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Character Sheets and character creation →
When creating a character, there’s a lot of questions you ask yourself. Whether it’s an original character or one you’ve been playing for a long time, using a character sheet to get to know your character better can always be a nice idea. With its help, you’ll be able to think about things you didn’t necesarily thought about, and ask some important questions to yourself that might activate your character’s voice, or help you to get your muse back with them. Everyone has their favorite character sheets, some people prefer to have a lot of questions, some others like it a bit more vague, so here’s a masterlist of the character sheets I found on various websites and found quite interesting, plus some other things that could be used to help you see, for example, how other character view yours.
Blank Character Sheet (+370 Questions)
Abridged Character Sheet (100 Questions)
Big-Ass Character Sheet
Character Creation Form
Character Sheet by Jody Hedlund
Creating a character Bio Sheet
Character Analysis Worksheet
100 Character Development questions for writers
Create a Character Profile
Character Development Worksheet
Original Character Bio-Sheet
Character Chart for Fiction Writers
A Character Chart By Charlotte Dillon
Fiction Writer’s Character Chart
Detailed Character Sheet
Character Sheet Template
Character Twenty-Question Worksheet
In-Depth Character Sheet
Character Worksheet
Character Interview Sheet (First Person)
Background Questionnaire (First Person)
Characters Perceptions (How do other people perceive your character?)
A lot of questions to develop your character here
(23/05 Edit) Character Traits Meme
With these sheets, you could also try to find your character’s Jung and Enneagram Type or use the Moral Alignment tool. All of these things can be really useful to get a better grip on a character.
Then, if you’re trying to create a character, and do not have many ideas, or get stuck, I’d suggest for you to roam around TVTropes, which gives you a lot of tropes used for character creation. Maybe you could try to mix a few of these and create an original character?
Or, if you’re a skillful writer and know how to make your character different from another, make a list of characters in fiction you happen to find interesting and why. Try to keep it short. Then, maybe, try to mix and match things from two or three characters, take a character and change their backstory, to see what would change. Play with them to inspire yourself and create something new, original and truly yours.
Oh, and here’s a little guide to Mary-Sues and OCs, just in case you want to make sure your character isn’t going to become a Mary-Sue or a Gary-Stu
And last but not least, this article about building fictional character definitely seemed interesting to me, and is full of many other links that could guide you during the creating of your character and help you file one of these sheets.
With Black redesigns, do you have opinions on interpreting crazy spiky anime hair (like Dragon Ball or Yu Gi Oh) as styled/shaped afros? I can't remember seeing it done that much, but recently there's been a few posts going around by donutsbagels that show all kinds of more elaborate hairstyles, including spiky ones that really reminded me of those anime styles! I think i really like the idea of the hair's silhouette being carried over on some redesigns, especially when it's particularly distinctive. But are there still some things to keep in mind? Like how to still make the hairstyle read as Black hair?
Go for it 👍🏾 @phoenix-before-the-flame has a short instructional on how to reconsider design during Black edits, if you want to refer to that!
I went looking to check whether I'd already seen the post that @creatingblackcharacters mentioned (I had), and while searching for it remembered a whole bunch of other resources that might be useful for you, Anon. So!
First, the short instructional that CBC was directing you to.
While I was looking for that, I also saw another question that they answered specifically about hair when doing redesigns!
Also, as CBC has said before, it's good to look at examples of how Black people draw themselves, to get an idea of how to stylize art without being disrespectful. (It usually comes up when folks ask about Black coding and/or furries, but it applies here, too. Especially with how racist anime can be sometimes.) So in that vein, here's two compilation posts from @phoenix-before-the-flame of some redesigns they've done.
Plus another compilation post I've seen before by @kenmaiii, of different ways they've drawn multiple types of hairstyles.
(Both of them have pinned posts for commissions by the way! Go check them out if you can!!)
For an even broader range of art styles, CBC often shares posts by Black artists on here, so you can check out that tag for more!
(For this link, I'll note that not everyone who has participated in these has been Black, but) the Draw This in Your Style events that CBC has been running are also full of good examples of how to adjust a character's design, focused on one specific character every couple weeks. And before that, she ran the Melanin Beam Challenge, which was a sort of free-for-all where folks submitted whatever character(s) they chose to do!
Going beyond just what CBC has directly shared and/or done as specific challenges, you can also search the "Black edit" tag on here. A lot of folks have been editing or redrawing a whole bunch of characters (anime and otherwise) to be Black for a long while!
If you have an easier time learning from guided tutorials, CBC recently got an ask sharing a book you can get that is specifically How to Draw Diverse Manga! My copy hasn't arrived, so I don't have detailed feedback yet, but you can check reviews on different sites to see whether that might be something you want to check out.
If you like or prefer videos, @naylissah (who has made some amazing picrews!!) has some excellent tutorials over on her youtube, both for specific hairstyles as well as broader character design thoughts!
Also also, Anon, your last question was partly answered (for styles you choose to do as a shaped afro, rather than as locs/braids/etc.) in the last image for Part 3 of the @donutsbagels series of posts you mentioned, if you've not seen all four of them yet! (The bottom of each posts links to the next in the series, if you've not clicked through all of those.) There are other ways to handle it depending on your art style, but it boils down to learning how to draw Black hair texture (and other features).
Expanding on that, you can do some research on natural hair sculpting to get an idea of what various cool hair silhouettes might look like in the real world. She's a Solar Being is very popular and incredibly creative with the hair sculpts she's done (and sometimes makes or shares 2d and 3d art that she's inspired folks to make), but you can also just search around the internet to find other examples!
