is in his head...
Oh she might definitely be catching feelings
A mix between her human form and Alexis Angel.
In a lot of pain from halo being forced attached to her skull and possibly brain.
Exhausted and Anxious
Felt too exposed in Alexis' normal outfit, found a coat to wear to cover up.
Draws to soothe nerves
Rarely speaks to anyone besides the voice in her head- which btw->
Is telepathically connected to the Ink Demon.
A bit of a story piece here: the first time she saw the Ink Demon in person, she was not afraid nor disgusted but fascinated and enchanted. She LOVES to draw him. She let it slip once that she was in love with his design and he hasn't been normal since.
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orbees · 1 year
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For @coccolithophore, answering those questions u sent last night for miss kitty!!!!
♥️- best memory
Oh good question several things come to mind w/ this one
Her first time on stage!!! Kitty's always been drawn to the limelight, u could even say its in her blood! not Dia sm, but rosabella, her other mother was a performer!!! More a singer than a dancer but kitty definitely inherited her singing ability :3
kitty took a lot of dance classes in her youth, and they were Always her favorite from the 383838 classes that she took! Kitty had quite the rigorous education growing up. Nothing less for dias princess 😤😤😤
Her first performance was for a ballet class!!! It was here she learned her love for the stage. Dia was there too, Dia was definitely the mom who Always showed up for her kids performances. But it rly stuck with kitty cause dias not much of a cryer but Dia shed a few tears then 🤧 reminded her sm of rosabella then
And speaking of Dia I think making up with her was another one of her treasured memories. It was complicated for a while there but kitty has always loved Dia, and missed her a lot when she was away from home... she just couldn't deal with Dia trying to dictate her life, and so for her to apologize, realize she was wrong, made it a lot easier to move pass that hurt and reunite with someone she loves
beyond thattt gjsngnd unforch I can't count meeting him and nat here because they met in rly. Dire circumstances. Their adventure was pretty grueling too they rly did get their asses kicked 😭 more so than the faerun squad and that's saying something!!! There were good times tho for sure!!! I think everything with leading the revolution against fortune farm is something she looks back on fondly because she felt she rly Accomplished something there, and came into her own as a leader!!!! She's always wanted to stand on her own outside of dias shadow so being able to do something like that was rly important to her.
I think too discovering Ixalan was pretty big for her similar reasons, tho very different ones than nat. She def recognized the academic value but for her it was more personally fulfilling in the sense that it was something she set out to do, and accomplished, and it definitely wasn't something just anyone could do!!!! Oh yeah I'd say saving the world is a pretty good memory too 😹 #girl
🍕- favorite food
Red velvet cake!!!!!
🧠 - what is something you like about this oc?
there's lots I love about kitty!!! Some of it the same as arahana, just that she represents all the memories I made with my Beloved dnd squad 🥰 but also I rly like kittys design and aside from her fucking horns she's rly fun to draw. It helps a lot that she's got that lovecore aesthetic and I am a lovecore bitch. I love how her relationship with Dia & Razul developed 🥺 and the bonds she forged with Nat and Him... her Besties... I've mentioned this b4 but I also rly like that she's so strongly associated with love & romance imagery but struggles a lot w/ intimacy. It's something I def wanna explore more with her. I love her strong sense of will too, especially when it blows up on her face lol some of the most fun I had with kitty was roleplaying her Losing just because she Hates it sm and rly shakes things up for her. She's a great character and one of my faves for sure!!!!
Ty for asking!!!!
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rockynfriends · 2 years
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Hey everyone,
Mod Cleo here, and I’ve come to make an announcement.
No, not that one.
Rockynfriends started as “dailyrocketchu” back on June 2nd, 2017. At the time, I was friends with someone on Tumblr who ran a Mewtwo blog. I was running a whole Mario fanfic site at the time, so I’d created a Tumblr account and I reached out to them to see if they wanted to collaborate. They told me that I should try my hand at Pokemon blogging. I replied that I didn’t really know how to draw, and would not feel qualified to run an ask blog. They replied that I should give it a whack, and that I’d figure out what I wanted to do along the way.
I was studying cinematography and filmmaking then, so I was used to having a camera. I realized I needed a character who would be capable of multiple expressions, without me having to draw all of them. I searched my brain for Pokemon that had been represented in a physical form many times so that I’d be able to take advantage of those expressions, and of course, settled on Pikachu, the ubiquitous Pokemon mascot. Plushie acquired, character design figured.
