Please do! Your ocs look wonderful
Thanks you fav anon !!!
❥Here some steps i do when creating an oc !
When i created an oc in complementary of a game i usualy need to have a general idea of the game and what they will interact with so i can craft based on it. Fantasy universe with lot of sorcerer ? Here a dumb mage. Slice of life with bit of angst ? Here the most emotionaly broken individual you will ever meet.
If i created them based of a specific love interest i want them to romance i also think it's fun to add some similar or contraste designs in their appearance or personality ( ex valentin was designed to be winter themed and stand out in contrast of Qiu and Tamarack )
But now that i have the base let's flesh out a bit. What would make sense ? How they dress, their quirks or their interest. My rule is that they must at least have 3 diferent interest and that they need to make sense to the environnement they are in ( for exemple you have to think of how they must have discovered their hobby in the first place )
The way they dress is also based on diferent factor of "what would make sense" what would they wear take in count the fact that : they can afford the clothe, they are confortable in the clothe ( if choosed deberatly ), that it makes sense for them to wear it in their situation and compared to other does their outfit stand out or not.
Same goes with hair style, do they have time to stylize their hair ? Do they want to stylize their hair ? Does someone help them ? Do they wear it for a certain reason.
❥The big rule is "Would that make sense and how ?"
But what if it dosen't ? What if the fact they are doing certains actions or looking a certain way does not make sense ? Then either rewritte some stuff or find a solid reason as to why this character specificly stand out of the rules.
NOW ABOUT DESIGN.
Use references. This is really the best advice i can give. Have a gallery somwhere dedicated to designs elements or features you like and cook yourself a fun looking character based of it. Don't forget that a lot of info about a character is given by apperance only so if they look bland they will assume to be bland and that goes for every type of look.
It's ok to rewritte and redesign a character. If you don't like something, rewritte it ! If you changed your opinion on design choices, re design it !
To be honest i am at a point where i do all i listed instantly when i create a new character it became an automatism wich mean a lot of oc are created with pure vibes and.then are completed later. Try to apply it and then with all the questions will come answers that helps building character.
Also cool artist don't gatekeep, when i search for i name i use generators depending on the origin of the name and also the gender, it helps me a lot for last names ! But i recomand you to google it at least once before choosing a name.
❥the generator
Hope i could help and thanks yo for reading !