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Just curious because i totally am in love with your art style, what do you focus on when you’re drawing? I notice ur art is very shaped/skeletal (not sure if thats the right way to describe it lol) and often either the hair or nose is really well drawn/placed.

AH THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!! WELL you ask for my thoughts and I'm pretty bad at thinking those on purpose SO I went for stream of consciousness to try and answer this.

6480n

Making this guide because I see this question time and time again on here. This post is mostly directed at white artists and writers who are wondering how to best design their characters of color. Full text description is at the end under the cut.

Full disclaimer, I am biracial (mixed E/SE asian and white) and grew up in majority poc communities, but I am just one person and this post is only based on my own experiences. If any other poc want to chime in, feel free to do so.

Once again, a full plaintext description is under the cut. If you find the information useful, please pass it on by reblogging <3

(Finally, even though I spoke vaguely on genetic inheritance, this is NOT the place to comment on certain features being mutations, as if being a mutation means something is inherently lesser or isn’t supposed to exist. Mutations is everything! All of our traits were at some point or another, an emerging mutation. Love yourself ^__^)

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ospreyarcher

All I want to do is write this scene where one character treats another character gently and the other one is just totally undone by it in a “this gentleness upsets me far more than all the traumatizing things that have happened to me in this entire story because the suffering was pretty much expected whereas this is just…outside of my comfort zone” and somehow this is difficult.

perplexedhedgehog

YO can I get this but also with a side of “character being gentled starts to break down finally beginning to process how fucked up their past treatment actually was because holy shit they’re so close to tears over someone being so NICE to them, AND being reluctant to go into it with the character being gentle bc they’re afraid they’ll sound pathetic”?

ospreyarcher

The gentle character is terrified that they are doing something terribly wrong because the hair-stroking or hugging or whatever seems to be making the other character SO uncomfortable, but when they apologize and stop, the other character actually grabs their hand to keep them from going away.

perplexedhedgehog

And is not sure if they want it to continue or not because the kindness is making them break down and they’re not sure they’re ready to be so vulnerable (read: did not plan to ever be vulnerable again, like EVER) and so they’re acting really weird and maybe moody but also needy. But also trying NOT to look needy.

ospreyarcher

They are convinced to the bottom of their soul that this neediness will drive the other character away and must be hidden at all costs, but also it would be so nice and also totally impossible but it would be really nice if it was possible for the other character to see that neediness and… not be revolted by it?

#oh shit it’s Valiant #O_O

timbradford

another meme i won’t finish: male characters (3/20) - nick miller (new girl)

I was born on a cold, lonely street on the South Side of Chicago. As rumor has it, and there’s no proof of this, obviously, but I delivered myself.

#oh no it’s Evelyn #or is it Valiant??#abduajsuajsbxba #not art

me: time to Sleep ( ◡‿◡)

brain: ............what accents do our OCs have??

me: ( ʘ‿ʘ)

#this is really keeping me up rn abdbabsbabsbs WOW #the void yells back #my ocs #idk #how.....how am i supposed to figure this out?????#ive just been listening videos of any and every accent trying tk figure it out but like??????#hhhgshdbajshshsn

oc-growth-and-development

OCtober 2020 Prompts

Welcome to OCtober: 2020 edition! As always, these prompts are open ended and you are free to do whatever you’d like with them. Don’t forget to tag me @oc-growth-and-development and use #oc-tober so I can reblog your creations! Check out what people did with my OCtober prompts in the past here

Day 1: Sunrise

Day 2: Mercy

Day 3: Youth

Day 4: Ambush

Day 5: Beloved

Day 6: Luxury

Day 7: Cliff

Day 8: Festival

Day 9: Mentor

Day 10: Silence

Day 11: Craft

Day 12: Drip

Day 13: Grow

Day 14: Cornered

Day 15: Myth

Day 16: Hand

Day 17: Shelter

Day 18: Vintage

Day 19: Fruit

Day 20: Glow

Day 21: Laugh

Day 22: Alone

Day 23: Revenge

Day 24: Teeth

Day 25: Flowers

Day 26: Costume

Day 27: Midnight

Day 28: Treat

Day 29: Need

Day 30: Flight

Day 31: Reflection

#oh worm?? 👀 👀 👀#imma....imma probably have to do this #with my Fellhaven babbies #i probably wont be able to do them all within october or even start until near the end #but i’ll try to do them all by the end of the year at least OwO #oc prompt #writing prompt #tag your oc #character development #character prompt #ocs #my ocs

so yeah basically my canon, story-/plot-relevant excuse explanation for having many characters that know each other relatively well but are so different from each other and aren’t related is that one of the main protagonists literally adopts children that are abandoned/orphaned/etc. whenever he can and so Plot Twist they are actually related by being mostly adopted siblings because one character is literally just Accidental Baby Acquisition Trope only it’s not an accident