But how to make him unique?
It’s hard to believe, but at the time I really didn’t know anyone had created Team Rocket Pikachu OCs. I wasn’t a part of fandom culture growing up due to living in a fairly conservative household and really only having one pop culture passion. So I thought I was doing something unique-ish by introducing Rocky, a Pikachu in Team Rocket who I planned to portray as a bumbling goofball villain, utterly failing at actual mischief.
That lasted two weeks, before @sometimesampharos, in conjunction with @adventuresquadharmony, made me realize that Rocky really shone when he was a clueless sweetheart, rather than an ill-meaning comedic relief.
I taught myself more editing and photography techniques, interacting with other blogs and inviting asks. My first photos were done on a flip phone because yes, I really WAS that behind the times. I was always limited by the fact I couldn’t draw other folks’ PokeOCs, and I do think that this probably meant some blogs ignored Rocky, but at the same time he managed to develop some close friends, and as he became closer to characters, I began to befriend their mods. Cynthia and Cassiopeia joined the team, and they helped round out his personality with their own unique attributes. I had a small cast of developing characters and the beginnings of a story.
One day, after a particularly discouraging interaction where I was dismissed for my lack of illustrative capacity, I received a contact from @duskffyart. They wanted to collaborate. I couldn’t believe my luck, and frankly, I still can’t. I not only found someone who could illustrate the emotions and situations I had imagined, but who could temper my wackier ideas and introduce ideas of their own. Rocky became more fleshed out still, and gained a little brother, as his friends became his family. All the while the Pokeblog community continued to evolve (ha) and while some blogs went away, others remained, and still others befriended Rocky all over again. We wrote a long, complex narrative, and eventually did a reboot that, in retrospect, signaled the beginning of the end, though we didn’t know it yet.
A lot happened in my life since Rocky became a part of it. I’ve found out I’m actually a woman. I’ve traveled to several countries, found a new career, lost friends, gained friends. I’ve started a Twitch channel, bought a house and a car, and finished college with flying colors. I lost my dad to a heart attack, underwent betrayal from people with religious affiliations, grappled with the effects of a pandemic that’s STILL ongoing, struggled with self-loathing and insecurity, and more than once, wondered if my life was really doing any good for anyone.
If you told me when I started this blog what life had in store, I would not have believed you. But Rocky, Cass, Cynthia, and Riley have all, in some measure, been there for me through all of it. They mean a lot to me, but lately I’ve felt that I’m going through the motions.
That’s not because of metrics, by the way. Rocky never broke 750 followers at any point. I’m told that’s a small audience -- and yet some of the kindness that it showed to me is impossible to forget. No, my exhaustion comes down to the fact that the story has been mostly written, but thanks to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, life has not allowed us to execute on it.
If Rocky and his family did anything for anyone reading this, I hope it was good. In a way, we’re one of the last ‘old guard’ Pokemon blogs, and I realize that shutting off means we’re one page closer to the end of a whole chapter in this community.
It’s been a serious privilege to do this. I don’t discount for a moment the absolute joy I’ve felt at times working on this, and my co-mod is a delight to work with. I look forward to continuing our collaboration on other things.
I’m also not saying that the gang will never come back...but if they do, it’s unlikely to be on this blog. I think they’d deserve a fresh place to begin.
The goal was always to make people smile. If you’re reading this, thanks for making it to the end. I know I get verbose. No words are going to be enough to really say how much this all means to me, and it’s not easy admitting I need to move on. But I hope to look back on this fondly as the longest continuing project, besides my self, of course, that I’ve ever worked on, and I hope that, even if it was just for a few seconds every couple of days, that we brought a little extra light into your life.
Take care, everyone!
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nerdylittleguy · 1 year
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OCTONAUTS AND STAR TREK AU
okay so before i go crazy and completely into what now consumes my life (transformers) i would like to show anyone who's out there something i mentioned - my octonauts and star trek crossover! it's basically a story where the crew of the octopod are actually star fleet officers who get stranded, due to some unknown stellar phenomenon, in the gamma quadrant, and very similarly to voyager, they have to make their own way back - it's a much shorter route, but they also end up running into the dominion, have lots of first contacts etc etc. i didn't think up much of the story part - yet?, only some of the beginning, perhaps up to being stranded in the gamma quadrant.
however, i did make some designs for characters etc using picrews! i couldn't be asked to draw much in those days. the maker is https://picrew.me/image_maker/608028 btw :)
i will write more ideas i have about the characters later in this post :)
first, barnacles!
