A little surprise for @aliasmisc! I absolutely adore your OCs, so I ended up reading through their lore, and Garrett is such an adorable character. I honestly couldn't think of a reason not to draw him >:]
Just wanna say that every single one of your OCs is amazing. They're all so cool! How do you keep coming up with such awesome characters
GAH! Thank you so much I’m glad to hear it!
Ironically, I often struggle with initially designing chatacters, but find redesigning and working on pre-existing designs super fun, haha.
Here’s some tips on how I approach designing characters though!
My general suggestion is setting limitations! Because of how I set up my OCs’ world it makes it easier for me, but these are the loose guidelines I try to follow:
- Characters should initially have a strong visual vibe and personality that can be summarized in a short sentence (or 1-2 words).
Ex, Kohn should appear angry/sharp/intimidating at first. Later on I can add more elaboration as the viewer gets to know him better (and even recontextualize certain assumption)
- I simplify my character designs by drawing them as pixel sprites so I can spot and cut unnecessary details. Chibis work too!
- Having other people draw my designs and interpret the character can lead to a lot of interesting takes and often they have incredible ideas I probably wouldn’t have thought of!
Art trades, commissions, and drawing together all work for the above! Shoutout to @/warddokteur and @/many-a-hues. They’ve helped me with so many of my guys, haha.
- Visually, I like to pick one object/animal/role and just really lean into it. Garrett’s a tape recorder, Pinstripe’s a shark, etc etc.
- I also tend to group my characters in duos/give them one character they feel strongly about. It makes them easier to visualize and a lot more fun (and that way they all feel interconnected over time!)
I’m still struggling with picking color schemes for them, so I don’t really have tips there unfortunately! Hopefully something here was helpful though!
Just poking my head in to say I adore your art style! Both the way you render and your sketch pages are super satisfying to stare at!
(Also both NSR and the Portal series? Incredible taste, thank you for the food)
Thank you so, so much!! This really means a lot to me 😭 I honestly wanna say the same to you too — I absolutely LOVE your art style, and your OCs are super awesome as well!!
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