#also sigh. I gave a tutorial. call me jichael all you so p

[rubysundaey]

HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH OC DESIGNS THEY'RE SO AWESOME!!!1!!

I was going to just be like “I just come up with silly ideas and draw them” but I feel like that’s far too vague of an answer, so here’s something a little less vague :3

Whenever I design a character, I usually just start out with a very basic character trait or two I want to incorporate somehow (extra limbs, fish tail, wacky face, etc) and start sketching out the character from the head down (though I do do legs first before arms just because I think it’s easier). Then, once I reach the body, I start looking around for clothing ideas! I usually use pinterest (it might be filled with stolen art and ai generated garbage but if you know where to look, you’ll eventually just get shown photos of clothes and accessories), specifically my pinterest board filled with clothing and accessory inspiration, and pick a few items I think look nice :3 (if you really want to be fancy, you can arrange the things you pick in a moodboard, but either way is perfectly fine!) then I just. Let my brain go off! I usually listen to music whilst I draw, so sometimes that gives me inspiration too. Sometimes i’ll add extra accessories to the character’s hair or head after i’ve already finished their design, sometimes i’ll color in the sketch before I move to the lineart, but for the most part, after I pick a few character traits and items, I just let my brain come up with whatever it thinks will look good. TV screen for a face? Sure! Shiny ears? Of course! Tail bracelets? Sure, why not!

Really, at the end of the day, most of my character design process just comes down to whatever I think looks neat :3 Just make whatever you think looks neat and have fun!! :D

#sorry if this makes no sense I suck at explaining but whateverrr #just be you and have fun with your characters is really the only real design advice I have #though if you do want to get better at character design #one thing I did was design a character based off one random image I have saved to my phone #+ whatever stuff in my pinterest board I thought fit the aesthetic I had #it’s pretty fun and can start to get you to think about like. what goes well together in a design #but yeah this is just how I design #a little anon told me #ruby rambling time #also sigh. I gave a tutorial. call me jichael all you so p #lease #WHY DID IT CUT OFF #mmmwharever yeahhhgg