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kwazii!
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peso: now, i had two designs - my first one ended up looking like a vulcan, but i wanted him to be a human character, so i redesigned it. then i realised that i hadn't designed any non-human characters, and started thinking about which characters could be vulcans, klingons etc, but then transformers snuck up on me... i think.
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shellington:
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dashi:
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tweak: (not particularly fond of this design)
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and inkling! he also got two designs.
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huh. looks like he was an ex borg at some point... ugh, i do not remember :(
and here are my octonauts style drawings of them :)
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but no matter how i reshuffled the crew, i'd always be one man short or in the wrong place! i couldn't have the vegimals running the security department??? they'd probably set the whole ship on fire!
enter my OC, Lotus! head of security :) she's very tired, her job is very demanding, especially when you're stuck in the gamma quadrant, but she loves the crew. my favourite animal is a fennec fox, so she's based off of those!
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and now, for a little bit of context! what was going through my head??
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there's a page from my diary/ notebook, detailing some of my ideas if you can read my handwriting... the idea was that their ship would still be called 'the explorer', formally, but is known to its crew as the octopod due to the large domes on the saucer section of the ship. as a matter of fact, i'd always plan to say this was the second octopod - the first looked like the iconic one from the series and was a mobile base for scouting aquatic worlds. both were designed by tweak.
and now, a transcript of that page! if you can understand my writing, i'm glad, i struggle to read it sometimes!
the USS Explorer is a vessel designed specifically for exploration and firsts contact situations. nicknamed the Octopod for the additional domes on the saucer section, it was designed by tweak.
the domes (pods) of the USS explorer are; 1 airponics bay (note: as in, what kes had in voyager. basically a garden), 1 extra science lab/ observatory, 2 advanced sensor arrays, 2 extra weapon emplacements, 1 reinforced conference room, 1 reinforced 'bar' area (10 forward) (note: like the one from picard's enterprise)
still from that page:
who the octonauts characters are in the star trek universe:
barnacles - basically picard, a model captain
kwazii - very similar to tom paris. after he and his grandfather adventured around a bit, he joined SF (note: my abbreviation for star fleet) and is well-known as a pilot
peso - always wanted to help people and see new things, so SF was an obvious choice.
tweak - always outdoorsy/ adventurous and had a love for inventing; wanted to explore and work with machines at the same time and loved the idea of joining SF. served with B(arnacles) when they were both ensigns on their first assignments
dashi - loved different communication methods as a child, from sign languages to images to verbal languages. at school, her teachers mentioned she might enjoy she might enjoy working in SF with communications. though it was difficult, dashi stuck with it and became an expert, sent into unknown territories to assist with first contact situations
shellington - always loved exploring and learning about different creatures, phenomenons etc. as he'd consumed much of terran knowledge, he decided to expand his knowledge and join SF
inkling - bit mysterious (note; translation, i had no idea what to do!). he joined SF possibly out of boredom, but is now committed to exploration and helping people.
vegimals - some eggs were discovered by shellington on and unexplored planet in an incubator. shellington, believing them to be normal eggs, hatched them. imagine his shock at them being flora/ fauna hybrids...
end of transcript.
now, i did have many more ideas, but i only remember them vaguely, and this is just about all i wrote down! there is another part of my notebook where i write a start to the story, where the octopod sets out to the gamma quadrant from ds9 - it seems sisko and barnacles used to be friends at SF academy :)
hey, if you like this idea, take it and run! write something, fill in the gaps, go crazy! credit me if you want, but i'm not particularly fussed. and if you've read to here, whether you wanna do something with these little ideas or not, hoped you enjoyed the read :))
live long an prosper!
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sillyroundkatie · 1 year
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Who the hell is this glamorous devil (De Vil)??
(OC info under the cut!)