Finally, whether you're new here or have been around a while, don't forget to (re-)check out CBC's syllabus! She's got several lessons about hair and drawing (and writing and thinking). They contain links to even more tutorials, plus resources and info about some basic types of hairstyles. Knowing what they're called will help make it easier for you to do your own further research, and find even more inspiration!
Absolutely wonderful reply with resources & information i highly agree with! Just wanted to add a little bit as well as someone that's done a decent amount of Black edits/Redraws/Re-imagines over the years also. ^-^
For me, the main thing i consider when trying to translate what would work is considering the original style itself (of course) then figuring out:- -how can i more-or-less make the same shape/silhouette for the character and carry that over? (which is good that it's something that's being kept in mind already!) -what style might be fitting and/or functional for the character themselves in that universe or setting (and you dont necessarily need to follow 'realistic' rules too closely obviously. i feel like a lot can be done with our hair regardless in a lot of awesome rule defying ways) *even just freeballin it and being like 'i think they would look good with this' even if it doesnt necessarily match the silhouette is fine too, i think the most important part is Would They Rock This Style -what texture might that be, since of course that can come in many different variations
The first time I attempted doing this with Sampo i wanted to follow the swoops in his hair as best as possible. Then i realized locs weren't particularly working for me and i switched it up to twists!
It mostly still follows the same hair flow and I feel it works better! plus its just very fun to render.
Another example is when I wanted to draw Choso. The first thing to come to mind was two puffs. I mean... cmon. This doesnt mean that other styles wouldn't work, but it's still good to think about what would be emulated onto the character. Everyone's gonna have different ideas even if we can agree on some!
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Among many other examples:-
ABSCOND DELIRIUM, is a choose-your-own-adventure about the person who dies when a girl is born: what choice do you have?
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A choose-your-own-adventure about the person who dies when a girl is born: what choice do you have?
All credits to myself, made for an assignment meant to inspire conversation about something you care about through your illustration.
"Tutorial" on how to "draw" a blind OC.
My kofi
Boring tired disclaimer: Keep in mind that this is an introductory "drawing" "tutorial" and has some generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People. Which happens to be true for everything in general. Links below so that you can research and do a nuance. Ones that were directly mentioned are bolded.
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Back from my birthday hiatus, and um, wow... was not expecting this kind of overwhelmingly positive reaction to a simple QRT about how we used Dissolve Mode in our BG paintings on Carol and the End of the World (see last image) - since people seemed to have enjoyed that so much, I thought I'd put all the pages of the Carol and the End of the World BG Paint style guide I drafted in one post! TBH I'd been meaning to do this for awhile but kept forgetting since I have it in a different folder than the BG paintings themselves... I believe all the paintings are mine and all the designs are by Alex Myung unless otherwise noted. I wrote this pretty early on pre-vis, so some of these guidelines got a little massaged during production, but the broad strokes are definitely still there! This wasn't the only style guide on the show BTW! A couple of our other leads Alex Myung and Kal Athannassov also put together a BG and Character Design style guide that are super cool - unfortunately I don't have the files myself (nor would I feel comfortable posting work that's not mine) nor do I think they've posted them yet, so if you two were looking for a sign to do so, this is it!! Now you have everything you need to paint like a Caroler - thanks for looking!! Showrunner: @dan-guterman Art direction: @ellemichalka
Here are 543 images (1.5GB) of items at the Philadelphia Museum of Art arms and armor exhibit You're free to use them for anything, even c
casual reminder that this museum has their entire collection digitized and available free for public use: https://art.thewalters.org/ and they have armor/weapons there
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they warp. they fade. they're eaten away by time and rot until they're unrecognisable. we inter them in mausoleums of albums and frames to preserve them, but this only slows the inevitable process. they're relics of a moment that will never exist again, and in capturing them in an attempt to prolong their memory, we only invite ourselves to witness their decay. a camera is a medium for communing with ghosts.
i have a concept id like to execute and i have no idea how ill do it but i hope it hurts
might make a lyric comic for the first time in centuries
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Wild horses running through your hollow bones.
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i do need to clean up a lot on my account.. pinned post, icon, bio etc. have not used this seriously in a while but i keep thinking about how i should
will you consider releasing your zenin twins comic publicly, now that entwined is closed?
ooo yes for sure!
I haven’t posted to tumblr in a while or thought on any zine stuff in a bit just between school and health stuff keeping me busy usually. And I think with sharing art too its always taken a lot of social effort out of me so it ended up being the first thing I let fall to the wayside. (though ive been posting school stuff on insta just out of convenience. despite liking tumblr more)
ty for asking about it though its really really nice actually that someone wants to see something that I did so long ago that I still do feel very proud of :’] I will def post it either today or tomorrow now that youve reminded me!!
digital artists, im curious on what you PRIMARILY use + put in the tags how long you've been doing digital art
Non-display tablet (no screen ie. intuos pro)
Display tablet (w/ screen, standalone monitor, NOT an ipad)
Smart tablet with flagship stylus (ie. iPad with the apple pencil)
Smart tablet with 3rd party "smart(?)" stylus (ie. logitech crayon)
Smart tablet with generic stylus or finger (the ones w the rubber tips or disc)
Phone with generic stylus or finger
Phone with a smart stylus (ie. adonit)
Tablet computer (wacom mobile studio, surface pro, etc. Running a desktop OS)
mouse
trackpad
I use something else! (put in tags)
I'm not a digital artist
if you use multiple, pick the one you use the most, not your preferred one.
Bro, my unyielding loyalty towards you is totally normal and healthy, I swear. It's just that it's definitely my duty to rip out your enemies throats with my bare teeth. You are the love of my life and I am your most valuable tool. Each night, I fantasize about dying in your arms, covered in blood, and then I close my eyes one final time, satisfied because I can feel your fingers on my face as I take my last breath. Haha anyways