How I Pratice Drawing Things, Now In A Tutorial Form. The Shrimp Photo I Used Is Here Show Me Your Shrimps

Do you sometimes also have the feeling after just drawing a sketch of your OC like, damn, he looks too good.

Look at this goofball:

Not sure if I liie what I did with the nose on the left one, but trying to adapt the mha-noses to more realistic proportions and it looked in most cases allright I think? Got to try it out a little more.

BUT that's my design for my OC Space, seventh Guardian and Guardian of Space (Yeah, I need to figure out a name AND a backstory for him. Still don't have a clue if I go more fantasy or realistic about this storywise.)

He's an energetic little goofball and he and he and Blake (not sure, did I post about him already? I think I have.) Are siblings. Well, they think they are, because they look the same and both joined the Guardians at the same time. In reality, they are just alternate versions of the same person from different enviroments.

Killer stole the lights from the tree...

Somebody needs to stop him before he runs away!

Killer belongs to @rahafwabas

XPAU by @xpau-official / @kuuuuro

And the last one

Attack No. 5: Siyah by Ralminno

ultimate character development template

basics

name: meaning of name: nicknames/titles: age: gender: location: birthday: strengths + example where it's shown: weaknesses + example where it's shown: how it affects others:

emotional depth

attachment style + how it manifests in the story: physical fear: emotional/abstract fear: happy memory: sad memory: object of significance: philosophical outlook/belief: what characters are ignorant about themselves: how confident are they: goal: long-term dreams: what they're embarrassed/ashamed to tell others about: regrets: source of pride: source of misery: what they admire above all else: do they believe in fate:

personality

mbti: enneagram: big five: character archetype: star sign: who they pretend to be on the outside: who they actually are/how they feel towards the mask: mental health conditions: how it manifests for them: iq: eq: humour: reputation:

habits

bad habits: mannerisms when stressed: mannerisms when content: mannerisms when scared: mannerisms normally: verbal mannerisms/distinctive speaking style: how do they move across a room: what do they say and what remains unsaid: how they express love: hobbies:

appearance

defining features: eye shape + colour: hair texture + colour: skin texture + tone: vibe: height: build: clothing: any bodily disfigurement (scars, etc.): overall attractiveness: their opinion on their appearance: appeals to:

relationships

who they trust most: what they wish they could do for them: what's holding them back: who they hate most: what they wish they could do to them: what's holding them back: relationship with the protagonist: relationship with the antagonist: siblings: relationship with them: parents/step-parents: relationship with them: previous broken relationships: why did it break: what others expect of them: who believes in them: their mentor character/who they look up to: political/religious/other affiliations: what makes them different from every other character: non-human relationships + why: romantic "type" + why: relationship dynamics:

backstory/background

primary emotion towards their past: primary feelings while in their past: where did they grow up: defining incidents: earliest childhood memory: saddest memory: happiest memory: major accomplishments: their opinion on it: notable people in their backstory: effect on them today: trauma: what have they already lost: financial circumstance:

progression

why are they important (eg. why're they the only one able to do something?): what do they learn about themselves throughout the story: what do they learn about the world: how do they feel towards their newfound knowledge: character arc (positive, negative, neutral): how relationships change because of their actions: what mistakes do they make: what scene is their character highlighted: do they get what they want: why or why not: what happens to them after the story ends:

It's been quite a while ...

Thought I might post a couple more drawings.

I once did a drawing of Deku from MHA but ... I would put it into uncanny valley territory. So, I'm redrawing him again.

Take a bald Deku 😆

And here the version I did before:

drawing ink to get over artblock ...

ink sans by @comyet

I like him way too much. Also, I decided to give his quirk the name Superspeed and his hero name is Slowmotion, since in his perception he slows down his entire surroundings as he uses his quirk.

Trying to create a character sheet for him for this year's ArtFight. If you want, check out my profile (got a lot of old characters back there where I DEFINITELY need to redraw the ref-sheets since my style changed a lot.)

artfight.net

Art Fight

An art trading game

(I could also imagine him wearing a Hawaiian shirt instead of his orange T-shirt. He would definitely look good in that... Gotta add this to the lost of things I want to draw but probably forget about again.)

Now on Ao3

I decided to also post my story on Ao3, so if you're interested, feel free to step by 😊

(PS: I have also almost finished the first part of chapter two ... )

I wanted to draw one of my OCs, now I have drawn Dust Sans.

Rendering that was quite fun 😁

Also, here the version without text:

Just wondering who he might be facing...

Dust Sans belongs to @ask-dusttale

Souls

Something that I should also probably explain before diving into characters, is the way I think of souls.

As already explained in Undertale, the soul is the culmination of a being. I perceive it as if all of yourself is condensed in your soul. Memories, preferences, opinions. Taking one part out of that, the soul wouldn't change visibly, but physically something is missing, making the person holding that soul act, think and feel differently.

I also quite like the idea of the soul being reflected in my character's eye colours. That way, you kind of can look into their soul if you're looking into their eyes 😍.

I also really like the part with the soul traits. That means, you have one trait that you can categorise the way someone is.

The only problem I see with that is, that it's too bland. It would mean a brave character needs to ALWAYS act brave and a nice person needs to ALWAYS be nice to everyone. Because of that being unrealistic, but still wanting to include it, I like to think about it like your soul trait only shows at extreme moments. That way a character can still feel normal doing something that wouldn't exactly fit their soul trait.

If you take it a level further, it's also more likely for a character to drift into a constant behaviour that hurts their own soul. That means if a kind person is constantly being mean to everyone, it's going to affect them negatively. It could be physical but also mental. (Just came up with this last thought as I kept writing it down, but damn ... I see potential for some deep plot 🙂)