Disturbia De Vil | She/Her | Femme Lesbian | Human | Old | 193 cm / 6'4" | Australian "British" Disturbia is a world-reknowned extravagent fashion designer. She's also Clayton's cousin, and they're both as weird and wildly eccentric as eachother (though granted, Dissy is a bit less dreadful). Though they both struggled together through their poor Australian upbringing in the middle of nowhere, Dissy admired the grace and beauty of old Hollywood stars like Tallulah Bankhead, and soon decided she wanted to rewrite her own history into one more palatable. Dissy spent her youth forging herself into the very image of an eccentric heiress - and has built a matching fashion haus from the ground up to match. Dissy loves fashion, models, and photography, and really, really wants to trick you into thinking she's British. Her current persona and history may be entirely manufactured and her old true beginnings erased, but that hardly makes the performance any less impressive. They simply don't make divas like they used to. Common activities/hobbies: Name a vice and Dissy likely has it, she loves to drink, smoke, and dabble in illegal substances. It is a wonder her heart hasn't given out. Otherwise, she does genuinely enjoy designing clothes, and surrounding herself with models. Gaslight, Gatekeep, Gilfboss <3 Setting: Lives in modern day, jet-setting around various fashionable locales. Clothing style: Disturbia dresses like fur never fell out of public favour, and if not fur, then leather. She wears her own designs, all of which are her usual brand of quirked up crazy old rich lady. You can draw them with:
Clayton (cousin) - Disturbia and Clayton seem like a terrible pair, but they actually get along as well as Clayton can get along with anyone. They haven't seen eachother for a very long time (~40 years?) since their youth, but manage to reconnect later on. Dissy always tolerated Clayton's strangeness, and Clayton always tolerated Dissy to the best of her ability. Neither is particularly surprised at the life path the other has ended up on.
Mickey (Personal assistant, partner) - Disturbia didn't want to be outdone by her cousin having so many associates, so she decided to get one of her own. Mickey is her faultlessly loyal assistant, and honestly irreplaceable. Disturbia enjoys her unwavering devotion, and also finds her cold aloofness charming. A perfect little PA. Dissy also finds it hilarious when people assume Mickey is her daughter, rather than her romantic partner. She likes the scandal at the age gap of it all, dahling.
Additional stuff to keep in mind: Old old old woman Some random trivia:
The white stripe in her hair is the result of a childhood mistake in a stupid hair dyeing request she made to Clayton. She used much stronger toxic chemicals than a normal person would, and the resulting strip was permanent.
She has trained herself to have a flawless transatlantic accent, to replace her old Australian one.
She is deathly afraid of bugs and arachnids.
There is no way you could have possibly guessed this, but she saw 101 Dalmatians in 1961 and irreparable damage was done to her psyche.
She's not as harmless as she seems, she knows how to shoot a shotgun and hunting rifle. Further information and images etc can be found at her Toyhouse page at the link below!: Disturbia's Toyhouse!
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tastelessblogginz · 9 months
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FUCK YEAH DANGAN OC TIME!!!!!
I think she’s definitely one of my oldest danganronpa ocs who I still remember, and one of the main reasons she’s stuck w me so much is because her old design looked way too much like mahirus, so today I went ahead and attempted redesigning her, and I’m really proud of the result!!
Quick warning: by pressing READ MORE you are therefore going to be exposed to the ramblings of someone who has nothing better to do with their free time rather than explain every tiny detail & reason for their design change, you have been warned.
First off, I’d like to start this off with a really shitty drawing of her old design
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After quite a bit of digging, I found a few signatures from some of my friends at the time and they’re all around October of 2019, so this was drawn approximately 3-4 years ago.
Design Choices
When comparing the old vs the new design, one of the main features I wanted to change was her role in the story, as you can spot in her old design, she originally had an ahoge, meaning that I most likely wanted her to be the protagonist of the story I was planning. However, due to an idea I’ve had for her character which otherwise she wouldn’t really be able to accomplish with that role, I’ve transferred the ahoge to one of my other ocs, who may or may not make an appearance in the near future!!
Another thing which really bugged me about her old design was the hairstyle, don’t get me wrong, ponytails are cute!! But to me it just felt a bit too plain when combined with her personality, and so I wanted to change it to the bubble braids she currently has, mainly because she’s characterised to be really social & bubbly, and so I wanted to try and incorporate that into her new design.
