I'm not sure if there's a one size fits all answer to this, but here are some tips from my short time posting about mine.
Your OC should matter to you first. You should make them because you love them, not because you're trying to market them to other people.
It's also important to remember that fandom is a community. If you want people to engage with your OC, you need to engage with other people too. Send asks, leave comments, reblog, or even just leave a like if you don't have the energy to write up a response. Be curious about the things your mutuals are excited about.
You should also want to engage with others in your community. OC spaces are built on mutual enthusiasm. People will care about your character because they care about you, and will be much more willing to invest in your character if you also celebrate theirs.
My best advice is to make the OC for yourself, talk about them and share them because you love them, and be the kind of person that makes other creators excited to share too.
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want your oc's design down somewhere but can't draw?
picrews picrews picrews!!!!
use a gacha app, or similar app
them them in an online dnd minifigure maker! (less options for clothes are hairstyles, but it is 3D)
make photobashes of them! bonus points if you draw over the photobash as art practice!
Once you've done one or more of these, you can:
pay for a commission of your oc
find someone with open rqs and ask them to draw your oc!
do a trade, make a photobash or gacha character of someone's oc in exchange for art of yours!
practice drawing them! If you struggle with something, use style to avoid it until you can practice more! (ex: I struggle with arms and shoes/feet, so I might make an oc with floating hands, or make their feet offscreen so I don't have to draw them) Using body bases is okay too ofc!
ship them with a character and find someone on tumblr who's addicted to drawing yumeship art and ask to be mututals and then over time they will get invested in your ocxcanon ship and draw it for you as a gift probably
character quirks for your OCs and blorbos based on people i know
unpredictable sleeping schedule. will they sleep 17 hours or 3? what causes this? are they okay??? a true mystery to all.
DESPISES eating solid food. everything they eat is either smoothie, soup, liquid, or some textureless autism food.
traumatized so hard they don't consider themself human anymore
physically cannot grow a beard
constantly growing hair
has a secret soft spot for asshole characters everyone wants to see dead. (see: Jax, Jimmy, etc.)
eats one large meal every few days like a snake
uses the concept of gender like what can only be described as a jump rope
knows how to cook adequately, rarely does.
eats quickly out of habit
can and will ramble about their special interest to you and will not talk to you for hours if you don't remember important things
the kindest person ever who has literally gone through unspeakable horrors how the FUCK are they so nice
does not give a single flying fuck about hygiene
despises the japanese
forgets to eat
never leaves issues unresolved
hard of hearing, people think they're dumb
obsessed with this one piece of obscure media almost no one knows about
king/queen/ruler of girl dinners
chronic sleeper
chronic insomniac
drinks black coffee just to feel something
collects parental figures like pokemon cards
collects flowers and does that squish thing in-between pages
likes fighting (trauma, child soldier, or reckless? your choice!)
adores horror (analog horror, horror movies, stuff like that) but is the biggest coward you have ever seen in your life. once ran out of a children's haunted house.
errant curls that won't stay down no matter what
gets motion sick very quickly, vomits on the teacup rides.
despises the spanish
really REALLY smart, but has no motivation to do anything
had a dino mask phase at 13 years old, not as obsessed but still makes them on etsy
grew up on a farm
bonus of the above, traumatized by the first time they had to kill an animal
knows more than you think
refuses to talk in english despite being able to speak fluently and understand perfectly. they quote the ao3 authors note 'the english have taken enough from this world and i will not let them take my tongue as well' at least thrice every month.
chipped tooth/teeth
freckles and spots galore
somehow always gets into fandoms once they're dead, become problematic, become toxic, EVERYTIME WITHOUT FAIL
has a crisis daily
can and will eat anything. has a stomach of steel.
bonus of the above, best person to have with you in an apocalypse
lesbian who loves women to a degree that should probably be monitored by the FBI
had a dragon obsession phase when younger, has a soft spot for anything to do with dragons
gacha kid.
uneven dimples
hair birthmark
lies awake at night thinking about The Void TM
unironically watches gacha life mini movies
sweats easily
Steals everything they find on the floor
by extension of the above, crow-like
Rubs their face and hair like a fly
Constantly doing something to keep The Thoughts away
Randomly goes catatonic staring at a wall, completely still
crooked teeth
Surprisingly emotionally intelligent
tilts head like a dog
Wakes up at 1am just to eat a cup full of ice
speaks in fragmented sentences when upset, stressed, overwhelmed, etc.
constantly moving in some way
good at sewing by machine
good at sewing by hand
constantly making weird faces
unbeatable prankster
self-sacrificial
acts dumb so people take pity on them
quick to anger because it's the only emotion they and people around them understand
broken/crooked nose
bonus of the above, has trouble breathing through it
Does anyone have any advice for trying to figure out a sense of clothing style for OCs?
I have a tendency to settle on one specific outfit for them and then always picture them wearing that, like a cartoon character, but — unless they're a very specific type of person who buys lots of copies of the same outfit to wear constantly — that's not exactly realistic!
I just don't know how to get from that one image I have of them, to an idea of what other clothes they might go for as well...
WRITING ADVICE- making a pathologically narcissistic OC or OC with NPD: how to go about doing so
-Remember narcissists are human beings that cry, hurt, fear, love, and feel too. We have our impairments socially, but we're not robots. Don't write us as such.
-Acknowledge that narcissism is a spectrum and that there are different types of narcissists and ways narcissistic symptoms present. (Check out grandiose vs vulnerable narcissism mainly.)
-Instead of adding another abusive, cold-hearted, and fraudulent narcissist character into an oversaturated market of dehumanizing portrayals, consider making your narcissist OC a hero or flawed but ultimately human protagonist for the reader to empathize with.
-Consider the fact narcissism is a mental illness, and comes with challenges like perfectionism, low self worth, childhood trauma, and even severe repercussions like substance abuse, SH, and suicide.
-Don't go about "humbling" your narcissist OCs for audience schadenfreude or humiliating them for the butt of the joke or for cheap audience satisfaction.
-Generally avoid turning to google, YouTube, quora, and other places that promote misinformation and pop psychology, and instead look towards communities by folks with NPD for folks with NPD to get honest answers like a few of the below tags.
-Honestly just ask me about my lived experience, and I'll be happy to share.
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If you’re seeing this, I would like your world building/creative project advice! :D
Ik this is not my normal posting content but I want to branch out with my creative endeavors and I would appreciate some help!!
I am an avid fan of horror, thriller, creepypasta, analog horror, and arg media and I have always wanted to start a project along those lines :)
I have some small ideas but I really need help finding resources for making content like this if that makes sense ><
My ideas are heavily inspired by life is strange, bloom and rage, boraska, cryptids, camp here and there(not really a fan but I really like the vibe), and stuff like that :)
So my main question is:
Should I just keep trying to rack my brain for smaller ideas and stuff, or should I look into resources and other people’s work to inspire more ideas in me.
I hope this post makes sense, idk I’m probably reaching with this lol >< if you have any helpful tips, however small or “irrelevant” I would love to hear :3