#Found Family but make it B I G #Uriel @ any orphaned/mistreated/abandoned child: You Are Already Adopted By Me #Uriel: don’t talk to me or my son or my daughter or my son or my son or my daughter or my son ever again!#the void yells back #my ocs #fellhaven #idk

what if I had the people in my Post-Post-Apocalypse fantasy world (re)invent the tradition of naming their weapons

and some of them give their weapons really Epic/Edgy/Stereotypical Fantasy Weapon Names of course

like “Dragon’s Vengeance” or “Bloodletter” or “Day Breaker” or whatever sounds Cool™ or Menacing™

but then some people

are just like

*cocks shotgun* “This is Shannon and she says fuck off!”

*draws dual swords* “Meet my best friends. Ben and Jerry.”

*tuning up a crossbow* “Excuse you, but the name is DOCTOR KnifeGun. He’s got a PhD please show some respect.”

#basically people become Skyr;m and Te@m F0rtre$$ players who name their weapons whatver they want #idk how else to explain it lol #idk #im tired and trying not to be sad or anxious or frustrated so i need to go into worldbuilding mode to avoid Bad Feels lol #the void yells back #fellhaven

cinnamon-shakes

Swordtember!

From the artist who drew lots of cool swords for charity, @faithschaffer, comes an opportunity for us all to draw really cool swords for fun!

#hmmmm #mayhaps i will participate #mayhaps #swordtember #art challenge #art prompt #art meme

void-sketches

calling myself out

#:’))))))))))

void-sketches

i made one of my characters kind of a dick but like in a “he’s a dick but not a bad person kinda just out of touch/snobby and self absorbed he’s not evil or abusive or anything” kind of way, intending for him to almost be a bit of comic relief or something from humorous interactions and such….

then i started actually fleshing out his backstory and determining why he is the way he is etc. and lmao i’m not laughing at him anymore :’))))

void-sketches

@semercury hhhhhh yes you’re absolutely right and like logically I know there’s nothing bad about it but my brain will always be like “hey remember those posts??” hhhhhhhhhh

like I make those jokes (like everyone does) about like “hehehehe im so EVIL for all the pain I’m putting my characters through!” but it somehow feels different when it’s about their trauma and not like.....physical injury from a battle or something agdhshhzhx if that makes sense.

and of course, even when I remember those posts, I don’t want to change or water down the characters trauma because it feels important to their whole arc and like? gagdhajdjajsndbaj im sorry I’m seriously rambling i just woke up from a benedryl induced sleep and I’m so out of it agdjahdhsb

basically!! logically I know there’s nothing wrong or bad with creating or writing able characters with trauma but those posts from way back when really did a number on me apparently and so even though I know it’s not true and I intend to keep the trauma backstories of the characters the posts make me feel a bit Oof™ afgshajndhd

But like yes!!! Traumatized people exist!!! Millions of different kinds of people exists with and without trauma!!! That’s real life!!!!

#abshuadhsjdh sorry babe im so out of it #but thank you youre absolutely right #the void yells back

i made one of my characters kind of a dick but like in a “he’s a dick but not a bad person kinda just out of touch/snobby and self absorbed he’s not evil or abusive or anything” kind of way, intending for him to almost be a bit of comic relief or something from humorous interactions and such....

then i started actually fleshing out his backstory and determining why he is the way he is etc. and lmao i’m not laughing at him anymore :’))))