Finally, the biggest noticeable change about her, her clothing. The main reason I so desperately wanted to change it was simply because it felt way too mahiru & even when I first designed her, the outfits felt way too similar in my mind but I tried to brush it off, well not this time!! For her new outfit, I still wanted to keep the whole school uniform vibe, but this time I wanted to take some inspiration from kogal fashion, but if anything this is just more of my love for gyaru fashion than anything 😭😭
Backstory
I’m gonna be completely honest here, her backstory actually kinda came to me whilst I was writing the design choices bit, so bare with me if it’s a bit lacklustre. Originally, Kei had applied for hopes peaks entrance exams as one of the reserve course students, however, during the entrance exams, something about Kei stood out to the staff of hopes peak academy. In all of her test scores, she had managed to score way below average in everything apart from mathematics, in which she managed to get full marks for. And to only further this achievement, Kei had actually fallen asleep part way through the maths exam, with half an hour to spare. Therefore, the talent scouts of hope’s peak academy took a keen interest in her and brought her in for further examinations, mainly to check that she hadn’t cheated on anything. This time, they gave her a university level maths paper, in which many people within the maths field struggle to get a decent pass on, and yet once again, she had managed to score full marks & with some time to spare. Once hope’s peak realised they had an ultimate in their hands, they immediately contacted Kei’s parents to tell them the good news, and with that, she had been transferred into hope’s peak’s main course.
Personality
Like I mentioned in the design bit, Kei is a very sociable teenage girl who is willing to strike up a conversation with anyone, however, a lot of the people around her may find her to be obnoxious, as she often accidentally boasts about her ultimate, finding it idiotic how some people find math’s difficult, and can go on many random tangents about her own life, often trying to relate other people’s experiences to her own, yet this is more of her way of trying to show support for someone.
Despite her overconfidence when it comes to maths problems, she struggles intensely when it comes to other subjects, often times resulting on cheating as her only option, and even then scoring terribly low. Despite her low grades in Japanese, she does actually have a keen interest in books; romance novels especially, as she loves listening to them as she works, one of her all-time favourites being ‘So lingers the ocean’
After reading that book, she has become increasingly “boy-crazy” and often times develop crushes incredibly quickly & even tends to fawn over some of her male classmates, however, she doesn’t actually get crushes on people, and she doesn’t actually understand that you can’t choose who you like, and so she will become incredibly confused when one of her friends complain about developing a crush on someone, as she doesn’t really get why they don’t just “pick someone else”
I might add some more to this later on but I’m Gonna be honest I’m really tired rn, so I’m gonna go to sleep 😭😭
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agentshipzine · 10 months
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Submitting your OCs couples for promotional posts is something we started so we could show off different ships, more than just those from us and our friends, and to bring the spotlight to more people than just our future contributors. During our Interest Check we asked if people would like to participate and be okay with this and we received a 80%~ positive response, so we followed through. If the results were different we wouldn't have opened them. It is not mandatory to submit them nor will it affect your future application as it is noted in the respective form. The people who submitted their OCs understand that and in any given moment they can withdraw their consent given to us to draw their OCs.
We cannot, unfortunately, guarantee everyone a place in the zine, nor that their OCs will even be drawn in the first place. This is due to the amount of time, organization and work it entails not just for us hosts, but for everyone. We assure you, if it was possible, we would love to have everyone on board! We are and will do more events like this to let people to show off their OCs in some way if they didn't get in. We think the art and posts we share on our social media accounts are as important as the zine itself!
At the end of the day, "Classified Love" is a free zine meant to celebrate the Splatoon community, especially those involved in OC agent shipping, and we want to keep it that way as much as possible! We hope this addresses all of your concerns.
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jirachibaby · 2 years
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Hi I really like your 3d art!! If it's okay for me to ask, do you have any tips for doing that kind of 3d work without drawing? I saw you said you haven't really drawn in a long time and I don't know how to draw (I've been trying to learn but it's hard ;__;) and most of the tutorials I see online for modeling characters and stuff use reference images that the person drew?? Ty for reading even if you don't have advice ^^ love your art ✨️ 💖
Aw gosh. Firstly thank you <3
Drawing IS hard. I would definitely recommend learning at least the foundational drawing and design principles before tackling 3D art, because it will make your learning process so much easier I promise. This includes fundamentals like figures, forms, lighting and shadow, shapes and shape language, ect. You dont need to be a master or anything, just having some background knowledge of how things work visually is necessary for creating anything appealing!
