We all start somewhere

A blog about character design, art improvement, and growth!

[gentlepyro]

hey if you can’t accept that your design looks like a mimic of someone elses and rather than say “oh it’s an accident I can change it alittle” and isntead try and look like a lying little shit please stay 10ft away from me thanks

[gentlepyro]

Hey!! As a child i was repeatively harassed and bullied by a more popular artist because out character looked similAr and they thought i was copying them

Guess what.. we both sat down, talked it out and realized we didnt know eachother and this was a mistake.. and they helped me redesign my own character. And i loved that design even more!!

[dresdoodles]

You draw a lot of (amazing) fanart, but what about your OCs? Who is/was your favorite OC to draw? :D

Thank you so much for the kind message!!❤️ I don’t give my OCs nearly enough love……. If you want to see some more check out my #ocs tag!

I’ll add a little bio for each one under the cut.

Keep reading

[monstrumsprings]

Finished it! Redraw of my OC Chris Mackey 2012/Today

[agenderchaseyoung]

2018′s big mood is supporting young artists, destroying bad/cringe art blogs, and making sure children know we all started somewhere and improvement takes time and work, but they can get there as long as they keep trying. 2018′s other big mood is not putting as much pressure on artists to just know and draw everything perfectly without references or classes or anything. If you’re able to do that from your mind, AWESOME!! Keep goin! But if you can’t, there is 0 shame in doing what you need to learn and improve. 2018 is the year of supporting artists who just want to improve.

[speedbeemoved-deactivated202007]

Hey art friends

Have you come across a “bad art” blog that features your art, or the art of someone you know? And they won’t take the art down no matter how much or how nicely you ask? Well you’re in luck, because you can submit a DMCA through Tumblr. And unlike other reports filed on this website, this is one that Tumblr staff actually takes seriously and will take action on.

Just be sure to read through the steps so you know what to do, and submit your report. Et viola, your art is no longer on that blog.

[vincent-necrotic]

Do you have ocs???

then join this dope ass OC discord group!!!!

for talkign abt ocs!!!

its lit and theres a few people already, so come join and make friends!!

We’re gonna have prompts n stuff everyweek!!

https://discord.gg/KsGTxfF

[myfirstoc]

Does anyone here have a cuphead OC?? I unfriended someone on facebook for being mean about them so now all I wanna do is see some so I can enjoy them!

[boymilk-moved-deactivated201903]

ive noticed a lot of young artists are way too hard on themselves

start complimenting your art. youll be surprised at the confidence boost it gives you

[myfirstoc]

Is it weird that I used to have tons of stick figure OC's and even though they were so simple I loved them so much lmao (I don't use them anymore, but still)

Of course not! Sometimes the details of the characters are more important than what they physically look like when you draw them. I bet you had stories for them, or at least interactions with eachother that made you happy!

I imagine you’d be a very good writer! I bet if you wanted to use them again, you could :)

[myfirstoc]

I keep wanting to redraw my old OC's but it is physically painful for me to do. :P Good blog, btw!

Thanks so much!

I’m not sure if you mean in a ‘they’re-distressingly-embarrassing’ way, or an ‘actual literal physical Drawing Causes me Pain’ way, but either way I get it! Not much to say on that second kind except keep on doing what helps, but the first one! Been there. 

Don’t push yourself too hard to do it, or  you’ll just. Hate them, tbh. I think it’s good to come up with an idea for who they become first, rather than just rushing to throw a design together. Besides the fact that you’ll hate it, it also won’t stick. 

Take your time! Let inspiration find you, and when it does, tag me in what you make!

[doctor-skeleton]

been wanting to do @myfirstoc‘s art meme for a little while, but i’ve been a little uninspired. this honestly really helped me get back into the drawing mood again and now i feel like doing more of these ^-^

[myfirstoc]

This is so good!! Thanks for participating, just look at that progress!!

[dipped-in-magic]

So I was digging through my bedroom and came across my horrendous old drawings! I decided to redraw one to see the difference…looks like I’ve come quite a way! 👏

[fullyrealisedlegend]

Another reason to stop ‘cringe culture’

I’m a teacher. Today I was covering for a grade 9 science class. Decent kids, if a bit rowdy, and didn’t want to do their work. Wtv, it was textbook work. Not the point.

1 girl (reminder that these kids are, like, 14/15) was doodling bust portraits (head & shoulders) in an art book. I had a squiz and asked her if they were her characters. She said they were and excitedly told me she had so many characters for this one story of hers. I laughed about how I wished I could draw mine, and moved on.

Later in the class, I hear her enthusiastically telling her friend all about her main OC - a gay kitsune prince with a tragic past. It was so, pure, classic Deviant Art: my first OC. And you know what? I loved it. I was just sitting there half overhearing, smiling to myself and glad that her friend was engaging and interested in her story and characters.

This is a girl who will become a creator. She will draw and write and imagine, get better and better. She’ll probably move past this stage and start making more nuanced characters (she was already lamenting she didn’t have enough girl OCs). But this is where she started. This is where so many of us started. I had a tiger catgirl, goth witch/sorceress OC in high school. I found my original design for her recently. Look what I create now.

Let kids be kids. Let them explore and invent and go wild and be cliche and make overpowered OCs. Let them have their anthropomorphic animal OCs. Let them try everything before they settle into maturity.

For fucks sake; let them have fun.

[myfirstoc]

this blog makes me so happy

Thank you!! I don’t get a lot of submissions or anything, but whenever I think of something that’d be good to put here I always do :)

I want art to be a positive space.

[lavendertowne]

Redrawing my very first oc! Augh nostaLGIA!!!!

[myfirstoc]

If you like this blog you’ll love this video! Lavendertowne has a lot of great art/character design videos that are worth checking out!

[honeyedflapjacks]

I wanted to do this meme from @myfirstoc​ with Dyvaun/Dee~ He’s a really special OC to me; my first “main” character and I used him for years. His design was always changing, but it’s basically this. Actually, according to the image, this was his fifth revision, done in 2010. I really wish I had even older art of him, but I always deleted old files then :( I also wished I still had him; I was scammed out of the actual pet on neopets years ago though & it’s still sad…

Anywho, I recently decided to revamp his character to one of a generic furry oc since I don’t get on neo anymore. A bit has changed in his personality, but not much actually. It’s more of a “few years later” kinda revamp, but with somethings totally changed.

He’s my fluffy boy and I’m so happy he’s back  ★

[ocqna]

Hey everyone! A little while ago I posted on @myfirstoc and @artmemesarchive about a podcast my friend @privateerkiing and I want to do! Well, now we’re working on getting it started! We’re still kind of figuring out how to do it and post it and make it good, but one thing is for sure; We can’t do it without your help. We need your questions!

Send us the questions from your original characters! Whether their questions are about adjusting to newfound super powers, whether their friend is a vampire or not, or advice on how to save the world, I bet we can come up with something good for you! Read more about how to ask questions/how often the askbox will be open here!

Unfortunately, not every ask can be answered! We apologize in advance.

Reblogs are appreciated, we’ll let you know when we plan on recording, posting, etc as soon as we can! Thanks in advance! - Amber

[myfirstoc]

Here it is! We don’t know when we’re recording yet but we need your questions!!