#fffffffuuuucccckkk..........#i swear i don't start off building a character with the intent to have them suffer or give them trauma #valiant was supposed to be a Rich Brat and then the backstory said ''yes bUT ALSO HE HAS TRAUMA AND ISN'T ACTUALLY A BAD GUY''#valiant sweetie im so sorry im sorry a dumb ass bitch like me would even say something like that oh my gosh #im not doing it because i want to make it sad it just that it actually fits the characters life/circumstances and so i end up playing around #with the potential idea(s) and if they stick they stick #it's not that i think its the only way they can be interesting.#i mean hell Percy didn't get abused as a kid and i still think he has depth as a character #Simon wasn't abused either.#but like.....lenore and evelyn....michael too....and now valiant....#i didn't intend for so many characters to have varied levels of trauma amongst them it just??? happened that way???#every time this happens with a character i remember those posts i used to see saying that if u make traumatized characters #then ur abusive and fucked up and like.....i don't think that's necessarily a true statement but ever since then i always think of it.....#i had a drabbled-random-scene-snippet-thing where simon punches him out and its sorta meant to be satisfying/humorous in the context #and like im probably still gonna have that scene because if it works when i get to it in actual canon it would make sense for it to happen #but in my heart i can't fully chuckle at it anymore asjfiaujfaljkfajs bECAUSE I GAVE HIM A TRAGIC BACKSTORY AND NOW I WANT TO CODDLE HIM #im a stupid bitch #the void yells back #anyway #yes i will continue to ramble about my world building on this blog with little to no context thank you for coming to my ted talk #delete later maybe

valtsv

“imagine dragons” you know what? i think i will

valtsv

:)

valtsv

this is great everyone should try this

#this is hilarious because i was literally thinking of worldbuilding stuff for my dragon-people characters avdhajdbdha

void-sketches

tfw you realize the reason you never like how the faceslook on ur finished character drawings is because you’ve been “trying too hard” on some parts and being stylistic with others and so it doesn’t look like it goes together even when its all on the same face >_>

void-sketches

LIKE??? SEE???? i like these eyes SO MUCH MORE than the ones i do when i’m trying super hard to make them Correctly™!! these are just quick rando shapes!!! but (in my mind) they look way better than some of the eyes I normally do!!

am i just unintentionally always making things way too hard on myself than i need to when drawing??? hello?????? am i stupid?? does this even make sense????

also semi-kinda-related but it seems that making the top line of the eye a lot thicker than the bottom line really makes a big difference. like a GOOD difference. and i need to remember to do this from now on

void-sketches

@semercury thank you babe!!

#i just wanna art good #thank u for validating me #im luv u babe #the void yells back

void-sketches

tfw you realize the reason you never like how the faceslook on ur finished character drawings is because you’ve been “trying too hard” on some parts and being stylistic with others and so it doesn’t look like it goes together even when its all on the same face >_>

void-sketches

LIKE??? SEE???? i like these eyes SO MUCH MORE than the ones i do when i’m trying super hard to make them Correctly™!! these are just quick rando shapes!!! but (in my mind) they look way better than some of the eyes I normally do!!

am i just unintentionally always making things way too hard on myself than i need to when drawing??? hello?????? am i stupid?? does this even make sense????

also semi-kinda-related but it seems that making the top line of the eye a lot thicker than the bottom line really makes a big difference. like a GOOD difference. and i need to remember to do this from now on

#?????#am i HIGH???#i just really like these eyes bUT THAT FEELS STUPID TO SAY BECAUSE THEY TOOK ME LIKE 10 SECONDS EACH #???????#AFDHAHDBAHDBSH???????????#idk #hhhhhhhh #the void yells back #my art

void-sketches

just gotta say that Evelyn and Valiant would absolutely bond over being high key ace, low key bi, antisocial, salty binches that drink wine and judge everyone that bothers them

void-sketches

omg oh no im now realizing that Post-Main Arc Valiant & Evelyn are basically gonna be some combo/amalgamation of Damian & Janis (Mean Girls) and Donna & Tom (Parks and Rec) oh gosh

#agfdashfkafiluahsfahz?????#HELP????#what is my brain honestly??

just gotta say that Evelyn and Valiant would absolutely bond over being high key ace, low key bi, antisocial, salty binches that drink wine and judge everyone that bothers them

#hello yes i have two Bitter Wine Bastards here that just Can’t Deal #they’re gonna be sass buds after All The Shit gets resolved #and they’ll be the local Vodka Aunt and Uncle #agdjajdjjakdjd #does this make any sense out of context?????#probably not lol #the void yells back #my characters #my ocs

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