#pyroraider

You know, I actually don't have just one process! There's several ways for me to create an OC:

"I need someone here." I identify something I need (a town NPC, a stage enemy, someone's dad, whatever) and brainstorm a concept, complete with design. The design can later be refined and adjusted as I pin down what I want, with the personality often based on the vibes I get from the initial design sketch. Not all of these get used, and many of the used ones never reach OC status. Examples: Peep, Scarlet Tanaflare, Ark, Bicky Bear

"Speed design, go!" I need a character ASAP due to time pressure. My only idea going in is stuff like "a robot", "a roadblock", or "a protagonist I can draw easily enough to make a full game in 2 days", so I don't have time to refine it and go with the first pass. Somehow, these end up being popular. Examples: Roboki, Button Bit, Penny Panda, Pipestrella

"You see a goblin." I put a throwaway NPC into an RP or story, but then that NPC keeps appearing or getting expanded and whoops they're an OC now, so I have to design them after the fact (unless it's a visual medium). This even happened with Udon's canonically dead parents to the point I wrote fanfiction for them. Examples: Pipsqueak, Squire, Udon's parents, Julie

"Lemme check the archives." I draw a random design with no intent to ever use it for anything, or for a purpose that didn't work out. It's only later that I remember the design, repurposing it for something I need after-the-fact. Examples: Kitty Seal, Toxic Zone, Starabbit, Wami

"Inspired by true events." The character's directly or loosely based on something that already exists, so I'm doing my own take on a pre-existing concept with a new personality. It can be a canon character, redesigning a character I was gifted, or even a redesign of my own OC! Examples: Tricky, Blend, Cryoza, Flamespin Wallaroo

"I put effort into this one!" Actually putting proper thoughts into a design. For example, when designing Mio, I wanted a classic animal mascot protagonist with a fat, huggable shape so she'd make a good plushie, who was also easy for children to draw, and who had some kind of accessory or clothing that wasn't generically girly. For these characters I take into account how easily visible their movements are, if their colors show easily, and so on. Even if they're far along, their design will be adjusted if something isn't working right and some have gotten complete overhauls multiple times. Examples: Mio, Silk/Dusty, Zev, Izzy

"I'm not even sure." Methods that don't fit into any of the above, like "I just REALLY wanted an OC of this type", "I can't sleep so I'm designing a protagonist out of spite", and "if I made a contest entry what would it act like?" Examples: Tennis & Fitz, Zicel, Shockwave Jerbolan, Kachin

12/02/22

We all went into Dares with gold armor except Cellestial.  Just kidding.

How it actually went was, Cellestial was all gold first and by the time everyone else joined in, he had gone back to his normal outfit.

12/13/22

Here’s Oz not participating properly.  He was probably distracted by a strange sticky substance or preforming tests on taken puddles.

we got such a huge outpouring of support upon posting the final chapter of caretaker, and it really warms the soul. we’ve answered some separately here and there, but there are so many we are electing to put the a bunch into one post! we couldn’t fit them all in one post so we’ll be following up with another later!

Thank you! Yes, when we are ready we’ll share a teaser for upcoming content and where it will be posted. Until then, enjoy the bonus caretaker content!

Thanks! We look forward to seeing your improved art!~

Thank you! I just want to say, butterflygon gets the award for the most consistently accurate theories/predictions throughout the whole story. 👏

Being a sweet old lady is just what Toriel does best!

Fortunately in this AU Asriel gets a happy ending~

I wanted an excuse to use the colored pens I bought, so I did this.

Mixed media art here, traditional and digital.

It’s a different design of Asriel boss loosely based on both his boss forms.  I did a normal and dark version because it looked cool.  XD

I just wanted to try something different.

* It looks like you have to get the HELP button back where it belongs first.