My best advice: shapes. Shapes are everything. When I was taking drawing classes, my teacher wouldn't tell us how to draw something, he would tell us what shapes we could use to build the forms. Cylinders, spheres, boxes all stacked together to make something recognizable.
You don't need to know how to draw to get into modeling! The recent models I've shown didn't have more than concept art references I made years ago, which weren't used to help with the modeling itself. I didn't draw anything new to guide my modeling process for those guys.
Another thing, learning how to visualize things in 3D will absolutely improve your drawing skills by leaps and bounds! So you can always go back and forth between learning how to model a simple object and then using that model as a drawing reference to practice.
Start simple. I know it's tempting to jump into trying to model your OC in 3D straight away, but you need to learn the fundamentals of your program first. I highly recommend doing the Donut Blender tutorial on youtube (it's the best tutorial out there to teach the important stuff, hands down)
Once you're ready to start on your own unique model, grab references, inspiration images, watch tutorials and see how others go about making their models.
Finally, if you ever find yourself struggling and you really want a reference image to guide you and don't think you're up to drawing one yourself, you're welcome to use this one I sketched up for one of my first modeling attempts! Just be sure to watch a simple character modeling tutorial first so you understand how to set up and use references like these.
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(This goes for anyone who would like to 3D model and want to use this as a reference, please just give me credit if you share this image in any way!)
It was a challenge to model but I learned a lot in the process. It was good practice, even if the end result will never see the light of day.
I hope some of this advice resonated with you or helped even a little! I'm always thrilled to be able to inspire others to pursue new passions or art forms. I hope you will share some of your work with me in the future, I'd love to see what you create and how you grow!
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sleidog · 11 months
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2, 4, 9, 12, 14 for Slei!
Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind?  Nope! slei was the first within his little group that i designed, I just knew i wanted a handsome rougeish himbo [originally he looked a bit different, given he has the makeover kit hair/face but the general idea was still the same] previously me and stu had been playing with my charr Cal and his human, Des, who was originally commander in our shared canon, but stu hates playing mesmer, especially after the slog that was HoT at release, so we ended up writing it into the story that slei took over as commander since i had no problem getting through story instances with a ranger! that didn't influence his physical appearance at all though, he developed independently :> his personality was originally a bit more mean and aloof [to uh, keep people at arms length because outlaw stuff is dangerous and he doesn't want them hurt] but he turned into more of a traditional 'loves his friends' robin-hood type In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts?  probably his general upbringing! growing up in the grove for the first 2-3 years of his life led him to resent it a bit, but his mentors kept him back because of his head-in-the-clouds behavior possibly making him a liability outside of the grove- instead he worked in starbower as a waiter for his first few years, eventually leaving to see the world when his mentors thought he had enough life experience for it. buuut when slei did leave the grove, he saw everything happening, refugees due to all of the problems going on with the risen being displaced with no homes and not much help either. so- he ends up drifting around trying to figure out how to assist and falls in with a small gang based in lions arch. originally, this gang wasn't as... moral, as slei ends up running it when he fights the original leader to take charge and make things run better. being in that position and seeing people with nothing struggle along with no help made him eventually decide that he's done fine with nothing, so he can help them. he steals from the better off and never disadvantages anyone through theft, and more importantly! never kills anyone. Are they based off of you, in some way?  in a small way, slei is much more passive than i am, i think! we're similar in that we'd go out of our way to make someone else happy, even at our own expense [i don't do this as much anymore, i have a bit more self love now 😂] BUT i do still get great joy out of doing things for other people, just not to the point where i'm hurting myself because of it, which slei absolutely still does, he's the commander after all, his life doesn't matter if he can save the majority What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: writing, drawing, edits, etc.)?  2 things! his hair is very complex and sometimes drawing it with the right weight and flow is hard, and writing him, i often forget to include his 'accent' and how he drops his 'g's and shortens some words, he sounds very casual If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?  in a sense of things to keep in mind when interacting with/drawing slei, it's that he's an absolute behemoth of a sylvari by normal standards, he's huge, not unnaturally huge [no shade to anyone with very big sylvari, but putting this within the game's general bounds] but he's definitely a head turner and towers over most by more than a few inches. second, he's surprisingly careful and delicate in his actions, he's not a big cumbersome guy, his actions and moves are very precise and deliberate, and that comes from working with animals and being a ranger in general and needing to sit and wait for the perfect shot
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